[hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the words "food" and "hacking"

Jamie Schwettmann jamie.schwettmann at gmail.com
Tue Jan 28 05:00:55 CET 2014


I don't think lasing sugar crystals or making edible batteries count as
"preparation methods", but OK.


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Kevin Mitnick <kevin.mitnick at outlook.com>wrote:

> All you have described is a new process with working with foods. If I
> start to freeze curry, place it in a bag, vacuum seal it, and then cook it
> in boiling water without removing it from said bag, does it count as
> hacking? No. It just counts as a new preparation method.
>
>
> The inability to differentiate between "food hacking" and "food
> preparation" here is astounding.
>
>
> If I come up with a new method to wash clothes, does that make me a
> garment hacker?
>
>
>
> Kevin Mitnick
> (May or may not be the Kevin you think I am)
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:48:28 -0800
> From: jamie.schwettmann at gmail.com
>
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the words
> "food" and "hacking"
>
> A few food hacking possibilities:
>
> Vacuum-extracted coffee.
> Nitrous-extracted coffee.
> Synthesized caffeine.
> Polymerized chocolate.
> Polymerized cheese.
> Polymerized gluten chains.
> Edible batteries.
> Sugar candy prisms -- sugar candy lasers?
>
> I dare you to explain how/whether any of these could arise without
> invoking substantial technical detail, or to make them without using
> entirely the "wrong" tools in a haphazardly equipped hackerspace kitchen,
> or without inventing more tools, and still accurately predict the spectral
> analysis results that indicate success.  Then, I dare you to test your
> spectral analysis predictions without inventing something on the spot...
> and it still has to be safe to eat afterwards. ;)
>
> Bonus points: make all of these psychoactive.
>
> - Jamie
>
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> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Kevin Mitnick <kevin.mitnick at outlook.com>wrote:
>
> In some places it's illegal to call yourself an engineer with certain
> exceptions.
>
>
> As a result, I reserve the right to not permit yourself to label yourself
> as a hacker. I can label you as someone who has an inability to contribute
> to a conversation without any meaningful content. I am assuming you're
> responding to my remarks on this mailing list due to the malaise you may
> experience questioning what you have chosen to label yourself?
>
>
> Oh. The ego hacking that is being engaged in this thread. By the way, is
> engineering "hacking" too? Can I be a geotechnical hacker? A chemical
> hacker? A computer hac... oh wait.
>
>
> Kevin Mitnick
> (May or may not be the Kevin you think I am)
>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:45:19 -0800
> From: rubin at starset.net
>
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the words
> "food" and "hacking"
>
> Kevin Mitnick wrote, On 2014-01-27 17:59:
> > You amazingly managed to write a whole paragraph without actually
> > explaining anything about what food hacking is.
>
> Why do you feel the need to tell others they cannot label themselves as
>
> they wish?
>
> --
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