"The Skinny Hackers"

[Jason Heirtzler]

Okay, I gotta know. Whom does the phrase "The Skinny Hackers" refer to?

j...@bu-pub.bu.edu

[Dave Olson]

In <112...@bu.edu> j...@bu-pub.bu.edu (Jason Heirtzler) writes:
| Okay, I gotta know. Whom does the phrase "The Skinny Hackers" refer to?

A small group of (fairly skinny ;) ) folks who are also great
hackers/developers and mostly long time SGI employees. Among other
fruits of their group hackerdom was the original showcase.

I won't speak further to protect their secret identities ;)
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Maria Isabel Barreno | ol...@sgi.com

[Tom Davis]

In article <gom...@zola.esd.sgi.com>, ol...@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
|> In <112...@bu.edu> j...@bu-pub.bu.edu (Jason Heirtzler) writes:
|> | Okay, I gotta know. Whom does the phrase "The Skinny Hackers" refer to?
|>
|> A small group of (fairly skinny ;) ) folks who are also great
|> hackers/developers and mostly long time SGI employees. Among other
|> fruits of their group hackerdom was the original showcase.

Being skinny didn't have anything to do with it. Although Showcase was
the best known product of the skinnyhackers, the first product was an
image of them made from a photo of all three sitting naked at computer
terminals, busily hacking. On top of the photo was the international
"no" symbol (red circle with a line across it), and underneath, the words
"No Skinnyhacking".

Note: Skinnyhacking is a dangerous activity, and should only be performed
by professionals. Do NOT attempt it at home.

If you're interested, you can see the image in the most recent (1992) SIGGRAPH
proceedings, in distored form on the back cover, and in non-distored form on
page 252.

I can't imagine that anyone would want a copy of this image, but I have one in
SGI format. (Actually, the secret goal is to have this image overtake the
mandrill in popularity.)

|>
|> I won't speak further to protect their secret identities ;)

I will! It was me! Tom Davis! The bald guy in the front! Oh, and the other
two are Rocky Rhodes and Scott Carr. Ann Sydeman joined the group a short time
later, but unfortunately missed the initial photo session (although there was a
subsequent video ...). Paul Haeberli was the photographer.