FWIW, I do not consider myself to be anything
like good enough to be
a hacker, decent or otherwise.
Your modesty does you credit, but-- you're nuts.
If you're claiming that I'm eccentric, I'm suprised it's taken you this
long to notice :-)
The hacker spirit does not have to be expressed in software to be the
true hacker spirit. I count my father as a hacker, though I doubt he
That I certainly agree with. IMHO you can be a hacker in just about any
field.
_BIT_ if you look at the 'how to become a hacker' web page, you'll find I
meet almost none of the criteria. Oh well...
wrote a line of code in his life (his genius was for
*physical*
mechanism).
As you know, I'm happier with hardware (electronics and mechanical stuff)
than software... I just don't think I'm good enough at anything to be a
hacker.
-tony