"hackers"

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Alan Evans <ame.fedora at gmail.com>:

> Richard Vickery wrote:
>
>> Tim wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Vickery wrote:
>>> > I have no clue what the term "I've been hacked" means.
>>>
>>> Then you'd have to be about the only one working with computers who
>>> cannot comprehend what the person meant when they wrote that:  some form
>>> of unauthorised alteration of their data.
>>>
>>>
>> I'm just going to guess, Tim, that you are a little more intelligent than
>> your reply lets on, and that you can actually understand the meaning behind
>> "I have no clue what the term 'I've been hacked' means". No one can be that
>> stupid, can you?
>>
>
> I with Tim on this one, and almost made the same reply regarding the
> original statement. If you didn't mean what you said then you are the one
> being obtuse.
>
> It is strange to me that you seem so vociferous about a particular term but
> keep needing to chastise others because they don't understand your
> imprecise use of language. http://xkcd.com/169/

Thanks! I'd missed that one.

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>



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