CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
This fortnight's interview is with HanClinto! How did you find out about CCN? Why did you join? What kind of job do you have? Do you enjoy it? Are you a coder? What IDE do you use? I'm often actively programming in around 3-4 programming languages at any What languages do you program in? Are you learning any new ones? When did you become interested in computers? What was it about the computer that interested you? What operating system(s) do you normally use? Why do you use them? What other operating systems do you semi-frequently use? Why do you use What other things do you enjoy doing on a computer? Do you prefer Email or Instant messaging when communicating with someone? What kind of Email/Chat client do you use? What's it's name? What are the specs of your home and/or work computers? Before that, I had: At work, I use an IBM Thinkpad T42 -- it was a fantastic laptop until I Do you have a game console? If so what is it and why did you buy it? I always wanted a game console growing up, but wasn't allowed to buy one. I If I were to get one now, it would undoubtedly be a Wii (sorry Zookey ). Do you touch the graphics field of computing very often (such as Seriously though, I really enjoy creating both 2d and 3d art. Windows Paint Do you have any opinions on net neutrality? Do you believe in freedom (primarily in software) the way the FSF Do you have a favorite movie or TV show? What other non-computer hobbies do you have? How would you describe your relationship with Christ? It's one thing to connect head knowledge and heart knowledge though, and
1.SSquared 2. Lava 3. Steveth45 3.9 (Should be 4, but my interview numbers got off somewhere earlier this year) Crazyishone 4. Jestermax 5. InsanePoet 6. HanClinto 7. ArchAngel 8. Mene-Mene 9. Ereon 10. Zookey 11. Mack 12. Jari 13. Krylar ------------------ All Your Base Are Belong To Us!!! chown -r us ./base "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.'' -- Tao of Programming Book 2 "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog Edit by HanClinto: I hope it's not abuse of moderator powers to fix a URL formatting issue that was bugging me [This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited May 22, 2007).] [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited May 31, 2007).] [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited September 25, 2007).] |
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Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006 |
Sweet interview! Quote: What other non-computer hobbies do you have? I knew that, actually. ------------------ |
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Briant Member Posts: 742 From: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada Registered: 01-20-2001 |
Good interview!
quote: I found this part surprising. I had HanClinto pegged at quite a bit older. I guess now that HanClinto is about 22? Some personal stats in these interviews could be a good addition. ------------------ Check out this webhost! Fantastic prices, features and support! |
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Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
Oh, you listen to AIO? *is taping the Novacom episodes on his computer this time around so as not to lose them.. rotten cassette tapes* Great interview, CPU! (No typos. ) |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
woohoo! everything you wanted to know about clint PLUS juggling! great interview and great movie selection i might add ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
quote: Ah. Nice guesswork -- I'm actually 25. So maybe I was a bit wrong about my age when we got it -- looks like I was more around the age of 4 or 5. But yeah -- 25 years old now, been married for a little over 2 1/2 years. I was homeschooled from kindergarten through high-school, and then went to college where I got a degree in computer engineering. Glad the interview wasn't too boring -- thanks so much for your interest and for reading! (I won't blame you if you skipped the long tirade about copyleft/copyright) Cheers! --clint Edit: My wife reminded me that I'm 25, not 26. *sigh* I'll turn 26 in August though. [This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited May 22, 2007).] |
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Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006 |
quote: Homeschooled like I was? How do I keep forgetting that? Seriously, though, you two are an awesome couple. I don't know how I didn't recall that you were practically newlyweds when I met you. You're awesome, Clint! ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
nice interview. like your part on the FSF. so you were homeschooled? wow.... one of us. ------------------ |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
it's ok clint, somebody asked me yesterday how old i was and i honestly didn't remember... ------------------ |
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Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
You're probably about 102 then... | |
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
Wow! Awesome! I hope I"m on the list. 1 question, from your first answers, are you a poet? lol. ------------------ I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time. |
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SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
Another interesting interview. Dude! Had no idea you are working for JBL. I don't think you ever mentioned that. That is SWEEEET. I definitely enjoyed your GPL comments. I had no thoughts on it when I was asked in the interview. Your statements gave me a greater understanding of the license. |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Great interview. The GPL offers a lot of freedom to people who go along with the philosophy of free software. If you are the type that wants to use/learn/contribute to open source free software, and in turn want to protect that from people profiting unfairly from your gift to the community, then I see nothing wrong with it. I understand people writing commercial applications and making money, open source apps are unlikely to make you rich. But me personally, i need to bring myself back to my roots and my passion and write/contribute to open source from time-to-time. Giving something back that is 'free' for people to use, not abuse (profiting from it), hence why I find GPL perfect. Richard Stallman is a Communist at heart. I don't always believe as religiously as he does, with all the ideals (just try Gnewsense Linux Distro). He has done a lot of good for the software industry in general. Anyways, totally side-tracked there. Very thought provoking, good interview ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
quote: I don't know -- I don't seem to recall that you were home-schooled either though. Wow, that's pretty cool.
quote: Yeah, JBL was the other competing company for when I came out and interviewed with Steveth's company. I flew out to California the week after I went to Oregon to interview there, and it went really well and they offered me a better job than I expected. So I didn't have to move (the JBL position is in the town that I'm already living in in Indiana [yes, I just wanted to type "in in in"]), but I definetly left a piece of my heart out in Eugene -- man, it's beautiful out there.
quote: I thought it was a very appropriate side-track though. You hit the nail on the head, when you said the main difference is ensuring that other people can't profit from your contribution. Has Stallman really called himself a Communist-sympathizer (or however that would be worded)? I certainly see many Communist ideals in the GPL, but I don't know how completely his ideals follow Marx. I guess one of the other main reasons why my ideals differ from the GPL (in addition to not thinking that copyright should be completely destroyed), is that I don't consider someone profiting from my freely-offered-gift to be "abuse" -- if I give some poor guy a hammer, I really hope that he can use it and make money with it, and not just have to build free stuff with it (as opposed to something like Anjuta, a GPL IDE that can only be used to make other GPL software). I have a hard time setting restrictions on what people can and cannot do with stuff that I give them -- that feels way too demanding, isn't a true gift, and doesn't strike me as freedom. Even if someone takes my software and closes it, they're only closing a copy of it. The original that I released will always be free, always be there to help the community -- no matter if other people take it and close it. So what? It's their code that they wrote to go on top of mine -- I claim no rights to those improvements. If they want to give them back, that's great -- but I don't feel right demanding that back for every piece of software that I write. I will agree that the GPL is a great piece of license writing for what it's intended to be -- and I use it as such (I have released quite a few lines of code under the GPL/LGPL in my day), I just try to make a good distinction between the difference between free software, and copyleft software. Aaack! Another long tirade. Sorry. I hope I didn't slam anyone too hard, but I'm sure my anti-GPL-zealoutry bias showed through quite visibly. Please forgive me for that, and feel free to counter, either in this thread or in a new one. If you think I'm failing to take some aspect into consideration, I'd genuinely love to hear it. In Christ, [This message has been edited by HanClinto (edited May 24, 2007).] |
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InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
quote: Is that code for that he has no non-computer related hobbies? ------------------ |
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Xian_Lee Member Posts: 345 From: Registered: 03-15-2006 |
That's code for, "I've seen one of Clint's juggling performances." It's actually a pretty cool tool (using juggling as part of a story that explains the Gospel to kids) that he has. ------------------ |
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Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005 |
Dear Clint, I did not fully read your interview (yet) but since you love the Lord, I love you too and don't care about anything else because that's what matters. |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
quote: someone should make a video of that. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
quote: I can certaintly see your point. I think at the end of the day it comes down to personal preference, some hardcore Open Source zealots have a hard time with people possibly using their 'free' gist to world, only to make a lot of money from it. Imagine if you wrote something truly innovative, you then distribute it for free and before the whole world gets to see it, some other company copies it, markets it and sells a million copies. They have done it off of your back, your gift to the world, the very thing you intended to be free for people to use has been profited from. This may or may not be a problem for you. That's why the GPL really comes down to personal preference. ------------------ |
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graceworks Member Posts: 455 From: Corvallis, Oregon, USA Registered: 03-03-2001 |
Great Interview! Wow, a true coder. Did your Comp. E degree delve a lot on the hardware side? Must have done some since doing firmware. My Master's is EE but could be classified as Comp. E. - the school only recently adopted that term. For my day job, I've had to do Firmware and PC-side "C". BOY, am I rusty. Keep on coding! PS Is software weenie still used or am I showing my age? ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: I have the same problem. I have the Linux kernel creation date memorized, so I just remember how old the kernel is and then I know my age (we were both b orn in '91)... kinda sad, I know. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
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Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
quote: I have the same problem. I have the Linux kernel creation date memorized, so I just remember how old the kernel is and then I know my age (we were both born in '91)... kinda sad, I know.
I'm always forgetting and saying I was born in 1992(when someone asks) - which usually nets me a round of idiotic laughter from the siblings... |
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Moira Member Posts: 40 From: Registered: 05-23-2007 |
Interesting...you have inspired me to dig out my Legos. 286? Our first was a Zeos 486. Sounds like a good dad. |