When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected to the fact that they average 15 points of IQ lower than the general population? That stupid people are more violent is a fact independent of skin color.

The Wesnoth devs are good but not exceptionally so, and we're weighed down by a crappy implementation language (C++). Nevertheless our productivity, in terms of goals achieved per hour of work, is quite high.

When writing gateway software of any kind, take pains to disturb the data stream as little as possible - and never throw away information unless the recipient forces you to!

To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you.

Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine time

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)