[gameprogrammer] Re: Civil Hackers School

  • From: Chris Nystrom <cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:30:16 -0500

Remember this thread from a couple of years ago?

This seem similar at least in spirit:

http://www.hackerdojo.com/

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fascinating. As far as I can tell he is using a social structure based
> on a Zen monastery to develop programming knowledge and skills. This
> is much like the Japanese way of using Zen to create better warriors.
> It should work. OTOH, he might just be another Russian trying
> desperately to make a buck off of gullible, but well intentioned,
> people who have money to spend. Which lets me off the hook as a
> potential victim :-)
>
> I sent an email asking for more information.
>
> Bob Pendleton
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Roger Durañona Vargas<luo_hei@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Bob Pendleton escribió:
> >> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Chris Nystrom<cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>> Bob,
> >>>
> >>> I know you are into martial arts. This guy runs a computer programmers
> >>> dojo (is that the right name?). Basically a private programmers school
> >>> modelled after a martial arts school. I thought it was a cool idea.
> >>
> >> Dojo is the name for martial arts school in Japanese. It is widely
> >> used for all kinds of martial arts schools in the US. In Chinese it is
> >> a kwoon. In Korean IIRC the word is Dojang. So you study Kung Fu in a
> >> kwoon, Taekwando in a dojang, and karate in a dojo.
> >>
> >> Was there a link to the article?
> >>
> > https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Civil_Hackers_School
> >
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