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Duh... headline should replace hackers with crackers. On first sight I really thought that it was about regular Google employees who developed something new du

• ajross 17y ago
  The headline is using a definition of "hacker" that has been common for 30 years now. This kind of linguistic purity argument is silly, and ultimately futile. Languages change. We need to learn to speak the language as it exists, not what we think it "should" be. At least sites like this one preserve the original meaning of the term. That's the best we can hope for.
  • bediger 17y ago
    Finally, someone that agrees with me on linguistic purity! Personally, I think that purity is for monks and hocky players! I use the word "hacker" to refer to Giant Amazonian Parrots, and the work "cracker" to refer to small, circular, non-magnetic yet still metallic hardware. Now, excuse me while I mambo dogface down to the banana patch.