Pete's Odyssey

    A website and blog by Peter Lewis

Hacking

Hmmm.. there's not a great deal to see here yet, and what is here is mainly just notes and scribbles. Explore through the drop-down menu above.

There's also a genetic algorithm visualiser I made about a year ago, available here.

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So, what's hacking all about...? Isn't it to do with breaking into computer networks, stealing data and setting off bombs? Well... no.

"A Hacker is any person who derives joy from discovering ways to circumvent limitations." - Bob Bickford in MicroTimes, December 1986.

"A hacker is someone who thinks outside the box. It's someone who discards conventional wisdom, and does something else instead. It's someone who looks at the edge and wonders what's beyond. It's someone who sees a set of rules and wonders what happens if you don't follow them. A hacker is someone who experiments with the limitations of systems for intellectual curiosity." - Bruce Schneier in Secrets and Lies, September 2006.

Or read what Eric Raymond wrote about Hacking here. I'm going to finish with a bit of Eric's nice succinctness.

"The basic difference is this: hackers build things, crackers break them."

Oh, and by the way, everybody loves Eric Raymond.

Peace.