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I'm not convinced that the glider represents the 'hacker community' as a whole - I know a good few folks (not only 'web developers') who have no idea about Game
by fishnchips 12y ago
I'm not convinced that the glider represents the 'hacker community' as a whole - I know a good few folks (not only 'web developers') who have no idea about Game of Life. Damn, I know at least one good coder who never heard of IRC. So much for shared experience.
In all fairness I don't think a 'hacker community' as such exists any more - if there ever was one.
- hobs 12y agoAnd the glider continues off into infinity, unconcerned, unchanged by its lack of neighbors.
- jonsen 12y agoUntil...
- c3RlcGhlbnI_ 12y agoThe article is by ESR and in his mind "hacker community" is a very specific group. A group who happened to have their heyday when the game of life had just been published and Conway was still offering a prize for an infinitely expanding pattern. This makes it really more of a coincidental thing rather than a representation of any inherent trait of the community. Though even for that community(and people now who really like the game of life) I don't think it is a great logo. Circles are not a very pretty or pleasant way of representing the game of life and it makes me think of a board game when I look at it.
- Retra 12y agoThe Game of Life was first implemented on Go boards.
- DonHopkins 12y agoI'm totally unconvinced that Eric "The Flute" Raymond represents or speaks for the 'hacker community'. For one thing, very few people I know of in the hacker community are as racist as ESR. He's out there with Terry Davis when it comes to being racist and mentally ill, but he can't hold a candle to Terry Davis's hacking ability.