false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170460117m/56829.jpg 56829 5 Steven Levy's classic book explains why the misuse of the word "hackers" to describe computer criminals does a terrible disservice to many important shapers of the digital revolution. Levy follows members of an MIT model railroad club--a group of brilliant budding electrical engineers and computer innovators--from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. These eccentric characters used the term "hack" to describe a clever way of improving the electronic system that ran their massive railroad. And as they started designing clever ways to improve computer systems, "hack" moved over with them. These maverick characters were often fanatics who did not always restrict themselves to the letter of the law and who devoted themselves to what became known as "The Hacker Ethic." The book traces the history of hackers, from finagling access to clunky computer-card-punching machines to uncovering the inner secrets of what would become the Internet. This story of brilliant, eccentric, flawed, and often funny people devoted to their dream of a better world will appeal to a wide audience. 1407224 1984 Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution total:200|5:69|4:94|3:29|2:5|1:3| 200 821 340 25 4 1 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Nov 22 01:43:49 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 01:49:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 10 16:31:55 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 12 14:02:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 19 00:24:22 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 00:31:22 -0700 2008
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