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Both meanings are legitimate uses of the word, "hacker". Those who matter can tell which one is being used by the context. Honestly, I think arguing for using
by redthrowaway 14y ago
Both meanings are legitimate uses of the word, "hacker". Those who matter can tell which one is being used by the context.
Honestly, I think arguing for using the word "cracker" in place of "hacker" has a Stallman-esque feeling to it, now.
- darkstar999 14y agoI think you mean gnu/cracker.
- obviouslygreen 14y ago"Those who matter?" Hopefully you meant "those who understand the way people here use the term," which would be both more correct and less disingenuous. I agree, though, that the terminology argument is unhelpful and stale. Unfortunately, pedantic terminology attacks are often a lot easier than constructive debate or discussion.