[aklug] Re: Open maker night at Anchorage Makerspace

* Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> [140222 07:11]:
> I think you're you're right about the ship sailing, and it sailed a long
> time ago. When I was working with computers in the early 80s, we kept
> trying to get people to distinguish between "hackers" and "crackers".
> Media and script kiddies just refused to get it.
>
> Let's see... "Fairies" used to be mythical creatures in kids stories like
> Peter Pan and, when I was a kid, there were still adults around that
> referred to a lit cigarette as a "fag" and a burning ember from the fire as
> a "faggot". Oh well.
>
> Jim G
>
> >
> > I don't think there should be any question that you don't want to use the
> > word "hacker" to publicize an event. Most people hearing that hackers are
> > getting together would probably hope the FBI was keeping an eye on the
> > gathering. People would be like, "Well, they are publicizing the event so
> > they are probably not going to do anything too bad. Even so, I hope the FBI
> > is there just in case." Suppose you heard about a convention for gay
> > birdwatchers. And then it turned out that they just meant they were
> > cheerful birdwatchers, they'd always called themselves the gay
> > birdwatchers, and they weren't about to stop. You'd think that was kind of
> > dumb, wouldn't you?
  and then there's Marcia Gay Harden .... wear your hacker flag
  proudly and let people know what it means.

-- 
Tim 
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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