"hackers"

[Richard Vickery]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 22:54:07 -0400,
>   Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> I've been interviewed a couple of times by CBC and other media. Each time
>> I explain what "hackers" means, and it doesn't really go anywhere. The way
>> I see it, we just need more positive "hacker" and maker stories than there
>> are bad ones. In the mean time, don't let it get to you. Just go do good
>> stuff.
>>
>
> You know the term wasn't all that positive in its earlier use. Using hacks
> instead of doing things right isn't a good thing. (Though it might be good
> in some cases to trade off time and effort now against future costs.)
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Perhaps next time someone gets an interview with the media we could call
them idiots, just as bad as Fox; they don't allow our side of the story.

Many phenomenal discoveries have come from the likes of a "hack"!
Discoveries like the Higgs boson came about in such a way, found (not
necessarily the Higgs) by mistake while we were looking for something else.
Hacks were also helpful in discovering holes, or breeches in other's
software.
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