Hacker Ethic
Even if you have no interest in computer programming, this is an article worth reading: It examines a 'great hacking feat' from a different perspective: not as an act of great daring, but taking into account the people whose jobs are made harder (if not impossible) by some guys having fun (and deciding how programming 'should work').
I am, as an aside, so very, very deeply impressed with Margaret Hamilton who had the confidence to diagnose that no, it was not her software that was wrong, there was something wrong with the hardware. Which are the time was still fairly experimental and should not have malfunctioned in this manner.
From where I'm sitting it's a tale of unexpected consequences and of arrogance.
Also posted at http://green-knight.dreamwidth.org/1082517.html where it has gathered
comments. If you're reading at both sites, I'd prefer comments at DW.
I am, as an aside, so very, very deeply impressed with Margaret Hamilton who had the confidence to diagnose that no, it was not her software that was wrong, there was something wrong with the hardware. Which are the time was still fairly experimental and should not have malfunctioned in this manner.
From where I'm sitting it's a tale of unexpected consequences and of arrogance.
Also posted at http://green-knight.dreamwidth.org/1082517.html where it has gathered
comments. If you're reading at both sites, I'd prefer comments at DW.