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Interview with SubEthaEdit Developer

Posted by pudge on from the collaboration-is-for-mortals dept.

WaxPoetic writes "There is a fun interview with the developers of SubEthaEdit, the only collaborative editor for Mac OS X. Topics covered include Apple slowing developing, BEEP, why they kept a free version, being a German Mac user, hopes for the Tiger release, and their hatred of metal interfaces."

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  1. The joys of collaborative editting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't it be great to edit the same document, live, in realtime, together with everyone in your group?

    No. Fuck, it would be chaos.

    1. Re:The joys of collaborative editting by Skibbering · · Score: 3, Funny

      I dunno.. Wouldn't mind seeing a /. thread done live with SEE! That would be so ..BEOWULF CLUSTER?All your text are belong to us!I FOR ONE, WELCOME OUR NEW TEXT EDITING OVERLORDS!I totally pwn SubEthaEdit!IT SUX!it rox!COOL...

  2. Easy port number! by nacturation · · Score: 1, Funny
    From the FAQ:
    • Did the port number change?

      Yes. Version 1.x used port 30729. Version 2.0 introduced a new, more efficient network protocol and therefore changed the port number to port 6942, easily remberable by "Six times nine is fourtytwo".

    Um... is it just me, or is memorizing a port number using an incorrect math calculation *not* intuitive?
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    1. Re:Easy port number! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Perhaps, for those of us less Douglas Adams aware, 69 is 4 2 would be a more memorable ;-) However, if you see nine dolphins, maybe working on your Douglas Adams lore would be more appropriate.

  3. 6x9=42 by mbaudis · · Score: 4, Funny

    If 42 is the answer to the question of life, the Universe and everything(wikipedia.org), the equation probably is correct and easily to memorize. You may need a larger computer, though...

    So much for Germans not being funny.

    1. Re:6x9=42 by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah, missed that -- I shall forgo wearing my geek hat for the day and meditate on whales and petunias.

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    2. Re:6x9=42 by Crash+Culligan · · Score: 2, Funny
      If 42 is the answer to the question of life, the Universe and everything(wikipedia.org), the equation probably is correct and easily to memorize. You may need a larger computer, though...
      The math also works if you work in base 13.

      Which, by the way, means that the folks who created this buggy 'universe' thing most likely counted on 13 digits. Which 13, like everything else, is left as an exercise for the reader.

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  4. Re:Pfft by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny
    (what happens when I hit "d" depends on the mode--when I hit "d" in subethaedit I see a "d").

    But that's the beauty of vi -- the joy of the unexpected lurking in every keystroke.

  5. Re:The ONLY collobaritve editor? by momerath2003 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hydra is a better name, but I digress.

    Sorry, but Hitchhiker's Guide allusions trump Greek mythological allusions any day of the week. :P

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  6. Re:Apple makes me boo-hoo by gwoodrow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone please moderate my previous comment down - I somehow managed to post it to the wrong story!