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INTRODUCTION
The idea of hacking may conjure stylized images of
electronic vandalism, espionage, dyed hair, and body
piercings. Most people associate hacking with breaking
the law and assume that everyone who engages in hack-
ing activities is a criminal. Granted, there are people out
there who use hacking techniques to break the law, but hacking isn't really
about that. In fact, hacking is more about following the law than breaking it.
The essence of hacking is finding unintended or overlooked uses for the
laws and properties of a given situation and then applying them in new and
inventive ways to solve a problem—whatever it may be.
The following math problem illustrates the essence of hacking:
Use each of the numbers 1, 3, 4, and 6 exactly once with any
of the four basic math operations (addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division) to total 24. Each number must be
used once and only once, and you may define the order of
operations; for example, 3 * (4 + 6) + 1 = 31 is valid, however
incorrect, since it doesn't total 24.
