tHe hAcKeR pErSpEcTiVe…
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic

Famous Hackers…
Jonathan James
Adrian Lamo
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Poulsen
Linus Torvalds
Tim-Berners Lee
Steve Wozniak
-10 Most Famous Hackers of All Time

No limits to Creativity…
-Bre Prettis

“It's the thought processes, more than anything else, that sets
a hacker apart from most people. It's the ability to look
critically at a problem, when everyone says \"it CAN'T work
like that\", when the hacker knows the logic of the situation
says it can.” –Richard Cheshire

“Based on hackers’ self-reports, we assume a sort of intrinsic motivation is
characteristic for hackers—at least for many of them.” –Tom Chance

Hacker work is, in the words of the hacker
Linus Torvalds, \"interesting, exciting, and
joyous\", \"intrinsically interesting and
challenging.”–Tom Chance

Hackers see the world from a different angle…

“In contemporary society we maintain a distinction
between work and leisure, and are acutely aware
of when work erodes the time we usually dedicate
to leisure. To hackers, the distinction is
nonexistent.”
–Tom Chance

Hacking is about taking something
ordinary and making it into art!

“To hack is to dedicate yourself to realizing your full human potential; to
take an essentially active, rather than passive stance towards your
environment.” –Tom Chance

The word ``hacker'' has taken on many different meanings ranging from 1)
``a person who enjoys learning the details of computer systems
and how to stretch their capabilities'' to 2) ``a malicious or
inquisitive meddler who tries to discover information by poking around
.. possibly by deceptive or illegal means ...'' –Dorothy Denning

“I’m always excited when hacktivists say, ‘No, break the
warranty, open the box, mod your Xbox, don’t obey what
company tells you to do with your technology.”
-Anna Newitz

“Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological
principles of a device, object or system through analysis of its
structure, function and operation. It often involves taking something apart
and analyzing its workings in detail to be used in maintenance, or to try to
make a new device or program that does the same thing without copying
anything from the original.” -Wikipedia

“We often say that breaking into a system implies a lack of caring for the
system's owner and authorized users. But, one hacker says that the ease of
breaking into a system reveals a lack of caring on the part of the system
manager to protect user and company assets, or failure on the part of
vendors to warn managers about the vulnerabilities of their systems.”
-Dorothy Denning

Hacking is about turning things
upside down…

“Hacking could involve the
heartfelt conviction that beauty can be found in
computers, that the fine aesthetic in a perfect program
can liberate the mind and spirit”. –Tom Chance

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