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From: benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Hackers, origin of term
Keywords: hacker
Message-ID: <3299@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 15 Apr 89 03:35:57 GMT
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Reply-To: benfeen@ddsw1.UUCP (Ben Feen)
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM, Mundelein, IL
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By original definition, a hacker is a person who takes a piece of
doggie-dirties program and changes it.  There are also electronics
hackers (I am one - I fixed a radio by dragging a wrench across the connect-
tions until it worked, then soldered the connections together.)
There are hackers in every field where makeshift fixes can be done.
Unfortunately, the media thinks "hacker" means "one who destroys computers
by casting a magic spell".  Another media problem occured when that
student put the virus into UN*X , VAX, etc. .sh files.  Remember?
I'll bet that virus protection file sales for all computers went up
75% after that because of the PIMP (Public Impression through the Media
Peephole).  My dad forbid me from downloading until I showed him 
news.important articles that explained it.
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