I'm not sure how old you are, but I'll assume that if you listen to me I can save you 50 years of repeatedly shoving your brain through a meat grinder.<p><i>Hacking is not about breaking into computer systems</i><p>Everyone at HN already knows this and has heard it repeated ad nauseam.  No one else cares, and your attempts to correct them will do little beyond branding you as an angry nerd.  If you must persist in your sisyphean effort, at least realize that you are doomed to failure.  Language is shaped by common usage, not edict.