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Who is a Hacker

Saturday, December 8, 2012 by Lazeez SMS Collection

Hacker is a holy word for me so I will be using CAPITAL letters for a Hacker throughout.
There are innumerable people for who see a Hacker as a criminal. The reason behind this is that the Hacker Ethics had never been much publicised & a Hacker is never much described due to which people fail to distinguish a Hacker from a cracker or someone else.

This page tries to describe who really is a Hacker.

A Hacker never breaks a system for amusement, revenge or as a challenge. If He/She ever does so They do so for Freedom & liberty of information.

A Hacker believes in Freedom. According to Him all information regarding anything should be in the public domain & thus easily & freely accessible.

A Hacker works for the upliftment & betterment of the society. He tries to make things more easier & more functional.

Hacker's favour & promote decentralization. Decentralisation promotes production & brings multiple paths of fresh ideas into the main work stream.

A Hacker respects others & expects the same respect to him & his work.

For a Hacker his computer is like a Temple or Church & he owes a great respect to this machinery even if the system fails to respond. A Hacker has emotional bondings with his/her computer & that's obvious because both of them had worked for hours together. They get synchronised & thus produce great pieces of code.

A Hacker takes every unsolved problem as a challenge & works on it until he arrives on a solution that He Himself praises.

A Hacker loves reasons, proofs, figures, precision.

Hacker intelligence

The Hacker mind is intelligent but strange.
College intelligence Most Hackers past Their teens have a college degree or are self-taught to a similar level. Before becoming a full-fledged Hacker, the typical Hacker majored in computer science or electrical engineering or math or physics or linguistics (since studying human languages is a good stepping stone to studying computer languages) or philosophy (since philosophy analyzes the meaning of language and "life forms").

Read a lot

Hackers read a lot, and read a wide variety, though with extra emphasis on science facts and science fiction. A Hacker's home includes a big library, with many shelves full of books that the Hacker has read. A Hacker spends more spare time reading books & magazines than watching TV. A Hacker spends as much spare time reading as the average non-Hacker spends watching TV.

Bad handwriting

Hackers have bad handwriting - Their script is hard to read - so They usually write in simple capital block letters (LIKE THIS), as if They were junior draftsmen writing on a blueprint. The capital block letters make sense, especially when writing math equations or programming instructions that contain lots of symbols; script would be no faster.

Inhuman communication

Since programming requires good organization and precise use of language, Hackers are good at composing sentences, paragraphs, and compositions. But though Hackers are good writers, They're bad talkers, since They don't get much practice chatting with humans. They're not skilled at arguing with humans, confronting them, and negotiating with them; They're better at communicating with computers, which don't argue.

Good at memorizing

Hackers are good at memorizing details, such as computer codes.

Neat just in output

Hackers produce programs, writings, and thinking that are very neat and well-organized; but a Hacker is too busy to make the Hacker's environment equally neat, so a Hacker's desk and office floor are typically piled high with a disorganized mess of resources.

Hacker bodies

Here's what a Hacker looks like, and where to find one.

Near universities, in libraries, in cyber cafes & wherever there are computers.

Most Hackers are male, but females are more common in Hackerdom than in other technical professions.

Relatively unbigoted

Hackers are less bigoted than other people, since Hackers care more about what a person wrote than the person's appearance. Hackers believe computers can act like humans and therefore believe in the humane treatment of all computers and all people.

Casual dresser

Hackers dislike "business attire". The typical Hacker would quit a job if it required wearing a suit. Hackers like to wear clothes that are casual, easy to take care of, post-hippie: T-shirts (with slogans on them), jeans, running shoes (or barefoot), and backpacks. Hackers think it a wastage of time & resources to iron clothes & to spray aritificial odours on them.

Scruffy appearance

Hackers look scruffy. Many Hackers have long hair. Men Hackers often have beards and moustaches. Women Hackers try to look "natural" by wearing little or no makeup.
Since Hackers love computers, which are mostly indoors, Hackers don't get tans.

Night owls

Hackers often stay up all night, to finish work on excitingly frustrating programming challenges. Then They sleep late in the morning.

Extreme food For dinner

Hackers prefer spicy ethnic food. For midnight snacks while in the middle of marathon programming sessions, Hackers prefer pizza and microwave burritos. Back in the 1970's, Hackers used to eat a lot of junk food, but modern Hackers are more into "health food".

Hackers tend to be extreme: either too skinny or too fat. More Hackers are too skinny than too fat.

Nearly drug-free

Hackers need to protect Their heads from drugs, so They don't do drugs. They don't smoke. Most Hackers don't drink alcohol, though a few Hackers experiment with fancy wines and exotic beers. Since Hackers favor experimentation, They tolerate folks who use non-addictive drugs such as pot and LSD. But Hackers criticize people who take "downers" and opiates, since those drugs make you act stupid.
To help stay up late at night programming, Hackers often take mild "uppers" such as caffeine (in coffee and Jolt cola) and sugar (in soft drinks and junk food).

Experimental sex

Hackers are more likely than "normal" folks to experiment sexually. Many Hackers openly have multiple boyfriends or girlfriends, or live in communes or group houses, or practice open marriage (where both partners agree that extra-marital relationships are okay), or are gay or lesbian.

Hacker beliefs

Here's how to make a Hacker happy.

Toys better than money

Hackers don't care about earning lots of money or social approval. Instead, Hackers just want the intellectual pleasure of inventing beautiful programs and products - and exploring the beautiful products invented by others.
So to bribe a Hacker, don't offer money or a fancy title; instead, offer a lab full of computer hardware and software for the Hacker to play with, and permission for the Hacker to spend time playing with and inventing fantastic technology.

Non-religious

Since Hackers don't like to be told what to do, They don't like organized religion. Since Hackers are into facts, not beliefs, They tend not to believe in God. But They do believe in Supernatural Powers & in Astrology, Numerology, etc. & treat these subjects as Science.
When asked "What religion are you?", many Hackers reply by calling themselves "atheist" or "agnostic".

Libertarian politics

Hackers like freedom to explore computers. They don't like restrictions. They don't like being told what to do.
They dislike authoritarians, managers, MBA's, and big government. They tend to be Libertarian. They dislike the dogmatic insistence of the far left and far right. If asked to choose between Democrats and Republicans, They tend to choose Democrats because Democrats permit more social freedoms, so Hackers are classified as "left of center".

Cat lovers

Hackers are more likely to have cats than dogs, because cats are like Hackers: clever rather than belligerent.

No team sports

Hackers don't like to watch sports. Hackers don't watch sports on TV and don't go to sports stadiums.
Hackers would rather participate than watch. Though half of all Hackers don't make time to participate, the other half do participate, but mainly in individual sports rather than team sports. The only team sport They like is volleyball, because it's non-contact and friendly.
They prefer individual sports that involve dexterity, concentration, and stamina, rather than brute force. Their favorite sports are bicycling, hiking, rock climbing, caving, kite-flying, juggling, martial arts, roller skating, ice skating, skiing, target shooting, and auto racing, and aviation.

Strange vehicles Hackers don't wash Their cars. Hackers drive extreme cars: either beat-up heaps (unwashed because They're junk) or (if the Hackers are rich) luxury sports cars (unwashed anyway). They like to be distinct in every act They do & maintains this nature in choosing vehicles also.

Brainy hobbies

Hackers like to play music, play board games (such as chess and Go), dabble in ham radio, learn about linguistics & foreign languages, and do "theater teching" (give technical support to theater productions).

Hate stupidity

Hackers like active intelligent freedom, so They dislike dishonesty, boredom, business suits, stupid incompetent people (especially stupid incompetent managers who wear business suits), stupid music (such as "easy listening music"), and stupid culture (such as TV, except for TV's cleverly cynical cartoons & movies & the old Star Trek).

Some more facts

Hackers always want to be distinct. They don't want to be called like someone else.

They are generally homely people but They prefer friends then relatives. They are very soft & kind hearted & don't cheat or betray people or friends.

They dislike roaming without any purpose or doing window shopping. They are good in making estimates & finding the exact price of goods.

They generally walk straight & fast & prefer to go straight to Their destination & come back home without moving anywhere in between. Hackers take it as a wastage of time if They are walking slow.

The Hacker Attitude

Hackers solve problems and build things, and they believe in freedom and voluntary mutual help. To be accepted as a Hacker, you have to behave as though you have this kind of attitude yourself. And to behave as though you have the attitude, you have to really believe the attitude.
But if you think of cultivating Hacker attitudes as just a way to gain acceptance in the culture, you'll miss the point. Becoming the kind of person who believes these things is important for you -- for helping you learn and keeping you motivated. As with all creative arts, the most effective way to become a master is to imitate the mind-set of masters -- not just intellectually but emotionally as well.

So, if you want to be a Hacker, repeat the following things until you believe them:

1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved.

Being a Hacker is lots of fun, but it's a kind of fun that takes lots of effort. The effort takes motivation. Successful athletes get their motivation from a kind of physical delight in making their bodies perform, in pushing themselves past their own physical limits. Similarly, to be a Hacker you have to get a basic thrill from solving problems, sharpening your skills, and exercising your intelligence.

If you aren't the kind of person that feels this way naturally, you'll need to become one in order to make it as a Hacker.
You also have to develop a kind of faith in your own learning capacity -- a belief that even though you may not know all of what you need to solve a problem, if you tackle just a piece of it and learn from that, you'll learn enough to solve the next piece -- and so on, until you're done.

2. Nobody should ever have to solve a problem twice.

Creative brains are a valuable, limited resource. They shouldn't be wasted on re-inventing the wheel when there are so many fascinating new problems waiting out there.
To behave like a Hacker, you have to believe that the thinking time of other Hackers is precious -- so much so that it's almost a moral duty for you to share information, solve problems and then give the solutions away just so other Hackers can solve new problems instead of having to perpetually re-address old ones.
(You don't have to believe that you're obligated to give all your creative product away, though the Hackers that do are the ones that get most respect from other Hackers. It's consistent with Hacker values to sell enough of it to keep you in food and rent and computers. It's consistent to use your hacking skills to support a family or even get rich, as long as you don't forget you're a Hacker while you're doing it.)

3. Boredom and drudgery are evil.

Hackers (and creative people in general) should never be bored or have to drudge at stupid repetitive work, because when this happens it means they aren't doing what only they can do -- solve new problems. This wastefulness hurts everybody. Therefore boredom and drudgery are not just unpleasant but actually evil.
To behave like a Hacker, you have to believe this enough to want to automate away the boring bits as much as possible, not just for yourself but for everybody else (especially other Hackers).
(There is one apparent exception to this. Hackers will sometimes do things that may seem repetitive or boring to an observer as a mind-clearing exercise, or in order to acquire a skill or have some particular kind of experience you can't have otherwise. But this is by choice -- nobody who can think should ever be forced into boredom.)

4. Freedom is good.

Hackers are naturally anti-authoritarian. Anyone who can give you orders can stop you from solving whatever problem you're being fascinated by -- and, given the way authoritarian minds work, will generally find some appallingly stupid reason to do so. So the authoritarian attitude has to be fought wherever you find it, lest it smother you and other Hackers.
(This isn't the same as fighting all authority. Children need to be guided and criminals restrained. A Hacker may agree to accept some kinds of authority in order to get something He wants more than the time he spends following orders. But that's a limited, conscious bargain; the kind of personal surrender authoritarians want is not on offer.)
Authoritarians thrive on censorship and secrecy. And they distrust voluntary cooperation and information-sharing -- they only like `cooperation' that they control. So to behave like a Hacker, you have to develop an instinctive hostility to censorship, secrecy, and the use of force or deception to compel responsible adults. And you have to be willing to act on that belief.

5. Attitude is no substitute for competence.

To be a Hacker, you have to develop some of these attitudes. But copping an attitude alone won't make you a Hacker, any more than it will make you a champion athlete or a rock star. Becoming a Hacker will take intelligence, practice, dedication, and hard work.
Therefore, you have to learn to distrust attitude and respect competence of every kind. Hackers won't let posers waste their time, but they worship competence -- especially competence at hacking, but competence at anything is good. Competence at demanding skills that few can master is especially good, and competence at demanding skills that involve mental acuteness, craft, and concentration is best.
If you revere competence, you'll enjoy developing it in yourself -- the hard work and dedication will become a kind of intense play rather than drudgery. And that's vital to becoming a Hacker.

So the moral of the story is that just go on solving unsolved problems for the society & give away your solutions for Free & without expecting any gratitude in return. So just look around you for a problem & keep on working it unless you find a solution for it that you yourself think worthwhile to be called a solution.

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