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Number of Comments: 177
Number of Words: 6,942
First Comment: 28 Dec 2003
Final Comment: 23 Apr 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 12
First Topic: 28 Dec 2003
Latest Topic: 04 Apr 2004
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23 Apr 2004   Starting C++   If you know Assembly, great. Whenever you run into....   >>  
19 Apr 2004   What an awesome day.....   I just went to see "Lost in Translation" today.   >>  
   C-style variable def....   At least for me, the C style works out: int x; ....   >>  
15 Apr 2004   The Apprentice Final....   It was a good idea capitalizing the pronoun. I ....   >>  
13 Apr 2004   Joel on Slashdot   Philo - that's also a very effective discreditatio....   >>  
   C++ Hello world with....   Yeah, it looks like Hello alone is just the addres....   >>  
10 Apr 2004   Loyalty   By that I mean, you'll be building up negative ene....   >>  
      >> Or maybe I'm cynical. You'd be disrupting th....   >>  
09 Apr 2004      >> the business using the term is probably a shith....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Keyboard Rant   Curiously, almost all games avoid Pause. They u....   >>  
07 Apr 2004   Why do people just w....   Kyralessa  ;) ;)   >>  
      And... of course I buy all my software. It costs a....   >>  
      >> Hey now -- our economy is based upon stupid peo....   >>  
04 Apr 2004   Google AdSense in homemade browser?   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Defeating piracy with encryption?   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Translation project   Let us know the link when it's up, Cyrill. What....   >>  
01 Apr 2004   Parm?  What's t....   Neat.   >>  
      While we're on it... How do you pronounce WM_PA....   >>  
   How is a buffer over....   Wildtiger- I agree, opportunities would still e....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   WM_MOUSEWHEEL?   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Annoying WinXP icon   It's useful. Set it scroll really slow and you can....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   You may be a novice ....   Haha... So if you say: a) Novice (default) b) ....   >>  
   How is a buffer over....   I had the same thought -- if only the stack grew u....   >>  
   Not able to understa....   Joel says somewhere Excel uses Pascal strings inte....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Are you a good hardw....   I discovered case fans do *not* have threaded hole....   >>  
   Is grokking pointers....   mov ebx,1 ; variable mov [ebx],1 ; pointer l....   >>  
09 Mar 2004   Windows NT for G5 re....   Bytecode!   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Can anyone stop the ....   The 10-keyword limit is hurting. You could, in ....   >>  
07 Mar 2004   Open Source: Get up ....   As someone mentioned earler, the Linux people are ....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   how to return for ni....   How do you spell Sartre?   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Where art thou, pari....   TSR as in terminate and stay resident?   >>  
02 Mar 2004   An idea for intervie....   >> 2) How do you tell the sex of a sheep? But y....   >>  
   Stammering my way th....   Gareth ROTFL! Seriously RP, what you need is to....   >>  
29 Feb 2004   YAED   May I ask which "top 10" list is that?   >>  
28 Feb 2004   Nextel direct connec....   >> how can you reach a given walkie-talkie Ever....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   Tom Peters: Sixteen ....   >> we made it to 6 billion and the world is still ....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Blue background + Anonymous font = heaven   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Idiotic design decis....   My TV remote has no 'next/previous channel' button....   >>  
   C/C++ Pointer Questi....   It kind of makes sense: int *p; 'the thing p....   >>  
   YAIQ   Hi Ori, Isn't the MasterMind algorithm widely a....   >>  
24 Feb 2004      It counts the '1' bits in a. It's really quite ....   >>  
   Ultralights   Fujitsu had a really small notebook with a wide sc....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Best Free IDE for be....   Bloodshed Dev C++ looked nice. http://www.blood....   >>  
21 Feb 2004   list of skills on re....   A naive question: doesn't "fluent in [...]" sound ....   >>  
   dreaming of products   I've heard about the Tiqit. Two turn-offs: - it....   >>  
      A wonderful thread. #1 Something like FIDO for ....   >>  
18 Feb 2004   Java or Python?   'Jython, lest you do not know of it, is the most c....   >>  
   Good Article on Xen ....   >> lowly AMD 1800 CPU that's pretty lowly.    >>  
   DLL Hell - Part 2   Hey man, If you look at my post, there is a *ge....   >>  
      It's not you writing shoddy code, it's the style o....   >>  
   comment devenir pomp....   Maybe he runs fast :)   >>  
      Well, fire figures, he wants to be a firefighter. ....   >>  
      I was kidding. What aspiring fireman would goog....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   Middle Click Scrolli....   You only need a few: close tab, open in new tab...   >>  
      Weird. The wheel was so light, in 1 case out 10 it....   >>  
      Microsoft mice have incredibly light scroll wheels....   >>  
   JOS Worldwide Meetup....   S-a anulat intre timp, n-a confirmat nimeni... :( ....   >>  
      I was looking forward to the meetup in Bucharest, ....   >>  
   Good Article on Xen ....   >> A 30 second start up for an app on a 3GHz 30....   >>  
   DLL Hell - Part 2   ... or just overload the "new" operator :):):)   >>  
      That must be the shoddies programming style. Alloc....   >>  
   How successful has M....   Exactly my point. MLM lives on because of uninform....   >>  
      He made the sale to *you*. Chi-ching. That's ho....   >>  
   Image recognition   I did a class on image recognition (which I prompt....   >>  
   comment devenir pomp....   I did't realize the 'fire and motion' article had ....   >>  
      It just dawned on me. He searched for 'fire and....   >>  
      This... is... so... funny! This has to be a pra....   >>  
   Let Java Go.   If I could sell it at a profit? =)   >>  
      Funny as it is, Eric is writing about the price of....   >>  
      Justme: Mr. Raymond was talking about share pri....   >>  
   All you single guys   >> geeky people, they are gorgeous, have a naivet....   >>  
15 Feb 2004      I don't want to score with *those* girls.   >>  
14 Feb 2004   Sincere question abo....   You know I was wondering the same thing, glad you ....   >>  
   Google Answers, and ....   Between trolling the forums prying answers bit by ....   >>  
   Is it still worth le....   >> people who know assembler [....] who try to out....   >>  
11 Feb 2004   Software product ide....   No way people are going to run exe's on their mach....   >>  
   Software to view doc....   75-year-old grandmothers? I stand corrected. Go....   >>  
      Print to PDF. Ship Acrobat Reader on the trial ....   >>  
   just how much math i....   I agree, I haven't used anything beyond 2nd degree....   >>  
   Is it ok to join Ork....   You'll be saying that until someone invites you.   >>  
   SMS/Text Messaging   Well, to think of it, 100 years ago people would l....   >>  
   Programmers and eati....   >> I do yoga, meditate, lift weights you medita....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Democratic Administr....   Users should be able to *ignore* accounts, not del....   >>  
   SMS/Text Messaging   >> The main GSM operator is Connex Nu raspunzi ....   >>  
   Orkut   Pity it won't let you browse your friend's girlfri....   >>  
      I was about to ask about Orkut... Who do you have ....   >>  
   Why does the boot pr....   'Sleep' on my machine turns it off completely (no ....   >>  
   Is goto dead?   S.Tanna -- all those contortions with a made-up sw....   >>  
07 Feb 2004   A sorting challenge   I think what FullNameRequired means is (here goes ....   >>  
   Help with .NET   >> language-oriented IRC channels Egor, could y....   >>  
   Is goto dead?   The keyword for "goto" should be "uglyuglygoto" so....   >>  
   Getting into Microso....   >> a thousand resumes A DAY, and we're hiring abou....   >>  
06 Feb 2004   Software Translation   There is an excellent translator community at www.....   >>  
   Why do we have so ba....   I like this quote: If you want to understand so....   >>  
   Worst Ever: 7350 Lin....   I didn't think it would compile, but it did! It b....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   What's the daily spa....   >> when we are all running 200Ghz machines Righ....   >>  
      >> If it took one second to send each email messag....   >>  
   Best email/newsgroup....   "Don't be so humble, you're not that great". - Gol....   >>  
   Proper typing techni....   That's funny, I always use left shift. As for c....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   Worst Ever: 7350 Lin....   >> so ugly it's almost elegant. (kinda like duffs ....   >>  
      Accomodate a stranger, would you guys? What is ....   >>  
      >> every single variable, function, etc, was named....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   OCR from PDF file   I specifically remember having an OCR plugin once,....   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Identifying users with SMS?   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Identifying users wi....   Right. Anyway. Email is out of the question bec....   >>  
31 Jan 2004   Wanna see the best r....   Interesting. But I wonder how many URLs drop their....   >>  
30 Jan 2004   Management problem f....   >> no way I'm letting some 2nd rate coders think ....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Building Community w....   You should have said, this is the beginning of a b....   >>  
   Dumb question number....   >> Because of daylight saving time.... That doe....   >>  
   Progressive intrusio....   that.... is.... hilarious.......   >>  
      I just had a nightmarish vision. I was working ....   >>  
      >> Occasionally, pop an ad in front of the user. ....   >>  
   Seven out of Twenty   Now you need clearance to get *out* of the States?....   >>  
   Any reason to switch....   Thanks guys. I asked because I read in a mag how M....   >>  
28 Jan 2004   Any reason to switch from Firebird to Mozilla?   >>  
28 Jan 2004   Remember when gettin....   So this is the face of assimilation...   >>  
     Frustated by ....   cos(2*pi*x) == 1 but it doesn't get you anywher....   >>  
      Actually he wants to use this for 2000-bit numbers....   >>  
27 Jan 2004   My take on the resume article   >>  
27 Jan 2004   Photocopying your la....   That sounds painful.   >>  
   Managing Idiot Savan....   >> I got the 'idiot' part. But 'savant'? Actua....   >>  
   Microsoft not a real....   So much spare time...   >>  
     Frustated by ....   If I understand correctly, you are looking for a f....   >>  
   Frustated by (Near) ....   I was thinking -- it's really expensive to express....   >>  
      If the input stream is already compressed to death....   >>  
      Details! Details! What are friends for?   >>  
   My take on the resum....   I was trying to be elegantly ironic, thanks for cl....   >>  
   How many resumes do ....   crazydood2004 -at- hotmail.com might be a real add....   >>  
   Resume Post   >> There's one for Russians but I can't remember ....   >>  
   Ironic sentence frag....   >> a sentence fragment Come on... Next you'll s....   >>  
26 Jan 2004      I mean the OP's point.   >>  
      I'm not getting it.   >>  
   MyIE2 kicks some ser....   >> except Opera loads faster and crashes less :-D ....   >>  
24 Jan 2004   Bizarre interview ti....   Spooky...   >>  
   Quit-Programming Tut....   That should have been F* off; =)    >>  
23 Jan 2004      Read humor. Humor isn't algorithmic.    >>  
22 Jan 2004   Linux as a Disruptiv....   Long post, who's gonna read this stuff... In th....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   Why 'win'word and no....   >> Did you noticed that in my first post, I typed ....   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Popup out of nowhere?   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Mozilla Firebird   >> Minimize instead of exit. Problem solved. :) ....   >>  
      But it still takes two whole seconds to load.... a....   >>  
   Vote on my domain na....   'Avoid cute and clever names; they do not project ....   >>  
   Dot.com bubble begin....   >> Pretty soon we're going to have 'Hop On The Nex....   >>  
   Are Developers Typic....   No relation here. Need for Speed and Deus Ex, t....   >>  
19 Jan 2004   The computer delusio....   >> and the England cricket team gets troucned by ....   >>  
   Chris Crawford Game ....   Chris, 'only' 256k? 256k is immense, four times....   >>  
18 Jan 2004   what is the best lan....   Your search should be David site:callisto.si.us....   >>  
17 Jan 2004   is there any point t....   MarkTaw -- you intrigued me about Romansch being s....   >>  
16 Jan 2004   Blatant Discriminati....   So if you're white, healthy and straight, you don'....   >>  
   Anyone try NBOR demo....   The original NBOR idea was probably good but its a....   >>  
   NBOR, "revolutionary....   When does zombo.com IPO?   >>  
15 Jan 2004   Speaking of neat wat....   Bluetooth brains rather...   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Anger-Oriented Progr....   >> certain Ada language features (such as storing ....   >>  
   Replicating code on ....   Unless you have any virtual functions, in which ca....   >>  
   becoming a robot tec....   Yeah, statistically you'll wind up servicing (not ....   >>  
   I am so lucky I have....   Call in sick for about three days! Let them see....   >>  
      It looks to me like they totally depend on you the....   >>  
   Game development for....   >> he's doomed to frustration at this point. Pre....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   Complete About Face ....   Thanks for the insight... really. I think in mo....   >>  
   Why put pictures of ....   Boy this stuff is so good. You can test run it ....   >>  
      Did you guys see that part about Little Hope Bed a....   >>  
   Congrats on the Mac/....   The screenshot looks so great...   >>  
   My Next 'Save the Wo....   >> It's not my fault advertising doesn't work on t....   >>  
      >> If you've got information worth paying for, the....   >>  
      More Romanians on Joel! Yay! Anca you didn't ge....   >>  
      Sorry, no long rebuttal, just a few words. Obvi....   >>  
12 Jan 2004   My Next 'Save the World' Plan: the Profitable Web   >>  
12 Jan 2004   The real reason we n....   Alyosha => micropayments are dead? Bwahahaha. ....   >>  
      Since you don't know how it will actually work, it....   >>  
   "Rules of Engagement....   >> they just want simple little application XYZ to....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   What to make of "han....   1. See Joel on peer reviews. They guy had to write....   >>  
   What a novel approac....   >> (e.g. 'For effort, I'd say we are at a 20. For....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   static class members   >>  
07 Jan 2004   The Worst "Managemen....   >>'yes, fire his ass and make sure the rest of him....   >>  
   static class members   >> Tried putting a global in a header file recentl....   >>  
   Increase in spam   >> I've had a 4x increase lately Perhaps the re....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   Need techie advice o....   >> Where have you BEEN? Well, Joel is making mo....   >>  
01 Jan 2004   Blame Open Source fo....   Original poster: I don't think you have anything a....   >>  
   The Most Popular* Jo....   They were all good, that's why nobody can point on....   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Recommend a free RSS reader?   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Recommend a free RSS....   Thanks! I'll give it a try. I happen to use Firebi....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   most software is qui....   Ctrl+Shift+< and Ctrl+Shift+> can be used to decre....   >>  
   pseudo-RAID on a sin....   How come, Jorel? :)   >>  
29 Dec 2003   I have done somethin....   This forum is becoming too elitist. Unsuspectin....   >>  
      Port it and sell it.   >>  
   pseudo-RAID on a sin....   You were assuming 62MB/s with 16 heads reading sim....   >>  
      Philo: so how come my fairly low-end 80GB drive ge....   >>  
28 Dec 2003   pseudo-RAID on a single drive?   >>  
28 Dec 2003   Serving ads in softw....   >> Ads are anoying. Maybe you'll have more luck ma....   >>  



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