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"Every geek worth his hash and salt has heard about the hacker/cracker distinction but have you ever wondered what does the designation entail when you go beyond scratching the surface? Gabriella Coleman has. According to Wikipedia she is an anthropologist, academic and author whose work focuses on hacker culture and online activism. The link below is her class on computer hackers at New York University. I found it an interesting read. The Anthropology of Hackers - Gabriella Coleman - The Atlantic"
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(Score: 5, Informative) by Khyber on Sunday March 02 2014, @12:48PM
Nope, because they're wrong with their very first unitalicized sentence.
" a "hack" is a clever technical solution arrived through a non-obvious means. "
No, as defined by TMRC in the 50s, a hack was a useful modification to pre-existing hardware.
Please read Stephen Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution to see just how wrong this article truly is.
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(Score: 3) by Khyber on Sunday March 02 2014, @12:51PM
What's funny is the article even mentions this very book, AND STILL gets the definitions wrong!
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