Several years ago I was chatting with a patent lawyer who belonged to my electronics hobby group, and it struck me in the middle of the conversation that Lawyer

Several years ago I was chatting with a patent lawyer who belonged to my electronics hobby group, and it struck me in the middle of the conversation that Lawyers are hackers of the Law. Folks who find the system interesting and (in some cases) enjoy finding and understanding the attack surface and vulnerabilities. I think the biggest difference they face is that the interpreter is another reasoning human, and not just a functional part of the machine.