finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:05 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'no name' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 4,252 Number of Words: 186,942 First Comment: 21 Jan 2002 Final Comment: 03 Sep 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 78 First Topic: 14 Aug 2002 Latest Topic: 27 Aug 2004 When Item Comment 03 Sep 2004   Joel on Software gra....   I think the end started the first time this forum ....   >>      Where's Philo?   He didn't post into his blog quite a time: http:/....   >>         Maybe he fell down the cracks between the new foru....   >>      The Curious Incident....   > movie rights have already been purchased by Brad....   >>   02 Sep 2004   Re-using desgin/code   Sounds like a crock of shit. What do you want us t....   >>      The Curious Incident....   This post is about a mentally challenged boy   >>      Music, mp3's, etc.   Portable music has been big since, well, the dayss....   >>      How Many Hats Do You....   It's summer here and I don't wear any hats right n....   >>      Usenet Web sites   slrn   >>      "The Joel Spolsky's ....   He should hire stupid people to make up for all th....   >>      Sharing a nifty tric....   Ogami, do you think spelling make a difference in ....   >>   01 Sep 2004   Baby coming, Changin....   'I'm tempted to buy a 3-series BMW' If you're o....   >>         Medium size SUV's are what you want. You need four....   >>      Evaluation support e....   'Nothing heavy-handed, as most people haven't even....   >>      Winnable Solitaire a....   I think it will be very interesting to see Mr. Sin....   >>         'Yes, but when has anything involving 'Team' been ....   >>      Equivalent of mshtml....   Can you use MSHTML to parse a document without hos....   >>      Von Neumann and HCI   HCI? As in Human Computer Interaction? I don't kno....   >>      If Java doesn't have....   Which is a bit of a b*stard in some ways. If you w....   >>         it's just semantics   >>      Outlook client with ....   But withing 2 years you will have a name in the in....   >>      Sharing a nifty tric....   Pathetic looser.   >>         Ogami, do you have a fake name?   >>         Ogami, anyone can use whaterver name, it won't mak....   >>         Ogami, thanks for the trick. You're an amazing mag....   >>      Best Disasters   Beware of marsupials carry beachballs.   >>         Around 1995 I installed Linux and created a swap d....   >>         A long time ago, in a life far far away, I was res....   >>      why bother   Ta.   >>         Where is the quote from, please?   >>      Commenting out   It doesn't allow them to be nested either :-(   >>      I'm scared.   > flatpack software . . . did I just invent some j....   >>      How many of you know....   I know a guy who has a degree in (classical) music....   >>      Incentive Pay Consid....   Clay Whipkey, you sound like the type of guy that ....   >>         > A time-and-motion man? Hehe, you'd be lucky not ....   >>   31 Aug 2004   Work Intlligence   oxymoron   >>      Best Disasters   Last year we outsourced a module of our core produ....   >>         Today's episode of Eric Sink Sw Factory with SP1. ....   >>      Commenting out   Like This ( I have commented out the following lin....   >>         Aley, you're mean (but that is pretty funny).   >>      ABOUT TRANZAX   Quite a silent topic.   >>      Fear the power of Sh....   The greatest is when you look at someone's compute....   >>      why bother being a c....   I bother to be a coder so I can spend my time on t....   >>         You called the 'flow' book tough? It's quite an ea....   >>      Coding on Widescreen....   enlightenmentcomes from your inner head/soul and n....   >>         dam or damn? just to practice my english.   >>         +++How else are you supposed to develop a web app?....   >>         Edit-and-continue is really an agile method with 1....   >>         rotate the monitor and install a sw which rotates ....   >>         +++I keep an IE window open on the right and can t....   >>      So Bored,   he comes from a very c sharp background, and that ....   >>         You're too modest Bored. You got the jobs! That's ....   >>      My mind seems to hav....   one muppet, one show, his mother was a big sow, ....   >>      I'm scared.   that liquid charisma thing. google thinks it's not....   >>         Natural selection. It's simple as that.   >>         I damn well hope so. I'm sick of writing basically....   >>         Look, soon you need 2 phd to work for mcdonalds, w....   >>      I want out writing w....   +++Don't try to ride a bicycle without first learn....   >>      What motivates you t....   Because I would actually rather be working. In the....   >>         Yep. Michael Moser said it for me, too. When the b....   >>      Outsourcing happenin....   revenue != profit By the time you take that 700....   >>      Americans need learn....   > Why would I need to learn another language when ....   >>   30 Aug 2004   Best Way to develop ....   - Put 'professional webmaster' on resume - write ....   >>         First, get two eggs...   >>      What motivates you t....   I post mostly to ridicule others and make myself f....   >>         +++Also, I do like helping others when I can. Bein....   >>         Boredom.   >>      Newbie Overview of L....   Why use a relational database? Because typical ....   >>         If you know that it's moronic that why do you make....   >>      SQL Server Reporting....   Write to Scoble, he can direct you to someone.   >>      developping for Wind....   <pieces of brain matter drizzle onto the keyboa....   >>         << head explodes >>   >>         wtf   >>      Alpha Blended Icon S....   One non-ass post do not mean that they are not.   >>      Outsourcing happenin....   Kenny, The point of your post is? What this ....   >>      Americans need learn....   It would be nice if Americans learnt English first....   >>      Writing an Ad   If your ad is trying to reach big companies, there....   >>      Bill Gates on "profe....   Muppet, you got an erection here in JoS.   >>      GmailFS - Gmail File....   A 1GB USB Key can be purchased on eBay for anywher....   >>      Insourcing?   Walter, you will have seen, also at the Heritage s....   >>      The API is king   > Just include the time to do it in the time requi....   >>      Name that executable   Why it's important to know which language a sw was....   >>         James, true, why bother. Pathetic attempt from you....   >>   29 Aug 2004   Insourcing?   But, returning to your original point, the 'protec....   >>         Exactly.   >>         Also, don't accept at face value everything you re....   >>         Walter, your initial approach to this comparison h....   >>         Walter, equating opposition to offshoring with sup....   >>      Name that executable   Kalani, are you a friend of Ogami. And yes, hopefu....   >>      Typedef Insanity? (N....   Use a C compiler for C code, and switch on warning....   >>   28 Aug 2004   Batch export Outlook....   You can do by scripting the Outlook object model, ....   >>      Name that executable   Ogami, it would be better if first you think and t....   >>         Ogami, I see you created another stupid thread.   >>   27 Aug 2004   Salary survey   >>   27 Aug 2004   How much do icon des....   I think a pro can do it for $500-$750, at least I ....   >>      Tool to display disk....   Buy a bigger hard-drive, 20 GB is nothing.   >>      Salary survey   Sorry, that's, Gross: $5,042 twice a month ($10....   >>         ...30% greater than the average person in my posit....   >>         Annual salary $121,000. 30 years old. Senior progr....   >>         You are NOT my best friend, It's quite an anony....   >>         Sathyaish, make a date with you app.   >>         I'm an employee at a 40 person ISV, but normal pro....   >>         Sathyaish, go sleep a little.   >>         No, I live in Hungary.   >>         If somebody is shy he can post only half his real ....   >>      How do I find out wh....   Open the JVM in notepad, search for the following ....   >>         select * is always bad in itself, select only the ....   >>      From idea to final p....   24 or 32 is the next one? 2^3, 2^4, 2^5 or 2x8, ....   >>         Ogami, I assume you're either 8 or 16 years old.   >>         Any more comments for this great questions?   >>         +++I did talked to GOD about this+++ Frankly, I....   >>         Ogami, I'm glad you start to be self-critic.   >>         Ogami, I talked about companies because I have acc....   >>         Ogami, you have so stupid questions. How can you '....   >>      Valuable contributio....   Once we hired a consultant to discover/specify/doc....   >>         A few lines of code could save one of the mars pro....   >>      Great idea for a new....   Micheal, let's send that email to a normal addres....   >>      D - Day !!   Pray.   >>      Typedef Insanity? (N....   10+ years from now we may have IDE which can displ....   >>      Google AdWords is us....   Not useless for the google owners.   >>      "Rescue abandoned pr....   If you are turning down other work for this then b....   >>      marketing to develop....   That's good advice. I think a lot of Delphi (and V....   >>      How do you write loo....   I'd agree. Get a professional UI/Usability expert ....   >>      Looking for JOS Proj....   In response to above comment - Or it means that....   >>      Marc Andreeson   So? Browsers are not rocket science.   >>      Need info on Mideast....   > Maybe there's posters from the Middle East, here....   >>   26 Aug 2004   marketing to develop....   Half of them will tell you to "open source" it.   >>      Visual Studio .Net /....   Eric, where is the link to your product? Another ....   >>         Another day, another miserable soul.   >>      How do you write loo....   It's called a style guide, and usually graphics de....   >>      Cracking The Three L....   For the Moo point, check out: http://www.themeatr....   >>         Dude, I think you have way too much time.   >>      Should I install XP'....   gwyn, I used google bar as well but I turned it of....   >>         Do it. Sooner or later you will need it. Yeah, th....   >>         EricL, do you have a word for this?   >>      Looking for JOS Proj....   The problem with this 0.046 thing is that you need....   >>         1/42 would be a better indicator.   >>      Using Bugzilla for t....   Try RT for help desk use: http://www.bestpractical....   >>      Ever worked with a r....   I once worked with Muppet.   >>         Most "Anoop" types were from the "Big 5" (or whate....   >>         In the high times of 99-01 I contracted at a place....   >>         No, I never worked with. But I also do not know wh....   >>      Marc Andreeson   (He thinks it's cool.)   >>         Wasn't the Netscape codebase a load of crap as wel....   >>         Kind a skizoid forum.   >>      If you like this...   If you like pussy you may like the other hole near....   >>      Need info on Mideast....   Why would she think we know anything about Middle ....   >>      Which build software....   Build software. You're so funny.   >>      microsoft.com redesi....   Thom, Are you the program manager for the redesign....   >>      eclipse and MS C++ T....   It is possible to create/specify your own 'toolcha....   >>      proving dates on ema....   Do it thru a 3rd party mail service, in that case ....   >>         > Mark, you are assuming everyone is keeping full ....   >>         > I still don't see how this seriously differs fro....   >>         MarkTAW - you don't encrypt it, you digitally sign....   >>         > But you can easily fake a date in an email. PGP ....   >>         If you put a date in the email body ('Sent on xx.y....   >>      Just finished The Cu....   > You still get your beer in Pints Not strictl....   >>      Super-Duper Incredib....   The fairy typo.   >>         It isn't nice of me to laugh at the last sentence ....   >>      Looking for some sof....   I love when somebody links directly to a zip/exe f....   >>      Correctly developed ....   > For whatever reason even the horribleness of Win....   >>      Do you know what I w....   No, I don't know what you want.   >>      shocking, misleading....   > funny thing- the Linux solution is about a 2,000....   >>      The Mystery of Saudi....   They are probably using JoS to pass messages to on....   >>      Sink Battleship   There's probably some joke i could do about Sink p....   >>      Psychology in the wo....   Actually, Frustrated, I think Alex has it spot on.....   >>      Trust, 3rd parties, ....   > I'm trying to allow 'most' people to run 'most' ....   >>      Union threatens Jame....   You're kidding? You consciously chose to use asbes....   >>   25 Aug 2004   Some Questions   Matrices can be used to solve sets of linear algeb....   >>      Progammer pay rates ....   This may help, this fellow seems to have the exact....   >>         Sathyaish, is that you? Or is it Estudiantin now?   >>      Most efficient file ....   Jeez, there are so many ways that you can do this,....   >>      Singing HTML   The thing it does here is crash the browser (IE6).   >>      Sink Battleship   I think wood grain looks cool, you just have to ta....   >>         I think it's a pretty hefty exe. At 2.7MB it took....   >>      What is "SUCCESS" !?   11 points in Scrabble   >>      COM & XML questi....   Tom, I hope I should never use your application.   >>      Removing a Cookie fr....   The various American government agencies don't nee....   >>      Today (Aug.24) is th....   Some viruses are transferred via sexual intercours....   >>      Building a Wiki   > Step 1 ... ? You find a girl to love...    >>      Any good GUI builder....   Not used the GUI builder in JBuilder, but my opini....   >>      Technology Review on....   > What if that person wrote some really good code ....   >>      Trust, 3rd parties, ....   > those of us who know would only approve select r....   >>      OT - Anyone jog with....   iPod? Jogging? No.   >>      Gopher   Yup. Archie was the puppies bits.   >>      (OT?)The Curious Inc....   > I'm far too attached to the special talents and ....   >>      Union threatens Jame....   You got shares in James Hardie, Mr Jones?   >>      2 Strings..   15 4F 68 2C 20 47 6F 6F 64 20 67 72 69 65 66 2E   >>      Am I too old to be a....   You are an old fart to be a video game programmer.   >>   24 Aug 2004   Removing a Cookie fr....   You have to change directories using the change di....   >>      Today (Aug.24) is th....   'The Blue Screen of Death' first appeared in Windo....   >>      AdSense on Blogger   That's just asking for someone to create a blog sp....   >>      Union threatens Jame....   Then what?   >>      2 Strings..   Any time I reload this post the joke is different.....   >>         Haha.   >>      Trusted computing   Looking around this company's office (large multin....   >>         > Dell won't even tell you what kind of BIOS you'l....   >>         > When people think of BIOS, you think of Phoenix ....   >>      patterns for file im....   Daren - yeah, that's how I tend to work unless it ....   >>      Making HTML sing   What should it sing? The sites are alive with the ....   >>      Table inheritance: w....   What a wonderful OOP world.   >>      Manual vs. Automatic....   > we have a less traffic lights and more roundabou....   >>      How to view existing....   I don't know.   >>      Asperger's or just I....   > He was a girl No wonder his head is fscked up....   >>   23 Aug 2004   patterns for file im....   Also, I'll be the one getting the work done while ....   >>         Also, if you use patterns, you are obfuscating the....   >>         BS. The OP is reading to far into the problem as ....   >>         Patterns are a waste of time.  Just write the....   >>      sss   ffff uuuu cccc kkkk    >>      New dot com companie....   YM the Napster that got the arse sued off it? Wow,....   >>      Anti-anti-virus   Talking of NAT, where is he? (Ersoz, I mean.) Have....   >>      Not-so-hypothetical ....   I went the other way (ok, not from web stuff). It ....   >>      Open source usabilit....   Open source usability is a problem of incompetence....   >>   22 Aug 2004   Creating an Outlook ....   Should it work with Exchange as well or you don't ....   >>      Install XP in 5 hour....   Oh yeah... he's an idiot.  I don't even agree....   >>         It's idiotic because it's a fucking false list. Wh....   >>         Read his list. Idiot.   >>         For me, a normal install for WinXP w/ SP1 is about....   >>      The Practice of Prog....   Code Incomplete   >>      Finding Time to read....   Reading in the bathroom can be a crappy experience....   >>      Client education - f....   Try doing what lawyers do. They get their customer....   >>      Is there a term for ....   We need to ask "Mr. Usability UI design Joel Himse....   >>      Does your employer m....   Why not just enforce everyone to work between 11am....   >>      Microsoft pays for i....   Can you people not spell? The word 'yankee' is cor....   >>   21 Aug 2004   How to verify a comp....   I remember when our company once bought a title li....   >>      new idea about how t....   Was he drunk?   >>   20 Aug 2004   Client education - f....   Neo, does Queen Bee do this to you?   >>         Neo, sadly, this is a common problem for consultan....   >>      If you were CEO of S....   I would be CEO of Moon as well so I can work on bo....   >>         If I were the CEO of Sun I'd retire and lie on a b....   >>      How bad is goto, rea....   Or without a break function foobar() { ret....   >>         >Gotos are all over the place >break >Exit Do >....   >>      Does your employer m....   > if you were not in the office by 0730, you were ....   >>         When I joined we had to be here starting at 9am. ....   >>      How do I get rid of ....   I've never seen anything useful on googlesysndicat....   >>      Microsoft pays for i....   Stephen Jones, I don't know whether you're being f....   >>         They don't speak proper in 'ull anyhow.   >>         > this does prove that the English, have no idea ....   >>         [from the article] 'decisions on what to do [were....   >>      Automatic vs. manual....   I've got a manual in my corolla. I live in the c....   >>      IBM in a pickle   > Nice SCO troll. Silly me. I forgot. No-one i....   >>         Pretty much my reaction, MarkTAW (the first, not t....   >>      Bargaining for more ....   > And what's the difference from gettin at 9:00, o....   >>         If 3pm is the normal school closng time round your....   >>      Sink Solitaire   Coming soon: Winnable Golf! ;-)    >>   19 Aug 2004   Automatic vs. manual....   A manual transmission is actually more fuel effici....   >>      IBM in a pickle   IBM is suffering from suit disease. It's been a bi....   >>      Google   nazi   >>      Production/Testing D....   http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/evodb.html    >>      Bargaining for more ....   Muppet, I sympathize with you regarding your pl....   >>      Code Olympics - what....   With Goto banned, nobody will pitch up.   >>         Indoor Keyboard Smashing In Bright Monitor Glow   >>         Double Clicking   >>         ISV International Software Vault Eric Sink    >>      Why so much negativi....   '''I mean in general scheme of things without thes....   >>         > Smaller business while still capitalistic often ....   >>         Why so many stupid questions lately?   >>      At the end of the da....   At the end of the day there is a new one.   >>      How do you want to w....   OK Lucy baby, now answer the questions.   >>         Lucy girl, who is your target?   >>         Q: How do you want to write a device driver? A: I....   >>      Next big thing?   Unions.   >>      Install SP2 or not?   > many of the applications the firewall 'breaks' a....   >>   18 Aug 2004   Uses for the C keyword "Auto"   >>   18 Aug 2004   Good Place to Move for a job?   >>   18 Aug 2004   ASP.NET and Digital ....   Also check out the Still Image API. Basically i....   >>         ASP.NET and WinForms are front ends used for GUI c....   >>      SQL 2005 vs Oracle 1....   If Microsoft are motivated to release a FUD paper ....   >>      X12 820 Parser   Oh, the good old X12 820. However I would recommen....   >>      Are bigger systems a....   Bigger. Better.   >>      Good Place to Move f....   I had a Secret Level Clearance in the military.&nb....   >>      Digital Signage Soft....   > I’m wondering does anyone have experience with t....   >>      Uses for the C keywo....   I understand what auto is and does.  I'm look....   >>      Interesting article ....   Even an ex-Msft-program-manager can fail.   >>      Database help -- whi....   Aussie Chick, you don't need the three tables Onli....   >>      obsession   haha   >>         7-15   >>      Google Censoring sit....   The Church of England is catholic.   >>      How was the dinner i....   You're a bit young for my tastes Just Me, but your....   >>         This is one of the most amazing threads.   >>         I don't know, I was out of town.   >>      Algorithms   > microsoft gives you a windows tree control. You....   >>      use Visio to generat....   Use Photoshop. It has much better capabilities tha....   >>      Eiffell: Pro's and C....   > DbC [...] makes Multiple Inheritance work You....   >>      .Net not good enough....   Does NBC run the Olympics then? Silly me, I though....   >>      XP's unexpected surp....   You probably expected that MS would have fscked so....   >>      Working as a SW Deve....   More lies coming from someone who has 'a friend'? ....   >>   17 Aug 2004   XP's unexpected surp....   Can a surprise be expected? Surely it wouldn't the....   >>      Why learn basic sear....   > I'm perfectly capable of designing new (to me) s....   >>      Choose between two p....   Choose 1. Then you can put in some code which auto....   >>      sick days   I only take off when I'm sick, which usually only ....   >>      Coworkers who won't ....   Muppet, I sympathize with you regarding your co....   >>         > Both leech guy and lady who talks too much are j....   >>         Muppet, I sympathize with you regarding your co....   >>      UML?   Yeah, it is useful. Paper and pen are all that's n....   >>      Need America-born to....   redguardtoo - sounds to me like you are trying to ....   >>         Reading pigeon English from offshore software deve....   >>      Working as a SW Deve....   This will tell you everything you need to know (be....   >>   16 Aug 2004   Poll   >>   16 Aug 2004   Why learn basic sear....   Database applications are 'the common application'....   >>         What are you on about, Christopher? Are you whingi....   >>      Garbage Collection M....   this is so pathetic (from the heron site). sometim....   >>         muppet, where's your blog. we would really love to....   >>      How to get focused a....   Wjile you're doing your irony can you do mine as w....   >>   15 Aug 2004   Preferred ways of ba....   Bella, just hire one of those $25 per hour kids to....   >>      How to get focused a....   Philo, make sure BillG does not read your posts.   >>      Working as a SW Deve....   I don't know but prepare to wear a tie all day lon....   >>      Anthropomorphizing c....   it depends, here are some I use: 'you son of a b.....   >>      Doing free work - a ....   > I dont know how you can just start working based....   >>         'Where is $60/hour too high a rate?' It's too h....   >>      XP SP2 font bug   maybe you shut the fuck up   >>         I retested and it doesn't happen always. Eg. after....   >>      Coldfusion programme....   Alex, do you know Neo?   >>   14 Aug 2004   Non-pathetic sw work?   >>   14 Aug 2004   Recruiting requires ....   You're Queen Bee?   >>      What makes a great p....   >> If you have two programmers who have to write a....   >>         Kalani: The opposite is also true. A bad progr....   >>         I think without protein + carbohydrate nobody can ....   >>         That should read: A good programmer is one that....   >>         A good programmer is one that can read, understand....   >>      allright, so what ha....   > 'proles'? Proletariat. The great unwashed. Th....   >>         muppet, are you from europe or from usa or from so....   >>         why don't you go work for microsoft and then you h....   >>         1. Start > Run > Help and Support 2. Search for '....   >>      Non-pathetic sw work....   Given that most jobs arise out of a need, I don't ....   >>      This ain't about lov....   Simon, I recall a case where a guy was charged and....   >>         No-one works on spec because it's obviously wide o....   >>      Need advise/help on ....   > My two 17' panels are a beautiful thing Your ....   >>      Coldfusion programme....   Neo, you know what you sound like? You sound like ....   >>         Tayssir, I doubt the web shop even knows what soft....   >>         mb, I don't anyone smart enough to know about JOS ....   >>         Oh look, the Queen Bee's little friends have arriv....   >>         'Siobhan, queen bee envisioner' DINTGACMTNIJWM*....   >>         contact me@evolvesites.com --- i assume this is th....   >>      Are these guys serio....   muppet, any comments in this thread?   >>      Friend's Idea / My I....   Dennis, Carmack and crew weren't the first people ....   >>      The Olympics   Actually China has a habit of extracting its worth....   >>   13 Aug 2004   Are these guys serious?   >>   13 Aug 2004   Friend's Idea / My I....   I disagree Dennis. The world is full of people wit....   >>         Unless he does something, forget about giving him ....   >>      Freelance Site   make up a bunch of fake job requirements...it work....   >>      Your Thought on IP (....   Does IP solve semantical problems which happens du....   >>      new management fad: ....   Tim Jones, are you really stupid, or are you tryin....   >>      How to market if nob....   Did you identify who might be interested in buying....   >>      The Olympics   > the countries that win are the countries that ex....   >>      Favorite Screen Save....   I read it as "Favourite Scream Saver"   >>      Python: Whitespace a....   He was right about default arguments getting "reme....   >>   12 Aug 2004   word processor with ....   Try AbiWord.   >>      SP2 & eMule   It's not the same client, but I have eDonkey2000 r....   >>      Does JBoss suck?   I don't know about JBoss, but MyBoss is definitely....   >>      Rules Engine   http://www.teamplate.com/    >>      Odd %HOMEDRIVE% valu....   you bought a server software for home? or it's a w....   >>      Opinionated people   > in general, programmers are lacking in humility ....   >>      SQLServer getting th....   Have a column in your table indicating what time a....   >>      The Python Paradox   > 'Could you name some books you've read in the la....   >>   11 Aug 2004   Balancing life while....   I don't know. I made 75 hours/week for 2.5 years. ....   >>      Good tips on downsiz....   There is no way to automatically downsize SQL Serv....   >>      How do you deal with....   Roskoff, you sound like a bit of an arse crawler. ....   >>      What happened to my ....   A recruiter probably sweet talked the manager abou....   >>      CityDesk   > On planet Earth image means something Only be....   >>   10 Aug 2004   Decline an offer - a....   Maybe the guy got angry because you hit him on his....   >>      VB.Net Interview Que....   1) What's the command to print output? 2) In VB....   >>         How does the final product (not the development) c....   >>      Sacrificing parts of....   Sacrifice my family? What, all of them?   >>   09 Aug 2004   Rude = No Hire?   >>   09 Aug 2004   Free Bitmap Source   you mean photos? www.xsc.hu (stock xchange) has t....   >>      Rude = No Hire?   Hrm... I don't think you guys understand the situa....   >>         I'm saying that I am wrongfully being accused of b....   >>         That's what I MEAN Mr. Analogy!!  It's really....   >>         I don't think it's because I postponed the intervi....   >>         Well the non-IT related job was more or less one o....   >>      Sacrificing parts of....   I, for one, agree with muppett's position. I th....   >>         '''how do you balance it out and still stay among ....   >>         I KNOW that in the past I sacrificed most parts of....   >>      Shareware and ISV's ....   I'm not sure how you are relating being rich and b....   >>         I'm not saying that they don't know what they are ....   >>         I disagree that it is Joel and Eric's domain knowl....   >>         No, you are just reading a small set of forums/sit....   >>      Hidden URLs - How ea....   Given that she hired herself I doubt it was an iss....   >>      Employment contracts....   You want to lose your lawyer hero worship thing. M....   >>   08 Aug 2004   Getting Things Done:....   It takes a certain amount of ignorance and excitem....   >>      UI design -> huma....   I haven't seen the thunderbirds movie yet, but the....   >>   07 Aug 2004   longhorn commercial ....   Microsoft Windows Longhorn Great Experience Enterp....   >>   06 Aug 2004   Good forms design re....   I would say as long as you are consistent througho....   >>      Why are pointers use....   Is this your homework?  I hope not.   >>      When: 20.00 16/08/01....   Scott, I'm pleased to present to you the stupid Am....   >>      Invoicing format?   Word is good for invoices. It probably depends how....   >>      Printing Postcards   Surely, outside of buying some hardware for your c....   >>      Great Hackers   > most profesionals are in the biz because of the ....   >>      Logo design costs   Logos cost. For what it's worth, I think it was pr....   >>      Preincrement vs. pos....   Tony - I think the point is to avoid (possibly unn....   >>         Turn off optimisation and find out (yes, there are....   >>      Who is your messiah?   I just realised most of this board have never seen....   >>         >Who's Sathyaish Chakravarthy? Who's not Sathya....   >>         He's not your messiah. He's a naughty boy. (Can't ....   >>      You too can run up $....   > I think that what ought to matter is the state o....   >>      More perils of outso....   Well, you know what they say about Orissa.   >>      Munich puts Linux on....   The Austrians are wacky.   >>   05 Aug 2004   Who is your messiah?   None of them strike me as great people.  They....   >>      You too can run up $....   That's one huuuge bar bill...   >>      More perils of outso....   Li-fan Chen, I've got news for you. It is not just....   >>         My experiences with Indian outsourcers is consiste....   >>         'the absence of intellectual property laws' Is ....   >>         Bet they aren't so Jolly now! :-)   >>      Munich puts Linux on....   Is that true, that the OSS lobby is using a Munich....   >>      e-commerce vs softwa....   Don't worry, your job is safe (unless it gets outs....   >>      Hiring Mistakes   as joel said, neutralize the bozos, give him task ....   >>      Weapons software   Actually, Bob, most of it probably has to do with ....   >>         > [military service] Having a disqualifying medica....   >>      Great Hacker != Grea....   'Hire people who understand the difference between....   >>         Mark, What does having a burning desire for tec....   >>      How to decide on sw ....   any new comments?   >>   04 Aug 2004   How to decide on sw behaviour?   >>   04 Aug 2004   Weapons software   If you have the inclination and the right backgrou....   >>         unfortunatelly all of the terrorist work is outsou....   >>      Great Hacker != Grea....   the good thing being here is that i always thing t....   >>      How to decide on sw ....   OK, so make the problem more complex: How do use d....   >>         You miss the _philosophy_ here. The true meaning o....   >>         muppet, go and f...k off man :)   >>         yes, f/m is just an example. the issue here is how....   >>         +1: My real problem is that most of these 'rules' ....   >>      SORT   Note that JOE has not checked back. Guys like JOE ....   >>         If you need to sort ONE very large file, then it m....   >>      A question for our n....   First, muppet, you have totally redeemed yourself ....   >>      Contrarian insight #....   we create custom websites from $7,000 to $100,000.....   >>      Brand strength   There is no apostrophe in "lots" guys.   >>      Google image search ....   'haven't you got more important things to do?' ....   >>      Platform for Commerc....   Nobody else has mentioned it, so consider this the....   >>      IE: deliberate bugs?   'He must think a lot of himself' It's obvious f....   >>      SoftICE paranoia   > Are you some sort of socialist? Yes.    >>      Not making sense of ....   Why are you asking this here? Mozilla has its own ....   >>      Interesting Intervie....   > Of course he's preying on geeks, they're his bre....   >>         Wake up and smell the coffee people. The whole th....   >>         now we know that there are around 8 employees.   >>      Your typical program....   Yummm, black pudding! I think it is mostly eate....   >>   03 Aug 2004   Developers retesting....   'and when I check those fix it turns out they didn....   >>         in our company some of the guys mark text change t....   >>         yell on him   >>      Your typical program....   Tom's what?   >>         Bacon, eggs, tom's, fried bread, and a big glass o....   >>      Any free email sites....   gmail is beta so probably they don't want to adver....   >>      Dexterity.com forums....   the forums are closed. it was announced last week ....   >>      Does Coder 2 Dev mak....   > they only compete on price, but everyone in bus....   >>      I am a great hacker   > sacker == Sack of Shit JoS poster == slacker....   >>      lacking telecommutin....   I've been wondering about this, and since it has c....   >>      Making Linux a playe....   > What isn't generally addressed is the idea that ....   >>      Reading Code (Boolea....   >I can come up with the exact same example in >an....   >>   02 Aug 2004   Does Coder 2 Dev makes you mediocre?   >>   02 Aug 2004   ** how to get feel o....   > This seems like the situation where one of those....   >>      I am a great hacker   talk to graham   >>      Making Linux a playe....   > Linux is for programmers who want to customize t....   >>      a long, rambling, in....   'a long, rambling, incomplete rant about muppet' ....   >>      Do you play computer....   > Gaming coders have a kind of problem-solving ski....   >>         Developing games is complex but quite a few games ....   >>      Software Quality   MyIE is based on Internet Explorer.  I guess ....   >>      IS PRIVATIZATION ans....   'One of the *nice* things about Privatization is t....   >>      Odd Codes of Conduct   > 'only one photo per desk, must be a tasteful por....   >>      Word Sucks   > You're not using a word processor in 2004. You'r....   >>   01 Aug 2004   Handling client cont....   Not worth the risk.   >>      A form with lots of .