jes5199: (pinguin)
jes5199 ([personal profile] jes5199) wrote2004-03-01 12:03 pm

sometimes i try to post things big and worthwhile

"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



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




unrelated?

[identity profile] shafer.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
My professors would define that as 'engineering'

I guess the difference is salary? I dunno.

[identity profile] jes5199.livejournal.com 2004-03-02 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
we don't run locomotives

[identity profile] shafer.livejournal.com 2004-03-02 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
wrong engineering