Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.

Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it

The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network.

When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.

A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet.

And for any agents or proxy of the regime interested in asking me questions face to face, I've got some bullets slathered in pork fat to make you feel extra special welcome.

It is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature