I think expecting people who are apart of the hackerspace community to all act as the PR department in charge of fixing he public perception of the word "hacker" is only going to end in disappointment.<div><br></div>
<div>I think we change the perception by doing cool things in public on a regular basis, not by suffering every fool who walks through the door.</div><div><br></div><div>-s</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Jean de Largentaye <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jean@largentaye.org">jean@largentaye.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 08/27/2010 10:19 AM, Yves Quemener wrote:<br>
> Now she has probably understood that it was just a joke. So for her now<br>
> hackers are not only people who break into private networks but are also<br>
> bullies. Yep, great PR fail.<br>
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</div>Sorry, I should've been clearer: when I said we were on the right<br>
track, I was thinking about the hackerspace boom, not this specific<br>
discussion.<br>
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