Re: hackers are evil?

[madsaxon <madsaxon () direcway com>]

[Since nothing appears to be "off topic" for this list, I don't
feel constrained to withhold my comments on that basis.]

At 01:21 AM 6/13/03 +1000, Darren Reed wrote:
> The english language evolves and this is just part of it.  Just as
> "jelly" in the USA is different to "jelly" in Australia, "hacker"
> post circa 1990 is different to "hacker" pre circa 1990.

Oh, so "Fosters" is, in fact, Australian for "beer?"

I guess I'm not ready to have the language I employ every day of
my life dictated by the mass media.  The evolution of language
is conducted by consensus of the users, but in this case that
consensus has been artificially promulgated not by a
preponderance of the speakers, but by a very small minority
who are supposed to be in the business of informing. If that
doesn't bother you, fine.  It does me.  If "hacker" were the only
instance of this phenomenon, I'd just write it off as an anomaly.
It isn't, however.  There are many examples, some obvious, some
rather more subtle.

We all have causes for which we're prepared to fight...

m5x

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