Comments on: all culture is hacker culture http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture thinking about/with creative people and groups Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Freeman http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture/comment-page-1#comment-161 Andy Freeman Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:08:51 +0000 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture#comment-161 The problem with the argument is that "getting around an obstacle" isn't an essential part of "culture". Lots of cultures don't exist to get around obstacles. The problem with the argument is that “getting around an obstacle” isn’t an essential part of “culture”. Lots of cultures don’t exist to get around obstacles.

]]> By: Caleb Cushing ( xenoterracide ) http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture/comment-page-1#comment-160 Caleb Cushing ( xenoterracide ) Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:36:15 +0000 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture#comment-160 I agree with response 1 because most people simply aren't that clever. however, a much larger percentage of society may be a kind of hacker more than most computer hackers would like to admit. So I'd say I generally agree with your statements, just not to the extent that you say they run. I agree with response 1 because most people simply aren’t that clever. however, a much larger percentage of society may be a kind of hacker more than most computer hackers would like to admit.

So I’d say I generally agree with your statements, just not to the extent that you say they run.

]]> By: Jach http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture/comment-page-1#comment-159 Jach Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:27:56 +0000 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture#comment-159 You might get a lot of flames for this, if for nothing else than hackers would be insulted as being compared to anything normal. =P Read Stallman's "On Hacking." http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html Maybe you'll change your views. You might get a lot of flames for this, if for nothing else than hackers would be insulted as being compared to anything normal. =P

Read Stallman’s “On Hacking.”

http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html

Maybe you’ll change your views.

]]> By: Gnar http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture/comment-page-1#comment-158 Gnar Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:22:45 +0000 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture#comment-158 <a href="#comment-156" rel="nofollow">Don McArthur</a>, That's kind of harsh as well as untrue. Read the last paragraph again. Don McArthur,

That’s kind of harsh as well as untrue.

Read the last paragraph again.

]]> By: sep332 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture/comment-page-1#comment-157 sep332 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:29:14 +0000 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture#comment-157 Mozart was not in any sense a hacker. But his work was definitely adding to "culture." Mozart was not in any sense a hacker. But his work was definitely adding to “culture.”

]]> By: Don McArthur http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture/comment-page-1#comment-156 Don McArthur Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:06:06 +0000 http://workingthrough.com/blog/291-all-culture-is-hacker-culture#comment-156 Nonsense. The vast majority of human culture is the antithesis of hacker culture. Nonsense. The vast majority of human culture is the antithesis of hacker culture.

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