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[barnaby]

It's a complex system. A good gacker loves a complex system.

[Qz → barnaby]

I'm pretty sure that's a typo, but gacker totally deserves to be a real word.

[gfodor → Qz]

I propose this word be adopted for the up-and-coming geeks of the next generation who, instead of hacking on silicon, will be splicing genes in their bedroom. genetic-hackers.

[carbocation → gfodor]

Gacker (n): Someone who plays the game of genetics using both zinc fingers and stem cells.

[bl4k → Qz]

a financial hacker would be a facker

[eru → bl4k]

Or a Fugger. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugger)

[waterlesscloud → barnaby]

This, as much as anything else.