Posted by Michael Pollard (199.216.252.3) on September 29, 2000 at 04:44:20:
In Reply to: Temporary missing post area fixed posted by Tony Page on September 28, 2000 at 11:57:20:
Nowadays the term `hacker' and the derivitives are seriously misused. Hackers do not cause damage to systems, except their own, and write programs. The word which should be used is `Cracker'. Only one letter change and completely accurate. Sorry for taking such offense to this, I just notice theword and the people it represents don't get good exposure. If you insist on useing the word `hacker' add the word `blackhat' as in `Blackhat hacker'. Why, because it allows some fairness in haveing a `whitehat hacker' or the good guys. Just my ranting here, you just suffer because your the only one I can openly complain to:) Anyway, Metta and I hope I didn't offend.