the term 'quaint' has changed. used to mean ...erm.... a females front
bottom.

-----Original Message-----
From: Arcady [mailto:arcady(at)jps.net]
Sent: 12 July 2000 20:07
To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: Hackers


>The statement you referred to in my post, was me using my own
>words to repeat what "someone else" had said. The question mark
>at the end referred to the fact that the term "Hackers" as
>applied to people of today, means something totally different
>than it used to. And maybe these people should re-visit the
>history of what a real Hacker did. 

Unfortunately the modern english dictionary is written by the likes of
Stevin
Speilburg and his industry in collaboration with Oprah Winphrey and Sam
Donaldson's
writers.

And unfortunately they've managed to change the definition of the term
Hacker.
As long as the public sees the word Hacker as the kind of people who
write computer
viruses then in effect that is what the term will mean.

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