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Number of Comments: 1,068
Number of Words: 88,965
First Comment: 28 Jan 2002
Final Comment: 13 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 35
First Topic: 20 Aug 2002
Latest Topic: 18 May 2004
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13 Aug 2004   Issue related to fil....   Calvin: Hello, Susie? This is Calvin. You know th....   >>  
11 Aug 2004   Search Engine Recomm....   why should he have to re-invent the wheel when he ....   >>  
   Reporting Techniques....   Why not just schedule access to fire off a report ....   >>  
10 Aug 2004   Search Engine Recomm....   another vote for htdig It has been around for a....   >>  
   Microsoft Revolution....   This bit killed me 'And since everyone cooks in....   >>  
   Pricing a source cod....   Might be a bit late, but you might want to brush u....   >>  
      to echo what KC said, 'Never blackmail a man for m....   >>  
   Legit reason to star....   when I was last in business, albeit working for th....   >>  
   Reporting Techniques....   use MS Access to access the data store, and then u....   >>  
   best way to move int....   figure out what skills you think a PM should have ....   >>  
   htaccess and Apache ....   Dude, unless you are totally new to computers, and....   >>  
      I'm with MarkTAW on this one. another thing tha....   >>  
09 Aug 2004   Free Bitmap Source   sounds like he is looking for icons and not photos....   >>  
   dual processors   God box is always the bomb http://arstechnica.c....   >>  
   Hidden URLs - How ea....   Mark, I have seen some servers have issues with fi....   >>  
30 Jul 2004   What's a good FREE F....   Another vote for the command line FTP client. I....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   Publishing a book: U....   What's the genre? I met a publisher not too lon....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   $75K-$100K/year to M....   In response to the OP 1. Don't tell them how mu....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Microsoft, spend you....   Dvorak does seem to either get it totally right or....   >>  
23 Jul 2004   joel: lookout is now....   What You See Is What You Get! Have not seen tha....   >>  
   My resume any way to....   I play hardball with my resume. Especially with re....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   Currently playing so....   Oh yeah, Neurosaudio have release their source. ....   >>  
      They have students, and all the single guys. (w....   >>  
   Great blog post on i....   Philo Not an ad hominem, but please don't defen....   >>  
      Bigger Fool Theory: Buy a stock and you'll make ....   >>  
   Is ASP.Net for Real?   I used Crystal Reports a couple of years ago, and ....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   Design this GUI   Can someone please explain why this is not a tree?   >>  
20 Jul 2004   IPOD "monopoly":Appl....   I would have thought that geeks more than anyone e....   >>  
   Free program to wash....   My swap space is the dinner table.   >>  
08 Jul 2004   methodology for trad....   seriously though, is more about domain knowledge. ....   >>  
      does 'there mind' become 'here mind'?   >>  
   Music   Alice's Restaurant is a classic. Love listening....   >>  
   Metadata Driven Inte....   yeah, second Naked Objects. Have not looked at ....   >>  
      link to google search http://www.google.com/sea....   >>  
      This topic rears its head on this board every so o....   >>  
06 Jul 2004   What price / reasons....   Mental stimulus More $$ Growth prospects    >>  
   Reading Apache Acces....   If you are new to it all, you might want to work w....   >>  
   How does the RIAA id....   Take working for motown out back and do a number s....   >>  
02 Jul 2004   Modelling Methodolog....   Start with http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork....   >>  
01 Jul 2004   What will the web be....   if anyone knew the answer today, they would imleme....   >>  
   Nifty UML Site?   One more thing. this is the best article I have....   >>  
      Yo Matt I used to read the magazine by Ratinal.....   >>  
   Business Names   help me here.... how does a company become #1 on t....   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Versions: planning o....   Ditto the above. Ship what you have that is rock s....   >>  
   Business Names   Do what HL Hunt (oil billionaire) used to do. All ....   >>  
   The phrase "bet the ....   'I am going to do a white paper.' And what meth....   >>  
28 Jun 2004   What does SharePoint....   I have never looked at it, but the it seems to do ....   >>  
   Afraid of success   Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet. -- Horace ....   >>  
      Start small is not always the way to go. Look a....   >>  
   I am starting a new ....   Tom got it right. Like someone else said too, d....   >>  
   Opinions/knowledge a....   In any order reading exercise vigorous sex g....   >>  
25 Jun 2004   Open Source accounta....   And to the OP, this might be overkill, and the acc....   >>  
      Philo, They don't http://www.icrc.org/eng    >>  
24 Jun 2004   Hotmail gets Hotter   Except spam harvesters have wizened up to that fac....   >>  
   "Sometimes the serve....   It is a no brainer to set up your server to power ....   >>  
   Resume Writing   Dude, Before you even start writing your resume....   >>  
   GMail Marketing Blun....   Gmail is not a marketing blunder. Best case, th....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Great CSS resources   http://www.csszengarden.com/ is beautiful    >>  
   Lookup tables vs. ex....   Third normal form is your friend   >>  
   Induce Act - Shall w....   It is doing what is in the best interests of SOME ....   >>  
   Why are Smart Phones....   Treo 610 still looks like vapourware. With Blue....   >>  
22 Jun 2004   How much RAM for XP?   or was that 640kb   >>  
      64Kb should be enough for anybody   >>  
   Database in-memory   uses the data a fair bit, Oracle 1 Mb, Not l....   >>  
   Modelling Program St....   used wisely, UML is a good way of documenting your....   >>  
   Windows File System   try renaming before delete. Sometimes files which ....   >>  
   Induce Act - Shall w....   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic 'A moral....   >>  
      I think the right term is Moral Panic. How in t....   >>  
      the DMCA law getting passed, and the subsequent ar....   >>  
   Why are Smart Phones....   If Palm only added bluetooth and WiFi to the Treo,....   >>  
   Why can't we separat....   KC is right. Noone is forced, or should be forc....   >>  
21 Jun 2004   The RedHat Enterpris....   And before more Trolling goes on, the 93% GROSS ma....   >>  
      and when you look at their filing, you can see why....   >>  
   Shakespeare Programm....   first thought was why? Cursory glance made me t....   >>  
   HELP! Overcoming pro....   It has got to come from within. the problem wi....   >>  
   Need a free mp3->....   Is this a new Bella? The original one did not have....   >>  
18 Jun 2004   Where have all the o....   alternatively check out http://www.usabilitymustdi....   >>  
      do a search using google. have searchterm site....   >>  
   64 bit Processors   what happened to Cyrix?   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Firefox - First Go   I have been using Firefox for a while. Tabs and....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Looking for URLS of ....   In response to the OP No discussions but intere....   >>  
      It is a variation on Godwin's law http://www.dick....   >>  
   Where's Joel ?   Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?   >>  
   Today's Provocative ....   ftp ftp.site.com / quit ftp open ftp.site.com ....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   London JUG   I am not, but at the only London JoS MeetupI have ....   >>  
   My custom JOS Reader....   The man had an itch, and he scratched it.   >>  
09 Jun 2004   Google: the search s....   nope. The women. Kissinger argued that power wa....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Postal code database....   check this site out http://www.bartholomewmaps.....   >>  
   Catching undercover ....   check out the bullshit analyzer. Was released abou....   >>  
      There was a DOS application back in the late eight....   >>  
   Men are from foo, wo....   This was in a car magazine that I bought this week....   >>  
05 Jun 2004      Africans are from Africa, and Indians are from Ind....   >>  
   MYSQL in trouble   Green PJ is correct. A lot of hosting services ....   >>  
26 May 2004   Opening my mind   With apologies to Alanis You live you learn ....   >>  
   A new era?   Methinks it is better to have a hot faucet on top ....   >>  
   The number of posts.....   Agree with the OP   >>  
25 May 2004   How do I become a co....   sign up with one of the many recruitment agencies ....   >>  
   Screw math...   One’s intellectual and aesthetic life cannot be co....   >>  
   hiring someone who h....   Did he jump ship or was he poached. Slightly di....   >>  
22 May 2004   French Words/express....   because Rick Chapman is a regular on this board,   >>  
20 May 2004   Better tools for cre....   Not sure how Ryan measures his productivity, but I....   >>  
19 May 2004   Tired of getting rip....   I do apologise. Was tired last night when I posted....   >>  
18 May 2004   Tired of getting ripped off   >>  
18 May 2004      I seem to have botched the second link. It was su....   >>  
      I agree with the cynic. While VAT is indeed high, ....   >>  
      'Please clarify request and resubmit ' you seem to....   >>  
      Even the said brand names will charge more in the ....   >>  
17 May 2004   DNS Query   And on a dns note, don't forget to set up your dns....   >>  
   sierra gamers site   Truthful or not, it is just wasted time. Went t....   >>  
12 May 2004   Women in IT   Hey, I am saying that anyone can get laid very eas....   >>  
11 May 2004   Hours   Excel is not free :-) It is a great program though....   >>  
   Ever wrote a technic....   so does Philip Greenspun http://philip.greenspu....   >>  
   Women in IT   Why post anonymously?? I like women. I do. I l....   >>  
   ERP module pricing   sometimes it is greater than 100. A bit like the G....   >>  
      Pricing for enterprise solutions.... Grab clien....   >>  
   Banking Industry   Forgot to ask whether you are planning on being ....   >>  
      Steve Jones is quite correct. The problem is th....   >>  
   Free but good UML to....   PLA this is fast becoming a one on one :-) I will ....   >>  
      see  you in the soup line for sure. I might s....   >>  
      PFAL, thank you for taking time to read the Bastia....   >>  
      Am awake, finally. Read my posts, and the only thi....   >>  
   Lots more, tell me w....   You have data from application X in a database. Yo....   >>  
10 May 2004   Free but good UML to....   One more thing, I apologise most profusely to the ....   >>  
      To be fair, you probably caught me on a bad day, b....   >>  
      I have just reread the posts, including my own, an....   >>  
      programsforaliving should be taken out back and sh....   >>  
   kibibytes, methodolo....   that rover is going all the way to mars. Who cares....   >>  
      Actually there is a reason I ignored it. IMNSHO, i....   >>  
   To specify or not to....   Craig, like they say, chickenry of a plumage peram....   >>  
   Absolute Confusion w....   Yo music snob. I will let them respond on my beha....   >>  
   M=K=Thousand   Forgot the obigatory pithy quotation ... The ni....   >>  
      Last time I checked, I was neither Anglo, nor Saxo....   >>  
      not wishing to be derailed, the term 'the jury is ....   >>  
09 May 2004   kibibytes, methodologies and other stories   >>  
09 May 2004   kibibytes, methodolo....   just thought up one.. boxen!! very popular on s....   >>  
      Forgot to reference properly http://www.quinion.c....   >>  
   Coding is Math?   I sort of agree with the quote. I think it was mor....   >>  
   To specify or not to....   Hear hear. UML is just a tool. More than just a to....   >>  
   Absolute Confusion w....   and the pot says the kettle is black .... http:....   >>  
      dudes, cut the poor guy some slack. I think it ....   >>  
   Explain this to me......   green is a term used to describe something/one tha....   >>  
   M=K=Thousand   guess the jury is still out on this one... htt....   >>  
      you are right. kilobytes is 1024 bytes megab....   >>  
      Except when it comes to computing..... where M ref....   >>  
   Lots more, tell me w....   Chris is correct. Most commercial apps, including ....   >>  
08 May 2004   Paul Graham's Book   Oh yeah, I think the book is inspired by the artic....   >>  
      I actually discovered the book yesterday, and was ....   >>  
   Look at any sites in....   Apologies, that last post was directed at Stephen ....   >>  
      Steven, A friend of a friend, is supposed to ....   >>  
07 May 2004      interesting idea. Write a Mozilla add....   >>  
06 May 2004   MX-System vs PostNuk....   If you are considering PostNuke, you might want to....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Benifit of lenux ove....   Linux Is Not Unix http://216.239.59.104/search?....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   Books by Michael Jac....   Just got an email about how lame I was, possibly i....   >>  
      I read a Thriller by him once....   >>  
   Simple site builder   If I recommend hotscripts one more time I will .......   >>  
   Modern development w....   It does. More people are proficient in non C langu....   >>  
   Are company blogs a ....   Dennis, the research is paid for by advertising co....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   idea manager / thoug....   the termites though, they will eat their way throu....   >>  
   Are forums like JoS ....   I think the FogCreek software is FogBugz :) And....   >>  
   Are company blogs a ....   You want to read Phil Greenspuns book, espcially t....   >>  
   PHP/Perl project tra....   http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs....   >>  
   Never write a progra....   actually it is 237 2*3*7 = 42 keeping everyt....   >>  
   Web based ERP + CRM ....   Please let us know how the project proceeds. ....   >>  
   If not, why not ?   The Ted. Seems like my sarcasm was lost on you.....   >>  
26 Apr 2004   Why programmers so d....   I would postulate that the UK is still big on form....   >>  
   Web based ERP + CRM ....   There are quite a few apps that might fit your bil....   >>  
   Professional Courtes....   Salad Cream   >>  
23 Apr 2004   If not, why not ?   that was supposed to be pompous ass   >>  
      One's Law And prefixing you name with 'The' as....   >>  
   Writing a great empl....   Write your ad in Klingon. All real programmers sp....   >>  
   File archiving tool?   I also recommend xcopy with /hevy options. Does....   >>  
   Diversity initiative....   Go Johnny. You did not ask for some politician ....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   CSS Formatting vs Ta....   Looks like someone beat me to the css zen garden r....   >>  
      Not sure what exactly you are trying to achieve, b....   >>  
   Cost of living   Two main reasons. Business will tend to be located....   >>  
   What would you do?   Take the job and get the Indians to build it. :)   >>  
   freeware->sharewa....   I too second, third, and fourth the 'Do not freewa....   >>  
   Diversity initiative....   I'm with apw on this one. I don't mind not gett....   >>  
      njkayaker, 'wealthy anything' already has affirmat....   >>  
      The 'even' in reference to the UK was stuck in the....   >>  
      I think I agree with Ms Rand on this one... partic....   >>  
      OK, I'll bite. I hate all these diversity initi....   >>  
   Best overheard tech ....   Emperor Norton. Do you still have that applica....   >>  
   When you spend too m....   Stephen Not quite sure why someone who has abil....   >>  
21 Apr 2004      keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue   >>  
   What are some synony....   Not-Hardware   >>  
   Great Design   Lunix systems. Is that what they run in asyllum....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   Quantifying software....   Just do what Gartner does, bullsh*t your way to a ....   >>  
   Horrible HandWrittin....   Take a course on graphology, and reverse engineer ....   >>  
   Great Design   Paul Graham on design ... http://paulgraham.com/....   >>  
   Is it ignorance or r....   I would second the 'it is requirements gathering' ....   >>  
   Relative IT Salaries....   True, Cambridge is expensive, but it does offer a ....   >>  
      John. My mate hates it down in Portsmouth. He i....   >>  
      Why would you want to move to Portsmouth, or indee....   >>  
   Do people actually b....   Seun, not once does the Alien suggest that he is p....   >>  
   VMWare database accc....   When people ask about Oracle on Linux, I tell them....   >>  
19 Apr 2004   world best known sof....   RP, I do live in London. Wierd question...   >>  
      MR, and more people know about Norton than they do....   >>  
      After you are done with the generic office app typ....   >>  
   document URL's   Mr. Philo S Point to you!!   >>  
      Why do you want a custom solution when the databas....   >>  
   Qualifications Now O....   There was another discussion on education a couple....   >>  
   Extreme Anxiety abou....   Like someone said, take up hanggliding. Seriously.....   >>  
   Safest way og instal....   You could partition current drive, depending on ho....   >>  
17 Apr 2004   Quotes in the begini....   Oy, noname. If you attribute the quote correctly, ....   >>  
   My my, isn't this Sa....   Aussie Chick, some people are annoying because the....   >>  
   Just a muse   one tequila two tequila three tequila floor!    >>  
16 Apr 2004   Quotes in the begini....   It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read b....   >>  
   My my, isn't this Sa....   Sathyaish On a not so related note, how do you ....   >>  
      Sathyaish, I'm with the Aussie Chick on this one.....   >>  
      Just had a random thought... How popular is the na....   >>  
      As long as Aussie Chick can bring some female comp....   >>  
      We are all curious. Some just more than others. ....   >>  
   Poll: Listening to m....   I do it all the time. Burning the midnight oil and....   >>  
   God is in the detail....   The devil too, is in the details http://phrases....   >>  
   Are storage patterns....   I think it is more Joel's minions more than the ma....   >>  
   Just a muse   You need to read a book on the history of mathemat....   >>  
   Cringely discovers f....   Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thi....   >>  
   CityDesk and Downloa....   am I the only one that thinks download.com is shit....   >>  
   Protyping Web Based ....   use something like dreamweaver. However, like w....   >>  
   Metadata Driven Appl....   looks like some folk beat me to it, but yes, ....   >>  
15 Apr 2004   Another take on management   >>  
15 Apr 2004   Apache Maven   ' Maven is a Java project management and project c....   >>  
   Another take on loya....   Fred ... he was working from home.   >>  
      while I don't want to hijack the thread, why such ....   >>  
      I do agree with you. In a previous job, one of ....   >>  
   Which fax/printer/sc....   have you looked into leasing one of those big ones....   >>  
   Crystal Reports is d....   Welcome to the club. I worked with Crystal Reports....   >>  
14 Apr 2004   First internet usage   c1994 Gopher was the bomb. So was NNTP. Earl....   >>  
   GMail Client?   why?? We have not seen enough of the UI to kno....   >>  
   books on software ar....   Another vote for Patterns of Enterprise .....   >>  
   Email Newsletter Sof....   There are tons of web apps that do what you are tr....   >>  
13 Apr 2004   Paid Overtime   I don't want to be paid overtime. Have not ear....   >>  
12 Apr 2004   The JOS Game!   w h y????   >>  
09 Apr 2004   Product names   And whatever you do, do not hire a marketing compa....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Why not more apps us....   I agree with the folk here. Licencing servers a....   >>  
07 Apr 2004   Why do people just w....   Two things.... 1. Why do folk want free stuff ....   >>  
   When I die and go to....   Yes Nick! Reminds me of a joke. Young hot shot ....   >>  
      A little bit :) Except version with 20' screens....   >>  
      Philo, can you please explain your math   >>  
      I would go for the 20' instead of the 23' one. ....   >>  
      'Grand Canyon Display' Oh Lord, won’t you buy m....   >>  
   why can't I browse o....   And then someone comes along with a pithy quotatio....   >>  
   If I ran Gmail, I wo....   They probably realised that not too many people we....   >>  
06 Apr 2004   If I ran Gmail, I would ....   >>  
06 Apr 2004      John C, I agree with you. What you gain in compres....   >>  
   Google lies   Hey cousin, look at this thread that I just starte....   >>  
05 Apr 2004   Dual Monitor setup......   Synergy2 looks real neat. Does anyone have prod....   >>  
      Matrox cards, at least the multi headed ones have ....   >>  
03 Apr 2004   Getting a job in Eur....   Like ' ' said, get yourself over here first and th....   >>  
      The working holiday visa is what a lot of Aussies,....   >>  
   Number of developers....   Surprised noone has said it yet. 42    >>  
02 Apr 2004      world is bigger than good ol' USA 300mill is ap....   >>  
      On business plans. I might be alone on this, b....   >>  
      OP, apologies for the OT posts. Seem to be sufferi....   >>  
      lay off the Submit Button!! On a related sideno....   >>  
      posted too soon.... There are better metrics of gu....   >>  
      I have looked at a few business plans in my time. ....   >>  
   Recommend a reliable....   Stephen, tut tut what goes on in one thread, st....   >>  
   Translation project   more wiki sources in different languages http:/....   >>  
   Development and Mood....   There are only 3 Tapiwas: me, myself and I.   >>  
      There is only one Tapiwa. All you wannabes can ....   >>  
      I meant 'he' in item 2.   >>  
      1. I'm always in the mood 2. When she tells me sh....   >>  
   Too funny to be true   Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scam. Ever! ....   >>  
   Hosting platforms/OS....   I do not doubt that his responses are insightful. ....   >>  
      Ever since he took the Microsoft job, Philo's post....   >>  
01 Apr 2004   How to Build a Bette....   Just hire good people that enjoy working together.....   >>  
   Hosting platforms/OS....   The OP's question just does not sound right. Pr....   >>  
   Unzipping a file on ....   check out http://www.web2ftp.com web interface ....   >>  
   Why Microsoft has no....   Dennis, If it looks like a Lindows site, smell....   >>  
   Gupta announces RAD/....   Have just been to the Gupta website. I feel li....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   D* = Maintenance   looking for a new product name heh?? :)   >>  
   cultural implication....   According to the site, there are 33 Tapiwas living....   >>  
   So, I dropped on you....   Always something in the UK press about black youth....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   You may be a novice ....   De Fault is ven somezing haz happened und it must ....   >>  
   Software & setup....   Oh yeah... my laptop does not have a floppy.... lo....   >>  
      You might want to give a bit more detail about wha....   >>  
      another utility I always have is Irfanview... smal....   >>  
      I would throw in the entire Norton suite. Good ....   >>  
   Office 2000 - Word -....   do you have sections in the document. Word does no....   >>  
   Any VS.NET wizards o....   According to this site, you only get limited funct....   >>  
   Drinking the Kool-Ai....   How much money does one need???   >>  
      Bored Bystander If you think that Dell has neve....   >>  
   Oracle - Linux vs Wi....   I'll second Mark's comment. With that kind of h....   >>  
   So, I dropped on you....   Simon, I think that what the poster was suggesting....   >>  
29 Mar 2004      One of the things I like the most about London is ....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Buying refurbished P....   apw, want to share your source?? That was a steal   >>  
   capitalism is beauti....   btw, I am one of those that calls for unbridled ca....   >>  
      Driving ---> Mounting a horse The left side is....   >>  
   Poll: What car do yo....   am on the waiting list for the new Rolls Royce :)   >>  
24 Mar 2004   Microsoft fined $616m   >>  
24 Mar 2004   How to stop new wind....   use firefox (sorry could not resist)    >>  
   Drowning in one's co....   In the absence of a proper study, one has to run o....   >>  
   Microsoft fined $616....   Should all the indie audio firms sue the auto manu....   >>  
      While it is legalized extortion, it is not directe....   >>  
22 Mar 2004   Search Results Categ....   Even with XML, how do you know that a site careter....   >>  
   More JoS bloggers?   Nice one Dennis   >>  
      http://www.tapiwa.com Used to have a lot more c....   >>  
   Another take on SCO   I have read BOFH articles before. But this was a l....   >>  
      Article could have been written a lot clearer. ....   >>  
   Open Source CRM?   another vote for OpenACS, http://openacs.org Th....   >>  
   The Prisoner's Dilem....   In real life do a number six on any one that wants....   >>  
      I agree with woodentounge. A lot of people argu....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   JOS Usability   >>  
19 Mar 2004   Software houses   Dave, you need to be a bit more specific about wha....   >>  
   Prioritise features ....   If you do, I hope your beta testers are fairly rep....   >>  
   JOS Usability   Not wanting to derail the thread, but cookies and ....   >>  
   I'm sorry, but I hav....   much prefer doing a number 6 with a baseball bat a....   >>  
   Honesty in companies   Stephen, your knowledge of brothels amazes.   >>  
18 Mar 2004   Domotica application....   **lets kill this thread :-)** The only piece of....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   Updating a client-da....   Oh yeah, and if your clients have any of their own....   >>  
   What is a lot of res....   Applying early depends on whether the resume is go....   >>  
   Domotica application....   Nothing new. 1. already available. 2. already....   >>  
   JoS Forum's law   >>Next lot of folk to take the brunt>> Wooden t....   >>  
      Me. I am sure the lead on the project was an ex....   >>  
      Anyone with high-heels want to spank me?? Sorry c....   >>  
      The interesting thing is that it changes all the t....   >>  
   Choose Two   I am with shrinkwrapper on this one. Picking two s....   >>  
   Programmer's Money P....   My honour's degree is in Finance and Corporate Str....   >>  
   Anyone learn to prog....   People knock them, but the 'For dummies', 'In 21 d....   >>  
   Financial transparen....   cynic, I agree with you. I was indeed shooting fro....   >>  
      I think I would like to disagree with some of the ....   >>  
   How to find out wher....   According to this week's edition of BusinessWeek, ....   >>  
   How to spot a 9-5 co....   SumDumGai I think there is a big difference bet....   >>  
   The Future Of Work (....   Left mgmt consultancy a little while ago. Making o....   >>  
   Outsourcing has been....   Sum Dum Gai, you could substitute the two, and hav....   >>  
16 Mar 2004   Financial transparen....   Depending on how much is at stake, an independent ....   >>  
   How to find out wher....   Starting a business by finding out where the money....   >>  
   How to spot a 9-5 co....   Oh yeah, can't stand 9 to 5 companies. I think wor....   >>  
      Am I the only person here who prefers to work with....   >>  
   The Future Of Work (....   The person that wrote that one should always try a....   >>  
   Outsourcing has been....   Must be a manager. Sounds like you are in middle m....   >>  
      Most unreserved apology to Tayssir for ....   >>  
      Tayssir wrote, '..... most software development/ma....   >>  
      Farmer Ted... Did you build the said chicken co....   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Outsourcing has been working for a long time   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Since we're talking ....   The Real PC is spreading more FUD. Business wee....   >>  
   Outsourcing has been....   Tayssir, When you had breakfast today, did you ....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   Adobe Designer 6.0 v....   no. never heard of it   >>  
   Simple content manag....   Can you let us know a bit more about what you want....   >>  
      http://www.drupal.org    >>  
11 Mar 2004   Why do people still ....   Like Aussie Chick, if I had a *free* option that p....   >>  
   Technical Recruiters....   Apologies for the post above. Reading 'testimonial....   >>  
      YAA?? Yet another advert??    >>  
   MSFT breakdown   Investment advice?? Now where did I put that baseb....   >>  
   Not all public serva....   Like someone else said, the problem is govt doing ....   >>  
   Tactical Disclosure ....   Can someone please tell me what an A person is. Wh....   >>  
10 Mar 2004   From Wholesale to Re....   can't think of books of the top of my head, but yo....   >>  
   JOS Selected Essays   Am I the only one that was killed by the marketing....   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Organize Against Off....   http://bastiat.org/en/protectionism.html    >>  
      I hate Trade Unionists! Feel like pulling out m....   >>  
   Book recommendation ....   If you want to design good websites, then surf the....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   On strike   Action, If you have the right to resign when i....   >>  
   I got the MS interns....   Jump in the lift (assuming it is moving in between....   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Object-oriented databases ??   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Indecent Proposal   'Especially if you put their logo on some of the s....   >>  
   On strike   Haven't read the story, but my suggestion is to do....   >>  
   Has anyone ever rece....   Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat ....   >>  
   Stock Market related....   If it's quick buck you want and you live in the UK....   >>  
      Before you start buying anything, read the bible o....   >>  
02 Mar 2004   How to welcome a new....   On a sidenote, regarding Corporate Policy, and Thi....   >>  
      The last thing you want to do is give the newbie a....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   $299 Deal on A TON o....   Ken, off topic, but just for the record, it is not....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Java Desktop   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Java Desktop   While I too would like to kill it, one cannot igno....   >>  
   Is this interview qu....   Ron, It is amazing how many things are implicit....   >>  
      I am one of the proponents of this type of questio....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Bizarre tax sillines....   This will get me flamed, but while we are on the s....   >>  
19 Feb 2004   Now it's for real: h....   I love London. I think anyone that does not should....   >>  
   Please delete with p....   I think I know the movie you are talking about. ....   >>  
18 Feb 2004   Drucker and Friedman....   Paulo, your ability to argue for higher prices sca....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   Middle Click Scrolli....   trying sifting through reams of data in Excel. The....   >>  
   Update on Feeling Ba....   restore that faith as soon as you can Capitalis....   >>  
   JOS Worldwide Meetup....   and the London crowd??   >>  
   For you independant ....   In that case, he should be paid his pound of flesh....   >>  
      Dan, I think you misunderstood me. What I was d....   >>  
      Then there is also the small question of who owes ....   >>  
      'Act like a company here, demand what is owed you.....   >>  
   Monster.com   Philo is right. In the same way employees will ....   >>  
   Is there a good free....   another vote for both GreyMatter and MovableType. ....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   Amazon review scams ....   Back when they had the 'if you are the author of t....   >>  
12 Feb 2004   Why do we have # and....   and why does a phone have numbers going from top l....   >>  
   What's Your Greatest....   Google is your friend. This question has been aske....   >>  
11 Feb 2004   Now, that really ann....   Variables, like Servers should be named after exGi....   >>  
   Democracy Revisited   If you are not new to the internet, you will remem....   >>  
   Is it ok to join Ork....   anyone want to invite me?? I will behave. Hones....   >>  
   Business Cards in Eu....   I never want to have a job title on a business car....   >>  
   what it takes to be ....   'I need your advice on how to be a programmer and ....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   SMS/Text Messaging   Most of southern Africa use SMS and Text interchan....   >>  
09 Feb 2004   Help with English tr....   The Lone Ranger and Tonto are riding through one o....   >>  
06 Feb 2004   and the winner of th....   in the spirit of the price the winner is a ....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Best email/newsgroup sig ever   >>  
05 Feb 2004   What do to when host....   Change hosts, and if they take ages to release you....   >>  
   Best email/newsgroup....   Class: when they're running you out of town, to lo....   >>  
      Never play cards with a man named 'Doc'. Never eat....   >>  
      I spent my life saving for a rainy day, and when I....   >>  
   Help with English tr....   While I was the original cynic, and I don't unders....   >>  
04 Feb 2004      sounds like an email harvester to me. You won't....   >>  
   O.K. What's so bad a....   Not Col, but I do always tell people that I am tea....   >>  
   Alternative for IIS?....   Both of the first two posters have posted here bef....   >>  
   Pain Points- Outsour....   I thought most companies outsourced testing alread....   >>  
   Oracle - where to be....   I second 'sad to say' Begin by downloading 9i o....   >>  
   Please, a good prese....   Avoid text on your slides. They detract from what ....   >>  
   Identifying users wi....   WHAT. I'M ON THE BUS!!   >>  
   Studies I'd like to ....   I think a more interesting study would be a compar....   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Programs that write ....   two words .... Microsoft Access   >>  
28 Jan 2004   Ironic sentence frag....   And we all know just how well Dubya speaks English....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Where Joel REALLY go....   When two people always agree, one of them is unnec....   >>  
   Ironic sentence frag....   http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/index.html is not ....   >>  
   Get my resume read   legend   >>  
22 Jan 2004   SOFTWARE CANNOT BE G....   I am totally an ardent capitalist. Part of that....   >>  
   A plea for email add....   The only two people to ever email me off this boar....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   Uhh....Advice?   hotscripts is your friend. ditto for sourceforge a....   >>  
   Vote on my domain na....   I would register jagGersoft.com too, unless you wa....   >>  
   A Random Walk Down W....   Shodan, I agree with you. The problem is that t....   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Dot.com bubble begin....   Plus, you can get the entire text online http:/....   >>  
      Barry, great recommendation. The FT syndicated ....   >>  
      The four most expensive words in the investment bu....   >>  
   offer letter issue   Just out of interest, it seems highly unlikely tha....   >>  
      Offer letters tend to be very brief. I would ac....   >>  
   A Random Walk Down W....   MarkTAW, rotfl :-) There is only one successful....   >>  
      I think I should write a book, and call it Driving....   >>  
      I have read the book. It is a lot better than m....   >>  
   The computer delusio....   Pens too are a tool. I think they should be on eve....   >>  
19 Jan 2004   Good Karma on a Bala....   Depends where you are? Tax law different in differ....   >>  
   Decent classified ad....   I second the vote. HotScripts is your friend. ....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   Good DB schema desig....   Len Silverston and Universal Data Models is a good....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   Search Tool Recommen....   google.com - seriously also alltheweb.com    >>  
02 Jan 2004   Open Source OCR Soft....   Just me... you are right. I do apologise. I get....   >>  
      What case?? Who wants to pay for beer when you ....   >>  
   Finally a good idea:....   Some interesting links http://discuss.fogcreek.....   >>  
      'Imagine a world of unlicensed pilots flying their....   >>  
   Quotes about softwar....   a couple that I think are suitable for a meeting w....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   Create files from DO....   copy nul filename.ext   >>  
29 Dec 2003   Things that make you   sorry.... you posted again, before me.   >>  
      I think Simon was referring to Elmer Fudd.   >>  
      They have Klingon too.   >>  
21 Dec 2003   Outsourcing - making....   Unless you have a specific business reason for not....   >>  
   Philo's disclaimer   Congrats.  Hope you have fun   >>  
   Nokia sucks :(   I have the 6310, and I love it. No camera or other....   >>  
19 Dec 2003   stuck between a rock....   You with no name again.... you seem to have it in ....   >>  
      Tammy. Apologies for the ad hominem attack. I h....   >>  
      What I was driving at was that I don't think that ....   >>  
      You with no name. Don't even get me started. La....   >>  
      Tammy, why do people think we really care. How ....   >>  
   You have to love OSS....   And why is this a new threat. I remember some frie....   >>  
   Athlon 64   I agree, the itanium is up there with the Edsel. ....   >>  
      I love AMD processors. On number 6 at the momen....   >>  
   The most annoying us....