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From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland)
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Subject: Re: Hackers and others take note
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 09:35:25 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 11 09:35:25 1984
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> 
> When I started programming 7 years ago hackers were the ones
> building their own computer systems. ... A "hacker" was somebody 
> who knew his stuff and spent more time in front of a terminal 
> than he did with his family.
> 

	The day I stop considering myself a hacker is the day
that I stop writing programs and start selling insurance door-to-door.
I also am proud to be called a hacker. When people call me a hacker
with a derogatory tone, I politely thank them for the complement and
leave them wondering what happened. I hope the incentives to become
a hacker (i.e. a person who write/improves program for the fun of it)
never die. LONG LIVE THE HACKER!!! Thank you and goodnight.

					Randy Buckland
					Research Triangle Institute
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