I feel that actual "hackers" need to realize that a new name is necessary if they want to disassociate themselves from this depiction. It's like the "begs the question" people (http://begthequestion.info/) -- it's simply unfeasible to change such a commonly (if unintentionally) misused interpretation.

Edit: Feel free to downvote me, but please let me know why: I'm still new here, and I was trying to be constructive.