10 Jan
2014
10 Jan
'14
5:20 p.m.
When I arrived at MIT in 1976, I learned that the term "hacker" meant ONLY the second definition above. (I believe the term originated at the TMRC (Tech Model Railroad Club in the 1950's; that fact is probably in Wikipedia) There was no hint of illegality, nor was the term in any way limited to computer activities. I would have been called a "chemistry hacker" or an "electronics hacker" at that point.
Yes to TMRC. And never forget S. Levy's book (*) --dan (*) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution