http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674015436/c4iorg Title: A Hacker Manifesto Author: McKenzie Wark Pages: 160 pages Publisher: Harvard University Press Reviewer: f0rensik [at] attrition.org ISBN: 0674015436 A Hacker Manifesto is a tough read. I've found that reading some parts and then going back to others helps me make sense of it, but it's just very dense. Also, the author loves to say things in convoluted and difficult ways whenever he can. It's as if he's showing off how many big words he knows; and annoying as hell. What's frustrating is that I can tell that the author has some interesting ideas; I started to see glimmers of real concepts in the section on education, but it's buried under jargon. Reviewer bio, F0rensik is a recent MIT Computer Science grad, whose viewpoint is well respected around InfoSec News _________________________________________ Bellua Cyber Security Asia 2005 - http://www.bellua.com/bcs2005
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