Hacker - defined
September 14th, 2006At a cocktail party full of institutionalized lackeys, it means you are a dreg of society, a misfit. At Spamroll, it often means you just broke into a government computer system, and are now headed to jail. But, it’s more often a badge of honor, at least computer geeks in the trenches - “he’s a great hacker” is a compliment that makes even the most humble engineers smile. Bruce Schneier has more.

