[geeks] SPARC proprietary

[Phil Stracchino]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:43:39PM +0000, wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> Remember when a hacker was an individuals who "tuned" their computer 
> (software and hardware) to get the maximum performance out of it?  How'd
> the script kiddies ever get the honorable name "hackers"?

Hollywood.  Who, in their inimitable fashion, neither knew the fucking
difference nor cared.

(A friend of mine teaches NRA Basic Pistol and NRA Personal Protection
in LA.  He begins all his classes with, "Let's get one thing clear up
front:  If everything you know about guns was learned from Hollywood and
the media, then everything you know about guns is wrong.")


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