Words are slippery, and when talking about ideology and political actions they are even more slippery. For instance, I never understood the word "hacker" as an

Words are slippery, and when talking about ideology and political actions they are even more slippery. For instance, I never understood the word "hacker" as anything but a slam - a poor programmer who would "hack away" at his keyboard blindly in hopes of getting something to work. As far as I know, it still has that connotation in many communities (or an even worse one) Keep up the good work. Those 3am articles are many times the best ones! :)