whitewig
D. Hageman
dhageman at dracken.com
Thu Mar 17 01:12:42 CST 2005
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Jack wrote:
> --- "D. Hageman" <dhageman at dracken.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On another side note - If a person calls themselves
>> a hacker - they aren't
>> a hacker. It is like a person calling themselves
>> sexy or the best thing
>> out there. It is a term that has to be given to you
>> by another. I just
>> put in this side note as I have had two people call
>> themselves that in the
>> past week in conversation with me. Hubris. Yuck.
> I disagree with this comment. While it's possible that
> anyone who calls themselves a hacker is not
> necessarily
> a hacker, it does not preclude a real hacker from
> calling oneself one. Hacking is the art of taking
> things apart (and putting them back together) to
> figure out how things work. That's all it means, there
> is no elite person that confers hacking status on
> someone. Hacking is an old term that never gained
> widespread public knowledge until relatively recently.
> I have been hacking cars, radios, computers, software,
> and all manner of electromechanical devices (not
> necessarily in that order) since I was 7 (that's
> before Woodstock '69). I take exception to your
> attempt to promote yourself as the giver of Hackdom.
Oh! I am misunderstood again! I guess this is yet another example of
... well hell - read my post to Jonathan Hutchins.
I don't believe I stated anywhere in my original message that I am the
giver of said title. I didn't even say there is some elite person that
'confers hacking status on someone'. I do have some reverence for the
title as it was given to people who had done a good hack. You don't go
around telling people that you were hacker ... as well ... that would just
be bragging.
I love your definitions though ... If you get a moment, stop by a book
store and pick up a 2005 dictionary and see if the they agree with you.
;-) They are the language experts ... not me. :-)
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