Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!pso From: pso@utastro.UUCP (P Samuel Odoms) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: cracking Message-ID: <105@utastro.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 21:34:37 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.105 Posted: Fri Jun 15 21:34:37 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 05:21:48 EDT References: <1057@nsc.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 10 I have studied etymology and I must say that it is possible for the meaning of a word to change over the span of only one generation. This is especially true if the original meaning(s) of the word have already become muddled or if the word has simply gone out of general use (as is the case with hack). In any case, the media did not think up the original hacker term; it has been around for quite a while (I'm not sure but I think it started in the late 50's at MIT). Sam