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From: richard@sequent.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: The word Hacker.
Message-ID: <401@sequent.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 04:17:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 17 04:17:44 1984
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If this makes sense:  I've always thought of the title "Hacker" as both
prejorative and respectable.  The "worms|twits|ferrets..." that the
media calls hackers are not respectible.  When it was dificult, ah, then
it was respectible.  But back then, you couldn't do any damage anyway...
Weren't those the days?  I will continue to ignore the clowns in the
media, and use words as they were meant to be.

What do they knowse, anyways, eh?

The preceding is not to be construed as the statement or opinion of the
employers or associates of the author.  It is solely the responsiblity...

			from the confused and bleeding fingertips of
				...!sequent!richard