http://philcrissman.disqus.com/enTue, 31 Mar 2009 08:57:11 -0000http://philcrissman.com/2009/03/30/the-term-hacker-as-shibboleth#comment-7673942<p>That's a great point. The traditional "Shibboleth" would render group membership obvious simply by it's pronunciation, even in the more modern sense by it's mere use.</p><p>That said, in using of the term "hacker", it's seldom takes very long to see in which sense the speaker/writer is using it, so if not a shibboleth, it seems quite close. A litmus test, perhaps, but shibboleth just sounds far cooler. ;-)</p>philcrissmanTue, 31 Mar 2009 08:57:11 -0000http://philcrissman.com/2009/03/30/the-term-hacker-as-shibboleth#comment-7662365<p>Does it count as a shibboleth if you cannot actually distinguish between the groups by the word, only by their understanding of it's meaning?</p><p>Interesting, all the same. :)</p>mrbenTue, 31 Mar 2009 04:05:52 -0000