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Open letter to the media about the misuse of the term "hacker" (matija.suklje.name)
1 point by Cabal on Aug 3, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



> "Hacker" comes from the verb "to hack", which is an expression that originated in the 50's of the previous century on the MIT and means solving a technical problem in an unique way.

bzzt, wrong. It originally means riding a horse around the English countryside for fun.

http://www.ruralsports.co.uk/hacking.html

And here's what you wear while doing it

http://www.countrysupplies.com/list.asp?deptid=668


Are you sure those usages are connected? I'm not.




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