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  • From: "Joe Komenda" <joe AT komejo.com>
  • To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Geek Slang
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:31:35 -0400



This caught my eye on www.rc3.org yesterday; a NY Times article that seems
to be a tad partisan in its treatment of what the author terms 'geeks', and
the slang they ostensibly use: (registration required)
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/27note.html

Rafe had his usual succinct comments, and a link to the bland rebuttal by
the maintainer of the hackers dictionary, Eric Raymond:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/28/kakutani/


I was slightly miffed, took the bait, and have written my own diatribe
against the both of 'em: http://www.komejo.com/writings/slang.html

Enjoy!
Joe K







  • Geek Slang, Joe Komenda, 06/29/2000

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