Technology is not a panacea. I refuse to work on technology to track users, analyze usage patterns, watermark information, censor, detect drug use, or eavesdrop. I am not naive enough to think any of those technologies could enable a 'compromise'.

My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

A good way to have good ideas is by being unoriginal.

The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless

Arimaa's a better game than I thought. It follows a fairly sound approach to making the game difficult for computers.

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.