Re: What is a "hack"?

["Laine Houghton" <laine@shell.rmi.net>]

Geraldine Wright wrote in message <7acnmh$s4o@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>...
>I don't mean to sound stupid, but...
>
>At one time I thought a hack was an attempt to illegally access a computer
>network which you were not authorized to be on. Now I see it used to
>describe software, but I'm not quite sure what is wrong with the software
>that it's used to describe.

I guess you've never seen anything I've released. I just kind of hack away
and when it's good enough for me  I want to share it. If problems arrive
later, as the author , I can correct them. The poor saps who find some
degree of usefulness, but plagued with bugs in their world, are left to hang
in the wind.

My hacks are free and you get what you pay for. When real money has been
spent ,Hack takes on a new meaning.