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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Jeff' | ||
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Number of Comments: 227 |
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| Number of Words: 26,063 | ||
| First Comment: 06 Jun 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 20 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 20 |
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| First Topic: 07 Dec 2001 | ||
| Latest Topic: 24 Jun 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 20 Aug 2004 | SQL Server - Up or D.... | OH, and one more thing...there are 3 versions of I.... >> |
| For every business choice there is an appropriate .... >> | ||
| 11 Aug 2004 | Get it in Writing | Helps in negating the 'I said, they said' argument.... >> |
| 09 Aug 2004 | What would you ask f.... | Employment by contract. You guarantee 6 months not.... >> |
| 02 Aug 2004 | Telecommuting | steamrolla, That worked for everyone under my '.... >> |
| 'so in other words you had a poorly disciplined pe.... >> | ||
| I worked for someone that telecommuted 2 days a we.... >> | ||
| 29 Jul 2004 | Failure Plan | I second the double your price. Also add in expens.... >> |
| 26 Jul 2004 | ASP business model l.... | Ok, I spent some time talking with a couple U.S. l.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Thinking outside the.... | Natty, If possible take the senior guy out to l.... >> |
| 22 Jul 2004 | ASP business model l.... | Li-fan, I am not really in touch with business .... >> |
| Ahh yes I will definitly sign a contract that says.... >> | ||
| 21 Jul 2004 | ASP business model a.... | Ok so deployment gets more complex as you move awa.... >> |
| Where I work we use a system that is leased from a.... >> | ||
| 20 Jul 2004 | Free program to wash.... | If dishwashers are open source, the theory is they.... >> |
| Sorry about that, the third empty one is for when .... >> | ||
| Why have cabinets? Just have three dish washers, k.... >> | ||
| 13 Jul 2004 | Database Connection .... | You might find some of the docs and info from http.... >> |
| The Coffee Test | I worked in a place with such bad TP that grown me.... >> | |
| RFID | mb, What I like about RFID, especially the acti.... >> | |
| 12 Jul 2004 | 'Dude, haven't you heard of databases? Document ma.... >> | |
| I am just in the learning stages of how I want to .... >> | ||
| 09 Jul 2004 | Perl, IE and invalid.... | I use a tool in Python that is great about bumping.... >> |
| 07 Jul 2004 | New app dev manager .... | When you are talking to them one on one find out w.... >> |
| 04 Jul 2004 | How does credit rati.... | Get a cell phone with Verizon, pay the bill every .... >> |
| 28 Jun 2004 | House prices (off-to.... | It is my opinion that the trend of lending agencie.... >> |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Web Application Deve.... | Heh, that's opening up a whole new thread. =) .... >> |
| After some rumination, I think we are going to dit.... >> | ||
| Clay, I think another poster said Novell when des.... >> | ||
| 24 Jun 2004 | Web Application Development Best Practices >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | On review, that was a terrible run-on sentence, so.... >> | |
| Anyone have a setup they're particularly proud of?.... >> | ||
| Just to clarify, I am refering to our develo.... >> | ||
| 18 Jun 2004 | Rebates? Not yet? | Many of these companies outsource the rebate proce.... >> |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Daughter needs a lap.... | Both my sister and two cousins each went through t.... >> |
| Is this even legal? .... | With HIPA in place in the US it is my understandin.... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Should I retire? | Keeping large sums of money in the bank is not saf.... >> |
| From personal experience if you are serious you sh.... >> | ||
| 19 May 2004 | Lots and lots of fre.... | Use the time to write the next great novel. >> |
| 18 May 2004 | Are there any .Net client-side applications? >> | |
| 14 Apr 2004 | Recommended servers .... | Joel, I am not sure about the Dell part of this.... >> |
| What to learn of Acc.... | Aussie Chick, Thanks for the info. The 101 cour.... >> | |
| 13 Apr 2004 | Keeping track of pas.... | Currently use: http://www.chapura.com/cloak.php .... >> |
| What to learn of Acc.... | Thanks for the advice. I have looked at the Sloan .... >> | |
| 12 Apr 2004 | What to learn of Accounting & Auditing? >> | |
| 09 Apr 2004 | Code Review Websites | I would love such a service. I would also pay for .... >> |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Do you think SharePo.... | My experiance in the Pharma industry says no they .... >> |
| 30 Mar 2004 | Oracle - Linux vs Wi.... | Well that seems to clear that up for me, thanks fo.... >> |
| How long can you develop in Oracle before you have.... >> | ||
| 27 Mar 2004 | Old technical books .... | I donate mine to the local library. Historical ref.... >> |
| 25 Mar 2004 | Fog Creek Open House.... | For me it was an opportunity to meet other develop.... >> |
| Slowest computer | Li-Fan, absolutly, that is why she sticks with it..... >> | |
| I am typing this on a soon to be replaced Pentium .... >> | ||
| 19 Mar 2004 | Programmer inherits .... | No I have the licenses for the domain server and a.... >> |
| The last admin got those along with the software l.... >> | ||
| Thanks for the help. I have fixed a bunch of t.... >> | ||
| 18 Mar 2004 | Programmer inherits W2K Server... >> | |
| 18 Mar 2004 | 'if everything is working OK for you and you don't.... >> | |
| 11 Mar 2004 | Best IDE for php | I have used Zend and several other free editors fo.... >> |
| 05 Mar 2004 | Picking up math for .... | CG: P & P is the classic text. If your friend is .... >> |
| 02 Mar 2004 | On a lighter note... | zone.msn.com >> |
| 16 Feb 2004 | Monster.com | I spoke to an HR person about a monster.com resume.... >> |
| 14 Jan 2004 | 20-minute skill sess.... | The use of alt-tab to switch between apps in windo.... >> |
| 13 Jan 2004 | What are North America Phone Number Rules? >> | |
| 10 Jan 2004 | Would you... | A concern may be when an HR person asks for the ur.... >> |
| 08 Jan 2004 | Bug traccking for pe.... | Where I worked we tried to do this with bugzilla. .... >> |
| 06 Jan 2004 | Virus from a poster? | 'Who knows, maybe with 22 Megapixel cameras (How d.... >> |
| I like this... this is an interesting idea. I .... >> | ||
| 30 Dec 2003 | Lovers at Work ... | I met my current girlfriend (whom I will be marryi.... >> |
| 19 Dec 2003 | Embedded Databases (.... | Oh, one last thing, in case anyone thinks I'm hung.... >> |
| As a final follow-up: I've been corresponding with.... >> | ||
| 18 Dec 2003 | Berkeley DB uses native file locking for the targe.... >> | |
| 17 Dec 2003 | I got a response back from the folks at Sleepycat..... >> | |
| Two clarifications: 1) I don't plan to share th.... >> | ||
| 16 Dec 2003 | Embedded Databases (ala MS Jet or Berkeley DB) >> | |
| 13 Dec 2003 | More thoughts on sin.... | I've probably missed something in a previous discu.... >> |
| What does it mean? | First, count yourself lucky that you received any .... >> | |
| Recruiting in remote.... | Mackinac, I doubt you'll find anywhere that offers.... >> | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | Recruiting in remote locations >> | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | XML-RPC - how to cap.... | Sounds to me like you are using an XML-RPC library.... >> |
| how do small compani.... | E, you should really take a look at the following .... >> | |
| Recruiting in remote.... | David, that's exactly the sort of thing I'd be wor.... >> | |
| P.I., I haven't read the Autodesk Files, although .... >> | ||
| Yep, they actually have to live in Maine, or Vermo.... >> | ||
| Mike, thanks for the suggestions. The chef idea wa.... >> | ||
| I'm not quite ready to discuss the product idea ye.... >> | ||
| Hiring someone who *.... | As someone who 'dropped out' of GA Tech as a senio.... >> | |
| 10 Dec 2003 | Choosing a laptop | After two+ years, my 12' iBook (dual USB) is still.... >> |
| 04 Dec 2003 | Shrinkwrap support r.... | So, as someone who's often dreamed about running h.... >> |
| 03 Dec 2003 | Advice For Somebody .... | John, as someone who recently moved to the NYC mar.... >> |
| Do a Google search f.... | It also works for 'functional programming' http.... >> | |
| Recruiting Ethical P.... | Just a follow-up: one of the candidates came in ye.... >> | |
| Requiring pre-interv.... | Dennis, yes: Ah. If you've followed my thread on '.... >> | |
| 02 Dec 2003 | Who to let go? | Having been on the receiving end of this problem a.... >> |
| Recruiting Ethical P.... | When I told my boss that we needed to hire a Test .... >> | |
| Okay, so the consensus is to let candidates make u.... >> | ||
| Requiring pre-interv.... | It's really interesting that many people seem stuc.... >> | |
| 01 Dec 2003 | Recruiting Ethical Problem >> | |
| 01 Dec 2003 | Recruiting Ethical P.... | Naturally, as a pro, I am doing it to the best of .... >> |
| Requiring pre-interv.... | Regarding the problem of who actually did the work.... >> | |
| Actually, this is precisely what I've been doing w.... >> | ||
| Dynamic formatting | If you have access to regular expressions you coul.... >> | |
| 26 Nov 2003 | The bookshelf | PMBoK (modfied a bit) is used at Merck & Co for th.... >> |
| 16 Nov 2003 | RedHat:with morons l.... | Where I work we paid for redhat support and update.... >> |
| 10 Nov 2003 | What Anti-virus do y.... | Currently moving 120+ pcs to Kaspersky from Norton.... >> |
| 21 Oct 2003 | The "zip code" is no.... | 'Why can't the address on a form be a single, mult.... >> |
| 02 Oct 2003 | What is Hyperthreadi.... | If you have a dual cpu machine and use hyper threa.... >> |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Securing the Wireles.... | Also check to see if you can limit access to the w.... >> |
| 24 Sep 2003 | The Internet is a ra.... | I put one outside our firewall yesterday as a test.... >> |
| 03 Sep 2003 | How to Dress? | One word undershirts. A good undershirt can help a.... >> |
| 28 Aug 2003 | To cookie or not to .... | For an ssl connection to idenitify a user in a uni.... >> |
| I posted on the using ip address aspect for idenit.... >> | ||
| Some stores do require 'idenitification' before al.... >> | ||
| 26 Aug 2003 | Looking for credit c.... | I use netbilling.com pretty decent interface. Some.... >> |
| 20 Aug 2003 | Deadlines | Tried to wash the gorilla out of your carpet did y.... >> |
| 14 Aug 2003 | Winning the Cookie a.... | 'Secure session cookies are not supposed to be vis.... >> |
| 13 Aug 2003 | Session cookies are not secure. Just because they .... >> | |
| Recommend Hardware F.... | I am running a netscreen 5xp device now to protect.... >> | |
| 30 Jul 2003 | Sessionbased logins,.... | From AOL, I can only assume that a load balancer i.... >> |
| 29 Jul 2003 | Coding to IP Address can be a tricky thing. With A.... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2003 | project complexity n.... | Eric, main criteria is workability and fast .... >> |
| 05 Jul 2003 | project complexity not by LOC? >> | |
| 05 Jul 2003 | Philo, there is no old process, it's a completly n.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2003 | Experience with SQL .... | An article from Oracle comparing SQL Server Partio.... >> |
| This is easy: go with replacing the server. Ge.... >> | ||
| 02 Jun 2003 | Rules Engine? Expert System? >> | |
| 02 Jun 2003 | Rules Engine? Expert.... | Phillip, Thanks for the advice. Rules engine.... >> |
| 30 May 2003 | Webserver logfile an.... | Hi again and thanks so far for all the information.... >> |
| 29 May 2003 | Webserver logfile analysis >> | |
| 13 May 2003 | Wireless Connectivit.... | Yes I am saying that (sorry wrote that first post .... >> |
| BMW computer crashes.... | I have a relative that is a mechanic... he recentl.... >> | |
| 12 May 2003 | Wireless Connectivit.... | I have setup a Sprint cellphone wireless card (wha.... >> |
| 08 May 2003 | SILENT (&small) .... | http://www.openbrick.com/ 2 nics etc. Never own.... >> |
| 14 Apr 2003 | Using Excel to gener.... | Thanks for all the help, it worked out great. That.... >> |
| 12 Apr 2003 | Thanks for the suggestionsand corrections. This wi.... >> | |
| 11 Apr 2003 | Using Excel to generate all possible conditions >> | |
| 11 Apr 2003 | Graphical representa.... | I have read the Tufte books and I thought they wer.... >> |
| 10 Apr 2003 | Images and dropdown .... | This is my resource for such things, very skilled .... >> |
| 26 Mar 2003 | html indentation >> | |
| 25 Mar 2003 | Tech hubs around the.... | I am quite familiar with Dubai Internet City. I ph.... >> |
| 12 Mar 2003 | Website Implementati.... | I agree that there should be a layer of abstractio.... >> |
| The first URL Prakash posted was sending XML. The .... >> | ||
| Though I can't actually see the Website, from the .... >> | ||
| In IE6 I get the message: The XML page cannot b.... >> | ||
| Project Management C.... | Yes it is. Not sure why my mind put that extra E i.... >> | |
| 11 Mar 2003 | I don't know about certification per say but I kno.... >> | |
| 07 Mar 2003 | Microsoft's future p.... | He's certainly correct about the mess MS .... >> |
| 05 Mar 2003 | Software Development.... | The movie analogy is really good! Though one drawb.... >> |
| Best Practices for s.... | I have heard from others that in the desi.... >> |
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| 03 Mar 2003 | Database modeling in Visio 2002 >> | |
| 28 Feb 2003 | Biggest a-hole in IT >> | |
| 28 Feb 2003 | Web Services | Tell them it's simply a buzzword for a program tha.... >> |
| ms sql server vs ora.... | ||
| 23 Feb 2003 | outage... cont. | From reading about the previous outage, Joel or an.... >> |
| 22 Feb 2003 | Favorite telnet client for Win32 >> | |
| 21 Feb 2003 | Least admirable peop.... | I've got a good one: David Siegel His book.... >> |
| 19 Feb 2003 | Remote rebooting har.... | I've used several APC Masterswitchs with good succ.... >> |
| 14 Feb 2003 | Tell me again, why J.... | My question is, why does everyone seem to.... >> |
| 13 Feb 2003 | Low-Cost Knowledge M.... | Thanks for the suggestions. As far as a bug tra.... >> |
| 11 Feb 2003 | I am very interested in this area. Where I work we.... >> | |
| 10 Feb 2003 | Trial Edition of Visual Studio >> | |
| 10 Feb 2003 | Trial Edition of Vis.... | Download the SDK for free and #Develop (S.... >> |
| 09 Feb 2003 | ...another reason no.... | Actually, in the case cited in the original post (.... >> |
| 06 Feb 2003 | Hosting web-site on .... | >>At this price level you probably won't get CGI o.... >> |
| >>I don't think you need a static IP to host a web.... >> | ||
| There are so many cheap web-hosting services out t.... >> | ||
| Discussion board sof.... | There are a whole bunch of excellent ones out ther.... >> | |
| IT Outsourcing Overs.... | >>Employers are legally required to pay H-1 worker.... >> | |
| actively hiring | >>...a value not previously allocated would cause .... >> | |
| >>I believe that 'free' will treat zero like any o.... >> | ||
| 05 Feb 2003 | Colocating: Redundan.... | Get a second server. Even if it is signi.... >> |
| ClearCase Source Con.... | At my last employer, we had several developers pus.... >> | |
| Free database modell.... | I just started using this tool. Quite nice so far .... >> | |
| How fast is your int.... | There is a large difference between having a T1 an.... >> | |
| actively hiring | 1) & 2) If you have a standards conforming compile.... >> | |
| 04 Feb 2003 | And, according to Microsoft's job site, most of th.... >> | |
| Having been laidoff almost 4 months ago, I can tel.... >> | ||
| convert BMP to JPG | The Paint program that comes with Windows XP will .... >> | |
| Speaking of Source C.... | Anything but VSS. I use CVS for my personal projec.... >> | |
| CVS: Joel not taking.... | My thinking is along the same line as Mike's. In m.... >> | |
| Smokers | >>Anybody ever seen smoke that isn't airborne? Wha.... >> | |
| >>Is nicotine dangerous? Of course it is. But in l.... >> | ||
| Globals Suck | Interestingly enough, this month's C/C++ Users Jou.... >> | |
| 30 Jan 2003 | Licenses | Just a couple points to clarify a few things: >.... >> |
| 29 Jan 2003 | VHS Better than Beta.... | The Beta video system used for professional broadc.... >> |
| Licenses | >>if you distribute it with your software all your.... >> | |
| >>Free: You just described the BSD license. >>.... >> | ||
| Easy VS. Good, and t.... | Have you written them to ask them about your speci.... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2003 | Licenses | Actually, if you read the GPL, you can distribute .... >> |
| Working For A Small .... | I've worked for 5 people companies and for 20,000 .... >> | |
| Contract-to-hire | >>Thank you all for your advice. I believe it is .... >> | |
| Can I make money wri.... | To followup on what andrew said, shareware is not .... >> | |
| 25 Jan 2003 | It's Back! >> | |
| 24 Jan 2003 | Recommendations soug.... | Why not just have two PCs on every developers desk.... >> |
| 23 Jan 2003 | advice | Unemployed writes: >>I am finding without minimum.... >> |
| Syntax | All this reminds me of is several misguided attemp.... >> | |
| will Linux be mainst.... | >>(personally I would trust MS more than the Linux.... >> | |
| Is Linux good? Depends on your definition of good..... >> | ||
| 22 Jan 2003 | Making Easy things e.... | There are speakers on the market with a headphone .... >> |
| 21 Jan 2003 | references | >> Most references aren't contentious due to lawsu.... >> |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Patterns: Introducin.... | >>Maybe a way of saying, 'Here's what I noticed,' .... >> |
| 19 Jan 2003 | Rentacoder sites | I've actually done a job on rentacoder. It work ou.... >> |
| SourceForge Enterpri.... | My previous company (before being laidoff) was loo.... >> | |
| 17 Jan 2003 | Java vs. Perl/PHP | A lot of companies use Perl/PHP/Python/you-name-it.... >> |
| Small Business ERP+C.... | A Freeware ERP package is GNU Enterprise http://ww.... >> | |
| 13 Jan 2003 | recruiter e-mail | 'I heard that some companies use recruiters for th.... >> |
| 02 Jan 2003 | best way to learn SQ.... | Take a look at SQL for Web Nerds by Philip Greensp.... >> |
| 31 Dec 2002 | Best Organizer/PIM | I use Natara Bonsi http://www.natara.com/ for orga.... >> |
| 27 Dec 2002 | Software Catalogs? | I remember back when most software catalogs had so.... >> |
| 21 Nov 2002 | CVS vs Visual Source.... | Alberto, maybe you haven't lost source because of .... >> |
| Sabbatical: Your opi.... | The Big Dig is 'Central Artery/Tunnel Project' in .... >> | |
| 19 Nov 2002 | Code Cleanup | I agree with Tj and Chris - using refactoring tech.... >> |
| 06 Nov 2002 | Linux Commands | Remember, sed, awk, tcl/tk, and all the other pro.... >> |
| Where can I buy a ch.... | I don't know why everyone keeps saying that mySQL .... >> | |
| 10 Oct 2002 | pc for blind people | But entirely appropriate in most instances. >> |
| 04 Oct 2002 | Article translations | Just because you asked: envolved = involved (spel.... >> |
| 01 Oct 2002 | Shrinkwrap db app de.... | Back several years (and companies...) ago, I helpe.... >> |
| 25 Sep 2002 | Why you should (not?.... | In fact, I read one of the Baen books I downloaded.... >> |
| 24 Sep 2002 | You really have to watch the format/restrictions o.... >> | |
| 23 Sep 2002 | Decent alternative t.... | Look at http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/ Excell.... >> |
| 16 Sep 2002 | Client Server Applic.... | You want 'Unix Network Programming' by W. Richard .... >> |
| Editorial Advertisin.... | 'Bizarrely there appears to be no North American e.... >> | |
| 12 Sep 2002 | On FogBUGZ And Custo.... | In a prior job the help-desk software package was .... >> |
| 10 Sep 2002 | How do "platforms" m.... | > Or concrete over the lawn. Think out of the box,.... >> |
| 06 Sep 2002 | "Rule 5: Templates c.... | Too often 'suggested' sections become required. .... >> |
| 05 Sep 2002 | Shrink-wrap apps bui.... | 'I see no .mdb files installed in the CityDesk dir.... >> |
| 02 Sep 2002 | YAOSD (Yet another o.... | Also, having the source give you a fall-back optio.... >> |
| 30 Aug 2002 | Joel's Platforms ess.... | 'What's an 'NLM'?' Netware Loadable Module. Bas.... >> |
| 22 Aug 2002 | MENSA and all it ent.... | Was a member for several years - got the magazine .... >> |
| 21 Aug 2002 | Serious question abo.... | 'Any decent programmer who is looking to save a fe.... >> |
| 20 Aug 2002 | non-tech books you r.... | Working my way through the Baen Free Library http:.... >> |
| 19 Aug 2002 | How long before you .... | Can't remember where I saw it (or the exact quote).... >> |
| 16 Aug 2002 | We're talking jobs - not contracts. Here's a co.... >> | |
| Shortest job: 4 months Longest job: 3.5 years Cu.... >> | ||
| 13 Aug 2002 | Sun's embracing of L.... | 'The point was simply that they should not comprom.... >> |
| That seems to be the standard reply - throw a lot .... >> | ||
| Evidently most of you *don't* use Sun servers. We .... >> | ||
| 07 Aug 2002 | Indian Vacations | 'H1b dudes from India typically take a 2-4 or some.... >> |
| 31 Jul 2002 | Listen.com | Usually part of these agreements includes the comp.... >> |
| So, Joel, what did y.... | Re - 'I never eat anything that had a face.' Cl.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2002 | Recommendation for D.... | With the linksys box you should be able to set the.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2002 | Why Software Is So B.... | 'My memory must be failing me, but I have no recol.... >> |
| 13 Jun 2002 | Open Letter:H1B's WT.... | Hmmm interesting read: http://www.thestandard.c.... >> |
| 07 Jun 2002 | MOZILLA 1.0 | Also, the pre-release versions of Moz had debuggin.... >> |
| 06 Jun 2002 | Indepenant Software .... | While ryan's message is a bit strong, I agree that.... >> |
| 11 Jan 2002 | How many books do you read ? >> | |
| 07 Dec 2001 | Would you hire a developer who do not have a Degre >> | |