[Linux-aus] bluehackers.org

[Arjen Lentz]

Hi Chris

On 15/01/2009, at 7:21 PM, Chris Fordham wrote:
> When I finally got round' to reading this email, it was a pleasant  
> enlightenment as I suffer from clinical depression personally.

Fab - "welcome"!

> I am looking forward to checking it all out and possibly getting  
> involved in some way.

Excellent.


> The only qualm I have is that we really need to find another term  
> for 'geek' (and not just for bluehackers).
> Its debateable in definition and a term which iirc is from USA.
> On the visual side, im certainly not one of those stereotypes you  
> see in American movies/shows and from i've witnessed personally most  
> of these geeks dont actually know much about computing at all :)
>
> Let us know if there is some other term around or perhaps just  
> eradicate the stereotype entirely :)

Well, hackers...

Cheers,
Arjen.