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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'muppet' | ||
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Number of Comments: 900 |
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| Number of Words: 41,026 | ||
| First Comment: 14 Jul 2004 | ||
| Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 16 |
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| First Topic: 16 Jul 2004 | ||
| Latest Topic: 28 Aug 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 02 Sep 2004 | Eric's sense of humo.... | Instead, make fun of the fact that his bio pic loo.... >> |
| Smokin' theme for Ff.... | +++hmm... I like everything on my computer to look.... >> | |
| New discussion board.... | I suggested creating some sort of off-site account.... >> | |
| Err.. Ken, with all due respect, you have absolute.... >> | ||
| You're not allowed to post about it. Your th.... >> | ||
| What exactly is a st.... | errr.. aren't the little pictures in Visio called .... >> | |
| finger, the father o.... | Trivia? It's a frightening world, where 'finger.... >> | |
| Baby coming, Changin.... | Get a Volkswagen Jetta or Passat. The trunk is ca.... >> | |
| Americans need learn.... | No, it's true that spanish speakers use 'norteamer.... >> | |
| Hardly. But 'American' is a lot more convenient t.... >> | ||
| Elias - I can assure you that a majority of Ame.... >> | ||
| 01 Sep 2004 | Usenet Web sites | I've used a hojillion Usenet clients. Despit.... >> |
| Outlook Express. >> | ||
| uhhh.. could you be slightly more vague? >> | ||
| CEOs being paid to o.... | Many healthcare companies who sent private persona.... >> | |
| Err.. are you trying to say it's unlikely that an .... >> | ||
| If Java doesn't have.... | Shall we discuss the stupidities in PHP? :) >> | |
| That's a pretty generous definition of "leaky". >> | ||
| That's NOT a leaky abstraction. >> | ||
| Best Disasters | Well you've already got it wrong because I don't s.... >> | |
| Hacker need such a t.... | you mean just like half the folks here? It's a .... >> | |
| Americans need learn.... | I hardly think so. >> | |
| Willfull ignorance is pretty much directly proport.... >> | ||
| Hispanic birth rates are much higher in the US bec.... >> | ||
| 31 Aug 2004 | why bother being a c.... | No man is an island, but life is a highway, and I'.... >> |
| My nipples act as fulcrums for the magnetic field .... >> | ||
| My mind seems to hav.... | my nipples are like fulcrums for the magnetic fi.... >> | |
| I always thought that haikus are especially dumb.... >> | ||
| New take on "practic.... | Democracy's already stone dead. It's just la.... >> | |
| I'm scared. | what is? >> | |
| Engineers make bridges that fall down. I cod.... >> | ||
| It's not as though no one saw that coming. >> | ||
| Tell me Neil, how would you store a value of one q.... >> | ||
| Tonguey - Web developers aren't immune, but we'.... >> | ||
| Pointers aren't the all-important things that you .... >> | ||
| +++This *was* a Windows application, old bean, tha.... >> | ||
| How many of you know.... | Trollop, have you been eating seeds today, dude?&n.... >> | |
| Whichever one gives the lesser salary requirement .... >> | ||
| Somehow, some way, I've managed to be a computer p.... >> | ||
| I want out writing w.... | Pointers will be obsolete. Nobody spends much tim.... >> | |
| I have a GED. >> | ||
| What motivates you t.... | Speak for yourself. I rock at multitasking. >> | |
| Sounds great. You should do that. You .... >> | ||
| why in the world would you frown about that? .... >> | ||
| Windows Update requi.... | +++And what right do you have to make the rules he.... >> | |
| Americans need learn.... | Start holding your breath now on that whole Englis.... >> | |
| 30 Aug 2004 | Hacker need such a t.... | yeah and then you tag some ridiculous 8 line signa.... >> |
| Yeah, no freaking kidding. >> | ||
| Incentive Pay Consid.... | Isn't it amazing that all these fanatastic compani.... >> | |
| I want out writing w.... | Devon's right. Make sure that you're fully prepar.... >> | |
| What motivates you t.... | I like muppets >> | |
| OMFG AUSSIE CHIX0R A/S/L??!! >> | ||
| IP spoofing/altering | also, that particular forum is no longer under dev.... >> | |
| That's a test forum, for another project. The act.... >> | ||
| well, since in my case it's a private site with no.... >> | ||
| +++Would registration effect the IP though? I cou.... >> | ||
| Welcome to the trials and tribulations of discussi.... >> | ||
| Windows Update requi.... | Err.. Brad wasn't whining. The whining is on.... >> | |
| Sheez, Wayne, for all your venom, you read Brad's .... >> | ||
| Americans need learn.... | Egypt, 1946-2002, 55 Billion dollars. Israel, 194.... >> | |
| No, but you can overload the + operator to fart th.... >> | ||
| People aren't vehemently opposed to it, it's just .... >> | ||
| I stand corrected on the technical origins of Engl.... >> | ||
| +++However, that doesn't excuse us from the fact t.... >> | ||
| +++English is the VB of the languages.+++ You'v.... >> | ||
| +++So this stuff about US citizens not caring abou.... >> | ||
| Most Americans study a foreign language, but only .... >> | ||
| Americans don't have to learn a foreign language. >> | ||
| +++BTW: As an American, do you know a kind of sof.... >> | ||
| Rewrite Gecko in Jav.... | If you really need Gecko, why don't you call it fr.... >> | |
| Muppet overtakes Bel.... | Whistle Blower - clearly if I had ever intended.... >> | |
| Bill Gates on "profe.... | I think he got an erection, too, but the camera an.... >> | |
| +++That was a very interesting interview there. It.... >> | ||
| 29 Aug 2004 | Compulsory support r.... | I don't really see the problem here. Program.... >> |
| Bored, You work with some of the most worthless.... >> | ||
| 28 Aug 2004 | Running arbitrary command line exes as NT services >> | |
| 28 Aug 2004 | Running arbitrary co.... | I don't ask stupid questions. >> |
| Best add-ons for Del.... | .Net (with a lot of irony) >> | |
| Getting the value of.... | I take my claim that muppet might have understood .... >> | |
| This lame forum has no interesting posts for such .... >> | ||
| Super-Duper Incredib.... | ++++The people with the real power are in politics.... >> | |
| Actually there are quite a few schools of thought .... >> | ||
| Building a Wiki | 'Service Unavailable' Hey, pretty slick!! >> | |
| 27 Aug 2004 | Salary survey | OffMyMeds - Sounds like me, but my net take hom.... >> |
| Valuable contributio.... | My point wasn't that it doesn't happen, it's that .... >> | |
| The fact is that your assembly line going down SHO.... >> | ||
| And my argument is that there aren't any. Ev.... >> | ||
| Greed is never a good thing. Period. Do you hone.... >> | ||
| Health Insurance | Fred- It's not always so much overestimating y.... >> | |
| +++Price the low dedicutive plans, then stick 4/5 .... >> | ||
| +++what were the most important benefits to be inc.... >> | ||
| Getting the value of.... | . - interesting theory. You must be one of th.... >> | |
| No, see, Matthew, that was a valid question. A ve.... >> | ||
| Marc Andreeson | wheeeeeeeee! - actually, I figure I can pretty.... >> | |
| Super-Duper Incredib.... | I think its a debate that needs to be had, nonethe.... >> | |
| ++Just won't work++ in the current state of hum.... >> | ||
| +++though for anyone who has read Animal Farm, the.... >> | ||
| +++I think muppet's attitude is typical of wannabe.... >> | ||
| 26 Aug 2004 | Marc Andreeson >> | |
| 26 Aug 2004 | Getting the value of.... | Oh wait I get it. If someone posts an idiotic q.... >> |
| Debug | errr? Pick up a damn book and learn some basics.... >> | |
| Is Java is security .... | Use policy files with your JVM. Problem solv.... >> | |
| Cracking The Three L.... | Like a cow's opinion? >> | |
| Marc Andreeson | I didn't post this thread. If anybody has fo.... >> | |
| If you like this... | This is quite possibly the worst phrasing for a qu.... >> | |
| Need info on Mideast.... | Besides, it takes one to see one. >> | |
| He was being a penis. I called him on it.&nb.... >> | ||
| Maybe there's posters from the Middle East, here.&.... >> | ||
| I don't understand all you penises who absolutely .... >> | ||
| Contingency Plans fo.... | If I were there, I'd be taking the advice of Ted R.... >> | |
| Accounting for your .... | That sounds absolutely typical. >> | |
| +++When doing customer support my time was my own..... >> | ||
| ***GASP*** You do non-work tasks at WORK??!! .... >> | ||
| Super-Duper Incredib.... | +++What I do is design and development of underwri.... >> | |
| The only guys I know making six figures in insuran.... >> | ||
| Personally, I'd like to know how ANY software engi.... >> | ||
| I don't think that there's a thing wrong with the .... >> | ||
| It's not a valid question. It's a ridiculous ques.... >> | ||
| OP: What a chode you are. This post is clear e.... >> | ||
| 25 Aug 2004 | The Mystery of Saudi.... | 'Stupid Bin Ladin is using his eponyme web site to.... >> |
| Sink Battleship | Well I don't know Eric and after seeing his photo .... >> | |
| What is "SUCCESS" !? | 9 - Reaching that point, for most, I would thin.... >> | |
| Reaching the point where going to work is optional.... >> | ||
| Building a Wiki | Instiki is freaking beautiful. Exactly what .... >> | |
| So far Instiki is the front runner. Thanks f.... >> | ||
| 24 Aug 2004 | Building a Wiki >> | |
| 24 Aug 2004 | Heh. If you had an entire web community jump.... >> | |
| Actually this may shock you, but this project is b.... >> | ||
| Gopher | Yeah Chas. How dare you take up 3 extra lines of .... >> | |
| 22 Aug 2004 | Looking for JOS read.... | Is this a joke? >> |
| 21 Aug 2004 | Interviewing at Micr.... | At some point in time, somebody decided that logic.... >> |
| Logical/riddle questions are essentially hit or mi.... >> | ||
| MS Office oddity; is.... | it's getting really old, now. Why not, you k.... >> | |
| It's an axiom of programming that after ten years .... >> | ||
| 20 Aug 2004 | Does your employer m.... | Funny, when I espouse these sorts of ideas.. peopl.... >> |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Bargaining for more flexible flex time >> | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Automatic vs. manual.... | +++Huamns have a limited amount of attention to go.... >> |
| This is why I enjoy my tiptronic transmission on m.... >> | ||
| Would you ever get r.... | Got rid of my land line two years ago. 99.9%.... >> | |
| Production/Testing D.... | of course Tom is right but it's accessory to the o.... >> | |
| In other words, don't ever pop into a console and .... >> | ||
| Script all of your changes to the development data.... >> | ||
| Bargaining for more .... | It sounds like your group is different in that it'.... >> | |
| These are all typical arguments by folks who seem .... >> | ||
| Edward - Don't you have core hours? Why don't.... >> | ||
| In my case, I work 30% of the time on payroll syst.... >> | ||
| Actually, I got a $4,000 raise two months ago than.... >> | ||
| Edward - LOL I've been meaning to be more disci.... >> | ||
| I made essentially the same argument I made in my .... >> | ||
| +++Kids can ride a bus at 5. I rode a bus at 5. Ki.... >> | ||
| Thanks for the suggestions, all. Allan: I drop.... >> | ||
| Ford kills major Ora.... | Ah, now you're thinking like a Microsoft guy. .... >> | |
| +++Anyone with a security clearance should have cr.... >> | ||
| Dennis - I'd be willing to bet that many of the.... >> | ||
| Divisional politics. I'll be willing to bet .... >> | ||
| Code Olympics - what.... | search and sort algorithm recitation rhetoric fen.... >> | |
| Why so much negativi.... | Bored - Precisely. Well put. >> | |
| KC - 'The vast majority of /large/ corporations.... >> | ||
| Right. So you prefer predictable vileness and soc.... >> | ||
| KC - The vast majority of large corporations ar.... >> | ||
| +++There's nothing essentially evil or good about .... >> | ||
| +++But I have no issues with corprophiles. +++ .... >> | ||
| At the end of the da.... | That was beautiful. After I had a good cry I went.... >> | |
| hey no fair I made the Endust joke first. Di.... >> | ||
| *an Endust rag. Damn it. Drugs are bad.... >> | ||
| That was beautiful. After I had a good cry I went.... >> | ||
| How do you want to w.... | only 1 byte of data? Sounds great. Wha.... >> | |
| How do you prepare a.... | +++and wonder who they think it is (generally) goe.... >> | |
| Performance reviews are a political dance full of .... >> | ||
| Next big thing? | the next big thing is in my pants >> | |
| read/have article "W.... | Oh well right. XP Pro doesn't call home beca.... >> | |
| ronk, you are a miserable human being. >> | ||
| Errr.. a base install of XP without any network co.... >> | ||
| It's a mental health problem to not want your comp.... >> | ||
| a '67 Mustang is a hell of a lot better than the m.... >> | ||
| SQL Server - Up or D.... | and Philo, now you have 'met' someone who believes.... >> | |
| +++Another interesting generalization, which is pr.... >> | ||
| +++Ask anyone to 'whip' up a prototype for some ap.... >> | ||
| Google Censoring sit.... | +++whatever his status as creator of the universe+.... >> | |
| Why learn basic sear.... | MFM - There's a huge philosophical and psycholo.... >> | |
| 18 Aug 2004 | Are bigger systems a.... | I said almost always. Have you got hard data.... >> |
| Obviously pro-windows folks were dropped on their .... >> | ||
| +++I have no idea if the anecdotes from the other .... >> | ||
| Nate - It's fair to say that complexity is a ne.... >> | ||
| +++If techies believe they are the only ones who c.... >> | ||
| Good Place to Move f.... | Well I know you didn't ask about New England but I.... >> | |
| read/have article "W.... | Matthew - That's a stupid question for so many .... >> | |
| Actually I entered the PC world with Windows 3.1, .... >> | ||
| I for one, think that XP is MUCH worse than Window.... >> | ||
| SQL Server - Up or D.... | +++I'd say Oracle is a declining technology. If yo.... >> | |
| Just Me - Nowhere did I claim 'hoping for the b.... >> | ||
| Anonymous - Without knowing your specific issue.... >> | ||
| For clarification, I understand why referential in.... >> | ||
| Great strawman, Just me. That is, of course, no.... >> | ||
| +++and indeed there is no database integrity in Si.... >> | ||
| You can store anything you like in Siebel if you h.... >> | ||
| Siebel, for example, is a company whose app handle.... >> | ||
| +++features like referential integrity+++ I've .... >> | ||
| +++invariably they presume that they need a 'mainf.... >> | ||
| +++But when you look at where MS SQL is being used.... >> | ||
| Microsoft eats babies. >> | ||
| 'Oracle is trivial to setup and configure' You .... >> | ||
| Dennis, You're right that I don't have tomes of.... >> | ||
| MSSQL is a market leader because my 6 year old cou.... >> | ||
| Oracle is indeed less idiot proof than MSSQL, but .... >> | ||
| Why learn basic sear.... | +++The *good* part is important. Other programmer.... >> | |
| Tom, Absolutely. And as a good programmer come.... >> | ||
| +++It's not really the 'search and sort' algorithm.... >> | ||
| Learning the basic a.... | How did I imply that, again? I said CS degrees ar.... >> | |
| I think you're projecting, Natty. I saw the .... >> | ||
| Coworkers who won't .... | And eat lots and lots of salad cream!! >> | |
| I'm going to Disney World!! >> | ||
| 17 Aug 2004 | Google Censoring sit.... | errr.. I'm in the US, and the site comes right up..... >> |
| Not only that but a search on google for 'stand to.... >> | ||
| How was the dinner i.... | Who cares!!! >> | |
| Algorithms | windows explorer tree algorithm >> | |
| Consultants who hold.... | ++Something else tricky about that... you can have.... >> | |
| +++PS: I'm not talking about working on other peop.... >> | ||
| Plain-text messages .... | 'add to the mess' ? I suppose that sending out .... >> | |
| .Net not good enough.... | I was thinking schizophrenic but really what's the.... >> | |
| It sends a message to wackos like the OP. Th.... >> | ||
| Yes, when a high profile company selects one techn.... >> | ||
| Strange: Queries are.... | Part of your problem is that you're using MS SQL. >> | |
| sick days | +++If I really needed a day off that badly I'd hav.... >> | |
| Learning the basic a.... | +++That's just plain wrong. People come to this ca.... >> | |
| Coworkers who won't .... | I think ponies are pretty. >> | |
| No! I'm too cool to let this thread die! Respond! .... >> | ||
| Actually he's got a pretty good point, you're just.... >> | ||
| contract penalties f.... | Hey, nice troll at the end there. We all kno.... >> | |
| Annual Leave | Yeah it's terrible when the government looks out f.... >> | |
| Best natural kyboard.... | I like big butts. >> | |
| How to get focused a.... | It's been my experience that you can only have so .... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Coworkers who won't go away >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Why learn basic sear.... | Why is it black and white for you guys? If I.... >> |
| +++'ve said before that I want to program at as hi.... >> | ||
| ++usually at a University++ with the qualifier .... >> | ||
| Nobody knows it all, least of all me. I just.... >> | ||
| It becomes a "dick measuring contest" when a progr.... >> | ||
| No but you're still making a generalization, altho.... >> | ||
| All right well on that, we agree. >> | ||
| I disagree. You don't need to learn sort and sear.... >> | ||
| See, it's sort of like a dick measuring contest, o.... >> | ||
| sick days | +++You are advocating choice c since you seem to b.... >> | |
| +++so people who took more than the average number.... >> | ||
| +++corporate policy here is that you use vacation .... >> | ||
| +++In general I feel sick should be seperate from .... >> | ||
| I remember unlimitted sick days... ::sigh:: .... >> | ||
| +++In fact, they should all just be pooled togethe.... >> | ||
| +++My current employer allocates 8 sick days per y.... >> | ||
| I agree wholeheartedly with just about everything .... >> | ||
| Learning the basic a.... | If the study of computing theory isn't paying my b.... >> | |
| Well in that case, let's just compare dicks. >> | ||
| Christopher - I've no idea what you're talking .... >> | ||
| devin - It's only different in that Bill Gates .... >> | ||
| Well, I don't skip it for life, just for the momen.... >> | ||
| +++It's just too easy to breeze over stuff and not.... >> | ||
| Two years maybe, less than one if you're motivated.... >> | ||
| Coworkers who won't .... | actually, less than half the posts in this thread .... >> | |
| I read somewhere that 'I get what I give'. I.... >> | ||
| No! I'm too cool to let this thread die! Respond! .... >> | ||
| Thumbs up to a muppet bot! Anytime I post I will s.... >> | ||
| Still another impersonation. Another woo woo.... >> | ||
| Well, guys I have no idea why I would be a buzz ki.... >> | ||
| Oops, I just slimed myself too. >> | ||
| Oops, I just wet myself. >> | ||
| Foaming sycophant is back. Or... maybe it's my co.... >> | ||
| Yet another impersonation. Woo woo. Re.... >> | ||
| eclectic_echidna - Thanks. Maybe I do go over-t.... >> | ||
| Try, that wasn't my post, but rather a compilation.... >> | ||
| YHBT. >> | ||
| Bravo. It's amazing how you can assemble a b.... >> | ||
| I don't see how I'm disrupting this apparently ver.... >> | ||
| +++In fact, you implied rather heavily that other .... >> | ||
| Oh, is THAT what you were doing? >> | ||
| I can't believe that you are, either. I don'.... >> | ||
| I never said there were any in this specific post..... >> | ||
| Quotey - and? Of course I know that I've alw.... >> | ||
| OffMyMeds - Thank you for your thoroughly conde.... >> | ||
| No, Leech Man is Leech Man with everyone else, too.... >> | ||
| You guys are amazing. Truly you are. T.... >> | ||
| +++I remember muppet soapboxing furiously about ho.... >> | ||
| Chris - all good advice. Stuff I know, but you're.... >> | ||
| Oh good, my foaming sycophant is back. >> | ||
| And us trolls don't have a thing called life, you .... >> | ||
| Sassy - Please find ten rants I've made on this.... >> | ||
| I really don't have a bad attitude in my office, h.... >> | ||
| * flipped them on, she'd never get any work done, .... >> | ||
| Ah. Real men don't ever try to rant humorously ab.... >> | ||
| But then I can't hear the boss coming. >> | ||
| Garbage Collection M.... | Reference counting is for wimps. >> | |
| You went to the trouble of creating a blog just to.... >> | ||
| UML? | Martin, is that you? >> | |
| To this day I still have no idea what UML is, shor.... >> | ||
| contract penalties f.... | +++and you can't let the client know that you know.... >> | |
| Then it's a case of client education. If the.... >> | ||
| Way to skirt the challenge, Simon. >> | ||
| Simon, I'm not following you. Are you sharin.... >> | ||
| +++Oh and I never do mockups, prototypes (other th.... >> | ||
| +++The customer tends to take the point of view th.... >> | ||
| Clearly "Professional" will have to be defined as .... >> | ||
| T&M..? >> | ||
| Having only worked on two independant projects, I .... >> | ||
| Sure there's an un-ambiguous way: spec the shit ou.... >> | ||
| Need America-born to.... | Nevermind the fact that nobody with any sense is g.... >> | |
| You're offering a product that does what everybody.... >> | ||
| In my opinion, your product is rubbish. Many peop.... >> | ||
| It sounds like someone has reinvented AutoComplete.... >> | ||
| Oh come off of it, George. You need to be paid to.... >> | ||
| Poll | 'I will admit to converting projects into buzzword.... >> | |
| I can't conceive of this practice. I mean, I pad .... >> | ||
| Sathyaish, it IS you! >> | ||
| Annual Leave | pronounced "Eng-guh-lish" >> | |
| I'm moving to the UK. >> | ||
| Here in the US, 2 weeks is the norm, and you gener.... >> | ||
| Java deployment =>.... | Uninstall Java and install Python instead. >> | |
| Activity Pattern? | err.. disable macros? >> | |
| How to get focused a.... | I do not exist, as everyone should have guessed by.... >> | |
| Working as a SW Deve.... | Does Japan have drug tests? >> | |
| Alex - That's because you likely weren't here f.... >> | ||
| Anthropomorphizing c.... | Ah good, with the spelling Nazis here, we can all .... >> | |
| Err? I didn't realize that anthropomorphize .... >> | ||
| This ain't about lov.... | Uh. Right. >> | |
| 15 Aug 2004 | How to get focused a.... | I haven't posted here in at least three weeks. .... >> |
| no doubt that's what the guy (guys?) wasting his (.... >> | ||
| 'I am productive at work 6 hours out of each day w.... >> | ||
| Your ideas are likely to be, at best, mediocre. I.... >> | ||
| Working as a SW Deve.... | If you guys can't figure out when someone's impers.... >> | |
| Haven't quite learned how to create a link on a me.... >> | ||
| If you can't get a job in your native country, wha.... >> | ||
| Anyone familiar with.... | Paypal, deservedly or no, has a horrible reputatio.... >> | |
| Guide to being an in.... | Except it wasn't me. Welcome to Crazy Land.&.... >> | |
| I win a lot of clients on presentation alone. My .... >> | ||
| Doing free work - a .... | Neo your head is totally up your ass. >> | |
| If the company was bonafide (i.e., verifiable addr.... >> | ||
| What makes a great p.... | I have fleas. >> | |
| I eat bugs. >> | ||
| All programmers have bugs. Good programmers .... >> | ||
| The reason 'bug' was only mentioned once is becaus.... >> | ||
| He's a superfreak, he's super freaky. >> | ||
| Well muppet is unbelievable ain't he? Oh yea.... >> | ||
| allright, so what ha.... | Stop impersonating me! Who are you people?! >> | |
| Non-pathetic sw work.... | Will someone please give me a golden shower and/or.... >> | |
| This ain't about lov.... | I have found a way to get my short dick into my ow.... >> | |
| I am muppet. What is woman? >> | ||
| I am muppet. I masturbate a lot. >> | ||
| Not ALL muppets are green. Ms. Piggy is pink.... >> | ||
| And then I eat it. >> | ||
| Coldfusion programme.... | except that the muppet you've been speaking to isn.... >> | |
| What was it then explain. >> | ||
| On second thought, maybe you're the rainman Alex?&.... >> | ||
| Fuck you Alex. You don't even make sense.&nb.... >> | ||
| I have no penis, so I play with my dog's. >> | ||
| 14 Aug 2004 | Anthropomorphizing computers >> | |
| 14 Aug 2004 | allright, so what happened to >> | |
| 14 Aug 2004 | Recruiting requires .... | Actually, I have found recruiting to be quite easy.... >> |
| Neo is an idiot who didn't RTFP and thinks you're .... >> | ||
| Hardly. You're wrong. Wrong wrong wron.... >> | ||
| Doing free work - a .... | Obviously people are taking the offshore cheapos V.... >> | |
| What makes a great p.... | That's easy. It's poop. >> | |
| The "Smart" quality is what helps you to consisten.... >> | ||
| Nope, I'm just a pretty good programmer. Whe.... >> | ||
| If you have to ask, you're not one. >> | ||
| allright, so what ha.... | Dude. - My point (which you seem to have missed.... >> | |
| BB - Go read 1984. >> | ||
| 9 - Have you met your mom? >> | ||
| Right, so in other words, it's hidden so as not to.... >> | ||
| Non-pathetic sw work.... | Hero worship. I can dig it. >> | |
| Will the real muppet please stand up. Please.... >> | ||
| aren't we done with the muppet impersonation? >> | ||
| No doubt whatever you do is something I would cons.... >> | ||
| This ain't about lov.... | I cum in my own food. >> | |
| Oh right, like you never worry about that. And .... >> | ||
| JohnH20 - wait.. where's the part where you cu.... >> | ||
| Need advise/help on .... | ++ However, it's incredibly disorienting if your .... >> | |
| both prices seem inflated and I think you'd need a.... >> | ||
| Coldfusion programme.... | This explains why the website looks like a FrontPa.... >> | |
| That sounds about right. >> | ||
| I bet he was cool. You're probably him. >> | ||
| alleged respondant. >> | ||
| Neo = Siobhan? >> | ||
| actually, I'm fairly certain that any work, regard.... >> | ||
| Illegal to post, en toto, copyrighted material tha.... >> | ||
| "This person offends my delicate sensibilities, an.... >> | ||
| Purchase this forum? | If I've been inflammatory it has been in response .... >> | |
| 13 Aug 2004 | Coldfusion programme.... | TryHarder - You can come up with a better troll.... >> |
| Probably, but not because she did anything wrong, .... >> | ||
| +++ I am in complete agreement with your insightf.... >> | ||
| Absolutely Bea, only underpaid, minimum-wage types.... >> | ||
| I'm amazed at all you people claiming that there i.... >> | ||
| John - say what? I'm employed. Quite well, in.... >> | ||
| Actually he reminded me of Maxx Headroom. >> | ||
| I think the best people will appreciate the frankn.... >> | ||
| +++Muppet - I suspect you of disagreeing just for .... >> | ||
| +++Of course the question remains of whether any c.... >> | ||
| Right. If you are unconventional, you're an assho.... >> | ||
| I think that's the single greatest job posting I h.... >> | ||
| Friend's Idea / My I.... | Ah, but you're not paying him from revenue, are yo.... >> | |
| +++On the other hand, if the business makes $10,00.... >> | ||
| That's not what you said at all. You suggest.... >> | ||
| wow, JJ, you sound like a prick, too. Is this h.... >> | ||
| I agree, you sound a bit assish. What the hell is.... >> | ||
| Your Thought on IP (.... | And it is. But it's a collection of (obvious) sol.... >> | |
| That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen. >> | ||
| new management fad: .... | Tim Jones - a known fact? Cite some examples o.... >> | |
| If there were a huge shortage of programmers, I'd .... >> | ||
| Tim Jones - Bunk. Get laid off and then try to.... >> | ||
| Programmers will never organize not simply because.... >> | ||
| Scott - If you can find an employer who will be.... >> | ||
| Well, then an awful lot of corporations are taking.... >> | ||
| +++ Buying the days = it comes out of your pocket.... >> | ||
| Uh.. you haven't got it quite right. These sort o.... >> | ||
| The Olympics | +++I believe we revere achievement in America more.... >> | |
| As a black woman, I find this entire thread highly.... >> | ||
| The truth, TWT, ANBT.... | Muppet Was Here! >> | |
| Managing and fixing .... | '* Give me permission to do whatever I think I ne.... >> | |
| When you tell some managers 'I can improve this.' .... >> | ||
| Mr. Analogy - really, that was part of my point.... >> | ||
| Purchase this forum? | I was referring to the down-in-flames phenomenon u.... >> | |
| Inflammatory rhetoric? I give an opinion.&nb.... >> | ||
| Apparently enough people care to hijack every thre.... >> | ||
| See.. I don't hijack threads, I express an opinion.... >> | ||
| Balancing life while.... | Dump the bitch in the river. Don't put up with th.... >> | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | word processor with CONSERVATIVE 'save as HTML'? >> | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | word processor with .... | John- Thanks for your input. And yeah, the bul.... >> |
| Correct. Ideally in the editor I should see .... >> | ||
| duly - I have absolutely no clue of what you're.... >> | ||
| another good suggestion, Mike. I actually ha.... >> | ||
| Actually.. that may be exactly it. Maybe I can ju.... >> | ||
| I've thought about that, and sadly, it seems that'.... >> | ||
| Managing and fixing .... | and Kyralessa, this really does happen at nearly e.... >> | |
| Precisely. errr.. isn't that about what I said?.... >> | ||
| +++Change as little as possible and just focus on .... >> | ||
| Favorite Screen Save.... | You'd rather have realtime gravity simulators than.... >> | |
| Now, a full motion porn screensaver. That I'.... >> | ||
| +++An app that encourages you to be idle.+++ I .... >> | ||
| Those free screen savers they advertise on Yahoo.&.... >> | ||
| Purchase this forum? | You're right. My comments on rolling your ow.... >> | |
| err? Learning to program does not carry as a prer.... >> | ||
| and, this forum is hardly a CMS. it's a disc.... >> | ||
| what you fail to mention is that approximately 1 w.... >> | ||
| $1000? pfft.. I'll do it for $750. >> | ||
| Yeah Matt, looks good: http://crewcial.org/test.... >> | ||
| The traffic here isn't so fast that it couldn't be.... >> | ||
| You guys can understand and even encourage a desir.... >> | ||
| +++They have had to write logic to handle trolls, .... >> | ||
| purchase? Are you not a programmer? It.... >> | ||
| what to do | +++All code is spaghetti code except to the *man* .... >> | |
| Issue related to fil.... | AND, in any case, the OP expressed a desire to pre.... >> | |
| ++Anyone involved in education, or statistics, wil.... >> | ||
| Content IS composition. Regardless of the w3.... >> | ||
| Composition is part of an essay, like it or not. .... >> | ||
| But they should be swayed. Visual style and .... >> | ||
| I want advice on pri.... | Who the hell buys languages? Release the lan.... >> | |
| Speaking of Code Mon.... | +++but one drug that is already available and pret.... >> | |
| Browser authenticati.... | WAT - You mean, sort of like yours? >> | |
| Oh. Well I'm pretty sure that IIS handles authe.... >> | ||
| Well, if you're using a real webserver (read, not .... >> | ||
| How do I Update my s.... | Remove the cup from the cup holder and put the shi.... >> | |
| Python: Whitespace a.... | +++Not to mention that in a variable spaced font t.... >> | |
| I don't understand the ALWAYS USE ONLY TABS people.... >> | ||
| Peace - And that is precisely why you're most l.... >> | ||
| which language? | 'Ask anyone who recommends perl what other languag.... >> | |
| Opinionated people | great troll pete, very subtle how you tossed a few.... >> | |
| It's my opinion that you have such a weak personal.... >> | ||
| +++Everybody's entitled to their view of the world.... >> | ||
| +++The only way to deal with Opinionated people is.... >> | ||
| Sure there is, you have to be able to discredit th.... >> | ||
| 11 Aug 2004 | How good an employee.... | 'Morons' is a highly inflammatory term around here.... >> |
| which language? | Nice troll. Classic, even. >> | |
| Does your penis feel any bigger? >> | ||
| 'Really? well buh buh buh.. buh buh buh.. I'm much.... >> | ||
| +++Really? Yahoo switched to PHP for its entire d.... >> | ||
| and for the record I'd never recommend anyone do a.... >> | ||
| Language supported discipline? I think that'.... >> | ||
| +++ By using the magic word 'enterprise', you've .... >> | ||
| Perl's OOP won't help you much with advancing your.... >> | ||
| Opinionated people | Maybe one day you can get a v-chip for your head, .... >> | |
| Pete: you begin by presenting a rational argument.... >> | ||
| It's a bitch sharing the Earth with people you don.... >> | ||
| A good Career | Dennis - More or less, yes. >> | |
| Go into medicine, or if you haven't the smarts for.... >> | ||
| The Python Paradox | HELP HE'S OFFENDING MY SENSIBILITIES!! Let's disc.... >> | |
| yes because the majority is undoubtedly right, and.... >> | ||
| Hardly. I never claimed that I'm right 100% .... >> | ||
| +++ No, it isn't, unless your internal use of the.... >> | ||
| "all programmers are morons" gets the point across.... >> | ||
| No, I don't hold most of humanity in contempt.&nbs.... >> | ||
| Right, and I guess in your lexicon, you define "je.... >> | ||
| 'muppet, what you are describing as ideal behaviou.... >> | ||
| If he said that courtesy is necessary to grease th.... >> | ||
| Heinlein was clearly a pusher of the status quo.&n.... >> | ||
| Insincere courtesy is dishonesty. >> | ||
| +++Umm.. you really havent given this much thought.... >> | ||
| LOL, subsitute 'not a jaded old hack' for 'pompous.... >> | ||
| It's not my intention to be caustic. I simply don.... >> | ||
| +++colloquial sense or in the technical one? +++ .... >> | ||
| in the course of 6 months I read at least a half d.... >> | ||
| Michael - how typical of the average Joe that you .... >> | ||
| The self taught computer doesn't count? That.... >> | ||
| He's wrong. It's not that Python programmers.... >> | ||
| Masters of Doom | It's what *you* do. >> | |
| When there is geniunely nothing to do, I work on m.... >> | ||
| Who's trolling? I remarked on your comment, and a.... >> | ||
| Dennis, my boy. You seem to be old and experience.... >> | ||
| Kenny, absolutely. If I worked in R&D and my i.... >> | ||
| 10 Aug 2004 | What happened to my .... | +++No, don't confront anyone. Just ask her why she.... >> |
| Regardless of whether it's he said/she said, you n.... >> | ||
| Microsoft Revolution.... | I wouldn't mind having an industrial quality lapto.... >> | |
| best way to move int.... | 7. Remember that you don't NEED to schedule .... >> | |
| 6. Micromanage, micromanage, micromanage. >> | ||
| 1. Attend business conferences thrown by vendors w.... >> | ||
| Masters of Doom | I'm not rationalizing a thing. Clearly, I don't.... >> | |
| +++How about this: If I'm being paid for a set .... >> | ||
| +++So your argument is that fraud is morally and e.... >> | ||
| +++I'm about 2/3 of the way through it. It's cert.... >> | ||
| Rude = No Hire? | but, as others have already stated, this attitude .... >> | |
| Sacrificing parts of.... | Oldwiseguy, seems you missed this part: 'I am s.... >> | |
| How to link 3D Studi.... | 'What are you, like fifteen?' That's even a be.... >> | |
| ***I realise that, hence my less than helpful repl.... >> | ||
| pre employment backg.... | +++Perhaps, muppet, you will go further and explai.... >> | |
| 09 Aug 2004 | htaccess and Apache .... | CW - No, I don't think so, not quite. Your exa.... >> |
| after 3 attempts you get in? That seems very stra.... >> | ||
| disclaimer and terms.... | You're getting more believable... keep trying. >> | |
| What's wrong with real estate agents? Besides the .... >> | ||
| You want to provide a business service for REAL ES.... >> | ||
| Sacrificing parts of.... | Keep on impersonating me, it's very believable. >> | |
| Thank you. At least one person agrees with me. Eve.... >> | ||
| I'm sorry.. I don't see how what I do personally w.... >> | ||
| Well I know you aren't, because I'm not quite that.... >> | ||
| How is it hypocritical to be capable of self criti.... >> | ||
| Where do you see contradictions? I never sai.... >> | ||
| you'd guess wrong I'm sorry you're all so bitte.... >> | ||
| I suppose my family just isn't obsessed with mater.... >> | ||
| +++For most people, it's not as simple as saying '.... >> | ||
| +++ That's an enormously simplistic and naive sta.... >> | ||
| If you have to remind yourself of the importance o.... >> | ||
| Oh, and handle as many personal business calls on .... >> | ||
| Lead as much of your personal life at work as you .... >> | ||
| How to raise prices? | Sorry, my Tourets is acting up again. It makes me .... >> | |
| Actually I've never claimed to be an expert in any.... >> | ||
| The reality of it all is that I'm just an extraord.... >> | ||
| Because you're jealous of the fact that I speak my.... >> | ||
| Or you could, you know.. actually increase the val.... >> | ||
| 07 Aug 2004 | pre employment backg.... | it absolutely is of substance. You're throwi.... >> |
| you're claiming 100% false labelling, skewing the .... >> | ||
| and, you skew the numbers deliberately. 99.8.... >> | ||
| and your example doesn't scale. Who the hell.... >> | ||
| except they don't test for only heroin, so your sc.... >> | ||
| 06 Aug 2004 | +++Then that bad 'ole Federal government came up a.... >> | |
| +++Jim Crow laws? Or ask any South African of non.... >> | ||
| Ward - what's wrong with that, exactly? The ma.... >> | ||
| In any case, Dennis, I'm sorry that you're a pot s.... >> | ||
| Yes actually, it may amaze you that some people be.... >> | ||
| right, so you should go to the expense of hiring t.... >> | ||
| Hardly a troll. Let me know how to conclusiv.... >> | ||
| or you could be hopped up on goofballs with a long.... >> | ||
| sounds like they hadn't decided to hire you yet be.... >> | ||
| Job Boards | If folks seriously don't know where the boards are.... >> | |
| AnonX - we don't all have the fake-personality .... >> | ||
| CNN: CS School Break.... | That's a nice load of contemporary psychobabble, R.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2004 | Absconditus - clearly ANY and all malfeasance o.... >> | |
| The solution is for current universities to get ba.... >> | ||
| Miles - I haven't used a GOTO since my Commodor.... >> | ||
| All curriculum/classroom trained coders are horrib.... >> | ||
| More perils of outso.... | I never really understood that. I mean, I un.... >> | |
| +++I seem to recall a corporation called Enron whi.... >> | ||
| softwareCEO.com | actually I've got a fiance and a 6 year old daught.... >> | |
| well yes, wasn't tha.... | yep. In response to childish nonsense, I try.... >> | |
| Muppet has been laid off so many times because Mup.... >> | ||
| IE: deliberate bugs? | Tail - with all due respect (none), you've no i.... >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | IE: deliberate bugs? >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | softwareCEO.com >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | well yes, wasn't that the point? >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | An HTML Carol | I think people who try to force web based applicat.... >> |
| Question about FogCr.... | Well at least we have something to look forward to.... >> | |
| plus there's also the whole waging illegal wars an.... >> | ||
| but especially Dubya. >> | ||
| yeah, the US did a pretty good job of further dest.... >> | ||
| I get 18 days vacation and 6 'sick' days where I w.... >> | ||
| Off to look - Another good reason why I don't b.... >> | ||
| ...and? >> | ||
| ***Oddly, I don't measure productivity in days wor.... >> | ||
| +++imagine for example how much extra productivity.... >> | ||
| How to decide on sw .... | But the OP is not asking any specific questions.&n.... >> | |
| :) - when /everyone/ is telling you that you're.... >> | ||
| You're missing that the OP seems to want a complet.... >> | ||
| Yours sounds like a very basic and elementary ques.... >> | ||
| I got the feeling that female/male was an example .... >> | ||
| SORT | A toolshed or an abandoned warehouse are both exce.... >> | |
| softwareCEO.com | They click on the topic again when they're ready t.... >> | |
| The same way as here. Visited links are a differe.... >> | ||
| +++Obviously its really just a matter of preferenc.... >> | ||
| 'Sounds like someone could browse your forum for h.... >> | ||
| I'm not really worried with search engine visitors.... >> | ||
| >>'With a correctly designed application, you can .... >> | ||
| +++3. Frames make it impossible to link to a sin.... >> | ||
| Mark - Well I'm sorry but you have a biased vie.... >> | ||
| Stephen Jones - for as horrific as you may thin.... >> | ||
| http://forums.madebymonkeys.net Here is an exam.... >> | ||
| Anon: I gave up after page 2 of the article. T.... >> | ||
| Framesets can actually be used to great effect and.... >> | ||
| Only flashing animated .gifs and a looping midi co.... >> | ||
| A question for our n.... | +++... fairly common especially when you deal with.... >> | |
| +++but I can't help but think that the person sayi.... >> | ||
| well yes, wasn't tha.... | :D >> | |
| +++ p.s. Acknowledging what the right thing to do.... >> | ||
| yeah, Clay. Did you? :) +++That is exactly wh.... >> | ||
| Absolutely, AMS. But in the ideal situation,.... >> | ||
| C.W. You're exactly right. And I don't happen .... >> | ||
| In the current IT market, EVERYBODY works for stup.... >> | ||
| +++Really good workers in general are uncommon, no.... >> | ||
| survivor - and the cycle continues. This is.... >> | ||
| And I'm sorry, Justin, but most managers are incom.... >> | ||
| Who's self-pitying? I love that managers don.... >> | ||
| So what you're saying is that they THINK they know.... >> | ||
| Google image search .... | apparently my anonymous friend is unfamiliar with .... >> | |
| haven't you got more important things to do? Yo.... >> | ||
| Programming Difficul.... | Dennis - If your argument is that the medical p.... >> | |
| Programming is the greatest plush job going. ...... >> | ||
| Platform for Commerc.... | PHP is no more Linux-slanted than Perl, and Perl d.... >> | |
| Oh Hell, I missed the tail end of your post. Sorr.... >> | ||
| IIRC, FogBugz is written in ASP and then PHP code .... >> | ||
| IE: deliberate bugs? | And no, it's not in the ad hominem sense. It.... >> | |
| Where have you been? The rules don't apply t.... >> | ||
| sysadmin - Thank you for the ridiculous ad homi.... >> | ||
| I never declared myself supreme over older develop.... >> | ||
| ''He must think a lot of himself' It's obvious .... >> | ||
| And the simple fact is that I shouldn't HAVE to wa.... >> | ||
| Errr... are you thinking of another muppet? .... >> | ||
| +++With regard to the statement about the choice o.... >> | ||
| with some of the recent negative publicity surroun.... >> | ||
| Who said conspiracy? It's as simple as a high lev.... >> | ||
| SoftICE paranoia | Absolutely. If I had SoftICE installed and g.... >> | |
| Why are you trying to steal the Intellectual Prope.... >> | ||
| Interesting Intervie.... | I don't think anyone said that ALL he's doing is s.... >> | |
| Keith - keep holding your breath. >> | ||
| Chris, Absolutely! Of course Joel should use a.... >> | ||
| Well actually, he's pretty much correct. Alt.... >> | ||
| Confused About Linux | Still, you don't have to use their Enterprise flav.... >> | |
| I wasn't aware they offered a proprietary Enterpri.... >> | ||
| Just Me, I'm sorry, but you don't know what you.... >> | ||
| a long, rambling, in.... | no, not really. I'm not talking about taking.... >> | |
| 03 Aug 2004 | Confused About Linux | I'm assuming that you're buying support for 50 ins.... >> |
| SQL Server Reporting.... | I concur. Crystal is freaking horrible. >> | |
| How is patchable sof.... | KC - amateur. >> | |
| so you've never heard of IPS files, and similiar? .... >> | ||
| Salary for SysAdmin .... | I've been turned down for more jobs than I could c.... >> | |
| I don't know about San Diego, but in Connecticut t.... >> | ||
| Remember the good old days when salary ranges were.... >> | ||
| more earth to micros.... | Microsoft doesn't have to worry about winning the .... >> | |
| Sort of a business p.... | I write everything from the back end forward, but .... >> | |
| Developers retesting.... | couldn't be, I'm closing work orders left and righ.... >> | |
| +++What I'm considering: 1. Make sure that I've g.... >> | ||
| Your typical program.... | Miles, I have friends who agree with you. I think.... >> | |
| what in the world is clotted cream, anyway? .... >> | ||
| Ugh, we'll just have to agree to disagree about th.... >> | ||
| You don't think watching someone eat black pudding.... >> | ||
| as for my breakfast: Benhana or Rainbow roll, a.... >> | ||
| This thread has only further demonstrated that wha.... >> | ||
| Am I being greedy? | the one thing lacking from your rationale, Kyrales.... >> | |
| a long, rambling, in.... | Zane, you're either trolling or you simply don't g.... >> | |
| So, if a half-assed, half-hearted attempt doesn't .... >> | ||
| Thanks MD, for your eloquent post. I've no idea.... >> | ||
| No, not the moment someone disagrees with me. .... >> | ||
| Apparently, they're not such mundane points, or th.... >> | ||
| How would you silent.... | Wow Teller, you're a moron. >> | |
| 02 Aug 2004 | a long, rambling, incomplete rant about >> | |
| 02 Aug 2004 | lacking telecommuting >> | |
| 02 Aug 2004 | Does Coder 2 Dev mak.... | uh.. how can you consider yourself a coder if y.... >> |
| I am a great hacker | "Geebus"? Did you just use the word "Geebus".... >> | |
| the stigma put on the term "hacker" is truly unfor.... >> | ||
| lacking telecommutin.... | so do VPN over wireless, or something similiar.&nb.... >> | |
| Oren, you're right. Ordinary wired networks are m.... >> | ||
| And hell, if you're going to freak over people sit.... >> | ||
| so don't let the signal get out to your parking lo.... >> | ||
| +++What other end? We're talking about a company's.... >> | ||
| Apparently you've never heard of "shade". >> | ||
| do you think physically securing the network jacks.... >> | ||
| Err.. done correctly, a wireless network can be ev.... >> | ||
| perfect. That's exactly the sort of environment I.... >> | ||
| what makes anyone think I'm trolling? Greg g.... >> | ||
| Am I being greedy? | **Just because others regard money as the most imp.... >> | |
| I'm responsible for my 6 year old daughter, of who.... >> | ||
| LOL. You must have one stellar job if you equat.... >> | ||
| why is changing jobs an emotional thing? Either co.... >> | ||
| Why go to the trouble? You must not be sharing al.... >> | ||
| If it's a great fit and better paying, then what's.... >> | ||
| Earth to Microsoft | You only have 2000 machines and you can't deal?&nb.... >> | |
| Yes. You want to deploy a half gig patch over a 5.... >> | ||
| It sounds to me like you're not a very good system.... >> | ||
| XP has such a patch. A friend of mine went o.... >> | ||
| Making Linux a playe.... | I have to say, for ease of setting up an environme.... >> | |
| Telecommuting | which comes full circle to what I said hours ago.&.... >> | |
| It's not human nature, it's deeply ingrained cultu.... >> | ||
| ***Muppet, despite your desire for everyone to be .... >> | ||
| Jeff - so in other words you had a poorly disci.... >> | ||
| Sassy - which is EXACTLY the problem. Petty je.... >> | ||
| I've had a similiar arrangement and I agree that t.... >> | ||
| a long, rambling, in.... | . - I also do a fair job exchanging oxygen for.... >> | |
| My employer regularly thanks me for my work, tells.... >> | ||
| I never claimed to be a genius, either. My SAT wa.... >> | ||
| what a horribly insensitive and very uneducated gr.... >> | ||
| Oh - hardly. I said my rant was triggered by s.... >> | ||
| sounds good. Don't forget to grab your ankles, .... >> | ||
| ___just a few posts after stating this: 'I only r.... >> | ||
| And I know I've stated this already, and you keep .... >> | ||
| +++Let's see. On one hand there is a disgruntled e.... >> | ||
| +++It is called america, where you can succeed if .... >> | ||
| +++Yeah, muppet is such a fucking superstar and wo.... >> | ||
| dmart, I don't know what magical fairy land you're.... >> | ||
| +++Who would you trust more, the guy that does eno.... >> | ||
| ++Apparently you have decided to take the bosses m.... >> | ||
| I'm not complaining about my situation at all. Yo.... >> | ||
| actually.. if you actually read the entire thread .... >> | ||
| keep thinking that bashing your head against a tas.... >> | ||
| ***How could you possibly be more productive than .... >> | ||
| excellent points, PC. Particularly the sanct.... >> | ||
| +++Are you sure you are a freaking star performer .... >> | ||
| it has nothing to do with 'goofing off is not work.... >> | ||
| oh and just to irk you, dmart, let me also mention.... >> | ||
| Thank you Egor and dmart, I'd never call mysel.... >> | ||
| what many people missed in this thread was that it.... >> | ||
| It has nothing to do with the job market and every.... >> | ||
| Huh? - why do you insist on putting up ridiculo.... >> | ||
| Actually, frankly (and I do mean this sincerely), .... >> | ||
| Barry - An excellent (if redundant in this thre.... >> | ||
| sysadmin - not special. We simply fill a diff.... >> | ||
| Mark Hoffman- undoubtedly, and I'm not refuting.... >> | ||
| Huh? - You must work in some gilded cage where .... >> | ||
| Tom H - No, he wasn't my manager. And you're r.... >> | ||
| Matt Conrad - right you are. Huh? - I do.... >> | ||
| Huh? - You're arguing with somebody, I guess, .... >> | ||
| *** The only caveat is that extracirricular proje.... >> | ||
| Flasher T - as I've already stated, I mistakenl.... >> | ||
| Bob - You seem to have some personal problems w.... >> | ||
| disillusioned, fed up, sick of.. what have you. G.... >> | ||
| And another thing. Why are programmers at large e.... >> | ||
| AA - Exactly. And yes, Bob. I do write cod.... >> | ||
| Bob - Find me a programmer who isn't a slatheri.... >> | ||
| well yeah, I know. But I was confronted today by .... >> | ||
| Sabanes-Oxley? | Yeah sure, but if we do that, then we'll have to p.... >> | |
| Philo - You've just described why this system d.... >> | ||
| I'm sorry Peter, your post began 'Back in 1971/72'.... >> | ||
| Most corporations will state that developers don't.... >> | ||
| Do you play computer.... | JR - hehe, no, but once you get past the work, .... >> | |
| I'd be all over Doom 3 if id hadn't turned Doom in.... >> | ||
| Jim Rankin - Just do what I did. Buy an old ou.... >> | ||
| I'm not a PC gamer anymore, really. I play mostly.... >> | ||
| Geeks and cars | madking - it's very interesting how you know th.... >> | |
| Is the prevalent attitude in high schools really r.... >> | ||
| that test is horribly out of date. >> | ||
| +++No, I'm not a geek. Some people in IT have emb.... >> | ||
| How do you know when.... | in 1992, wasn't it health records, or something eq.... >> | |
| When, exactly, did Bush go to war, again? >> | ||
| 31 Jul 2004 | Your Productivity | Ross learn basic English syntax and grammar, s.... >> |
| Stephen Jones - You mean except for the garbage.... >> | ||
| 30 Jul 2004 | +++Muppet, why are you a racist? +++ My opinion.... >> | |
| Well for one, I was incredibly productive because .... >> | ||
| 27 Jul 2004 | to follow-up: busine.... | why do people keep posting these "Follow up" threa.... >> |
| do you have business.... | then you get the Business Analysts with no domain .... >> | |
| I need help please | mom of 3 at 28? I think you need a new hobby.... >> | |
| $75K-$100K/year to M.... | I think it's a troll, plain and simple. >> | |
| It seems as though you need to change strategies i.... >> | ||
| RocketJeff - in my particular case, I had a ma.... >> | ||
| when I was laid off for six months last year, I ca.... >> | ||
| 26 Jul 2004 | Bzzzt! | E. Naeher - stand back, you're getting Zealot-.... >> |
| you honestly think that it takes a university educ.... >> | ||
| ha I didn't say 'w3c' html. :) Who put them i.... >> | ||
| s/b title='' I'm pretty sure I have that in the.... >> | ||
| I have an alt in an ? really? oops. >> | ||
| oh I read it, I just think it's freaking retarded .... >> | ||
| http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftes.... >> | ||
| +++ don't have a problem with the browser rejectin.... >> | ||
| I write my HTML in a text editor CURRENTLY without.... >> | ||
| if a common person can't figure out how to type ta.... >> | ||
| 23 Jul 2004 | Daylight Saving Time | DST is not dumb in situations where your employer .... >> |
| no respect... | hoser - care to clarify what you're remarking on? .... >> | |
| +++'if ( i == 3 )' is an immediate no-hire. +++ .... >> | ||
| When I'm developing code, I generally add in lines.... >> | ||
| I always figured that when people say developers d.... >> | ||
| Thinking outside the.... | Greg, I do the same thing except halfway through p.... >> | |
| Gmail | I've had mine just slightly longer than you, and I.... >> | |
| A keyboard curious q.... | +++muppet-- there's this thing called auto-comple.... >> | |
| Double tapping the scroll lock key on my keyboard .... >> | ||
| I like my caps lock just fine. It's not my proble.... >> | ||
| IE Dungeon Gets Inte.... | OK, so IE handled CSS for years (still does) in a .... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | you consider CSS a bleeding edge technology? If.... >> | |
| display : block; aha! that's what I was lookin.... >> | ||
| ok.. all I want to know is how they're doing the s.... >> | ||
| best thing about IE | I'm sorry, I didn't have my post professionally ed.... >> | |
| New mouse, part thre.... | it's a Windows limitation. You're SOL. >> | |
| 21 Jul 2004 | mcsd | my nUnit is bigger than yours. >> |
| best thing about IE | The other really good thing about IE is that appar.... >> | |
| Egor - have you used Firefox, lately? I don't n.... >> | ||
| I want to start my o.... | I want to start my own business because I want my .... >> | |
| An IDE 'itch' | I bet you use Comic Sans, too. >> | |
| You're one of those old farts who codes in 24 pt f.... >> | ||
| Not quite a singleto.... | I would have used the same solution, but I'm inter.... >> | |
| Indentation | Egor - It will never come because I no longer t.... >> | |
| +++The truely sad thing is that while I wish you w.... >> | ||
| 20 Jul 2004 | New mouse, part thre.... | I'm convinced that anybody who has driver problems.... >> |
| Indentation | which API is that? I memorized the entire MFC .... >> | |
| I only have to constantly refer to documentation f.... >> | ||
| I never said anyone who uses an IDE is deluded, I .... >> | ||
| notepad? Hell no. I'd never use notepad. I need.... >> | ||
| +++This is bloody inane. Smart editors are for sma.... >> | ||
| Syn. It has color coding, which is all anyone n.... >> | ||
| +++For one thing, unless you're editing in notepad.... >> | ||
| Firstly I like option 1, but with actual indentati.... >> | ||
| Free program to wash.... | OMFG stop destroying the economy!! The Mayta.... >> | |
| Excel -- wrong tool .... | ok, so Ori what you're saying is that its news, re.... >> | |
| 19 Jul 2004 | Perl and Crystal Rep.... | Braniacs? Like.. people who really like bran.... >> |
| MORE IQ | Well in that case, let's just compare dicks. >> | |
| you know.. posting the same topic over and over ma.... >> | ||
| Free syntax highligh.... | Syn. All I use for everything. SynEdit used .... >> | |
| Open Source is good | what legal resource do you have against the bankru.... >> | |
| How big is this boar.... | For one. >> | |
| I object to being lumped in with Sathyaish. >> | ||
| Excel -- wrong tool .... | The real question is, why is this news? 'Hello,.... >> | |
| Education System: Ev.... | Mikayla - so instead, you turned into a narcis.... >> | |
| Steve - if you got from that comment that the a.... >> | ||
| +++When my kids are grown, their peers will be adu.... >> | ||
| +++Ohhh, you meant peers. Well, I don't know that.... >> | ||
| +++I do have to take umbrage with the whole 'socia.... >> | ||
| +++Curriculum, atmosphere which stimulates learnin.... >> | ||
| Public school is actually pretty good over here, I.... >> | ||
| Greg, join the club. My trouble is, I've been b.... >> | ||
| Well.. I think that's a bit harsh, Steven. A.... >> | ||
| 18 Jul 2004 | PHP / MySQL weirdness >> | |
| 18 Jul 2004 | PHP / MySQL weirdnes.... | LOL ok if you say so I'm the most productive.... >> |
| I found the problem. It was insanely stupid on my.... >> | ||
| you've got a point. There's been a few coding q.... >> | ||
| Worst Use of Technol.... | once the voter has left? Yes, a person with .... >> | |
| 17 Jul 2004 | How is it a troll? Do you really think it's .... >> | |
| no paper trail? Sure, there's an electronic recor.... >> | ||
| 'most people don't use two monitors' most peopl.... >> | ||
| and I have to wait 20-30 seconds to view your cont.... >> | ||
| why do folks insist on using .pdf for web publishi.... >> | ||
| they dock fine, to the parent window, to each othe.... >> | ||
| Floating toolbars are absolutely necessary in Adob.... >> | ||
| PHP Weirdness | oh wait.. I mean: How spell PHP? Please to be .... >> | |
| yep, part of the problem was that I had to add a g.... >> | ||
| PHP and references | I wonder how backwards compatible PHP5 is ::sig.... >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | PHP Weirdness >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | PHP and references >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | PHP Weirdness | oh, and the '1' was a typo (in my post, not the co.... >> |
| AA - I mentioned the case sensitivity above. T.... >> | ||
| actually.. .it was the comma after 'U.ID AS USER_I.... >> | ||
| ok, not to hijack my own topic, but where is the s.... >> | ||
| now I found some parse errors in the eval'ed code..... >> | ||
| no dice, same error I'm getting ready to throw .... >> | ||
| I simplified the file, it contains: >> | ||
| if the class definition in the file is bad, then I.... >> | ||
| nope, still doesn't work aaaahahahahahaahaha .... >> | ||
| found it had the wrong version of the !@#$ libr.... >> | ||
| still get the 'non-existant class' error even once.... >> | ||
| that was it, a f*cking path error but no error .... >> | ||
| apparently I have some sort of stupid path error.&.... >> | ||
| I don't get any parse errors from eval or anything.... >> | ||
| function load_plugin($pluginName) { global .... >> | ||
| what if I wanted to load class definitions out of .... >> | ||
| Moding this board mu.... | ++Most of the technical questions get short answer.... >> | |
| More IQ-ism | Well in that case, let's just compare dicks. >> | |
| PHP and references | It lacked profanity. You have to curse like .... >> | |
| Damn straight. I'll take all of your jobs.&n.... >> | ||
| oh hey look at that, it's right in the manual. .... >> | ||
| I thought it was. Thanks for noticing. You sou.... >> | ||
| OOAnalysis and OODes.... | Thank you! Come again! >> | |
| har har Sadly, unsolicited registrations will f.... >> | ||
| Quit stealing our fucking... oh the hell with.... >> | ||
| Is the one-page resu.... | My resume reads much like an unabridged dictionary.... >> | |
| Google could compete.... | google doesn't love me. I was only ever give.... >> | |
| Resumes on DVD | no, you do need to stand out, but gimmicks don't g.... >> | |
| I have to agree that a resume on DVD sounds like a.... >> | ||
| Spying | Moron applied, so I used it. Not only will your.... >> | |
| Jim - you have completely lost touch with real.... >> | ||
| oh, and your remark about how shallow kids are the.... >> | ||
| booooooooooooooooo if your idea of parenting is.... >> | ||
| What does "YES" mean.... | +++Intelligent people are more likely to see a nas.... >> | |
| Old farts lack respe.... | I'm a genius. >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | Spying | If you're seriously considering doing any of these.... >> |
| Perl CGI | mod_perl seems to beat the pants off of PHP for pe.... >> | |
| saber- I had the same attitude but I've found s.... >> | ||
| Personally I find the lack of multiple inheritance.... >> | ||
| Matt- PHP's many shortcomings.... -like? .... >> | ||
| Funny, I find Perl CGI to be the most agile of man.... >> | ||
| .Net devs that went .... | O'Reilly has been a crap shoot for me. Betwe.... >> | |
| Err.. I can have public members of a class in ever.... >> | ||
| why not just make them public members and be done .... >> | ||
| actually, I'd like to see operator overloading in .... >> | ||
| you're trying to set up an IDE for Java, and you c.... >> | ||
| 14 Jul 2004 | I hear a lot of folks comment that .NET gets every.... >> | |
| squeaky clean intern.... | if you pay attention, he didn't make the second po.... >> | |
| Disgruntled techies .... | if I had made $223/week at my first job, I'd have .... >> | |
| New Windows slogan | Precisely. You've struck it exactly. >> | |
| IQ-ism | +++The educated do not question their own conclusi.... >> | |
| Off Topic, but yes, I'm glad we have soldiers will.... >> | ||
| Troubleshooting Win9.... | Determining the manufacturer of the hard drive on .... >> | |
| Frankly, the trouble is that he's using Win9x. >> | ||
| What is kernel panic.... | Damnit, that would have made a much better joke. .... >> | |
| Actually it's Colonel Panic. He fights crime.... >> | ||
| Why can't windows ju.... | SciTech Display Doctor, eh? I remember I used to .... >> | |
| personally, I save every 5 minutes :) It's a.... >> | ||
| Neither have I, but the broader issue isn't about .... >> | ||
| Brad: I think the desire to load the generic dr.... >> | ||
| all right, but now we have all these high end syst.... >> | ||
| +++Perhaps not the graphics driver, because it's a.... >> | ||
| Exactly. Windows OWNS you. Windows has a 90% mar.... >> | ||
| What does "YES" mean.... | that you, Sathyaish? >> | |
| admitting ignorance and asking for help is a loss .... >> | ||
| We had a Russian programmer who did this, but I th.... >> | ||
| Late start into prog.... | Oracle IS harder than Sybase or SQL server, but if.... >> | |
| The Coffee Test | can we please get back to talking about my ass? >> | |
| From coffee quality to sphincter maintenance. .... >> | ||
| Actually.. if you've already got... issues.. down .... >> | ||
| Air dryers dry hands perfectly well if you use the.... >> | ||