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Hacking - Art or Science?

Posted by Cliff on from the share-your-opinion dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "The argument regarding the principle nature of hacking - be it an art or a science is not a new one. This paper hopes to discuss both the meaning of the term 'hack' and the underlying arguments for it being defined as an art or a science, in reference to the base principles and basic methodologies of the discipline. So in your opinion, is hacking art or science?"

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  1. The only thing that matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I couldn't care less what TFA says, or the rest of you for that matter.

    I'm waiting to see what TripMaster Monkey has to say on this subject.

  2. Neither by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's a craft, handiwork.

  3. Opinion only by IamGarageGuy+2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    By definition hack is an art - some old hacks were not necessarily scientific. Think the University that changed the placards that were held up by the opposing team. - sorry can't remember exactly....

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  4. shit happens and so does hacking by 10am-bedtime · · Score: 0, Troll

    the difference is that while shit really stinks, hacking only stinks sometimes.

    the similarity is that both can be ploughed back into the common.

    next question?