Should Hackers Get Their Own Logo? 965
Ridgelift writes "Eric S. Raymond is proposing a new logo for Hackerdom. 'The Linux folks have their penguin and the
BSDers their demon.
Perl's got a camel, FSF
fans have their gnu and OSI's
got an open-source
logo. What we haven't had, historically, is an emblem that
represents the entire hacker community of which all these
groups are parts. This is a proposal that we adopt one - the glider pattern from the Game of Life.'"
I thought they already had one.... (Score:3, Funny)
Um... (Score:4, Funny)
...but I kinda doubt it.
Comment removed (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Non-conformists (Score:5, Funny)
hackers, indeed (Score:5, Funny)
<a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'>
<img src='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/glider.png
Note that this isn't valid XHTML.
Why don't we carve (Score:4, Funny)
MS Hacker logo (Score:3, Funny)
That's really crap... (Score:1, Funny)
goatse.cx? (Score:2, Funny)
My proposal (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not sure a hacker symbol (Score:1, Funny)
a logo for you. (Score:3, Funny)
I would sugest a cluttery desk with dirty ash trays, lots of empty half crushed soda-pop cans, O'reilly books of various pedigry and colors spewn around the room and book shelves. Pillow hair, coffee cups, the abient glow of a monitor, and half eaten pizza. Combine these things into one logo and it would rule all other logos.
Re:Why this one? (Score:5, Funny)
I think it might symbolize a flaccid penis since according to his FAQ, you aren't to think about sex if you are a hacker.
Here's my candidate (Score:5, Funny)
Functional, yet stylish. It gives us a connection to those hackers who have gone before us.
(Note to the humor impaired: This is supposed to be funny. Laugh, or at least try to.)
Just for that comment... (Score:5, Funny)
RMS - Message + Ego = ESR (Score:1, Funny)
now take away the "strong resounding belief" bit, and you've got...
ESR!
they were separated at birth, I think.
Because... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:-1, Troll; (Score:5, Funny)
Kind of like being able to tell if someone is pretending to have been a Navy SEAL [navyfrogmen.com] because they're talking about/displaying their medals.
In a word, no (Score:5, Funny)
Hackers don't need nor want a logo. Does ESR really think that most hackers are just dying to put logos on their coffee cups, hats, shirts, etc? If a hacker wants to express himself, he'll do it through hacking.
If we do have a logo, I think it should be a vector rendered shilouete of a fat, unwashed, unshaven hacker sitting in front of a PC.
Now how to vote on this? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Interesting (Score:0, Funny)
One thing you should keep in mind is that most people don't read the articles.
Keep up the good work, champ!
The Slashdot Staff
Re:Easy, draw what every hacker has in common. (Score:3, Funny)
Trace this [club-internet.fr] picture?
Think about the audience (Score:5, Funny)
Geez, it's not like they're getting girls to do it.
Thinkgeek Conspiricy? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why this one? (Score:5, Funny)
You're Wrong (Score:1, Funny)
So thaentix, you need to get with the GNU program because you can't oppress us. We are free both idealogically and in price. ESR is a great wise man who will lead us to greater freedom.
Re:I thought they already had one.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I've Got One (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Even anarchists have a logo (Score:5, Funny)
Oh. Then I propose a new logo for us incompetent hackers. It's a much more meaningful symbol...
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The leter H which in the game of life disolves into nothingness after 6 generations. Just like most of my programs.
Wait... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"Hacker" is now a shibboleth (Score:4, Funny)
Um... actually they were dragged away and killed, as usually happens in Bible stories: Judges 12:4-6
Right. That's what I said. I just happened to say it in Microsoft-eze.
Re:Interesting (Score:1, Funny)
Run out to the DMV.
Get you new plate: 010 001 111
I didn't need to get pissed that Hackerz was allready taken,
--El Duderino
Worthy of a tattoo? (Score:5, Funny)
Chip H.
dyslexic hackers UNTIE! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:I thought they already had one.... (Score:2, Funny)
This is me being a douche (Score:3, Funny)
You can't be a winner if you've ever played Conway's Game of Life
Yea...I'm pretty much a jerk.
Re:Even anarchists have a logo (Score:5, Funny)
Not quite appropriate
Bah!!! (Score:4, Funny)
Can't say it surprises me though.
A logo? A LOGO? Hey Eric, how about everyone who meets qualifications (do you need to qualify to be an official hacker? ) get team jackets? Oh, oh yeah, and we could all listen to the same hacker music, and play the same hacker games, and and...
Last I remember, any non-derogatory definition of hacker included (or at least implied) a strong sense of independence. Let's all show our independence by wearing a logo!!!
Bah.
Re:I thought they already had one.... (Score:1, Funny)
How about a pig?
geek gear n stuff [wabshirts.com]
Re:Um... (Score:3, Funny)
Of this chapter. There are chapters all over the web, and the Sacred Parchment has prophesised that one day a Chosen One will...
Re:dyslexic hackers UNTIE! (Score:3, Funny)
Look more closely. It's wearing a little tinfoil hat. :-)
Re:Interesting (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Incompetent hackers (Score:5, Funny)
I'm putting it im my sig lines and sig files right now, since, well, I'm not just the incompetent hacker club president, I'm also a client.
Re:Their logo should be "L" (Score:1, Funny)
h4x0rs don't concern themselves with differences like that, yo.
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Like the totally 1337 peace sign? All your base (Score:1, Funny)
Re:hackers, indeed (Score:3, Funny)
Note that this isn't valid XHTML.
s/valid/well-formed/
Wannabes and their imprecise language...
Re:I thought they already had one.... (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry, I remember the cars, but I don't recall the GLIDERS at all!
Re:Interesting (Score:4, Funny)
Exactly WHAT are you chmoding 217???
Raymond should get his own logo... (Score:2, Funny)
Good god, that guy has ego.
A new view: Left, not right (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, when you put it that way, the picture is completely different! Now it looks to me like the upper half of, yes, a hacker, sitting by his/her terminal, facing to the left. The upper block is a head, the rest is the left shoulder-elbow-arm-hand.
This could lead to a whole new psychological science. Instead of showing us Rorschach ink blots, they could show us big 3x3 pixel pictures!
~llauren
Re:how about a secret handshake instead? (Score:4, Funny)
Aah yes, that well known hacker-fleet that drives around :o) Could cover war-drivers I suppose.
Re:I thought they already had one.... (Score:4, Funny)
my initial thoughts (Score:3, Funny)
and it looks like circle's winning... ;)
Reminds me of the Brights (Score:2, Funny)