I agree with some of the recent sentiments on HN about this. It seems the media and the general public are beginning to become aware of the new "meta-geek" usage of the word "hacker" and it's subterranean counterpart.

I'm now lost in the "problem" (to paraphrase a recent post - "programmers don't _love to code_ they _love to solve problems_) of how to eat an egg without braking the shell?

I think this should be a contest - best answer gets upvotes?

I think the primary assumptions of the problem must be thrashed out first.

1. The Egg is to be an average sized chicken egg - none of them quails jive! 2. Eat: as in to consume the whole, 3. Egg: as in the Yolk and the White (albumen for the l334) 4. Without "Breaking the Shell": I think this needs to be defined as it would seem that careful incisions that could be reversed so as to leave the overall shape of the shell intact should be allowed. 5. ABSOLUTELY NO PUNS!