Comments on: Introduction, Important Points, and FAQ http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html mostly white-hat hacker stuff Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:41:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dave http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-62193 Dave Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:19:44 +0000 http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-62193 Hey, thanks for being one of the only people around today to take a stand about not abusing the term "Hacker" to mean something it doesn't. While you're at it, I'd like to make a small request, that you not abuse the term "Web site" to mean something it doesn't. A Web is defined by the W3C to be a network of interconnected Web pages. The World Wide Web is simply the set of Web pages that idiots call "the Web" - that is, the "meta" Web that exists today as a result of aggressive inter-Web linking nearly everywhere. Now, once you've hijacked the term "Web" to describe the entire World Wide Web (which is apparently a World Wide Mouthful for the media, ever hungry for shortcuts), what do you call a Web? Simple, you steal "Web site" from its true meaning: a site where Webs are housed. (The latter, of course, is popularly called a "Data Center," today. That too has an interesting history, but we're getting way off-topic, here.) I'm guessing that if enough of us start caring about everybody's words, rather than each of us picking a single word to care about and a hundred to trample, we might actually stand a chance against the mass media's cold-blooded linguicide; if I trample your words and you continue to trample mine, though, the media wins, our language loses, and our hobbyist cultures that created all these things in the first place get killed in the crossfire. I've decided to put a brief write-up of the problem here: http://www.bigfatdave.com/linguicide/ I'd like to gather an authoritative dictionary of terms, what they _really_ mean, and what society tends to abuse them to mean. The idea is to give people like you and me the opportunity to avoid perpetrating linguicide without even knowing it. (I assume, for example, that you call "Webs" "Websites" not because you want to murder the real term, but simply for lack of awareness that you were doing anything wrong. You're not even close to the only one. Each of us has his own area of specialty where he can easily spot linguicide, and ten million "non-specialty" areas where he simply trusts the media to tell him what things are called.) It can also serve as a reference for linguicide nazis (like myself), allowing us to help you fight your battles :-) Thanks, - Dave Hey, thanks for being one of the only people around today to take a stand about not abusing the term “Hacker” to mean something it doesn’t. While you’re at it, I’d like to make a small request, that you not abuse the term “Web site” to mean something it doesn’t. A Web is defined by the W3C to be a network of interconnected Web pages. The World Wide Web is simply the set of Web pages that idiots call “the Web” - that is, the “meta” Web that exists today as a result of aggressive inter-Web linking nearly everywhere. Now, once you’ve hijacked the term “Web” to describe the entire World Wide Web (which is apparently a World Wide Mouthful for the media, ever hungry for shortcuts), what do you call a Web? Simple, you steal “Web site” from its true meaning: a site where Webs are housed. (The latter, of course, is popularly called a “Data Center,” today. That too has an interesting history, but we’re getting way off-topic, here.)

I’m guessing that if enough of us start caring about everybody’s words, rather than each of us picking a single word to care about and a hundred to trample, we might actually stand a chance against the mass media’s cold-blooded linguicide; if I trample your words and you continue to trample mine, though, the media wins, our language loses, and our hobbyist cultures that created all these things in the first place get killed in the crossfire.

I’ve decided to put a brief write-up of the problem here:
http://www.bigfatdave.com/linguicide/
I’d like to gather an authoritative dictionary of terms, what they _really_ mean, and what society tends to abuse them to mean. The idea is to give people like you and me the opportunity to avoid perpetrating linguicide without even knowing it. (I assume, for example, that you call “Webs” “Websites” not because you want to murder the real term, but simply for lack of awareness that you were doing anything wrong. You’re not even close to the only one. Each of us has his own area of specialty where he can easily spot linguicide, and ten million “non-specialty” areas where he simply trusts the media to tell him what things are called.) It can also serve as a reference for linguicide nazis (like myself), allowing us to help you fight your battles :-)

Thanks,
- Dave

]]> By: Irregular Activity http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-19096 Irregular Activity Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:17:07 +0000 http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-19096 Just wanted to give a 'largish' pat on the back, only been on the site for a few minutes and already found 2 VERY helpful articles - keep up the good work! Just wanted to give a ‘largish’ pat on the back, only been on the site for a few minutes and already found 2 VERY helpful articles - keep up the good work!

]]> By: Geek 24: Technology Geeks http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-5 Geek 24: Technology Geeks Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:31:12 +0000 http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-5 Just a wave to you too though "geeks are sexy". 3l33t :) Just a wave to you too though “geeks are sexy”. 3l33t :)

]]> By: [Geeks Are Sexy] http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-4 [Geeks Are Sexy] Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:28:04 +0000 http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-4 Hey, just passing by to have a look :) I like what you did with the design... looks good! Take care, Kiltak Hey, just passing by to have a look :) I like what you did with the design… looks good!

Take care,

Kiltak

]]> By: c-dub http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-3 c-dub Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:26:17 +0000 http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-3 omg this is soo lame i want more posts and i want them now omg this is soo lame i want more posts and i want them now

]]> By: c-dub http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-2 c-dub Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:02:40 +0000 http://www.hackernotcracker.com/2006-03/introduction-important-points-and-faq.html#comment-2 woot first comment! lol this looks promising will it b? woot first comment! lol this looks promising will it b?

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