For as long as human beings have walked the face of this Earth, more than a few have held dear the hope that their children would one day follow in their footsteps. Doctors encourage their kids to study medicine; lawyers advocate careers in law; rulers of evil empires create their own little clones. It should come as no great surprise, then, that hackers share similar aspirations. “Why I want my daughter to be a hacker” is the title of a post that’s been making waves in the Linux blogosphere of late.
