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Should Hackers Get Their Own Logo?

Posted by simoniker on from the indicate-on-your-fingers dept.

Ridgelift writes "Eric S. Raymond is proposing a new logo for Hackerdom. 'The Linux folks have their penguin and the BSDers their demon. Perl's got a camel, FSF fans have their gnu and OSI's got an open-source logo. What we haven't had, historically, is an emblem that represents the entire hacker community of which all these groups are parts. This is a proposal that we adopt one - the glider pattern from the Game of Life.'"

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  1. Spelling 101 by MavEtJu · · Score: 4, Informative

    and the BSDers their demon.

    That's a daemon for them.

    The BSD Daemon
    Daemon not demon

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    bash$ :(){ :|:&};:
  2. Re:Like the totally 1337 peace sign? All your base by G27+Radio · · Score: 4, Informative

    Are we talking about the "peace sign"?

    No, this. [image search]

  3. Re:I thought they already had one.... by dtolton · · Score: 5, Informative

    Interestingly he's not referring to Hackers as the term is commonly applied.

    He is referring to the original sense of Hacker.

    Read his articles:
    How to be a Hacker
    A brief history of hackerdom.

    I think the logo is a great idea. Yes a lot of people who don't deserve to have the logo will display it, but then that won't change anything from how it is today.

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    Doug Tolton

    "The destruction of a value which is, will not bring value to that which isn't." -John Galt