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| {{Multiple issues|one source = January 2012|primarysources = January 2012|notability = February 2011|COI = February 2011}} | |||
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| The '''Hacker Emblem''' was first proposed in October 2003 by ], who claimed a need for a unifying and recognizable symbol for his perception of ]. This does not refer to the ], but to the hacker culture around ], ], ], ], ], etc.; that is, the community around ] and ]. | |||
| Raymond suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".<ref name=source></ref> | |||
| The image itself is a representation of a ] formation in ].<ref name=source /> | |||
| Hackers also associate and represent themselves with ]s from notable free and open source projects such as the ]'s "Gnu" or more commonly the ]'s "]". The "]" from the ] '']'' is also commonly associated with Hackers, Internet culture, and free and open source communities due to the strip's coverage of those topics. | |||
| ] | |||
| == Other representations == | |||
| Other means to display the image have evolved, mostly relying on ]. Examples include: | |||
| |_|0|_| 0 1 0 . o . | |||
| |_|_|0| 0 0 1 . . o | |||
| |0|0|0| 1 1 1 o o o | |||
| And even 010001111 | |||
| === Minimal ASCII representation === | |||
| On February 12, 2008, the minimal ASCII representation was incorporated into Raymond's list of canonical representations:<ref>{{cite web | |||
| |last=Raymond | |||
| |first=Eric | |||
| |authorlink=Eric S. Raymond | |||
| |coauthors=Peter Danenberg, Laurent A. Vandenaweele | |||
| |title=Re: Hacker Emblem | |||
| |date=2008-02-12 | |||
| |url=http://danenberg.name/hacker-emblem | |||
| |accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref> | |||
| <pre> . | |||
| ..:</pre> | |||
| === Minimal UTF-8 representation === | |||
| {{SpecialChars}} | |||
| ] characters present in the ] charset can also be used to produce a single-line representation: | |||
| '''<big><pre>⠠⠵</pre></big>''' | |||
| == See also == | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * Contains more information on the Hacker Emblem proposal, including ] and ] sources and ]s. | |||
| * A document explaining the hacker culture. | |||
| {{Conway's Game of Life}} | |||
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| ] | ] | ||
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