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From: pso@utastro.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: cracking
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Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 20:49:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 12 20:49:40 1984
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> 1) hack, v.t. - to cut with repeated irregular or unskillful blows.
> 3) hack, n.   - one who forfeits individual freedom of action or professional
>                 integrity in exchange for wages or other assumed reward.
> 4) hack, adj. - working for hire esp. with loose or easy professional standards.
> 5) hack, vt.  - to make trite and commonplace by frequent and indiscriminate 
>                 use.
>
> None of the above (taken from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary), refers to
> what *I* do for a living.
>
> Judy

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Well, pardon me!  But words do change in meaning over the years.  Frequently
they take on an entirely new meaning.  Besides, "hacker" is not necessarily
equal to "hack".  Who out in net-land have heard of definitions (3), (4),
and (5).  Probably not too many people (I'm not saying one way or the other
about me, though).  Don't be too hard on the use of the word hacker to denote
a programmer.

Sam