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a "hacker" is closer to a programmer that think "out of the box" than to a "cracker" that "breaks into other people computers" the media has given this defint
by zwetan 16y ago
a "hacker" is closer to a programmer that think "out of the box"
than to a "cracker" that "breaks into other people computers"
the media has given this defintion to the word "hacker" and I always rejected it!
- whimsy 16y agoYes, but it's rare seeing it used in the media as we use it outside the media.
- SkyMarshal 16y agoThat was his point. The MSM generally uses your cracker definition for hacker, but here's an article actually using your first definition. Signs and wonders...