Hacker (Era: Re: non SO?)

[Micky Del Favero]

Massimo Masson writes:

> definizione (http://www.gnu.org/nonricordodovemabastacercareunpoco). In 

La definizione di hacker è:

micky@biancaneve:~$ dict -d jargon hacker
1 definition found

>From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]:

  hacker n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1. A
     person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how
     to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to
     learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically
     (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing
     about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating {hack value}. 4.
     A person who is good at programming quickly. 5. An expert at a
     particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it;
     as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and
     people who fit them congregate.) 6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind.
     One might be an astronomy hacker, for example. 7. One who enjoys the
     intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing
     limitations. 8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover
     sensitive information by poking around. Hence `password hacker',
     `network hacker'. The correct term for this sense is {cracker}.
  
     The term `hacker' also tends to connote membership in the global
     community defined by the net (see {the network} and {Internet
     address}).
     For discussion of some of the basics of this culture, see the How To
     Become A Hacker (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html) FAQ.
     It also implies that the person described is seen to subscribe to some
     version of the hacker ethic (see {hacker ethic}).
  
     It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe
     oneself that way. Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a
     meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are
     gladly welcome. There is thus a certain ego satisfaction to be had in
     identifying yourself as a hacker (but if you claim to be one and are
     not, you'll quickly be labeled {bogus}). See also {geek}, {wannabee}.
  
     This term seems to have been first adopted as a badge in the 1960s by
     the hacker culture surrounding TMRC and the MIT AI Lab. We have a report
     that it was used in a sense close to this entry's by teenage radio hams
     and electronics tinkerers in the mid-1950s.
  
  
micky@biancaneve:~$ 

L'Hacker Jargon File lo trovate qui: http://tuxedo.org/jargon/, oppure
se avete debian apt-get install jargon

> origine l'hacker non era un pirata informatico, ma un programmatore, uno 

nemmeno adesso lo è, ma ai giornalisti piace scrivere e visto che
cracker sembra il biscotto salato e usare pirata informatico non fa figo
hanno preso la parola sbagliata, lo stesso è successo con navigare in
internet, al posto di "surfing on the web", a tal proposito anni fa
c'erano dei tappetini per mouse con stampato sopra "Se vuoi navigare
comprati una barca"...

> E' un termine che peraltro tendo a non usare mai, preferendo il suo 
> improprio sostituto "programmatore/analista/qualcosaltro", proprio per 

l'hacker è programmatore/analista/qualcosaltro, ma non vale il
viceversa.

Ciao, Micky
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