Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.flame Subject: Re: Hacker. A definition. Message-ID: <313@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 19:26:09 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.313 Posted: Wed Feb 8 19:26:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 03:43:28 EST References: <524@pucc-h> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 14 ************************************************************************** >On the flip side of the issue, I have always thought that "hacker" in the >original computerese sense of the word was a pejorative term, meaning one who >was obsessed with machines, often to the exclusion of people (superficial >socializing with those who are also obsessed with machines does not count as >really relating to people!). This is all true except that it's not regarded as pejorative. Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc.!denelcor!neal