Word: hacker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a Christmas break of eggnog-induced hangovers and relative-induced headaches, the Happy Hacker has returned to campus without any of the pleasant goodies that he asked for in his hacker gift list; no hundred-proof vodka, no fancy flight simulators--not even little teflon pads for his mouse...
...only gift was Microsoft's recent announcement that they would no longer copy-protect any non-game disks (so much for getting an illegal copy of flight simulator). Gone are the days when the Happy Hacker, after trekking many a mile to the Office of Information Technology, prepares to laser-print a paper only to remember the need for a $%?&*! Word master disk in order to read in the file...
This week the Happy Hacker has been avoiding the libraries and Science Center in order to bring you, the home reader, information about ResEdit a handy utility program for the Macintosh that lets you play some neat tricks on your computer. The program is in the public domain and is available from most user groups or direct from Apple for a nominal...
With ResEdit, the hacker or casual user can modify any program's resource files. Thus you can even edit the system file. Modifying the system file can help break the monotony of boring icons and messages. For example, the annoying little watch that always shows up on the screen to remind the user how slow that little Macintosh really is can be changed to the infinity sign, an hourglass or even a tasteful obscenity...
...between getting lousy grades in class and writing this column, the Happy Hacker remains glued to his word-processor trying to figure out how to get a word-processor to write his papers for him, or short of that, how it can at least explain to the professor the reason for turning in an assigned paper after the deadline. When he figures it out, you can hear it here first...