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Technically, the earliest modern hackers were radio enthusiasts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computing%29#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker
by smanek 18y ago
Technically, the earliest modern hackers were radio enthusiasts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computing%29#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computing%29#History).
So, that kind of hacking is far closer to the 'original hackers' than software hacking.
- edw519 18y agoI know. It still bugs me that the modern interpretation of "hacking" is "doing something illegal".
- josefresco 18y agoIf we define the term "hacking" more broadly even Wikipedia's history is wrong/limited. Hacking to me has always been the process of dissecting something and figuring out how it works. I would imagine there were lots of hackers even before radio came around.