"Not sure on the exact question... all of the Java ones are checked exceptions. Scala doesn't force you to catch them, so I didn't. Realistically there should by a try block somewhere to handle Thrift and Cassandra errors."
- Mark McBride
"Excellent, that would be quite a bit nicer. Having the object/class pair is a bit clunky... Overall the framework is very nice though."
- Mark McBride
"I'm not a pro, but play a few instruments pretty competently. The technique for Guitar Hero is definitely different, but there are some fundamentals that I think *do* transfer to playing real instruments. Sense of rhythm, being forced to play in time with accompaniment, left/right hand coordination, and general finger dexterity are all basic things that I'd be willing to bet do carry over. I'd be really interested to see somebody take two groups of inexperienced guitar players, one with Guitar Hero experience and one without, and see how each progresses on picking up guitar over a 6-12 month time span."
- Mark McBride
playing around with Scala parser combinators. Crappy DSL coming right up