I have to agree with Kiteman, it isn't like we would be depriving the world of a necessary tool that will cause detriment to the world because of it's loss. Hacking is about "learning how it works". Find a 1/2 dollar J-inna-box at a garage sale and have fun ! I kick myself every time I realize I had access to one of the ultimate "Rube Goldberg machines" ever to exist in the commercial world.....the punch card interpreter. I could pull the panel off one of those and watch all the gears and levers for minutes on end. . All mechanical workings, save a few resistors and motors, took a "reading" of he holes and then printed the interpretation onto the top of the cards. It was fantastic to watch.

Why not?