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From: tac@teldata.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: cracker
Message-ID: <396@teldata.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 12:33:21 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 18 12:33:21 1984
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, (sop to the blank line eaters--consider it a religious sacrifice)

>>  On the other hand, a REAL programmer is an engineer in the classical meaning
>>  of the label. Da Vinci, Brunell, the Wright brothers and Eifel were all
>>  engineers in the classical sense of the word. There are examples in the
>>  programming area too such as Backus. While I do not make any claims to be in
>>  the company of the people I have listed, I am enough of a programmer that the
>>  first nerd who tries to call me a "hacker" will be forcefully encouraged to
>>  retrieve his/her words. The word is an insult of the first order.
>>  
>>  				Chris P

   1) Please, lets not reiterate the "real programmer" bit again.
   2) You are enough of a "beligerent sob", not programmer.  We have no evidence
      of your abilities (if any) as a programmer.
   3) A word is only an insult if you think of it as one.  Words, being
      basically inocuous and passive, would never think of insulting you.
      Other people and your own self esteem, however, are much less considerate.

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	    Tom Condon     {...!uw-beaver!teltone!teldata!tac}

	    An Insult A Day Keeps Good Fellowship Away.

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