H4CKER WORKSHOP

by Disa Johnson

AGENDAHistory of TechnologyThe Machine AgeThe Information AgeInternet & Career Hacking

HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY➤ In Greece, as the development of systematic

techniques for making and doing things came into being over time, technology meant a discourse on both applied and fine arts.

➤ When technology first appeared in 17th century English texts, it was used to mean only a discussion of the applied arts. It gradually came to designating the applied “arts” themselves.

➤ By the early 20th century, during the Machine Age, the term technology embraced a growing range of means, processes, and ideas in addition to tools and machines.

COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSION➤ 2700 BC: Sumerian Abacus➤ 150 BC: Analog Computer (Antikythera Mechanism)

➤ Designed with gears to calculate astronomical positions

➤ Predicted lunar and solar eclipses➤ 1624: Slide Rule Reigned Supreme Until 1974

➤ Multiplication, Division, Roots, Logarithms, Trigonometry

➤ Augmented special scales were used for Aviation & Finance

➤ 1974: Handheld Scientific Calculator

TURING COMPLETENESS IN THE MACHINE AGE➤ 1834: Babbage’s Analytical Engine➤ 1936: Turing Machine

➤ 1937: Electromechanical Boolean-logic Multiplier➤ Digital Computers, Computer Science

➤ 1948: Intelligent Machinery➤ 1949: Manchester Mark 1, Stored-Program Computer

➤ EDSAC, EDVAC, BINAC Quickly Followed➤ 1950: National Physical Laboratory’s Pilot ACE

“We are trying to build a machine to do all kinds of different things simply by programming rather than by the addition of extra apparatus.

-Alan Turing 1947

DAWN OF THE INFORMATION AGE➤ The Computer Age, The Digital Age➤ Major Manufacturers Include: Rand, Bell, IBM➤ Can Machines Think?

➤ Turing Test: If a computer, on the basis of written replies to questions, could not be distinguished from a human respondent, then it must be “thinking.”

➤ 1952: Grace Hopper Invents Compiler Program➤ 1956: Direct Keyboard Input (Ended Punch Cards)➤ 1957-1960: Programming Languages

➤ FORTRAN, MATH-MATIC, LISP, Hyperlink, Hypertext

THE INFORMATION AGE COMES OF AGE➤ Information Technology (IT)

➤ Mass Storage, Random Access Memory➤ Microprocessor➤ UNIX & Computer Networking➤ Internet: TCP/IP, Email, FTP, Telnet➤ Personal Computer Revolution➤ Commercial Internet & Globalization

➤ Gopher, World Wide Web, Cats➤ PGP Encryption

KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY➤ Creative Persons

➤ Graphic Designers➤ Website Design➤ User Experience (UX)

➤ Full-on Nerds➤ Database Administrators➤ System Admins➤ DevOps

➤ Full-Stack Unicorns➤ DIY All The Things!

CREATIVE PERSONS DO DESIGN HACKING

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATI

ONLet’s go use a command line prompt.

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