Comment by agentwiggles

I've always loved this story as a tribute to the early hacker ethos. So easy to forget how high up the stack we live these days.

There are a few other gems at this site, in the "hacker folklore" appendix. http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/index.html

I like "How to Become a Hacker", and the AI Koans too. Lots of good stuff there. These old pages have a certain biblical magic to them.

I love our field! Long live the hacker.