Re: Apple2World Site Down

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

In <8st5uo$7g6$1@merope.saaf.se>, pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) writes:

>A cracker is someone who has at least some amount of hacker abilities
>but who lacks the hacker ethics.  The word "cracker" is NOT
>synonymous to any of your suggested replacements.  You can be a
>"criminal", a "vandal", an "idiot" or an "amoral cretin" with no
>hacking abilities whatsoever - but you cannot be a "cracker" without
>at least some of it.

Here in Florida, a "Cracker" is someone whose family has lived in the state
a long time.  Since most Floridians are relatively recent arrivals, there
aren't too many "Crackers".

I don't think most Crackers know much about computers.  Many times, some
are described as "Rednecks".  But not all "Rednecks" are "Crackers", and not
all "Crackers" are "Rednecks".

Then there is also a "Yacker", which describes most of the posters to this
group.  

..................................................Louis