3363ewf@houxm.UUCP (09/16/83)
After my attempt to correct people on the use of the word hacker, i.e., nothing to do with computers, I received many replies saying basically that if a word is generally accepted to mean something it is ok to use it for that meaning even if it is not shown in a dictionary. Well, the "generally accepted" meaning of the word hacker seems to be a computer break in artist as construed by the general public. Yet many computer people feel that this is not right. Seems to me that by the replies I got from computer people we must accept the definition as most people understand it-- a computer break in artist. All hackers in the computer sense should now report to their local police dept. Gene Foster houxm!3363ewf