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- From: d9mj@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Scott Coolness)
- Subject: Re: "Hack", and RTF
- Message-ID: <d9mj.726784381@crux1.cit.cornell.edu>
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- Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
- References: <199301080001.chess@bedivere.watson.ibm.com> <1ir64gINNfgo@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 20:33:01 GMT
- Approved: death and destruction
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- rasas@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Andrea Seal) writes:
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- >chess@watson.ibm.com (David M. Chess) writes:
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- >>>In many English speaking countries, the term "hack" is commonly used
- >>>to describe newspaper reporters. I thought this was used in the US as
- >>>well....
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- I think that in this case it probably refers to a computer intruder.
- You know, one of those guys that breaks into government computer
- systems and writes worms................... Just kidding.
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- A hack can also be a bad surgeon.
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- Scott Mankowitz, mankowitz@cornell.edu
- "Bio, that's right, a bio major."
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