E&L: week5: The Hacker Ethic in a Networked World

For a start, I had no clue that hackers use among themselves slang for fun and social communication. Some of them were predictable, some not. I found more interesting the non-abbreviaton terms that are less technical. For example: dancing frog, angry fruit salad. Also drunk mouse syndrome that happens to everyone once in while. If the mouse cursor on the screen moves randomly, it can be corrected by replugging the mouse. I found out another recommended fix for optical mice: to rotate the mouse pad 90 degrees.

I also liked that hackers have their own bible where they can find fundamental reference for a particular language or operating system, and cookbook with the best recepties for programming.