Hackers build the things!

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What Is a Hacking?

Hackers built the Internet. Hackers made the Unix operating system what it is

today. Hackers run Usenet. Hackers make the World Wide Web work. The hacker

mind-set is not confined to the software-hacker culture. There are people who

apply the hacker attitude to other things, like electronics or music — actually,

you can find it at the highest levels of any science or art. Software hackers

recognize these kindred spirits elsewhere and may call them ‘hackers’ too — and

some claim that the hacker nature is really independent of the particular medium

the hacker works .

The basic difference between hackers & crackers is that: hackers build things,

crackers break them.

 

Hackers solve problems and build things, and they believe in freedom and

voluntary mutual help. To be accepted as a hacker, you have to behave as though

you have this kind of attitude yourself. To become a hacker you have to have the

attitude, you have to really believe the attitude.

But if you think of cultivating hacker attitudes as just a way to gain

acceptance in the culture, you'll miss the point. Becoming the kind of person

who believes these things is important for you — for helping you learn and

keeping you motivated. As with all creative arts, the most effective way to

become a master is to imitate the mind-set of masters — not just intellectually

but emotionally as well.

Or, as the following modern Zen poem has it:

 

To follow the path:

look to the master,

follow the master,

walk with the master,

see through the master,

become the master.

So, if you want to be a hacker, repeat the following things until you believe

them:

 

 

Being a hacker is lots of fun, but it's a kind of fun that takes lots of

effort. “ Creativity required to be a hacker” Creative brains are a valuable,

limited resource, To behave like a hacker, you have to believe that the thinking

time of other hackers is precious — so much so that it's almost a moral duty for

you to share information, solve problems and then give the solutions away just

so other hackers can solve new problems instead of having to perpetually

re-address old ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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