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Hacker Emblem
Hacker Emblem

The Hacker Emblem was first proposed in October 2003 by Eric S. Raymond, claiming a need for a uniting and recognizable symbol for his perception of hacker culture. This does not refer to the mainstream media meaning of the word hacker: "being someone who breaks or otherwise circumvents computer security", but the positive meaning the word has within the hacking community: beign a person that makes great things with computers, because hackers refer to a criminal who uses computers as a cracker (CRiminal hACKER). Raymond points out that one does not claim to be a hacker by displaying this emblem, but suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".

The image itself is a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life.

Other representations

Other means to display the image have evolved, mostly relying on ASCII art. Examples include:

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..o    |_|_|0|            0 0 1    
ooo    |0|0|0|            1 1 1

Another version of the emblem has been circulating recently, said to have been created by the hacker Red Dragon. The new version always takes the form of a sticker, with the embelm above the letters "VIVA". This new emblem expresses an idea similar to supporting the hacker ways and not wanting them to die out, which is becoming more and more of a fear for many as more regulations are placed on the internet by governments, as well as the media's portrayal of the "bad" hacker.

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See also

Hacker ethic

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