Swartz, Weev & radical libertarian lexicon (Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany - Aaron Swartz)

[Jim Bell]

From: rysiek <rysiek at hackerspace.pl>

To: cypherpunks at cpunks.org 
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Swartz, Weev & radical libertarian lexicon (Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany - Aaron Swartz)
 

Dnia wtorek, 7 stycznia 2014 19:36:44 Cari Machet pisze:
> umn i just met u at #30c3 i know who u r so... aaahhh memories...
> names .... ppl... buses ... berlin...  i was making a little joke and
> calling u poland sorry i happen to love poland generally so i like to
> talk about it i guess

AAAAHH! Now I got all the puzzles in my view. OHAI, CARI. :)
/me facepalms hard/

>> how do you conclude that aaron was not "hacking" PLEASE EXPLAIN ???????

>Well... There are two ways the word "hacking" is used most often.
>1. breaking into computer systems and generally doing some computery-evil stuff
>2. doing some amazing technical things

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.  I (and many, many other people, no doubt) were peeved that the first definition above came into vogue.  The term "cracker" constituted an attempt to limit the misuse of "hacker".
           Jim Bell
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