[Dclug] EconTalk podcast (Horrible)

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 07:49:12PM -0500, ethan at 757.org wrote:
> Hacker = could be a tinkerer. Could be someone who gains illegal access to 
> a system (generally, to tinker). Pretty wide definition, and I'm sorry, I 
> would include some of the illegal activity in here. Now with the DMCA, the 
> illegal scope has widened even further.

Sure you've all seen it, but I've always liked this bit:

>From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:

  hacker
   n.
  
     [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe]

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