"I don't think that (good) hackers have any special, hardwired mental abilities or specific personality traits, and I do believe you can easily learn to think like a hacker, even when you come from a different background."
I think the whole idea of hacking is way over-credited, mainly by the hacking subculture itself... "hacker" is obviously just a label that describes a person who performs a certain set of actions, and people talk about it like its something special, like being a "jedi" or something.
I played GS3 for a short while too, and loved it. To this day I still think of it as the best mmorpg I've played (or at least my favorite)... and it's responsible for my typing speed as well!
I'm reminded of a story I heard about an author who owed his ex-wife a percentage of what he made for alimoney... so he dodged it by adopting several pen-names.
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"I don't think that (good) hackers have any special, hardwired mental abilities or specific personality traits, and I do believe you can easily learn to think like a hacker, even when you come from a different background." I think the whole idea of hacking is way over-credited, mainly by the hacking subculture itself... "hacker" is obviously just a label that describes a person who performs a certain set of actions, and people talk about it like its something special, like being a "jedi" or something.
I played GS3 for a short while too, and loved it. To this day I still think of it as the best mmorpg I've played (or at least my favorite)... and it's responsible for my typing speed as well!
I'm reminded of a story I heard about an author who owed his ex-wife a percentage of what he made for alimoney... so he dodged it by adopting several pen-names.