 A patch to the system was then written to print "14 losers" instead of "14 users", as a joke.For a while, several hackers who disagreed on the appropriateness of the change struggled covertly, each changing the message behind the backs of the others; any time a user logged into the computer it was equally probable that a user would see, say, "users" or "losers".Finally, someone tried the compromise "lusers", and it stuck.