Teaching Python

[MRAB]

That's a cowboy coder.

A cowboy coder is someone who's bad at coding, a hacker is someone
who's good at it.

 

[Westley Martínez]

A cowboy coder is someone who's bad at coding, a hacker is someone
who's good at it.

Wrong, sir! Wrong! Cowboys are awesome.

 

[harrismh777]

A cowboy coder is someone who's bad at coding, a hacker is someone
who's good at it.

A hacker is someone who loves to code and doesn't really care whether
anyone else thinks they're really at it or not... although, yes, they
generally are *very* good at it...

 

[harrismh777]

A computer hacker doesn't write the requirements of the software or
draw Jackson Structured Programming diagrams, etc, but just thinks
about what's needed and starts writing the code.

Very close...

.... hackers don't necessarily care what something was designed to do,
only what can be done with it...

.... hackers love to push the envelope, playfully explore the full range
of possibilities, and especially they delight to think outside the box
(outside the frameworks of conformity and mediocrity)...

.... hackers are philosophers and poets, and often musicians. Hackers
write code because its beautiful, not because they're paid for it...
hackers are can-do people who don't give a flying rip when they're told
they can't ! ... yeah, watch me.

kind regards,
m harris

 

[harrismh777]

But really, hack

Not so much...

.... the term hacker was coined at the MIT lab back in the days of the
PDP-10 /11. We can thank RMS, and friends.


http://stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpag...on-hacking.html&term=hacking&type=norm&case=0


RMS coined the term "Cracker" for the pejorative use.

Hackers cause no harm; ever. Hackers are elegant ethical people who
love the craft for the sake of the craft and the beauty of their art.

Hackers do have a disdain for "Herbert," (if you're a Trek-ie you know
what I mean) ...and hackers love to taunt Herbert...

Herbert...! Herbert...! Herbert...!

/\
/ \
----

Hackers are free and insist on freedom. Hackers would rather count on
their fingers than be forced to use proprietary closed systems and
software. Hackers have no use for IBM, nor Microsoft. (nor google)


I am and forever will be a joyful hacker....




PS The media is clueless... (Herbert... Herbert... Herbert...)

 

[Westley Martínez]

Not so much...

... the term hacker was coined at the MIT lab back in the days of
the PDP-10 /11. We can thank RMS, and friends.


http://stallman.org/cgi-bin/showpag...on-hacking.html&term=hacking&type=norm&case=0


RMS coined the term "Cracker" for the pejorative use.

Hackers cause no harm; ever. Hackers are elegant ethical people
who love the craft for the sake of the craft and the beauty of their
art.

Hackers do have a disdain for "Herbert," (if you're a Trek-ie you
know what I mean) ...and hackers love to taunt Herbert...

Herbert...! Herbert...! Herbert...!

/\
/ \
----

Hackers are free and insist on freedom. Hackers would rather count
on their fingers than be forced to use proprietary closed systems
and software. Hackers have no use for IBM, nor Microsoft. (nor
google)


I am and forever will be a joyful hacker....




PS The media is clueless... (Herbert... Herbert... Herbert...)

Well I guess that means I'm no hacker. I love IBM and Microsoft (and
Google, too ^_^). So what would you call me? A developer? I'm
unemployed. A cracker? Well I do like to exploit website's security
and occasionally social engineer my friends' e-mail accounts.