tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981939676968481781.post3098911472018267463..comments2008-02-08T08:35:28.822-08:00Diana Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754911751733790690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981939676968481781.post-76086563194254000252008-02-08T08:35:00.000-08:002008-02-08T08:35:00.000-08:00I'm not a hacker, by any means, but I did drink a lot of Surge while playing N64.<BR/><BR/>I think the idea of the "American cult of the amateur" is a well founded one. Having focused on the development of mass ideas in my undergrad (namely various forms of socialism), networking strikes me as not only important to the people I'm studying, but an important thing to study in and of itself, either in a contemporary or historic sense.<BR/><BR/>How else can you understand the spread of radical ideas such as communism, without studying the means by which they spread, and the people that spread them?<BR/><BR/>Also I got a blogspot.Jason Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094182994091699575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981939676968481781.post-13937317697648815432008-02-07T19:57:00.000-08:002008-02-07T19:57:00.000-08:00Just for historical accuracy the beverage of choice back then was Mountain Dew. I think the red necks and failed extreme sports fans have taken over that market and hackers have moved on to energy drinks (red bull, bawls, etc). <BR/>There is also an unexplored link to the "brotherhood" for both groups. Why there is a lack of bona fide female hackers or magicians is interesting and yet unanswered.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09835609411904640387noreply@blogger.com