Hacker: #define [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] The term `hacker' also tends to connote membership in the global community defined by the net. It also implies that the person described is seen to subscribe to some version of the hacker ethic. It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe oneself that way. Things hackers detest and avoid: IBM mainframes. - From the Jargon file (more or less). Back to the Manifesto A history of hacking A history of hacking Hacking has been around for more than a century. In the 1870s, several teenagers were flung off the country's brand new phone system by enraged authorities. Here's a peek at how busy hackers have been in the past 35 years. Early 1960s University facilities with huge mainframe computers, like MIT's artificial intelligence lab, become staging grounds for hackers. Early 1970s John Draper makes a long-distance call for free by blowing a precise tone into a telephone that tells the phone system to open a line. Yippie social movement starts YIPL/TAP (Youth International Party Line/Technical Assistance Program) magazine to help phone hackers (called "phreaks") make free long-distance calls. Early 1980s Author William Gibson coins the term "cyberspace" in a science fiction novel called Neuromancer. Comprehensive Crime Control Act gives Secret Service jurisdiction over credit card and computer fraud. 2600: The Hacker Quarterly is founded to share tips on phone and computer hacking.
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20 minutes of advice on how to live from Neil Gaiman In some circles, Neil Gaiman has attained near rockstar status. Twenty years ago Gaiman was making the celebrated graphic novel , and was dabbling in longer-form writing. He went on to write amazing books like American Gods, Coraline, and Neverwhere. Gaiman begins by talking about his background in journalism, and how he learned that more important than the drive to make money, is the one to make good art. The talk is broken down into six sections where he urges students to go forth into the world and do what makes them happy. Time and time again in the speech, he comes back to the central tenet that the graduates should simply make good art. via GammaSquad
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