From:	Kjell Sawyer <sawyer@***.NO>
Subject:	Re: Time/Date Stamps
Date:	Fri, 17 Mar 1995 10:39:46 +0100

> My point is, I think, that it is not inconceivable that *anyone* could be
> considered a "decker" for the above purposes, especially if their close
> friends spent a lot of time developing and kicked out the freebies.

Well, here is a counter-question: There are dozens of us here on
Shadowtk, and thousands of us here on InterNet. Tell me, though: How many
of us are Hackers?

I think that to consider a character a decker, computer operation must
mbe his prime concentration. Sure, Sammies deck, so does the occasional
masochistic mage. However, they concetrate most of their efforts on
fighting and spellweaving, respectivly.

Take for instance the character I mentioned earlier. He has put down his
"decker" title because he has become increasingly intrested in actual
physical security penetration. Se he now terms himself a "sneaker". His
decking skills, excellent as they are, are now secondary skills, thus he
feels its not fair to call himself a decker anymore.

Sawyer/Genocide