09-30-2005, 05:01 PM
I really didn't think my post a few days ago would cause so much ire.
I appologize for my comments on English. They were just mean spirited.
I do not appologize for anything else in my post.
What I said is true. Hacking is not a place where people say "How can I make this" rather then "You should do this". The single expection to that is when suggestions are requested by a person. This is long standing protocal in Hackerdom.
A few years ago I wrote a paper on this, realting it back to the idealized view of the Cowboy. The same ideas, Self-Reliance but able to work in teams, being skilled at one profession while at a total loss at others, being on the frontier of society, being able to do what only a small select group has done before (if indeed anyone has done it at all).
I appologize for my comments on English. They were just mean spirited.
I do not appologize for anything else in my post.
What I said is true. Hacking is not a place where people say "How can I make this" rather then "You should do this". The single expection to that is when suggestions are requested by a person. This is long standing protocal in Hackerdom.
A few years ago I wrote a paper on this, realting it back to the idealized view of the Cowboy. The same ideas, Self-Reliance but able to work in teams, being skilled at one profession while at a total loss at others, being on the frontier of society, being able to do what only a small select group has done before (if indeed anyone has done it at all).
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