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Subject: Re: IE5 for Linux?
From: Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! cx>
Date: 2000-03-15 5:13:47
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 10:57:51PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> Why did the local paper say IOMEGA was a startup when the Zip drive came
> out? Why did the media scare everyone way too much about Y2K? :-) I think it
> sounds better, and makes things more interesting. If you say cracker, people
> think food; if you say hacker, it sounds dangerous and exciting (IMO).
All the lack of sleep does put me a in dangerous state of health.. and it's
certainly exciting. ;-)
For those of you who are seriously offended by the issue, go to
www.jargon.org, read Appendix C and send a letter such as published there to
the media.
I did, and was surprised to get a nice reaction AND to read an article about
breaking into computer systems the next week without the usage of the word
hacker!
Perhaps we'll have to make a nice educative game called Kracker to show the
differences in a fun way. Might even be a cool game too.. one of those
cheesy Larry alike adventures where you play a hacker. =)
Rob
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| an artist, a tinkerer, a problem solver, an expert." -- ESR
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