Hacker Emblem - The Glider
About half the hackers this idea was alpha-tested on instantaneously said "Wow! Cool!" without needing any further explanation.
The graphic at the adjacent of the page is called a glider. It's a pattern from a mathematical simulation called the Game of Life. In this simulation, very simple rules about the behavior of dots on a grid give rise to wonderfully complex emergent phenomena. The glider is the simplest Life pattern that moves, and the most instantly recognizable of all Life patterns.
Why this emblem?
The glider is an appropriate emblem on many levels. Start with history: the Game of Life was first publicly described in Scientific American in 1970. It was born at almost the same time as the Internet and Unix. It has fascinated hackers ever since.In the Game of Life, simple rules of cooperation with what's nearby lead to unexpected, even startling complexities that you could not have predicted from the rules (emergent phenomena). This is a neat parallel to the way that startling and unexpected phenomena like open-source development emerge in the hacker community.
The glider fulfills the criteria for a good logo. It's simple, bold, hard to mistake for anything else, and easy to print on a mug or T-shirt. It could be varied, combined with other emblems, or modified and infinitely repeated for use as a background.
Can We use it?
When you use the glider on our web page or put it on clothing or use it in some other way, then you are visibly associating yourself with the hacker culture.This is not quite the same thing as claiming to be a hacker yourself. But by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living.
There are mugs and T-shirts available with the emblem.
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