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Jamie Zawinski
American
Scientist
Born:
Nov 3
,
1968
Applications
Because
Get
Hacker
Linux
You
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If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.
Jamie Zawinski
You
Hacker
First
Out
Give
Take
He
New
Toy
First Thing
How
The First Thing
Apart
Figure
Works
Thing
Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer.
Jamie Zawinski
Science
Engineer
Hacker
Engineering
Software
Might
Nothing stands still. The real question is can you change it?
Jamie Zawinski
You
Change
Nothing
Real
Still
Question
Real Question
Stands
My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.
Jamie Zawinski
Life
Others
Purpose
Warning
Serve
And when the time comes to replace the O2 I have today, maybe my next machine will run Linux.
Jamie Zawinski
Today
Time
Will
Machine
Run
Replace
Linux
Maybe
Next
I don't get much sense of reward from having discovered how to get the Foo card to coexist with the Bar card.
Jamie Zawinski
Reward
Sense
Having
How
Discovered
Get
Bar
Much
Coexist
Card
Mostly I use the O2 as an X terminal, however, running my apps on Linux and displaying remotely.
Jamie Zawinski
Apps
Running
Terminal
Remotely
Mostly
However
Linux
Use
Displaying
Why should someone have to retrain themselves to use a new application that does the same basic thing as the old application, just because something as trivial as the operating system changed out from under them?
Jamie Zawinski
Old
Changed
System
Out
Someone
Something
Trivial
New
Operating
Operating System
Because
Does
Same
Just
Just Because
Them
Themselves
Should
Use
Why
Thing
Basic
Application
Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes.
Jamie Zawinski
Bookshelf
Out
Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Like
Make
Trying
Using
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