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1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Re: Hacker FAQ (please comment and help fix)
Article: 7679 of alt.hackers Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.hackers From: gandalf@netcom.com (Gandalf, Wizard of the Arcane and Obsolete) Subject: Re: Hacker FAQ (please comment and help fix) Message-ID: gandalfD78v0p.C3u@netcom.com Organization: West Hyperspace Software Research Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:50:49 GMT Approved: root@netcom.com Lines: 30 Sender: gandalf@netcom20.netcom.com Status: RO
seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach) writes in <3mng38$e3k@solutions.solon.com> /* * I think you've identified what is probably *THE* biggest weakness in my * draft FAQ; it fails to help one distinguish between the hopeless egomaniacs * of the world and the hackers. * * * Does anyone have any suggestions for how you tell Ken Thompson from Bill * Gates, in the general case? Easy: Gates created Windows (with some help). Thompson created UNIX and C (with some help). Q.E.D. * * -s * -- * Peter Seebach - seebs@solutions.solon.com -- seebs@intran.xerox.com */ -- gandalf/GreyWolf (depending on who you ask) SysAdmin brand hacker/sourcerer (also depending on who you ask) -- ____ _ __ __ _____ _ __ _____ WHO: Gandalf / ___\ / \ | \| || __ \ / \ | | | __/ WHAT: Obsolete Arcane Wizardry \ \| | / _ \ | || |/ // _ \ | |__| _/ OTHER: Wizardry is dead and all the \___|/_/___\|_|\_||___//_/___\|___/|_| good login names are taken. [ finger -m gandalf@netcom.com for more information ]
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