Open letter to the media about the misuse of the term "hacker"

didn't work for me. tried in 2000: http://db.ilug-bom.org.in/lug-authors/philip/docs/hackers-no...

> "Hacker" comes from the verb "to hack", which is an expression that originated in the 50's of the previous century on the MIT and means solving a technical problem in an unique way.

bzzt, wrong. It originally means riding a horse around the English countryside for fun.

http://www.ruralsports.co.uk/hacking.html

And here's what you wear while doing it

http://www.countrysupplies.com/list.asp?deptid=668