Article Title
Abstract
In this article, Rudy Rucker shares his thoughts on hacking. He summarizes it as normal actions, such as building a car, or kneading clay. He compares hacking to things that are buildable by hand, and views creating computer programs the same way. One of the benefits of creating your own computer programs is that you can customize themn however you want. However customizing software on your own is extremely time consuming. He then goes into further detail about artificial life and how hyperspace works. Hacking bends the cyber reality that we are accustomed to, and modifying programs outside of what they’re normally meant to do.
Preservation Process
Archived from http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php%3Fartc=229.html. Documentation of the preservation processes used for this collection is available at https://github.com/NickSzydlowski/switch. Metadata for this item was created and augmented by Caitlin Duff, Spring 2022, Art 104
Original Article URL
http://switch.sjsu.edu/archive/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php%3Fartc=229.html
Recommended Citation
Rucker, Rudy
(1996)
"Rucker,"
SWITCH: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 18.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/switch/vol3/iss1/18
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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Commons, Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces Commons