[NTLUG:Discuss] The "virus"

[Johnie Stafford]

>>> On Thu, 04 May 2000 14:35:41 -0500, "Gregory A. Edwards" <greg at nas-inet.com> said:

 gae> hacker: I still don't like to be called a hacker as I view the term in
 gae> it's original context of someone who illegally breaks (hacks) into a
 gae> computer system

That's not the original context. The term 'hacker' originally meant
one that sat at his computer and hacked out code. I, and a lot of
other people I know, fall into that category. Unfortunately, some
hackers used their talents for evil. Although these people are
considered crackers, the media took the term hacker and ran with
it. Now the general population equates 'hacker' with cracking. And all
true hackers despise the media for it :)

Johnie