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On Mar 15, 2013 2:36 PM, "McCrina, Nathan" <<a href="mailto:nm177320@gordonstate.edu">nm177320@gordonstate.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org">users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org</a> [<a href="mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org">users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org</a>] On Behalf Of Richard Vickery [<a href="mailto:richard.vickeryrv@gmail.com">richard.vickeryrv@gmail.com</a>]<br>
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 4:30 PM<br>
> To: Community support for Fedora users<br>
> Subject: Re: Has my fedora 18 installation been hacked?<br>
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> On Mar 15, 2013 9:39 AM, "Greg Woods" <<a href="mailto:woods@ucar.edu">woods@ucar.edu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:woods@ucar.edu">woods@ucar.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> >> On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 08:25 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote:<br>
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> >> > It is not really my intent to be rude, but each of us "hack" out own<br>
> >> > systems and the kernel all the time.<br>
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> >> Unfortunately, this battle over the word "hack" and "hacker" has already<br>
> >> been fought and lost. The media, and just about everyone other than<br>
> >> hard-core geeks, uses the word "hack" to mean breaking into systems.<br>
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> >Not in my circles; I refuse to let people alternate the term.<br>
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> >> Heck, that's why we co-opted the word "geek", which not that long ago<br>
> >> was a very insulting term, and is now used as a term for people worthy<br>
> >> of respect, similar to how "hacker" was used in the old days.<br>
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> >> I suppose it is confusing that the meanings of these words have changed,<br>
> >> but unfortunately the real meaning of a word is going to be defined by<br>
> >> how it is most commonly used.<br>
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> >So change it!!! Don't let them beat you into the ground; correct them!<br>
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> IMO, "hack" has sort of a violent sound to it, which makes me feel it is more appropriate for a forceful entry type of context, and I am not surprised that most people assume that this is what it should mean. Furthermore. where I am from "cracker" is a more or less insulting racial term so it just leads to awkwardness when I try to loftily throw it into a conversation. I do know the history of the term "hacker" but I have zero problems with the way it is used in the media.<br>
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<p>Does this mean that you just let them adulterate the term?</p>