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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Appendix B. A Portrait of J. Random Hacker</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="pt03.html" title="Part III. Appendices"/><link rel="previous" href="story-of-mel.html" title="The Story of Mel"/><link rel="next" href="appearance.html" title="General Appearance"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Appendix B. A Portrait of J. Random Hacker</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="story-of-mel.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Appendices</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="appearance.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><div class="appendix" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="appendixb"/>Appendix B. A Portrait of J. Random Hacker</h2></div></div><div/></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="appearance.html">General Appearance</a></dt><dt><a href="dress.html">Dress</a></dt><dt><a href="reading_habits.html">Reading Habits</a></dt><dt><a href="other-interests.html">Other Interests</a></dt><dt><a href="physical.html">Physical Activity and Sports</a></dt><dt><a href="education.html">Education</a></dt><dt><a href="hates.html">Things Hackers Detest and Avoid</a></dt><dt><a href="food.html">Food</a></dt><dt><a href="politics.html">Politics</a></dt><dt><a href="demographics.html">Gender and Ethnicity</a></dt><dt><a href="religion.html">Religion</a></dt><dt><a href="chemicals.html">Ceremonial Chemicals</a></dt><dt><a href="communication_style.html">Communication Style</a></dt><dt><a href="geography.html">Geographical Distribution</a></dt><dt><a href="sex.html">Sexual Habits</a></dt><dt><a href="personality.html">Personality Characteristics</a></dt><dt><a href="weaknesses.html">Weaknesses of the Hacker Personality</a></dt><dt><a href="miscellaneous.html">Miscellaneous</a></dt></dl></div><p>This profile reflects detailed comments on an earlier trial
balloon version from about a hundred Usenet respondents. Where
comparatives are used, the implicit other is a randomly selected
segment of the non-hacker population of the same size as hackerdom.</p><p>An important point: Except in some relatively minor respects such as
slang vocabulary, hackers don't get to be the way they are by imitating each
other. Rather, it seems to be the case that the combination of personality
traits that makes a hacker so conditions one's outlook on life that one tends
to end up being like other hackers whether one wants to or not (much as
bizarrely detailed similarities in behavior and preferences are found in
genetic twins raised separately).</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="story-of-mel.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt03.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="appearance.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">The Story of Mel </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> General Appearance</td></tr></table></div></body></html>