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Number of Comments: 273
Number of Words: 27,252
First Comment: 08 Jan 2002
Final Comment: 22 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 14
First Topic: 17 Sep 2002
Latest Topic: 07 Aug 2004
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22 Aug 2004   Install XP in 5 hour....   I've experienced Windows half-life in all its form....   >>  
20 Aug 2004   Would you ever get r....   'I don't have anywhere to stick the cell phone whe....   >>  
19 Aug 2004   Why so much negativi....   A corprophile is just as unbalanced as a corpropho....   >>  
      Corporations haven't done themselves any favours i....   >>  
   How do you prepare a....   'Except that studies show that developers without ....   >>  
      'The problem with performance reviews where I work....   >>  
      On the ranch said 'Feel free to constructively cri....   >>  
18 Aug 2004      What's your point, on the ranch?  I said appr....   >>  
      I've done performance appraisals on my employees f....   >>  
17 Aug 2004   Google Censoring sit....   First, WorldNetDaily is a notoriously *unreliable*....   >>  
      Well, I just googled "Stand to reason christian ap....   >>  
15 Aug 2004   How to get focused a....   Decompose larger tasks into smaller ones until you....   >>  
14 Aug 2004   Speaking of Google I....   If they price it that high, and you invest, and yo....   >>  
   Need advise/help on ....   Laptops can work in dual monitor mode, if the GPU ....   >>  
      The laptop you quoted is ridiculously overpriced. ....   >>  
13 Aug 2004   Coldfusion programme....   Look for the big-haired blonde in the middle to se....   >>  
      [God help me, I'm going to agree with muppet.] ....   >>  
   Friend's Idea / My I....   That's exactly right: if you have a revenue sharin....   >>  
      Well, now we know just how bad your reading compre....   >>  
      I have no idea how much the idea is worth. The nu....   >>  
      Which is double what the Edison quote specifies as....   >>  
      Oh, fuck off, muppet. What I suggested was that....   >>  
      Tell him what you told us (his idea, your work), a....   >>  
   Common MVC framework....   A lot of the benefits of the Struts package are se....   >>  
12 Aug 2004   Empower Termination   Mistaken dates aside, I would think that the bait ....   >>  
   which language?   Use Python for a more experimental program you wan....   >>  
11 Aug 2004      PopCulture has a good point: a lot of what the bes....   >>  
      One question: what sort of database/data store are....   >>  
      Don't get me wrong: I have nothing against Python,....   >>  
      The problem is that an enterprise system works on ....   >>  
      This is just a guess, but look at Apache Struts fo....   >>  
      I said 'You said you wouldn't recomment PHP for so....   >>  
      Better than you understood that Heinlein quote in ....   >>  
      For its entire directory *scripting language*.&nbs....   >>  
      Really? Yahoo switched to PHP for its entire dire....   >>  
      I meant 'scale' as a measure of lines of code, not....   >>  
      If it'll be large, then it's probably worth sticki....   >>  
      Take Paul Graham with a grain of salt. He has ver....   >>  
   Opinionated people   :[1] - My slashdot theory - 'As the userbase grows....   >>  
   The Python Paradox   'The amount of 'contempt' associated with the word....   >>  
      'What I think and what I say are nearly always the....   >>  
      I agree with you, Brad, as far as that goes. ....   >>  
      No, a jerk is someone who thinks his offensive 'tr....   >>  
      'if rejecting polite insincerity as a crucial elem....   >>  
      To ignore muppet's attention-whoring for a second.....   >>  
   How do you deal with....   Have a calm conversation with your manager about t....   >>  
   White Box Linux   Properly configured video and sound make Linux a p....   >>  
      True about the drivers; however, one card is a Rad....   >>  
10 Aug 2004      I've got Core 2 on my laptop and desktop. The onl....   >>  
      I use Fedora myself, though as a desktop, not a se....   >>  
      There's a variety of repositories for Red Hat pack....   >>  
   Decline an offer - a....   'It's very interesting to hear these viewpoints st....   >>  
      'Justin - I'd just be wary...' That's a good po....   >>  
      I just accepted a job at a company where: 1) Be....   >>  
09 Aug 2004   dual processors   I generally follow Ars Technica's builder's guides....   >>  
   Rude = No Hire?   The rudeness comes from saying, in effect, 'I have....   >>  
07 Aug 2004   Videoconference Interviews   >>  
04 Aug 2004   well yes, wasn't tha....   Becoming a part-time manager didn't open my eyes t....   >>  
      Pure, unfiltered horseshit. I'm the manager and....   >>  
01 Aug 2004   The Village (no spoi....   I just saw it, and really liked it, because I'd be....   >>  
   The Village (don't s....   I just saw it, and loved it, because I was forewar....   >>  
31 Jul 2004   Storing long-term hi....   The business does injection molding, where a mold ....   >>  
30 Jul 2004   Storing long-term histograms   >>  
30 Jul 2004      Very interesting answers. To clarify our partic....   >>  
      "with one record for each" should read "with one r....   >>  
   Can do anything with....   Yes, pretty much anything can be done in software.....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   "No Defense for Linu....   To be clear, FIPS certification is a requirement f....   >>  
      Linux is, or is currently in the process of, FIPS ....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   great hackers   Bruce Eckel is, at least, an honest convert. ....   >>  
      I get a little sick whenever I read Graham's essay....   >>  
   Work for nothing, ho....   To second the others, don't quit your day job. Bu....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   In the Beginning was....   A little dated with the BeOS references, and with ....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Programmer's hours   I can't tell whether or not you're complaining.&nb....   >>  
   Open Source = no rig....   'Many open-source advocates argue that writing sof....   >>  
      You know, Albert, you and your ilk would argue muc....   >>  
   Third, er, sixth, er....   I've read all six (original) Dune books, and I rer....   >>  
      The original title was going to be 'The Passion of....   >>  
25 Jul 2004   Web page size still matters?   >>  
25 Jul 2004   What's the best way ....   I've always used Notepad, NoteTab, TextPad, or mor....   >>  
   HW Question - which ....   I have a cheap HP scanjet that uses the same drive....   >>  
   Why seek compliance ....   Who was it who coined the phrase "technical debt" ....   >>  
      Standards compliance is a long-term investment in ....   >>  
23 Jul 2004   Frameworks - Still r....   This is a guess, but the explosion of frameworks f....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   What source code are....   Apache Struts, because the documentation has some ....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   Shell Scripting Fana....   He's not talking about firing them because they us....   >>  
      People who are experts with only one tool are scre....   >>  
      Tell them that they're pigeonholing themselves, an....   >>  
   Rewriting from Scrat....   The from-scratch rewrite is an arguable point beca....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Technology in a Business   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Technology in a Busi....   'Well, if this statement really is a universal tru....   >>  
      'Both times the companies went through rigorous ev....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   .Net devs that went ....   I don't know about other IDEs, but Eclipse has a f....   >>  
      'From my understanding neither Java nor C++ offer ....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   What do we teach our....   Part of the point of the artificial constraints th....   >>  
12 Jul 2004   RFID   Jeff, Wouldn't barcoding and system-directed pi....   >>  
      They do seem really interesting--the possibilities....   >>  
      To more directly answer the OP's question: the rea....   >>  
      My employer has been selected to take part in Targ....   >>  
08 Jul 2004   English Code   Such is the pitfall of straw men arguments. The p....   >>  
      And I assume that you know that operator overloadi....   >>  
      If your manager's a dumbass, then he's a dumbass. ....   >>  
      '(I once had to deal with a manager who would rate....   >>  
05 Jul 2004   Hungerian standard+J....   In other words, don't bother.   >>  
      I gave up all hope of ever using Hungarian notatio....   >>  
   Reading Apache Acces....   I don't know about the 249, but 200 is a the HTTP ....   >>  
02 Jul 2004   Java Business Questi....   Sun started development on Java at a time when cre....   >>  
01 Jul 2004   No More Improvements....   You've made an all-or-nothing proposal out of some....   >>  
28 Jun 2004   What does SharePoint....   You know, Philo, you should talk to Microsoft mark....   >>  
19 Jun 2004   Old, forgotten HTTP ....   VRML failed because there was no benefit to it bey....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   Is company loyalty d....   Well, my point is that me and my ilk were raised t....   >>  
      I think we're coming out of a phase when companies....   >>  
   Work relationship tu....   Or, send them into a darkened closet together, eac....   >>  
      No accomodation at all should be made to their sud....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Firefox 0.9 has bad ....   Gil, Right click on the icon bar, and select 'c....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   How much does the re....   One thing not made perfectly explicit yet: recruit....   >>  
30 May 2004   But, but... I though....   Like anyone selling a service, they slightly exage....   >>  
18 May 2004   Not really being hon....   One more observation for the OP: Your failure to c....   >>  
      I must say that this is one of the backhanded bene....   >>  
07 May 2004   Rising Oil Prices. W....   I think you're 180 degrees wrong. IT budgets wi....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   Google - Microsoft b....   One assumption the OP makes is that the actual int....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   IEEE/ACM Membership   Thanks, Tayssir, that's exactly the sort of thing ....   >>  
21 Apr 2004   IEEE/ACM Membership   >>  
15 Apr 2004   Another take on loya....   I manage four techies, and I've always thought tha....   >>  
09 Apr 2004   Loyalty   Loyalty, as something that companies are *owed*, i....   >>  
   Code Review Websites   Okay, there's enough interest here that I'll start....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Code Review Websites   >>  
08 Apr 2004      As I think about it, though, the subject matter of....   >>  
      ''Manuscript review' sites, like 'How to be a writ....   >>  
07 Apr 2004   I Question the Assum....   'The response of the retail industry to these issu....   >>  
04 Apr 2004   Java—what's the poin....   Now you're getting it. I think Java's interesti....   >>  
      'Good ideas do not need this level of hype and jus....   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Microsoft's Believab....   Sidewalk.   >>  
   Development and Mood....   I always have a list of 5 minute jobs to tackle wh....   >>  
   How to Build a Bette....   Corporations exist to make a profit, because witho....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   ThrowTheBumsOut   The American electoral system structurally guarant....   >>  
27 Mar 2004   Old technical books ....   I'm about to truck down to my nearest used book st....   >>  
24 Mar 2004   So why _did_ they go....   'so its behavior that is only bad if you are alrea....   >>  
      Has no one ever heard of 'monopoly leveraging'? ....   >>  
   Exceptions revisited   Don't get me wrong: I'm very happy coding Java.&nb....   >>  
      Having gotten seriously into Java over the last co....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Opinions on demand-d....   I work at a manufacturer of household goods. Ther....   >>  
07 Mar 2004   How come Yahoo conta....   I thought it was simply that Yahoo's spam filter i....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   Perforce for FREE!!   What the hell is the matter with posting a questio....   >>  
   Software for babies   Both my niece and nephew played for a couple month....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Open source... rat r....   'Vast PR machine?' Ha ha. You got me. Trol.....   >>  
      The reason, Bill, that people keep mentioning IBM'....   >>  
      Here's an intereting thing: http://www.opensour....   >>  
      The best way to understand this is as an elaborate....   >>  
02 Mar 2004   Tips for Home Workin....   Pants. I can't stress it enough. Pants. The o....   >>  
26 Feb 2004   Blue background + An....   I go back and forth between fixed and variable spa....   >>  
24 Feb 2004   Replacement for Dell....   Just Me, the D series fixed those problems pretty ....   >>  
23 Feb 2004      I have a Latitude D600 that I love.  I would ....   >>  
19 Feb 2004   Taking Steering Whee....   Good luck, BUT, be prepared to lose your job. Som....   >>  
18 Feb 2004   I hate developers   The overall difference is in the subject matter. ....   >>  
   CIS/MIS degrees   Your friend is wrong: any technical hiring manager....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   How successful has M....   I've seen two people do reasonably well at it, tho....   >>  
12 Feb 2004   Cognitive Science Qu....   McGill University in Montreal offers a minor in Co....   >>  
11 Feb 2004   What's Your Greatest Weakness?   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Windows XP 64 Bit - ....   Philo, I thought that MicroSoft had Windows 64 wor....   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Use of Bitmask appro....   I just implemented two bitmask fields in a table a....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Resume Post   There are predictable patterns of language errors ....   >>  
25 Jan 2004   Does C# owe its succ....   'And when all is said and done, yes, C# is a bette....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   HB-1's   Like it's hard to hire such idiots locally.   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Outsourcing   It sounds like your argument for outsourcing is on....   >>  
      Are you distinguishing between outsourcing here vs....   >>  
      Another observation: we cut about $12K a year in m....   >>  
      To add one detail: my employer is a manufacturer o....   >>  
      I think that you need to account for IT that can't....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   Advice Wanted   Dennis, Feel free to email me if you'd like to ....   >>  
      'An idiot? You filthy negro Dennis' I didn't....   >>  
      An idiot? You filthy negro Dennis    >>  
12 Jan 2004      Wow, Dennis: I'm speechless at how overboard you ....   >>  
      'On the side-thread of Justin's worker's issues wi....   >>  
11 Jan 2004      I have an employee without significant education o....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   H1B: I am facing doo....   'Justin, why do you presume we aren't aware of wha....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   Thinkpad T40/t41 or ....   I've had the D600 for several months now as my pri....   >>  
   Will patents stop Li....   'Also, so what if IBM has the biggest law firm in ....   >>  
   H1B: I am facing doo....   Okay, one last point to make: the H-1B is not limi....   >>  
      *must quit harping on it... resist temptation... s....   >>  
      Let me put it this way, and then I'll quit harping....   >>  
      'The legal administrative work for typical H1B's i....   >>  
      'Once again this regulation is breached more often....   >>  
      'I have no problems with anybody hiring qualified ....   >>  
      'I understand that he is not doing anything illega....   >>  
      'Justin, there has been extensive coverage of the ....   >>  
      'I think its a moot point as most employers now hi....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   Will patents stop Li....   Say you had a patent that you thought was being in....   >>  
01 Jan 2004   Blame Open Source fo....   That you equate open source with communism, Melvin....   >>  
31 Dec 2003   Israel Stops Buying ....   Anthony, the reason that Office starts up faster i....   >>  
30 Dec 2003      I wouldn't say that MS Office is 'magical' or perf....   >>  
26 Dec 2003   Why The Flip Flop, J....   On the other hand, Mike, you could write code in C....   >>  
23 Dec 2003      'Last week you came down against unix programmers.....   >>  
      What surprises me about the flip flop is that Joel....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   Why The Flip Flop, Joel?   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Another unix cultura....   'How can anyone even begin to decide whether its r....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   C/C++ programming qu....   Like most programmers of terse languages, C/C++ pr....   >>  
   Limiting the user ex....   'I assume you have considered this all, so is it s....   >>  
      So what exactly do you mean by a web interface and....   >>  
   How can companies pr....   Another reason is that more people than ever use t....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Limiting the user experience   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Limiting the user ex....   I don't think you misunderstood.  I was prese....   >>  
      'Are there no rules governing when it is required ....   >>  
      The SKU example has nothing to do with code, it's ....   >>  
   How can companies pr....   I'm still getting over the fact that the OP has us....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   What say ye, desktop....   My mistake: there are two areas where a web app is....   >>  
      There's a bigger point people are missing here: 90....   >>  
16 Nov 2003   Dressing up for job ....   Somebody has to say it: how you dress for an inter....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   Ok, seriously, why W....   ClearType font rendering on an SXGA laptop screen.....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   Linux hack attempt   Anyone can submit kernel patches and code, but it ....   >>  
   Business development   I think that, if X sends you to a customer to get ....   >>  
      When X sends you to talk to someone, do you bill X....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   Object Oriented VS S....   'The benefit is that you can reuse and extend obje....   >>  
09 Nov 2003      I think I get what you're saying, but you're overs....   >>  
      To put it another way, I've done pure OOP in C++, ....   >>  
      'I think you guys do agree with me that C++ is not....   >>  
      My guesses: First, C++ is widely used because S....   >>  
      C++ _can be_ an object oriented language. I'm no ....   >>  
   Downloading Linux   http://www.linuxcentral.com/ is one of many sites ....   >>  
   What Anti-virus do y....   At work we switched from Norton to CA's E-trust, a....   >>  
08 Nov 2003   The best font for pr....   Final proof that programmers have no sense of aest....   >>  
05 Nov 2003   physics   I'll tell you later.   >>  
   I wasn't a CS / EE m....   If I had to suggest a 'short form' CS degree, I'd ....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Benefits of a degree   I'd like to second Fernanda's post, which is almos....   >>  
02 Nov 2003   A method of coding   1. Get clear statement of what the next piece of c....   >>  
   Benefits of a degree   You must be a genius, then, Sum.   >>  
      One last comment: if you're self-motivated enough ....   >>  
      'Software developers, however, can.' Except in ....   >>  
      From an employer's perspective, a degree offers so....   >>  
   Why CEOs will never ....   I had an interesting experience last week. My s....   >>  
31 Oct 2003   360 students   The benefit to the economy I'm talking about is th....   >>  
      As awful as that is for you and the 28 other stude....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   Where to find IT consultant reviews   >>  
25 Sep 2003   The Internet is a ra....   We've been running Red Hat 7.2 on the Internet as ....   >>  
20 Sep 2003   J2EE/JAVA Framework   Take a serious look at Resin (http://www.caucho.co....   >>  
10 Sep 2003   Critique of Eclipse ....   I use it quite a lot, and the only complaint I hav....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   the open source busi....   Getting back to the OP, and ignoring John K's hyst....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   Hiring a lawyer   It's true that lawyers often seem like people who ....   >>  
      I work with the company lawyers quite a bit, and I....   >>  
25 Aug 2003   Recent article in th....   The point you leave off, Philo, is that there are ....   >>  
24 Aug 2003   What'd you do with u....   I'd lock Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and Steve Job....   >>  
01 Aug 2003   When to design Web-b....   MS Access is great front end to SQL Server--consid....   >>  
      At work, we're speccing out the next generation of....   >>  
   Don't overlook the i....   I'm not an expert in Marxism, but I sense that you....   >>  
      You have it exactly wrong: the GPL is not socialis....   >>  
   This is what's wrong....   'I'll believe they take their own GPL license seri....   >>  
      ST, you've taken the worst examples of the open so....   >>  
   Question about free ....   I could be wrong--I don't particularly care for St....   >>  
31 Jul 2003   This is what's wrong....   No, a company can't do that with the GPL. That's ....   >>  
      And it's the open source programmers with the bad ....   >>  
   Question about free ....   In all the bashing of Stallman as an extremist, on....   >>  
29 Jul 2003   Open source is _not_....   Joel On Software forums: the anti-Slashdot!   >>  
22 Jul 2003   New Position/Company Description: interesting?   >>  
22 Jul 2003   New Position/Company....   Regarding the difference between "small company" a....   >>  
      I'm trying to be as succinct as possible, since th....   >>  
      Excellent comments, all.  Thank you; this is ....   >>  
      "talent and skill" at development is balanced agai....   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Linux in Munich... D....   'No 'headquartered in Europe' type European compan....   >>  
18 Jul 2003      Philo, IBM has European branches, and they partner....   >>  
17 Jul 2003      'using windows based products on a linux platform ....   >>  
16 Jul 2003      'I'm trying to avoid the advocacy and politics, an....   >>  
      So this is what Slashdot would look like if it wer....   >>  
      I agree that there'll be large hidden costs, but I....   >>  
11 Jul 2003   To jump or not...   The polite way to say 'bad management' in an inter....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   Teaching good coding....   My Data Structures and Algorithms class was taught....   >>  
20 Jun 2003   To be or not to be   It means that a lot of the blame-laying is subject....   >>  
   What's the big deal ....   'Yes, we packed about 40 people into a 3 bedroom r....   >>  
      Ars Digita was a well-run company, up to the point....   >>  
04 Feb 2003   Franchising Your Cod....   There's a couple ways around that. First, franchi....   >>  
03 Feb 2003   Franchising Your Code   >>  
03 Feb 2003      It also seems that franchising code is relatively ....   >>  
      But that's the point: the cost/benefit analysis is....   >>  
04 Dec 2002   Algorithm Reference   The classic is, of course, Knuth's 'The Art of Com....   >>  
13 Nov 2002   Joels humourous anal....   What Joel pointed out was that .NET was vaporware ....   >>  
12 Nov 2002   Best Books for Windows Programming   >>  
31 Oct 2002   Quality of Professor....   I'm in my MSCS right now, as a counterbalance to m....   >>  
14 Oct 2002   Nobel Prize-winner h....   'What surprises me is the poor effort:results rati....   >>  
18 Sep 2002   One Stop Platforms v....   I think the dot-com bubble would be a classic exam....   >>  
17 Sep 2002   One Stop Platforms vs. Market Complexity   >>  
18 Jun 2002   Why Software Is So B....   I read an article in Wired magazine about the grou....   >>  
21 May 2002   too critical of MS?   Since others have taken the question seriously, an....   >>  
      Did the OP seriously compare critics of Microsoft ....   >>  
15 May 2002   Another MS Office ki....   >> They would get to know the lack of coercion by ....   >>  
      Isn't the bigger threat to MS Office from OpenOffi....   >>  
12 May 2002   Eckel is thinking in....   Having worked through O'Reilly's second edition of....   >>  
23 Mar 2002   CF and/or ASP?ASP.ne....   I've built sites in PHP with MySQL as a backend da....   >>  
27 Jan 2002   Ultimate programming....   Does anyone have a recommendation for a keyboard w....   >>  
08 Jan 2002   Staying focused   > for a few moments I don't know how to move forwa....   >>  



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