finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:04 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for '.' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 1,014 Number of Words: 63,160 First Comment: 29 Oct 2001 Final Comment: 03 Sep 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 21 First Topic: 29 Oct 2001 Latest Topic: 27 Aug 2004 When Item Comment 03 Sep 2004   Yuk!!!   Give us the old forums back. :)   >>   02 Sep 2004   The Curious Incident....   >copulate with walruses. Uh, I ate a lemon once....   >>      laser printers   Okidata sells LED printers - same resolution as la....   >>      Which data type woul....   > May be, at a sub-conscious level, I am doing the....   >>      What exactly is a st....   Re the 3D stuff, stencils are implemented in the G....   >>         A stencil is a flat piece of metal or plastic, wit....   >>      "The Joel Spolsky's ....   lrig is obvoiusly mad because they sent in a resum....   >>   01 Sep 2004   Code for Windows cra....   > Normally game code is written and a *MUCH* lower....   >>         Your should hire decent Windows software engineers....   >>      "The Joel Spolsky's ....   'Great rationalization for excluding females.' ....   >>         'I'll praise Joel if and when he hires a female pr....   >>      Evaluation support e....   Truespace has, or had, a free older version of the....   >>   31 Aug 2004   why bother being a c....   > Lacking an original idea? Vote for Bush. I agree....   >>      My mind seems to hav....   Classical Greek poetry didn't rhyme, but it was rh....   >>         OMFG hand me a kleenex, I think I'm going to sploo....   >>      custom software deve....   Your problem is not really getting a watertight co....   >>   30 Aug 2004   Hacker need such a t....   Quit spamming the board you dinkwad.   >>      Americans need learn....   What do you call a person that can speak two langu....   >>      Bill Gates on "profe....   > The unwillingness or inability of programmers to....   >>         The unwillingness or inability of programmers to p....   >>   29 Aug 2004   Compulsory support r....   Look, if this was a lawyer's forum, you wouldn't s....   >>      The API is king   OOP suits any case when you need to serve varying ....   >>   28 Aug 2004   How Laundry destroye....   With old HDDs, it sometimes helps to grip the driv....   >>   27 Aug 2004   UML   >>   27 Aug 2004   UML   'I also like UML. It is a good way to model the re....   >>         'UML is one of the key object modelling formal met....   >>      Getting the value of....   The reason why many anonymouse people impersonated....   >>         For once I agree with muppet. :-P   >>   26 Aug 2004   Cracking The Three L....   Remember - there are no robots, all the slicing an....   >>      Ever worked with a r....   Two: One guy answered some tech questions well at ....   >>      Need info on Mideast....   OK, muppet, I'll take your stance and stop acting ....   >>      proving dates on ema....   Jeez, what kind of places do you folks work where ....   >>      shocking, misleading....   Microsoft expands mainframe pitch http://news.c....   >>   25 Aug 2004   Looking for some sof....   Aussie Chic, don't you understand about relational....   >>      shocking, misleading....   IBM touts Linux as a scalable enterprise solution ....   >>   24 Aug 2004   Removing a Cookie fr....   How did the cookie get on the command line in the ....   >>      Technology Review on....   What we're seeing is that companies hoping to run ....   >>      Am I too old to be a....   That's a good point. Massively multiplayer online ....   >>   23 Aug 2004   IDE problem .NET Web....   What about encapsulating each 'page' of the multip....   >>      Table inheritance: w....   > Is it better to make a separate table for each w....   >>      Anti-anti-virus   And what do you do if the plastic bubble is punctu....   >>      advertisement blocki....   ... and there's always AdMuncher that can kill eve....   >>      Install XP in 5 hour....   Along these lines, how do people feel about the XP....   >>   22 Aug 2004   Am I too old to be a....   Your age has nothing to do with it. These days the....   >>      How bad is goto, rea....   ... oops, there is a bug. :) There's a situation w....   >>   21 Aug 2004   comment.it service   Quite a good idea, but where to get that kind of s....   >>      new idea about how t....   I just hope MarkTaw does not do that again. Ever.   >>      How bad is goto, rea....   void TextBookExample_Transaction() { if(do_step....   >>      SOHO Firewall/Filter....   Sonicwall are great.   >>   20 Aug 2004   How bad is goto, rea....   Aw, poo. Either too much coffee or not enough. I'l....   >>         The only appropriate use of GOTO that I've seen is....   >>   19 Aug 2004   A Question on Memory....   I'm with mouse on this.  Never let a high per....   >>      GOOG off to the race....   hoser - yahoo valuation is 38 billion . http:/....   >>      How do you want to w....   Lucy please postpixkthx!!!11   >>   18 Aug 2004   SQL 2005 vs Oracle 1....   Really...imagine that Microsoft counters against t....   >>      Device driver develo....   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>      read/have article "W....   > I'll tell you exactly why most software sucks: 9....   >>      Retainers   Yes, definitely charge a retainer. You're providin....   >>   17 Aug 2004   Strange: Queries are....   'You add an index on the gender. And you do the sa....   >>      Need America-born to....   > Reading pigeon English >> and the correct use o....   >>   16 Aug 2004   sick days   'I have almost never taken a sick day, from any jo....   >>      VC Bootstrapping   VCs usually form partnerships which must cash out ....   >>      Coworkers who won't ....   I think I'm going to write a muppet bot.   >>      Garbage Collection M....   I don't use garbage collection precisely because i....   >>   15 Aug 2004   Anthropomorphizing c....   I used to know one girl who gave pet names to ever....   >>      Doing free work - a ....   Less than three hours sounds like a charity job, n....   >>   14 Aug 2004   Anthropomorphizing c....   Warrior Princess.   >>      Doing free work - a ....   Neo, muppet has picked you as belonging to place t....   >>      Coldfusion programme....   No, her problem is that she thinks the programming....   >>         Another one too. Why do we think the programmer us....   >>         Bored's picked up another giveaway in the ad - the....   >>      Speaking of Code Mon....   >perminant neurochemestry Does it improve your ....   >>   13 Aug 2004   Coldfusion programme....   No Philo, it's not a reasonable job ad. There are ....   >>      Friend's Idea / My I....   Now that was a muppet moment we can all enjoy!   >>      The Olympics   I haven't been this excited about an Olympic Games....   >>         'Speaking as an Indian American ... India has to ....   >>      Favorite Screen Save....   Fireflower is nice.   >>      Issue related to fil....   > Visual style and presentation have everything to....   >>   12 Aug 2004   How good an employee....   name withheld, what did you think a "girl's footy ....   >>         > 'Morons' is a highly inflammatory term around he....   >>   11 Aug 2004      The accounting firm sounded like a bunch of stuck-....   >>      Opinionated people   muppet is basically an immature, insecure, angry, ....   >>         muppet is much more insightful than Pete and Kalan....   >>      The Python Paradox   eclectic, i didn't say muppet is a sociopath, i sa....   >>         muppet, what you are describing as ideal behaviour....   >>         > Dang, do say these sorts of things to your cowor....   >>      Get it in Writing   I think the poster who didn't get the job made a d....   >>   10 Aug 2004   What happened to my ....   Of course you have to ask her why she offered you ....   >>      mod rewrite rule   What's it mean?   >>   09 Aug 2004   Rude = No Hire?   The scorned employer would have categorised you as....   >>      Sacrificing parts of....   It's funny, in the pre-muppet era, you'd have to m....   >>      How to raise prices?   'But hey, that's just me.' Muppet, the arrogant....   >>   08 Aug 2004   How to link 3D Studi....   hint: don't tell people to hurry.   >>   06 Aug 2004   Why are pointers use....   Because control freaks from back in the 1980's....   >>      Software Patents   Which all goes to show that it's time we stopped l....   >>      Question about FogCr....   What's a Coupe d'Etat? A government sports car?   >>   05 Aug 2004   CNN: CS School Break....   > 'It sounds like an institution that has identifi....   >>   04 Aug 2004   A question for our n....   > Say it laughingly with possible backslapping and....   >>      Programming Difficul....   The big problem is that programming as an occupati....   >>   03 Aug 2004   lacking telecommutin....   muppet, seriously, go back to slashdot.   >>      Am I being greedy?   this is great info, I will dig deeper on this issu....   >>         office is brand new and decent.  Compensation....   >>         Wow excellent feedback.  Regarding 85k per em....   >>         MM = Million   >>         sory, first number should be 32MM, not 16 MM   >>         Ok here's some more info: current company: * p....   >>      a long, rambling, in....   Marx has never been tried. Muahahahaha. What, you ....   >>         I think muppet just lacks the writing ability to c....   >>      How joel advertise C....   > Joel still need to learn about Six Sigma, CMM an....   >>      Do you play computer....   Fun games which are guaranteed to not last more th....   >>   02 Aug 2004   Am I being greedy?   >>   02 Aug 2004   I am a great hacker   Donn Parker used 'hacker' in a negative context in....   >>      Am I being greedy?   Thanks Clay, I appreciate this. Unfortunately,....   >>         There is some guilt, I suppose. Some loyalty, yes.....   >>         How do I let my boss know I'm underpaid without 'p....   >>         thanks, survivor,  that is great feedback.   >>         Thanks muppet. I think you've made it clear what ....   >>         'why is changing jobs an emotional thing?' Sinc....   >>         >> why is changing jobs an emotional thing? For....   >>         Muppet, Thanks for your input. Changing jobs....   >>         I do have options, but I have only been at the cur....   >>      a long, rambling, in....   Hey muppet, what were your SAT scores? Please tel....   >>         In other words, stop throwing your toys out of the....   >>         Muppet, my guess is that if you were able to convi....   >>         > I'm saying that managers (in general) are not wo....   >>      best days of your li....   Flasher T: Payed is the past participle of pay ....   >>   01 Aug 2004   How do you know when....   There's an old saying: "You can't cheat an honest ....   >>      best days of your li....   People who are insanely good at English generally ....   >>   31 Jul 2004   BSxx on campus recru....   Let's not forget that companies, universities and ....   >>      IS PRIVATIZATION ans....   The key to privatisation is to avoid simply transf....   >>      Deep Cynicism   The name's Kazinczy, if you really want know.   >>         Very punny.   >>         Isn't it about time that you chaps pulled up your ....   >>      Can do anything with....   Peter, it's wankers like you who cause the problem....   >>   30 Jul 2004   Odd Codes of Conduct   'I would ask them what they mean by no alchohol si....   >>      Best Compression Pro....   Not everyone is on broadband! I am now, used to....   >>      Word Sucks   A troll guys! Just another one from under the brid....   >>   29 Jul 2004   How far can an MCSE ....   Do you have any work experience in SQL Server?   >>      great hackers   His article is a good illustration of the fact tha....   >>   28 Jul 2004   Multithreading and m....   Hmmm - why not maintain a data structure so that e....   >>      Shareware authors   Back in the day there was an author whose work nam....   >>      Polish me no Patents   If the high legal costs of fighting are a big part....   >>      In the Beginning was....   Looked through it. Sounded much like the stuff tha....   >>   27 Jul 2004   Running a Win2K PC i....   See what the NSA has to say about securing XP. ht....   >>   26 Jul 2004   Programmer's hours   Unless web surfing or games are your hobby you're ....   >>      Open Source = no rig....   What it gets down to is that software is probably ....   >>      Third, er, sixth, er....   If you consider that the later Dune books were not....   >>      Microsoft, spend you....   Having read the article again, I think these quali....   >>         Dvorak has been a twat for many years. He has also....   >>      Lookout owner speaks....   'Poker is played with logic' A... aha... ahahah....   >>   23 Jul 2004      Neat Chi, maybe the world inside your head will be....   >>      What are the most un....   >> What are the most underrated tech products? ....   >>      OT: unbiased coverag....   At this point it may be prudent to mention Hitler.   >>   22 Jul 2004   Quiet workplace: how important?   >>   22 Jul 2004   Quiet workplace: how....   have you tried it?  does it work?   >>         'Most people find environmental noise easy to over....   >>         I actually do rock the headphones but at 8AM it's ....   >>      mcsd   No, but clearly there is no value in my personal o....   >>         My wife asked me what I wanted her to do to my wan....   >>      OT: unbiased coverag....   So Stephen, should we trust your biases?   >>   21 Jul 2004   Is it just me, or is....   Re: The 'X' factor. I see no reason why a compa....   >>      Documentation for ty....   K. Start here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de....   >>         http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=....   >>      The Plague of Minimu....   I once ran Windows NT 4 on a machine with 32 Meg. ....   >>      The World's Longest ....   German - language of sex. French - language of sed....   >>      Handwritten Document....   I don't believe the people who say printing is as ....   >>      OT: unbiased coverag....   Another example of bias: Reuters has run a number ....   >>         So according to Stephen Jones, a publication in wh....   >>      Education System: Ev....   This idea that pre-school should start at 7 becaus....   >>   20 Jul 2004   Purchasing a softwar....   And by the way: that book does cover marketing and....   >>         Oh. Ok. You said 'shop' so I thought you literally....   >>         Egghead used to operate retail software stores in ....   >>      Indentation   ''smart' editors and IDEs are for poor programmers....   >>      Reporting Engine for....   +1 for SQL Server Reporting Services. Awesome prod....   >>      Handwritten Document....   Ah yes, outdated technologies like spelling. Why b....   >>      Free program to wash....   >> the other has clean items in it Do kitchens....   >>         Kid v0.7 also helps.   >>      specify From: addres....   The multiple account solution also works fine with....   >>      OT: unbiased coverag....   +1 for the Intellectual Activist reference. Very h....   >>         K, on that score, I agree with you 100%. There ....   >>         Damn right Philo. I think it's hilarious that t....   >>      Open Source is good   Ori, It was a CD/DVD tool. The features were for a....   >>         Money and cash receipts do have an advantange. ....   >>      What exactly is Joel....   Mike's got a retirment plan? Pretty good reason to....   >>      How big is this boar....   Just to pick nits, Chris, do you count punctuation....   >>      Offshore economics   And do not forget, pretty soon you 33% of programm....   >>   19 Jul 2004   Built into the operating system...   >>   19 Jul 2004   OT: unbiased coverag....   +1 for what Michael said. Google News is your f....   >>      MORE IQ   Great ad hominem Tony! Yee haa! Stick it to 'em! Y....   >>      Hanlon's Razor   >> Even if that 'cleaverness' is how to use govern....   >>      Open Source is good   And good for you, Christopher. I have repeatedly e....   >>         5 cents to the dollar? Something? And if the compa....   >>         >> and if he hadn't fixed it, I would have been ab....   >>      Open Source project ....   http://www.bugzilla.org/ ?    >>      What exactly is Joel....   Steve Jones (UK), sometimes you come about a well ....   >>      How big is this boar....   Yeah, you're not nearly as polite.   >>      I am boring myself t....   Get yourself a woman.   >>      Built into the opera....   'They do it because people want it. Remember ho....   >>      Education System: Ev....   'One should teach a child to read, write and calcu....   >>         Interesting. Home schooling was accepted practice ....   >>         I've heard that America being big on home schoolin....   >>      Offshore economics   Actually that's a bit rich of the Indian guy to ta....   >>   18 Jul 2004      Dear other dot, I and probably others wouldn't pos....   >>         I insist. Irrespective of the educational quali....   >>         Many of you here have commented, complained and ra....   >>         Matt H, you're correct. A substantial part of the ....   >>      Sun throws in the to....   If Sun plays their cards right, they could so some....   >>      Gates gives 100$ Mil....   If justseeit is an American, the USA education sys....   >>   17 Jul 2004   Last Straw   Sadly, this doesn't sound much different from any ....   >>      PDA recommendations   On the other hand, it's easy to write on Palm usin....   >>         Get from under the bridge, Pete.   >>         'She's a 2 finger typist, a natural keyboard would....   >>      PHP Weirdness   Excuse me, but where is $WIDGET_PATH declared? I d....   >>      Notebook has crashed....   Boot it up from a diskette.   >>      Gates gives 100$ Mil....   Government aid != ALL aid. And the reason should b....   >>         On a purely cordial note, my most humble request t....   >>   16 Jul 2004   More IQ-ism   Each credible IQ test I've done has told me I'm in....   >>      JoS Nicknames   Give that bloke a break! He's just a nice chap who....   >>      Finding any books on....   >> Isnīt there like a kazaar for books? ROTFL! ....   >>      how do you do QA?   QA is 'Quota Appropriation'. Consultant to Mana....   >>      Gates gives 100$ Mil....   Some funny moments on this thread: 1. 'I got th....   >>         In South Africa at least (and almost definitely el....   >>         I disagree that allowing copied drugs would help t....   >>         Let's see: 1. Without the aid, no drugs for the....   >>      Better Windows Explo....   Let's not forget FAR: http://www.rarsoft.com/far_m....   >>   15 Jul 2004   Spying   Work for CGI anon?   >>   14 Jul 2004   What does "YES" mean....   >> It was later explained to me by a person who ha....   >>      The Coffee Test   Fine then, how about a high-pressure spray hose? A....   >>         Re: TP How about - left hand, a mug, water. Fol....   >>   13 Jul 2004   GMail Advertisements....   I use AdMuncher which snips the ads before they re....   >>   12 Jul 2004   Sealed classed...   `In the enterprise systems I've seen, 'soft inheri....   >>   10 Jul 2004   Video games dont cra....   Perhaps because they are coded so close to the har....   >>      Accepting of new ide....   'And there you go, a CLASSIC example of someone wh....   >>         I now understand the ridiculous perception-alterin....   >>         'you can depend on people who went to college to b....   >>      Myserious billboard   Re 'e': *the* equation. e^(i*Pi) + 1 = 0    >>   09 Jul 2004   Firefox extensions   "Plain text links" and "Linky" are very handy for ....   >>      Reading XML files wi....   What is 4NT and who dose he work for?   >>      Best mail client on ....   The Bat looks good. Small, easily manages lots of ....   >>   08 Jul 2004   English Code   >>   08 Jul 2004   English Code   'Who cares if non experts can't read your perl cod....   >>         Static import is the idea of your class sideways d....   >>         'I reckon that equates to 'whether the source cont....   >>         'Such is the pitfall of straw men arguments. The ....   >>         'And I assume that you know that operator overload....   >>         'Code readability isn't about operators, it's abou....   >>   07 Jul 2004   APL programming appr....   Every now and then take a look at what you're doin....   >>      RSS Feed   No. You are welcome.   >>   06 Jul 2004   Gadget Addiction   Just send me all your gadgets. There may be a shor....   >>      Job Titles   Beware of title inflation. I recently heard that C....   >>      Exception Handling -....   Speaking of this, lately I've been using FxCop to ....   >>   04 Jul 2004   RegisterRawInputDevi....   And your dwFlags include RIDEV_INPUTSINK?   >>      Paul Graham says we ....   FMEA? Excel? RPN? I use email and so should the....   >>   03 Jul 2004   Commoditisation   Barriers will absolutely not limit the trend to co....   >>         For argument's sake let's say that certification c....   >>         And what happens when the professional bodies impl....   >>         "Society" will not erect barriers around programmi....   >>         Michael: That's a great point. In the future, prog....   >>         Well said Dennis. I agree. Tom DeMarco (author ....   >>         Dennis: Excellent point regarding the cost of lice....   >>      An instance of a usa....   Maybe MS employees are caring and nurturing saints....   >>      Stretched too thin   Are you in Ireland?   >>   02 Jul 2004   Commoditisation   >>   02 Jul 2004   Strategic proj or gr....   > Spend $20 on Death March and spend the weekend r....   >>      Microsoft cuts price....   it's --> its   >>         I have moved the above question to it's own thread....   >>         Does anyone else believe that 'free as in beer' so....   >>      Adult ADHD   So he is a pill-popping American all right: off to....   >>      Is the internet "ant....   Over the Internet anyone can call anyone else a do....   >>         Is the internet antisocial? No. It is a-social. An....   >>   01 Jul 2004   pressure from employ....   This reaction from your manager confirms your deci....   >>      Gmail Tip   Ah! But Google is now in the hands of the money ch....   >>      What will the web be....   >>..1954 using their black bakelite phones with ro....   >>      If you like Joel on ....   The Old New Thing by Raymond Chen. http://weblogs....   >>      The Cost of Validati....   Tomato, Tamaato   >>         I've always chosed the 'one-right-way' over 'many-....   >>      Web Applications vs ....   Oh! Well. The URL of this thread into hugeurl i....   >>      What we want, what w....   Not only can I imagine it, I even have a name for ....   >>   30 Jun 2004   Electronic Whiteboar....   WIN-R --> conf --> Enter ; on WinXP SP1. Whiteboar....   >>      Your Opinion of Test....   That's a stupid lecturer and or school, anon. Give....   >>      What we want, what w....   I want something like this >>      man man   Ordinary people are not expected to do so at all. ....   >>      Advice for quitting ....   Polkadot, if you were so inexperienced as to misju....   >>      Visual Studio Expres....   Re: Access Databases Fear us, for we are legion....   >>   29 Jun 2004      >>The current 'pro' versions of these tools retail....   >>      Now I know where the....   How about _performant_? That one's really the prov....   >>   28 Jun 2004   $20 doesn't buy jack....   Stephen, what's your source for the following stat....   >>   27 Jun 2004   Pranks on people's c....   Best one a <cough> friend of mine </cough....   >>   26 Jun 2004   Blogs written by gee....   With all respects, how old are you? Left of 25?   >>      Ending the process u....   Try running Tasklist and Taskkill from a Command P....   >>      Uhh... What does ISV....   I was under the impression that an ISV is an indiv....   >>   25 Jun 2004   Here's a what if   How could you tell that the card details used in t....   >>      The Sales Volume Myt....   Speaking of Software and Volumes without caveats i....   >>      Anybody know anythin....   And I was thinking it was the _*A*_merican version....   >>   24 Jun 2004   Optimize this:   "He sez"?   >>      Wicker Furniture, ha....   WTF!   >>   23 Jun 2004   Why does Windows ser....   What happened to normal talk these days? Should th....   >>      I am nostalgic about....   COM stands for Crappy Object Model.  If you d....   >>      Another reply to "Ho....   Actually, he spelled Spolsky wrong.   >>         This guy is a frickin intellectual titmouse compar....   >>      More API wars (sorry....   So Joel just can't win. When he doesn't post anyt....   >>      "Sharepoint... Share....   'Um, cite please re: companies that 'don't want Sh....   >>   22 Jun 2004      Oh boy -- those people have it! I guess I can feel....   >>      Code Comlete 2nd Edi....   The first step is all software developers will be ....   >>      What is Joel up to ?   I'm telling my mommy you big bully Alex.   >>         Steve Jones is obsessed with Joel. A crazed fan, i....   >>      8 yr old game design....   I did not mean to be harsh. Sorry! 4 to 12 is t....   >>   21 Jun 2004      So did I. In the same language. And I am 27. Not r....   >>         Get him a bicycle for chrissakes! He's only 8!   >>   20 Jun 2004   VS.NET bugginess negates productivity gains?   >>   20 Jun 2004   HELP! Overcoming pro....   Well you really overcame that 'gotta go spam' proc....   >>      The ocean is already....   'No one said .NET was the beginning of a usable ri....   >>   18 Jun 2004      'The .NET Framework is spreading. Maybe only withi....   >>   17 Jun 2004   How much time you sp....   'Me, usually less than one hour' What's your po....   >>   16 Jun 2004   Good article, but...   Systems like XBOX and PS2 are reaching the breakev....   >>      Will Oracle be my br....   Les C, what have you switched to?   >>   15 Jun 2004   detecting a sinking ....   You guys rule.   >>   14 Jun 2004   detecting a sinking public corp?   >>   14 Jun 2004      Also you won't see the senior executives around mu....   >>      Ethics of running an....   Joel must have gone through some personal issue or....   >>   13 Jun 2004   What will they come ....   America the Good. Slayer of Evil. Maker of Life. C....   >>   12 Jun 2004   POLL : Do you enjoy ....   Yes.   >>      Has the role of ....   >> China? India? France? Canada? Iraq? Chin....   >>   11 Jun 2004   Questions for a Remo....   Dear Mr Yes If you think you can achieve good r....   >>      My custom JOS Reader....   Add a "blacklist" feature for posters and I might ....   >>      Replacing an EXE on ....   http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228930    >>      Has the role of ....   Americans (of the U.S. of A) are the new kids on t....   >>      MD5 - How do I use t....   >> I have two jars - I would like to see if these ....   >>   10 Jun 2004   Javascript formatted....   "".replace(/lossed/lost/);   >>   09 Jun 2004   Value of resume data....   Data Packrat, such collections of resumes are wort....   >>         > I have subscribed to one of those resume distrib....   >>   08 Jun 2004   challenging SQL ques....   Have you tried an outer join?   >>      Software development....   Your job, would do, "as". Where do you work?   >>   07 Jun 2004   Catching undercover ....   LOL!   >>         LOL! I am giving you an opportunity to express you....   >>         A better and far more interesting assignmet would ....   >>      Whats the deal with ....   Rule of whose law? Running where?   >>      Kiwis and Kiwi Fruit....   'cause of the bird.   >>      Men are from foo, wo....   Uninstall Husband 1.0 or Wife 2.0. Format C:. ....   >>   06 Jun 2004   Software development....   Yes. Hence my last sentence. Enjoy your stay in Xe....   >>         Can't say unless you've been there, can you? Thoug....   >>         You should be moving to Bangalore.   >>      Google and IM   Oh! And this is not in the U. S. of A. That makes ....   >>         Yes. I'm scheduled to meet one of the editors of t....   >>         More than monopoly it is mindshare that is really ....   >>         > I don't see Google forcing anyone to do anything....   >>         That is my point. If monopoly is the term used wit....   >>         Monopoly - 1. Exclusive control by one grou....   >>      Have you heard of th....   I'm just making a very feeble attempt  to get....   >>      smart people   "The worst kind of a second hander is the man afte....   >>   05 Jun 2004   Piracy can be good?   Apparently piracy is one of Microsoft's most effec....   >>      Google and IM   Josh, nothing to do with being evil. Nor anything ....   >>         Craig, how many search engines do you use for that....   >>         ...and so on and so forth. Any reason why we sh....   >>      Slacker Coworker   Philo, never a truer word was spoken. A better ....   >>      Have you heard of th....   Nah! An straight drive past long off maybe. PHB ar....   >>         What is Dilbert and why should one reference it? I....   >>      The thing I hate mos....   NTFS is journalled   >>         Why not have a journalled filesystem and just flic....   >>      smart people   MarkTAW, I agree with most of what you say, but th....   >>         To all 'normal' people who are not 'smart' and 'ar....   >>         >I see otherwise smart people make really dumb dec....   >>   04 Jun 2004   Slacker Coworker   Can you get your co-worker to give us his side of ....   >>      Have you heard of th....   Hell! I thought Stephen would also be in kind!   >>      what do you do when ....   1. Mark the times of the beginning and the end of ....   >>         They eat them for dinner and call it tasty, becaus....   >>         YOU DAMN IT COMPLAINER!  THERE ARE PEOPLE WOR....   >>      Microsoft Granted Pa....   Seriously, should I be in the US of A, will I be a....   >>      Can I use a byte arr....   Get a copy of the API-Guide from AllAPI.net. They ....   >>      smart people   I've read most of Ayn Rand's fiction and a great d....   >>         Why is "I am good" always understood as "I am bett....   >>      Evolution of a progr....   Though funny, is it not the whole purpose of the "....   >>      I hate this industry   No. He most certainly does not.   >>      Run screaming into t....   Good point. Actually I did not tell the whole trut....   >>         Stephen, My colo server running Win2K does not ....   >>         Anyone on these boards know someone who writes tho....   >>         No need for an AV. Windows Update, XP firewall, Mo....   >>      If you were Microsof....   Bundling SW and HW is going a full circle, imo. We....   >>      Long-term prospects ....   > I think as most win16 appz works on windows 2000....   >>      Ayn Rand   I've just cross-posted this from the more recent '....   >>         While both funny and true, it is not impossible. ....   >>         Best would be a philosopher king as envisaged by P....   >>      What is time?   Heard of it. Perhaps even would have read it. Will....   >>      sounding off: Linux ....   For heaven's sake get Slackware and swaret! What's....   >>   03 Jun 2004   Visual Reflector?   >>   03 Jun 2004   Ayn Rand   > Stalin murdered. So did Hitler. So did GWB. >....   >>         > People respect and follow people who make person....   >>         Modules, modules and more modules. Go modular. No ....   >>         Whatever you do, do not stop reading pop-philosoph....   >>         David Wildgoose, I'm sorry. She did not commit ....   >>         Incidentally or may be not, AR was a failure by he....   >>         Shall we compile the deaths under Monarchist Great....   >>         What is Communism? Any idea? What is Capitalism? ....   >>         {Going into quasi-anonymous mode. Did not realise ....   >>         One of the problems with AR is that she does n....   >>             You will not regret it.   >>             An expression of confidence based us....   >>         Do not forget to read Fountainhead and Anthem. The....   >>      What is time?   IANAP nor a physics student, but Madking, '.......   >>         Also get yourself a copy of 'About Time' by Paul D....   >>         And that is my point. Analogies go only thus far. ....   >>         As to the famed feline - it is _NOT_ the case ....   >>         Having accepted that Time has a begining, aski....   >>         Yes.   >>         There is no 'time'. There is only space-time. ....   >>      Visual Reflector?   Matthew and Chris: Sorry, I should have been more ....   >>      Where's Joel?   Or providing grammar and spelling lessons for the ....   >>      Windows based Email ....   The best thing I did to solve these perpetual emai....   >>      This is ludicrous   Again, is it compulsory that every one *must* be a....   >>         But is it correct to make it manadatory that I mus....   >>   02 Jun 2004   Passing args by refe....   About half of the help provided in this threat has....   >>   01 Jun 2004   C++ or Java ?   There are far more positions in Java/.NET than C++....   >>      How do I turn pirate....   Move to Canada :)   >>   30 May 2004   To Dubai or not to D....   Honestly, if I got the chance to go to the UAE, I ....   >>   28 May 2004   The number of posts.....   Well, the couple of posts here on how boring this ....   >>   27 May 2004   Resources on Oracle   'Could someone tell me how to change the oil on a ....   >>      People who thinks th....   Harking back to a previous thread, see this use of....   >>      Drive letter issues ....   Interestingly if you use a UNC path to your own ma....   >>      Chris Stone on Open/....   blaZ, why are you asking for a job from the bank a....   >>      interview situation   The recruiter won't ask the employer because he do....   >>   26 May 2004   I knew it   Porting Mono to IA-64 would definitely be a sideli....   >>   25 May 2004   INGRESS opensourced   CA - Where software goes to die.   >>   24 May 2004   Dealing with Efficie....   Time to start removing all the comments from your ....   >>      On Math   >>>At football games in America, we chant: 3.14159....   >>      French Words/express....   >>> I'm just a condescending, pretentious, faux-in....   >>   21 May 2004   Backwards Interface?   'Also, please note, that in my travels, I have bee....   >>      How long is too long....   I work 37.5 hours a week, very seldomly take work ....   >>   20 May 2004   Press F1 to continue   'Yet another reason why Linux is worthless and suc....   >>      Confused about .NET   'No reason to be confused about .NET . . . once yo....   >>      Making sense of WTL,....   If you're any good, you use Win32 directly and don....   >>   19 May 2004   Google IPO   Speaking of Google's IPO, anyone notice how Micros....   >>      Lots of free time, p....   Also, could you find out where those WMD really ar....   >>   18 May 2004   Website Monitoring S....   I use yo mama   >>      What's the deal with....   Is the premise that the vararg pulled the pointer ....   >>      Are there any .Net c....   'http://www.gogodatabase.com/ is probably for norm....   >>   17 May 2004   my boss is a @%$&....   Your boss is just worried because his best buddy d....   >>      yahoo mail is slow a....   Can't be.  Most of you devs are non-believers....   >>      Indian economy   'hilarious ... I got it, Greg, even if nobody else....   >>         'I am quite sympathetic to the Indians who are aff....   >>      What another awsome ....   Did Joel write this thread? A couple of posts befo....   >>   16 May 2004   Virtual audio output -> TCP   >>   16 May 2004   image   My point is that maybe your way of approaching pro....   >>         Dear Mauron, there are actually different ways by ....   >>         'BTW, if you want to see what real personal abuse ....   >>      Norrick Throws In th....   SOB you have no concept of economics, evident both....   >>   15 May 2004   What another awsome ....   Just be nice, Joel? Oh my God, I am soooooo gonna ....   >>         This thread is stupid. Philo, just shut up.    >>      IBM pinches Open Off....   The problem is that lots of those 'dumb users' are....   >>   14 May 2004   Recruiter question......   ..should not *send* your resume anywhere ...   >>         They want to know where you're working so they can....   >>      Media coverage of in....   'I'm a dumb shit and the world sucks when it doesn....   >>   13 May 2004      'In my opinion this is like leaving the car door u....   >>      Design Skills are Wo....