Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Hackers and others take note Message-ID: <36@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 09:35:25 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.36 Posted: Tue Dec 11 09:35:25 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 01:38:01 EST References: <2612@dartvax.UUCP> <17488@lanl.ARPA> <819@bnl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC Lines: 18 > > 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 ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb