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I wish the prefix cyber- would become popular again. "Cybercourses" sounds much more interesting than "online courses"

numlock86 6y ago
The prefix is pretty popular, but has a negative feeling with it, as it usually comes as either "cyber bullying" or "cyber crime" lately.
- homero 6y ago
  Well there's a cybertruck now
  - numlock86 6y ago
    Yes, and part of the bad initial media responses (not regarding the cracked glass of course) were in regard to that name.
- tonyarkles 6y ago
  I'm laughing a bit. I agree the the parent that it's a great prefix to make things sound fun and exciting online, but I could do with less talk about "cyber-security". I suspect it has to do with the people who say it the most in meetings are the people who know the least about what it actually means? Kind of like an anti-shibboleth.
nix23 6y ago
You should listen to German Politicians, they use it all the time to describe "The Internet", cyber here cyber there :)
mikorym 6y ago
On HN, no less, someone told me that a cracker is fireworks. And that a Hacker is a Black Hat. The person sounded nice and law abiding... So my only question at this point is why they read "Hacker" News.
- mikorym 6y ago
  As an aside, congratulations for finding an actual news article on Forbes in 2020! Looks like that's the part of forbes.com that is useful.
phreack 6y ago
Weirdly enough, in many Spanish speaking countries the word that took over 'cyber' was cyber-coffee, as in the place where you'd pay to use a computer for an hour, and is what most people think of if you just say 'the cyber'.
znpy 6y ago
C Y B E R
Frost1x 6y ago
The problem with 'cyber' is that it's a recycled tech term. It was popular many decades ago and when you start slapping old technology labels/phrases on new technologies, people tend to reject them. With that said, the US government uses cyber for a lot of labels now. Obviously security but outside of security as well.
- drdeadringer 6y ago
  > the US government uses cyber for a lot of labels now Might that be because, or influenced by, the notion that government is inherently slow in some respects? Government could've just not stopped using "cyber" as a prefix whilst most of the world moved on.

The prefix is pretty popular, but has a negative feeling with it, as it usually comes as either "cyber bullying" or "cyber crime" lately.

homero 6y ago
Well there's a cybertruck now
- numlock86 6y ago
  Yes, and part of the bad initial media responses (not regarding the cracked glass of course) were in regard to that name.
tonyarkles 6y ago
I'm laughing a bit. I agree the the parent that it's a great prefix to make things sound fun and exciting online, but I could do with less talk about "cyber-security". I suspect it has to do with the people who say it the most in meetings are the people who know the least about what it actually means? Kind of like an anti-shibboleth.

nix23 6y ago

You should listen to German Politicians, they use it all the time to describe "The Internet", cyber here cyber there :)

mikorym 6y ago

On HN, no less, someone told me that a cracker is fireworks. And that a Hacker is a Black Hat. The person sounded nice and law abiding... So my only question at this point is why they read "Hacker" News.

mikorym 6y ago
As an aside, congratulations for finding an actual news article on Forbes in 2020! Looks like that's the part of forbes.com that is useful.

phreack 6y ago

Weirdly enough, in many Spanish speaking countries the word that took over 'cyber' was cyber-coffee, as in the place where you'd pay to use a computer for an hour, and is what most people think of if you just say 'the cyber'.

znpy 6y ago

C Y B E R

Frost1x 6y ago

The problem with 'cyber' is that it's a recycled tech term. It was popular many decades ago and when you start slapping old technology labels/phrases on new technologies, people tend to reject them. With that said, the US government uses cyber for a lot of labels now. Obviously security but outside of security as well.

drdeadringer 6y ago
> the US government uses cyber for a lot of labels now Might that be because, or influenced by, the notion that government is inherently slow in some respects? Government could've just not stopped using "cyber" as a prefix whilst most of the world moved on.