Sunday, April 23, 2006
the hacker manifesto...
thought i would repost this too while i was at it...
The Hacker Manifesto
by
The Mentor
Written January 8, 1986
Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"...
Damn kids. They're all alike.
But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?
I am a hacker, enter my world...
Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me...
Damn underachiever. They're all alike.
I'm in junior high or high school. I've listened to teachers explain for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms. Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..."
Damn kid. Probably copied it. They're all alike.
I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me.. Or thinks I'm a smart ass.. Or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here...
Damn kid. All he does is play games. They're all alike.
And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is found. "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here... even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again... I know you all...
Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...
You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us willing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.
This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.
Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.
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Monday, January 26, 2009
back-words... raver's manifesto...
Sunday, April 23, 2006
raver's manifesto...
i dont see this circulate much anymore so i thought i would post a copy here:
Raver's Manifesto
Our emotional state is ecstasy.
Our nourishment of choice is love.
Our addiction of choice is technology.
Our religion of choice is music.
Our currency of choice is knowledge.
Our politics of choice is none.
Our society of choice is utopian.
You may hate us.
You may dismiss us.
You may misunderstand us.
You may be unaware that we exist.
We can only hope you do not care to judge us because we would never judge you.
We are not criminals.
We are not disillusioned.
We are not drug addicts.
We are not naive children.
We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself.
We are The Massive: One Massive.
We were first drawn by the sound. From far away the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mothers heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all the same. We came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls: and somewhere around 35Hz, we could feel the hand of God at our backs pushing us forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, bodies, and spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant with these very realizations that each of us is truly born. We continue to pack ourselves into clubs, warehouses, or buildings youve abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night; strong, throbbing, vibrant life in its purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift soaves, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints that youve put on us for your own peace of mind.
We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born. Programming telling us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves with the nearest most convenient pigeonhole possible. Programming that even tells us to climb the ladders, jump through the hoops, and run through the mazes for you. Programming that tells us to eat from the silver spoon that you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourishing ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of opening them!
Until the sun raises to burn our eyes by revealing the distorted reality of the world youve created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility, and Respect.
Our Enemy of choice is ignorance.
Our weapon of choice is information.
Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in our place to stop us from celebrating our existence.
But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in ant given city, in and given country or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You dont have access to that switch no matter what you think.
The Music will never stop - The Heartbeat will never fade - The Party will never end.
I am a Raver, and this is my Manifesto.
...Credit given to whoever wrote this, although no one knows...
raver's manifesto...
i dont see this circulate much anymore so i thought i would post a copy here:
Raver's Manifesto
Our emotional state is ecstasy.
Our nourishment of choice is love.
Our addiction of choice is technology.
Our religion of choice is music.
Our currency of choice is knowledge.
Our politics of choice is none.
Our society of choice is utopian.
You may hate us.
You may dismiss us.
You may misunderstand us.
You may be unaware that we exist.
We can only hope you do not care to judge us because we would never judge you.
We are not criminals.
We are not disillusioned.
We are not drug addicts.
We are not naive children.
We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law, physical geography, and time itself.
We are The Massive: One Massive.
We were first drawn by the sound. From far away the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat was comparable to a mothers heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness, and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all the same. We came to accept that we are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming into us and passing through our souls: and somewhere around 35Hz, we could feel the hand of God at our backs pushing us forward, pushing us to push ourselves to strengthen our minds, bodies, and spirits. Pushing us to turn to the person beside us to join hands and uplift them by sharing the uncontrollable joy we felt from creating this magical bubble that can, for one evening, protect us from the horrors, atrocities and pollution of the outside world. It is in that very instant with these very realizations that each of us is truly born. We continue to pack ourselves into clubs, warehouses, or buildings youve abandoned and left for naught, and we bring life to them for one night; strong, throbbing, vibrant life in its purest, most intense, most hedonistic form. In these makeshift soaves, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our inhibitions and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints that youve put on us for your own peace of mind.
We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to indoctrinate us with since the moment we were born. Programming telling us to hate, that tells us to judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves with the nearest most convenient pigeonhole possible. Programming that even tells us to climb the ladders, jump through the hoops, and run through the mazes for you. Programming that tells us to eat from the silver spoon that you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourishing ourselves with our own capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of opening them!
Until the sun raises to burn our eyes by revealing the distorted reality of the world youve created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom, Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility, and Respect.
Our Enemy of choice is ignorance.
Our weapon of choice is information.
Our crime of choice is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in our place to stop us from celebrating our existence.
But know that while you may shut down any given party, on any given night, in ant given city, in and given country or continent on this beautiful planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You dont have access to that switch no matter what you think.
The Music will never stop - The Heartbeat will never fade - The Party will never end.
I am a Raver, and this is my Manifesto.
...Credit given to whoever wrote this, although no one knows...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
back-words... a manifesto, of sorts...
Friday, April 13, 2007
a manifesto, of sorts...
this evening, i watched a documentary about a musical instrument, the theremin. it wasnt the best produced documentary in the world, but it was emotionally powerful in several places and i would recommend it to anyone interested in culture, music, or the roots of edm. its called theremin: an electronic odyssey.
it struck some pretty deep chords within me. it helped put a few things together to make greater sense than what had before. it also made me reflective of myself and of my craft...
the theremin was the first electronic instrument, well before the moog. and yet it has paved paths that couldnt even have been dreamt of back then. it faced a lot of criticism and unacceptance as a musical instrument by a large part of the musical community. and yet it has done so much for us and been lovingly integrated into so much of our culture from concerts to movies to chart topping musical compositions. it has even been used in chart topping wonders by mastermind groups in the edm industry. tell me you still doubt and refuse the validity of this instrument...
people were dreaming of using electricity, which at the time powered lights, mechanisms, and radios (which were just barely coming into existence). people wanted to do something more creative and productive with it. they wanted to turn electricity into a musical instrument. that is truly a dream, if ever there were any...
over half a century later, there is still criticism and disbelief over concepts and applications within the music community. some say (edm) djs are not musicians, but merely personified jukeboxes. "oh all they do is play songs." "they dont create anything." dont they?
are they just playing songs? dont djs create lush soundscapes for listeners to find contemplation, release, and escape, among other things? i think they do far more than for which they are given credit. djs beatmatch, fade, blend, cut, scratch, filter, harmonize, sample, add processed effects, add miscellaneous sounds and instruments, and more to their work. yes, i said their work, which is bringing me to another concept that i will discuss shortly. in essence, djs quite often are acting as a producer might when they perform. djs do this in the studio and on the fly when they perform live. they have to have all this timed well in their heads, keyed out just right, and have a creative selection going so that there is a natural and logical flow from one song to the next so that the listener might might the experience more meaningful, as if a story were being told. i submit that the dj is an artist painting a sonic collage, that every composition is carefully woven in sonic textures to stimulate an effect upon the listener. i submit that the tracks the dj uses to create this collage are not merely songs, but instruments, in themselves.
myriads refused to accept the theremin as a legitimate music instrument, but it was, and still is. electricity has allowed us to evolve with lightning speed through time to do amazing things with sound electronically. is it possible a song could be used as an instrument -- a single-keyed/strung instrument that occurs only once or possibly more times -- in a composition? i think so. back when the theremin was invented and played before audiences, a cello of sorts was also making debut appearances. it was even called a cello. it was played similarly to the theremin and it also had only one key, or string, that played various notes. i submit todays edm dj does much the same thing with a song as an instrument. a dj controls the pitch, the key in which it is played, how much of it is sampled or played, and how loud it is played, not to mention what other sounds may overlap it while it is played. these tactics manipulate the song to better suit the dj's needs during the performance.
why does a dj choose a song? because the dj loves that song and wants to share it with the listeners. because the dj wants to honor that love and publicly demonstrate that recognition, not to disregard nor disrespect the maker of the song or the song, itself. the dj wants the audience to know and love the song and music that is being played as much as the dj loves it. the dj wants the audience to recognize the group that made that song. the dj is not selfish and does not declare all that one hears to be solely of the dj's own creation. the dj admits who the tracks are created by. the dj is simply being a collage artist, sharing what he or she loves with the audience in hopes that they will love it, too.
other art has met serious criticism and nonacceptance, one can easily think of several artists and works that may seem dubiously labeled as art. a white canvas with a red dot in the corner, paint thrown on a canvas haphazardly, miscellaneous media ambivalently added to compositions, the list goes on. even sculptures have befallen the same fate. djs are accused of using other people's songs in their work, yet artists are not equally challenged when they use something recognizable and often copyrighted that isnt theirs in their work, so why should it be any different for djs in the (edm) industry? in some ways, it isnt; they are artists, too, and they are also facing criticism and disapproval from members of their community. perhaps it is a dream that came to fruition before people were prepared for it. perhaps the world will never be ready to accept such a concept...
i have always had a love of music and i always will. loving music and playing music has run in my family for several generations. a dj inspired me to become a dj because i wanted to do for others what he had done for me. the things i had accomplished musically in my past suddenly made even more sense when this epiphany came to light. i wanted to become a dj and a producer. that desire has become a reality for me and i will continue to pursue this path, wherever it may lead. i have strayed away from music in the past and music has always brought me back to where i am with these vary beliefs. this is my sickness and my cure. i am an edm dj and producer who constantly pushes the envelope and challenges the boundaries of what limits were previously conceived to be, for there are no limits. i am a musician and this is my manifesto. music cradles my soul and it always will...
a manifesto, of sorts...
this evening, i watched a documentary about a musical instrument, the theremin. it wasnt the best produced documentary in the world, but it was emotionally powerful in several places and i would recommend it to anyone interested in culture, music, or the roots of edm. its called theremin: an electronic odyssey.
it struck some pretty deep chords within me. it helped put a few things together to make greater sense than what had before. it also made me reflective of myself and of my craft...
the theremin was the first electronic instrument, well before the moog. and yet it has paved paths that couldnt even have been dreamt of back then. it faced a lot of criticism and unacceptance as a musical instrument by a large part of the musical community. and yet it has done so much for us and been lovingly integrated into so much of our culture from concerts to movies to chart topping musical compositions. it has even been used in chart topping wonders by mastermind groups in the edm industry. tell me you still doubt and refuse the validity of this instrument...
people were dreaming of using electricity, which at the time powered lights, mechanisms, and radios (which were just barely coming into existence). people wanted to do something more creative and productive with it. they wanted to turn electricity into a musical instrument. that is truly a dream, if ever there were any...
over half a century later, there is still criticism and disbelief over concepts and applications within the music community. some say (edm) djs are not musicians, but merely personified jukeboxes. "oh all they do is play songs." "they dont create anything." dont they?
are they just playing songs? dont djs create lush soundscapes for listeners to find contemplation, release, and escape, among other things? i think they do far more than for which they are given credit. djs beatmatch, fade, blend, cut, scratch, filter, harmonize, sample, add processed effects, add miscellaneous sounds and instruments, and more to their work. yes, i said their work, which is bringing me to another concept that i will discuss shortly. in essence, djs quite often are acting as a producer might when they perform. djs do this in the studio and on the fly when they perform live. they have to have all this timed well in their heads, keyed out just right, and have a creative selection going so that there is a natural and logical flow from one song to the next so that the listener might might the experience more meaningful, as if a story were being told. i submit that the dj is an artist painting a sonic collage, that every composition is carefully woven in sonic textures to stimulate an effect upon the listener. i submit that the tracks the dj uses to create this collage are not merely songs, but instruments, in themselves.
myriads refused to accept the theremin as a legitimate music instrument, but it was, and still is. electricity has allowed us to evolve with lightning speed through time to do amazing things with sound electronically. is it possible a song could be used as an instrument -- a single-keyed/strung instrument that occurs only once or possibly more times -- in a composition? i think so. back when the theremin was invented and played before audiences, a cello of sorts was also making debut appearances. it was even called a cello. it was played similarly to the theremin and it also had only one key, or string, that played various notes. i submit todays edm dj does much the same thing with a song as an instrument. a dj controls the pitch, the key in which it is played, how much of it is sampled or played, and how loud it is played, not to mention what other sounds may overlap it while it is played. these tactics manipulate the song to better suit the dj's needs during the performance.
why does a dj choose a song? because the dj loves that song and wants to share it with the listeners. because the dj wants to honor that love and publicly demonstrate that recognition, not to disregard nor disrespect the maker of the song or the song, itself. the dj wants the audience to know and love the song and music that is being played as much as the dj loves it. the dj wants the audience to recognize the group that made that song. the dj is not selfish and does not declare all that one hears to be solely of the dj's own creation. the dj admits who the tracks are created by. the dj is simply being a collage artist, sharing what he or she loves with the audience in hopes that they will love it, too.
other art has met serious criticism and nonacceptance, one can easily think of several artists and works that may seem dubiously labeled as art. a white canvas with a red dot in the corner, paint thrown on a canvas haphazardly, miscellaneous media ambivalently added to compositions, the list goes on. even sculptures have befallen the same fate. djs are accused of using other people's songs in their work, yet artists are not equally challenged when they use something recognizable and often copyrighted that isnt theirs in their work, so why should it be any different for djs in the (edm) industry? in some ways, it isnt; they are artists, too, and they are also facing criticism and disapproval from members of their community. perhaps it is a dream that came to fruition before people were prepared for it. perhaps the world will never be ready to accept such a concept...
i have always had a love of music and i always will. loving music and playing music has run in my family for several generations. a dj inspired me to become a dj because i wanted to do for others what he had done for me. the things i had accomplished musically in my past suddenly made even more sense when this epiphany came to light. i wanted to become a dj and a producer. that desire has become a reality for me and i will continue to pursue this path, wherever it may lead. i have strayed away from music in the past and music has always brought me back to where i am with these vary beliefs. this is my sickness and my cure. i am an edm dj and producer who constantly pushes the envelope and challenges the boundaries of what limits were previously conceived to be, for there are no limits. i am a musician and this is my manifesto. music cradles my soul and it always will...
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