I was listening to Natalie Del Conte on the Buzz Out Loud podcast (#762) today and I have to say, I am surprised at her attitude that people shouldn't backup their own DVDs: She obviously doesn't have children. After replacing 2 discs because of my kids ignoring me when I said to leave the DVD in the player; I totally see that backing up legally owned copies of DVDs for your own use is totally legitimate
I've been listening to the StackOverflow podcasts recently—not as polished as some. Still, I enjoy the content. During episode #12, Jeff complained about the lack of specific criticism. My main point of disagreement is with his need to re-invent the wheel. Specifically, when he said he wanted to rewrite the login functionality for the stackoverflow site. I'm a pretty selective developer and I like to find places where I can refactor code to the point of removing as many lines as possible. But, I...