Definitions of "hacker": * Hack: Clever circumvention of unfairly imposed limits. Hacker: One who employs same. --MarkJanssen (with FairCreditAssignment to JudeMilhon, via LishaSterling) * Someone who can take something apart and put it back together in as good or better state than as started. ** ''That's not a hacker, that's a repairman.'' *** hackers are zen repairmen