Even more, I would say that several of the later points are very much valid still too. I'm still one of those people that believe that hacking does in fact rela

Even more, I would say that several of the later points are very much valid still too. I'm still one of those people that believe that hacking does in fact relate to computers and electronics (!), so I think that learning to program, knowing HTML, being fluent in Unix and the ways of contributing mentioned in the article are still perfectly relevant as of today. I do agree with jwise0, though, in that the phrasing and some details are way too specific to the author's own experience.