Re:Evolution of the word "Hack"
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Woops, sorry for the conufsion. I was just looking over at my O'Reilly pile and saw Postfix in the title - indeed there is no Postfix Hacks book, just a regular one which, incidentally, is quite good, and, for the record, does include some hacks!:)
Evolution of the word "Hack"
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· Score: 5, Interesting
I own several O'Reilly books, many of them relating to Hacks - whether it be for Postfix, OS X, et cetera. It's funny (or perhaps just interesting, depending on your sense of humor) how the term "hack" has evolved over time. Am I a hacker if I utilize a book to balance a shaky table? Of course I'm being a bit facetious with that example!
I understand this might be (mistakenly) modded offtopic, but hopefully the powers that be acknowledge the relevance.
GM spent more than $1 billion developing and marketing the EV1, but concluded that the electric cars would not be profitable.
Judging by today's market reaction, the above is just one of many
miscalculations on GM's part. This morning, the company forecast its largest quarterly loss since
1992, lost a chunk of its market value, and riled the corporate bond market.
Fitch, a major credit ratings agency, has already downgraded the company's debt to BBB-
while rumors of imminent downgrades by other agencies are circulating the investment
community.
Detroit's 800-pound gorilla is looking rather emaciated this afternoon.
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Woops, sorry for the conufsion. I was just looking over at my O'Reilly pile and saw Postfix in the title - indeed there is no Postfix Hacks book, just a regular one which, incidentally, is quite good, and, for the record, does include some hacks! :)
I own several O'Reilly books, many of them relating to Hacks - whether it be for Postfix, OS X, et cetera. It's funny (or perhaps just interesting, depending on your sense of humor) how the term "hack" has evolved over time. Am I a hacker if I utilize a book to balance a shaky table? Of course I'm being a bit facetious with that example!
I understand this might be (mistakenly) modded offtopic, but hopefully the powers that be acknowledge the relevance.
Judging by today's market reaction, the above is just one of many miscalculations on GM's part. This morning, the company forecast its largest quarterly loss since 1992, lost a chunk of its market value, and riled the corporate bond market. Fitch, a major credit ratings agency, has already downgraded the company's debt to BBB- while rumors of imminent downgrades by other agencies are circulating the investment community.
Detroit's 800-pound gorilla is looking rather emaciated this afternoon.
It is better to first caution the software vendor. The ethical question of what to do in the case of ignorant companies is discussed here.