tanner@cdis-1.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) (12/06/88)
As a native of God's Own Country, I must object to the use of the
term "cracker" to refer to electronic burglars and vandals. I expect
that our neighbours to the north would similarly take offense.
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Does a modular connector plug into a crackerjack?
barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) (12/09/88)
In article <7019@cdis-1.uucp> tanner@cdis-1.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) writes: >As a native of God's Own Country, I must object to the use of the >term "cracker" to refer to electronic burglars and vandals. I expect >that our neighbours to the north would similarly take offense. Pardon my ignorance, but what does it mean in your society? And which of the many "God's Own Countries" are you referring to, anyway? In my opinion, the term "cracker" has several things going for it. First, it rhymes with "hacker", a related word (a cracker is often a malicious hacker). What a cracker does is "crack open" computer systems. And a cracker is similar in ways to a safecracker, someone who breaks into safes. Barry Margolin Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar