Touché. I, like many of us here, am a fan of cats. It's hackernews. I like the quote. Bit of rough dot joining, there you go.

Source, if you want it: http://catb.org/jargon/html/miscellaneous.html

When we had a huge stash of cardboard after getting some whiteboards delivered, we ended up building something not unlike the jwz 'Tent of Doom'[1] around a few desks. It was surprisingly relaxing and productivity-enhancing for the few hours it survived before it was deemed 'unprofessional'.

I'm not sure it would work out well full-time, but in my experience, cats also leave their boxes from time to time, so there's precedent.

..I'd still rather have a private office than a cubicle (cardboard or no) though.

[1] http://www.jwz.org/tent-of-doom/

Google "Temple Grandin" and "hug machine". Maybe cats are autistic, and boxes that fit are their equivalent of the hug machine. :)

Our boxes are made of Sheetrock, wood, glass, or cubicle walls ;)

Hackers think of themselves as dangerous. They have powerful skills that can they can use to intimidate and take advantage of others. But hackers are also extremely vulnerable. As children, they were always the outcast, the one that got their glasses stolen and tossed around on the playground. Deprived of valuable peer interaction, they develop into reclusive adults who can easily be taken advantage of by one with an understanding of their psychology.

Hackers prefer warmer temperatures than other people. This is why they eat Cheetos to grow an insulating layer of fat, and why they spend so much time in a sealed room full of octo-core CPUs and graphics cards.

By extrapolation, I predict that hackers are also ambush predators.

Pretty sure the guy who assembled the Jargon File has a better understanding of legit hackerspeak than you (or just about anyone else).