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Number of Comments: 81
Number of Words: 6,380
First Comment: 19 Mar 2004
Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004

Number of Topics Posted: none
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01 Sep 2004   why bother being a c....   'The Joel Spolsky's of the world will run your wor....   >>  
06 Aug 2004   pre employment backg....   Michael E: 'I'm beginning to think the earlier ....   >>  
      Not crack, actually. Maybe downers. Or 'ludes. ....   >>  
      Man, the only Red Sock I'd have suspected of being....   >>  
   Who is your messiah?   I read 'Out of their Minds' a few years ago - quit....   >>  
04 Aug 2004   Searching on a Unix/....   Tim Evans, Jerry et al: Thanks for the tips - m....   >>  
03 Aug 2004      Adding to what old_timer said - unless you're root....   >>  
      > find / -type f | xargs grep cvs This may just....   >>  
   Your typical program....   > Apart from the few silly cliche old-fashioned di....   >>  
      Not a programmer any more, but: 1 piece whole-whe....   >>  
02 Aug 2004   Software Quality   Isn't Chrysler's (sorry, DCX's) Conner (sp?) Avenu....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   What's a good FREE F....   > You could get to know command-line FTP But th....   >>  
      > under NT Correction: under Win2k    >>  
      I've been using Leech FTP. No longer being develo....   >>  
   The burst is about t....   'Unfortunately the gas prices in the US are ridicu....   >>  
28 Jul 2004      > fortunately we have a little something > calle....   >>  
      > An invasion of Taiwan/Southern Russia cannot be ....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Publishing a book: U....   http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/dead-trees/story    >>  
   In the Beginning was....   It took a while before I really grokked his point ....   >>  
   $75K-$100K/year to M....   Just remembered another anecdote (more directly ad....   >>  
      I second the poster who recommended temp agencies.....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Google Back Online   s/put/out/, dadgummit.   >>  
      As somebody said on slashdot, "I had forgotten tha....   >>  
   Good Coding Related ....   I used to work with a guy who had a VA plate hangi....   >>  
23 Jul 2004   Daylight Saving Time   ' dst is incrediablly dumb... ' I used to think....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   Purchasing a softwar....   The highly entrepreneurial Sgt. Sausage asked: ....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Indentation   A bit of historical context on the topic from FOLD....   >>  
   I don't save email f....   (realize I should have phrased my question a bit m....   >>  
      On-topic: I have all my personal email from when I....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   JoS Nicknames   Thanks, Boofus McG, (and timely, as we just saw Pr....   >>  
      Shoot, that second equation should have been (....   >>  
      True, I guess it's semantically correct to say I'l....   >>  
      I've wondered about that too (whether J is posting....   >>  
   Gates gives 100$ Mil....   clarification: 'that sort of coverage' = 'without ....   >>  
      'Just ask the all knowing, all wise, all truthful,....   >>  
   Joel Topic Idea: Bon....   Re: the OP's question - this sounds to me like the....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   What do we teach our....   asked (perhaps rhetorically) Jim Rankin: 'Is th....   >>  
13 Jul 2004   Big Companies & ....   Addressing the question implied by the subject lin....   >>  
02 Jul 2004   Reward yourself for ....   Dag, Cap't McFly beat me to it...   >>  
      A dissenting voice: If I still have to work every ....   >>  
01 Jul 2004   What will the web be....   More from the FAQ on the Moller website: ' ... ....   >>  
      > Anyway, there's a guy from Carnegie Mellon who s....   >>  
25 Jun 2004   Today was a slow day....   > Developers in the US have never developed > any....   >>  
24 Jun 2004   I wanna be a grey be....   To the OP: Attitude is everything... http://fo....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   $36 million to upgra....   > 'So software should be free? As in what?' As ....   >>  
      Limitation of the English language, hence: 'free a....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   JOEL stop watering d....   Not you, Sathyaish.  But at least two people ....   >>  
      So he even gets flak for his efforts to stop takin....   >>  
   Racing car aficionad....   Back when I owned a car :-) I found a manual gear....   >>  
   Removing the anti-re....   forgot one: - Easy-Off (the original stuff in the....   >>  
      Lighter fluid (aka naptha) usually works dandy for....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Java Interview   Re the 'greatest weakness' question, I once read t....   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Ethics of running an....   That should have been "WHY and wherefore", dammit.   >>  
      Geez, Philo, I always assumed you were in good wit....   >>  
   Today's Provocative ....   Back when my workday entailed working with both a ....   >>  
   When is joel coming ....   Heck, a lot of us would be happy if Joel would jus....   >>  
   announcement   >> Is Wayne Brady going to have to choke a bitch? ....   >>  
   has anyone out there....   http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive2/index.h....   >>  
10 Jun 2004   Joining the French F....   > Years and years of Platoon, Apocalypse Now and....   >>  
      Said Jim L: > 'In other words, do not pursue a pe....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   What I love about bi....   ... And I just came back from Philadelphia where w....   >>  
26 May 2004   A Reg Hack to Make w....   OK, please don't jump on me with both feet for bei....   >>  
   interview situation   > Car owner says extra practice with interviews >....   >>  
      'I am thinking of going down to NY close to a wee....   >>  
06 May 2004   The developing in fr....   Some potentially-relevant things I'd consider that....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   RSS feed   > ... people will be willing to argue about H1B vi....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Does $279 seem much ....   I got sick of buying gas at $xx9.999.   >>  
      Maybe I'm alone in this, but I always find prices ....   >>  
   code on a whiteboard   > With all due respect to Joel ... he > now wor....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   How incompetent am I....   "Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yours....   >>  
19 Apr 2004   Is Norton Internet S....   I found a reviewer on ePinions who made what seeme....   >>  
16 Apr 2004   The joy of a good ke....   I also believe a lot more stuff (at least consumer....   >>  
      I didn't mean to suggest that EVERYTHING from that....   >>  
      And man, those Selectrics were built like friggin'....   >>  
13 Apr 2004   Keeping track of pas....   I use an app called STRIP on the Palm, as discus....   >>  
   Learning C   More suggestions in the 'Pointers on Pointers' thr....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Wrapping code at 80 ....   I use Profont (thanks Joel!) set at 9 point on 128....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Poll: What car do yo....   Moved to NYC so I could get rid of my car. (And....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   Wives and Entreprene....   Apologies if I'm stating the obvious, and I don't ....   >>  
   how did you find you....   monster/dice (not sure which of the two the recrui....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   Information Overload   I like MIT's 'Technology Review': I haven't a....   >>  



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