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hacked off

(jargon)

(Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.

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Hugh Grant giving a talk bandstand, by a meet and with the local Paul Dadge The Hacked Off campaigners are demanding that the Government goes ahead with the second part of the Leveson inquiry - opposed by much of the press and the Conservatives.

Movie star Hugh on the election trail in... Cannock; CELEB BACKING 7/7 HERO WHO'S RUNNING FOR LABOUR

Speaking to his local paper, he added: "Through Hacked Off I had quite a lot of exposure to all three main political parties and was impressed with the Labour Party because they were very open and honest.

Hero of iconic 7/7 shot bids to be Labour MP

It cost $75,000 to treat Lion's Den, a rhino with a similar but less severe injury, and Thandi, a rhino whose horns were hacked off in 2012, recovered and gave birth in January, according to Saving the Survivors.

South African rhino survives horrific attack by poachers

A CRAZED dad who hacked off his ex-partner's hair down to the scalp in a jealous rage has been jailed.

Jealous ex jailed for scalping mum; Thug is given 12 months for terrifying assault

The campaigning group Hacked Off said using a Royal Charter to back the new watchdog was the "second best" option, but it believes the regulator will be "genuinely independent" under the measures announced yesterday.

Cross-party press deal is welcomed; Hacked Off accept 'second best'

Summary: Campaign group Hacked Off has decribed the Conservative's draft royal charter on press regulation as "unacceptable".

Hacked Off: Royal Charter on press regulation 'unacceptable'

But if you thought that was sad then spare a thought for the family of 11 Kenyan elephants, living happily in Tsavo East National Park before being hunted down and shot by poachers - who then hacked off their tusks with machetes.

Swing the axe at ivory sickos

One of these elephants was found with bullet wounds in the Mara North Conservancy and still had the tusks intact, but a second one found in Transmara was found with its face hacked off and had multiple bullet wounds.

Family of 11 elephants massacred in Kenya's Tsavo National Park

According to the BBC, the actor's lawyer said the money would be donated to the Hacked Off campaign, which promotes a responsible press.

Hugh Grant settles NOTW phone hacking claim

embers of the Hacked Off campaign, including singer Charlotte Church and actor Hugh Grant, told the Tory Party Conference their fears of a government climbdown on press regulation have been allayed following a meeting with the Prime Minister.

'Hacked Off' stars win PM promise on regulation of media

Intruders broke into their stables at East Wideopen Farm, in Wide Open, Newcastle, and hacked off part of the manes and tails of Ebony and Magpie.

Pet horses targeted in sick attack; Hair hacked off and mocking message left in stables

Grant "has been eloquent, he has been able to talk about it in such a way that people have been interested and taken notice," Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust and coordinator of the Hacked Off group, told AFP.