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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
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Subject: Re: Hacker Scholarship
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Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 07:28:17 EDT
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In article <6677@ism780c.UUCP>, tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
> In article <497@cblpe.ATT.COM> apc@cblpe.ATT.COM (55212-Alan Curtis) writes:
> < Why the 'ell not!  It is my stuff inside my house, you know it,
> < and I know it.  Just cause I leave my door wide open, is NOT
> < a statment of lack of ownership.
> No, but it is a statement of lack of intelligence.  If I have a computer
> with important stuff on it, and if I have a security problem, I would
> rather find out about it by having someone break in for fun and tell me
> about it rather than by having someone who wants to do damage break in
> and destroy things.
> Tim Smith, Knowledgian		{sdcrdcf,seismo}!ism780c!tim

I don't see how this is relevant the hacker scholarships.  A hacker is
one who explores the universe and fixes bugs.  By that very definition
the creeps that go around and destroy systems are no different than
vandels or other common thieves.  Let's get the definiton of 'hacker'
correct.

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