Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site petfe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!petsd!petfe!rmf From: rmf@petfe.UUCP (Ralph M. Friedman) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: hackers Message-ID: <192@petfe.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 12:07:12 EST Article-I.D.: petfe.192 Posted: Mon Dec 17 12:07:12 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 02:47:32 EST References: <361@wxlvax.UUCP>, <388@ukma.UUCP> Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls, N.J. Lines: 7 I think we are begging the question by arguing over the definition of the word hacker. People who break into files that are made of paper and stored in steel cabinets on other people's property are generally called thieves. I believe that that appellation applies equally to those who break into electronic files that are other people's property. Ralph M. Friedman