[free-sklyarov] WIRED Rave Awards

David Merrill david at lupercalia.net
Fri Aug 3 15:18:37 PDT 2001


On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 02:48:26PM -0700, Klepht wrote:
> >>>>> "AK" == Alex Katalov <akatalov at elcomsoft.com> writes:
> 
>     >> Dmitry Sklyarov has been nominated in the Tech Renegade
>     >> category in WIRED Magazine's 2001 WIRED Rave Awards.
>   
>     AK> Can anybody explain me, is this a "good" category: "Tech
>     AK> Renegade"???  My English is too pure ;-)
> 
> Well, it's kind of mixed. "Renegade" means "someone who breaks the
> rules," but it's intended with respect. Americans love renegades.

And it brings up images of cowboys, the whole American West mythos.

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