1. December 6, 2011
DiAmante Astillero, Shannon Bona, John Lo Casio and Marcelo Mazzocato

2.  Do you guys think of hackers as something
good or bad?

3.  Someone who makes furniture with an axe?
 A joke thief?
 An illegal cab operator?
 One who enjoys the intellectual challenge
of creatively overcoming or circumventing
limitations.

4.  A person who enjoys exploring the details of
programmable systems and how to stretch
their capabilities, as opposed to most users,
who prefer to learn only the minimum
necessary.

5.  Attitude
 Thrill from Solving Problems
 Moral obligation to share results
 Boredom and Drudgery are evil
 Freedom is good. Distaste for authority

6.  Skills
 Know how to program: Python, C/C++, Java, Perl,
and LISP
 Be able to use and run a Unix
 Use the www and write HTML
 English

7.  Status
 Write open-source software
 Help test and debug open-source software
 Help keep the infrastructure working

8.  Like science fiction
 Martial arts (mental discipline)
 Meditation
 Analytical ear for music
 Puns and wordplay
Why these things in particular is not completely
clear, but they're connected with a mix of
left- and right-brain skills that seems to be
important

9.  John Conway’s The Game of Life
 Cellular Automation
 4 rules:
 1. A dead (white) cell will become alive if
surrounded by exactly 3 alive neighbors.
 2. A black (alive) cell surrounded by none
or 1 neighbor will die.
 3. A black cell surrounded by 2 or 3
neighbors will survive to the next
generation.
 4. A black cell surrounded by 4 or more
neighbors, it will die by overpopulation.
 The Glider

10.  Hackers build
 Crackers destroy (viruses, security breaches)
 Video