On Apr 24, 2013 8:05 PM, "Mark Eggers" <mdegg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:54:07 -0400, Digimer wrote: > > > On 04/23/2013 10:42 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > >> Does anyone care to help me change the negative connotation that the > >> outside world has of this term, one step at a time? The CBC just used > >> the term with a negative frame on the Tuesday, 23 April 2013 30-minute > >> radio news at about the half-way point. Everyone ought to go to this > >> link and suggest that they should quit abusing the term. > >> > >> http://www.cbc.ca/w6/contact/ > >> > >> to listen to her abuse of the term, go to the link with "contact" > >> removed / deleted - before Wednesday, 25 April at UTC 01:00 (PDT 18:00, > >> in case I did the math wrong). > >> > >> Of course, the media are infamous for abusing scientific terms, such as > >> calling the Higgs boson the god particle - a term scientists loathe - > >> so I out not lose too much sleep over it. > >> > >> regards, > >> Richard > > > > I've been interviewed a couple of times by CBC and other media. Each > > time I explain what "hackers" means, and it doesn't really go anywhere. > > The way I see it, we just need more positive "hacker" and maker stories > > than there are bad ones. In the mean time, don't let it get to you. Just > > go do good stuff. > > I've given up on this a long time ago - after being interviewed concerning > RTM's worm. In spite of repeated, detailed explanations, the reporters > refused to alter their use of the term. > > It's annoying, since I've just spent the day hacking (figuring out why > something didn't follow the documentation, filing a bug, and creating the > patched documentation). I don't have the source, otherwise I'd attempt a > patch. > > Sadly, technologists are rarely good writers, good writers are rarely > technologists, and reporters seem to be good at neither. > > . . . . just my two cents. > /mde/ > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
I really like a few suggestions, like signing a document "the happy hacker with the white hat on". This, and other like sayings, are things that I can use to educate stupid judges who just got a lucky pick when they Terry to convict any of us for using the term.
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