The Absolute Need To Understand


	The Absolute Need To Understand

pongba

2-7-2007 8:15 AM

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2-7-2007 2:14 PM

ericskiff

Indeed. The driving force behind any good hacker I've known is the desire to take things apart (be it program code or something mechanical) and see what makes it tick.

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