Comments on: Scotty, Macgyver, & Doctor Who are Hackers http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/ a blog by Mark Essel on web technology, startups and design philosophy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: When writing engineering software be like Scotty — Victus Spiritus http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-10159 When writing engineering software be like Scotty — Victus Spiritus Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:30:49 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/#comment-10159 [...] Another tip of the hat to one of my favorite hacker archetypes. [...] [...] Another tip of the hat to one of my favorite hacker archetypes. [...]

]]> By: BigCo vs Pre IPO Gangbuster » Victus Spiritus http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-7346 BigCo vs Pre IPO Gangbuster » Victus Spiritus Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:40:01 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/#comment-7346 [...] Then if they don’t laugh too hard we pitch the prototype to other folks who can help us Macgyver it together. If the project gains a little bit of momentum at this stage we make a run at it by [...] [...] Then if they don’t laugh too hard we pitch the prototype to other folks who can help us Macgyver it together. If the project gains a little bit of momentum at this stage we make a run at it by [...]

]]> By: Dave Pinsen http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 Dave Pinsen Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:22:02 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/#comment-2746 <I>"Hacker describes someone who can make technology do what he or she wants it to."</I><br><br>Sounds more like a wizard, priest, or a magician, which is congruent with some early terminology in computer programming (e.g, "invoke", "daemon", etc.). “Hacker describes someone who can make technology do what he or she wants it to.”

Sounds more like a wizard, priest, or a magician, which is congruent with some early terminology in computer programming (e.g, “invoke”, “daemon”, etc.).

]]> By: Mark Essel http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-2745 Mark Essel Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:10:39 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/#comment-2745 Hacker! Hacker!

]]> By: Tyler from Everyone Loves Tea http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-2744 Tyler from Everyone Loves Tea Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:49:19 +0000 http://www.victusspiritus.com/2010/01/26/scotty-macgyver-doctor-who-are-hackers/#comment-2744 RTFM Mark ;) RTFM Mark ;)

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