[ale] Monday morning conspiracy theorist...

[pete.hardie at sciatl.com (Pete Hardie)]

Swantje Willms wrote:
> What is an "uber-hacker" anyway in contrast to a hacker?
> It doesn't help that uber comes from the German u"ber meaning over...
> 
> Could someone who contributed to this thread using the word give me a
> definition?

The use of the German 'uber' (dots over the e) to mean 'super' comes from 
Neitzsche's "Man and Super-Man" work, where the words (IIRC) 'ubermensch' was 
translated as 'superman', meaning the next level of human awareness/freedom.
This was of course misappropriated by the Nazi movement in the 1930's; however, 
the hackerish adoption of 'uber' meaning 'excellent, superlative' appears to be 
following the original meaning.




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