Re:Non-technical mistakes made by programmers
by ken on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @12:15PM
(#694124)
I find #1 and #2 curious, given that martial arts are all about training for the opposite of these, and:
"The popularity of martial arts in the hacker culture deserves special mention. Many observers have noted it, and the connection has grown noticeably stronger over time. In the 1970s, many hackers admired martial arts disciplines from a distance, sensing a compatible ideal in their exaltation of skill through rigorous self-discipline and concentration. As martial arts became increasingly mainstreamed in the U.S. and other western countries, hackers moved from admiring to doing in large numbers." (Jargon file, 2000)
Are 'hackers' a negligible minority of 'programmers'? Or have martial arts ceased to be the "hacker exercise of choice"? (Then again, most other hacker hobbies also seem to "involv[e] concentration, stamina, and micromotor skills".)
"The popularity of martial arts in the hacker culture deserves special mention. Many observers have noted it, and the connection has grown noticeably stronger over time. In the 1970s, many hackers admired martial arts disciplines from a distance, sensing a compatible ideal in their exaltation of skill through rigorous self-discipline and concentration. As martial arts became increasingly mainstreamed in the U.S. and other western countries, hackers moved from admiring to doing in large numbers." (Jargon file, 2000)
Are 'hackers' a negligible minority of 'programmers'? Or have martial arts ceased to be the "hacker exercise of choice"? (Then again, most other hacker hobbies also seem to "involv[e] concentration, stamina, and micromotor skills".)