Occupation: Computer Programmer Birth: October 12, 1975
Lawyers can't tell you you can't do something. They can warn you about risks, and in extreme cases tell you that something is such a bad idea you'll ….
The content people have no clue. I mean, no clue. The cost of bandwidth is going down to nothing. And the size of hard drives is getting so big, and ….
It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute thei….
A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal..
When you're a connoiseur you look for interesting rather than good..
One thing about school - I always had this attitude that I was in school to learn, and attempted to do whatever was involved in that process, while s….
With BitTorrent, the cat's out of the bag..
Things which any idiot could write usually have the quality of having been written by an idiot..
Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to….
My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more ….
You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use..
The next release of mainline is going to have a lot of the advanced features people want, by the way..
I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team..
The trick is to fix the problem you have, rather than the problem you want..
Arimaa's a better game than I thought. It follows a fairly sound approach to making the game difficult for computers..
The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless.
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology,….
I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it's because I know I'm right..
In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't ….
Give and ye shall receive..
My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named param….