[hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the words "food" and "hacking"

[Kevin Mitnick]

Since we feel that diluting this term is a good idea, I propose that we change things on the Wiki and elsewhere to address this use of the word "hacker".
- "Building hacker" is now the term for a architect.- "Food hacker" now encompasses being a chef, baker, cook, or just some dude making a sandwich.- "Government hacker" is not a term for someone in China's military, but for a politician.- "E-mail hacker" includes every person in this mailing list and I guess those who are not too.- "Rent hacker" is someone who evades paying their own rent.- "Money hacker" is someone who invests in the stock market or can encompass a gambler too.- "Music hacker" is someone who listens to music.- "Musical hacker" is someone who makes music with an instrument.- "Brotruck hacker" is someone who drives a lifted truck.
I am going to go and edit the Wiki to reflect this.

Kevin Mitnick
(May or may not be the Kevin you think I am)

Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:25:47 -0800
From: longobord at gmail.com
To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the words "food" and "hacking"

Johannes, that's semantics purists, to be specific. ________

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On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:39 AM, Jordan Miller <jrdnmlr at gmail.com> wrote:

hacking origin predates computers and perhaps started as someone in a

jungle holding a machete. also Jason from the movie halloween. he was

a ridiculously famous hacker. that was the common parlance at the

time.



language changes, though we are wont to resist it.



we can consider that language doesn't come from groups of people

agreeing to follow dictionary rules. rather, dictionary rules come

from following common usage of sounds and phrases.



indeed, there was a time not too long ago that "computer hacking" as

it is commonly used today was not part of the dictionary definition.

but that has changed.



http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/language-evolve.htm



jordan







> On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:23 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:

>

> j. grenzfurthner/monochrom (das ende der nahrungskette) wrote, On

> 2014-01-27 01:40:

>> Language purists.

>> Sweet.

>

> What would that make me, Johannes?

>

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> Rubin

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