> I don't know why hackers are always fighting an impossible uphill battle to change public perception of the word Probably because it allows easy group identi

> I don't know why hackers are always fighting an impossible uphill battle to change public perception of the word Probably because it allows easy group identification. Those that use the positive meaning are in the group and those that use the negative meaning are outsiders. We use many words this way. At the risk of sounding very suburban, witness the difference between Gangsta/Gangster when used by people inside/outside hip-hop culture.