On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 21:02 +0530, das wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 11:03 -0400, Jacques B. wrote: > > If you heed some of the warnings re-echoed in this thread about that > > hacking incident then you'll wipe your system and re-install. > > Is it not tragic if this get called as a 'hacking', not 'cracking' on a > serious Linux mailing list? Not really. The term "hacking" has been used for what geeks call "cracking" for a very long time. I recall hearing it used that way when I was in high school over twenty years ago. Language evolves. Live with it.
