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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Philip Dickerson' | ||
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Number of Comments: 183 |
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| Number of Words: 27,002 | ||
| First Comment: 27 Feb 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 17 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 3 |
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| First Topic: 23 Mar 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 22 Feb 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Latest IE threat | In response to: 'Care to take a gander at the lis.... >> |
| 13 Aug 2004 | The truth, TWT, ANBT.... | The problem with the question (in any of the varia.... >> |
| 27 Jul 2004 | A profitable alterna.... | In response to the original question 'How about se.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Thinking outside the.... | First, I think it's very positive and encouraging .... >> |
| 01 Jul 2004 | DNS WMI Provider | I just tried it and the link (to the dnsprov.zip f.... >> |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Business Names | Don't forget your web site name, also. One problem.... >> |
| 24 Jun 2004 | GPS receivers for la.... | I haven't tried it, but CompUSA sells a package of.... >> |
| 17 Jun 2004 | Cool icons | You may be thinking of 'glyfx', mentioned in this .... >> |
| 08 Jun 2004 | Website Removes Brow.... | Actually, it's ALT-D that doesn't work as expected.... >> |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Catching undercover .... | I haven't seen the 'Much ado about data' article a.... >> |
| To respond to the curiosity question about analyzi.... >> | ||
| 04 May 2004 | Where to buy TRIMpak.... | Try tapeandmedia.com, located in Conneticut: http.... >> |
| 28 Apr 2004 | Double-Byte Language.... | Perhaps you specifically mean 'double-byte charact.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2004 | File archiving tool? | To copy files from one drive to another (mapped or.... >> |
| 21 Apr 2004 | Computed Columns in .... | Dennis, My comment wasn't directed at you in an.... >> |
| If you search for: average columns null at http:.... >> | ||
| 02 Apr 2004 | Talking to the Fox | I agree with the previous replies - use ShellExecu.... >> |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Automatic updates | MSI files can be configured in various ways - as a.... >> |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Date format problems.... | Different versions of MSCAL.OCX are installed by v.... >> |
| 21 Mar 2004 | Is the VB runtime in.... | The information on which Microsoft products or ope.... >> |
| 20 Mar 2004 | The Visual Basic runtime (msvbvm60.dll) is include.... >> | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | Web File Dependencie.... | Oh, if all you're looking for is any file that has.... >> |
| 18 Mar 2004 | You can try 'Living Doc' from: http://www.livinga.... >> | |
| 12 Mar 2004 | Software for spec'in.... | This article from the 'IBM developerWorks > Web ar.... >> |
| You could try this tool, although it is intended m.... >> | ||
| Collaboration Softwa.... | NetMeeting is still available, and can be download.... >> | |
| 08 Mar 2004 | Windows XP deploymen.... | Microsoft provides OEM 'pre-install' tools (free o.... >> |
| Are DVD recordables .... | This section of a recent PC Magazine article: htt.... >> | |
| 02 Mar 2004 | What is NULL | 'Not necessarily. Oracle can do indexes based on a.... >> |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Please recommend a D.... | The DVD '+' and '-' are different recording format.... >> |
| Any of the major name brands (Sony, HP, Plextor, e.... >> | ||
| 26 Feb 2004 | MSXML 'Unspecified E.... | At a very quick glance... Remove the 'Response.Wr.... >> |
| Inexpensive asp.net .... | I had started to look for an ASP.NET hosting servi.... >> | |
| 25 Feb 2004 | Spam filtering on se.... | Coincidentally, Microsoft has just announced a pro.... >> |
| It seems to me that attempting to block spam at th.... >> | ||
| 22 Feb 2004 | Creating docs/specs as first/final versions >> | |
| 22 Feb 2004 | Stupid errors in In .... | braid_ged, [An aside, completely off-topic] Th.... >> |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Being recruited away | To answer this question: 'But have you (anyone el.... >> |
| Design Decision No.3 | The reason that the 'Cancel' button should be at t.... >> | |
| If you want to go with the '1e' design, I can sugg.... >> | ||
| 17 Feb 2004 | There are a lot of good suggestions here, and if y.... >> | |
| Office furniture | I have a desk and bookcases made by Thornwood: ht.... >> | |
| 09 Feb 2004 | dual harddisk/partit.... | I think any version of Windows supports multiple s.... >> |
| 07 Feb 2004 | A sorting challenge | If the data is stored in a database and you can do.... >> |
| 05 Feb 2004 | Which Bugs to fix? | Corporate Error Reporting (CER) [the link in the p.... >> |
| 04 Feb 2004 | help: ASP provider e.... | A couple of things to try: (1) It's generally b.... >> |
| Book recommendations.... | For transactions information, this is another well.... >> | |
| 02 Feb 2004 | Lost JOS Topics | The older topics still exist, but they're not easy.... >> |
| How to d'load an EXE.... | In response to Nanotech's reply to my off-topic po.... >> | |
| Off the original topic, but PLEASE don't install y.... >> | ||
| Good, thorough artic.... | FredF, Now I understand more of what you are tr.... >> | |
| 'I want to add some checking in Main() to check th.... >> | ||
| For articles, I think the Dr GUI series mentioned .... >> | ||
| 31 Jan 2004 | A "Next" Button Plea.... | Not really answering the original question, but he.... >> |
| 26 Jan 2004 | Want eat book | Mister God, This Is Anna - by Fynn (1974) http://.... >> |
| 22 Jan 2004 | I don't know what to.... | If you search Google Groups: http://groups.google.... >> |
| Metric Units on Wind.... | Dave, Wouldn't you have similar discrepancies i.... >> | |
| Who's your favorite .... | 'What happens to the domains if GoDaddy goes belly.... >> | |
| 21 Jan 2004 | Creating a "restore .... | You could check out Acronis True Image mentioned i.... >> |
| 20 Jan 2004 | SATA vs. EIDE hard d.... | Regarding performance of SATA drives: http://rese.... >> |
| Maxtor has a FAQ page about SATA: http://www.maxt.... >> | ||
| hdd backup missing *.... | In Joel's article ('SysAdmin Week') he does state:.... >> | |
| 16 Jan 2004 | Lazy way to secure I.... | I second the recommendation to use the IIS Lockdow.... >> |
| 13 Jan 2004 | What are North Ameri.... | From the NANPA site (mentioned in the previous rep.... >> |
| 09 Jan 2004 | The site that told y.... | The control comct232.ocx does stop at version 6.0..... >> |
| Maybe you mean this site for Microsoft DLLs: http.... >> | ||
| 23 Dec 2003 | sql query question | Tom's method (a few entries above) may not correct.... >> |
| 22 Dec 2003 | Note that this may not give you the order that you.... >> | |
| If you want all the numeric values first, you can .... >> | ||
| The output [using right(...) with n=15] as: 1 2 .... >> | ||
| 17 Dec 2003 | Question about ink c.... | Usually, the tape or tab that needs to be removed .... >> |
| 21 Nov 2003 | GetEnvironmentVariab.... | If you really want the actual client machine name,.... >> |
| This particular section of code is incorrect, alth.... >> | ||
| 14 Nov 2003 | Laptop Security | Or, for a simpler approach, you could just periodi.... >> |
| You could start here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/l.... >> | ||
| 06 Nov 2003 | Data Access Function.... | I have a data access component with methods like t.... >> |
| 04 Nov 2003 | GUIDs | In Windows, GUID values can be created using the C.... >> |
| 23 Oct 2003 | More on internationa.... | Microsoft has a good site on globalization and int.... >> |
| 14 Oct 2003 | The Language FOrmerl.... | Your original choice of "Lingo" is a synonym or sl.... >> |
| 02 Oct 2003 | Joel and Kaizen have.... | He is not saying that software as a product is 'ba.... >> |
| 01 Oct 2003 | U.I. Button Question | Also, if you have SQL Server installed, look at th.... >> |
| For this particular type of application, a button .... >> | ||
| 29 Sep 2003 | Weird .NET / Athlon .... | What about the: ' - Realtek LAN card about 8 year.... >> |
| 16 Sep 2003 | Suggestions for scre.... | Paint Shop Pro: http://www.jasc.com/products/pain.... >> |
| 15 Sep 2003 | search word from a l.... | (This may not be quite what you're looking for.) .... >> |
| 12 Sep 2003 | Localisation of ASP .... | All of the functions listed in my previous post ac.... >> |
| You could start with the API functions: GetLocale.... >> | ||
| 11 Sep 2003 | Optimizing a query | Depending on the distribution of the data, the sub.... >> |
| 05 Sep 2003 | clipart | If you have a licensed copy of Microsoft Office, o.... >> |
| 28 Aug 2003 | agreement to not wor.... | The following is all opinion, not legal advice. Mo.... >> |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Technical: MD5 Sums | Microsoft's SDK documentation for cryptography (Cr.... >> |
| You could try this C sample code from Microsoft as.... >> | ||
| 21 Aug 2003 | Request for Printer .... | I have an Epson C82 4-color inkjet printer (<$100).... >> |
| 19 Aug 2003 | PDC? | More information about the conference: Microsof.... >> |
| 29 Jul 2003 | What do you do once .... | A lot of good suggestions in the earlier replies...... >> |
| 28 Jul 2003 | Windows Mail Server? | Many commercial web hosting providers seem to use .... >> |
| 27 Jul 2003 | Web-based software d.... | What about PlaceWare - http://main.placeware.com/ .... >> |
| 25 Jul 2003 | You Just Can't Kill Visual Basic (article) >> | |
| 23 Jul 2003 | How do I run a progr.... | I'm not sure, but your last response seems sarcast.... >> |
| For Windows NT/2000/XP, you could start with this .... >> | ||
| 20 Jul 2003 | Digital Camera | My wife and I have both been taking photos (mostly.... >> |
| too many files! | 240 gigabytes??? I can't imagine using nearly that.... >> | |
| 17 Jul 2003 | Logo designers <$.... | This company was mentioned in a topic here within .... >> |
| Problem with Rename .... | To get (brief) usage help on most commands at the .... >> | |
| Note that 'rename' does not allow you to specify a.... >> | ||
| 09 Jul 2003 | Having VB 3 program .... | Entrepreneur, Check out the article at archive.de.... >> |
| 04 Jul 2003 | HTML <label>&n.... | I started using both the label tag and accesskey t.... >> |
| 03 Jul 2003 | Computers on either .... | Regarding the surge protector, make sure it's for .... >> |
| 02 Jul 2003 | Virtually every PC made in recent years has a 'uni.... >> | |
| 27 Jun 2003 | XSLT book | My short list of recommended books for XSL/XML is .... >> |
| 26 Jun 2003 | Mapping components? | I don't know what the pricing is like, but have yo.... >> |
| 24 Jun 2003 | G5's | Visual Studio has supported both "incremental comp.... >> |
| 22 Jun 2003 | What to do when you .... | What's wrong with a version numbered 10 (or higher.... >> |
| 19 Jun 2003 | Build and release ma.... | You could start with either of these build tools: .... >> |
| 18 Jun 2003 | HTTP/1.1 New Applica.... | I don't have any first-hand experience with this p.... >> |
| 17 Jun 2003 | What can a SQL Serve.... | Hardware configuration and operating system requir.... >> |
| The answer to a lot of these questions is 'it depe.... >> | ||
| 16 Jun 2003 | Dart vs. IP*Works? | I'm not familiar with Dart, so this may not serve .... >> |
| 09 Jun 2003 | HowTo: Full-Text Jus.... | Try this (simpler version of the) URL for the Micr.... >> |
| Thanks for the update. The Microsoft DLL Help d.... >> | ||
| 08 Jun 2003 | Dell Desktop Opinion.... | Mark, when systems were slower, I used to follow y.... >> |
| 07 Jun 2003 | If you're going to buy a Dell system and you're li.... >> | |
| 05 Jun 2003 | What is actually wro.... | Objects can be 'created' in VB in either of these .... >> |
| 03 Jun 2003 | Installing VB 6 apps.... | Before you start building install kits for VB6 app.... >> |
| 02 Jun 2003 | VB Script for Remote.... | Note - many (not all) of the scripts at the site m.... >> |
| At the Microsoft TechNet Script Center, there is a.... >> | ||
| 30 May 2003 | DNS Propagation - an.... | I don't have an answer or explanation, but I went .... >> |
| To Splash or Not To .... | As an alternative to a 'splash screen' that you ne.... >> | |
| Since you may be getting a slightly biased develop.... >> | ||
| Database Version Con.... | This depends on whether you consider the 'master s.... >> | |
| 23 May 2003 | Spamm 'o Ramma - fro.... | Just to clarify, the first-name and last-name used.... >> |
| If you have your own domain and a wildcard alias f.... >> | ||
| Windows XP Pro resou.... | 264MB (or 256MB?) of RAM is not very much these da.... >> | |
| Amazed at uninformed.... | I think the original question is about people who .... >> | |
| 22 May 2003 | Language suggestions | I think what "Whapow!" probably means is a single .... >> |
| Favorite Quote | 'The most successful method of programming is to b.... >> | |
| 21 May 2003 | Setup.exe using VB6 | The setup tool (called 'Package and Deployment Wiz.... >> |
| 20 May 2003 | Certification - Agai.... | Also, for VS.NET 2003, Microsoft offers a free tri.... >> |
| Paul Sharples is considering MCSD certification, b.... >> | ||
| 19 May 2003 | A way to bypass the .... | Can you create an intermediate page or site somewh.... >> |
| 16 May 2003 | Controling the re-ca.... | What about using: Worksheets(i).EnableCalculation.... >> |
| 14 May 2003 | Moving an applicatio.... | If you use HWND_TOPMOST (not HWND_TOP) with SetWin.... >> |
| As 'Just Me' shows, you should use the 'SetWindows.... >> | ||
| 08 May 2003 | SILENT (&small) .... | For the 'Hush PC' mentioned above, the manufacture.... >> |
| 06 May 2003 | Unique file ids for .... | One problem with using the GetFileInformationByHan.... >> |
| 28 Apr 2003 | Installing Visual St.... | Download for Visual Studio Installer 1.1: http://.... >> |
| 10 Apr 2003 | Images and dropdown .... | The <option> element in a <select> lis.... >> |
| 04 Apr 2003 | What the #$*()& .... | As Tim Sullivan notes, it's not certain that Bill .... >> |
| 03 Apr 2003 | English clarificatio.... | In this context, going into "Administration" means.... >> |
| 01 Apr 2003 | webapp design issue:.... | Regarding the comment: 'they #include almost every.... >> |
| This doesn't address the one-page/many-pages quest.... >> | ||
| 25 Mar 2003 | Joel and ERWin | The 'Dezign from Datanamics' tool referenced in th.... >> |
| scroll bar | Specifically for globalization issues in software .... >> | |
| 23 Mar 2003 | Project Management software for agile development >> | |
| 18 Mar 2003 | Printers collection .... | The local system account (for services) does NOT h.... >> |
| 14 Mar 2003 | Laptop OS upgrade (X.... | Regarding why upgrade to XP Professional, for me t.... >> |
| Also read these Microsoft KB articles: http://sup.... >> | ||
| CAMEL: The morning m.... | I think you were using sarcasm when you stated: 'Y.... >> | |
| 12 Mar 2003 | Webhosts | Try CyberTec: http://www.highspeedhost.net/cnet/ .... >> |
| "We're in a time cru.... | Read IT/software disaster stories like these at: .... >> | |
| Any SysAdmins Out Th.... | Yoav, Thank you very much for entering the refe.... >> | |
| 11 Mar 2003 | Laptop recommendatio.... | I don't own one, but the Sony GRX700 Series looks .... >> |
| 21 Feb 2003 | Database Platform In.... | Regarding the reasons for needing to support more .... >> |
| 17 Feb 2003 | SourceSafe Question | Note that you need to ENABLE keyword expansion (on.... >> |
| 28 Jan 2003 | Murphy's Law and Bac.... | For a tape backup device that is 'NOT: A) super ex.... >> |
| 24 Jan 2003 | Recommendations soug.... | The SCSI slow performance problem is a known issue.... >> |
| 11 Jan 2003 | Where'd all the Youn.... | 'What I have noticed is the increasing nu.... >> |
| This should be easy .... | The CDatabase::Open method is: virtual BOOL Open(.... >> | |
| I just did a quick read about the 'Open' method in.... >> | ||
| 10 Jan 2003 | If you need the ADO connection string for Access (.... >> | |
| 08 Jan 2003 | Anyone familiar w/ w.... | CNET has ranked lists of hosting providers (and IS.... >> |
| 03 Jan 2003 | So...Joel's Still Us.... | In response to the question about a data layer gen.... >> |
| 02 Jan 2003 | MCAD Certification | If you search for 'MCAD' at Amazon, you can see us.... >> |
| 31 Dec 2002 | Version control for .... | Regarding Visual SourceSafe corrupting Word files .... >> |
| ASP and code soup | Using the 'default' approach with ASP (and still t.... >> | |
| 15 Nov 2002 | Spam Proofing our di.... | Regarding the previous method of spam proofing not.... >> |
| 08 Nov 2002 | WinInet Using VB | To expand a little on the code sample that I enter.... >> |
| 07 Nov 2002 | Here's a starting point (without comment or explan.... >> | |
| Version your databas.... | Suggestion: Include a table with columns like 'Ver.... >> | |
| 23 Oct 2002 | The Brickie Programm.... | In response to 'What is a brickie?' A 'brickie'.... >> |
| 13 Sep 2002 | Web site authenticat.... | A suggestion to consider: Have 2 different pass.... >> |
| 04 Sep 2002 | web services - ever .... | A few examples of available (and potentially usefu.... >> |
| 26 Aug 2002 | XML to ADO Conversio.... | To put XML (in a string strXML) back into a record.... >> |
| 14 Jun 2002 | sites on UI design | Jakob Nielsen's Website (Usability and Web Design).... >> |
| 08 May 2002 | "Polish Windows" bug.... | The use of Alt-Ctrl-letter for keyboard shortcuts .... >> |
| 27 Feb 2002 | Internationalization.... | For web applications or web pages that are dynamic.... >> |