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Number of Comments: 378
Number of Words: 40,984
First Comment: 11 Feb 2002
Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 23
First Topic: 04 Jan 2003
Latest Topic: 25 Aug 2004
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02 Sep 2004   Re-using desgin/code   I second Andrew.  You *need* the spec for Pro....   >>  
   web services / 'thin....   PS -- I referred specifically to MS technologies, ....   >>  
      Microsoft refers to this as a 'Smart Client,' and ....   >>  
   Is it safe to use VS....   I'd say it's fairly safe if you have a release dat....   >>  
   errno and MSVC   > The problem was that the Cygwin run-time library....   >>  
      As an alternative you might consider would be to c....   >>  
27 Aug 2004   How much do icon des....   We pay between $150 and $200 per icon for a graphi....   >>  
   Valuable contributio....   Back to the original question, I have had positive....   >>  
   Second guessing my d....   Overclocked -- I was doing the same thing for a wh....   >>  
      'Once you've got the minimum requirements complete....   >>  
26 Aug 2004   Passing by value / r....   And then you can throw C# 'out' parameters into th....   >>  
25 Aug 2004   hmmm   >>  
25 Aug 2004   hmmm   Sorry if anyone assumed I was working for Fog Cree....   >>  
17 Aug 2004   Learning the basic a....   > If the study of computing theory isn't paying my....   >>  
16 Aug 2004      > What has this to do with my ability to do my job....   >>  
08 Aug 2004   Client side validation   >>  
07 Aug 2004   JOS Homepage Dates   It's a bug (feature?) in CityDesk, formats all the....   >>  
06 Aug 2004   Programming books in....   How about content that isn't in the form of a publ....   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Pedant: Blah Details....   Detail isn't so much a simultaneously singular/plu....   >>  
04 Aug 2004   SORT   >>  
30 Jul 2004   Embedded DB Solution....   Huh...you're completely right...I wonder why I had....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   user-interfaces shou....   > So my second point here is that the UI should be....   >>  
   Embedded DB Solution....   Not if Access == Jet...  Access is limited to....   >>  
      Thanks for the tip on SQLite! I don't think it's ....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   Embedded DB Solutions   >>  
28 Jul 2004      Yoey -- Yes, I know what MSDE is. However, MSDE i....   >>  
   J#   I did use it to migrate a small piece of a Java ap....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Templating systems f....   While it's tempting to start on a new platform by ....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   IE Dungeon Gets Inte....   Did you look at the CSS muppet? :) #leftmenu a:....   >>  
   Quiet workplace: how....   I actually left my last job for pretty much this r....   >>  
   Software piracy   Even if you're tied to the MS platform, there are ....   >>  
   Business Owenership:....   > After I paid my income taxes, gave some to chari....   >>  
   mcsd   > What a bunch of anti-social nitwits. If any of t....   >>  
   Is it just me, or is....   I would say that the biggest problem with this rep....   >>  
   Is ASP.Net for Real?   As far as ASP.NET scalability goes, I'll add that ....   >>  
   Why Microsoft Wins   I think part of the problem with ease of use on li....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   The Plague of Minimu....   You should point out that VS.NET isn't the only th....   >>  
   Technology in a Busi....   > So, I've come to conclude that technology is per....   >>  
   Advantage Database S....   Note that MSDE can be a real bear to manage if you....   >>  
   Upgrade without stop....   Doesn't ASP.NET have to stop the worker processes ....   >>  
19 Jul 2004   why not downloadable....   Much of the reason for avoiding PDF came from the ....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   Gates gives 100$ Mil....   > We need more Bill Gates's in this world and less....   >>  
   Mono ditching wine.   Different tools for different jobs :)   >>  
15 Jul 2004   Better Windows Explo....   Another one for the pet peeve list -- 'Windows is ....   >>  
      It irritates me that in XP they decided to hide th....   >>  
   Refunds   > Now, as I have no refund policy in place, I have....   >>  
   .NET Marketshare Pt ....   Actually Java and C++ are the best two examples I ....   >>  
      I would agree that certainly the core books on any....   >>  
      Wouldn't book distribution also be slightly skewed....   >>  
   What do we teach our....   Ahh, but what then is 'real life' Ged? Is it not ....   >>  
   Mono ditching wine.   .NET is not a cross platform solution. If it's *t....   >>  
      > Yes it looks good up front, but by going that ro....   >>  
   Why so much irony ab....   I seem to remember buying a brand new computer w/ ....   >>  
   .Net devs that went ....   Walter, in gwyn's defense, those are all projects ....   >>  
      Vince -- a lot of decision makers will also pick .....   >>  
      I switched to Java pre-.NET because I wanted the a....   >>  
   Dreamweaver rant   > It's just the job nobody wants to do, neither th....   >>  
   Impedance Mismatch S....   Oh, yeah, Google is crap...that's why it's not onl....   >>  
14 Jul 2004      Anybody else find it interesting that a page on re....   >>  
   How Often do You Mee....   The place I work rarely makes deadlines, mostly du....   >>  
   What does "YES" mean....   In some situations, this may not have anything to ....   >>  
13 Jul 2004   Skip .NET and wait f....   Warning: VS Express tools are still Beta 1 :) Def....   >>  
      > But I'm starting to feel the itch to try somethi....   >>  
   Database Connection ....   Not that I disagree entirely, but: > If you hav....   >>  
      While your limit of 6 queries/second may be self i....   >>  
   .Net market share   .NET isn't exactly bleeding edge you know...   >>  
      To be cliche: There are lies, damn lies, and stati....   >>  
   Mixing languages...   Back when I was doing web dev w/ ASP VBScript and ....   >>  
   Obscure DOS question   Anybody else feel old reading this? lol...   >>  
   Sealed classed...   Also, let's not forget that in .NET the reflection....   >>  
      > I think as a middle ground, it's at least useful....   >>  
12 Jul 2004   RAII vs. Java   Even in C#, which has finalizers, you should *alwa....   >>  
   Sealed classed...   Indeed -- I guess I still don't understand underst....   >>  
      Steamrolla -- then isn't that the framework attemp....   >>  
      Indeed -- Actually, in the case of the Document....   >>  
      Indeed, could you provide an example where someone....   >>  
      > a.equals(b), but !b.equals(a) What's a and wh....   >>  
      > I think the MS folks are generally ok with seale....   >>  
      > Sealed classes help prevent users from shooting ....   >>  
      From the blog entry: > Philosophical > Unless ....   >>  
      Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the reason Da....   >>  
   The importance of be....   Thanks for the info... So anyone know why they ....   >>  
      > but it’s kind of depressing to see this sort of ....   >>  
   Bram's Law: What Cus....   I agree that car radios *should* be more intuitive....   >>  
   Subscription-based L....   > In the default configuration, a cgi bin is activ....   >>  
      T.Norman: > I don't think it's a big company vs. ....   >>  
      > That is specifically where OS X provides an adva....   >>  
      >> Please clarify for me some details of how this ....   >>  
   Steve Ballmer's lett....   > Another reason is that it is hard to make people....   >>  
10 Jul 2004   Bram's Law: What Cus....   > Ease of use will get me to try it in the first p....   >>  
      Stability is simply a must-have. If your app hasn....   >>  
   Subscription-based L....   I'm only arguing one side...that ISV's can provide....   >>  
      > 'The client doesn't have to shell out a lot of c....   >>  
      > Tell that to the company who just lost all their....   >>  
      > Joe, have you even tried XCode with Cocoa and ....   >>  
      Dennis -- give me .NET and the related tools and I....   >>  
   Steve Ballmer's lett....   > To deliver effective value propositions, we are ....   >>  
   Soho CRM with caller....   Unless Philo meant some Outlook CRM add-in from MS....   >>  
      MS CRM competes with SalesLogix and GoldMine. It'....   >>  
   Myserious billboard   Actually you can get through AP Physics just fine ....   >>  
09 Jul 2004   Why the hell is IE s....   'What I tell clients is that IE itself isn't 'bad'....   >>  
   Myserious billboard   As an aside, there are two kinds of high-school ph....   >>  
   Cross-platform .NET:....   > They'd get more developers producing .NET softwa....   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Visual Studio Expres....   How much of that 3GB is MSDN documentation?  ....   >>  
   Cross-platform .NET:....   I think in general MS is responding to pressure fr....   >>  
   Macromedia Central?&....   Has anyone ever taken Macromedia Flash seriously a....   >>  
   TROLL!   muppet - that doesn't mean that established terms ....   >>  
      Thanks for the links :) Joel on Trolling -- sor....   >>  
      What exactly does it mean when someone calls someo....   >>  
   36% of software is p....   I agree that some software is outlandishly priced.....   >>  
   Converting byte[] to....   If you want each byte to be mapped directly to the....   >>  
   Metadata Driven Inte....   Well, given what I've seen on this thread, and the....   >>  
   Go west, young man!   Clay -- that's all good and well if you *want* to ....   >>  
07 Jul 2004   Metadata Driven Inte....   Option 2 is much more boring. But I also think th....   >>  
      I'm actually faced with this issue right now. I h....   >>  
   Objection to XP (ext....   > waterfall > > - less man*hours than XP > > -....   >>  
      > Few are willing to do that. It's a lot easier t....   >>  
      George, Using the traditional method, don't for....   >>  
      It depends on how you define 'expensive' - it's a ....   >>  
   Go west, young man!   Ahh, yeah, mine was quite a bit more than that :(&....   >>  
      You only paid $194??? Well, it depends on what th....   >>  
      I agree with Sassy whole-heartedly...I can't count....   >>  
      Oh, as far as salaries go...when I first moved her....   >>  
      Don't forget car registration too...I payed someth....   >>  
      As Woody Guthrie once put it: California is a g....   >>  
   .NET Question   I'm pretty sure impersonation would work in IIS 5 ....   >>  
   New innovative softw....   I agree the website is awful, but not just awful-l....   >>  
   Was IE 4 a rewrite   I would guess that most of the layout engine was p....   >>  
   Exit Interviews   I was actually in this situation a couple months a....   >>  
   Crazy ass question   What MikeG refers to above is often called 'paging....   >>  
06 Jul 2004   Short test for time comparison?   >>  
06 Jul 2004   Short test for time ....   :)   >>  
      >> What are you going to work on next? File I/O cl....   >>  
      Thanks for all the help, especially Ron and protpr....   >>  
      >> Well, have a good night and you'll certainly fi....   >>  
      It's not homework.  My brain is fried and I c....   >>  
      Well, I am doing this in C++.  Currently I am....   >>  
   Rich Clients Re-Visi....   This is a tough issue. In reality, it's actually ....   >>  
   JAAS querying active....   Just to be sure it's clear, Active Directory doesn....   >>  
   Exception Handling -....   schmoe -- there's an example in the .NET world of ....   >>  
      Brad, it is a step above 'throws Exception' in tha....   >>  
      Ahh, of course, virtual methods can't change the s....   >>  
      Oh, one more thing...I think the story for updatin....   >>  
      I'm by no means a language/compiler designer, but ....   >>  
      I agree with . and schmoe... It'd be *really* nic....   >>  
   single sign on solut....   Anon, unfortunately the specifics of it have long ....   >>  
      I once wrote a JAAS module that hit up against Act....   >>  
02 Jul 2004   Java Business Questi....   I guess on some level, Sun is trying to create a p....   >>  
   Solaris guidance nee....   Oh...also...it's been a while since I've used a *n....   >>  
      Would it be possible to rip the CD to an image usi....   >>  
   C#/ASP.NET programme....   Keep in mind, Health Insurance Industry != Healthc....   >>  
   What will the web be....   That's exactly what makes Hello World so timeless.....   >>  
01 Jul 2004      50 years into the future: public static void Ma....   >>  
   Data Types Chosen On....   In addition to phone numbers and zip codes, I also....   >>  
   Javascript child win....   How about when you launch a new URL, you open a wi....   >>  
      OK I understand that, but how would I check if que....   >>  
   The Cost of Validati....   'Improving' the UI can help in some scenarios. Bu....   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Javascript child windows   >>  
25 Jun 2004   DBAs vs. Coders   Oooh, goodie, a rant on NULL values!! :) I agre....   >>  
24 Jun 2004   Best IDE for HCI (GU....   What about (D)HTML?   >>  
   .net Global Assembly....   Of course, while you denounce Ken Ray's apparent l....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   .net Smart Clients   So you're saying the Java Web Start launcher is ab....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Backwards Compatibility   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Richer Client-Side P....   Ummm...sites like Yahoo mail (and others I'm sure)....   >>  
      Ahhh, but you can't! You're running in a security....   >>  
   Backwards Compatibil....   Maybe this is the first time the marketing folks h....   >>  
   Is this wrong?   And you should write another auxilliary method, sa....   >>  
      In the first two code snippets, if the IsOK() meth....   >>  
   Rebuild from Scratch   To be fair, pickle, the article you linked to is d....   >>  
   memory management   'Wrapper layers' is the whole point of the .NET Fr....   >>  
   API wars and .net   Oh dear god...could you imagine if every applicati....   >>  
   Memmory management   > As a programmer, you have to understand what you....   >>  
      Depends on what you're doing...personally, even th....   >>  
   What about apps depe....   Something really revoluationary would have to come....   >>  
   The misnomer "thin c....   I think Joel's argument is a good one, and exactly....   >>  
      Actually, I think it's nice that the line between ....   >>  
   Empower ISV - UK   Well Joel's comment was that they really want to g....   >>  
      The US site also has the same restriction. It is ....   >>  
   API Wars - Microsoft....   Ahh, gotcha, thanks :)   >>  
      Seems to me like services make it easier to write-....   >>  
   Building HTML user i....   Actually, you would have to create a renderer for ....   >>  
      Hosting IE w/ ActiveX is good for some situations,....   >>  
   javascript socket se....   There is also an extension to IE called the Web Se....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   new grads   Hmmmm...I wonder if the employee in question also ....   >>  
      > ...emphasise that you want him to be productive,....   >>  
   LCD Displays Ruin Co....   Kind of takes away the joy of grabbing the laptop ....   >>  
   Eric's Marketing Ide....   I agree with Brian above...it really only makes se....   >>  
   Questioning the mast....   I agree with Jeff above in that I like reading Joe....   >>  
   Replacing an EXE on ....   > you're only forbidden from trying to write onto ....   >>  
   DataStructure for Th....   Still sounds to me like implementing a solution wi....   >>  
10 Jun 2004   Replacing an EXE on ....   This is my (.NET) setup: 1) Stub executable che....   >>  
   Reflection on/in Int....   Reflection isn't 'hard' persay, but it does requir....   >>  
   dot - the movie   Makes sense to me...developers like to develop, sa....   >>  
   Water cooler   When it's freezing out, people generally don't lea....   >>  
   PowerPoint. How to d....   Why not just give the user the option to create mu....   >>  
   DataStructure for Th....   This sounds like a senior thesis project or some s....   >>  
   Why Not Use Diagrams....   Gen'xer -- I hope you took your personal rogue whi....   >>  
   Softare and Object O....   I feel like 25-33% of my time is spent designing a....   >>  
09 Jun 2004   Yup the problem is n....   What are people's impression of the Win XP SP2 upg....   >>  
   Internet connectivit....   Many broadband companies also offer dialup service....   >>  
   IT Salaries in Europ....   Yeah, anybody have any current unemployment rates ....   >>  
   Correct term please   The OP's first instinct was on the right track: E....   >>  
   project from hell, a....   I've always been irked by the fact that so many co....   >>  
   Value of resume data....   So you're a sleezy tech guy now instead of a sleez....   >>  
      Without getting into a debate of whether your plan....   >>  
   Thanks for the spam   Thanks steamrolla, but I intentionally ignored tha....   >>  
      > There should be a fine for redistributing a vir....   >>  
   challenging SQL ques....   Depending on your performance requirements, you mi....   >>  
      No nested joins *and* no subqueries? and this is a....   >>  
      I'm surprised you didn't get any answer on those "....   >>  
   Decompiling .class f....   Edward...we don't have 10 layers. We have 2. 1 i....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Where to get feedbac....   Maybe if you post a link, some of us who are avoid....   >>  
   Decompiling .class f....   'Obfuscators work rather well' Yes, they work w....   >>  
      Just to be clear, I wasn't advocating cracking sof....   >>  
      Security through obfuscation is always a bad idea.....   >>  
   How GPA affects job ....   So, schmoe, what do you do when you get handed a p....   >>  
      On the topic of 'school prestige' -- unless you kn....   >>  
      Also of importance is how low of a GPA we're actua....   >>  
      Thing is, you have to judge new candidates based o....   >>  
   Good alternative to ....   Miles, So you're that canary they've all been t....   >>  
      What exactly is it that people love so much about ....   >>  
      Basically, it sounds like your saying 'I want all ....   >>  
   Website Removes Brow....   Joel wrote an article on UI design a while back th....   >>  
   Betting your company....   Executing a program on the local machine with impe....   >>  
      Sassy, impersonation only gets you access to resou....   >>  
   Lazyness   This may be juvenile, but I find that I'm most mot....   >>  
   I am fragile   Actually I thought it was a rather nice narrative ....   >>  
      I like what Chris Wells said above about giving yo....   >>  
   Monumental Incompete....   'Common sense' is a very, *very* relative term. G....   >>  
   Lemme guess, you can....   By the way, if you really really really want to do....   >>  
      Shoulda woulda coulda ;-)   >>  
      When you say 'databinding in internet explorer,' I....   >>  
   Getting hit by a bus   Can you imagine the look on your manager's face if....   >>  
      I think the next time a manager says to me "just i....   >>  
   How to rearrange Win....   By the way, props to Stephen for actually being ab....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Getting hit by a bus   It can be considered forward-looking, but it's als....   >>  
      PS -- I always love when managers say things like ....   >>  
      Probably because we live in an overly letigious so....   >>  
   XP Unzip like WinZip....   What about modifying the .zip file type to add a c....   >>  
   Windows wireless tro....   I do agree that it's awful that MS requires you to....   >>  
      Not surprising Karel...when you run a support cent....   >>  
   Free Licenses for Ba....   This article seems to say that you only receive th....   >>  
   Multi platform drag ....   One thing you may want to consider is building a c....   >>  
06 Jun 2004   Another evening wast....   There are some differences in networking features ....   >>  
      I'm curious as to why you thought XP Pro would be ....   >>  
   End users' computers....   'The main problem is that the PC market is filled ....   >>  
      I agree that computer fix it guys should charge ad....   >>  
   Different pricing mo....   One more thought on this...your pricing model can ....   >>  
      The model really depends on what kind of software ....   >>  
   Partnership Agreemen....   By the way, the fact that you are good friends is ....   >>  
   Economics of Porting....   To be fair, Joel's article wasn't really about the....   >>  
04 Jun 2004   Slacker Coworker   Unless your co-worker is directly preventing you f....   >>  
   The thing I hate mos....   I tend to use 'Kill Process Tree' from Task Manage....   >>  
   what do you do when ....   If only going home and leaving a note were that ea....   >>  
      I had this problem at my last job. There was one ....   >>  
   Microsoft Granted Pa....   How's that for a solid spec? No ambiguity there! ....   >>  
   Last word on pointer....   ditto :)   >>  
      And as long as you're translating tutorials, you s....   >>  
   Run screaming into t....   If we're going to compare to bio viruses, then I'd....   >>  
      I know it sounds horribly stupid to not be running....   >>  
   Help - suggestions f....   I'm curious as to what the aversion is to the .NET....   >>  
   Virtual PC or Drive ....   I've run Longhorn as a guest OS within VPC on a Wi....   >>  
   Long-term prospects ....   While we're at it, let's try to prove that there i....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   What's a simple CGI ....   Most useful or interesting stuff will obviously in....   >>  
   Virtual PC or Drive ....   VMWare/VPC is definately faster to restore back to....   >>  
   If you were Microsof....   There's still a lot to be done in the mobile marke....   >>  
   using opaque primary....   I'd imagine GUIDs are less performant than int's, ....   >>  
      One more thought for the pro-generic-id cause, sin....   >>  
      I have to say, I've never used real data for a PK/....   >>  
   Long-term prospects ....   When discussing managed vs native code, it's impor....   >>  
      I used VJ# once...I pried a function out of an app....   >>  
   Components   Given the choice between source and no source for ....   >>  
   Best language for GU....   There is a good amount of free stuff available for....   >>  
      Clay, In the Microsoft world this would be call....   >>  
   Marshaling big C# st....   I don't know much about interop w/ C, but could it....   >>  
   The rise of .NET   What do you want to spend your time doing? Double....   >>  
      I'm not so sure that J2EE avoids the vendor lock-i....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   VStudio .NET   Have you heard of SharpDevelop? It's a GPL'd VS.N....   >>  
   How do I turn pirate....   I think the recommendations to use I-Tunes are pro....   >>  
25 May 2004   TechEd   Greg, you were right. I just got a shiny brand ne....   >>  
      Ooooh, thanks for the tip Greg!! I'll be sure to ....   >>  
24 May 2004      OK, here's my official response: Yukon is not i....   >>  
      I haven't seen one in the bag, but I just poked th....   >>  
   The real problem wit....   Great, so in 2005(+) when Whidbey finally ships, w....   >>  
23 May 2004   Math library questio....   I suppose they figure it's easier for you to write....   >>  
   The real problem wit....   Name, I think if .NET were developed in a vacuum, ....   >>  
      From what I hear, it seems that Longhorn will rely....   >>  
   How soon will SUN Mi....   Since we're bagging on Java, I think I'll play dev....   >>  
   developing software ....   I'm not sure that attributing the higher number of....   >>  
   French Words/express....   Often times when foreign expressions are used, the....   >>  
22 May 2004   .NET with no prior e....   I'd say it's helpful to have a fundamental underst....   >>  
   Magazines on line, g....   Albert said: 'The other moral of this story sho....   >>  
21 May 2004   data retrieval method signatures   >>  
21 May 2004   Question on VS.NET   The official answer is that VS.Net 2002 will only ....   >>  
   Recommend a few appl....   Oh, and don't worry about being "impressive." ....   >>  
      Have you thought about getting involved in an open....   >>  
   Recommendations on l....   If you just want a simple tutorial, check out: ....   >>  
   C on windows?   Is anyone using MFC for new development anymore? ....   >>  
   Design question invo....   Thanks for the correction Dennis! I figured h....   >>  
      Good points on the validity of making things 'tran....   >>  
      I think there are two good options here. One is w....   >>  
   My tech crystall bal....   Some open source advocates want to defeat MS becau....   >>  
      I think the world has always, and will always, go ....   >>  
      I was just using MS-Word as an example. In the ca....   >>  
      Almost Anonymous, I agree that companies (espec....   >>  
      Oh, by the way, I do like your vision on that last....   >>  
      People have been saying for years that Linux is th....   >>  
   VB and C   I started out programming in GW-Basica, later move....   >>  
   Future of desktop de....   Sorry Gen'xer, I did see your comment, but I wante....   >>  
      I think there's one crucial point that's being lef....   >>  
19 May 2004   Bored and want to program something...   >>  
16 May 2004   Norrick Throws In th....   There's more to life than money.  Hey, at lea....   >>  
02 May 2004   Is it unprofessional....   No, you're not being unprofessional. In fact, I t....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   more great open sour....   Johnathan, Very well said. Me too. What y....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Delphi/J2EE Integration   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Uses for a really ol....   1. Install minimal Windows98. 2. Install Flas....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   File archiving tool?   SameDir 3.8. Lotsa nice options, easy to use/conf....   >>  
06 Apr 2004   Would you hire me?   >>  
06 Apr 2004   Would you hire me?   I'm not fishing around on these boards for a job.&....   >>  
21 Mar 2004   A halfway decent onl....   > Your data is worth less than $25/month? If m....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Technical Recruiters....   What can you do about it... It's very hard to get....   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Microsoft customer s....   For anything that's not mission critical, I've alw....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   Windows XP SP2 Will Break Your Apps. Part Deux.   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Where art thou, pari....   "All your PowerBuilder developers are belong to us....   >>  
02 Mar 2004      'Show me a good VB programmer, and I will show you....   >>  
29 Feb 2004   Interface and Implem....   eddy, Do you remember the title of that book? I....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   Middle Click Scrolling in Windows   >>  
17 Feb 2004   Middle Click Scrolli....   Thanks!   >>  
      The middle click scrolling is not just in Firebird....   >>  
      This mouse I have is some generic no-name from a l....   >>  
      Microsoft wants me to select my mouse hardware bef....   >>  
      It's some generic USB mouse. It doesn't have any s....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   PDAs and like archit....   I'm a PIC developer and I wouldn't think of using ....   >>  
   Windows 2003 server   WRT54G sounds like it could be some sort of wirele....   >>  
13 Feb 2004   Running Macintosh O/....   For $1099 you can pick up that new G4 iBook!   >>  
11 Feb 2004   Now, that really ann....   'No. Nor has it been harmful in my chosen career.....   >>  
      When I was in CS, I used crazy variable names in m....   >>  
      I work with someone that names all arrays itab1, i....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   System DOA   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Good vs Bad Code   Hello, I'm traits of bad code. I've been discussed....   >>  
   System DOA   thanks for *most* of the responses. still diagnosi....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   O.K. What's so bad a....   Horses for courses. If you're programming C++/M....   >>  
   Microsoft Reporting ....   I don't s'pose this is available with SQL 7.0?   >>  
03 Feb 2004   Advice needed: print....   As you pointed out, old machines may well preclude....   >>  
01 Feb 2004   Exception handling: ....   With the second you're potentially going to end up....   >>  
30 Jan 2004   Win32 API Viewer for....   Whether or not Microsoft 'want' you to, it's proba....   >>  
24 Jan 2004   Date cannot be NULL ....   > The value can represent NULL; but the value can ....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   Merits of Visio?   >>  
23 Jan 2004      You could use a nullable Date/Time such as System.....   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Is the MCDBA a worthwhile qualification?   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Windows Console ques....   OS/2 has a 'detach' command which does this. When....   >>  
14 Dec 2003   Drag and Drop using ....   I think Michael Pryor is correct that VMWare tools....   >>  
13 Dec 2003      I wouldn't use the word dolt, but the link you pro....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   Java and Oracle interview   >>  
12 Dec 2003   Java and Oracle inte....   It's a recruiter and they have no clue ...   >>  
      I want to find out if it's EJB's they are using or....   >>  
      It's not specified in the posting,which is weird   >>  
11 Dec 2003   technical interview   >>  
06 Dec 2003   "Secret Question" Pa....   > And stick with these from site to site so you ca....   >>  
05 Dec 2003   Assertions in C#   I wouldn't use Debug.Assert or Trace.Assert to che....   >>  
24 Nov 2003   How to sync with a P....   Forgot to provide a link: http://www.pilot-li....   >>  
      check out pilot link...its opensource and fairly s....   >>  
14 Oct 2003   UCS-2 means no Unico....   UCS-2 has no surrogate characters and only support....   >>  
26 Sep 2003   Web servers cluster ....   you can look into rsync to sync the filesystems ....   >>  
   UI framework design   whoops, that link should have been http://devel....   >>  
      Actually, depending on what Apple API you are talk....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Weblogic cluster pro....   What version of WLS are you using. This was a pri....   >>  
15 Aug 2003   MSF?   >>  
01 Aug 2003   how to ftp , email f....   yes , both your solutions work for me   >>  
29 Jul 2003   how to ftp , email from win App ?   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Good solution to J2e....   What about rolling your own simple MVC and use XML....   >>  
   Wireless Network   Our precious bodily fluids!!   >>  
   XLST Performance   I was just thinking the other day, 'I haven't hear....   >>  
   Can a bad speller be....   Just find yourself a nice IDE that does autocomple....   >>  
   How do you store cab....   I put them all in a huge box. When I want one, I u....   >>  
   XSLT & EDI shoul....   I live in a VAN down by the river!   >>  
17 Jul 2003   What Happened to poo....   What if their grandmothers are not white, or is th....   >>  
23 Jun 2003   interview questions ....   It could be construed as exploitative.  Howev....   >>  
28 Apr 2003   Tablet PC, anyone?   My Toshiba tablet works great with VS.NET 2003.&nb....   >>  
25 Apr 2003   Database Written-Con....   Why not split up the idea of a press release into ....   >>  
15 Apr 2003   Does "Versioning" In....   I have to agree with the economics point. Cer....   >>  
13 Feb 2003   Starting A Small Bus....   Sponsored by: Subje....   >>  
   Why don't colleges t....   Sponsored by: Subje....   >>  
08 Feb 2003   Traverse Accounting ....   Thank you very much for inputs Albert, We are sti....   >>  
06 Feb 2003   Traverse Accounting Software   >>  
24 Jan 2003   advice   It's not a bad idea at all. Work for couple of yea....   >>  
17 Jan 2003   Small Business ERP+CRM software   >>  
04 Jan 2003   C++ Project Documentation Tools   >>  
23 Nov 2002   speaking of leaky..   Actually, I think you have a misconception about w....   >>  
   Working at Microsoft   I'm a senior manager at Microsoft that manages dev....   >>  
17 Nov 2002   Competing Offers -- ....   What rates are you getting now a days?   >>  
16 Nov 2002   Whose back hurts?   Oh yeah, one other good thing about myofascial rel....   >>  
      I think Yoga is good, but deep tissue massage is b....   >>  
12 Nov 2002   QA in an organizatio....   I have pretty much that situation. In actual fact....   >>  
08 Nov 2002   Linux Commands   'What I'm really interested in is running scientif....   >>  
23 Oct 2002   On Guerrillas and Mi....   I'm a senior manager at Microsoft that has hired m....   >>  
06 Jul 2002   Why open-source usab....   I really think the chief complaint is with softwar....   >>  
29 Jun 2002   Mozilla might be com....   Hey Will: It was not mindless rhetoric. It's on....   >>  
      Well I went to the http://www.iberia.com website a....   >>  
02 Jun 2002   Patronage in softwar....   Well AC and others: You have discovered why Ope....   >>  
11 Feb 2002   Revising Functional ....   When I worked for a NZ branch of a blue chip org, ....   >>  



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