On 03/15/2013 09:09 PM, McCrina, Nathan wrote: > > ________________________________________ > From: users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Vickery [richard.vickeryrv@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 4:30 PM > To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: Has my fedora 18 installation been hacked? > > On Mar 15, 2013 9:39 AM, "Greg Woods" <woods@xxxxxxxx<mailto:woods@xxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 08:25 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: >>> >>> It is not really my intent to be rude, but each of us "hack" out own >>> systems and the kernel all the time. >> >> Unfortunately, this battle over the word "hack" and "hacker" has already >> been fought and lost. The media, and just about everyone other than >> hard-core geeks, uses the word "hack" to mean breaking into systems. > > Not in my circles; I refuse to let people alternate the term. Indeed, and we have to accept that the meaning of words is context- dependent. For example, the word "narcotic" is used in very different ways in pharmacology and law-enforcement circles. The pharmacologists would no doubt point out that their usage of the word is technically and etymologically correct, and the law-enforcement professionals would claim popular usage. That usually happens when a word with a meaning in technical circles gains popular usage. I'm sure we can think of many similar examples. users@fedoraproject is halfway between and an "insider" and an "outsider" group, so the different groups have to try to communicate despite not having a common understanding of what words mean. Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
