On: NYC Hacker Collective: Revenge of the Nerds

[andreyf]

I haven't met a person who thought hacker meant criminal in 5 years now...

[dmix → andreyf]

Really? I still frequently find myself explaining to people what a web application is.

[dmoney → andreyf]

In person, I think I've only heard it used in the criminal sense. Even among programmers.

[andreyf → dmoney]

I guess that means I'm hanging around the right people...

[netcan → andreyf]

Here you go: http://news.google.com/news?q=hacker&ie=utf-8&oe=UTF...

Looks about 50/50

[andreyf → netcan]

Sorry, I should have been more precise - sure, everyone uses the word "hacker" with criminal intension sometimes, but people know there are other meanings, also.