[nzlug] New term: tinkerer

[Michael Adams]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:44:24 +1200
Greg Fawcett wrote:

> I'd shorten it to "tinker", just like the wanderers who made a living
> fixing things for people, back when you didn't just buy a new one.
> Maybe its a matter of degree - I can't claim to be a full-bore hacker,
> but a tinker just about sums my skill level up.
> 
> So we have hacker, tinker... what comes next down the scale? And can
> we do a version of the "Tinker tailor, soldier sailor" rhyme?

Hacher Tinker, Cracker plonker?


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Michael

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