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From: ian@utcsstat.UUCP (Ian F. Darwin)
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Subject: Re: Use TWIT instead of HACKER
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Date: Thu, 15-Dec-83 12:42:53 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 15 12:42:53 1983
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	ihuxc!covert suggests use of "twit" as a term for those
	who break into systems.

Unfortunately, this term has the other meaning of a bumbling incompetent.
Some of those who break in are incompetent, but some are competent
and malicious. These people are not twits.

I have suggested in various media the use of the term "cracker"
which is similar in sound to hacker, but with the clear difference.

I realise that this word, too, has another meaning, but it should
be distinct enough. Is "cracker" as in from Georgia &c considered
derogatory in most parts of the U.S.A.?
-- 
Ian F. Darwin, Toronto		uucp: utcsstat!ian