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Forgive my ignorance, but wasn't the word made to describe "black hat" activities? Everything else is a new definition (white hat etc.) Language evolves, espe
by Cuuugi 13y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but wasn't the word made to describe "black hat" activities?
Everything else is a new definition (white hat etc.)
Language evolves, especially with created words.
Will your opinion win? Possibly, i dont know ( or care). I just get sick of people thinking their way of thinking is accepted fact.
- georgemcfly 13y agoThe modern, non "black hat" use of the word originates with the MIT Tech Model Railroad Club (http://www.gricer.com/tmrc/dictionary1959.html http://www.gricer.com/tmrc/dictionary1959.html) who define "hack" as '1) an article or project without constructive end; 2) work undertaken on bad self-advice; 3) an entropy booster; 4) to produce, or attempt to produce, a hack (3)." Quite a few words in the "computer geek" lexicon were borrowed from the TMRC.
- 3villabs 13y agoGreat answer!
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