Posted on 03/03/2021 1:39:03 PM PST by dayglored
I’m betting this is actually related to the pejorative “hack”, which I have to believe has been around longer than the ‘50s. In fact it’s probably from Hackney horse or cab. I don’t know but surmise all this. Somehow a “hack” is someone who’s no good at something.
I first learned of "hack" and "hacker" in the positive sense when a HS friend of mine went to MIT and learned about the various hacks done there.
If you are hired by the owner to come to a business or home then you are not burgling or trespassing. Otherwise, you are.
People diddling around in other people’s computers are no better than burglars and trespassers, yes?
Hacking is NOT a crime? Of course it is. Who is this idiot?
18 U.S. Code § 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030
This person isn’t very smart.
She's an "originalist", one who believes in not perverting meaning to a modern fad. You are familiar with the concept, yes?
Good lord, Friend, learn a bit about the term "hacker" (and "hack" and "hacking"). They're not what you apparently think they are.
Except it is. A programmer from Cupertino told me so , around 1980.
*sigh* another one. Please see above, comment #8.
That is asinine logic.
In common usage, normal people view "hacker" as a pejorative term. Just because some computer enthusiasts (who only muddle in their own systems screwing around and experimenting and don't break into others or steal) take issue with the pejorative use of the term doesn't make them right.
Normal people would view them rightly as geeks, and might good naturedly call them "hackers" as a joke. If they want to call themselves hackers as a term of endearment to their hobby, they are entitled to.
Because of the pain, anguish, stress, lost time, and money that hackers have caused me in my personal and professional life, I view these people with extreme prejudice.
And I have suffered personally and professionally at the hands of these criminals we call hackers. I wouldn't have a problem if someone took a baseball bat to their hands as punishment.
And I am not kidding. I work in an industry where people can be physically harmed by this activity, people lose their jobs over it, we have huge losses in productivity and functionality as a result of it, so I have zero-ZERO tolerance or patience with it.
I’d be happy if the term “hack” were used only for things having to do with computers. I think it’s ridiculous for it to be used for every household tip, as in “Here’s a hack for getting dog-pee odor out of a carpet.” It just seems pretentious.
I'm rather disappointed to see that most of our FReepers are perfectly willing to fall in line with the Fake News Media.
You would think that on a Conservative website, the term "Original Meaning" would carry some weight.
The author of the "FOR" argument isn't arguing in favor of cyber crime, for God's sake. She's arguing that we should find another word for it, and let "hack" go back to what it used to mean -- something positive done in an unconventional or innovative way.
And yet, ironically, that's closer to the correct, original meaning of "hack": An unconventional but successful method.
And gay means happy.
Yes. An "originalist". I'll bet this "scientifically based person" doesn't believe that XX=Female and XY=Male.
You Can’t use the term Jerry-Rig. Definitely racist
Are you willing to apply that concept to the Constitution?:
In common usage, normal people view "The Constitution" as a Living Document, open to any sort of change based on modern whims. Just because some "Conservatives" and "Originalists" (who only muddle in their own forums) take issue with the modern use of the term doesn't make them right.I didn't think so.
We need a different term for "cyber criminal" that rolls off the tongue like "hacker" does. For a while "cracker" tried to fill that role, but it didn't catch on for various obvious reasons.
I also fight the battle against "enthused." It is most definitely not a word.
However, since ignorance is much more prevalent and insistent in this world, those who know better tend to lose the war in things like this.
Oops, my bad. "Jury-rig"?
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