Hackers are more likely to have cats than dogs (in fact, it is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature).The Jargon File, Appendix B.

Let’s be honest here, this is an excuse to post pictures of my cat, Sugar. But aside from that I enjoy this quote because rather than thinking about how exactly it is that cats express the “hacker nature”, I’m more interested how the “hacker nature” is expressed by humans in such a way that it is equally applicable to felines. Is it “merely” an appreciation for un-inhibited curiosity? Or would one assign the other traits commonly associated with hackers to a cat? (more…)