Matrox + Linux + UT + Carmack

Damn, that's cool! How did it know my #13 post was a reply to #10? I didn't fill in the "Response to #" box. Does it read the first few characters of a post to see if someone references another post?

I normally post in flat mode but I just went in to look at threaded mode for kicks and I saw that it automatically threaded my post to the message I replied to!

- Holesinswiss
(who is easily amused sometimes :)

Now I'm being just as bad as the rest of us making assumptions about Carmack's motivations, but based on his many articles, personal interviews, and .plan's from the past, I think Carmack's intentions are pure ... purely focused on moving technology forward, no matter why or for who. He has a chance to make something better, and so he wants to do it. Not only is this stuff his job, but it's his hobby as well (which I understand - I write software for a living and then I go home and "play" on the computer).

There's a known "mindset" among the most technical of people, and that mindset is always to do The (technical) Right Thing, regardless of what sane business practices, marketing, or the "fat cats" think is best for the Company. Carmack just wants to do The Right Thing and he's proven that over and over again. One of the more recent notables could be the Quake source release. He said that he had to lobby the other owners of id for a long time to make this happen (at least partly because of their fears of how this could affect the Company).

- Holesinswiss