Swartz, Weev & radical libertarian lexicon (Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany - Aaron Swartz)
dan at geer.org
dan at geer.org
Fri Jan 10 09:20:57 PST 2014
> 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
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