[pg]

This is in fact a very powerful idea. It's been my rule for a couple decades now. I think I learned it partly from Rtm, who has always been a kind of code miser.

Curiously enough, there is one weird edge case where this approach can bite you: when you're launching something new that you're going to publish the source of, and which a lot of people are already predisposed to hate...

[gord]

A Feynman quote comes to mind :

'what do you care what other people think?'

[dcminter]

Pedantry: That was his wife, Arlene.

(Edit: Though I guess she was a Feynman too at that point...)

[wallflower]

OT: Seven hours of Feynman lectures online: "The Character of Physical Law" (in case you missed the announcement several months ago, Silverlight required)

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html

[gord]

I love watching Feynman in action, but refuse to install evil MS plugins.