My fiancé.
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#12I guess "important" is all relative ... but I emailed John Carmack once and he wrote me back. When I look back at how simplistic my question was considering everything I now know it makes me appreciate his response even more.
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#13DHH.
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#14Barbara Liskov of MIT who won the 2008 Turing award. The Turing award is computer science's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Liskov's email style is direct, precise, and (yes) efficient. Just like her science.
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#15Linus Torvalds and/or Larry Wall. Take your pick.
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#16RMS.
Who is RMS?
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#17Has anybody gotten any Steve Jobs reply?
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#18How about direct cell phone numbers?
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#19RMS.
You sure it wasn't just his auto responder? ;)
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#20How about direct cell phone numbers?
Wow, that's more personal!!