On Mar 15, 2013 2:36 PM, "McCrina, Nathan" <nm177...@gordonstate.edu> wrote: > > > ________________________________________ > From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [ users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Richard Vickery [ richard.vicker...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 4:30 PM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: Has my fedora 18 installation been hacked? > > On Mar 15, 2013 9:39 AM, "Greg Woods" <wo...@ucar.edu<mailto: wo...@ucar.edu>> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 08:25 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > >> > > >> > It is not really my intent to be rude, but each of us "hack" out own > >> > systems and the kernel all the time. > >> > >> Unfortunately, this battle over the word "hack" and "hacker" has already > >> been fought and lost. The media, and just about everyone other than > >> hard-core geeks, uses the word "hack" to mean breaking into systems. > > >Not in my circles; I refuse to let people alternate the term. > > >> Heck, that's why we co-opted the word "geek", which not that long ago > >> was a very insulting term, and is now used as a term for people worthy > >> of respect, similar to how "hacker" was used in the old days. > >> > >> I suppose it is confusing that the meanings of these words have changed, > >> but unfortunately the real meaning of a word is going to be defined by > >> how it is most commonly used. > > >So change it!!! Don't let them beat you into the ground; correct them! > > IMO, "hack" has sort of a violent sound to it, which makes me feel it is more appropriate for a forceful entry type of context, and I am not surprised that most people assume that this is what it should mean. Furthermore. where I am from "cracker" is a more or less insulting racial term so it just leads to awkwardness when I try to loftily throw it into a conversation. I do know the history of the term "hacker" but I have zero problems with the way it is used in the media. >
Does this mean that you just let them adulterate the term?
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