
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
In> Just saw part I of a two-part series on "hackers" being broadcast In> by a local San Francisco TV station. Nothing horrible, in my In> opinion. The adroitly sidestepped the hacker/cracker distinction In> by saying the "hacker" has come to mean..." and then gave the In> negative, intrusive definition. <<SNIP>> In> Tomorrow's show should be more interesting (and possibly much In> more sensationalistic). Part II is "The Hacker Underground." In> Oooh, scary! Christ. They are almost taking this chapter-for-chapter out of The Hacker Crackdown... P.J. pjn@nworks.com ... Descartes of Borg - "I assimilate, therefore I am." ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR]