Re: "make stuff do things it was not designed to do"
"Hackers make things do something that the original maker did not intend, but included the functionality anyway and didn't think about it"
Hackers also make things do something that the original maker screwed over or left out, whether by accident or design.
A hacker is just someone who looks at the equipment available, goes "I wonder if I could..." and dives in.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
