From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Is "Hacker" Good? Article-I.D.: floyd.249 Posted: Mon Jun 7 10:12:10 1982 Received: Tue Jun 8 00:59:50 1982 References: eagle.332 Hackers program with axes! Gimme a break, huh? Look, pal, I've seen incompetence in my day, and it has nothing to do hackers. Just because you looked it up in your Funkin' Wagnalls and it said that to hack means to bludgeon, it doesn't mean that computer hackers are to be perceived as bludgeon wielders. The hackers I have known tend to love their work and do it well. We have highly refined senses of aesthetics and we pay more than our share of taxes to Uncle Sam. What the hell do you from us? Doth not a hacker bleed? Next time you need some work done, go find a cretin with a HIPO diagramming template in his plastic pocket protector. Give me a guy with a flannel shirt and hiking boots any day of the week (which is when you'll find him working). If you want to make disparaging remarks about hackers, eagle!cw, you're doing it in the wrong space. I hack and I'm proud. Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491