No sophistry there. Just mild fun word play, of the hacker and Zen schools kind (which are kindred spirits). Check out Steven Levy's book Hackers: Heroes of the

No sophistry there. Just mild fun word play, of the hacker and Zen schools kind (which are kindred spirits). Check out Steven Levy's book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (the early chapters), ESR's compilations such as The Unix Koans, the Gateless Gate, etc.