Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:7002 comp.sys.mac.programmer:25580 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!aunro!ukma!rex!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: hacker vs. cracker (was Re: Bringing Finder frontmost...) Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 20:10:14 GMT References: <0B01FFFB.hfj14n@outpost.UUCP> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP's message of 5 Jun 91 22: 36:47 GMT In article <0B01FFFB.hfj14n@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: >I was using the term HACK to mean a quick and elegant little program >that gets the job done. This is the good connotation of this word, >not the bad. Sort of like describing myself as a hacker. I don't >mean I break into systems and steal national security secrets, but Isn't that called a cracker now? -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Welcome to the Real World. Enjoy the | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | show. | \============================================================================/