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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Thank you for using "hacker"! #6391 09/12/2000 2:43 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 1 hasta25 stranger hasta25 stranger Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 1 Dear AWAD staff, THANK YOU for using the correct definition of "hacker" -- and for teaching me some I didn't know! As a hacker since 1985 (yes, I'm a newbie), I've always cringed when people or groups have used the word hacker in a malicious manner. I think this was rampant in the 1980s, but it's still around today. Some religious magazine or group said that "hackers are promoting child pornography," or something along those lines. I wondered who amongst my compatriats in the Linux/PowerPC development arena are doing this, as I've never once seen or heard it mentioned. Anyway, thank you much! I look foward to getting my word of the day every day. :) -- Jason Haas, a LinuxPPC hacker. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thank you for using "hacker"! #6392 09/12/2000 5:30 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, Jason-- I, too, enjoyed reading the fine distinctions of the term. I wonder if your religious maligners are the same ones who said that the Teletubby was gay! Geez! Note, however, that on this Board you are not a "Newbie" yet! That's one of Anu's official designations! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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