Hacker Emblem
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The Hacker Emblem was first proposed in October 2003 by Eric S. Raymond, claiming a need for a uniting and recognizable symbol for his perception of hacker culture. This does not refer to the mainstream media meaning of the word hacker: "being someone who breaks or otherwise circumvents computer security", but the positive meaning the word has within the hacking community: being a person that makes great things with computers, because hackers refer to a criminal who uses computers as a cracker. Raymond points out that one does not claim to be a hacker by displaying this emblem, but suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hacker' goals, hacker' values, and the hacker way of living".
The image itself is a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life.
[edit] Other representations
Other means to display the image have evolved, mostly relying on ASCII art. Examples include:
.o. |_|0|_| [ ][*][ ] [ ][0][ ] 0 1 0 ..o |_|_|0| [ ][ ][*] [ ][ ][0] 0 0 1 ooo |0|0|0| [*][*][*] [0][0][0] 1 1 1
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Glider: Proposal for a Hacker Emblem Contains more information on the Hacker Emblem proposal, including SVG and TeX sources and FAQs.
- "How To Become a Hacker" A document explaining the hacker culture.
