finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:05 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Ged Byrne' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 1,405 Number of Words: 92,704 First Comment: 19 Oct 2001 Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 71 First Topic: 21 Nov 2001 Latest Topic: 26 Aug 2004 When Item Comment 02 Sep 2004   Be Safe   Don't forget British tourists speeding up the wron....   >>         I was in Orlando for Charlie. It was a little d....   >>   01 Sep 2004   Von Neumann and HCI   Jon, I think nationalism does play a strong par....   >>   31 Aug 2004   How many of you know....   Imagine you are an employer and you get to pick on....   >>   28 Aug 2004   Relational databases....   Aussie bloke is right. I've just spent a couple....   >>   27 Aug 2004   Great idea for a new....   Here are my ideas for businesses. As you can see,....   >>      Google AdWords is us....   silly me. Just search for google adwords help a....   >>         Is anybody offering a Google AdWords management se....   >>   26 Aug 2004   Is Java is security risk   >>   26 Aug 2004   Is Java is security ....   Popculture, My concerns are regarding firewalls....   >>         Muppet, Thanks for the heads up on Policy Files....   >>      Using Bugzilla for t....   Is the helpdesk set up as a call centre? It it is....   >>      Free GUI designer fo....   Purebasic has a nice gui designer, and is quite re....   >>      Super-Duper Incredib....   Funny because of the fairy typo, or because succes....   >>         'Joel says himself he's going to hire interns, so ....   >>         There is a very simple test. Send your CV to fo....   >>   25 Aug 2004   Building a Wiki   @Leonardo: Weren't you building a flying machine? ....   >>         Muppet, The great thing with Wikis is that less....   >>   24 Aug 2004   Ask Joel Rant on Pro....   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/newyork/default.asp?cm....   >>   23 Aug 2004   Making HTML sing   Kent, Any chance of a url?    >>      Manual vs. Automatic....   Your sense of masculinity is tied up in the car yo....   >>      Anti-anti-virus   I see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT The ....   >>         Please forgive my ignorance, but how exactly does ....   >>   22 Aug 2004   SICP   For those not familiar with SICP, the full name is....   >>      How the Internet is ....   I suppose there isn't anything new in there. Th....   >>   21 Aug 2004   How the Internet is different from Real Life   >>   21 Aug 2004      I had never heard of the Red vs Blue series before....   >>         It doesn't have to be funny, I just have to want i....   >>   19 Aug 2004   Google Censoring sit....   I would have thought the parable of the talents wa....   >>   18 Aug 2004   Install SP2 or not?   Have you seen the list of affected applications? ....   >>      Google Censoring sit....   The Bible has quite a lot to say on Capitalism. I....   >>      Eiffell: Pro's and C....   Their are big advantages of built in DbC over ifs ....   >>   17 Aug 2004   Learning the basic a....   Bruno R. Preiss has made an excellent (and very co....   >>   16 Aug 2004   wrapping an app as a....   Hmmm, using PythonCOM to develop an ActiveX contro....   >>         Take a look at PythonCOM: http://aspn.activesta....   >>   30 Jul 2004   How would you silent....   Teller, As this tutorial demonstrates, you can ....   >>   29 Jul 2004   Which version of CSS....   This is a great resource: http://www.csszengard....   >>      Windows Win32 replac....   You should definately take Scintilla a try, it mee....   >>   28 Jul 2004   Why the need to stamp on the efforts of others   >>   28 Jul 2004   How do you know what....   I also start from the view of 'what to learn' rath....   >>      Work for nothing, ho....   Ronk! What about builing this thing for a PHD? ....   >>      Getting Excel to wor....   I'd say use Javascript rather than PHP, save's hav....   >>   27 Jul 2004   Software Pricing for....   In fact, you could put up several differently pric....   >>         How about putting up some vapourware and seeing if....   >>   26 Jul 2004   Microsoft, spend you....   Doesn't he rather discredit himself with this: ....   >>      Joel's latest post a....   I think you need to split it into phases: 1) De....   >>      Why seek compliance ....   Remember that a Standard is only of any use if it ....   >>   23 Jul 2004   A keyboard curious q....   Scroll lock is still handy in Excel. If you hit....   >>      joel: lookout is now....   Do you have a link?   >>   22 Jul 2004   What source code are....   How do you read source code? I'd like to know. ....   >>   21 Jul 2004   Please Sir can I have a linker:   >>   21 Jul 2004   Shell Scripting Fana....   One good way to wean shell scripters into producin....   >>   20 Jul 2004   Free program to wash....   Philo, That's exactly what mine did. [I hav....   >>         'I'm also going to hire a foreign maid for 1/3 the....   >>      Free syntax highligh....   Leo is a great tall for outlining and linking your....   >>      Hanlon's Razor   My experience is that while organisations don't ge....   >>      Some ISVs just don't....   I've always considered Smartdraw to be a flagship ....   >>   19 Jul 2004   Picasa is now available for free download   >>   19 Jul 2004   Free syntax highligh....   Another Vote for Scite. If you find it to minimal....   >>      Excel -- wrong tool ....   More recent versions of excel put a little 'post i....   >>      software vs program   The Wikipedia entry for this is excellent: = Co....   >>      Joel Book   At last I can get my manager to read Joel's essays....   >>   16 Jul 2004   What do we teach our....   Sir, Exactly, what are we teaching our kids? ....   >>         'you can't 'teach' real life.' njb, This is ....   >>      Old farts lack respe....   Not many threads make it to triple figures.   >>   15 Jul 2004   Any good books about supporting .Net   >>   15 Jul 2004   What do we teach our kids?   >>   15 Jul 2004   Any good books about....   Peter, I've been scavaging the office and a co....   >>         Oreilly's Dot Net Frameworks looks like a good sta....   >>      What do we teach our....   And when do they experience real life? It seems....   >>         So where are real life skills taught?   >>         Just a random, ill thought through musing relating....   >>         ... *not* supposed to hold the egg.   >>      Why so much irony ab....   Sir, Do you have any examples of Micrsoft doing....   >>         The biggest problem with BOB was that somebody sai....   >>      .Net devs that went ....   'I've never talked to anyone who tried Python and ....   >>   14 Jul 2004   What is kernel panic....   Don't forget the third member of the team, Corpora....   >>      Java...   You probably know about this one already, but... ....   >>      Late start into prog....   Get .Net certified. The true merit of certifica....   >>      The End of Shrink-Wr....   We've had something like this for some time with S....   >>      Google buys Picasa   I think Google just see it as bridging the gap bet....   >>      Mixing languages...   Years and years I spent trying to get to grips wit....   >>   13 Jul 2004   Have you tried Google groups beta?   >>   13 Jul 2004   Mozilla Flaw Runs Ar....   Does anybody have a link to the Bugzilla entry?&nb....   >>         Don't you hate the way an initial discussion about....   >>         2 points: 1) The fix was available very quickl....   >>      Coding Standards   Good grief.  This man is living in the past.   >>         Gen Y, I can see where the OF is coming from. ....   >>      Google buys Picasa   Greg moBlogger is already there, only they call it....   >>         I bet 'Hello' is the technology they are really af....   >>      Old farts lack respe....   That CMS is rather impressive. Wish I had somet....   >>         A lot less anonymous now. Are you Wayne? htt....   >>         'whoever-series-of-nonsensical-characters' 'SID....   >>         I don't think it is all down to age, it is more ab....   >>         I would say on balance, programming fails to liste....   >>         Sir flexalot, Isn't that an example of Old Fart....   >>      Have you tried Googl....   I've just checked a recent posting and my email sh....   >>         It _is_ usenet.   >>      RAII vs. Java   I agree that it's easier for newbies to get RAII, ....   >>         As you can tell from the mangling of my previous t....   >>         The big advantage with GC or RAII is that in GC me....   >>   12 Jul 2004   XML Book suggestion ....   Ned, You might find this interesting: http://s....   >>      Object diagram   Do you find yourself wanting to include objects on....   >>      Local, single-user b....   Take a look at LEO, which is a great tool for hand....   >>   09 Jul 2004   How to spot a SW dev....   Breakfast is what you eat after a hard nights codi....   >>      Software as a found ....   It's the head banging that makes those moments of ....   >>         Prakash, I'm not talking about the whole softwa....   >>      Good artists copy, g....   No wait, this post is just a copy of one of his pr....   >>         Google has already included this post in the searc....   >>      Objection to XP (ext....   Jeff, Just picking up on a few of your points: ....   >>   08 Jul 2004   Software as a found artifact   >>   08 Jul 2004   Software as a found ....   Dignified, I was thinking of fiction writers mo....   >>         Prakash, Since physical things are all we know,....   >>         'Do you mean archaeologist?' [Smacks forehead] ....   >>      methodology for trad....   Exception Guy, How do you know that he was usin....   >>      Good artists copy, g....   I think the crux of it is that no artist creates a....   >>         Copying = Taking something that X else has done an....   >>      Excel: unique ID on ....   We've all had to waste our time on worthless tasks....   >>         I think the Date Time is the closest your going to....   >>      Software Design   OOSC2 changed my life.   >>         KC, You can start using DbC in the very first s....   >>         DBC-Newbie, There is an excellent presentation ....   >>      Metadata Driven Inte....   You might like to take a look at Naked Objects: ....   >>      Objection to XP (ext....   Another intangible benefit is against featuritis. ....   >>         George, Why is software development slow? W....   >>   07 Jul 2004      'Method #2 may work, but isn't it A LOT MORE EXPEN....   >>         'You design a car.' Are you thinking that someb....   >>      Acorn Computers?   Wikipedia has a good history: http://en.wikiped....   >>   06 Jul 2004   Dogfood   == Design by Contract == * http://en.wikipedi....   >>         May I complement you on the excellent design of yo....   >>      Hungerian standard+J....   Hungarian notation is used to provide type informa....   >>      Adult ADHD   I watched a video of a great lecture by Dr Christo....   >>   05 Jul 2004   Running Linux on Int....   kmo, With the xwindows on a separate box option....   >>      I don't have a probl....   '...everybody else has that problem.' If everyb....   >>   04 Jul 2004   Computer technicians....   Oh, to clarify the not illegal: 'acquitted of batt....   >>         I'd cast a vote for socially inept : yes; illegal ....   >>   03 Jul 2004   Adult ADHD   Muppet, My mom had to bring us up on her own, s....   >>   02 Jul 2004   I don't have a problem, so you can't have one   >>   02 Jul 2004   I don't have a probl....   Sir, Your right, as usual. I used so a varied ....   >>         Anony, Maybe you right. Perhaps the real probl....   >>         Madking, I think you've hit on something there.....   >>      Stretched too thin   RP = Lover Boy? Are you black yourself? Are th....   >>      Adult ADHD   Karel, How do you keep track of all the activi....   >>         Muppet, I know exactly what you mean. I still ....   >>   01 Jul 2004   The Cost of Validati....   I have to say: Design By Contract. Having spent....   >>   30 Jun 2004   JavaScript   Dynapi is an excellent api for Javascript: http....   >>      Visual Studio 2005 E....   Sir is spot on as usual. The competition is Jav....   >>      The phrase "bet the ....   Forget GEM, Amiga OS was way ahead of the game. I....   >>      Microsoft office ran....   LOL   >>   29 Jun 2004   General Interface's.....   I would love to see this Gmail.  Please, some....   >>      My word processing e....   Random is a case in point. Word is becomming a ....   >>         'I guess there are two camps here... So who's rig....   >>      Microsoft office ran....   Here is how word is used in the majority of compan....   >>      One way to teach C++   Here's an interesting document about using COM in ....   >>   28 Jun 2004   Microsoft office ran....   I'll accept the 'you're having problems because yo....   >>         Mauricio, Why should it be necessary to define ....   >>      $20 doesn't buy jack....   Competing theories that have led to unlikely disco....   >>   26 Jun 2004   Building a process   I mean hoser.   >>         paranas' son, Thanks for the awesome link.    >>      DBAs vs. Coders   Shouldn't the end user, whether you are considerin....   >>         There is an interesting article here from Hugh Dar....   >>      Open Source accounta....   Oliver, A good way to find open source software....   >>         'An important point, I didn't know that health car....   >>      Anybody know anythin....   They do have a learning edition: http://www.sas....   >>      New Lingo Beta   Bill, I think extra credit is due because you r....   >>   25 Jun 2004   Anybody know anything about SAS   >>   25 Jun 2004   Anybody know anythin....   Interesting, I got the impression that SAS was ....   >>         I'm talking about being a SAS programmer as being ....   >>         Thanks Lou, That is great.    >>         Patrick, Sckorpp, Many thanks for your help. ....   >>         Thanks Patrik, So is it more of a database tool....   >>      Microsoft Backwards ....   Backwards compatability is not just about running ....   >>   23 Jun 2004   Abstraction Layers   I think it is wrong to say that abstraction limits....   >>      I am nostalgic about....   hoser, Bartosz Milewski has an article here whe....   >>      CVS : impossible to ....   Tortoise isn't slow, CVS is. The Tortoise clien....   >>         Try out subversion: http://subversion.tigris.or....   >>      Lookup tables vs. ex....   Lets say you use HAIR_COLOUR : VARCHAR(20) instead....   >>   22 Jun 2004   What is Joel up to ?   Oh Yeah, Joel is paid to write forwards. We ge....   >>      8 yr old game design....   http://www.purebasic.com It was late last night....   >>      Portable Business lo....   WoodenTongue, Take a look at the NakedObjects f....   >>   21 Jun 2004   8 yr old game design....   They must try PureBasic http://www.purebasic.org .....   >>      Byte shift   Isn't a byte always 8 bits, since Byte is a rather....   >>         SC912??????   >>         noob, Shift are really simple, you've been doin....   >>      Prince II - Project ....   So, to answer KingII's original question: good:....   >>         If the documents don't serve to avoid stupid thing....   >>         Take a look at some of the users of PrinceII liste....   >>   20 Jun 2004   Saving the API: Shou....   I'm not talking about Microsoft coding for or usin....   >>   18 Jun 2004   Saving the API: Should Microsoft back WINE?   >>   18 Jun 2004   Better web apps: Byt....   We displayed an animated gif of a progress bar.&nb....   >>      What I want in JavaS....   True, but this works for Microsoft because they ar....   >>   17 Jun 2004   "Never rewrite", app....   'no one is saying that Longhorn won't be backwards....   >>   16 Jun 2004   Wiki Doc Management ....   I've had good experience with PHPWiki. There ar....   >>      The difference betwe....   Rereading your question, I see your asking what In....   >>         To properly understand the distinction you need to....   >>   15 Jun 2004   He is back, He is ba....   To the previous posters: 1) Many Lawyers do wo....   >>      XML to XML, XSLT que....   Newbie, You can repeat an element as many times....   >>      Ethics of running an....   'Plus he's a big brown noser.' What did you bas....   >>         There is a simple explanation for Joel's silence. ....   >>      Microsoft Visual C++....   Anon, Since Bill hasn't answered, I thought I'd....   >>   14 Jun 2004   PHP Email   Just write a page that calls PHPInfo. This shou....   >>         PHP's online docs are excellent. Have you tried t....   >>      Why leave vowels out....   Stop complaining. If they managed to write most o....   >>   11 Jun 2004   Questioning the mast....   There are many self appointed experts, but only a ....   >>         An independent intelectual entity that decides who....   >>   09 Jun 2004   Google: the search system is just a preparation fo   >>   09 Jun 2004   Value of resume data....   The BBCi site did a survey regarding offensive wor....   >>      challenging SQL ques....   I'm not sure if you qualify for the title of softw....   >>   08 Jun 2004   Good news   Canada is an 'overseas' win? Those lakes are quit....   >>      Lazyness   Oops, caps lock on,hit enter too soon. All thumbs....   >>         PHYSICAL EXERCISE   >>   07 Jun 2004   Is the tide now goin....   Albert, I think your comment shows why open sou....   >>      What shareware model....   As a consumer the 30 day limited trial works best ....   >>   06 Jun 2004   Help - suggestions f....   Bill Rayer has just updated his Lingo language, wh....   >>   05 Jun 2004   smart people   mackinac, You make Rand sound much more attract....   >>         Aloysha and no name, I wish I could express my....   >>   04 Jun 2004   what do you do when ....   Why didn't you say so. If it was somebody as impo....   >>         In what ways do you make it obvious? Tut, huff ....   >>      smart people   Actually, I'd love to read the whole article. ....   >>         Sir, Do you know what measure was used to deter....   >>         I am not talking about: 'I am good' I am talki....   >>         'I, personally, am much more critical of myself th....   >>         The more I read about the Ayn woman the more I dis....   >>      weird (?) declaratio....   Eli, Thanks for the confirmation. I don't wa....   >>         Eli, I suspected that I was missing something, ....   >>         "If, at any point"   >>         Testing further: int foo(const int var) If ....   >>         I'm not a C++ developer, but is this relevant? ....   >>      Help - suggestions f....   That should be 'but like Delphi'   >>         Ron, There is a free license available for Delp....   >>   03 Jun 2004   Where's Joel?   Erm.... These bank holidays always throw me.    >>         I see that the 'New Topic' on the Ask Joel forum h....   >>         His last post on the Ask Joel forum was yesterday:....   >>   02 Jun 2004   Thinking about old f....   IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that stalking is illega....   >>   29 May 2004   When you have to be ....   If the Clipper tool thingie works for you, then us....   >>   28 May 2004   When flexible become....   Simon, Not quite following you. Were they tr....   >>   25 May 2004   Alpha Males   The concept os 'alpha males' comes from Anthropolo....   >>      Why Do We Need Gener....   As you can seee, this argument has degenerated int....   >>   23 May 2004   French Words/express....   Lets not forget the danger of using French words w....   >>      The Apprentice - UK   Steve, It wasn't just the keyboard. BBC basic....   >>         Amstrads didn't just import. There biggest trick ....   >>   22 May 2004   French Words/express....   Why invent new expressions when other languages al....   >>      my gripes with Offic....   I think one important point that is being missed i....   >>   21 May 2004      I worked for several years as a Word expert. I kn....   >>   19 May 2004   What examples to tea....   For a good solid real world problem you can't beat....   >>   17 May 2004   Norrick Throws In th....   Norrick, Your experiences make a dipressing rea....   >>      IBM pinches Open Off....   Is this necessarily a bad thing for Sun? Perhaps ....   >>   16 May 2004   Gotta learn Excel.   And of course, don't forget to consider OpenOffice....   >>         Heres the course of action I would recommend as a ....   >>         You can automate Excel directly from Python using ....   >>   28 Apr 2004   Double-Byte Language....   Is this any help? http://www.alanwood.net/unicode....   >>   08 Apr 2004   Why do people just w....   Grumpy Old-Timer, That was it. Thanks. Any ....   >>         No, Dennis, not a grand conspiracy. Simple mechan....   >>         I remember hearing a great quote once that went so....   >>         'If you can't afford it, work hard, study hard, st....   >>   07 Apr 2004   Books to Help a Hack....   Definately Code Complete, but wait for the new ver....   >>      Handling huge text f....   The book 'Data Munging in Perl' is very good. h....   >>      learning lisp   If Scheme is an acceptable variant, then the peopl....   >>      Accessor Debate   Eiffel seems to have solved this problem. With ....   >>   02 Apr 2004   Distance Learning Wh....   PostGrad in 3 years. Then an extra year for the....   >>         I'm just coming to the end of the OU's PostGraduat....   >>   22 Mar 2004   Access/MSDE question....   Sorry about the misinformation. I believed some....   >>   04 Mar 2004   Bill Gates on Charli....   I'd like to know what was said. Has a transcipt....   >>   03 Mar 2004   How do you all fit s....   One early mistake to make is to take a data driven....   >>         Have you read Joels usability book yet? http://....   >>      Table Driven Program....   Annon and Norrik, Your right that this is all o....   >>   24 Feb 2004   Yes Joel you May Hav....   Michael, There is a massive difference between ....   >>   20 Feb 2004   Java or Python?   The thing with Ruby is that it is just so nice to ....   >>   19 Feb 2004      Sorry, should say: If if you program _in anothe....   >>         I'd say go for Python first (though you really sho....   >>   12 Feb 2004   Is it still worth le....   Just like to put in a plug for PureBasic for anybo....   >>   11 Feb 2004   Excel VBA question   Almost all of the dialogs are available through th....   >>         The feature I always use for this is Range.Current....   >>   04 Feb 2004   OCR from PDF file   Ghostscript will only extract text encoded as text....   >>   30 Jan 2004   professional reflect....   KRUD, I was so impressed with how you saved val....   >>      Building Community w....   No, an ass is a type of donkey. 'Arse' refers t....   >>      Is Eiffel a contende....   Junkster, Interesting. Was this the ISE compi....   >>   29 Jan 2004   Yes, a linker does i....   The page also promises delivery for October 2003, ....   >>      Is Eiffel a contende....   I say so far because I haven't looked at .Net yet.   >>         So far Eiffels libraries are the best I've seen. ....   >>         Theres an interesting comment about Pascal leaving....   >>   28 Jan 2004   Is Eiffel a contender?   >>   28 Jan 2004      Interesting reading Joel's article, as the product....   >>      MikeRoweSoft - the e....   His mum should start a site for Apple computers an....   >>   27 Jan 2004   microsoft access... ....   Sarah, The main problem with the approach you ....   >>      Next generation OSes   I think the next big step in OSes will be speech i....   >>      Open source programm....   Don't forget OCaml http://www.ocaml.org/ App....   >>   26 Jan 2004   How much is 30K ster....   Rudy, I have no idea why I addressed the above ....   >>         Simon, As an escaped brummie, I would second th....   >>      your freeware collec....   Scite http://www.scintilla.org Great freeware ed....   >>   25 Jan 2004   Gates ends spam   It looks to me that Gates is really predicting the....   >>   23 Jan 2004   Stupid Move on the P....   Tell that to the guy who got fired for taking a ph....   >>   22 Jan 2004      I think I can safely state that all giant companie....   >>   21 Jan 2004   The most ridiculous ....   Reading the abstract, everything is specific regar....   >>      The computer delusio....   Dennis, Are you in the right thread there?    >>      Stupid Move on the P....   Sir, Are you replying to my comment in the abov....   >>         Personally I don't care about the legality of it. ....   >>   20 Jan 2004      Mike Rowe is back, and it is starting to get inter....   >>         Or even a law agency.   >>         'Smart & Biggar' What a great name for a lay ag....   >>      Were 80's developers....   Thats why I say effectively. Everything was wri....   >>         I think one factor often overlooked about 80s game....   >>   19 Jan 2004   Chris Crawford Game ....   There was the 5k competition, which had some amazi....   >>      Which programming la....   Real, Have you taken a look at Eiffel[1] It....   >>   14 Jan 2004   Outsourcing   Taking the premise further: If IT is not your c....   >>   13 Jan 2004   Which programming la....   Eclipse is a free IDE for Java and you get far mor....   >>   09 Jan 2004   Join the lemmings in....   ..., What a great idea. Inshoring. Small ....   >>   08 Jan 2004   Knowledge management....   We use OpenWiki here as well, and I'd give it a bi....   >>   05 Jan 2004   Windows Script Help   Option explicit will force you to declare a varia....   >>         Visual Dialogscript was great.   >>      Technology ought to ....   I don't think Microsoft do rewrite stuff that ofte....   >>   02 Jan 2004   Finally a good idea:....   One profession that has been found to be 'drug add....   >>         Dennis, The one thing that I find puzzling is y....   >>   23 Dec 2003   A book about Microso....   Does it matter if Bill Gates can write code or not....   >>      sql query question   Zahid is right, I can't see any simple way to do t....   >>         Anon, You seem to be 90% of the way there. The....   >>      working hard or hard....   IT Ranter, We need to be concerned about infant....   >>   22 Dec 2003   philo, please help.   If you take a look at any of Philo's old posts you....   >>      Visualizing   Here in the UK the publishers Usbourne produced co....   >>      sql query question   Leap frog!   >>         Doh. I knew that. We are also padding the word....   >>         Anon, The field length is probably the best val....   >>         Anon, 101010101 shouldn't cause any problems un....   >>         Anon, You can right justify the expressions wi....   >>      Longhorn as a "blank....   I doubt that Longhorn will be a blank page, I just....   >>      "he or she" NOT poli....   Fiovaan, The same goes for the word 'She', whic....   >>      Another usability si....   Wait, no, the Thesis post is from some other guy.   >>         Perhaps his Thesis is keeping him busy?   >>      Programming bottom-u....   AJS, Whichever approach you use, top-down or b....   >>         I've remembered a concrete example: Shriram Khr....   >>         I think Paul Graham choose poorly when he choose t....   >>   19 Dec 2003   Joel on Software Mot....   I found Black Mage after a quick google. http:/....   >>   18 Dec 2003   Hogwarts School of A....   Bet your glad you didn't put you name to it. St....   >>      Feature "Feature/Cod....   quoting from ' The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better C....   >>      Cultural Divide: It'....   I agree with Anon too, options dialogs are a night....   >>      Joel on Software Mot....   What is it about sandwich discussions that brings ....   >>   17 Dec 2003   NewDotNet and vNC   >>   17 Dec 2003   NewDotNet and vNC   Christopher, That sounds worrying.    >>         Yes, but can NewDotNet be used to run VNC on the c....   >>      Editing Lisp on Wind....   Dr-Scheme, http://www.drscheme.org/    >>      Cultural Divide: It'....   Keith, Again, I was referring back to the days ....   >>         Mx, There are all recent developments, and wel....   >>         In fact, I think the cultural divede can be traced....   >>         rhubarb, I think windows has one more factor to....   >>      Joel on Software Mot....   Hmmm, salad cream sandwiches. [Drool drips from....   >>      Standards Schmandard....   The nice thing about posts that say "The nice thin....   >>   16 Dec 2003   Why programmers shou....   Documentation can suffer with this set up because ....   >>   13 Dec 2003   What does it mean?   Stephen, I remember whan I was 18 years old and....   >>   12 Dec 2003   Getting started with....   I'll second rwh's vote for plt-scheme. Over the....   >>      Command line vs. Gui....   The DOS command line is very poor, so I avoid it. ....   >>      Software Engineers: ....   I would like to defent the position of the bicycle....   >>      Any bulletin board s....   Fry, Any of the demod styles are downloadable ....   >>      Lisp Jargon - A litt....   rwh and Eric, Thanks for such a great explanat....   >>   11 Dec 2003   Lisp Jargon - A little help, please.   >>   11 Dec 2003   Any bulletin board s....   PhpBB uses a templating system, so the quality of ....   >>      Programmers' Opinion....   Perhaps an effective compromise would be to make a....   >>      Lisp Jargon - A litt....   Thanks to everybody, especially Tayssir. So a c....   >>         Am I right in saying the examples given are referr....   >>      LISP - why?   I think fragmentation is Lisps biggest problem. ....   >>      Bill Gates: agnostic....   The worrying thing is, does Bill Gates see God as ....   >>      "Must a surgeon cut ....   Do the Firkin's still do Dogbolter?  Couldn't....   >>         Cynic, You are indeed a Connoisseur.    >>         You do have a point about the cucumber sandwich. ....   >>         My point was that just because we have to be so pr....   >>      Lisp and Productivit....   Im intrigued by this: 'Orders/4375495/addShipme....   >>         Phillip, Is this what you mean by REST? REpr....   >>      U.S. Programmers at ....   Whining? Why do I give valuable time to people ....   >>      Software will eat it....   Gorden, you got it.   >>         The comparision is probably incorrect, I just want....   >>      "Better" language vs....   It seems that, with a little discipline, good reso....   >>   10 Dec 2003   Software will eat itself   >>   10 Dec 2003   U.S. Programmers at ....   I'm living in the UK just outside London. Even ....   >>         In the UK we tend to give the gross figure, before....   >>         Rob VH, Our medical insurance is deducted at so....   >>         45,000.00 USD = 25,793.31 GBP Thats not far o....   >>      Software will eat it....   And for every well paid pop star there are a thous....   >>         Yes, Both music and software can be replicated....   >>         Another important parallel is the product itself. ....   >>         Both are industries that rely on talent. The majo....   >>      "Better" language vs....   K, they don't need to be assimilated well - ju....   >>         I was just having similar thoughts myself. I lo....   >>      Our jobs... (again)   I think it is rather like one of those peaceful al....   >>         The gravy train has indeed departed. However, I....   >>      Software Babe   Looking at the cover of some computer magazines (s....   >>      Lego intuition?   Tut tut, how imprecisie. Practices tends toward....   >>         Must a surgeon cut the crusts off his sandwiches u....   >>   09 Dec 2003   What the hell   To be honest, given the choice between Software Le....   >>   08 Dec 2003   Rulers   I use rulers in Word all the time to set the margi....   >>      open source   Romain Guy, author of the well respected 'Jext' te....   >>      "Low Skill" Rhetoric   Dennis, I'm not saying that the outsourced IT W....   >>   07 Dec 2003      I think that there is one think that only develope....   >>   06 Dec 2003   Running a VB app ins....   Sathyaish, I'd love to help out, but I'm trying....   >>      Help in writing Word....   Professional Person, YANAP? Almost everybody....   >>   05 Dec 2003      JD, The easiest way to do this is to create a m....   >>   02 Dec 2003   Software Craftmanshi....   I can't help but feel that those of you who are wo....   >>      A slightly more seri....   I take it that the List is the internal representa....   >>   01 Dec 2003   London:: JOS meetup?   I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to make it. Venue....   >>   30 Nov 2003   Book recommendation ....   I'll second Pratchett's and Gamen's 'Good Omens.'   >>      How did Amazon becom....   I suppose this all supports that failings of the A....   >>   29 Nov 2003   Book recommendation ....   Sophies World by Jostein Gardener is an outstandin....   >>   28 Nov 2003   I need a pay rise   Heres how I, personally, handled a similar situati....   >>      How did Amazon becom....   The business article was an interesting read. I....   >>      The bookshelf   He he he, fart.   >>         The Sinclair ZX81 manual. Anyone else learn how....   >>   27 Nov 2003   How did Amazon becom....   Amazon fan, That was my past experience. It wa....   >>         I'm now discovering that their customer service te....   >>   26 Nov 2003   How did Amazon become so terrible.   >>   26 Nov 2003      Yes, .co.uk. Fortunately there there is a good ....   >>         Chris, Sadly yes. Sorry to disappoint. I wa....   >>   24 Nov 2003   When Good Metaphors Go Bad.   >>   24 Nov 2003   Looking for a mouse ....   Theres an FAQ here for a similar problem. Don't k....   >>      Window Managers   Alice, I think it will be a commercial decision....   >>      When Good Metaphors ....   The big feature missing from Wordpad is Tables. ....   >>         This is exactly my point. Styles are great, and I....   >>      Stupid Users   Tapiwa, I can totally relate to what your are s....   >>         Alice, There is an alternative to your two them....   >>   20 Nov 2003   Being pushed   While your waiting for some valid legal advice, ke....   >>      The Irony of Outsour....   Your right, the situation I'm describing is about ....   >>         Economically, the observation is correct. If yo....   >>      Comparing varous BAS....   PureBasic does not require a runtime. It compil....   >>      Blaming poor UI on u....   Christopher, You think this forum is Lame. H....   >>         It not just that people do it to themselves. I ....   >>   19 Nov 2003   Still haven't found what I'm looking for.   >>   19 Nov 2003   PHP Newbie Question   HeyCoolAid, The header must the the very first ....   >>      Still haven't found ....   Not so, My personal approach has been 'Find som....   >>         Edoc, No, I'm still enjoying Rebol. It's a gre....   >>      Name that alternativ....   sorry: http://www.yaml.org    >>         www.yaml.org   >>      Revamping my website   Matt, I'm so glad you post this. I spent ag....   >>   18 Nov 2003   efficient / fast sof....   Mark the bits you don't understand and I'll try to....   >>         http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000000....   >>         Vince, A project can do great with NO project m....   >>   17 Nov 2003      Just to a straight port of XPress5 is a terrible s....   >>      Internationalization....   Watch out when you are converting number formats t....   >>   14 Nov 2003   New note taking soft....   I'm more interested in the package itself, its a p....   >>   13 Nov 2003   "Metaprogramming?"   >>I was talking *about talking* to someone you act....   >>         Oh, and my cost of admission for the thread: ht....   >>         Tapiwa - I liked the quote. Grump-old-man - ar....   >>      Why username and pas....   The other reason is all those common passwords, li....   >>      Key Generators - How....   Karel, The more obscure the language used the b....   >>         Dominic, Of course total security is impossible....   >>         The Lisp code would be findable, but it would be v....   >>         No, By Lisp Machine I just meant a software interp....   >>         Just a thought on the decompilation process. An....   >>      Linux hack attempt   Also, what abount the possibility of a Microsoft e....   >>   12 Nov 2003   I hate "smart" softw....   A cold remedy called lemsip had to drop their stra....   >>   10 Nov 2003   IPc   XML messages over HTTP. Be nice for somebody to....   >>      Software developers ....   Why go to india if not for cost savings? How a....   >>   07 Nov 2003   Kylix development ab....   Commercial applications cannot succeed on Linux be....   >>      Work  Relations....   It's time of month for my PC at work, so I have to....   >>      The best font for pr....   Personally, I've never had any problem with Courie....   >>      How to translate "gu....   The first of Stephen Kings's Dark Tower series was....   >>   06 Nov 2003   scientific computing.... &