> My beef with hackers is that they sometime totally lack insight and design goal.

> ... but if you don't explore any new way of doing things, it's a little sad.

Self involved pretentiousness aside, what are your standards for an insightful, well designed, new hack?

And if a 'hack' doesn't meet these standards, is it worthless to pursue? Should we give up on any curious adventures for fear they might not be insightful enough?