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Number of Comments: 389
Number of Words: 26,427
First Comment: 07 Nov 2003
Final Comment: 12 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 24
First Topic: 06 Nov 2003
Latest Topic: 24 Jun 2004
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12 Aug 2004   Intreview with Ben C....   I wonder about software engineers that concat thei....   >>  
11 Aug 2004   White Box Linux   Cool.  One thumbs up for White Box.  I'm....   >>  
      I looked at Debian, but it looks like they are hop....   >>  
10 Aug 2004      Yea maybe I should just do a clean fedora install.....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   user-interfaces shou....   emacs   >>  
   Would I be a fool to....   Considering InDesign took something like 7 years t....   >>  
   The burst is about t....   > The beauty of having nuclear weapons on both sid....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   $75K-$100K/year to M....   Get on a Greyhound. Move to Nevada. Learn to be ....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Business with a reta....   I bought software by Punch last year.  What a....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   IPOD "monopoly":Appl....   Aesthetics matter.  Jobs is one of the people....   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Windows & Time   > a) It doesn't become full (it has no maximum siz....   >>  
29 Jun 2004   C/C++ portability wi....   Here's one problem. The high performance I/O subs....   >>  
28 Jun 2004   House prices (off-to....   There is one advantage to the rise in property val....   >>  
25 Jun 2004   Another C question.   I like keith's answer +1   >>  
   New IIS Hole Pt 2   Yea I've yet to see a document that states: ....   >>  
      I just looked over that patch.  There are abo....   >>  
24 Jun 2004   MySQL license with fogbugz...   >>  
24 Jun 2004      This is yet another reason to run a logging revers....   >>  
      Sounds like there is speculation that it is coming....   >>  
   "Sometimes the serve....   What were using for remote access, and what was th....   >>  
      Here's a nightmare scenario.  Patch SQL serve....   >>  
      Ok well Microsoft recommends one admin per server ....   >>  
      This is off the subject, but now that Joel has mor....   >>  
   MySQL license with f....   Yea but does that include the ASP admin code and a....   >>  
      BTW, this isn't how Linux works.  People ship....   >>  
      So... Basically FogBugz - commercial license ....   >>  
      > Fogbugz most likely links with the old LGPL vers....   >>  
      Ok here is the important statement. > Free use ....   >>  
      I just don't get when one would have to buy a lice....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   plan9, diskless work....   The problem with X is that is is a too thin (or as....   >>  
   I am nostalgic about....   BTW that isn't to say my COM object wasn't thread ....   >>  
      I always hated the term 'apartment threading.' It....   >>  
   Respect to Eric   > slap a compatability layer on top. No way tha....   >>  
22 Jun 2004   New IIS Hole?   That's really strange.  I wonder if the box w....   >>  
   Induce Act - Shall w....   This is one place Adobe totally lost their mind.   >>  
   Respect to Eric   > I can't believe anyone is so mindlessly idiotic ....   >>  
      Interesting I was just reading the CUPS article by....   >>  
      Changing source control systems is difficult. ....   >>  
      I know I posted plenty of harsh comments toward Mi....   >>  
   Why can't we separat....   $10 million is really that much compared to what a....   >>  
21 Jun 2004   8 yr old game design....   Nothing wrong with learning how to program at 8.&n....   >>  
18 Jun 2004   Shocker: Pay rates f....   100% uptime.  I love that one.  That wil....   >>  
   Needed: C++ IDE   Couple thoughts on Anjunta.  I liked it the b....   >>  
      I was in the same boat a couple months ago. I've ....   >>  
   Why Web apps Won't r....   I don't get this argument at all. I've written 'w....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Richer Client-Side P....   Client-Side persistence is a bad idea.  I thi....   >>  
   Is this wrong?   In C++ it is not possible for thingie to not be in....   >>  
   Why Apple and Sun Ca....   Apple => Tom Waits Apple Platform => developing n....   >>  
      Cabby should get a 10 point bonus for making a com....   >>  
   Why microsoft lost t....   I never complained about the size of the .NET runt....   >>  
      Come on Philo. You know as well as the rest of us....   >>  
   "New API is HTML", b....   Man this is the best topic that has come up on JoS....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   0% of 2.0GB -- yahoo's preemptive strike   >>  
16 Jun 2004   Dynamic Memory Management   >>  
16 Jun 2004   API War: Joel goes i....   > On Joel sticking with ASP How people do produ....   >>  
   Poll: web applicatio....   * SquirrelMail * viewCVS * TeamTrack * mantis ....   >>  
   How Microsoft Lost t....   >Re: mixed message on Longhorn This is what is ....   >>  
      > Microsoft was interested in making life hard for....   >>  
      DR DOS   >>  
   Dynamic Memory Manag....   That is correct. I am spending A LOT of time thin....   >>  
      Here's a reference to the cisco HTTP problem I men....   >>  
      > If these developers are not validating data in a....   >>  
      The problem is that ALL computers are finite machi....   >>  
      > Which is basically never. Not true. Many de....   >>  
   Isn't BACKWARD COMPA....   > Unless it comes at the expense of security. H....   >>  
   The future API is HT....   I think that is what Avalon is supposed to be.   >>  
      I'm kind of glad this is finally happening. H....   >>  
   0% of 2.0GB -- yahoo....   > Tell me again how much cost per gig is nowadays?....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   On Win2k3   Good news!  Window's Media player is pre-inst....   >>  
   WEB applications   Consumers make up a small portion of the overall s....   >>  
   I need a new monitor   > (thank god there were no blogs back when IE kill....   >>  
   U.S. declines to cre....   I am actually relieved about this. The spam list ....   >>  
   A lame question: und....   I think the problem is in .NET, like Java, the per....   >>  
   All is revealed   Dennis, I hope your right. My fear is if one ....   >>  
   CVS : I can't imagin....   STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AND INSTALL A VERSIO....   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Ethics of running an....   Joel does owe us some respect.  The truth of ....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   Got an internet acce....   Time to upgrade to subversion?   >>  
   interesting little t....   HTTP does most of what I want it to do. I've used....   >>  
   GMail - when ?   Threading might be a killer feature for me this is....   >>  
10 Jun 2004   interesting little tidbit on HTTP   >>  
10 Jun 2004   interesting little t....   Thanks for that second link. For some strange reas....   >>  
   GMail - when ?   Hmm I do everything with web mail personally. ....   >>  
      This kind of reminds of when a new car is introduc....   >>  
      Why is everybody so gung ho about having google re....   >>  
   Just a thought   People post "help me" questions all the time here.....   >>  
   Confused by K&R ....   Endianess may come into play here.  Not sure ....   >>  
09 Jun 2004   Decompiling .class f....   I've been wondering how most people ship web produ....   >>  
05 Jun 2004   Deep thought for a F....   > It wouldn't be very good. You'd lose the member ....   >>  
04 Jun 2004   Deep thought for a Friday evening.   >>  
04 Jun 2004      How about to define a structure of the complexity ....   >>  
   MYSQL in trouble   Let me get right to porting my database to some de....   >>  
   Whats up with the lo....   Ahh home...    >>  
   IT is a great indust....   I love technology, but dislike the industry at tim....   >>  
   Where's Joel?   To me the 11.5 million isn't that much money. It ....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   sounding off: Linux ....   apt-get install php   >>  
   IP Routing   c:\>route > route ADD 157.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 ....   >>  
      If you are really worried about security I wouldn'....   >>  
   Need a link   I just reviewed my notes on this. On Win32 1 meg ....   >>  
      Good topic. This is much more complex topic tha....   >>  
   Best language for GU....   No such thing as a cross platform GUI IMHO.  ....   >>  
   The rise of .NET   > I'm not so sure that J2EE avoids the vendor lock....   >>  
      On the Java community... I bought into Jakarta ....   >>  
      BTW, I appologize for my poor editing in the past ....   >>  
02 Jun 2004   The rise of .NET   >>  
02 Jun 2004      The desktop isn't the issue.  I'm 100% Micros....   >>  
      What realistically what is the status of Mono? Ha....   >>  
      > How has sun not been able to get java right? ....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   Dell Laptops   I'd go with the Pentium M based system as battery ....   >>  
29 May 2004   Explain why emacs is....   One important aspect of emacs is that it is a tota....   >>  
      > In VS.Net 2003, try right clicking on one of you....   >>  
28 May 2004   VPN architecture que....   Interesting question. I have three branch offic....   >>  
   Explain why emacs is....   > you don't like IDLE ? (for Python ? ) Wow, you m....   >>  
      Think of time before GUI, when there were only ter....   >>  
      Ahh man, one of my favorite topics as a emacs user....   >>  
   Should I retire?   Even if this a hoax.  It is an interesting qu....   >>  
      > Well that is an interesting concept... holding m....   >>  
26 May 2004   Chris Stone on Open/....   Should be bad, not mad, argument. ; )   >>  
      > '''Open source software helps me''' > Open so....   >>  
      > As long as you *clearly delineate* your code fro....   >>  
   Why Do We Need Gener....   I should make it clear that I didn't come up with ....   >>  
25 May 2004   C++ IDE on Windows   > For lab assignments, you're not going to grow ou....   >>  
      http://home.worldonline.dk/viksoe/bvrde.htm Tha....   >>  
   Why Do We Need Gener....   One problem is the template is not instantiated un....   >>  
      >See: http://weblogs.asp.net/branbray/archive/200....   >>  
      > To answer the question with out all the language....   >>  
      > If you're writing a template class or function y....   >>  
      When I said performance advantages I meant policy ....   >>  
24 May 2004      The implementor of foo should provide the concept.   >>  
      The problem is really one of communication. Using....   >>  
      > Isn't this just a compiler implementation detail....   >>  
      Take the following simple class: template >>  
      This is a really difficult question. I personally....   >>  
23 May 2004   The real problem wit....   I personally think it is bad to force users into t....   >>  
22 May 2004   Future of desktop de....   Hey Philo, Regarding your network availability ....   >>  
21 May 2004   Future of desktop development   >>  
21 May 2004   C on windows?   What do you want to do?  If you just want to ....   >>  
   Future of desktop de....   Philo Apparently the networks are near stable ....   >>  
      > Why do you feel so strong about putting all the ....   >>  
      Here's a real world example of thick clients going....   >>  
      Most everyone is assuming today's thin client arch....   >>  
      > proprietary engineering documents This is EXA....   >>  
      At somepoint the toolkit isn't really the limiting....   >>  
      If our lan or even internet connection goes down t....   >>  
      > I look forward to doing all my video editing and....   >>  
   Another take on the ....   Funny, I asked Andrei Alexandresu this at the ACCU....   >>  
   Software Inspections   > 'he idea of statically looking at code seems s....   >>  
20 May 2004   Java class inspector   >>  
20 May 2004      We've started doing code reviews, and I'm honestly....   >>  
   IEEE: Japanese best,....   I use the only metric that really matters. Th....   >>  
   Large blocks of code....   ... or comments shouldn't hold revisions of your s....   >>  
      I agree with Wayne.  That's one of the reason....   >>  
19 May 2004   Tabbing shell add on for windows   >>  
19 May 2004   Lots and lots of fre....   Man where do you sign up for that job?    >>  
   Tabbing shell add on....   Microsoft does not such thing.  There are rep....   >>  
      Like I said I'm looking for something that works n....   >>  
      RE: Sizing windows manually Yea that's the dif....   >>  
      Not if you want to split the screen in quadrants.&....   >>  
      When I hit something in the task bar it doesn't go....   >>  
      Yea sort of. I don't think I get any real adv....   >>  
   Indian economy   That'd be the Peter Lynch style of investing. It ....   >>  
18 May 2004   Website Monitoring S....   nagios   >>  
   Why disable right-cl....   RE: commercial photos. Why not watermarks?    >>  
   Would a Wiki Work?   I've been using media wiki for a couple weeks. An....   >>  
   Indian economy   Ok, you win. A trip to walmart confirms that we....   >>  
      Thought I said India AND Asia...  EPP is an A....   >>  
      Hey I can't complain about my decision so far. ....   >>  
      Hey, I'm just following the money.  Obviously....   >>  
      I don't think Stephen, or anybody, has to stretch ....   >>  
      Well the Indian market was up huge today.  I ....   >>  
17 May 2004      This is most beat up my Asian portfolio has gotten....   >>  
   Mantis   I use the OpenSource Mantis.  It isn't bad.&n....   >>  
      This is confusing.  Sounds like they are port....   >>  
16 May 2004   Media coverage of in....   > Linux fan boys are annoying. Microsoft fan boys ....   >>  
      These articles are FUD, pure and simple. I'm sorr....   >>  
13 May 2004   Media coverage of internet worms   >>  
13 May 2004   A good salary in Ind....   You don't say if you are from the US or not. If y....   >>  
12 May 2004   Coupling and Cohesion   >>  
12 May 2004   Minimum competency   I find it unbelieveable how few people really get ....   >>  
   Gmail   Man Google must really have their marketing mojo g....   >>  
   Is it worth building....   I've built a lot of computers in my day. My curre....   >>  
   To Eric Sink and oth....   Since this is the Eric Sink thread.. Hey Eric, ....   >>  
   Coupling and Cohesio....   I'll see if we have the Yourdan book in our librar....   >>  
      Out of curiosity what could be said about the coup....   >>  
      That should read "I don't know WHO came up with th....   >>  
11 May 2004   Is it possible to ha....   If foo.com and bar.com share an IP as with a virtu....   >>  
   VBA - CallBacks = Fe....   > AddressOf is really a cheap hack. Yes but ch....   >>  
   Speaking of math....   > Yes you also have to take intercharacter spacing....   >>  
10 May 2004   decoding mht files into components   >>  
10 May 2004   Compatibility and Op....   > First of all, I do understand UNIX, and I know i....   >>  
      If you really do have a OS under you pillow, I was....   >>  
08 May 2004   outsourcing to ameri....   good thing un-employment numbers came in at the lo....   >>  
07 May 2004   New spam method: ran....   I wonder if the tar pit scheme could slow this dow....   >>  
   Rising Oil Prices. W....   The American stock market hit an all time high in ....   >>  
      Time for Americans (which I am) to pay the piper f....   >>  
   Banking Industry   When I was in college I remember thinking, there a....   >>  
06 May 2004   Joel's post today: C....   I'm going to give a plug to my alma mater here, bu....   >>  
04 May 2004   Subversion model   The subversion model works fine.  I just wish....   >>  
   Pud, entrepreneue, s....   One interesting point in Pud's rather rough presen....   >>  
      2livecrew marketing... Try to figure out who wi....   >>  
      According to Pud, he used the "2livecrew" method o....   >>  
   U.S. Is Losing Its D....   > Freedom has NOTHING to do with free trade. Te....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   Do you make appointm....   That's an appointment I wouldn't mind missing.   >>  
   Joel deleted thread ....   Ok since you said it, come clean, how did you get ....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   Google - Microsoft b....   Talk about Vaporware.  I'm not buying the Win....   >>  
   teaching programming....   Threading is overrated.  If I had my way I'd ....   >>  
      Most real world languages were taught in optional ....   >>  
   Why the use of vitua....   Actually I'm using a virtual hosting service from ....   >>  
   Could an alliance of....   One other thing.  I got the impression that t....   >>  
      I just got back from the UK.  It seems like t....   >>  
18 Apr 2004   Pointers on event-dr....   Ori previously convinced me to implement a server ....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Why not more apps us....   madking, That problem is easily solved with red....   >>  
      I'm currently working on a such a scheme.  Ge....   >>  
07 Apr 2004   Design Question (For....   > Another possibility is one thread/one connection....   >>  
      This question is more difficult than it sounds. I....   >>  
   Why do people just w....   Let me add: your time, bandwidth, and captial used....   >>  
      > As to why they ask, the answer is simple. Unlike....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Design pattern: Offi....   If this happens. I'm out of here.  I'd rather....   >>  
   Quality C++ IDE   I'm still not convinced that the lambda library is....   >>  
      I must be a Luddite, I keep finding myself going b....   >>  
   Reference Mate Beta ....   I don't remember anything on character encoding fr....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   To branch or not to branch.   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Source control tutor....   The Subversion book http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ i....   >>  
   To branch or not to ....   The one thing I like about the integration (at lea....   >>  
      The advantages are: 1. features can be delayed to....   >>  
      I'll take the bait.  Explain how arch's mergi....   >>  
   Poll: What car do yo....   Subaru Legacy.... Makes good pratical sense in th....   >>  
   Is grokking pointers....   > Unless your brain is running a compiler front en....   >>  
      I think no matter how you look at, what name you g....   >>  
      > refers to the many different words Inuit Eskimos....   >>  
      > the whole object will be copied into the stack ....   >>  
      Pointers are merely a level of indirection. That ....   >>  
   Pentagon:Windows Upg....   How do you get that job? That sounds right up my ....   >>  
   Why .net not appropr....   If you are working on the server side, I guess it ....   >>  
   From the why-can't-t....   Good point Li-fan.  Here's one of those class....   >>  
   Exceptions revisited   Unfortunately, ScopeGuard is only known to the sma....   >>  
   Open Source UI Desig....   > Because the OP gave the example of an OSS e-mail....   >>  
      > Apparently in OSS it is. Not in any viable aunt....   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Exceptions revisited   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Exceptions revisited   Yes ok, that is the correct way to do. I guess I'....   >>  
      Too bad that function doesn't exist in the DataInp....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   Spying on HTTP (hack....   Is this sponsored by Microsoft?  The return e....   >>  
22 Mar 2004   Communist Western Eu....   Either way, where are the other examples?   >>  
      OK, I would still like to see a fine of 1% market ....   >>  
      What is the example where the fines were in the sa....   >>  
      As much as I dislike Microsoft's business practice....   >>  
   Spying on HTTP (hack....   ethereal can filter HTTP.  I use it all the t....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   UUID parsing for Jav....   I need something parse an string version of the ID....   >>  
16 Mar 2004   UUID parsing for Java 1.4.x   >>  
15 Mar 2004   seeking career advic....   Would you consider living in Tahoe?  We are a....   >>  
13 Mar 2004   Collaboration Softwa....   30 minutes.   >>  
12 Mar 2004   How Should a novice ....   Actually I don't think C is a bad place to start l....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Feel of working at F....   > Take a picture of *your* cubicle and use it as w....   >>  
      It blows my mind that anyone would want to have a ....   >>  
10 Mar 2004   your sleep pattern   I have to say my sleep pattern is directly correla....   >>  
19 Feb 2004   Offshoring of "mind-....   I think the only way to survive is to move into a ....   >>  
13 Feb 2004   Partitioning Hard Di....   I agree with joel here.  Computers are gettin....   >>  
12 Feb 2004   just how much math i....   > But I think that the other posters are right. T....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   Client's bad coding ....   If this guy has 10k customers he is doing somethin....   >>  
31 Jan 2004   Single Server Securi....   ipcop.org   >>  
   Berzerkley   I was surprised that 20 developers were far more p....   >>  
   Giving Notice?   ...on the other hand, if you're working for Entrep....   >>  
30 Jan 2004   Programs that write ....   I've been having this discussion at work lately. ....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   commoditize your com....   That also assume that Microsoft will always comman....   >>  
      What are the bugs in C++?   >>  
      I've been saying this for a long time, but when al....   >>  
28 Jan 2004   Is Eiffel a contende....   Back in the day Eiffel was THE teaching language a....   >>  
   Home Web Server - wh....   Eric, I just started using apt-get. I used to ....   >>  
   Version control sw f....   We've been going through this as well at the offic....   >>  
   death of COM/DCOM?   Just out of curiosity, give me an example of an ap....   >>  
      Wow I can't believe I only got one comment on my m....   >>  
      I am going to go out on a limb here and say alloca....   >>  
   3rd interview   We often have one marathon interview.  I'm no....   >>  
   being a good followe....   I read a book about this on time.  It was cal....   >>  
   I'd like to divert y....   The point I'm trying to make in next article is th....   >>  
      Ok I see your point. Sorry about the PHB rant. ....   >>  
      Thanks for the suggestions eveyone. I've been....   >>  
27 Jan 2004   Using SSL for XML-RP....   As the last poster said, using base64 is just fool....   >>  
      you probably SHOULD use SSL for added security.   >>  
   Why is Friendster sl....   Online dating is super fun.  I think everyone....   >>  
   Wireless Presentatio....   I'm trying to setup the ATI Remote Wonder which is....   >>  
   I'd like to divert y....   MR, that's my point. You can get it for free, jus....   >>  
      Yea I thought of that. One problem is that a lot o....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   I'd like to divert your attention ...   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Blade Servers Versus....   One major benefit is having only one or two ethern....   >>  
   Winamp Job vacancy?   As far as I can tell it looked real. If there are....   >>  
   I'd like to divert y....   Actually I am surprised at the concern of running ....   >>  
      actually looking at your calculation, I am only re....   >>  
      Yes that's what you need. This wouldn't be a prob....   >>  
      Agreed. This article presents the theory, which I....   >>  
      Unscheduled downtime for web servers and/or router....   >>  
      Another example which maybe easier to understand, ....   >>  
      'Put your eggs in one basket,' would be the Warren....   >>  
   In Defense of Joel's....   > Since there are no Bayesian Resume Filters (tm),....   >>  
   Ironic sentence frag....   That cracks me up.   >>  
   Walked a Mile in the....   Managed C++ is currently getting a total overhaul ....   >>  
24 Jan 2004   Become Rich Selling ....   This is the stuff that scares me.  The Matrix....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   Quit-Programming Tut....   Learn how to ski bumps.  I've found it is the....   >>  
   gigabit ethernet wor....   I've noticed that.  There are some 5 ports by....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   gigabit ethernet workgroup switches   >>  
22 Jan 2004   SOFTWARE CANNOT BE G....   Ok I'm going to take the bait here... > Well, y....   >>  
      Re: using government supplied services. If the ....   >>  
      I don't know what the television license is, but i....   >>  
      Quotes like that support the theory that Stallman ....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   Home Brew PVR update....   Ok I'm going to jump on the band wagon.  I'm ....   >>  
20 Jan 2004      It is possible to use Linux with the All in Wonder....   >>  
   Mozilla Firebird   I just had a problem with latest flash update from....   >>  
   SATA vs. EIDE hard d....   Wow that's the first PDF I've seen distributed by ....   >>  
17 Jan 2004   Ergonomic chairs?   When did costco start selling Bauhaus designs?&nbs....   >>  
16 Jan 2004   Lazy way to secure I....   Nothing is 100% sure, but I'm working something th....   >>  
   trust new grad with ....   Not going to happen, even with a veteran C++ progr....   >>  
15 Jan 2004   The myth of th....   I really think it depends on your definition of em....   >>  
   Reality   I Hate Whiners, That's a good point. I think a....   >>  
   Startup Versus Big C....   I love small companies personally. I think I woul....   >>  
   Protecting IP   I think the other option is search out a real part....   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Protecting IP   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Scientific Apps prog....   I love that post ; )   >>  
   Anger-Oriented Progr....   I liked Modula 2 as well, but it never had the mai....   >>  
      I survived 5 years of Modula 2 at university. ....   >>  
   Protecting IP   make that Andy Groove ; )   >>  
      First off I should say I am hiring contractors not....   >>  
      T. Norman, That has been my approach up until t....   >>  
      To answer my own question, I am only slightly worr....   >>  
   Outsourcing   In my opinion IT is the core technology of most co....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   Small ISV's - Do you....   In my opinion you won't last long as an ISV with o....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   Not only TI, Levi's ....   Put your money where your mouth is. Don't like ou....   >>  
      The Levi's thing really irked me.  I had been....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   Technology ought to ....   > Yes, their data access team is on some kind of c....   >>  
24 Dec 2003   Locking physical memory on NT based OSes   >>  
24 Dec 2003   Locking physical mem....   Opps...  I realized that it applies to the 32....   >>  
   Highly programmable ....   I used to be a emacs bigot, but I'm over it. I st....   >>  
   ASP to PHP compiler   Interesting.  I might need to give that a try....   >>  
      It might well blow the PHP/Linux market wide open.....   >>  
   Windows for a Bank T....   Philo, I suspect those down computes were prob....   >>  
23 Dec 2003   Internet Optimizer p....   I hardly ever use IE anymore.  Firebird is pr....   >>  
   Why The Flip Flop, J....   Wayne said: In my opinion, it's not all about p....   >>  
      BTW, I totally support Joel going to Linux for Fog....   >>  
      Hmm.. ... the Unix world is so full of....   >>  
      Perhaps Joel wants to create the FogCreek FogBugz ....   >>  
   Don't use Cisco's GU....   Telneting in is a really bad idea.  You might....   >>  
   Borland is no more.   I'd just like a C++ IDE for Linux that didn't suck....   >>  
   Joel on installing D....   >I real amateur might wonder what a password is fo....   >>  
22 Dec 2003      Actually ... thinking about this some more... ....   >>  
      I real amateur might wonder what a password is for....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   NewDotNet and vNC   Yea I know.  Can't figure that one out. ....   >>  
      I've been seeing something similar with SQL server....   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Has Joel even used K....   I think it Culter would have gotten his way gotten....   >>  
      I just re-read Raymond's history discussion in his....   >>  
      Here here.  I think underscore said it perfec....   >>  
   Biculturalism   Stephen, Done.    >>  
      In my opinion this is one of the most one sided ar....   >>  
15 Dec 2003   Standards Schmandard....   I think the fact that this comes from a senior eng....   >>  
   Has Joel even used K....   I just read Joel's article.  I found it insul....   >>  
   HTTP scripting?   wget   >>  
   Linux 101   > Yes there typically are 63 ways to do any given ....   >>  
13 Dec 2003   More thoughts on single threaded servers   >>  
13 Dec 2003   Dual monitors ... at....   I got a dual monitor set up at the office this yea....   >>  
   More thoughts on sin....   Problem is that as soon as a transfer memory from ....   >>  
      if (numConnection=<2) { ...Do Something } Th....   >>  
      According to MSDN... Using the SetProcessWorkin....   >>  
   Command line vs. Gui....   I like ui's that have a command line options (err ....   >>  
   Recruiting in remote....   You won't have a problem anywhere in New England. ....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   Software Engineers: ....   Without computers most of the advances in other fi....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   Guess my point is that tele skiers see snowboardin....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   Chest Pain ... Am I ....   Oddly enough I had the same problem.  This is....   >>  
   open source   I'm currently paying a developer to write open sou....   >>  
   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   This whole thing reminds me of another topic all t....   >>  
   "Low-skill jobs like....   I say screw the fortune 500.  Those guys all ....   >>  
      The lawyer thing really pisses me off. It shouldn....   >>  
   If there are few dec....   If you are serious about software, I would recomme....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   Workaround to Bayesi....   I've seen this happening.  I have to admit th....   >>  
24 Nov 2003   ProFont   I am surprised how much of a difference sub pixel ....   >>  
   What do I say to thi....   1100 source files isn't uncommon.   >>  
      Site the netscape re-write, or other. I've wor....   >>  
21 Nov 2003   GetEnvironmentVariab....   Chris is right.  Don't reboot.  Microsof....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   Small software biz a....   Hire a professional graphic designer to spruce up ....   >>  
   Blaming poor UI on u....   Do you have a reference to this practice?  I'....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Blaming poor UI on user ignorance.   >>  
19 Nov 2003      I'm not claiming that Open Office is better than W....   >>  
      Ok, X fails horribly because back in the day it wa....   >>  
      Hey hoser. (funny I just typed hey hoser.) It ....   >>  
      I think the problem might be the cards that can be....   >>  
      That brings up another point. One UI fits all. D....   >>  
      Hmm interesting.  I never read that book.&nbs....   >>  
   Um, Powerbuilder and....   I don't know what Appeon is using, but I remember ....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Any techies who made....   I'd personally love the opportunity to move into m....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   "Metaprogramming?"   'Metaprogramming with a C/C++ based perspective is....   >>  
   C++ meta programming....   Or the lambda library...  You can barely tell....   >>  
      boost does use a lot of meta programming concepts.....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   Speed   I thought this was going to be an article on meth.....   >>  
   C++ meta programming....   I would argue that at some level all senior develo....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   C++ meta programming.   >>  
12 Nov 2003   The Reality Distorti....   Hmm, I'm starting to think Apple really blew it by....   >>  
   Looking for dynamic ....   Get more offices?   >>  
   C++ meta programming....   Greg... Hmm worrying about the binary represent....   >>  
      I'm going go out on limb here and say STL Algorith....   >>  
      I have a wierd feeling that the C++ community migh....   >>  
      I guess one person's garbage is another person tre....   >>  
   Airport security - a....   > Yes. > > To successfully combat terrorism, th....   >>  
11 Nov 2003   Piano Man Move Over.....   Wow he comes up higher than Joel Coen as well.&nbs....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   so I heard through t....   I'm not planning on fighting it.  I'm just pl....   >>  
09 Nov 2003      Chris, I just found this out on Friday, again i....   >>  
      I think the 404 error is really a bug in Joel's UR....   >>  
08 Nov 2003   so I heard through the grapevine   >>  
08 Nov 2003   Music Selection Whil....   Tricky Blue Six afro mystik the dandy warhols ....   >>  
   so I heard through t....   The major features are in. It is just after putti....   >>  
07 Nov 2003   The best font for pr....   I don't know. This ProFont is a bitmap font. I d....   >>  
   They call me NERD!!!   Phizo, can you do my marketing?   >>  
      Considering high performance server architectures ....   >>  
   Is Linux more Secure....   I'm thinking about this transaction log shipping t....   >>  
   SQL Server hot backu....   Actually we had a raid controller go in one of our....   >>  
      I might add that most of our down time comes from ....   >>  
      My hosting service can do what you request (www.re....   >>  
06 Nov 2003   SourceGear Vault Single User...   >>  



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