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The Word "Hacker" (2004)
- rpm4321 14y agoYou should put (2004) in the headline, or it'll look like Karma Fishing.
- mewmoo 14y agoI have literally done an essay on this topic every year of highschool and the first two years of college. The same thing just added more words. This was always a reference xD
- DanielRibeiro 14y agoEric Steven Raymond[1], author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar[2], also talked a little about this recently[3] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond [2] http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/index.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral... [3] http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Culture-hacking-Open-Source http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Culture-hacking-Open-Sour... Jump to minute 17:00 to hear him make a similar clarification of the word Hacker.
- jacques_chester 14y agoOK, this is getting ridiculous. Is it Repost PG's Entire Archive Day or seomthing? Because so far today I've seen 3 (or is it 4?) reposts. Normally there's about one a week.
- djt 14y agoI can't imagine how weird this must get for Paul, I wonder if people stop him at cafes and take him to task over essays he wrote 10 years ago!
- jacques_chester 14y ago*something Man, my typos are getting bad lately.
- alter8 14y agoI am surprised by the community reaction on the philosophy essay. It's not undeserved, I just couldn't expect him getting that much critic around here.
- DigitalSea 14y agoOh, come on. I hate to be that guy, but seriously? A repost from 2004, do people even pay attention to what they are upvoting on this site? I've seen so many old posts from Paul being posted lately, why?
- gbog 14y agoI think those articles are a good reminder of what should be the spirit of HN