bei@cs.utexas.edu (Bob Izenberg) (03/23/91)
SABAHE@macalstr.edu (Arun Baheti) quotes a {New York Newsday} article:
> {New York Newsday}, March 7, 1991, By Joshua Quittner
> Like a hacker -- a phone computer cheat
I guess that Mr. Quittner isn't up on his Ted Nelson. The evolution
of the word "hacker" from "a person curious about the workings of
systems or machines" to "criminal" is complete. I don't want to bring
the whole semantic issue to Pat's doorstep, but there are people who
call themselves "hackers" who cannot be characterized by the
malapropism "phone computer cheat". If you object to this admittedly
tiny part of the article, don't write Messrs. Townson or Baheti, write
{Newsday}.
Bob Izenberg cs.utexas.edu!dogface!bei 512 346 7019