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I like the old-school definition. When I hear somebody calling himself a hacker, it looks to me like when a teenager powder its face and call himself a vampire.
by aortega 14y ago
I like the old-school definition. When I hear somebody calling himself a hacker, it looks to me like when a teenager powder its face and call himself a vampire. Kid, you are not a vampire. Vampires are horrible creatures that sucks blood.
Developers are not hackers, hackers enter your computer to steal stuff from you, and love it. (that said, I'm posting in a site calling "hacker news" heh)
- pdonis 14y agohackers enter your computer to steal stuff from you, and love it Those are crackers, not hackers. http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is (that said, I'm posting in a site calling "hacker news" heh) That's because pg understands the correct use of this terminology.
- aortega 14y ago>Those are crackers, not hackers. No, crackers are people that bypass software copy protections. Arguing about non-formal language definitions is absurd anyway.
- Permit 14y ago>I like the old-school definition. The definition you've provided is not the 'old-school' definition.
- ZephyrP 14y agohttp://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0306B&L=ads-l&P=R5831&m=24290 http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0306B&...