On 4 Aug 99 at 0:08, Jason (the General) wrote:
> I need the following word defined/confirmed....
>
> Hacker
>
> According to my dictionary, 'hack' means "to chop with exceptional force",
> "a violent cough", or "a horse let out out for common hire"...
> Same dictionary... 'hacker' "one who hacks" (no - really?....), or 'a person
> who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity' example is "A
> Polo hacker".
>
> I wonder which antique store I bought that dictionary from... :)
>
> Here's my definition: "One who adapts an existing piece of computer (or
> other type) of hardware to suit one's needs or to improve it without
> instruction from the original manufacturer."
>
> I also thought that the people who screwed with viruses and software and
> such were "crackers" (which my dictionary describes as a 'dry, thin bread
> substance").
>
> Am I right? or am I just blowing smoke?
>
"Crackers" to me are people who crack code whether source in programs or
encoded messages in encryption. An excellent novel that escapes my mind by "
Thomas Tryon ?" about decoders in Britian during WW ll comes to mind ( very
simplified description ).
> ThAnX,
> ///--->>>
> -Jason Willgruber
> (roblwill_at_usaor.net)
> ICQ#: 1730318
> <http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
>
> PS>> The reason I wanted to know was because I was going to make a web page
> on a couple of old serial cards that I'm making into direct-connect modems
> to use on a few computer that don't have HD's, and I'm just not sure what it
> would be classified as!
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Received on Tue Aug 03 1999 - 21:01:35 BST