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Number of Comments: 1,742
Number of Words: 131,334
First Comment: 02 Dec 2001
Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 231
First Topic: 11 Dec 2001
Latest Topic: 30 Aug 2004
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02 Sep 2004   Caching Theory   Snotnose: Here's a link to the C-RAM joke. h....   >>  
31 Aug 2004   Does XP SP2 include ....   Rumour has it that the XP SP2 *CD* includes the fr....   >>  
30 Aug 2004   Alpha Blended Icon Source   >>  
30 Aug 2004   Incentive Pay Consid....   Give Alfie Kohn's work a read starting with, 'Puni....   >>  
   Windows Update requi....   You guys are so cute when you're angry.   >>  
   Drawing GUI...   Whiteboard. Paper. Paint Program.    >>  
   Alpha Blended Icon S....   Josh/Adam, Thank you for not being asses.    >>  
      . . . or, perhaps, an answer like: http://www.i....   >>  
29 Aug 2004   Tool to display disk....   Try Ace Utilities. http://www.acelogix.com It has....   >>  
27 Aug 2004   Relational databases....   Sorry, [1] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/as....   >>  
      I'd be more upset about the queries that most rela....   >>  
25 Aug 2004   Looking for some sof....   >1) Keeping track of help desk todo list/KB. ht....   >>  
   Looking for some lap....   If money is no object, an IBM Thinkpad is the way ....   >>  
   Psychology in the wo....   I guess it would be even better then if there we....   >>  
   Removing a Cookie fr....   Wow.  Thanks, you fucking idiots.   >>  
24 Aug 2004   Removing a Cookie from the Command Line in Windows   >>  
24 Aug 2004   Today (Aug.24) is th....   >> 'What the heck, we are programmers, off-by-one ....   >>  
   Database Relationshi....   Ewan's Dad is correct: >> 'The charge-transacti....   >>  
   simplest implementat....   I'm at Pitt, and our third trimester is just endin....   >>  
   (OT?)The Curious Inc....   'These kids can even start out normal and then dis....   >>  
   Union threatens Jame....   Stephen, It's simply a question of the....   >>  
   Writting all the com....   An 1.5:1 ratio of comments:code sounds excessive t....   >>  
   REBOL IOS?   Its quite a cool little environment. Nice for file....   >>  
23 Aug 2004   Looking for sites li....   After vcbuzz.com closed, I have been checking http....   >>  
   Making HTML sing   My vote goes for Gmail, in this category. I haven'....   >>  
22 Aug 2004   Manual vs. Automatic....   <snicker>   >>  
   The Practice of Prog....   Look into Code Complete 2 for a comprehensive and ....   >>  
   Am I too old to be a....   It wasn't made by a bunch of people in their spare....   >>  
      Neverwinter Nights has an online multiplayer mode,....   >>  
   Is there a term for ....   put a text like 'select items and then click 'ge....   >>  
21 Aug 2004   Web sites for buying....   +++I am suspect. Why did you feel it necessary to ....   >>  
20 Aug 2004   Web application usage tracking tool   >>  
20 Aug 2004   Web application usag....   Thank you all for the help so far. I don't think I....   >>  
      Forgot to add, I would prefer if there are any fre....   >>  
   Microsoft pays for i....   Americans dont have any idea of time zones eithe....   >>  
19 Aug 2004   Internet Operating S....   First one that comes to my mind is Amoeba: http:/....   >>  
   Joel's new book.   Wow. I knew Joel was famous, but I never realized ....   >>  
   Sink Solitaire   Art, Ass. The whole point of this endeavour wi....   >>  
   Code Olympics - what....   Brain fart contest.   >>  
   Why so much negativi....   >> 'I think ultimately a corporation is regarded a....   >>  
      Slant puns aren'tthat popular yet. http://www.goo....   >>  
18 Aug 2004   Next big thing?   information any where on any device at any time ....   >>  
   Interesting article ....   Why is everyone missing the point entirely and cre....   >>  
16 Aug 2004   XP's unexpected surp....   Don't trust your friend. He's a dirty guy. Anot....   >>  
   sick days   Perhaps I'm a bit less loyal than everyone else. ....   >>  
      Dude, Take a sick day. Live your life for awhil....   >>  
   Learning the basic a....   Obviously, everyone is different . . . must know t....   >>  
   Coworkers who won't ....   Dude, why don't you ask her out, get laid and ligh....   >>  
   Accounting Pattern o....   Sathyaish Chakravarthy, The english troll to rule....   >>  
   Purchase this forum?   You don't want this forum. Too many trolls in i....   >>  
14 Aug 2004   What makes a great p....   Depends on the setting but in general, A great ....   >>  
12 Aug 2004   Determining a Product's Need / Marcomm Method   >>  
12 Aug 2004   Purchase this forum?   Dave B, who was/is a regular here, reproduced this....   >>  
   RSS with Ads.   What annoys me about newsisfree feeds is ads are s....   >>  
   How do you destroy a....   I've done some tutoring here and found if, for wha....   >>  
   How do I Update my s....   Hehhe. Poor gal. Seriously, Grace, what are you....   >>  
   Determining a Produc....   anonymous financial IT guy, You're definitely rig....   >>  
      'If you don't mind me asking, how did you determin....   >>  
      Oh, btw, from the 30-40 responses ... the current ....   >>  
   SQLServer getting th....   TOP doesn't imply order. Perhaps it might have ....   >>  
11 Aug 2004   Poll: Database size/config, How do you compare?   >>  
11 Aug 2004   MSMQ Versus a DB Tab....   Hey, you don't need to convince us. If the shoe fi....   >>  
   Good tips on downsiz....   Foxpro? Blech! mySQL? Blech! Wow, just starting s....   >>  
      Danger in this conversion; likely provides fulfill....   >>  
10 Aug 2004   mod rewrite rule   cmd line scripts that try to hack your site will i....   >>  
   in other words   Anyone know if XP SP2  includes a ban on Micr....   >>  
09 Aug 2004   Free Bitmap Source   >>  
09 Aug 2004   Sacrificing parts of....   old timer, you da frick'n man . . . mega truth in....   >>  
   Shareware and ISV's ....   Well said.   >>  
08 Aug 2004   How to raise prices?   >>  
08 Aug 2004   Eric Sink's Software Pricing Article   >>  
08 Aug 2004   Hidden URLs - How ea....   PHP and MySQL. Is that a Linux server? Are you usi....   >>  
   Eric Sink's Software....   Thanks d00d!   >>  
   {kill time}site with....   One of my favorite time-killers is the Daypop Top ....   >>  
   What would you ask f....   Get it it writing and realize that as soon as you ....   >>  
   Recommended setup fo....   I think Windows Media Encoder should work.   >>  
      Philo, I want the "audience" to have a commonly us....   >>  
      Thanks MarkTAW.com.   >>  
07 Aug 2004   Recommended setup for a Webcast?   >>  
06 Aug 2004   pre employment backg....   Bob wrote: 'Companies don't care about off-hours d....   >>  
05 Aug 2004   CNN: CS School Breaks with Tradition   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Computability   >>  
05 Aug 2004   CNN: CS School Break....   >> 'As I said in that post - it's basically been d....   >>  
   Computability   >> 'Manufacturing scheduling, spare parts optimiza....   >>  
04 Aug 2004   Great Hacker != Great Hire   >>  
04 Aug 2004   Platform for Commercial Webapps?   >>  
04 Aug 2004   softwareCEO.com   I had to keep clicking "more..." to read another p....   >>  
   A question for our n....   I've only visited England twice, but I felt very m....   >>  
      There are many Indian nationals where I work, and ....   >>  
   Platform for Commerc....   'I don't prefer JSP because its harder to deploy.'....   >>  
      Source code is not much of a concern. But what if ....   >>  
03 Aug 2004   cs masters thesis and work as developer   >>  
03 Aug 2004   Sort of a business p....   Konrad speaks some mega-truth there . . . the dot-....   >>  
      BackEnd? FrontEnd? Start with your customer! ....   >>  
02 Aug 2004   Is my company dying?   Vote Kerry, he'll stop our jobs....   >>  
      Uh, are you sitting in the cube next to me? We'....   >>  
   How do you know when....   Trust is only dangerous if you have to rely on it.....   >>  
01 Aug 2004   Free Online Project ....   Basecamp ( http://www.basecamphq.com/ ) by 37Signa....   >>  
31 Jul 2004   IS PRIVATIZATION ans....   This is a hot topic in Pakistan too. Just to m....   >>  
30 Jul 2004   Your Productivity   Re pairing, some similar discussion is here: http:....   >>  
      My productivity was below (my) expectations. I bl....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   Salary Reviews   >>  
29 Jul 2004   Salary Reviews   Funny guy, Agreed . . . anything else?    >>  
   Learning Curve for a....   MSHack, Good words, my friend.    >>  
   Failure Plan   Thousands of Fortune 500 companies?   >>  
   Probability question....   >> 'Actually, given this is a programmer's forum n....   >>  
   .NET Winforms contro....   I'm on a project where we've just started using In....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   P2P Storage/Backup   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Percentage of Developers Using MS Dev Tools?   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Software Pricing for....   There's a lot of truth to the old adage: '1% insp....   >>  
   Percentage of Develo....   >> 'Computer science degrees aren't there to teach....   >>  
      >> ' 'I was forbidden from ever turning in a MS ap....   >>  
      The reason I'd like to know is that I develop most....   >>  
   Getting Excel to wor....   How about content type app/excel (or whatever the ....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Zebraline table prop....   You could set the alternating classes by traversin....   >>  
      Just set two classes in your CSS, 'even' and 'odd'....   >>  
25 Jul 2004   Using .NET to develo....   Do you have a link to EXEBundle?  Google was ....   >>  
23 Jul 2004   Gmail   I have had my Gmail account since June 10th. And I....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   IE Dungeon Gets Internet Connection?   >>  
21 Jul 2004   What source code are....   I am looking at GMail's JavaScript :)   >>  
   Shell Scripting Fana....   Some years ago, I worked for a company and we had ....   >>  
   ASP business model a....   They don't call it ASP model any more. I think the....   >>  
   Please Sir can I hav....   I'm sure the product is fine and I'll give it a wh....   >>  
   Handwritten Document....   >> 'When somebody considers spelling and the multi....   >>  
   Offshore economics   Thanks my view, that's food for thought. My und....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Handwritten Documents   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Handwritten Document....   >> '...but because he needs to learn and memorise.....   >>  
      >> 'Nice Troll.' Not everything that's sarcasti....   >>  
   IPOD "monopoly":Appl....   I bought one of the first 'WinPod' iPods. One of....   >>  
   What exactly is Joel....   So Mike, Whats the deal with Lookout and Microsoft....   >>  
   Offshore economics   So how can you tell when people are lower caste in....   >>  
19 Jul 2004   Requests/Second and Concurrent Users?   >>  
19 Jul 2004   Picasa is now availa....   I downloaded this the other day, and installed it ....   >>  
   What exactly is Joel....   You are welcome. :)   >>  
      If you missed out on downloading Lookout, here is ....   >>  
   software vs program   A program is a set of instructions which follow a ....   >>  
   Requests/Second and ....   licensing for Windows, IIS or SQL Server?   >>  
16 Jul 2004   Google could compete....   Just a little note on Gmail's interface. It's not ....   >>  
      Why don't they let people use Gmail interface to a....   >>  
      You are more than welcome, Keith. I just like to h....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   Perl CGI   >>  
15 Jul 2004   Perl CGI   ********* WARNING ********* These are my humble, ....   >>  
   .Net devs that went ....   >> 'why not just make them public members and be d....   >>  
      One bit of functionality:  .NET properties!&n....   >>  
14 Jul 2004   How Often do You Meet Medium Sized Proj Deadlines?   >>  
14 Jul 2004   Google buys Picasa   Yea, I guess that makes more sense. Also the part ....   >>  
13 Jul 2004   Coding Standards   >>  
13 Jul 2004   Google buys Picasa   >>  
13 Jul 2004      I get the part about "GPhoto". But why a "desktop"....   >>  
   Old farts lack respe....   Is it possible that 'old farts' lack respect for....   >>  
   .Net market share   For __most of us__, does it really matter? Who car....   >>  
12 Jul 2004   Making Design look l....   If I can draw a really poor analogy: - Software i....   >>  
   Testing floating poi....   Use an aggregated class (System.Decimal) ... Compa....   >>  
10 Jul 2004   Gmail technical impl....   Thanks guys. But Saving the web page complete does....   >>  
09 Jul 2004   Gmail technical implimentation   >>  
09 Jul 2004   Oddpost bought by Ya....   Email just got interesting!   >>  
   Microsoft to mail se....   . . . and the .NET framework arrives on this CD (n....   >>  
   Firefox extensions   Anyone know if there's something like a ClarifyBut....   >>  
08 Jul 2004   document permissions issue on J2EE intranet system   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Software as a found ....   Well, actually coding feels like data entry to me ....   >>  
07 Jul 2004   Equating Cab Drivers to Software Engineers...   >>  
07 Jul 2004   Exit Interviews   DEFINITELY LIE and be the happy-go-lucky-appreciat....   >>  
   Good books on DB Des....   Why do you need to model data yo....   >>  
06 Jul 2004   XP SP2 Includes .NET framework   >>  
06 Jul 2004   Help for Newbie Trying to Connect to Win Workgroup   >>  
06 Jul 2004   JAAS querying active directory?   >>  
06 Jul 2004   Help for Newbie Tryi....   Thanks, Simon.  I tried to login as Administr....   >>  
      There's no textbox for domain.  If I type my ....   >>  
   XP SP2 Includes .NET....   As the original poster, I completely agree . . . e....   >>  
   NDA Needed?   > Since I can't really protect my ideas, my only r....   >>  
   single sign on solut....   Joe, can you give me a few details on how you mana....   >>  
05 Jul 2004   single sign on solution   >>  
02 Jul 2004   An instance of a usa....   The bottom part of the 'G' on the Fog Creek Softwa....   >>  
   medical clinic softw....   Oh great, here's that unemployed liar muppet again....   >>  
      Why do all 'offshore' people have names that look ....   >>  
01 Jul 2004   XP development is bi....   This customer will never be on-site and nobody ca....   >>  
   your most absurd IT ....   When I worked at Tyco ( http://www.reuters.com/new....   >>  
      Mine was the requirement that only email lists wit....   >>  
   What will the web be....   The web will exist, but democrats will have impose....   >>  
      What happened to flying cars? I thought we were su....   >>  
      >> 'Can you imagine if the web had been around in ....   >>  
   Your Opinion of Test....   Hmmm...  I got my Math BS first and then beca....   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Your Opinion of Test Question Value   >>  
30 Jun 2004   change windows system process priority   >>  
30 Jun 2004   string memory manage....   You *could* release the memory in the destructor b....   >>  
      Instance vs. Static behavior doesn't really have a....   >>  
      You can't really delete something from the data se....   >>  
      Static data declarations are normally stored in th....   >>  
      To be honest, I hope you aren't actually using tha....   >>  
      Of course some compilers might put that initial as....   >>  
      Your initial assignment is stored in the data segm....   >>  
      Err... Nevermind about the string class you aren't....   >>  
      You are storing a pointer not the actually memory ....   >>  
      It will be stored in the data segment.   >>  
   Crystal Book   GUI Joe, What do you use now?    >>  
   Your Opinion of Test....   >> 'That's a stupid lecturer and or school, anon. ....   >>  
      >> 'What's the course? That test might well be app....   >>  
   man man   I just sent away for my Lucky Astrology Unix Decod....   >>  
29 Jun 2004   Simple Win2K admin question   >>  
29 Jun 2004   Simple Win2K admin q....   Tobias, Thanks. I will look into it.    >>  
28 Jun 2004   Terminal Services Question (2003)   >>  
27 Jun 2004   Pranks on people's c....   Or what to do if you find someone has left a termi....   >>  
26 Jun 2004      My personal favorite is replacing they debugger wi....   >>  
   Blogs written by gee....   Would you rather read what Joel had for breakfast ....   >>  
   Administrative accou....   Trying to convince a developer to develop without ....   >>  
   Microsoft plans to s....   'Besides, all a patent is is a right to sue somebo....   >>  
   HELP! Overcoming pro....   Do ... work. It's not hard. The other thing th....   >>  
25 Jun 2004   DBAs vs. Coders   My opinion is, if you're storing NULLs . . . you'r....   >>  
24 Jun 2004   Interview Tips for S....   check out a MSFT STE blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/....   >>  
   Web Application Deve....   Advice: forget client-server and focus on n-tier.&....   >>  
   GotoAssist vs RapidA....   if (Win2000+) { Programmatic Terminal Servic....   >>  
   Resume Writing   If people read an entire page you are lucky. Usual....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Am I a Java or C++ programmer   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Language-aware diff ....   OMFG, where are the "nice advertisement" trolls at....   >>  
   Resume Writing   Sathyaish, One thing I can suggest you is keep it....   >>  
   New Halloween Memo   When one asks a question that cannot be answered, ....   >>  
      Jesus, you don't get it, do you? No one cares....   >>  
      Maybe IIS attacks are a marketing blitz by open ....   >>  
      Gawd, does anyone else wish this would all just ....   >>  
   Apple's iPod   I guess the word 'irresponsible' is not criticis....   >>  
      No shit, that's capitalism, junior. You're c....   >>  
      Elitist snobs! Bwahahaahahhahahaha! Don't str....   >>  
   C#/.NET (Vague Troll....   I have to agree w/ prior replies . . . most .NET d....   >>  
   Another reply to "Ho....   Nice reply . . . Robert is "dead on" w/ his retort....   >>  
22 Jun 2004   Don Box replies to "How MS lost the API war."   >>  
22 Jun 2004   single sign on recommendations   >>  
22 Jun 2004   Respect to Eric   I have to agree w/ comments alluding to MS steppin....   >>  
21 Jun 2004   HL2 hackers arrested... but who cares   >>  
21 Jun 2004   Xbox 2 will not be b....   anon-182, I know I have to buy another one. But i....   >>  
      What happens when my Xbox dies and I have to get a....   >>  
   Why are Smart Phones....   >......the future belongs to a integrated unit. M....   >>  
   HL2 hackers arrested....   Yeah obviously we shouldn't have gone after the pe....   >>  
   Byte shift   >> 'Good bye, JoS!' L4t3r l33t c0d3r dewd!    >>  
      Dear S9C12 Why? Why? Why? Figure it out you....   >>  
20 Jun 2004   GMail?  Heck No....   I don't know why people don't get it. Size doesn....   >>  
      Why did you post as MarkTAW Sathyaish?   >>  
   Have I got them righ....   It's not that I have anything against you posting ....   >>  
19 Jun 2004   Making my own browse....   Parsing and rendering HTML is not easy although yo....   >>  
   Have I got them righ....   Nice haircut Sathyaish!   >>  
      Dear Sathyaish Chakravarthy: Did you make Unit ....   >>  
18 Jun 2004   accessing active directory through JNDI   >>  
18 Jun 2004   strings in C++   sprintf   >>  
   How Microsoft Lost......   'No Sir, Last year i had real problems finding a ....   >>  
      Ha ha ha. Ok 'MS is dying' guys . . . here's ....   >>  
   What I want in JavaS....   Bill, That comment was not directed at you. I am ....   >>  
17 Jun 2004      I don't get it. What's in a name? Wheather it's Ja....   >>  
   The misnomer "thin c....   Over-abstracting. Here, I'll simplify what EVERYON....   >>  
   UI question   I like option 3 the best, however, kinda unrelated....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   Too contentious arou....   If this were realistic, it would read... After ....   >>  
   Work relationship tu....   Tell them to grow up.   >>  
   0% of 2.0GB -- yahoo....   It's not really a pre-emptive strike, more of a de....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Intel IT Management ....   >> 'Intel doesn't sell lemonade.' You're one of....   >>  
      Is this game like that Yahoo! Game called Lemonade....   >>  
   Nibbles, Words, DWor....   Yea I shouldn't be poking fun of Sathyaish. You....   >>  
      Dear Whitewash Cheklaslovakia: Do you have a de....   >>  
   About outsourcing   Are you telling me that there are people living in....   >>  
      >> 'You as a company hire unemployed NY,SF program....   >>  
   Tech Interview Rant   In light of what you learned from the first interv....   >>  
      >> 'In .NET, if I'm dealing with a variable abc wh....   >>  
   Ethics of running an....   Those of us who have been on the forum since it's ....   >>  
   Today's Provocative ....   I like in/out... Are we talking about computers....   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Stupid CS Exam Questions   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Good reading while Joel is on sebatacle.   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Coder To Developer b....   It might contain new information for new developer....   >>  
   Tech Interview Rant   What is the point of a question like that?  E....   >>  
      Oh my God! Java let's you do it, but IntelliJ sto....   >>  
      '> someInstance.staticMethod(); is not allowed....   >>  
      Abstract class you can implement code, but can't i....   >>  
   Ethics of running an....   In the past when Joel had nothing to say he didn't....   >>  
   Today's Provocative ....   1) Beam me up. 2) Beam me down. 3) Scatter my mo....   >>  
   Good reading while J....   Lighten up, people . . . this gentleman's site isn....   >>  
      His choice of words are definitely "over-seasoned"....   >>  
      nice advertisement beach. That site sucks big t....   >>  
      yah, I know its "Sabbatical" but it got you to rea....   >>  
   Stupid CS Exam Quest....   >> 'First of all, if you make a clerical error on ....   >>  
      >> 'Who in the world could argue that programmers ....   >>  
      >> 'Besides, all code serves as an example - some ....   >>  
      See, I'm finding it really hard to believe that th....   >>  
      >> 'I need to be able to mentally trace the code t....   >>  
13 Jun 2004   Gmail technical impl....   Mathew, Thanks. That's really interesting.    >>  
   Where are all the ne....   The fact is, I have not dismissed networking. If ....   >>  
12 Jun 2004   Gmail technical implimentation   >>  
12 Jun 2004   Microsoft Visual C++....   How's Lingo coming along Bill?  (I think you ....   >>  
   Reality check on pro....   >> >>>>>>>>>> 'Does passing this test guarantee a....   >>  
   Gmail technical impl....   View Source doesn't reveal much. I already tried t....   >>  
      OK, forget the language. I am curious about how th....   >>  
   Where are all the ne....   >> >>>>>> 'There was no job posting. I didn't se....   >>  
      Dave, What exactly do consider a 'candidate wor....   >>  
      >> >>>>>>> 'The fact that you get a letter back s....   >>  
      >> 'Then go join the Marines. Seriously.' I was....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   Where are all the new jobs?   >>  
11 Jun 2004   Eric's Marketing Idea: "Blog your dev." Opinions?   >>  
11 Jun 2004      Tayssir, I do have to change my mindset and am ....   >>  
      meagain, I'm not going to argue with you. I sh....   >>  
      As far as using my real name well I always feel to....   >>  
      I am working on becoming more personable and I am ....   >>  
      Why in the hell do people say 'Learn technology XX....   >>  
      The headhunters I have worked with must have been ....   >>  
      meagain, I'm not a whiner and I'm not whining. ....   >>  
      Bleh.  Does anyone understand what I'm going ....   >>  
      Ian, I graduated in the May of 2001! I haven'....   >>  
      You also have some EE degree no? And now you're....   >>  
      Yes Philo, but look at what you have: You're we....   >>  
      Yes EE. I apply for all jobs for which I believe ....   >>  
      Thanks but no thanks Mr. Fancypants. I need to be....   >>  
      I guess it is just hard to give up on my dream of ....   >>  
   Questions for a Remo....   Ask them if they smoke crack while coding. Wait....   >>  
   new grads   If you've shown this person what he needs to do an....   >>  
      Identify why exactly he is not producing. Is he l....   >>  
   Number line -> Co....   So much for the great theory that math is a game f....   >>  
      aaaaaand my brain shuts off. :) Maybe I'll get....   >>  
      Thinking about it...set theorists might be the rig....   >>  
      Hmm...I think anyone who can use 'discrete manifol....   >>  
      I've noticed that, too. Theoreticians tend to loo....   >>  
      Yup, it is the basis set for it...;)   >>  
      And...to tie this back to the original discussion ....   >>  
      (Actually, introductory q-mech uses just two dimen....   >>  
      Well, you can do quantum mechanics pretty fine in ....   >>  
      Matt - Spaces and rings were just at the edge o....   >>  
      Glad to. It's a thing I think is deeply cool and ....   >>  
      I left out what happens if the maginitude of the n....   >>  
      Ok, here's what you do...take the square root of i....   >>  
      We could also start talking about tensors, and mat....   >>  
   Stock photos   Go get a digital camera and walk around your offic....   >>  
   Questioning the mast....   Here's the thing: If there was an independent int....   >>  
   My custom JOS Reader....   It's an interesting program, but what value does i....   >>  
   Water cooler   I missed that bit...hrm... There really should ....   >>  
      'Apparently they've been peddling it to auto manuf....   >>  
10 Jun 2004   Why Not Use Diagrams and Models?   >>  
10 Jun 2004      'when the temperature gets too cold.' Probably ....   >>  
   Has the role of ....   'At least other American presidents had the dignit....   >>  
   DataStructure for Th....   >> 'If we have to put our thoughts in structures w....   >>  
   Why Not Use Diagrams....   Albert D. Kallal, Yep, I agree. ER diagrams aren....   >>  
      Interesting thoughts, eclectic_echidna, but I disa....   >>  
      'Why not be proactive instead of reactive and stan....   >>  
   Softare and Object O....   ...and *that's* why software should be well design....   >>  
   Oh yes, the public s....   I wish my head would explode when I read something....   >>  
   What's a Good Perl I....   Thanks for the advice!   >>  
09 Jun 2004   What's a Good Perl IDE?   >>  
09 Jun 2004   Yup the problem is n....   The thing that amazes me is there are stooges who ....   >>  
   IT Salaries in Europ....   Just be aware that you'll also need to take tax ra....   >>  
   What's a Good Perl I....   Thanks, Pavel.  My question wasn't clear enou....   >>  
   Hiring programmers: ....   I'm also looking for work, but the last time I che....   >>  
   caught someone in of....   If you're evil and you think one of them is hot, u....   >>  
   project from hell, a....   Sorry, but it was gross stupidity. Exactly how m....   >>  
      Oi, where to start? 1. What you call initiati....   >>  
   Value of resume data....   >> 'I'm always amazed that people don't feel it's ....   >>  
   Thanks for the spam   Enough is enough. Microsoft should take some of....   >>  
   Lazyness   jack off til you get callouses and shoot blood ....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Exposing Options   >>  
08 Jun 2004   How much does the recruiter take?   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Where to get feedbac....   I thought you were going to Iraq?   >>  
   Exposing Options   I have this 'thing' that I'm trying to say at the ....   >>  
      Yes, thank you vrt3. Win32 API calls/structs ex....   >>  
      I will have to think for a minute about how to say....   >>  
      Perhaps I should make myself clearer. I am spea....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Joel on software mee....   --->why Gates is supporting Bush? . Is he?. Wha....   >>  
      Sathyaish Where are you in India? Bangalore....   >>  
   Home office design f....   + plenty of room under the desk for the fluffer   >>  
   Catching undercover ....   RP, catching "undercover posters" implies they're ....   >>  
   Software development....   I live in New Zealand - it's great. Whilst the sal....   >>  
06 Jun 2004   Slacker Coworker   Oh, unless your clueless boss decides to have a pe....   >>  
04 Jun 2004   MYSQL in trouble   >>  
04 Jun 2004   what do you do when ....   and you know what?  they're always business p....   >>  
   smart people   'both types of people contribute to our society.' ....   >>  
      dangit, I meant machines, not machiines. Wow, l....   >>  
      'all the intellectual elite have to figure out how....   >>  
   IT is a great indust....   When everyone else is waiting is the time to attac....   >>  
   Last word on pointer....   >> During my now infamous post on pointers ===....   >>  
   I hate this industry   >> 'Is there an industry where there aren't too ma....   >>  
      This reminds me of a story... At a company I wo....   >>  
      That sucks   >>  
   designing logos just....   nice advertisement beach.   >>  
   questions to ask bef....   'Do I get a red stapler? A genuine Swingline?' ....   >>  
   Disk shredder / hard....   A steel mill I know of throws tapes into the molte....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   Objectz.NET   >>  
03 Jun 2004   What is time?   >>  
03 Jun 2004   Virtual PC or Drive ....   Maybe I should mention that with VMWare or VPC you....   >>  
      I have never used VMWare or VPC but I believe they....   >>  
   Social Engineering t....   MarkTAW, long time no see.   >>  
   If you were Microsof....   Some companies should simply liquidate themselves ....   >>  
   Disk shredder / hard....   Comparison of different hard disk wipers. htt....   >>  
   Long-term prospects ....   err... last sentence should read "making it right"   >>  
      >> 'The prejudice is due to three reasons: first, ....   >>  
      Another example of abstracting away functionality ....   >>  
      >> 'Isn't Win32 'supposed' to go away at some poin....   >>  
      Win32 is the rock that .NET is built on. It will ....   >>  
   Components   Green PJ, Don't view the source/escrow licenses a....   >>  
   Objectz.NET   If I were advertising, why would I mention my comp....   >>  
      nice advertisement beach.   >>  
   Ayn Rand   JM posted this: 'The modifier is Democracy. Democ....   >>  
      'Hey, anon, get GWB to invade them, and save them ....   >>  
      'We the Living' was just amazing. It gave me a gl....   >>  
   Dear The Entire Soft....   >> 'But if you think that SQL is the underlying en....   >>  
      Either that or your just too damn lazy to learn SQ....   >>  
02 Jun 2004   Dear The Entire Software Industry   >>  
02 Jun 2004   Trade Shows   >>  
02 Jun 2004   Thinking about old flames.   >>  
02 Jun 2004   Simple task but on a....   'your are sure there are 10 million different word....   >>  
   Dear The Entire Soft....   'Job Security. If everyone knows everything else, ....   >>  
   Planning to give my ....   How about doing what they did in either Fight Club....   >>  
   Thinking about old f....   Ok. 1-2 hours are probably exagerrated. Maybe i th....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   Project Manager Interview Questions   >>  
01 Jun 2004   VStudio .NET   I went from IDEA to VS.Net 2003 in a ....   >>  
   Norah Jones   Rip the audio with cdrwin/nero and ignore the bund....   >>  
   Project Manager Inte....   OK maybe I should have been more clear. I do have ....   >>  
   Passing args by refe....   >> 'printf('%d\n', *v); // should print 2' << ....   >>  
      I had my dog, 'Him' sniff this thread for homework....   >>  
   Self Defence   Where are guys from anyway? Defence? Is that lik....   >>  
      I said I knew him...never said he was a friend.&nb....   >>  
      'just carry around technology no one wants and is ....   >>  
      Pfft... Philo was in da Navy... Da Navy don't do ....   >>  
      I'm a black belt in every form of self defense eve....   >>  
   Has a file changed?   Are you male or female Jan?   >>  
      If you have .NET you can easily use an MD5 checksu....   >>  
   Very painful project....   The problem with that IT Manager is that my boss d....   >>  
      Dear Mr. Savage: I would first like to say that....   >>  
   Becoming a C _develo....   It doesn't work as a general solution because it w....   >>  
31 May 2004   Alone or Team?   >>  
31 May 2004   Off-the-wall UI   Without providing more detail it's difficult to of....   >>  
   Becoming a C _develo....   You mean 'in the bank.' Yes, you should retire.....   >>  
      Why is it that these threads almost always turn in....   >>  
      What the hell, let the petty argument begin! Wh....   >>  
      I believe the int's in the function above should '....   >>  
      How about I just solve it for ya guy. (So we don'....   >>  
      >> 'I want to do more of C because I think I am fa....   >>  
      It only has to divide by 7 bud.  It is, by de....   >>  
      Yup. I'm sure. Let's take a nice large even num....   >>  
      You may use a constant but stick to integers. ....   >>  
      Yup.  Good Job on the Multiply.   >>  
      It may also be worthwhile to note that the C opera....   >>  
      Remember that you can't use +, -, * or /. :-)   >>  
      The first prototype should be: int Add(int, int);   >>  
      I'll give you three problems and see if you can so....   >>  
   Master's thesis adds....   Do whatever amuses you as a hobby. None have signi....   >>  
   Are you a less produ....   Do you lot have a clue about what a bunch of nasty....   >>  
30 May 2004   Master's thesis adds value to work experience?   >>  
30 May 2004   If business is so ......   The reason I don't go into business already is tha....   >>  
      Adam, your self doubt is troubling to me. You mus....   >>  
29 May 2004   Where are all of the....   Dear dir@badblue.com: Wow! Thanks a ton for the....   >>  
28 May 2004   The IDE Blues...   >>  
28 May 2004   Should I retire?   >>  
28 May 2004   The IDE Blues...   Why don't you use a third party editor that handle....   >>  
   Should I retire?   Guys, guys: I was just kidding why do you have ....   >>  
      I have $37 and a coupon for a free Chic-fil-A brea....   >>  
      Wow that's an eye-opener Just Me.   >>  
      Thanks for the link Jeff.   >>  
      Well that is an interesting concept... holding mon....   >>  
      Naw.  I live on the interest.  I live ve....   >>  
      Why do you believe the U.S. dollar is not stable?&....   >>  
      My mom and dad passed away a while ago.  That....   >>  
      U.S. Dollar to be precise.   >>  
   Nomic World: By the ....   Do you have a comment or question about these arti....   >>  
27 May 2004   My own VM   >>  
27 May 2004   Where are all of the good jobs?   >>  
27 May 2004   Binary diff algorith....   Text: 1. Read a line of text from both files. ....   >>  
   Silly managers   So if you have this structure for discussing probl....   >>  
   Where are all of the....   I am 'anon', not 'Anon'.  I thought this thre....   >>  
      >> 'To refresh your knowledge of C++, or MFC, or w....   >>  
      >> 'If somebody in defense reads a bunch of busine....   >>  
      Ok that makes sense thanks Bored.   >>  
      I hear you Mr. Obvious.  I do apply to these ....   >>  
      Well, I'm ok with moving on, but wasn't it the lea....   >>  
   My own VM   The AS/400 had a VM long before Sun or MS - and it....   >>  
   What does "Our Techn....   <>>  
   Tips & Tricks to....   Here's a thread on Access record locking/concurren....   >>  
26 May 2004   Informal vs. Formal - Experience   >>  
26 May 2004   What does "Our Technology" mean?   >>  
26 May 2004   Programmers not peop....   >> 'George continually wants to add a new feature,....   >>  
      Because even though the most basic interface is pr....   >>  
   Opening my mind   Do you really have to ask how to learn?  I me....   >>  
   interview situation   I have been in this situation. The company that wa....   >>  
      Just for some more details, this is what the recru....   >>  
   Alpha Males   >> 'Yeah, I guess maybe some fraction of society c....   >>  
25 May 2004   interview situation   >>  
25 May 2004   Job-hunting fatigue.   I hear ya - job hunting is a crippling thing, been....   >>  
   Yet another cover le....   That is how I write all of my cover letters. I si....   >>  
   Alpha Males   Don't be a leader.  Don't be a follower. ....   >>  
   The cost of poor eng....   I think it's worth talking about the cost of repla....   >>  
   Screw math...   >> 'But any branch of science that allows both irr....   >>  
      You're right!  Let's all, please, dumb oursel....   >>  
   Paul Graham's "Why N....   '...groceries bagged by a guy who was a popular ub....   >>  
      One of the interesting things about the article is....   >>  
   Dealing with Efficie....   Your company is almost certainly working towards a....   >>  
   Dear JOS-Abbey: Need....   If you end up with the C, can you simply retake th....   >>  
24 May 2004   Best Feature of OO   >>  
24 May 2004   Why Do We Need Generics?   >>  
24 May 2004   OO: Lists, Collectio....   >> 'Do you really think for every type you will ha....   >>  
      Definitely (a)!   >>  
   A+ Certification: co....   FWIW, I have an A+. The test was about as difficul....   >>  
   Question on VS.NET   http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/articles/7384.aspx    >>  
   VB and C   Kyralessa, Certainly you should be abl....   >>  
      KC, Whoops - in my last comment, I meant 'VB 6'....   >>  
      KC, dosomething(itemA, itemB) OR ....   >>  
21 May 2004   Backwards Interface?   Yea, I've seen Wendy's and McDonalds with two Wind....   >>  
20 May 2004   VB: How do I recursi....   *Null, http://www.google.com.au/search?q=VB+How....   >>  
   The last time you us....   I use recursion a lot, but with object orientation....   >>  
18 May 2004   adding an icon in eclipse   >>  
18 May 2004   ResultSet to XML?   >>  
18 May 2004   Pocket PC, Palm, som....   I have been developing mobile applications for qui....   >>  
   Are there any .Net c....   Check out NewsGator and IntraVNews. Both are .net ....   >>  
   medical forum?   And they are?   >>  
      Count me in too. I work for a healthcare software ....   >>  
17 May 2004   Programmed Death for....   >Do you think PDAs do still have a bright future (....   >>  
14 May 2004   Language in contract   How is $300,000 "trivial"?   >>  
13 May 2004   Design Skills are Worthless.   >>  
13 May 2004   Whats the deal with ....   Eric Debois, Reporting software is useful in au....   >>  
   Americans rejoice. I....   'U. S. of A. (Generally speaking, on the whole, ....   >>  
      I'm curious about something, and please don't take....   >>  
      'my fear is India _becoming_ another U. S. of A, ....   >>  
   Where is the Ask Joe....   To be honest, I like the longer articles better. ....   >>  
12 May 2004   Versioning Rules for COM   >>  
12 May 2004   Competition and the ....   >> 'Altruism. The intention to help others for no ....   >>  
      'We're all just human beings for crying outloud.......   >>  
   Ericsson P900, or an....   I think it mainly depends on what carrier you are ....   >>  
   Women in IT   Hm...The building where I work has several differe....   >>  
11 May 2004   The simplest way to filter in HTML tags   >>  
11 May 2004      Maybe Women have the same thoughts too?   >>  
   VBA - CallBacks = Fe....   Sathyaish, I read this statement from ....   >>  
   The simplest way to ....   Exactly, you've hit the nail on the head. The solu....   >>  
   help me about to rea....   Maybe they are two different people working on the....   >>  
   codewarrior and visu....   What languages are you using?  Name mangling ....   >>  
10 May 2004   Compatibility and Op....   A chance of making money with it? Not much, hones....   >>  
   Interview question f....   NoName, If you want a programmer who h....   >>  
      Sankar, Interviwers are also requested....   >>  
06 May 2004   Data Structures, Onl....   Bloom Filters in Perl: http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2....   >>  
04 May 2004   Why do fax machines ....   Totally off-topic (sorry about that), but someone ....   >>  
   Mail Client Integrat....   There is probably a common format that all mail cl....   >>  
   PalmOne's priorities   I think the key here is decide if you want a data ....   >>  
      I develop some picture capturing applications for ....   >>  
   U.S. Is Losing Its D....   India was not even one country, and the british ca....   >>  
      Mr. Me, if the purpose of the caste system orginal....   >>  
      Comment on Indian agriculture http://www.hcio....   >>  
      Dennis, India did receive food aid from the USA fo....   >>  
      yet another anon, look at this link - Marconi w....   >>  
03 May 2004   developer versus code monkey   >>  
03 May 2004   Help With Market Validation/Research   >>  
03 May 2004   Independent contract....   During a period when I was out of work I thought I....   >>  
   MS offers Visual Bas....   What do you mean Local Job Lot?   >>  
02 May 2004   Know what I want in ....   I have Sanyo RL-7300 from Sprint PCS. It shows the....   >>  
      The best part is you can refuse to answer service ....   >>  
   Joel deleted thread ....   I love Aussie accents. Especially that cute kid wh....   >>  
   What's the Deal with....   what's up, Who the heck wants or needs....   >>  
   Eiffel programming l....   All, Eiffel was the first language taught at my....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   Calling card site   Try http://01191.net - Reliable but not very che....   >>  
   A programmer who is ....   This is not flamebait... I honestly - in my heart....   >>  
   more great open sour....   More amusing is how much credit you to a person st....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Google IPO   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Is the job market st....   I probably should add that even for folks with exp....   >>  
      How much and what kind of experience do you have M....   >>  
   What are the real be....   >> 'Uuhm, MS is not a non profit organization so i....   >>  
      People, People, People I in fact state that I u....   >>  
      Bill, I'm a C++ and VB person myself. I'm sayi....   >>  
      I'm not anti .NET either. I'm simply pointing out....   >>  
      >> 'How exactly are you figuring MS is making a pr....   >>  
      I believe MC gives the end user the benefit of per....   >>  
   Techie / manager mut....   I tend to look at it this way: the goal of a bus....   >>  
   Who handles writing ....   In our shop, if you want to write code, you writ....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   Is the job market still poor?   >>  
28 Apr 2004   Is the job market st....   John C,  out of curiousity, what skill sets a....   >>  
      My background and interests are C++/VB and Interne....   >>  
   C++   Pretty simple really.  He just replaces every....   >>  
     

C++ isn't ab....   >>  

27 Apr 2004   Never write a progra....   137?  oh my god -- you mean it's NOT "42"?   >>  
25 Apr 2004   OT...need Europeans'....   My first start would be with the Red Cross.   >>  
24 Apr 2004   Cost of living   I couldn’t care less where the company I work for ....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Java API for converting word,PDF to text?   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Popup Blockers   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Diversity initiative....   I'm in the US, and I wish my company had a diversi....   >>  
   Popup Blockers   I use and have been very happy with this one: h....   >>  
      >> 'Heck, you saw it on a website - it must be tru....   >>  
      Yeah, but I read (on another forum) that google to....   >>  
   relationship between....   If you think about it, a lot of people have learne....   >>  
   The big disadvantage....   Clay, The preferences between the two ....   >>  
      THE RED MENACE, Visual Basic just does....   >>  
21 Apr 2004   Difference between word doc files and RTF files?   >>  
21 Apr 2004   Salaries again...   In the US, the median price is around $160,000. A....   >>  
   When you spend too m....   My least favorite: I had an MSN dialup account and....   >>  
   What are some synony....   Oh, and 'solution'. Apparently no one sells sof....   >>  
      firmware, framework, object file   >>  
   Video Game Programmi....   Game programming is hard for one very good reaso....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   Auuuggghhh!  Ad....   Myron, It's a brand new PC and I hadn't messed ....   >>  
      >>Simply browsing the web with IE will not infect ....   >>  
   I want to work for a....   >>You worked for Rational right? I was guessin....   >>  
      You might cast a wider net by looking for an ASG (....   >>  
   What is this gui sty....   I definitely vote against Master-Detail. Makes me....   >>  
19 Apr 2004   document URL's   >>  
19 Apr 2004   document URL's   I'm also interested in some Java or C++ library to....   >>  
18 Apr 2004   Need network setup help   >>  
18 Apr 2004   Extreme Anxiety abou....   I experienced the same thing. When I was younger ....   >>  
   Need network setup h....   Cool. The XP internet connection firewall was ena....   >>  
16 Apr 2004   parser to convert to text various file formats   >>  
16 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   'Oh yes, this is quite the insightful discussion! ....   >>  
   Keeping track of pas....   I use AnyPassword. Free for individual use. http....   >>  
15 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   >Carolyn was looking really good tonight. Hope ....   >>  
   Object design questi....   Oh, and of course, the Products collection class s....   >>  
      Have a collection class with delete(), add(), appe....   >>  
   Another take on loya....   I've honestly never had a direct manager who added....   >>  
14 Apr 2004   search engine to be built into J2EE based product   >>  
14 Apr 2004   search engine to be ....   Yeah! forgot to ask the question, has anyone done ....   >>  
12 Apr 2004   Employees are nothin....   Oh yeah, and there's my cousin who's older... ....   >>  
      'Generally speaking, you don't f*** other people j....   >>  
11 Apr 2004      > employment is far more than a business transacti....   >>  
10 Apr 2004   cost of the google search appliance?   >>  
09 Apr 2004   Team member goes Off....   Now you've got us all hooked on this soap opera, m....   >>  
   Have you ever been f....   'Not really, there's a difference between being fi....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   The RUP, Features an....   Your approach seems backwards. If you say: '....   >>  
   Why do people just w....   Mihai, >> Dennis, yes, if you stop paying for s....   >>  
07 Apr 2004   Identity Theft?   >>  
07 Apr 2004   Identity Theft?   'Did you own the car 6 years ago?' Yes.    >>  
   I Question the Assum....   I have/had the same conversation with my wife. S....   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Experiences working ....   Check out the blog from a Microsoft Software Test ....   >>  
   Arrggg!!   >> 'So how would I normalize the function?' Goo....   >>  
      >> 'I agree -- normalization, normalization, norma....   >>  
   Poor useability is a....   >> 'the art of programming: taking a non-code desc....   >>  
      Poor usability is like totally awesome.  Gag ....   >>  
   "The Apprentice" Con....   re Visionaries: One of the most compelling st....   >>  
      I would say that while Ford hasn't done 'poorly'....   >>  
      Great, in this context, doesn't mean they made s....   >>  
      Noted. Got any suggestions?    >>  
      ['There's a section in there on leaders. The basic....   >>  
      Check out the book 'Good to Great'. This was a s....   >>  
   How to Build a Bette....   >> 'Corporations exist to make a profit...' Cor....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Sapient   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Wrapping code at 80 ....   >> 'I don't use mono-spaced fonts for programming ....   >>  
      One of my biggest pet peeves! I work at a place w....   >>  
   ThrowTheBumsOut   >> 'FACT: Islam is basically a cut-and-paste of Ju....   >>  
      >> 'Yea, if I didn't post there'd be all the more....   >>  
      >> 'Dear anon, You took this thread off topic post....   >>  
      It was your moronic assertion that by pointing out....   >>  
      >> 'People don't get killed, tortured and mutilate....   >>  
      >> 'And I fail to see how showing that you as a US....   >>  
      >> 'In many non-Muslim countries there is no relig....   >>  
      >> 'I believe many Republicans and even Democrats ....   >>  
      >> 'The unemployment rate doesn't really tell the ....   >>  
      >> 'While Clinton didn't do it, you'd do well to r....   >>  
      'The house of Saud is no more behind the terror at....   >>  
      Before Kerry captured the nomination, I thought, "....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   free ftp server software for Windows   >>  
29 Mar 2004   Curving CS Grades   Oh, I should add that all my other graduate course....   >>  
      I took a graduate level computer architecture cour....   >>  
   Why are managers clu....   >> ' - Trust your people - Know your people - ....   >>  
      Okay. I've worked at two tiny startups. I was te....   >>  
      Managers are uneducated. We all spend our undergr....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Design pattern: Offi....   Dude, you are way out there :)   >>  
   Is grokking pointers....   Hmmm... 888    >>  
   Refactoring Tool for....   Thx!   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Buying refurbished P....   I have a refurbished Dell Inpisron 500m. No proble....   >>  
   capitalism is beauti....   Why don't the French bathe?  And why is every....   >>  
   Slowest computer   P II 333 MHz. I backup my real computer to its ....   >>  
   Is grokking pointers....   >> 'you're showing your ignorance again. Firstly y....   >>  
      Stephen Jones: Good post... I want to respond ....   >>  
      Mr Jack writes: >> 'Formal languages are fundamen....   >>  
      >> 'I think the dual use of * for declaring pointe....   >>  
      Mr. Jack posts: >> 'Linguists who suggest this ....   >>  
      Hmmm... I asked Joel the same question on 'Ask Jo....   >>  
   Good Code / Bad Code....   slashdotters think bad code *is* good code. 888    >>  
      >> 'But without really defining what 'good' code i....   >>  
      No, seriously, master-debater, I want you to pick ....   >>  
      To '.': I sincerely wish you were somebody's ca....   >>  
      >> 'Actually, I'm curious - clearly in your imagin....   >>  
      From John R. Searl, a giant in cognitive science &....   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Refactoring Tool for VB6   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Scary, Bad Code at New Company   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Scary, Bad Code at N....   >> 'Yes, this is the state of *much* code today. ....   >>  
22 Mar 2004   Can/Do *good* softwa....   [Come on anon, who ever said that it's the only im....   >>  
      [Another aspect that strikes me here is that much ....   >>  
      Hmm, I guess I'll weigh in here even though I su....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   JOS Usability   I guess I'll take my chances and post to this thre....   >>  
18 Mar 2004   Becoming a C program....   C is not easy to learn, mainly because of the subt....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   What is a lot of resumes?   >>  
17 Mar 2004   What is a lot of res....   Wow Joel, IMO, that's a heck of a nice salary for ....   >>  
16 Mar 2004   How to find out wher....   I highly recommend http://www.vcbuzz.com if you ju....   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Bad Programming Team Assignments   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Bad Programming Team....   >> 'Serious question: What will it cost you to gi....   >>  
   Someone working for ....   Can you be more specific about the "strange feelin....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   Does good code matte....   Sometimes, results are the only thing that matter.....   >>  
   The Apprentice (spoi....   They may have picked Katrina just make her PM and ....   >>  
      Looking at the next week's trailers, it looks like....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Lower Wages Is The Solution   >>  
09 Mar 2004   salary on current job too low   >>  
09 Mar 2004   Nielsen is getting o....   I think Nielsen is right on. The reason IQ d....   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Intel, GNU and compiler benchmarking   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Explaining things in....   Yeah I want cheesy-poofs! Cheesy poofs, cheesy-....   >>  
   The Future of Progra....   Pardon the stupid question... What are ETL tools?....   >>  
   Is this harassment?   yawn   >>  
07 Mar 2004   Make Me Disappear   entell, you are from Pittsburgh?   >>  
   VMWare virtual machi....   I have to agree. Virtual PC is much better at runn....   >>  
   Open Source: Get up ....   "The linux people"... who are they exactly?  ....   >>  
06 Mar 2004   A 20 minute usabilit....   Umm, with regards the 'hidden' shortcut key for 'F....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Some advice required....   Well, one question: are you doing your masters f....   >>  
   Samsung: talk to me ....   [ The problem I have with that process is often k....   >>  
      There's a great book written by a guy named Jim ....   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Is My Company Secretly Blocking URLs?   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Is My Company Secret....   >> ''If you're looking for a new job on company ti....   >>  
      >> 'Ask your company?' Good plan.......   >>  
   Stock Market related....   Thanks Tapiwa. Rob, I am trying to make some qui....   >>  
02 Mar 2004   Stock Market related Blogs, sites, newsgroups   >>  
02 Mar 2004      Thanks for pointers all. I have been reading all t....   >>  
   Lacking Enough Techn....   A wrecking ball will destroy your business too. It....   >>  
      Why Programming is not just like any other profess....   >>  
01 Mar 2004   Lacking Enough Technical Knowledge?   >>  
01 Mar 2004   Combee on Palm OS   Thanks Ben. Your site has been a good resource for....   >>  
   Lacking Enough Techn....   >> 'If you want to be able to do those things you ....   >>  
      A general practitioner doesn't know how to perfo....   >>  
   How to welcome a new....   Also, if you pair the noob up with a developer w....   >>  
      A lot of people have a problem with Agile method....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   "The Apprentice" (Sp....   'Troy has good people skills, but I don't think he....   >>  
   Anyone see this?   >> 'India turned down my application to emigrate, ....   >>  
      And now for something completely different... ....   >>  
26 Feb 2004   Outsourcing & Programmer Retraining   >>  
26 Feb 2004   Tom Peters: Sixteen ....   'What an asshole. He has the nerve to say that bro....   >>  
   Blue background + An....   Does anybody *really* use a variably spaced font t....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Date Querying   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Free E-mail programs allow 6 mb attachments   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Idiotic design decis....   Doesn't matter much anymore because XP never hangs....   >>  
      I have a DVD player who's remote control only has ....   >>  
   Getting smarter or d....   Well, I don't enjoy programming as much as I use....   >>  
   Date Querying   do u mean where loan.date_to_be_returned> CDate....   >>  
      unfortunately neither, i am aware of the Date() fu....   >>  
   Are Older Developers....   >> 'it's completely irrelevant whether Bob was a b....   >>  
24 Feb 2004      I began to feel like I was losing the edge, so jus....   >>  
      Another generality: most 25 year old developers ....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   DSP programmer interview   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Activity Tracking To....   Notebook. Pen. So crazy, it just might work.....   >>  
   Riddle in Philadelph....   Basically, the point is this: Q: What's bette....   >>  
22 Feb 2004   dreaming of products   I want the Treo 600 for Sprint PCS for around $100....   >>  
19 Feb 2004   To computer addicts   I can derive the quadratic formula in my head.   >>  
   Offshoring of "mind-....   So maybe the safest/safer jobs opportunities are w....   >>  
   Please delete with p....   Do you mean "Showgirls"? Or "101 Dalmations"?   >>  
18 Feb 2004   Programmers and their Pets   >>  
18 Feb 2004   I hate developers   >>  
18 Feb 2004   Programmers and thei....   Thanks for all the comments, links and advice.&nbs....   >>  
   I hate developers   Don't be hatin'!   >>  
   Please delete with p....   Right, then it was her turn: she sucked all the yo....   >>  
   How do I break the p....   Sathyaish, you okay there, buddy?   >>  
   Update on Feeling Ba....   'Maybe ... just maybe... they did not do the right....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   Knowing you can get ....   'Multinationals are not responsible for any geogra....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   What the hell does o....   Do they count support or people doing customizatio....   >>  
   How discouraging   I concur Do whatever pleases you. In every f....   >>  
   comment devenir pomp....   No offense to anybody, but that's hilarious Stephe....   >>  
   I am being setup as ....   Nah, you're not a fall guy. Don't let them get you....   >>  
14 Feb 2004   what is cleanrooming....   It usually simply means 'proving' software as you ....   >>  
   Manager asleep for 5....   ...and you're suggesting that this is an unusual s....   >>  
   $50+ hr for java pro....   'I love programming and I love to make money' S....   >>  
   Starting all over ag....   Twenty-five is a good age to decide what you 'real....   >>  
13 Feb 2004   I am being setup as ....   Did you really believe you were going to work on p....   >>  
      'I am being set up as the fall guy for their incom....   >>  
   System Analysis   None of the above. They're all old enough to be ta....   >>  
      I'd say you're on the fast track to upper manageme....   >>  
   In search of stupidi....   Who's Susie Mayer?   >>  
12 Feb 2004   The Apprentice (spoi....   Last week's backstabbing was not about her advice ....   >>  
      I am glad Jessie got fired. It suited her for her ....   >>  
11 Feb 2004   What's Your Greatest....   i guess it were all them people I had to kill for ....   >>  
   just how much math i....   what is this 'salad cream'? 888    >>  
      >> 'So... anon, you would not consider Newton or L....   >>  
      >> 'Newsflash! This is the nerdy, ego-centric crap....   >>  
      >> 'I doubt that such a person claims to have comp....   >>  
      I'm sick and tired of hearing about how poor US sc....   >>  
      >> 'I would suggest that the comparison might be t....   >>  
      I have a master's in math, and a master's in CS, a....   >>  
   Is it ok to join Ork....   LOL. But why are all these people joining these s....   >>  
      I don't get it. What's the big deal with this Soci....   >>  
   what it takes to be ....   You're from a third world country...  Okay, s....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Leveraging Computer ....   what's bioinformatics and does it have anything to....   >>  
09 Feb 2004   Search Engine work -systems programming?   >>  
09 Feb 2004   Programmers and Depression   >>  
09 Feb 2004   Join the development....   Thanks for the help.   >>  
      Natural Language parsing is of particular interest....   >>  
      Am I missing something, or is there a better way t....   >>  
   RSS Aggregator   Joel, You need to have a RSS feed for this forum.....   >>  
      If you use Outlook, take a look at IntraVNews ht....   >>  
   Programmers and Depr....   Thanks, everyone, for the ideas.  They were a....   >>  
      >> 'Leave your job. Get a new one.' But aren't ....   >>  
   Programmers and eati....   I'm a huge fat a$$!  I gained fifty pounds si....   >>  
   SQL move record quer....   thanks so much i really appreciate the help and it....   >>  
06 Feb 2004   Interviews keep coming,but no offers   >>  
06 Feb 2004   SQL move record query   >>  
06 Feb 2004   Macromedia Flex.   I'm in the beta. It's damn cool technology. IMH....   >>  
   and the winner of th....   Why?  What happened with Programmer's Paradis....   >>  
   Bad Fit in a Corpora....   >> 'In my view, there should be none of that sort ....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Bad Fit in a Corporate Culture?   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Recruiters checking references?   >>  
05 Feb 2004      >> 'Within every large American corporation there ....   >>  
   What do to when host....   John, Can you provide the web site for 'image-res....   >>  
   Programmer Productiv....   Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-five per....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   why is my computer s....   >> 'why is my computer so slow?' Maybe you're c....   >>  
   Programmer Productiv....   THEN I'M THE BEST BA-A-A-A-A-A-BY!!! WOO HOO!!!!!....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   dumb CVS question: SOS   >>  
03 Feb 2004   dumb CVS question: S....   Thanks Dave, sorry for being rude. We will prob....   >>  
      It wasn't me   >>  
      Philo, yep, its a shame, but many things are ju....   >>  
      Philo, we're using some non-mainstream soft for....   >>  
      Dave, you're probably 'the smart ass'. So tell ....   >>  
      Sorry not "bits" - "beats"   >>  
      Gordon, I think that source control suits our g....   >>  
      Gordon, many thanks. In our case source control....   >>  
      Philo, could you please drop some links on ANT....   >>  
      Philo, 'scale' ? :-) People here usually get do....   >>  
      Simon, yep, IDE can support custom code on Open....   >>  
      Simon, we have a web project, source has to be ....   >>  
      Philo, thanks, good point. As to concurren....   >>  
      Simon, thanks for replying, we have sandbox on ....   >>  
   How to deal with "in....   Why not just pay him straight commission to sell i....   >>  
   Advice needed: print....   >>Considering that IE is used by 98% of Windows us....   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Advice needed: printing from a web app   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Use of Bitmask appro....   'Glossary: First Normal Form Definition: A relat....   >>  
   How do you buy your ....   I filled it out and lied on every answer. And I s....   >>  
   Advice needed: print....   On a side note, printing straight HTML works fine ....   >>  
      I don't think PDF is feasible.  The users pri....   >>  
      To be honest, if I had to resort to using Flash ju....   >>  
   definition of "Kille....   To me it means innovative and popular, with emphas....   >>  
   Good, thorough artic....   Although you might be tempted to dismiss it as che....   >>  
   Usability vs. Code M....   'Hey, where'd that Mars probe go? :-)' Funny, b....   >>  
   Taxes & US Devel....   'In other words, I stay way away from people with ....   >>  
   People who lack a se....   'people disagree over who the funniest actor is' ....   >>  
   microsoft access... ....   'How did you end up accomplishing that Sarah? (Ho....   >>  
   Who Moved My Cheese?   'I wokk with loads of Americans and Indians. I've ....   >>  
   Brussels set to rule....   >> 'Would you all be equally supportive of Europea....   >>  
   being a good followe....   Find a nice job in IT at a big company, or in gove....   >>  
01 Feb 2004   How common are sniff....   Yes, at least that's the theory. If someone manage....   >>  
      One can mitigate the effects of network sniffers w....   >>  
31 Jan 2004   SQL Query Question   >>  
31 Jan 2004   SQL Query Question   Thanks RC, it looks like thats what I want. I have....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Linkers and servicing   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Seven out of Twenty   We couldn't pass the security inspections at the....   >>  
   Documentation   Absolutely. I was just commenting on the fact th....   >>  
      What m is describing is basically the core of Sc....   >>  
   Feeling Bad About Le....   As someone who manages people (I'm a developer t....   >>  
28 Jan 2004   People who lack a se....   I'm really curious as to who exactly is the arbite....   >>  
   microsoft access... ....   Whew.   >>  
      >> 'Now you might argue its transactional and you ....   >>  
   Brussels set to rule....   Couldn't have said it better myself: http://www....   >>  
27 Jan 2004   3rd interview   >>  
27 Jan 2004   Photocopying your la....   That's a shame, because if he managed to copy the ....   >>  
   microsoft access... ....   >> 'Here I was thinking that Access was a user-lev....   >>  
      H. Lally Singh, if Sarah is a user, then she shoul....   >>  
      >> 'Hey i really think you should give Sarah a bre....   >>  
      >> 'look, i came on for help, i dint come here so ....   >>  
      >> 'Good question Sarah.' Honestly, this is an....   >>  
      Data modeling is very tricky business, and to crea....   >>  
   Who Moved My Cheese?   From the article: 'But never - not once - does ....   >>  
   Entity Class Questio....   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CityDeskEnt....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Joel seems like a je....   er, earned.   >>  
      I think Joel comes off as slightly (only slightly,....   >>  
   Resume Post   I was born in India and I did not take any offense....   >>  
   why people write bul....   Well, I do admit it would make life a lot easier....   >>  
   Alternatives to AOL/....   > I've never considered getting a Hotmail or Yahoo....   >>  
   Anyone tried/used ZO....   On the subject of PIMs, has anyone tried Microsoft....   >>  
25 Jan 2004   Technical Ladder -- ....   >> 'Even the flattest organization needs leadershi....   >>  
      Oh, come on. I'm sick and tired of hearing about ....   >>  
   Blocking users from ....   You can do a whois lookup on the IP block to deter....   >>  
24 Jan 2004   Robot Scientist Crea....   >> 'Somebody wake me up when robots starting doing....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   Robot Scientist Created; Robot Developers Soon?   >>  
22 Jan 2004   what's your choice o....   I use a combination of all Enterprise Manager tool....   >>  
   In Defence of Outsou....   Um, who cares if there are no more call center job....   >>  
   "Unix culture values....   'why don't you just write an OS/400 shell ' 888 ....   >>  
      >> 'So it pops up a menu of options. How do you ge....   >>  
   Are Developers Typic....   I enjoy games, but not in excess.  888   >>  
   Attending top univer....   >> 'I have always felt graduates in Computer Engin....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   The most ridiculous patent application ever   >>  
21 Jan 2004   "Unix culture values code useful to other pgmrs?"   >>  
21 Jan 2004   reference not there   >>  
21 Jan 2004   reference not there   >> 'A reference is not a reference if you cannot c....   >>  
   "Unix culture values....   >> 'I'm starting to think you're a troll, since wh....   >>  
      >> 'When i said 'epilogue' i meant 'epilogue'' ....   >>  
      Ah-h-h-h, touche BIFF-inator; I've sustained anoth....   >>  
      BIFF-ster: I believe the answer to your droll, so....   >>  
      Mike Schiraldi: I suppose when you wrote 'epilo....   >>  
      >> 'Should i be forced to type CPYF (in, out, FALS....   >>  
      >> 'have any of you guys ever had sexual intercour....   >>  
      Mike Schiraldi posts: >> 'Unix is like English.' ....   >>  
      >> 'Use non IBM terminals?' Back in 1993 there ....   >>  
      old timer: Every lofty goal espoused in 'The Ar....   >>  
      >> 'Which would you rather type many, many times: ....   >>  
   The most ridiculous ....   Here's a tiny URL instead: http://tinyurl.com/3....   >>  
   Mozilla Firebird   >>'whatever version of Mouseware was on Logitech's....   >>  
   Are Developers Typic....   Patrik claims: >> 'Most people I have met that....   >>  
   Attending top univer....   Dennis Atkins states: >>'the use of single-letter....   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Mozilla Firebird   My only problem with Firebird has been trying to g....   >>  
   Are Developers Typic....   [What FT developer has the time to play video game....   >>  
      I prefer to think of myself as a gamer. Develope....   >>  
   Attending top univer....   >> 'Anon, Why initializing a variable at declarati....   >>  
      >> 'Why don't you post some of the code. Just curi....   >>  
      I doubt that the relationship between going to a g....   >>  
   Combining software d....   'Is it bad to combine the position of a software d....   >>  
19 Jan 2004   Stupid Move on the Part of Microsoft?   >>  
19 Jan 2004   cabling rant   'What do you do with all of your old printers Mark....   >>  
   Stupid Move on the P....   >> 'The really stupid part was the kid putting up ....   >>  
   An explanation for o....   rs, Where do you even get this kind of stuff?    >>  
   Article on going ind....   You know what?  I'm tired of stupid networkin....   >>  
   Outsourcing - the mi....   I'm a libertarian, and, as such, I believe in free....   >>  
   new direction for Am....   >> 'Their massess are starving and [Indian] can no....   >>  
      Well said, jfm424.   >>  
   Blatant Discriminati....   As long as Joe is the sole member of his protected....   >>  
18 Jan 2004   search engine data mining time estimation   >>  
18 Jan 2004   new direction for Am....   'Can we send George Bush to Mars?' Sure, as lon....   >>  
      http://billmon.org/archives/000964.html    >>  
      Oops, wrong link. I'm sorry, perhaps I should also....   >>  
      http://billmon.org/archives/000961.html    >>  
   Blatant Discriminati....   It is a comon misbelief that it is illegal to refu....   >>  
17 Jan 2004   new direction for Am....   Oh, and in response to Stephen Jones, google on "E....   >>  
      >> 'Well, look at this way: NASA has already slash....   >>  
   Blatant Discriminati....   'Not a productive use of resources for what sounds....   >>  
   Syndication, Dashboa....   SmartBar XP is also a pretty good sidebar/dashboar....   >>  
   here spaketh a progr....   Excel is an extremely powerful piece of software, ....   >>  
   Daily Builds Are You....   ICHB, that's what project compatibility is for.&nb....   >>  
15 Jan 2004   Microsoft SPOT Watch....   >'bar hopping status reports' They don't have tha....   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Resume critique?   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Microsoft SPOT Watches   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Scientific Apps prog....   Dude, please DO NOT GO INTO BUSINESS PROGRAMMING! ....   >>  
   over dependent on H1....   Your observation is on target. I have worked for t....   >>  
   java/C# question   http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/cmiller/ect433/jspasp.....   >>  
   Microsoft SPOT Watch....   I bought the cheapest one. I bought the Abacus Wri....   >>  
   I am so lucky I have....   'which part of my current job would you like me no....   >>  
   India outsourcing - ....   They take on American names, because they are requ....   >>  
      The U.S. government does not keep track of how man....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   anybody hiring?   >>  
13 Jan 2004   Part-Time Jobs Held ....   Sales associate at a local computer mega-store.&nb....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   talk with former manager   >>  
09 Jan 2004   US:More degrees in “....   >> 'But maybe that is what America should also be ....   >>  
08 Jan 2004   company from which laid off hiring again   >>  
08 Jan 2004   company from which l....   He is the HR  actually, sole responsiblity fo....   >>  
   RSS and the Ars Digi....   I don't see it. I use intraVnews   >>  
   offshoring   'Culture' is the set of shared attitudes, values, ....   >>  
      No bemused, it's not racial, it's cultural.  ....   >>  
   Do you Search Engine....   http://searchenginewatch.com has a lot of tips on ....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   Data Recovery Software   >>  
07 Jan 2004   Keeping synchronised....   Robocopy is what I use: http://www.ss64.com/nt/....   >>  
   Personal information....   Why would a recruiting agency need your social sec....   >>  
   The Worst "Managemen....   [If a programmer needs to attract manager attentio....   >>  
      You don't hear stories about good managers, you ....   >>  
   My boss permanently ....   While your boss sounds like a bit of a jerk, it'....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   Graphical web interf....   This what ya mean: Visual Thesaurus: http://ww....   >>  
   Requirements versus ....   'NOW your ready to develop your object model, once....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   Silly question about....   If anyone is interested in an addin that counts li....   >>  
      What is the purpose for doing the count?  In ....   >>  
   Requirements versus ....   'But most usually on't have the luxury of cost to ....   >>  
04 Jan 2004   Technology ought to last longer   >>  
04 Jan 2004   Technology ought to ....   Nick, Gupta has to been caught by the marketing....   >>  
      MX, If you need to rewrite your entire applicat....   >>  
      A typo <>>  
03 Jan 2004   Set List?   Maybe I inadvertently posted some flame bait. My a....   >>  
02 Jan 2004      The Pioneer CDJ 1000 turntables make scratching po....   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Wrong industry   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Self Important Programmers   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Self Important Progr....   qtpi, Firstly, Quciktime comes preinstalled mos....   >>  
      Thats what i plan to do too. Uninstall both the da....   >>  
      I just raped the Queens English. I meant Quicktime....   >>  
   Just under the wire ....   I assume you're referring to IDE 200Gb disks? Can ....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   2003 Year in Review   Funny, I thought that this is the year that blogs ....   >>  
   E-Vote Gear firm hac....   'keeping the free world safe from tyrants is at st....   >>  
   IDE RAID   I'm not sure what you mean by fiddling with the co....   >>  
29 Dec 2003   Bookmarks/Favorites ....   K-meleon (which is a Win32 shell around the Mozill....   >>  
   IDE RAID   I don't know if this an option for you, but an alt....   >>  
      Personally I'd avoid a software solution for RAID....   >>  
28 Dec 2003   HELP! data recovery ....   I can recommend OnTrack EasyRecovery for this job,....   >>  
   IDE RAID   Adaptec make an IDE RAID-5 card, and very good it ....   >>  
27 Dec 2003   phone interviews   >>  
27 Dec 2003   phone interviews   No it's only the first stage, there's another part....   >>  
   Increaseing Speed of....   You might also want to switch the startup attribut....   >>  
26 Dec 2003   I want to be like Andy dufresne   >>  
26 Dec 2003   IEEE reports highest....   Much of the media here in America is controlled by....   >>  
25 Dec 2003   Cable Modem I-net Co....   Can you not just connect the decoder box to your T....   >>  
24 Dec 2003   job advice for a new....   Casll up the hiring manager and tell him directly ....   >>  
   ASP to PHP compiler   I doubt it will blow the whole php / linux world w....   >>  
23 Dec 2003   tech interviews   >>  
23 Dec 2003   Stop javascript/DHTM....   http://www.proxomitron.info is a proxy server that....   >>  
   MFC   Is it me or does it seem like Microsoft isn't prov....   >>  
   sql query question   If I get my christmas bonus, why not :) In all se....   >>  
      Thank you for all your responses. Just Me(Sir to ....   >>  
      HeWhoMustBeConfused and Ged, Let me give you a be....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   sql query question   >>  
22 Dec 2003   philo, please help.   Philo -- we love you... are you actually Joel in d....   >>  
   Why are the best dev....   http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm8.htm The....   >>  
   sql query question   These values are entered by the users and it can n....   >>  
      Ged, Philip Thanks. They do work. I was trying wit....   >>  
      Oops, my mistake. Should have looked into it bit ....   >>  
      Ged, Thank you very much for explaining this. I t....   >>  
      I am sorry Ged. I thought I was supposed to pad it....   >>  
      Ged, Thanks, thats a neat trick. But that doesn't....   >>  
      Forgot to mention, I am using SQL Server 2000.   >>  
   Why are the best dev....   [I think that these two factors go a long way to e....   >>  
      Women in general are more organized, more detail o....   >>  
   working hard or hard....   >>'Fewer are capable of being CEO's.' >>And you....   >>  
      Nathan, Do you have any kids? Have you ever pa....   >>  
      I agree, Anonymous Jerk is a fool. He obviously do....   >>  
      Quick & dirty pay scale (subject to supply and dem....   >>  
   "he or she" NOT poli....   >>Is the term 'douchebag' politically correct? ....   >>  
   Contd..Display the s....   'That's also because its beneficial to have someon....   >>  
      'However, the situation, as it is given to me, am ....   >>  
20 Dec 2003   Help vs. Info   I think 'Help' is the correct semantics. The user....   >>  
   Buying hardware... c....   >>2) Why are you giving the workforce laptops? The....   >>  
   Did linux just show ....   Another major reason to choose Gnome over KDE is t....   >>  
   Bold topics.   Man, I gotta find a new career or something. ....   >>  
   hiring directly over....   Compaq hired me over the phone, but it was in 2000....   >>  
19 Dec 2003   MS Web Browser Contr....   WSH.Shell should give you access to the filesystem....   >>  
   Programmers creating....   [I am a far superior UI designer than most people ....   >>  
      [1) The programmer does NOT decide about any user-....   >>  
   Dell Inspiron 8600 (....   5150 is heavy, bulky, generates lots of heat(may n....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Creating an Uninstal....   Surely this is a question for Installshield suppor....   >>  
   Dell Inspiron 8600 (....   Also, look at Widescreen laptops from HP and Compa....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   Oracle - SQL 'insert....   'The OP doesn't mention the database but seq.nextv....   >>  
   Cultural Divide: It'....   'Why would lazy have anything to do with a desire ....   >>  
   Why programmers shou....   'This is often true early. But very quickly you di....   >>  
16 Dec 2003      Having programmers do the tech support for their a....   >>  
   Fav mp3 players   I should also say that, before my iPod, I absolu....   >>  
      Love my iPod. One of the best purchases I've eve....   >>  
15 Dec 2003   Programming for Prog....   'The goal should be to improve documentation and c....   >>  
13 Dec 2003   What does it mean?   'It might also mean that they needed to advertise ....   >>  
   Hiring someone who *....   Regardless of whether or not finishing the degree ....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   7th interview running   >>  
12 Dec 2003   software copy protec....   The situation with the Commodore 64 really illustr....   >>  
   Hiring someone who *....   On your resume, for the educational background sec....   >>  
   Software Engineers: ....   [Nukes are a net positive ? On behalf of our desce....   >>  
      [ I know of no other technology which has the same....   >>  
   Opinion on Experts E....   Thanks for all the help guys. Maybe I will try bot....   >>  
11 Dec 2003   Opinion on Experts Exchange   >>  
11 Dec 2003      I think Experts Exchange is much more technical or....   >>  
      Thanks for the inputs. I am still looking into it.....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   API for converting MySQl queries to XML   >>  
08 Dec 2003   Eric Raymond and Ric....   Raymond is on the boards of a few companies, inclu....   >>  
07 Dec 2003   If there are few dec....   If you dig physics, I recommend you investigate th....   >>  
03 Dec 2003   Conflict: Thrive or ....   For me, the ideal group of people to work with w....   >>  
   Managing Manager   My manager used to be the secretary(Ok-administrat....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   Company approach   >>  
02 Dec 2003   How often do you rel....   Agree with previous posters, here it is the same, ....   >>  
01 Dec 2003   Poll on the use of RSS Aggregator   >>  
01 Dec 2003   RSS feeds for Window....   Sorry to hear you had problem with intraVnews. I d....   >>  
      For an Aggregator, if you are using Outlook, I wou....   >>  
   ASP dynamic include ....   Thanks for all the input so far. rich, I thought ....   >>  
30 Nov 2003   Learning Unix/Linux   If you're a complete newbie to Unix, you may want ....   >>  
28 Nov 2003   how long to wait till company gets back   >>  
28 Nov 2003   Book recommendation ....   If you're interested at a glimpse of lower class l....   >>  
   Private rooms vs. "r....   [If you have excellent employees, who tend to be s....   >>  
26 Nov 2003   C# position   >>  
26 Nov 2003   ASP dynamic include problem   >>  
26 Nov 2003   ASP dynamic include ....   Thanks for the help so far. I can do this with Se....   >>  
      I did check the MSDN documentation on Server.Execu....   >>  
      And I don't know if Server.Execute can contain a Q....   >>  
      Thanks for suggestions so far. I am looking into ....   >>  
   automated testing   One other thing. Since you're working with datab....   >>  
      Try: http://www.xprogramming.com/software.ht....   >>  
25 Nov 2003   Company asked for references   >>  
25 Nov 2003   Company asked for re....   It was the hiring manager of the interviewer, not ....   >>  
      It's the manager doing the hiring actually who too....   >>  
   Dell to Stop Using I....   Clarification: CORPORATE call support is mo....   >>  
   Problem in my Develo....   Good one, unnamed!   >>  
24 Nov 2003   Problem in my Development Team   >>  
24 Nov 2003   What do I say to thi....   While you may be able to simply re-code your exi....   >>  
      Call his bluff. Say 'Cool! When do we start?'    >>  
   Problem in my Develo....   Whatever I program client-side won't make a gazill....   >>  
      >> 'For example, how familiar are you with virtual....   >>  
   Troublesome Team Mem....   Just wondering, but does anyone here work for a ....   >>  
      Your example is too global. If you team mates are....   >>  
23 Nov 2003   OT: Protecting clien....   Years ago I would do the occasional moonlighting t....   >>  
21 Nov 2003   Obscure acronyms   TLA ==> 3 Letter Acronym.   >>  
20 Nov 2003   World Class Programm....   Any time I start to confuse code with a good book,....   >>  
   Engaging the thought....   I remember reading somewhere that the goal of most....   >>  
   Being pushed   Absolutely consult a lawyer, but I would also reco....   >>  
      Along with BB, you need documentation. Be certain....   >>  
   The Irony of Outsour....   Nice post, Ged. I would just point out that ....   >>  
      The Iowa analogy is misguided. While on the surfa....   >>  
      Actually, the analogy is not totally correct. ....   >>  
   Webapp GUI design   This link on inductive UI design might help: http....   >>  
      Don't Make Me Think: http://www.amazon.com/exec/....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Limiting the user ex....   It all depends on your users. If you are deve....   >>  
   Still haven't found ....   But isn't it interesting how much time developers ....   >>  
      There is no 'ideal' environment or language and th....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Potential Employer -....   I got a personal phone call rejection from one com....   >>  
   Developing software ....   From the *ahem* indisputably accurate film documen....   >>  
17 Nov 2003   how much your salary....   1998... +30% 1999... +50% 2000... +8% 2001... +....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   Bound data controls   >>  
14 Nov 2003   Locked in by shortcuts   >>  
14 Nov 2003   Offshoring Opportuni....   'you posts are _entirely_ racist in tone, and are ....   >>  
   Locked in by shortcu....   >>Shift+Delete is not a shortcut specific to VS.NE....   >>  
   Bound data controls   Hey, great replies. really cleared things up. Phil....   >>  
   Cycles in the econom....   Rule of 72: 72/14 ~= 5.  So salaries would do....   >>  
   Speaking of Password....   ftp has that shortcut to allow you to specify the ....   >>  
   Imaginary Online Gir....   $41 buck is starting to look like a steal! Check ....   >>  
   Airport Security - a....   Australia? Say isn't that the place where they too....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   Autonomic Computing   IBM doesn't "get" software? I think it was only a ....   >>  
   Making really Zero-D....   Now you've done it. You hit on a real life exampl....   >>  
   Outsourcing Employee....   If you check with India, most companies can _only_....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   Curious about Fog Cr....   I would point out that there's a big difference ....   >>  
   Usability: Fixed Len....   AskTog.com has an interesting article on passwords....   >>  
11 Nov 2003   A small rant about L....   You feel MS gets beat up on Slashdot and you don't....   >>  
   What's China got to ....   I have no intention of destroying the reputation o....   >>  
      I work on a few open source projects and this issu....   >>  
   Windows/Mac Developm....   RealBasic allows to create 2 different executables....   >>  
   Reporting options fo....   Oops...sorry about that people. Was just using def....   >>  
      Yes, we have asked the users and we will be asking....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   Who has clients that....   I would have thought that contractors would be r....   >>  
   Software developers ....   [Why go to india if not for cost savings? How ab....   >>  
   Reporting options fo....   Thanks for all your suggestions so far. XML sounds....   >>  
      I don't have control over the client machines and ....   >>  
      And Philo, you are up pretty late for a Sunday nig....   >>  
      SQL Server 2000. I am more interested in design ....   >>  
   Salary question   Expert DSP skills , including the mathematical fin....   >>  
   Movie recommendation   [It's about the design and construction of the Bra....   >>  
09 Nov 2003   Reporting options for a web based software   >>  
09 Nov 2003   On what basis does g....   Why is it interesting? And I think there alread....   >>  
   Is there a market fo....   If you are developing a game, you target Windows a....   >>  
   Supporting Multiple ....   > I was planning to fix bugs when they're reported....   >>  
      I think the only way to make sure its portable wit....   >>  
   Salary question   OK then I guess 65-75 is OK for average skills and....   >>  
      Is 1.5 yrs the sum total of paid programming exper....   >>  
   C hash or C bang   http://www.albany.edu/piporg-l/tmprment.html    >>  
07 Nov 2003   For Toronto-Area Joe....   Will you change the group's settings so that it's ....   >>  
   Work  Relations....   [How about relationships with your programs/softwa....   >>  
06 Nov 2003   The Guerrilla Guide ....   [I would not disagree with you either, if you held....   >>  
      Who cares if they've read JOS? I've interviewed....   >>  
   teamate becomming te....   Philo's correct in his observations and advice. ....   >>  
05 Nov 2003   CDC computer virus   Don't type that. No, I mean it.    >>  
   Well, iTunes may be ....   Hmmm. I was under the impression you were allowed ....   >>  
   Was I right?   [I gotta disagree with anon. Anybody who uses any ....   >>  
      [He wrote it was one of the office managers, presu....   >>  
   How to Have Smooth H....   At a more general level, it sometimes pays to di....   >>  
   Toronto Joelsters?   Or the 'No repeat' workday, or even the all-requ....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   Small city, small projects   >>  
04 Nov 2003   GUIDs   An IETF draft describing the details of UUIDs can ....   >>  
   How to Have Smooth H....   Our experience is that if you toss things over t....   >>  
   Toronto Joelsters?   Hey Reginald, I saw recently that you're doin....   >>  
      Did someone say beer? Mmmmmmm beer....    >>  
   How to scare away yo....   Well, Joel can run his shop any way he sees fit,....   >>  
   Small city, small pr....   Bored Bystander, the points you make are pretty mu....   >>  
      The kind of projects I have in mind are usually to....   >>  
   Redesign at FogCreek....   I find that the new design forces me to scroll sid....   >>  
   Hardware based firew....   Thanks for your inputs. I will look into them.   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Hardware based firewall   >>  
02 Nov 2003   A method of coding   There's a lot to do before step 1: specs, architec....   >>  
   SW Mgmt Part 2 - Des....   I think you should tell him. 'There's point in kee....   >>  
   Benefits of a degree   Is that 3 one hour lectures per week, multiplied b....   >>  
   Joel on Sun's strate....   MySQL AB also bought the JDBC driver that everyone....   >>  
   how tough is it to d....   well the data is dynamic, gethered from the web by....   >>  
   Sybase Logo.  W....   Ok, what does this logo have to do with relational....   >>  
01 Nov 2003   how tough is it to duplicate clustering engine?   >>  
01 Nov 2003   The Ridiculous Influ....   If you think this is a lot of hype, wait until App....   >>  
   Peopleware : doors b....   If I am working in a cubicle and not in a private ....   >>  
   Sybase Logo.  W....   Specifically, it's a logarithmic spiral.   >>  
      It looks kind of like the illustration of the Gold....   >>  
31 Oct 2003   What Other Types of Development Jobs are There?   >>  
31 Oct 2003   "Programmer Folkways....   [The impression I always get is that IT people, in....   >>  
30 Oct 2003   Fearing abuse of new Longhorn features   >>  
30 Oct 2003      I think the biggest problem with developers is t....   >>  
   chitchat   How bad does your work environment have to get b....   >>  
28 Oct 2003   Programming is no mo....   Sorry WebSpeed man. While my peers could have been....   >>  
24 Oct 2003   Would you consider t....   No. Personally, my belief is that outsourcing....   >>  
23 Oct 2003   Terror Profiles Don'....   [Going to the Temple Mount wasn't a bonehead move;....   >>  
      [I don't need to provide evidence that Arafat didn....   >>  
      [The right of return that Palestinians want is the....   >>  
      [KIng Fahd is hardly a war criminal, unlike Sharon....   >>  
      [ The cause of the second intifada was Sharon's vi....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   CityDesk DataAccess ....   Even if CityDesk were rewritten using ADO how woul....   >>  
   Good home-use laser ....   A lot of the lower cost (under $200) laser printer....   >>  
   Terrorist profiles m....   [Don't like the message, want to shoot the messeng....   >>  
      [the 2nd kind of terrorism only stops only for one....   >>  
      [You cannot have a 'war' on terrorism. It doesn't ....   >>  
      [Just re-watch Bowling for Columbine. Remember the....   >>  
   Terror Profiles Don'....   [What you're saying is that the UN decided the Pal....   >>  
      [In other word you will have to accept that your l....   >>  
      [So let's bring up Chile. Which is it anon? ....   >>  
      I'd hope that, if I were a Palestinian, I'd have....   >>  
      I'm surprised you haven't brought up Chile yet. ....   >>  
      No. If you think it was, you prove it. I'm tire....   >>  
   Simulting Reduced Ne....   one small 'gotcha' to keep in mind doing reduced b....   >>  
21 Oct 2003   Patterns of Human In....   In arguments/debates: - The use of anecdote....   >>  
   Judgements   [The Lynx Project Explorer for PowerBasic has no '....   >>  
16 Oct 2003   GOTO's Considered Ha....   Hell, ANY keyword in ANY language can be conside....   >>  
14 Oct 2003   Disabling the "Save Password" option in IE   >>  
14 Oct 2003   Laptop hard drives   Are there 7200 rpm drives for laptops (Dell Inspir....   >>  
   Disabling the "Save ....   LOL. Sorry about the typos. Busy day. Here's the ....   >>  
      Sorry about posting this. Find the answer just the....   >>  
      http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=....   >>  
      I meant the "AutoComplete" option for passwords   >>  
   Presenting the new c....   I am curious, how did he program it? Going through....   >>  
10 Oct 2003   Case against documen....   Say, that's a real nice strawman you've built ther....   >>  
      [The junior developer can spend a minute looking u....   >>  
      I'll second the recommendation for a wiki. They're....   >>  
      [Or, alternately, maybe you need the documentation....   >>  
      [I've been bitten by the 'we'll wing it with less ....   >>  
      [All of those wonderful conversations are complete....   >>  
      Are we talking end-user documentation or develop....   >>  
   Borland supporting M....   Interesting. Extensions pushed by scientists ....   >>  
   what affects windows....   Assuming the app actually does some compute-intens....   >>  
   Real and other Media....   The Real Player is awful. Things that annoy me: ....   >>  
09 Oct 2003   Hiring Q: Value of d....   To me, there are two types of documentation: fun....   >>  
   AI   This thread is an excellent example of why no one ....   >>  
   Legal Question   I did not sign a NDA. I signed nothing. Absoluet....   >>  
      All of the code is 100% new and not in any way sim....   >>  
08 Oct 2003   Legal Question   >>  
07 Oct 2003   stupid recruiters   >>  
07 Oct 2003   career advice (again....   I was in the same mental place as you a couple o....   >>  
06 Oct 2003   Programming as relig....   [I think there is a hole in Philo's logic too.. Wh....   >>  
      [You're totally correct. Programming at its best i....   >>  
   IT Department Pet Pe....   Who the hell is Larry Wall   >>  
05 Oct 2003   Testing - Best Pract....   Well, we do XP as well. I was going to comment, ....   >>  
04 Oct 2003   Amazon.com Hacked?   Internal network changes brought up certain boxes ....   >>  
   Joel and Kaizen have....   [That is, companies with a background in successfu....   >>  
      [By comparison, Kaizen, as explained here, seems t....   >>  
03 Oct 2003   Source code for Half Life 2 stolen!   >>  
03 Oct 2003   Source code for Half....   [So the source code was stored on a server connect....   >>  
   should stupid people....   [Stupid people die faster anyway. They usually die....   >>  
      [Natural selection seems to be working in the oppo....   >>  
   Who should name an a....   [No. I am only planning on transferring to a diff....   >>  
02 Oct 2003   Joel and Kaizen have....   If you got 'em, post 'em.   >>  
      [ I have yet to discover a software company which ....   >>  
      [I thought we've been talking about the software i....   >>  
      [Hm. That's interesting, because that was my initi....   >>  
      [It's not your average 10-heads-startup where you ....   >>  
      [Thus I think the application of Kaizen or other '....   >>  
      [This is based on the assumption that any manager ....   >>  
      [Hmmm. This makes me think ... one reason why exec....   >>  
      [The advantage of Japanese cars was that they were....   >>  
      [This whole thread presupposes that software devel....   >>  
      I think the main reason for some of the skewed t....   >>  
      [Similarly, the absence of quality is not necessar....   >>  
      [So, I am not sure that kaizen itself may be direc....   >>  
      [I might be confused, but I thought the concept of....   >>  
      [Now I have a one click build process, so instead ....   >>  
      Oops. I should also say that I agree with the or....   >>  
      Actually, I dispute the basic premise of the ori....   >>  
01 Oct 2003   What's Happened to J....   As far as I'm concerned, a resume is an advertisem....   >>  
   Inheriting someone e....   [Build a full suite of black-box tests for it, the....   >>  
   Working Vacation   [The fact of the matter is, you can be 'downsized'....   >>  
      You could take the phone with you to CYA, but don'....   >>  
30 Sep 2003   Does anyone send rej....   It's actually a good idea to call.  It shows ....   >>  
29 Sep 2003   Whatever happened to the new FogCreek Icon?   >>  
29 Sep 2003   Whatever happened to....   I meant is it being used as the FogCreek's new log....   >>  
27 Sep 2003   Do you Google just a....   Davy Jones, I googled you and found your locker....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Anyone Using ProChai....   It's a good product, but geared towards critical c....   >>  
   Banning email?   [Email, voice mail, spoken language ... all are ju....   >>  
   Living at the office....   [Yes, I can fathom it, I've worked Christmas day 5....   >>  
   Private offices, jus....   [I can believe this, but have to ask how much expe....   >>  
      [Perhaps, in general, the office layout is indicat....   >>  
      [Something is seriously wrong if you need to be in....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   Best Laptop mouse   >>  
24 Sep 2003   Banning email?   I'm going to offer an alternate view, in favor o....   >>  
   99.9 percentile   I strongly suspect that Joel is not really stick....   >>  
   Living at the office....   Well, I'm an XP type so a 40 hour work week is s....   >>  
   Private offices, jus....   [Several posters say that shared work space is bet....   >>  
      [I have seen these types of disasters. They are no....   >>  
      With respect to all, I believe that developers t....   >>  
      :sigh: I guess it depends on how you define 'pr....   >>  
   What tool do you mis....   All I want is a cloak of invisibility so I can get....   >>  
23 Sep 2003   Good News for American Programmers???   >>  
23 Sep 2003   Keeping track of cod....   What you want is a version control system.  T....   >>  
22 Sep 2003   End of the world - A....   'Assuming College bud is correct, why do we fall i....   >>  
   Standardizing a Deve....   Hard-coded, There's more than one 'anon' person....   >>  
      Getting everybody on the same IDE sounds like a se....   >>  
      [Forcing someone to change to a specific IDE can h....   >>  
      [As a professional i know what environment is best....   >>  
      Well, if you want to do XP's collective code own....   >>  
   Most depressing thin....   I suspect I'm not going to answer this question ....   >>  
   C++ OO question   Grumpy, If you are still reading this thread, d....   >>  
21 Sep 2003   Construction sorrows....   One more note.  I think the biggest gap betwe....   >>  
      Jim, I mentioned 'writing' in an earlier postin....   >>  
      'anon, the variations in house design are not as d....   >>  
20 Sep 2003      I'm sorry, but that's just pure hyperbole. 'In ....   >>  
19 Sep 2003   Learning Smalltalk /....   For something online, check out the UIUC Smalltalk....   >>  
      The best current book that I am aware of for learn....   >>  
   CVS vs. Subversion   Is Subversion really ready for daily usage?  ....   >>  
   Joel. You still doin....   A 40 hour work week is a standard practice of XP....   >>  
   C++ OO question   This property of inheritance is described by the L....   >>  
18 Sep 2003   Computer Wallpaper   Derailed Discussion --> Rant At least once a ye....   >>  
   Construction sorrows....   Albert, I agree with your last post just about ....   >>  
      The problem with Six Sigma is that it is (to my mi....   >>  
      Sorry for the long postings, by the way. It's har....   >>  
      Hi Albert, I don't disagree with you that our i....   >>  
      'You can’t determine the cost of building a data e....   >>  
   Dell and Purchasing ....   What you guys think about Dell "Refurbished" Inspi....   >>  
   CPST: Outlook for IT....   'The number of H-1B visas for initial employment i....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Measuring Performanc....   Actually, I'm not assuming that managers will have....   >>  
16 Sep 2003   Suggestions for scre....   Ctrl+PrintScreen and PhotoShop works OK for me. S....   >>  
   Database Search   We've used full text search on a volume of about 3....   >>  
   Measuring Performanc....   The point is, future performance against what goal....   >>  
      Accuracy is possible, as long as you do not requir....   >>  
      Nothing wrong with guesses as long as the uncertai....   >>  
      'Unfortunately it _is_ something we need to do, so....   >>  
   Anyone else aghast g....   I think a lot of the grumbling is centered on poin....   >>  
   Interesting:  B....   One of Bill Joy's main points about technology's p....   >>  
15 Sep 2003   Anyone else aghast g....   Hi Mike, Sorry I wasn't clear in what I was try....   >>  
      My biggest problem with Holub is that he most ofte....   >>  
   How to handle dodgy ....   Doh!  That's what I get for trying to quote f....   >>  
      'Should I stay or should I go? Should I stay or s....   >>  
14 Sep 2003   Unit-testing   Well, to get the full benefit of a unit test sui....   >>  
   Techies that talk to....   [For instance, we have those daily blabfests in ....   >>  
   Artcile on the evils....   Thanks for the links.  I picked up a copy of ....   >>  
13 Sep 2003   IP rights again -demos   >>  
13 Sep 2003   Functional spec vs. ....   Everyone's struggling with product lifecycle manag....   >>  
   Overcoming Procrasti....   Set up some rules for yourself, too, like 'No surf....   >>  
   Adjusting requested ....   Well, most places I've worked now have pretty st....   >>  
12 Sep 2003   Artcile on the evils....   Hi Phillip, Thanks for the link, the stuff look....   >>  
      Phillip, Thanks for the clarification. What yo....   >>  
      I can’t believe that nobody's mentioned the sweet ....   >>  
      One of the more useful rules-of-thumb that I've en....   >>  
      P.S.  I do agree that getters and setters are....   >>  
      Thanks for pointing out Hollub's article. I thoug....   >>  
11 Sep 2003   demo violates IP agreement?   >>  
11 Sep 2003   demo violates IP agr....   I'm being paid 6$/hr US for this stuff   >>  
      Steve, even if you are paid next to nothing to dev....   >>  
      this is going to be on the web for all people to u....   >>  
      nothing on these topics...   >>  
   Here we go again   MacOS's update system is pretty usable. As a gene....   >>  
   who will do the UI ?   [Does that explain why everybody wants to pick up ....   >>  
      [What is more difficult and challenging ? Putting ....   >>  
      [It takes a good developer/designer to *take away*....   >>  
   Another take on Amer....   Stephen Jones: >> 'Dear Dead Feline previously ....   >>  
   Conformity in platfo....   you guys getting paid by the word?   >>  
10 Sep 2003   Project Management -....   I guess the point in XP is NOT to track your pro....   >>  
      Heh, well, this isn't really going to help you, ....   >>  
   Are Developers just ....   I think your just as likely to see PHB behavior ....   >>  
      Well, I don't know about you, but in my experien....   >>  
   who will do the UI ?   [An UI professional should design the UI.] Abso....   >>  
      Sorry to be harsh, but I find this attitude to b....   >>  
   Another take on Amer....   anonymous american: >> 'you great ninny. I _ne....   >>  
      David Clayworth wrote: ''Hundreds of thousands ....   >>  
      anonymous american wrote: >> ''My country is pe....   >>  
09 Sep 2003      One of my wife's friends is returning to teachin....   >>  
   Honors Major in Comp....   [BTW, when was the last time you interviewed someo....   >>  
08 Sep 2003   Honors Major in Computer Science   >>  
08 Sep 2003   Sun, JDK, PATH:A few....   What's annoying is that it seems that the version ....   >>  
   Honors Major in Comp....   [Really? BSEE MIT == BSMIS Podunk University? If ....   >>  
      I think my first job interviews asked for transc....   >>  
   A new company name   Ooh, that Noemata codename generator spat out EVEL....   >>  
      how about mycrosoft consulting.  It hasn't be....   >>  
07 Sep 2003   OODB: Are they viabl....   [In other words, with a flat set of data to work....   >>  
06 Sep 2003   Why Johnny can't ree....   [So tell me again why tuition costs to the stude....   >>  
   Prices ending in 9, ....   It is still unlikely that the total bill (includin....   >>  
05 Sep 2003   CVS question   >>  
05 Sep 2003   Do you know the worl....   Some twat in Egypt proved it a couple thousand y....   >>  
   OODB: Are they viabl....   [anon: There's no a-priori reason they should be....   >>  
      http://www.versant.com/    >>  
      Why would an OODB be any less 'viable' than an R....   >>  
   Why Johnny can't ree....   [Furthermore, I have no patience with people outsi....   >>  
      In Ontario they recently phased out grade 13. Th....   >>  
   CVS question   Just want to use the mirror site as a layer of pro....   >>  
      What about doing the check out of the entire repo....   >>  
   Project Management a....   Personally, I think our industry would be in bet....   >>  
   To interchange or no....   As Heinlein once wrote: 'Specialization is for i....   >>  
      I dunno. I guess while everyone was standing aro....   >>  
      [LOL! You've worked with some enlightened indivi....   >>  
      [In practice, every 'interchangeable' project I'....   >>  
      [Joel's comments make more sense to me] Perso....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   How do "Diff" softwa....   thx!   >>  
   A Stupid Response   Awright, I think I am getting a clearer picture of....   >>  
      The material you quoted in your reply was from my ....   >>  
03 Sep 2003   web site syncing/management software   >>  
03 Sep 2003   web site syncing/man....   I cannot use CVS on  the remote site, because....   >>  
      You could use RoboCopy from the NT Resource Kit   >>  
      Thanks for the input so far. I am mainly looking f....   >>  
   Teekid vs Stupid-Laz....   Criminal mastermind!?! Lol. I was under the impr....   >>  
      The important thing here to acknowledge is that ....   >>  
   How do "Diff" softwa....   Anyone know if there are good general purpose algo....   >>  
   A Stupid Response   Hi Rick, Thanks for the answer, I think. I tho....   >>  
      Rick, In a post above you said: 'If you wish....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   Teekid vs Stupid-Laz....   Y'know, way, WAY, back in time, people used to l....   >>  
   Extreme Programming   [I had to deal with a process zealot at Camel. Rea....   >>  
      I was once talking to some people at a shop that....   >>  
      Here are my $0.02 worth as someone who's been us....   >>  
   Stupid Arrogant Prog....   'I think an app that won't install based on OS ver....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   agreement to not work for competitors   >>  
28 Aug 2003   Developers in Suits and Ties   >>  
28 Aug 2003   How does MS do marke....   Well, if they'd released it with EDI support and....   >>  
   Subversion   He may be confusing the term "check out" with "edi....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   What do you do when ....   In addition to the excellent advice on getting reg....   >>  
22 Aug 2003   svchost   Can't help.  Sorry.  But it's interestin....   >>  
   Goliath vs David   Uh huh. Especially since all those other guy....   >>  
   Code reviews and for....   'It makes sense. You don't want the BSOD in you....   >>  
      A lot of artifact heavy formal processes tend to....   >>  
      I know a lot of people dislike the very idea of ....   >>  
   Python or Ruby?   vi vs. emacs   >>  
   What'd you do with u....   StickyWicket writes: >> 'However, this word isn't....   >>  
20 Aug 2003   Best Game Industrie ....   West Virginia University(WVU) also has a very good....   >>  
   google in manhattan   Dylan, What is your experience level/education/....   >>  
19 Aug 2003   Carpal Tunnel   Repetitive strain injuries tend not to have a 'mag....   >>  
   PhD in Computer Scie....   Thanks, Ram.   >>  
      Tony asks: >> 'Follow-up question - can a PhD in ....   >>  
      Thanks for the insight, Ram. You wrote: >> 'Anot....   >>  
      David, I hope you don't mind; I'm going to piggyba....   >>  
   Should I buy a 64 bi....   I agree with Just Me (Sir To You). Needing a 64....   >>  
   Technologists, Manag....   Obvious wrote: >> 'Lastly, I call it whining beca....   >>  
18 Aug 2003   Technologists, Managers and the Blackout of '03   >>  
18 Aug 2003      >> 'In math, the answer is either right or not, th....   >>  
      >> 'There are lengthy threads debating the proper ....   >>  
      m, point taken.   >>  
      >> 'Because communication skills and networking ar....   >>  
      anony125 wrote: >> 'Agreed that you get paid for ....   >>  
      m wrote: >> 'I have no idea where you live, but h....   >>  
   Hierarchical or flat....   'Because so few decisions actually get made? (or a....   >>  
17 Aug 2003      The structure of any team should be primarily deci....   >>  
16 Aug 2003   how much does part time work count?   >>  
13 Aug 2003   should I begin the p....   Do a debrief with her and get her to verbalize how....   >>  
   C++ References   Typically, pointers are memory addresses to things....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   GNU Cash (What Went ....   How do techies in Stallman's code-for-free-and-giv....   >>  
11 Aug 2003   Why does Microsoft k....   The automotive industry in North America does the ....   >>  
   pocket pc developmen....   I have already checked http://www. devbuzz.com Do....   >>  
10 Aug 2003   pocket pc development resources   >>  
10 Aug 2003   DAOs and TransferObj....   Customer is likely to encapsulate a lot of Custome....   >>  
07 Aug 2003   Economics Books   Thomas Sowell Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide ....   >>  
   Advice: Small to Big....   I've worked in big companies and small companies. ....   >>  
   Do senior people hav....   What is 'management?' The 'profession' seems to b....   >>  
      pb states: >> 'Even a bad manager is definition....   >>  
      hehehehe, sounds like some of the old garbage coll....   >>  
   "Jobs are moving off....   The demand for software is not going to remain con....   >>  
   Outsourcing and Stra....   And when the factors are controlled by the members....   >>  
06 Aug 2003   C++ IDE as Cool as Idea's IntelliJ???   >>  
06 Aug 2003      A nice property that is shared with legislated mon....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   Age discrimination i....   How much of this bias is two way? I'm forty n....   >>  
   AAAARRRGGG!!! I hate....   [The reality is, some poor schmuck programmer was ....   >>  
04 Aug 2003   Joel on Tech TV's 'The Screensavers'   >>  
04 Aug 2003   reverse engineering   what kind of system is it?   >>  
   Microsoft Millionair....   Alyosha`, Before you go on more about how taxes....   >>  
03 Aug 2003   When you can't find qualified applicants ...   >>  
03 Aug 2003   When you can't find ....   '... market is currently flooded with people who h....   >>  
02 Aug 2003   Top Ten Software com....   I think the main flaw with rewriting Netscape was ....   >>  
01 Aug 2003   Menu Display of Bool....   I prefer the checkmark approach, too, because it a....   >>  
   Managing your manage....   My personal approach to managing up is to employ w....   >>  
29 Jul 2003   What % of developers work with threads?   >>  
29 Jul 2003   Ginsu task managemen....   Why not roll your own solution, if you can't get w....   >>  
   asp -> php compil....   A compiler converts from source to target language....   >>  
   Is Knuth overrated?   Knuth's work is extremely dense.  If your job....   >>  
      Kind of like asking if Einstein is overrated becau....   >>  
   Correct Answers   Sometimes when I've been interviewed and gotten si....   >>  
   Are these reasonable....   I haven't even programmed C++ (though I've gleaned....   >>  
   What % of developers....   debugged multithreaded code regularly   >>  
28 Jul 2003   Please code review this Java snippet   >>  
28 Jul 2003   A thought   My salary+bonus was $250K at my last job (it was o....   >>  
27 Jul 2003   part time software d....   I have been doing work currently on some business ....   >>  
   You Just Can't Kill ....   >> 'And for long lived products you DO want to hav....   >>  
   Maintaining Exported....   And by all means... design them right the first ti....   >>  
26 Jul 2003   part time software development rates?   >>  
26 Jul 2003   part time software d....   Mostly C++ and Java stuff, but a bit of research i....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   Language Stereotypes   I've also heard of Java refered to as the COBOL of....   >>  
   You Just Can't Kill ....   >> 'wht srt f cmds r u tlkng bt?' That's funny,....   >>  
      mIKe wrote: 'The oNe tHinG this article hit on wa....   >>  
   Winamp 3- another re....   I'd also like a 'random' feature to not play too m....   >>  
   Time to pakc your ba....   Maybe the next big thing will be capitalizing over....   >>  
   Is QA a dead end car....   [QA is a shit tester job.] Heh, nice attitude....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Salary negotiation book   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Questions for CEO in an interview?   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Salary negotiation b....   Thanks guys, I don't how I missed that one.    >>  
   Questions for CEO in....   Thanks guys. Both the companies don't have VCs. On....   >>  
      Ever been arrested for accounting irregularities?   >>  
   When to use Stored P....   We were faced with the same choice on a project th....   >>  
22 Jul 2003   ranking of wright state university ?   >>  
22 Jul 2003   TWO PERCENT of ALL U....   Well, I'm no economics expert, but we should be ....   >>  
      The sky is falling, the sky is falling! In ca....   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Perfectionism and Te....   'If the business can succeed with a 50% effort, th....   >>  
   Certified Software D....   I have checked out pmi.org and I do qualify for PM....   >>  
20 Jul 2003   Beginning Programmer....   There's a misunderstanding of what I'm trying to s....   >>  
      'I'm very proficient for a college student, which ....   >>  
   Certified Software D....   Zahid, Can you tell me how did you prepare for th....   >>  
19 Jul 2003      I disagree with some of the example questions that....   >>  
   Lingo, Trademarks an....   There's a linear programming and optimization pack....   >>  
   Starting Up?   'You start up your engine and then you shut it dow....   >>  
      'Start up' is a good noun. 'Wait till startup.' ....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   Is Govt use going to....   The reason GNU is so pedantic is because they /don....   >>  
      I would say it's most appropriate for local and st....   >>  
   Compaq Presario X100....   Tiny cosmetic problem -- your horiz bar on top of ....   >>  
      Wow, thats quite a review in such a short time! T....   >>  
   GiorgioG - Tell us a....   I just wanted to know how does it perform as a sol....   >>  
17 Jul 2003   GiorgioG - Tell us about your new latop   >>  
17 Jul 2003   CFMX flouts Joel's "....   Actually it is easy to re-use code in Cold Fusion.....   >>  
   GiorgioG - Tell us a....   Thanks, Thats perfectly understandable. It's not ....   >>  
      Oops! Thats 'laptop' :)    >>  
15 Jul 2003   AMD or Intel for lap....   GiorgioG, Where exactly do you use those coupon c....   >>  
14 Jul 2003   AMD or Intel for laptops?   >>  
14 Jul 2003   call back?   >>  
14 Jul 2003      Thanks for all your suggestions. GiorgioG, thanks ....   >>  
13 Jul 2003   colored scrollbar   Having a "cool" app is equaly important as an usab....   >>  
   Photo Album Software   I used to wonder why every cell phone and pda man....   >>  
12 Jul 2003   Interview Blues   What a sad company. It's definitely going to get ....   >>  
   Interviewing   I think echidna's ad has the advantage of looking ....   >>  
11 Jul 2003   How to get database work from company?   >>  
11 Jul 2003   To jump or not...   Why DID you change jobs so often?   >>  
   what does "hard time....   Hard time means 5 years of time spent employed, no....   >>  
10 Jul 2003   Andy Grove: "US may lose tech superiority"  Why?    >>  
10 Jul 2003   Truths about program....   Entrepreneur, I guess what I should have said w....   >>  
      If you batch your changes, you weaken your ability....   >>  
   Picking a programmin....   Chris, going through SICP is less masochistic now ....   >>  
   Andy Grove: "US may ....   >> 'The entire issue of which country is being reg....   >>  
   XP founder explains ....   btw, I agree typing is nice to give the compiler m....   >>  
      Uh-oh, the great typing debate. ;) FWIW, I'm no....   >>  
      Bruce Eckel debates this point, static typing and ....   >>  
08 Jul 2003   Learning New Items   Chris Taveres wrote: >> 'I teach classes in new t....   >>  
07 Jul 2003   Is Someone Looking at your Email?   >>  
07 Jul 2003   Server Babysitting......   So what's the URL of the site?  Now you've go....   >>  
06 Jul 2003   AS-400 books?   >> 'By the way what's the job scene like for AS/40....   >>  
   Cancel != Debug >....   why not just move to linux, then you dont have to ....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   extensive memory allocation causing run-time delay   >>  
03 Jul 2003   is a profiler included in the JDK?   >>  
03 Jul 2003   What we should teach....   Ah, Philo just cleared up my confusion...   >>  
      I'm not sure I understand the quiz.  Students....   >>  
   extensive memory all....   would setting object references to null without ex....   >>  
      Mike McNertney, where exactly should I call the ga....   >>  
01 Jul 2003   Datamadel for schedu....   When you start allow for recurring events it becom....   >>  
   A Group Is Its Own W....   I always recognize Albert Kallal's posts because o....   >>  
   Difference between F....   How many years of experience should someone have b....   >>  
   Mozilla Thunderbird   I just started using the mail client in Mozilla 1.....   >>  
30 Jun 2003   PHP 5 beta 1   Microsoft & Connectix, Oracle & Peoplesoft....   >>  
28 Jun 2003   developer doing design,testing,documentation   >>  
28 Jun 2003   Nitpicking Christoph....   The 4 years of SQL but 5 years of SQL Server caugh....   >>  
27 Jun 2003   XSLT book   I really like the tutorials on http://www.zvon.org....   >>  
26 Jun 2003   What's Your Best Programming Experience?   >>  
26 Jun 2003   Dealing with 21'st c....   No, I respect what you are doing, and the public g....   >>  
      I suggest you change it so that anyone can access ....   >>  
25 Jun 2003   Retroactive Advice   Advice to self in 1994: "Buy tons of AOL, sell it ....   >>  
      To Me: 1. Don't get too swept up in web program....   >>  
   Ideal nummber of pag....   :) Thanks Philo. I will make sure I run the spell ....   >>  
      Thank you all for your inputs so far. I will reduc....   >>  
   movie "hackers"   Get this!  At my office we have Hawaiian shir....   >>  
   XSLT Question   mb Point taken, but I was answering the problem....   >>  
24 Jun 2003   Ideal nummber of pages in a resume   >>  
24 Jun 2003   Ideal nummber of pag....   I have 3 pages becuase I have listed the projects ....   >>  
      Never go over 1 page.  Ever.  Ever. ....   >>  
   XSLT Question   On topic - this seems to work >>  
      In my experience, XML Spy is absolute crap. It....   >>  
23 Jun 2003   How Much Tuition is Wasted on Anti-MS Univesities   >>  
23 Jun 2003   Snobbery and the IDE   >>  
23 Jun 2003   How Much Tuition is ....   >> 'They go there to develop skills *independent o....   >>  
   Snobbery and the IDE   >> 'Integrated... It means you have to take the b....   >>  
      >> 'anon, what IDE do professionals use for kernel....   >>  
      >> 'And who cares about the 5% of time when IDE is....   >>  
      >> 'does anyone care what graduate students in CS ....   >>  
   Favicon on this foru....   I guessed it was the old IRS Records dude, but I s....   >>  
22 Jun 2003   wondering if you kno....   I'll put in a second vote for Mozilla Firebird.   >>  
   .NET Forms Datagrid ....   Does anyone know of a good tutorial for dealing wi....   >>  
21 Jun 2003   Favicon on this forum   >>  
21 Jun 2003   Favicon on this foru....   Thanks! I don't know how I missed that thread. ....   >>  
20 Jun 2003   Rename in DOS   You're probably right. I'm pretty sure that re....   >>  
      I beleive you can use wildcards with rename e.g....   >>  
   Using a competitor's....   You should avoid it if possible. It doesn't look g....   >>  
   What's the big deal ....   Phil Greenspun (the founder of Ars Digita, and its....   >>  
   Invisible functional....   I'm not sure how I feel about Joel v. Jason. Bu....   >>  
19 Jun 2003   Build and release ma....   You can use RFC 2324 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2....   >>  
18 Jun 2003   Lie on an applicatio....   Who puts reason for termination on a resume? I'....   >>  
   UI design question   I'd be *very* careful about modifying the UI signi....   >>  
   What can a SQL Serve....   Don't you think asking that question on a forum li....   >>  
17 Jun 2003   Are deadlines bad fo....   Deadlines are about the only thing that actually e....   >>  
16 Jun 2003   what do you think ab....   I started on ICQ, went to Yahoo Messenger, and now....   >>  
   Suing Joel...   It's "filo".   >>  
14 Jun 2003   Sun One Debuggin' Fun   >>  
12 Jun 2003   Who Moved My Cheese?   I've generally associated that book with clueless ....   >>  
11 Jun 2003   How much does a shar....   1-3x annual sales.   >>  
   Monster.com tip   I think that makes sense, considering that job sea....   >>  
      And personals sites!   >>  
   Procrastination = no....   Just usually bad.   >>  
09 Jun 2003   More Performance App....   I remember working at one place where there was su....   >>  
08 Jun 2003   Mozilla versus Mozil....   People are finjding it more compelling to switch t....   >>  
05 Jun 2003   Turned down again   Cleaning an M-16 anytime simply sucks....   >>  
      'SOFTWARE DEVELOPER = Me.' Holy fuck. I just rea....   >>  
   From Business Proble....   Thanks!   >>  
04 Jun 2003   From Business Problem Domain to Scientific One   >>  
04 Jun 2003   Email syncronization....   I don't even remember which search I ran to find t....   >>  
      Most of the tools in the results for that search a....   >>  
      I found LBE Sychronizer (http://www.lbesync.com/) ....   >>  
      This setup is actually for my father. He has a sm....   >>  
03 Jun 2003      No, the laptop and desktop are on the same LAN.&nb....   >>  
      The limitation of your solution is that I need to ....   >>  
      What I'm really looking for is a product that work....   >>  
02 Jun 2003   Email syncronization between two computers   >>  
31 May 2003   Disclosure   Bored, I'm afraid to seriously consider another IT....   >>  
29 May 2003   Document clustering   >>  
29 May 2003   Document clustering   I mean clustering results of search engine outputs....   >>  
   Computer ID   While the Volume ID can be changed, I think for mo....   >>  
28 May 2003      On UNIX you can use the hostid. I think the syste....   >>  
   You can't be an acco....   I think the problem isn't the fact that your boss ....   >>  
   problems with Java c....   Additionally, instead of looping through the noise....   >>  
26 May 2003   The Matrix   HAHAHA!  That's terrific :)   >>  
25 May 2003   Programmers Attack! ....   I live in a society where it is very stable, and w....   >>  
   psychometric tests   wow. sitting back scanning over these horror stori....   >>  
21 May 2003   Movies and the Mind of a Programmer   >>  
19 May 2003   Excel Automation vs.....   We used Excel Automation for a while, but it was s....   >>  
   Salary.com is it acc....   How DO you find out what your fair market value is....   >>  
16 May 2003   Most satisifying sof....   Quicken Winamp 2.x Cygwin JCreator    >>  
   How should I arrange....   I've lived in two different one bedroom apartments....   >>  
12 May 2003   Java 1.5 – a huge ph....   I've never found it fair when someone says that on....   >>  
11 May 2003   Closing Remotely a P....   http://www.google.com/search?hl=&cat=&meta=&q=remo....   >>  
08 May 2003   What  are some ....   d'oh, that should've been "there were NO more unpl....   >>  
      At the first company I worked at out of college (a....   >>  
07 May 2003   OOP Paradigm Shift:  A Different Perspective   >>  
06 May 2003   The excellent times ....   Q: How do you make a small fortune with a new soft....   >>  
   Simple Electronics F....   If you're going to wire your own, be sure to check....   >>  
05 May 2003   Eiffel programming a....   Eiffel rocks. I've used it to develop simulator s....   >>  
04 May 2003   table of categories ....   How about SUX_TODO ?   >>  
03 May 2003   Compensation   CEO are certainly not overcompensated. Sacking tho....   >>  
02 May 2003   How should I comment....   Yeah, I often think that really terse C-style meth....   >>  
   Did Cringely just pu....   Refactoring seems to get broadly interpreted (by s....   >>  
      When I read his article, I thought about emailing ....   >>  
   Microsoft X#   don't forget abstraction...   >>  
   John Carmack Program....   Here's a link to a book that details the rise of C....   >>  
30 Apr 2003   I'd like to hear you....   Your sample swing link does not work   >>  
   Having a treeview in....   http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/xtree/    >>  
   Apple iTunes Store   If you don't read /.: http://features.slashdot.or....   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Microsoft Certification training centers   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Eric's article is la....   It's funny everyone chooses java's threading to pi....   >>  
   Emailing resumés   Yes, I've noticed that most 'media' companies use ....   >>  
28 Apr 2003   How to launch a brow....   If you use Microsoft's jvm, you'll be dealing with....   >>  
   Emailing resumés   Wow, all very good advice. For those interested, ....   >>  
27 Apr 2003   Emailing resumés   >>  
27 Apr 2003      Good lord, I just converted my html to .doc format....   >>  
26 Apr 2003   OOP in C   Wanna see OOP, polymorphism, inheritance and garba....   >>  
25 Apr 2003   rigerous tech interv....   You don't want any job where you don't get intervi....   >>  
24 Apr 2003   Do you make your mon....   As for the rest of your question, I actually fit i....   >>  
      I worked for a VC-funded company that tried /savin....   >>  
   Your Additions to th....   This one is difficult to know until after the fact....   >>  
23 Apr 2003   software engg. at school?   >>  
23 Apr 2003   Yacc pre-processing ....   I haven't used these, but you might want to take a....   >>  
   Joel's 12 point Test....   Believe we're one of the top 5 in North America. (....   >>  
22 Apr 2003   dependancy checking in large linux projects   >>  
21 Apr 2003   Directory Viewer...   TreeSize Pro (http://www.jam-software.com/treesize....   >>  
   Thoughts on Amazon A....   Philo, As I recall, the complaints were about a....   >>  
19 Apr 2003   OpenOffice   If the download's too big, you can buy Sun's versi....   >>  
17 Apr 2003   Ratio of good manage....   As Gerald mentioned, on another thread I stated th....   >>  
      At the large investment bank I work for, I've been....   >>  
   Eye Strain   With my notebook, I tend to VNC into machines with....   >>  
   Possible to get perk....   To Gerald: I have no quarrel with what you say,....   >>  
      To Gerald: Nobody gets paid in proportion to th....   >>  
      To Stephen Jones: My father is an engineer. I ....   >>  
      Gerald writes: 'I respectfully disagree with yo....   >>  
16 Apr 2003   Is it Really that ha....   I lost my first job out of college after around 16....   >>  
   Job offer   $1000 for one-way?  If you're under 25, you c....   >>  
   bad decisions on com....   In 2000, I accepted a job offer from a big corpora....   >>  
15 Apr 2003   What to do about sle....   Frequent napping is great; mentioning that people ....   >>  
14 Apr 2003   Does "Versioning" In....   The offering of different configurations of the sa....   >>  
12 Apr 2003   Working with IIT grads in a software team   >>  
12 Apr 2003   startup company offe....   bot123, no that's the max they can afford   >>  
11 Apr 2003      Bored Bystander has recently finished his "option ....   >>  
10 Apr 2003   startup company offering 1000$ a month   >>  
07 Apr 2003   best programmers in ....   I am an American of Polish ancestry, and I find th....   >>  
      Actually, the US worked hard to ensure that Soviet....   >>  
04 Apr 2003   Server Naming Scheme....   Brad, who is Galt? At home, I use character nam....   >>  
02 Apr 2003   Compromise   If the client likes flashy designs with multiple f....   >>  
30 Mar 2003   Joel and reading   http://www.theonion.com/onion3604/doesnt_own_telev....   >>  
28 Mar 2003   FogBugz: Projects pr....   Bill seems to be highlighting one of the differenc....   >>  
      I thought there was an ironic tone to it.  Es....   >>  
27 Mar 2003   Definition of Bug?   I think your definition doesn't distiguish what "i....   >>  
   Current Date.   This could be an interesting debate on how to deal....   >>  
25 Mar 2003   anybody seeing an end to this recession?   >>  
24 Mar 2003   If you don't hear back from employers   >>  
24 Mar 2003   Lunch At Cubile or A....   I am fed up with people eating in the office. We h....   >>  
22 Mar 2003   future of software engineering   >>  
22 Mar 2003   What One Recruiter R....   Sounds like a guy who's tired of the abuse.  ....   >>  
21 Mar 2003   Headphones.   I can't listen to music while I'm working.  F....   >>  
   politics   One important thing is that someone can criticize ....   >>  
20 Mar 2003   masters GPA cutoffs?   Actually I am finding my gpa with advanced 3rd and....   >>  
   Do employers ever sa....   Well I'm still waiting to hear something back from....   >>  
19 Mar 2003   masters GPA cutoffs?   >>  
19 Mar 2003   masters GPA cutoffs?   Prakash, I know that GRE and prof recommendations ....   >>  
   API vs .NET   what do you want to do with the stuff you learn?   >>  
18 Mar 2003   Do employers ever say "No Thank You"?   >>  
18 Mar 2003   Do employers ever sa....   How does one go about doing it if the contact in t....   >>  
      I have tried calling up one place, can never reach....   >>  
   Getting a CPT progra....   Student, Do some research. Identify the compan....   >>  
   Supply Chain Managem....   Also try Vizional Technologies: http://www.viziona....   >>  
17 Mar 2003   Going from on-line c....   There is a pickup hockey game this week at 8, anyo....   >>  
   politics   Sorry, just being a PITA ;)   >>  
   Terms   They probably are somewhat interchangeable, depend....   >>  
16 Mar 2003   politics   We haven't had hard currency in years.  The U....   >>  
      yeah, we favor oligarchy!   >>  
      When did Canada invade the US?   >>  
   Boomerang of offshor....   Most of the stuff I've seen offshore is either low....   >>  
15 Mar 2003   politics   There's been a few political dust-ups on the forum....   >>  
   Design and implement....   From the point of view of the business, you have t....   >>  
14 Mar 2003   Terms   Strategy is about goal selection, tactics is about....   >>  
   Adobe UI - really ba....   I used to feel the same way about Dreamweaver.&nbs....   >>  
   The Real Problem   The two problems are related.  Probably the b....   >>  
   Real World Metaphore   How about one of those programmable car radios.&nb....   >>  
   record not found err....   All depends on what you advertise as your assumpti....   >>  
13 Mar 2003   The Real Problem   '...that the software problem will be solved....' ....   >>  
11 Mar 2003   The Tyranny of Email   I prefer the tyranny of email to the tyranny of vo....   >>  
   what's your title   I worked as a software engineer at a financial i....   >>  
10 Mar 2003   Money, taxes, and wh....   Tedium: There is such a thing as a 'social cont....   >>  
      Tedium:  If you think taxes are theft, then p....   >>  
   Parade Magazine - Wh....   According to Salary.com, $50k is about right for a....   >>  
09 Mar 2003      This thread is degenerating.  While I persona....   >>  
   Pair Programming Exp....   Jimmy C., are you working at a company where manag....   >>  
06 Mar 2003   Where do bugs come f....   > I thought Turing once produced a mathematical pr....   >>  
   Software Development....   There is one notable problem with the movie analog....   >>  
04 Mar 2003   Selling non existent....   So is the solution to personally charge the salesp....   >>  
   Where are these ment....   I beleive that the counterpart to a mentor is a "p....   >>  
03 Mar 2003   Writing Perfect Code....   Someone asked how things were going in my life in ....   >>  
02 Mar 2003   Writing Perfect Code?   >>  
28 Feb 2003   Utility functions?   I've often grouped sets of related utility functio....   >>  
27 Feb 2003   If not files & d....   Agreed with Karl about really rich metadata. So....   >>  
   Yahoo Stores rewritt....   How is this any worse than C++'s template metaprog....   >>  
   Microsoft Program Ma....   Nobody is reading this topic any more, but I'll ju....   >>  
26 Feb 2003   Philosophy of long h....   Surrounded by thoughtlessness, it is easy to secon....   >>  
25 Feb 2003   How to get a part-ti....   I am currently looking for programming work for 6 ....   >>  
   Ranking projects by ....   just out of curiosity   >>  
24 Feb 2003   Ranking projects by LOC   >>  
24 Feb 2003   Multiple Exit Points   Many texts like code -complete etc advocate a sing....   >>  
   outage... cont.   I can see why Microsoft has invested in the virtua....   >>  
   GPA   'A person who cannot get at least above a 3.0 on a....   >>  
21 Feb 2003   Know Anyone Persecut....   Sysadmins.  I see it all the time in companie....   >>  
19 Feb 2003   Microsoft Program Manager   >>  
19 Feb 2003   dumb Unix question   Umm... yeah that. ;-)   >>  
      If you mean the website, /. is a joke on the way U....   >>  
   First Web Applicatio....   If you want to knock out a quick web app, PHP is a....   >>  
   How did you stumble ....   I saw a link on Scripting News (http://www.scripti....   >>  
17 Feb 2003      You won't beleive it, but my boss recommended it :....   >>  
16 Feb 2003   How soon would you fire an incompetent developer?   >>  
16 Feb 2003   interview related qu....   Prakash, they already let me know most of the det....   >>  
   How soon would you f....   It's no troll, and I don't work there,what my frie....   >>  
      I'm talking of somebody who writes pretty unreadab....   >>  
      Well actually, it's not my problem, but a friend's....   >>  
      I'm not talking of somebody who's skillsets fall b....   >>  
      Speaking as the coworker of an incompetent develop....   >>  
13 Feb 2003   New Computer   >>  
12 Feb 2003   Universities' Crusad....   Sammy wrote: 'There are some minor contradictio....   >>  
      Tim, My first undergrad degree was in Mathemati....   >>  
11 Feb 2003      Tim, from Merriam-Webster: 'techˇnolˇoˇgy : th....   >>  
      Oops. I meant: Oh, and, 'functional decompositio....   >>  
      Tim Sullivan writes: 'It most certainly is NOT ....   >>  
      Tim Sullivan wrote: 'I would like to point out ....   >>  
      Paul Brinkley writes: 'Tools of the trade come ....   >>  
10 Feb 2003   Universities' Crusade Against Microsoft   >>  
10 Feb 2003      Edjucaided Raydnayk writes: 'Java may or may no....   >>  
      drazen writes: 'Care to explain why [C/C++ ....   >>  
      Passater writes: 'As a matter of fact, VC++ pri....   >>  
      anonQAguy writes: '1) we're making a hell of a ....   >>  
07 Feb 2003   Do only geniuses get hired in US   >>  
06 Feb 2003   handle connections -....   There's a good discussion of this subject here: ht....   >>  
05 Feb 2003   HTML Question   It would be ironic if this was a forum for the Ope....   >>  
      It appears that he uses the property "table-layout....   >>  
   Smokers   'Anybody ever seen smoke that isn't airborne? What....   >>  
04 Feb 2003      z asked: 'are there people who are allergic to tob....   >>  
03 Feb 2003      As an employer, is there any reason I can't discri....   >>  
01 Feb 2003   Fear...   Stephen Jones writes: 'Personal integrity - Do ....   >>  
31 Jan 2003   Work Dress Code   Just me (Sir to you) writes: 'Did you never not....   >>  
      Dress codes are for very, very tiny minds. They a....   >>  
28 Jan 2003   Licenses   Did anyone notice the original poster was talking ....   >>  
   Easy VS. Good, and t....   Just remember that if you didn't modify your copy ....   >>  
      Well, the GPL is one of those things that need to ....   >>  
      'This is our licensing policy in brief: Our softwa....   >>  
      WTF? They say that they're 100% GPL. Do you have....   >>  
      'So does an application 'depend on' MySQL if it ca....   >>  
27 Jan 2003   MPEG-4, my rant   Out of curiousity, how does MPEG4 relate to DivX? ....   >>  
22 Jan 2003   Bad code - My proble....   What's your position in the company? That's an im....   >>  
   Java. Book Recommend....   I think Bloch's Effective Java can wait.  I j....   >>  
21 Jan 2003      For Swing, I've found this very useful (you can re....   >>  
19 Jan 2003   C++ == Crap   The book you're talking about is "The Design and E....   >>  
18 Jan 2003   C++ == Crap   >>  
17 Jan 2003   Joel never makes any....   People can really snow you under promises if you l....   >>  
16 Jan 2003   Just had one of thos....   Sigh. You just have to get away from those macho ....   >>  
      The post encouraged me to read the 'Fire and motio....   >>  
14 Jan 2003   Best Computer Scienc....   I agree with David Clayworth; would someone _pleas....   >>  
13 Jan 2003   Best Computer Science Schools in the World   >>  
13 Jan 2003      I doubt you'd see many of the dead bodies in the s....   >>  
12 Jan 2003   recruiter e-mail   My experience has been bad. Around 12-15 resumes, ....   >>  
09 Jan 2003   Men   How much daily contact do you have with the manage....   >>  
08 Jan 2003   Mentors and Software Engineering   >>  
08 Jan 2003      By the way, it seems your manager is a bit dense.   >>  
      You are too self-observant. And apparently you eq....   >>  
   Anyone familiar w/ w....   I just looked for a new host today. This thread h....   >>  
07 Jan 2003   Teaching Programming   Give 'em Godel Escher Bach or something. The thin....   >>  
05 Jan 2003   does programming mak....   What sort of programming do you do, and what do yo....   >>  
   Data Access code and....   I believe this is similar to "bottom-up programmin....   >>  
04 Jan 2003   Java. Good for clien....   I've bundled the jre with a Java app. The team di....   >>  
03 Jan 2003   Does the college mat....   OK, I just tested it. You go to a page where yo....   >>  
      MH, May I answer you privately? I posted anonymous....   >>  
      Here's an anecdote for what it's worth. When I ....   >>  
   Google, most Ph.Ds p....   Your link don't work.  And anyway, what's the....   >>  
27 Dec 2002   Instant Messenger Se....   I use jabber. It's an open protocol, and my frien....   >>  
20 Dec 2002   Jakob Nielsen   "sufficiently"   >>  
      Any significantly advanced technology...   >>  
   Marriage == Career D....   wannabe, the Girlfriend 1.0 bit is from an old ema....   >>  
      Subject: Bugs in Girlfriend 1.0 Last year a f....   >>  
   Hiring (Again)   Re: Leaving it to professionals Here in Canada,....   >>  
17 Dec 2002   Overseas Outsourcing....   Quit that, you'll just trigger another flamewar. :....   >>  
15 Dec 2002   Breaking into develo....   UWaterloo is no doubt that Canadian university men....   >>  
13 Dec 2002   The MSwin registry   You can defragment registry hives using PageDefrag....   >>  
10 Dec 2002   Bella.  What's ....   If he's not answering, let me chime in with an ins....   >>  
05 Dec 2002   Microsoft College In....   Actually i am pretty sure i got the coin right ;-)....   >>  
      Sarain , << I would have asked what the databa....   >>  
04 Dec 2002   Microsoft College Interview   >>  
03 Dec 2002   How to start oversea....   'Corporate profits are booming, in case you haven'....   >>  
      The question is whether outsourcing is even signif....   >>  
27 Nov 2002      You may hate the topic, but ignoring it won't chan....   >>  
26 Nov 2002   Angry manager   Videotape him.   >>  
18 Nov 2002   Anti-spam vigilantes   >>  
18 Nov 2002   Spam   I get about 80-90 a day on one of my older account....   >>  
   Anti-spam vigilantes   So, you, the reader, decides to set up a mailing l....   >>  
14 Nov 2002   GIS expensive   Have you tried Excel's DataMap feature? Newer vers....   >>  
11 Nov 2002   "Murphy had other pl....   I am actually one of the persons that experienced ....   >>  
      Well, let's suppose that quality is extremely impo....   >>  
   What are your favori....   http://bluec....   >>  
06 Nov 2002   FogBugz looks great;....   We use Rubicon Tracker http://www.majentis.com/Pr....   >>  
05 Nov 2002   vb6 profiler   '..only to find that, like all Rational software I....   >>  
   Fast, OLEDB database....   Will OLEDB still allow us to connect to Postgres o....   >>  
04 Nov 2002   Over the top?   I was interested to see how people would respond t....   >>  
03 Nov 2002   Writing Specs - Not my job   >>  
03 Nov 2002   Writing Specs - Not ....   Just to add, that as a consequence of the manageme....   >>  
   Whatever happened to....   'It seems a lot of the Unix/Linux people choose th....   >>  
02 Nov 2002      Slashdot itself is great. But if you've listened ....   >>  
   Most powerful notebo....   Oh yes, Sony Vaios are too dependent on software f....   >>  
01 Nov 2002   Whatever happened to....   It may have been that you got more sophisticated.&....   >>  
   Most powerful notebo....   Are you a consumer or a technical user, as far as ....   >>  
31 Oct 2002   Providing Salary His....   I should make myself more clear -- many successful....   >>  
      Eric is implying a completely different notion of ....   >>  
22 Oct 2002   Extreme Programming   Unit tests are just code which tests other code. ....   >>  
      Unit testing: http://www.extremeprogramming.org/r....   >>  
   PHP Design Flaws   S.C., Each object holds a tree of references. ....   >>  
21 Oct 2002   "Good Code" - What i....   All that matters to me is that it seems like the c....   >>  
   Translations? WTF?!   For the more interesting character sets, your brow....   >>  
16 Oct 2002   Impact of DUI on Job....   Either you're not being completely honest here, or....   >>  
   GPA a factor?   To those of you who think that a 4.0 at a communit....   >>  
12 Oct 2002   Evolt Article: Macro....   Macromedia is one of those companies that expend m....   >>  
10 Oct 2002   Joels worst piece ye....   BASTARD! Joel went two weeks over schedule just t....   >>  
09 Oct 2002   Viability of using Visual Basic (classic)?   >>  
09 Oct 2002   Reason 120 I wish I ....   You lost me Marc. Do you mean they really call ....   >>  
07 Oct 2002   FogCreek users   Do you sell things targetted at programmers who wa....   >>  
   Visual problems - mo....   I've had similar problems two years ago. They al....   >>  
04 Oct 2002   Article translations   To finesse this whole issue... the only point wort....   >>  
   GPA a factor?   'But I'm pushing 30 and starting my own software c....   >>  
03 Oct 2002      grade point average, used in american colleges.&nb....   >>  
02 Oct 2002   Groove Platform   There is one company that is doing what Joel recom....   >>  
      Joel did Groove a favor by prodding Ray to release....   >>  
   Tools to support bra....   Macs are nice in this regard, but the situations y....   >>  
      Treating your users as if they were brain-dead is ....   >>  
30 Sep 2002   Forum Design - Good ....   Please note that Joel was very fortunate. a) he ....   >>  
26 Sep 2002   User Interface and E....   Maybe I'm not getting it. Should the topic of this....   >>  
25 Sep 2002      I did my undergraduate work in mechanical engineer....   >>  
24 Sep 2002   Why you should (not?) buy an e-book   >>  
23 Sep 2002   25 times as many Mac....   I don't mind the Mac guy; he waited until this thr....   >>  
22 Sep 2002   Last minute changes   You know the answer. 'Version 2.' Remember to s....   >>  
19 Sep 2002   Jscript/DHTML outlin....   I like the WebFX Xtree http://webfx.eae.net/dh....   >>  
14 Sep 2002   Daily Build Considered Harmful ?   >>  
12 Sep 2002   Google hijacked?   Morals are certainly possible, Google has some int....   >>  
11 Sep 2002   TopCoder   Does anyone know how to see the problem sets they'....   >>  
10 Sep 2002   One insightful inter....   I was asked a similar question in an interview: 'I....   >>  
09 Sep 2002   Outsourcing limits i....   tapiwa explained it very well. These are general r....   >>  
      Mmmmm... Would you buy a car from your in house 'c....   >>  
      The majority of work gets 'outsourced'. Have you w....   >>  
05 Sep 2002   web services - ever ....   No, I meant that if you had a specific purpose, I ....   >>  
04 Sep 2002      Why don't you tell us why you care? Sure it's hype....   >>  
02 Sep 2002   YAOSD (Yet another o....   Source tells you: a) bugs b) performance charact....   >>  
01 Sep 2002   Can someone please e....   One thing you can really say about opensource deve....   >>  
31 Aug 2002   Platform Business mo....   I don't think Sun ever had a 'strategy' for Java b....   >>  
30 Aug 2002   Apple Development Su....   'Apple has been shipping free developer tools for ....   >>  
      'it's obvious you're either talking about a very s....   >>  
29 Aug 2002   What if Sun charge m....   > Do you think there will grow up around .NET the ....   >>  
   What is the future o....   I don't get this. If you're a Java coder, why not ....   >>  
   MENSA and all it ent....   It's that thing you get when you type ENTP into Go....   >>  
25 Aug 2002   Doubts on Web Servic....   I liked this quote, 'the good shopkeeper who alway....   >>  
23 Aug 2002   Education   > Ok, the experience surely would be nice, but I w....   >>  
      Mail the universities you want, and ask about thei....   >>  
21 Aug 2002   Top programming lang....   Poor Ben, he asks a legitimate question. It's alwa....   >>  
      >>Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is an SUV?....   >>  
19 Aug 2002   Catching all uncaugh....   Sorry for the underestimation, Erik. ;) From wh....   >>  
18 Aug 2002   programmitc http upl....   If you're talking about uploading files into a web....   >>  
16 Aug 2002   Catching all uncaugh....   Erik, goto is a construct that bad programmers can....   >>  
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