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Using X11 as some kind of client-to-client IPC was really just a hack in the first place.

by emersion 5y ago

caslon 5y ago
What's wrong with hacks? Hackers, unlike Mozilla, don't put ads in their software.
- bool3max 5y ago
  Depends on the kind of hacker. Some do worse.
  - caslon 5y ago
    No! You're thinking of "crackers." There's a very serious difference. The word "hacker" being co-opted by writers who don't understand it is like the literally-as-figuratively phenomenon. Literally doesn't mean figuratively, they're just using the word incorrectly. https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/hacker-vs-cracker/ https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/hacker-vs-crac... http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html
    - II2II 5y ago
      As far as I can tell, the word "cracker" has close to zero uptake outside of the food industry (and, perhaps, people who produce cracks for software). You're far better off letting the context distinguish between the type of hacker, or mentioning it explicitly if the context does not make it clear, since more people will understand what you're talking about.
    - krapp 5y ago
      >Literally doesn't mean figuratively, they're just using the word incorrectly. Literally has been used to mean figuratively since at least the 1700s[0], and words mean whatever people decide they mean. [0]https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/96439 https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/96439
    - emmp 5y ago
      If popular usage of a word drifts and the new usage is widely and unambiguously understood by most speakers in a target linguistic community, it is the folks writing articles in objection who do not understand its meaning.
      - badsectoracula 5y ago
        So the purpose of this forum is for news and discussion on breaching security systems?
tacostakohashi 5y ago
Not really, that is the intended purpose of X11 properties after all.
_lqaf 5y ago
...A 'hack' the system was designed around, sure. Why do you think it has the odd server-client architecture in the first place?

Using X11 as some kind of client-to-client IPC was really just a hack in the first place.

caslon 5y ago

What's wrong with hacks? Hackers, unlike Mozilla, don't put ads in their software.

bool3max 5y ago
Depends on the kind of hacker. Some do worse.
- caslon 5y ago
  No! You're thinking of "crackers." There's a very serious difference. The word "hacker" being co-opted by writers who don't understand it is like the literally-as-figuratively phenomenon. Literally doesn't mean figuratively, they're just using the word incorrectly. https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/hacker-vs-cracker/ https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/hacker-vs-crac... http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html
  - II2II 5y ago
    As far as I can tell, the word "cracker" has close to zero uptake outside of the food industry (and, perhaps, people who produce cracks for software). You're far better off letting the context distinguish between the type of hacker, or mentioning it explicitly if the context does not make it clear, since more people will understand what you're talking about.
  - krapp 5y ago
    >Literally doesn't mean figuratively, they're just using the word incorrectly. Literally has been used to mean figuratively since at least the 1700s[0], and words mean whatever people decide they mean. [0]https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/96439 https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/96439
  - emmp 5y ago
    If popular usage of a word drifts and the new usage is widely and unambiguously understood by most speakers in a target linguistic community, it is the folks writing articles in objection who do not understand its meaning.
    - badsectoracula 5y ago
      So the purpose of this forum is for news and discussion on breaching security systems?

tacostakohashi 5y ago

Not really, that is the intended purpose of X11 properties after all.

_lqaf 5y ago

...A 'hack' the system was designed around, sure. Why do you think it has the odd server-client architecture in the first place?