sometimes i try to post things big and worthwhile

[jes5199]

"If you follow set blueprints in building a house, you're a builder; if you follow a template and use canned methods in coding, you're a programmer," Ferrell said. "But if you make it up as you go, tailoring each component and technique to meet a specific technical challenge in either field, you're hacking. Hacking is not limited to computers any more than improvisation is restricted to music."
from Wired

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also check out
Wark, a Hacker Manifesto
not to be confused with:
Mentor's Last Words (The Hacker Manifesto)

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unrelated?

Comments

[shafer.livejournal.com]

My professors would define that as 'engineering'

I guess the difference is salary? I dunno.

[jes5199.livejournal.com]

we don't run locomotives

[shafer.livejournal.com]

wrong engineering