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