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From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Hacker.  A definition. - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 04:05:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 31 04:05:26 1984
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#R:rocheste:-454400:fortune:14500020:000:551
fortune!rpw3    Jan 31 00:44:00 1984

And please, while we're at it, let's not malign "ferrets"! Ferrets are
fine little animals (if a bit bloodthirsty) that track and dig out snakes
and rats and the like. In fact, the phrase "to ferret out" ...

The Stanford and UCLA systems staffs were ferreting when they were closing
in on the {worm? snake? rat?}. Hackers sometimes ferret out buggy code
(and sometimes add more).

Rob Warnock

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