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From: holmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Bad news for hackers
Message-ID: <310@dalcs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 00:12:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 10 00:12:19 1984
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	What is a "hacker"?

A hacker is a person who has certain abilities(sp?).

	1)	To find the bugs where none existed before.

	2)	To debug a program writen in a language that he's
		never seen before and without a manual.
	
	3)	To debug the program that that everyone else has
		given up on.  He handles all the REAL bugs.
	
	4)	To do all of the above before anyone can figure out
		whats happening.


True, many of these skills can be used to "crack" a system, but how much
more valuable to have them on "your" side.  I am a hacker (by the above
criteria) and am proud of it.