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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'kc' | ||
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Number of Comments: 432 |
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| Number of Words: 26,277 | ||
| First Comment: 25 Nov 2003 | ||
| Final Comment: 03 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 1 |
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| First Topic: 14 May 2004 | ||
| Latest Topic: 14 May 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 03 Sep 2004 | This forum is obsole.... | So should everyone switch to the new place now? >> |
| 02 Sep 2004 | ASP resources | Haha. We have the same thing except with about .... >> |
| .NET runtime deliver.... | As soon as I saw 'delivery vehicle' I started .... >> | |
| Is it safe to use VS.... | Rule of thumb: Never base your products on be.... >> | |
| 01 Sep 2004 | Code for Windows cra.... | Normally game code is written and a *MUCH* lower.... >> |
| Baby coming, Changin.... | One of my coworkers has a wife with a baby on th.... >> | |
| "Don't fake the plur.... | Bob, Although you could technically title the o.... >> | |
| You can incorporate with ANY number of people. .... >> | ||
| Use BTS as a persona.... | My wife and I use eGroupWare to track chores and.... >> | |
| Web based bug tracke.... | Mantis. >> | |
| CEOs being paid to o.... | redguardtwo, Read my ACTUAL message: 'comp.... >> | |
| 'CxOs living and working in the United States are .... >> | ||
| When I asked my Indian coworker 'why in the world .... >> | ||
| The company will end up getting theirs when they.... >> | ||
| Version Control : Op.... | Go with subversion and if you're on Windows, get.... >> | |
| 31 Aug 2004 | why bother being a c.... | I'd happily work for Joel as opposed to 90% of t.... >> |
| Coding on Widescreen.... | I have a monitor (at home) that displays at 1600.... >> | |
| More Windows servers.... | Here's the thing though... Whether the people.... >> | |
| 30 Aug 2004 | Incentive Pay Consid.... | There were four of us working for another divisi.... >> |
| Americans need learn.... | ++ Have you seen their foreign policy? Americans d.... >> | |
| Bill Gates on "profe.... | I'm surprised that there's not some sort of li.... >> | |
| 28 Aug 2004 | How Laundry destroye.... | Actually yes, I back up *everything*. I hav.... >> |
| Relational databases.... | 'For example: I want to create a database of Dubli.... >> | |
| 27 Aug 2004 | Peoplesoft Bug Track.... | Have you submitted the system itself as a bug? >> |
| From idea to final p.... | 42 >> | |
| Valuable contributio.... | 'The fact is that your assembly line going down SH.... >> | |
| Actually muppet, the last time I checked, garb.... >> | ||
| Great idea for a new.... | Actually there *used* to be services where you.... >> | |
| "Rescue abandoned pr.... | If the code doesn't compile AS IS, wha makes y.... >> | |
| Second guessing my d.... | Alright, here's what you do: (This was done o.... >> | |
| Cross Platform devel.... | Yeah, I'd start going with Java. It will have.... >> | |
| 26 Aug 2004 | Cracking The Three L.... | it's a MOO POINT. Haha. I laugh everytim.... >> |
| Would the point of that to be to harm humans? .... >> | ||
| Looking for JOS Proj.... | I think it depends entirely on how coupled the.... >> | |
| Using Bugzilla for t.... | Are you wanting to use it as a true 'Help Desk' .... >> | |
| Contingency Plans fo.... | If yelling fire in a crowded theatre is illega.... >> | |
| Variosu organizations have talked about gettin.... >> | ||
| Accounting for your .... | I worked a job a few years back and when we had .... >> | |
| For my development work (contract and regular .... >> | ||
| Looking for some sof.... | Once again... Check out dotproject (dotproj.... >> | |
| 25 Aug 2004 | shocking, misleading.... | It's like saying: 'an aircraft carrier costs more.... >> |
| hmmm | Thus speaketh Joel. >> | |
| No, I think we're all tools. >> | ||
| Bored out of my mind | Yeah, is there any way that when you flag the da.... >> | |
| Progammer pay rates .... | 'Pop prolly costs the same across the country. I .... >> | |
| The Mystery of Saudi.... | Uh... If I was trying to pass messages covertly .... >> | |
| It's one of those da.... | Pick up some outside project to play with.... go.... >> | |
| Singing HTML | I played lemmings for hours the other day... >> | |
| 24 Aug 2004 | Trust, 3rd parties, .... | Well, those of us who know would only approve se.... >> |
| 23 Aug 2004 | An opportunity? | Last year, I lived in an apartment where the ele.... >> |
| 22 Aug 2004 | Finding Time to read.... | Before I got married, I averaged about 3 books a.... >> |
| Open source usabilit.... | It's these obtuse menu options that tick me of.... >> | |
| 21 Aug 2004 | Web sites for buying.... | Bookpool is by far the best. I've ordered from .... >> |
| 20 Aug 2004 | Gmail notifies | Go to Ebay and buy one... the going price is .... >> |
| Web application usag.... | Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) does this fo.... >> | |
| new idea about how t.... | Wow. That's all I have to say here... >> | |
| Hotmail/Gmail as net.... | Uh... some of us have been doing this for a whil.... >> | |
| Microsoft pays for i.... | The general US citizen's knowledge of geograph.... >> | |
| Would you ever get r.... | 'When I can plug in my cell phone somewhere in my .... >> | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Microsoft pays for i.... | If you actually read the article (I did earlier .... >> |
| Would you ever get r.... | My wife and I got rid of our landline back in No.... >> | |
| ASP (classic) framew.... | Or if you can dissect and existing asp app, that.... >> | |
| I didn't say 'open source ASP libraries'. I w.... >> | ||
| I would suspect that it's also due to the commun.... >> | ||
| Production/Testing D.... | Tom H has it exactly. Backup production i.... >> | |
| Bargaining for more .... | Congrats muppet. Nice to see that it worked o.... >> | |
| Are there after school activities (sports, theat.... >> | ||
| how to run an open s.... | Yeah, I'd say that before you try to run one, .... >> | |
| Ford kills major Ora.... | Haha. A few months ago I completed a *very si.... >> | |
| ASP vs. ASP.Net | And for the v1.0 to v1.1 compatibility, we have .... >> | |
| 'Microsoft just can't do anything right, can it? I.... >> | ||
| 'Patently untrue. Cite please, or are you a troll?.... >> | ||
| And don't forget that MS keeps breaking the prev.... >> | ||
| Still using old-school asp as that's what most o.... >> | ||
| Code Olympics - what.... | No, I think there would be a minimum level of ca.... >> | |
| Why so much negativi.... | Actually, the vast majority of businesses in the.... >> | |
| 'The single deepest base motivation for running a .... >> | ||
| Family run have *always* been the worst in my ex.... >> | ||
| 18 Aug 2004 | Install SP2 or not? | I'm not going to install SP2. From what I can.... >> |
| Google Censoring sit.... | Oh, and if the services paid for were not perfor.... >> | |
| I'm a Christian and I'd be offended if they were.... >> | ||
| 16 Aug 2004 | Choose between two p.... | Uh guys... Doesn't a Payroll application (#1).... >> |
| Coworkers who won't .... | I worked with a woman like this... yammering a.... >> | |
| 15 Aug 2004 | How to get focused a.... | Yep, I've been there. I started doing simpl.... >> |
| Doing free work - a .... | Hey, I have family in Sheboygan Wisconsin (wel.... >> | |
| 11 Aug 2004 | The Python Paradox | The point of it is that not all programmers are .... >> |
| Is this just a phase.... | Get experience outside of your job too. Most .... >> | |
| Poll: Database size/.... | I used to interact with a 200+GB database on a b.... >> | |
| Good tips on downsiz.... | The latest version of mySQL (5.0) is beginning t.... >> | |
| What happened to my .... | It's possible that the funding came through and .... >> | |
| IIS download | Or just punt IIS... ;) >> | |
| White Box Linux | I've still been on RH8 for my primary file serve.... >> | |
| 10 Aug 2004 | in other words | Yes it does. When I got my cable modem activa.... >> |
| Ah yes. This is what happens when people star.... >> | ||
| Pricing a source cod.... | You have to consider redistribution rights and c.... >> | |
| GPRS documentation | I'm doing this now in the Metro DC area and have.... >> | |
| best way to move int.... | Start practicing on your *own* projects. Once.... >> | |
| Java, dates, and tim.... | I'll second that. GMT is the *only* way to go.... >> | |
| An idea for a framew.... | Aspect Oriented Programming is all about providi.... >> | |
| dual processors | I'm looking into a dual Opteron for what I've .... >> | |
| 09 Aug 2004 | Beginning the CMMI p.... | Back when I was a government contractor, we always.... >> |
| Hidden URLs - How ea.... | .htaccess is the *only* way to secure this sucke.... >> | |
| 08 Aug 2004 | What would you ask f.... | Oh... and make sure to note what that allotment .... >> |
| Dual monitor setups are nice... but also reques.... >> | ||
| 06 Aug 2004 | Invoicing format? | Dr. Mr. Analogy, Your previous message was no.... >> |
| pre employment backg.... | Uh... the Constitution protects private citize.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2004 | Error 403 | Any chance the permissions were changed on the s.... >> |
| What do you use for .... | All but one of our divisions use a homegrown asp.... >> | |
| ISV owners - Do you .... | I'm just starting out doing some side work while.... >> | |
| More perils of outso.... | On one of our *BIG* internal projects, we ahve a.... >> | |
| Hiring Mistakes | Uh... Our team just brought on two people too. .... >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | Weapons software | If you're in the Washington, DC area (or atlea.... >> |
| A friend of mine works building guidance systems.... >> | ||
| Documenting applicat.... | I tried Enterprise Architect and hated it. It s.... >> | |
| softwareCEO.com | Their page looks like ass and there's no 'prin.... >> | |
| Contrarian insight #.... | Uh... within our company, no one even notices .... >> | |
| Platform for Commerc.... | 'Source code is not much of a concern. But what if.... >> | |
| 03 Aug 2004 | How is patchable sof.... | Uh.. quite often it's replacing one library with.... >> |
| To change or not to .... | Nah, the smoking thing and a bad team doesn't ma.... >> | |
| Any free email sites.... | Gmail. I have almost completely ignored the a.... >> | |
| Does Coder 2 Dev mak.... | Managers are accountable like everyone else. .... >> | |
| Attention: Linux RPM.... | Most likely something died during an install. T.... >> | |
| 02 Aug 2004 | Does Coder 2 Dev mak.... | It's a simple thing... A coder who doesn't in.... >> |
| lacking telecommutin.... | I'm in Mid Atlantic US. And they're taking se.... >> | |
| Our company is moving headquarters in 2 months a.... >> | ||
| Is my company dying? | Someone needs to sit down with the existing clie.... >> | |
| Attention: Linux RPM.... | Poke around google for something like 'rebuildin.... >> | |
| Programming Language.... | Actually, the second book I bought from them (wa.... >> | |
| 01 Aug 2004 | Free Online Project .... | dotproject! That's what I use and contribute .... >> |
| BSxx on campus recru.... | It's on the leading edge of a lot of things and .... >> | |
| Oh, and when I started, tuition was $20k, but I .... >> | ||
| HOSER! I went to Rose too. EE back a few years.... >> | ||
| 31 Jul 2004 | IS PRIVATIZATION ans.... | One of the *nice* things about Privatization is .... >> |
| 30 Jul 2004 | Lookout was bought t.... | Unlikely. Lookout is based on Lucene from the.... >> |
| Home or professional.... | Have you considered adding a pseudo-professional.... >> | |
| Your Productivity | 'Muppet, why are you a racist?' Rainbow, Wha.... >> | |
| Combating SPAM | Quite a few people are working on simple perl .... >> | |
| Google toolbar popup.... | Popups? What are those? Does the idea of hav.... >> | |
| How do pople get thi.... | Philo, Thank you for your service. KC >> | |
| How would you silent.... | One nifty little trick I use is having a 0 siz.... >> | |
| Salary Reviews | I'm already a Verizon customer, so getting the p.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2004 | Easy, you say: 'Yes, that would be the salary.... >> | |
| What's a good FREE F.... | Filezilla all the way. >> | |
| Learning Curve for a.... | I'm a trained engineer. I started developing li.... >> | |
| For those who think .... | Doesn't anyone think it's silly to simultaneou.... >> | |
| Failure Plan | Do you have methods of importing their data into.... >> | |
| Reflector, .NET and .... | No, this has nothing to do with being 'Open Sour.... >> | |
| Beta Testing, how to.... | I've always like the idea of going to existing c.... >> | |
| Compelling reason to.... | 'Do you think the national economy gets stronger i.... >> | |
| How do you use sourc.... | If you have a good backup system, are a single d.... >> | |
| 28 Jul 2004 | Google Early Investo.... | It mostly has to do with who gives some cash ear.... >> |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Software Pricing for.... | There are all kinds of rules and regulations c.... >> |
| Percentage of Develo.... | When I did my undergrad, we did some relativel.... >> | |
| A profitable alterna.... | 'We sell our source code as an (expensive) option..... >> | |
| My users have threat.... | Report the nutballs and turn over all the inform.... >> | |
| Open Source = no rig.... | 'When was the last time you ever heard anyone in N.... >> | |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Good Coding Related .... | My actual license place is: JVM (and then some .... >> |
| Not coding, but a sys admin in Illinois: PEBK.... >> | ||
| mislead about a job;.... | Last year, I was offered and took a job that was.... >> | |
| Can 2 diff Windows O.... | Although I've never done it with MS Office, I am.... >> | |
| 25 Jul 2004 | Why seek compliance .... | There is little difference between making IE-spe.... >> |
| Fog Creek Affiliate .... | THUS SAYETH THE JOEL. Wow, I thought he h.... >> | |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Daylight Saving Time | Ha! For all of our applications (which span.... >> |
| Gmail | I got mine in mid June and I got 6 invites almos.... >> | |
| A keyboard curious q.... | Yeah, my KVM is double Scroll Lock activated too.... >> | |
| What kind of (paper).... | I use a legal pad. And I seem to be the only .... >> | |
| IE Dungeon Gets Inte.... | Back in the day, CSS was widely (mis-)interprett.... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | Estimating Developme.... | Check out McConnel's Rapid Development. He cove.... >> |
| Software piracy | Why would you expect to be able to sell your s.... >> | |
| ASP business model l.... | Here's what I said in the 'ASP business model anyo.... >> | |
| 21 Jul 2004 | mcsd | That's nothing. The group that I work with - .... >> |
| Rewriting from Scrat.... | I think Mozilla/Firefox may be in a slightly dif.... >> | |
| Is ASP.Net for Real? | No Microsoft Dividends for Me: Eclipse is an Op.... >> | |
| Uh... the Java/J2EE world is only command line i.... >> | ||
| Why Microsoft Wins | I take it that you've never used or even heard.... >> | |
| How do I learn to do.... | Read the Pragmatic Programmer. Andy Hunt & Da.... >> | |
| best thing about IE | Wait a second... MY ip is 192.168.2.2 !? .... >> | |
| Not quite a singleto.... | So it's a Factory that implements a set of Singl.... >> | |
| I've done the same thing with loading rather lar.... >> | ||
| ASP business model a.... | Actually, in the interests of the customers that.... >> | |
| My company does hosting for quite a few applicat.... >> | ||
| 20 Jul 2004 | The World's Longest .... | The maximum length is 64, not counting prefix and .... >> |
| Simple XML Compressi.... | Replacing node names with single unique characte.... >> | |
| JavaScript | Yes, as soon as IE implemented a custom Javascri.... >> | |
| Open Source project .... | I started off with using TUTOS, but I found dotp.... >> | |
| 19 Jul 2004 | Programmer Performan.... | Sorry, I didn't mean that to come out quite that.... >> |
| Hahaha. You're screwed. LoC (Lines of co.... >> | ||
| Open Source project .... | My (totally biased) choices: * Dotproject for pr.... >> | |
| What exactly is Joel.... | Absolutely nothing... If you're *really* in.... >> | |
| Built into the opera.... | It means that a compromise in one can quickly be.... >> | |
| McCabe Complexity An.... | 'Call the Software Engineering Institute and ask f.... >> | |
| What do I need to st.... | My company runs many systems for large governm.... >> | |
| You'd probably have a much better case going wit.... >> | ||
| 16 Jul 2004 | Object Oriented prog.... | I do this with PO's (Purchase Orders) and RMA's .... >> |
| how do you do QA? | One thing that I've had some success with... .... >> | |
| Resumes on DVD | If I was looking for a marketing guy, this would.... >> | |
| Gates gives 100$ Mil.... | Sleeper Service, My quote (as you can read abov.... >> | |
| 'I presume that those statistics actually refer to.... >> | ||
| Most people (not neccessarily here, but the publ.... >> | ||
| 'The proportion of overseas aid the US government .... >> | ||
| Javascript Compatibi.... | User initiated (onClick, for example) are never .... >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | .NET Marketshare Pt .... | Uh... Even if 52% of developers use .Net and 48.... >> |
| Mono ditching wine. | Whenever one of our development guys (a total id.... >> | |
| .Net devs that went .... | I've been impressed by everything I've ever boug.... >> | |
| If I was in a completely Windows environment wit.... >> | ||
| 14 Jul 2004 | Disgruntled techies .... | haha. I just got a statement from the Social Se.... >> |
| Red Hat in trouble o.... | If you guys want a scary reading, check out what.... >> | |
| IQ-ism | Uh... have you been ignoring what's going on?.... >> | |
| Troubleshooting Win9.... | Screwy registry entires, spyware/adware, residen.... >> | |
| Why can't windows ju.... | Even as far back as Win95a, changing IP's neve.... >> | |
| Bugs as a function o.... | I would doubt that it's based solely on the size.... >> | |
| What does "YES" mean.... | Michael, you must have worked with one of my cur.... >> | |
| Simple reason why Ou.... | I think as long you can clearly delineate the sp.... >> | |
| 13 Jul 2004 | Coding Standards | You speak about many things that exist purely .... >> |
| Commercial Software:.... | My bad, I didn't realize it (CPU Type) could be .... >> | |
| 12 Jul 2004 | Forming the Best Tea.... | Sure hire me. Seriously though, there are *.... >> |
| GMail Advertisements.... | By knowing someone already in the loop. I hav.... >> | |
| I honestly don't notice the ads most of the time.... >> | ||
| Simple Summary of th.... | Look for diagrams of the Waterfall Method... eve.... >> | |
| Commercial Software:.... | Until you can have a simple select or dropdo.... >> | |
| Developing in a shar.... | The old standby will work for you: The Mythical.... >> | |
| XML Book suggestion .... | I learned from and still love Elliot Rusty Har.... >> | |
| question on (microso.... | Sun is working to encourage it too. Tim Bray ha.... >> | |
| RFID | Yeah, I'm the development lead on an inventoryin.... >> | |
| Weird hardware probl.... | If it was the flux capacitor, why did you have t.... >> | |
| 11 Jul 2004 | When does a "bug" be.... | Yes, once something manages to open an IE window.... >> |
| 09 Jul 2004 | Soho CRM with caller.... | SOHO? I don't get it. Is this 'Single Occu.... >> |
| Microsoft to mail se.... | Uh... I thought you could *always* request it .... >> | |
| Run, Run as fast as .... | I *just finished* my six month review about 15 m.... >> | |
| Oh, and Unit Testing (TDD) is on my agenda... >> | ||
| Actually, this position might be bad in the sh.... >> | ||
| Why the hell is IE s.... | The Firefox contributors managed to fix that bug.... >> | |
| 'What I tell clients is that IE itself isn't 'bad'.... >> | ||
| How to spot a SW dev.... | I worked at a facility that did this and they us.... >> | |
| 08 Jul 2004 | 36% of software is p.... | As a software developer, I consciously choose no.... >> |
| H1 Visa | Just remember that if you come to the US on an H.... >> | |
| Software Design | Ged, Yeah, good point. It makes sens to base.... >> | |
| It appears (I've never used it before) that DBC .... >> | ||
| 07 Jul 2004 | crystal reports in j.... | Have you tried to put that exact string in Googl.... >> |
| New innovative softw.... | I would look at your web page, but it's IE-speci.... >> | |
| Exit Interviews | Try to provide constructive criticism otherwise .... >> | |
| How are file formats.... | Uh... since it's XML, you don't need any MS-spec.... >> | |
| Good books on DB Des.... | Database Design for Mere Mortals I read i.... >> | |
| Reading Recommendati.... | Not as a tutorial, but a good reference is O'Rei.... >> | |
| New app dev manager .... | While the hookers might be nice for some... .... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2004 | performance review | Yes. My last boss would give me a copy of the e.... >> |
| Job Titles | Chief Engineer Team Leader The One >> | |
| ** Urgent: hosting+d.... | I'm using 1and1 now. I'm using one of their L.... >> | |
| yet another thread o.... | I've been getting calls for interviews up and do.... >> | |
| Local, single-user b.... | I used to use a piece of paper. It's highly fle.... >> | |
| 03 Jul 2004 | Confidentiality/Non .... | I'm not allowed to go into much detail here, but.... >> |
| Good software takes .... | The problem that I have always run into (Brooks .... >> | |
| 02 Jul 2004 | Strategic proj or gr.... | Pick the first one. When the second team fail.... >> |
| Stretched too thin | 'The Civil Rights Ammendment was signed fifty year.... >> | |
| First of all, start looking for a new job. This.... >> | ||
| Linux (Crossplatform.... | Use mySQL on the backend and then use Access as .... >> | |
| Modelling Methodolog.... | Especially when you poke around and find all the.... >> | |
| Microsoft cuts price.... | Philo, Actually it is Smthian economics at work.... >> | |
| Wow, so the market system is triumphing withou.... >> | ||
| XP development is bi.... | It sounds like the problem isn't necessarily XP,.... >> | |
| Links in Gmail...Sne.... | They use the forwarding to scrub the link-click .... >> | |
| 01 Jul 2004 | Data Types Chosen On.... | Good call Philo. I am currently working on an.... >> |
| Best Freeware Bug Da.... | I've been using Mantis for a few weeks now as my.... >> | |
| 29 Jun 2004 | Anyone have positive.... | During Dec & Jan, I worked on a project remotely.... >> |
| Book recommendations.... | I'll second the recommendation of the Beck book..... >> | |
| Good Freelancing Sit.... | I just let the person know that I'll score them .... >> | |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Advice on Source Con.... | CVS is *ONLY* good if you have a good interface..... >> |
| Good Freelancing Sit.... | I've worked and posted on Rentacoder. No ma.... >> | |
| Fear of computer upg.... | I used to have the 4 computers. That was when I.... >> | |
| I make a rule for myself.... Whenever I'm w.... >> | ||
| Windows Update Rant | I keep an eye on my hardware firewall logs... .... >> | |
| What does SharePoint.... | From what I saw (last Aug), Sharepoint seems to .... >> | |
| Small Business Owner.... | I'd say that if the business is in a growth stag.... >> | |
| Afraid of success | My wife is in the process of starting a small bu.... >> | |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Open Source accounta.... | Uh... right now nearly every EULA (End Users' .... >> |
| I'm developing a *very simple* accounting module.... >> | ||
| Philo, I can perform any medical procedure yo.... >> | ||
| 24 Jun 2004 | I wanna be a grey be.... | You must speak Perl fluently....er I mean write..... >> |
| Web Application Deve.... | Three things: Have a primary production serve.... >> | |
| Today was a slow day.... | Hoser, If you looking for Java guys, I'd be int.... >> | |
| No one was saying that *all* Indian developers a.... >> | ||
| Just like what happened in the dotcom boom here..... >> | ||
| Converting no capita.... | They are not the exception. It is the epitome o.... >> | |
| There are *DOZENS* of privately owned/funded/run.... >> | ||
| 'Yes, that is correct - writing open source is the.... >> | ||
| MySQL license with f.... | You are supposed to buy the license if you are w.... >> | |
| Confidentiality/Non .... | GET A LAWYER. Technically, as soon as you sig.... >> | |
| 23 Jun 2004 | Starting an applicat.... | Here's my httpd startup at work. My home system i.... >> |
| GMail Marketing Blun.... | Email is just as secure as the postcards that yo.... >> | |
| XML Schema Design | I keep it simple and put ID's and IDREF into att.... >> | |
| CVS : impossible to .... | Subversion is the key. I've been using it at ho.... >> | |
| "Sharepoint... Share.... | Actually, I was at two large government agencies.... >> | |
| 22 Jun 2004 | Induce Act - Shall w.... | 'That's how we got the Patriot Act. I think it wa.... >> |
| The DMCA got passed. An interesting link .... >> | ||
| Orrin Hatch is being more than a bit dumb on thi.... >> | ||
| What is Joel up to ? | Who cares? While I don't always agree with hi.... >> | |
| Linux distribution | Suse, Mandrake, Debian, and Fedora (Redhat's free .... >> | |
| Tablet PC Recommenda.... | At work, we have 7 of the Compaqs (I forget the .... >> | |
| Why can't we separat.... | 'Open Source will be an excellent fit in the New W.... >> | |
| And most of you will notice that *most* Open Sou.... >> | ||
| 21 Jun 2004 | 'Ask your self why there is no open-source law (.... >> | |
| Multiple sandboxes i.... | Good God Man. Stay away from VSS. I used C.... >> | |
| Portable Business lo.... | Put the validation rules in as few places as pos.... >> | |
| Why does the "bloat".... | Chris, I'll second your comment on the .Net i.... >> | |
| 20 Jun 2004 | Did spyware kill sha.... | I'd say that adware, spyware and Open Source tog.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2004 | ERP | It depends on your requirements. * What sort.... >> |
| The ocean is already.... | 'That is clearly being misconstrued for the purpos.... >> | |
| One government client that we have wanted to hos.... >> | ||
| Leaky Abstractions, .... | Actually, it's relatively easy to do lots of thi.... >> | |
| Are people using .NE.... | Wait for the XP SP2. From what I've read, it .... >> | |
| Why Web apps Won't r.... | Uh... Right now, you can use just about an.... >> | |
| Saving the API: Shou.... | Yeah, I meant Linux. Brain and fingers weren't .... >> | |
| Part of the premise of the WINE Proejct is tha.... >> | ||
| Writing code is dead | If every piece fits exactly with your requirem.... >> | |
| WoodenTongue, Go read Joel's Article on 'Leak.... >> | ||
| Hosted source contro.... | Oh, and having a dedicated source control box is.... >> | |
| No, you want to host your source locally and the.... >> | ||
| Backwards Compatibil.... | Joel point still stands, you're talking about *m.... >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | $36 million to upgra.... | Data conversion is usually the single biggest .... >> |
| Need todo and contac.... | eGroupWare!!! Sure, it's a webapp (using .... >> | |
| Tools in Source Cont.... | It cuts both ways... If you have them as its .... >> | |
| Software Development.... | If you're fixing bugs for free now, eventually.... >> | |
| Why people really pr.... | Paul, you have just doomed yourself to maliciois.... >> | |
| Poll: web applicatio.... | I do my email (Yahoo & Gmail), numerous forums, .... >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | free bug tracking | Scarab is wonderful, but it's java/jsp based. .... >> |
| Work relationship tu.... | Tell them that regardless of religious beliefs.... >> | |
| Windows like Web App.... | I get all of this for free using eGroupWare ( .... >> | |
| MS Access and VS.NET | MS is trying to kill Access because it's a suppo.... >> | |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Detecting duplicate .... | See if there are any refactoring tools for you.... >> |
| Firefox 0.9 has bad .... | Have you checked out their RFE list? I'm usin.... >> | |
| He is back, He is ba.... | Even if Open Source software reaches 100% of t.... >> | |
| All is revealed | I'm fighting the 'well, it works in IE fight' .... >> | |
| CVS : I can't imagin.... | If you think CVS is purely a comman-line tool, y.... >> | |
| 100 MB on Yahoo Mail.... | Go to sourceforge and search for yahoo, there ar.... >> | |
| I'm still using both as I've had my Yahoo accoun.... >> | ||
| Looking for URLS of .... | Tastes Great. >> | |
| Where's Joel ? | Last night when I was abducted by the Greys, I s.... >> | |
| Recent Graduate | Whether you want to stay in Analysis or not, I w.... >> | |
| Java Interview | Since these are HR and other types, work out a f.... >> | |
| Video Capture? | ATI All-In-Wonder. I've been using it since.... >> | |
| 13 Jun 2004 | What will they come .... | Actually, the 'deficit' was only covered if you .... >> |
| Reality check on pro.... | You know, here's an interesting idea... if .... >> | |
| 12 Jun 2004 | Where are all the ne.... | Good morning Crew, I was out of work from N.... >> |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Excel automation wit.... | If you can look into doing this 'headless', that.... >> |
| Stock photos | I think one of the companies that does this is '.... >> | |
| N-Tier stuff | I'll repeat myself on this one: You're workin.... >> | |
| You're working at a much too low level. This .... >> | ||
| GMail - when ? | I've been using Gmail now for a little while and.... >> | |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Has the role of .... | Man... I thought they mostly came out on the w.... >> |
| DataStructure for Th.... | > A thought isn't a data structure. I think S.... >> | |
| Check out 'mind mapping' on google. I use Fre.... >> | ||
| Why Not Use Diagrams.... | In my group, each of us has a personal white boa.... >> | |
| Oh yes, the public s.... | Just to throw this out.. I've worked quite .... >> | |
| Just a thought | Maybe we should request that all help threads ha.... >> | |
| 09 Jun 2004 | IT Salaries in Europ.... | Is that '45' before or after taxes? >> |
| Hiring programmers: .... | Seriously, I'll reiterate some of comments fro.... >> | |
| Stop your search and just hire me. I probably h.... >> | ||
| Correct term please | Aggregation & Normalization? my 0.02 >> | |
| Google: the search s.... | You should be flamed for even mentioning Madelin.... >> | |
| project from hell, a.... | My boss regularly sells things that don't exist .... >> | |
| Value of resume data.... | First of all, the majority of the resumes are ou.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2004 | Decompiling .class f.... | I have decompile numerous Java programs. Many c.... >> |
| I am fragile | Philo, where are you? I've found that if .... >> | |
| Hogging two spots (a.... | They have this concept at Microcenter (and proba.... >> | |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Getting hit by a bus | Nah, I'm here in the US and have heard the 'gett.... >> |
| Daughter needs a lap.... | That's pretty accurate. Virutalization applicat.... >> | |
| Alternative to forma.... | Generally, as your install and un-install applic.... >> | |
| End users' computers.... | I agree with Matthew. In fact, I do this quit.... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | Ayn Rand | Ayn Rand focuses on individuality and the celebr.... >> |
| sounding off: Linux .... | Acutally, I'm quite active on the phpBB boards a.... >> | |
| Trade Shows | I always thought 'Booth Babes' were the standa.... >> | |
| The rise of .NET | Just me (Sir to you), The articles you mentio.... >> | |
| Here's the thing that gets me about .Net.... .... >> | ||
| Anyone here familiar.... | Josh, When you first create an email address,.... >> | |
| 02 Jun 2004 | I use them. I managed to get in on their deal o.... >> | |
| Daughter needs a lap.... | At the school where I did my undergrad, we were .... >> | |
| 30 May 2004 | But, but... I though.... | Bad bad Philo. No Solitaire for you today. .... >> |
| XSLT Mapper? | I was at an Altova presentation last summer abou.... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | End to End Testing? | This is a pretty contentious topic... Of cour.... >> |
| Critical Group Size | I've found that unless you have very clear, non-.... >> | |
| 27 May 2004 | Quick and Dirty XSLT.... | Pick up anything by Elliot Rusty Harold. I ha.... >> |
| Where are all of the.... | TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Stop complaining ab.... >> | |
| What does "Our Techn.... | Whenever my wife would ask me to fill in the [bl.... >> | |
| Tips & Tricks to.... | Yep, because the moment that a few people can .... >> | |
| Integration question.... | Glad I can be of service. Though he obvious.... >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | Tips & Tricks to.... | Maybe I'm off base here, but I think you're aski.... >> |
| Integration question.... | After checking out the DocSearcher page (haven't.... >> | |
| Oh yeah, and it's Java based and currently wor.... >> | ||
| Good God man... use DocSearcher. I know the lea.... >> | ||
| Drive letter issues .... | 'Basically, the need to reboot all comes down to w.... >> | |
| Chris Stone on Open/.... | Hey Poof, you need to read the GPL a bit more cl.... >> | |
| Webhosts4Life has be.... | Go with 1and1.com They were the ones who introd.... >> | |
| 25 May 2004 | Yet another cover le.... | Here's what I did recently (November). First,.... >> |
| INGRESS opensourced | Actually I think it's great that no longer suppo.... >> | |
| 21 May 2004 | Book recommendations.... | The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt & Dave Tho.... >> |
| VB and C | I have a few issues with it... I have been in.... >> | |
| Sometimes, rarely | I called tech support for a pda device that my.... >> | |
| Future of desktop de.... | For the past year or so, I've been steadily conv.... >> | |
| 20 May 2004 | Learning Strategies | That 'sun' should be Sun(tm). ;) >> |
| MS Office - Document.... | If you're talking about a 'file' as a 'histroy o.... >> | |
| Group-Phone-Hiring i.... | And their titles.... >> | |
| The last time you us.... | Actually, Java compiles in a recursive way. B.... >> | |
| I have an n-level xml-based navigation structu.... >> | ||
| Ok, now more generic | For all of my UI's (web or desktop-based), I wri.... >> | |
| Tom Friedman: Global.... | Good call Philo.... the 10th Amendment trumps .... >> | |
| This doesn't happen in the US because the gover.... >> | ||
| Lots of free time, p.... | Stephen, Go check out David Kay's report. .... >> | |
| 19 May 2004 | another resume quest.... | My rule of thumb: If I can: * install it (inc.... >> |
| Lots of free time, p.... | You seem to be the only one cheering on the kill.... >> | |
| Lee, Fuck what Stephen Jones says. Like everyo.... >> | ||
| Speaking of password.... | Good call. Unless the browser knows what the .... >> | |
| 18 May 2004 | Having some good ide.... | A couple years back, I was involved with: Arian.... >> |
| 14 May 2004 | Joel, check this out! >> | |
| 14 May 2004 | Monitor on it's side | I do it now. I have a nice big monitor that I c.... >> |
| 12 May 2004 | Where is the Ask Joe.... | Joel, You're my hero. Seriously though, .... >> |
| 11 May 2004 | Shareware or Freelan.... | I'll second the comment on freelancing... I.... >> |
| Witty | There was also another *HUGE* difference betwe.... >> | |
| Formulla for calcuti.... | If someone can find a reliable formulaic way of .... >> | |
| 10 May 2004 | Learning RDF | I'd like to second both comments on the XML Bibl.... >> |
| 09 May 2004 | To specify or not to.... | Yeah, while I know the bare basics of UML, I've .... >> |
| 07 May 2004 | How to spot an excel.... | Actually, one of the things that I read recently.... >> |
| 05 May 2004 | JOS Suggestion | Joel is my hero. No, seriously though. I.... >> |
| Subversion model | Good morning all, I'm working on converting my.... >> | |
| 30 Apr 2004 | Deveoper Jokes 'Not .... | 'I know your kind. You're the kind of guy where p.... >> |
| Iterative Waterfall .... | Actually, one of the big threats under the origi.... >> | |
| Advice for a college.... | I didn't realize that Joel had a list, but then af.... >> | |
| Go read The Pragmatic Programmer. From that.... >> | ||
| Is the job market st.... | I lost my job back on Nov 13th. By Thanksgiving.... >> | |
| 28 Apr 2004 | What makes a good CS.... | As a non-formally educated developer, I've notic.... >> |
| PHP/Perl project tra.... | Oh, sorry: dotproject: (above) egroupware: htt.... >> | |
| I'm a contributor to dotproject and use egroup.... >> | ||
| 25 Nov 2003 | Dell to Stop Using I.... | Tatu? Where does it say that? It says Tata - which.... >> |
| FYI, about 54 per cent of Dell's 44,300 employees .... >> | ||