True hackers are those who subscribe to the hacker ethic. This upstart group had an intense distrust for authority and thirst for knowledge. These followers were a part of a techno priesthood of sorts, spending their days endlessly trying to improve the code and optimize every solution. And like any religious orders, they had a set of beliefs, -albeit informally codified- that all of them subscribed to. Their beliefs were far ranging: access to computers should be unlimited, information should be freely available, mistrust authority, computers can make art, computers are a force for good. These nobles goals coalesced into the spirit of the true hacker. It was an idyllic belief system which produced a group of innovative rule breakers. A group whose work would go on to shape much of modern society as we know it today with their invention. These hackers are in many ways defiant of the Hollywood stereotypes while simultaneously meeting all of them. Hackers are an unruly group, unconce...