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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Nick' | ||
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Number of Comments: 382 |
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| Number of Words: 34,660 | ||
| First Comment: 08 Mar 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 15 Jun 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 27 |
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| First Topic: 30 Sep 2002 | ||
| Latest Topic: 07 Apr 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 15 Jun 2004 | CVS : I can't imagin.... | CVS is command line software. I work in VS .NET.... >> |
| 20 Apr 2004 | What is this gui sty.... | Are you thinking of Multi-SDI? >> |
| 17 Apr 2004 | My my, isn't this Sa.... | All I know is that I'm still waiting for the end o.... >> |
| God is in the detail.... | 'God is in the details' means that you should pay .... >> | |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Many have bashed the show as not being educational.... >> | |
| 16 Apr 2004 | Protyping Web Based .... | Snacky, Get one of those plastic templates for .... >> |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | >>Now 'read a classic' vs. 'watch a WB sitcom' I'm.... >> | |
| BTW, I watched CNBC interview a panel of 'The Appr.... >> | ||
| Bill will do better in the construction management.... >> | ||
| 13 Apr 2004 | Examples of Microsof.... | Microsoft teamed with Sony and Nintendo to sue som.... >> |
| Learning C | http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/0sb.... >> | |
| master's degree + em.... | Oxford is an exception to the rule, as are a handf.... >> | |
| 11 Apr 2004 | An MBA directly after a BS is generally worthless,.... >> | |
| 10 Apr 2004 | "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Nope. Can't get enough - especially now that I di.... >> |
| 09 Apr 2004 | databases | >>table = list of structs How about, table =.... >> |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Oh, and another spoiler: Fnz npghnyyl QBRF jva .... >> | |
| >>Trump doesn't have a Wharton MBA, he has a bache.... >> | ||
| I wasn't able to chime in on last week's firing of.... >> | ||
| 07 Apr 2004 | When I die and go to heaven >> | |
| 07 Apr 2004 | When I die and go to.... | Some of you are missing the point. Gadget lu.... >> |
| 01 Apr 2004 | ThrowTheBumsOut | I'm sorry Ali, I just can't even respond. I said t.... >> |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Switches, Gateways, .... | http://www.practicallynetworked.com >> |
| D* = Maintenance | Sorry Sathyaish, but I can't help you. My wi.... >> | |
| Rapid Application De.... | Yes, people use elements of it all the time. It's.... >> | |
| ThrowTheBumsOut | >>I also remember when American car manufacturers .... >> | |
| The idea that the Saudi royal family supported ter.... >> | ||
| 'The problem with this attitude in regards to inte.... >> | ||
| It was pretty pathetic that John Snow came out wit.... >> | ||
| 27 Mar 2004 | top ten software fir.... | Yeah, those should be B's instead of M's. >> |
| Software magazine publishes an annual list of the .... >> | ||
| 26 Mar 2004 | Java Desktop Demo | Ever notice that there are a whole lot of soap ope.... >> |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | >>Kwame - leaps ahead of Bill because of his win a.... >> | |
| I'll echo what Phillip said about Amy. Also, I th.... >> | ||
| Buying refurbished P.... | Thanks for all the feedback. It got me over my fe.... >> | |
| 25 Mar 2004 | Buying refurbished PC's >> | |
| 25 Mar 2004 | Poll: What car do yo.... | Well said Burninator. >> |
| How to stop new wind.... | How exactly does Firefox fix the problem that the .... >> | |
| 24 Mar 2004 | Which language for w.... | When you say you're trying to sell a web app, I im.... >> |
| Am I just grumpy, or.... | Another Amen. What's the name of the company? .... >> | |
| 23 Mar 2004 | Wives and Entreprene.... | You know the expression, 'Behind every great man, .... >> |
| 20 Mar 2004 | IT Document Reposito.... | Try isoeasy.org. A list of their process document.... >> |
| Charles Simonyi is R.... | Anyone know how to pronounce Simonyi? Not knowing.... >> | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | Cross-browser web development >> | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | Cross-browser web de.... | Just to clarify, my tables only have 1 level of ne.... >> |
| Information Overload | I used to look at a lot of the sites - usually thr.... >> | |
| "The Apprentice" (no.... | Recapping all the episodes, I came away more and m.... >> | |
| 18 Mar 2004 | How Do You Use Your .... | Bob, I suffer from OBSD* too. Judging by my desk,.... >> |
| (Real) Web Applicati.... | eRoom (now owned by documentum) is a fairly sophis.... >> | |
| VB6 + COM Sucks? | Why do I get the feeling that this was all written.... >> | |
| 16 Mar 2004 | How to find out wher.... | After reading Cringely's article on venture capita.... >> |
| Explorer Usability -.... | Customize your toolbar and make sure you have the .... >> | |
| Hiring specific skil.... | To be honest, I don't think that hiring specific s.... >> | |
| 15 Mar 2004 | Bad Programming Team.... | >>Anybody who's ever owned dogs know that you just.... >> |
| 12 Mar 2004 | What configuration i.... | Windows 2000 or XP Pro. Don't go XP Home sin.... >> |
| The Apprentice (spoi.... | Re the Bill & Katrina spat - did anyone catch .... >> | |
| 11 Mar 2004 | Why do people still .... | >>5. As has been pointed out to get the message he.... >> |
| 08 Mar 2004 | Sunblock for a lapto.... | http://www.stewartproducts.com/Pages/Comp_Acc.html.... >> |
| Explaining things in.... | I would have said they are like packing foam peanu.... >> | |
| Organize Against Off.... | 'unions are the reason you get holiday pay, that y.... >> | |
| 07 Mar 2004 | Also, have any of you worked in a union shop? I h.... >> | |
| 'Copyright (c) 2004 All rights reserved' How do.... >> | ||
| 06 Mar 2004 | Gwyn's "Why won't yo.... | Also, Joel has inadvertantly provided other inform.... >> |
| It should also be noted that in the US there are c.... >> | ||
| 05 Mar 2004 | Software for babies | You're probably right, Dennis. I've always steere.... >> |
| I see that pdq and cynic were thinking the same th.... >> | ||
| My son's favorite game with the PC was called 'sho.... >> | ||
| get/set routines in .... | I recently reviewed some code I wrote several year.... >> | |
| "The Apprentice" (Sp.... | 'sit and eat one meal a day' doesn't pass the snif.... >> | |
| Eco Challenge is a breed apart. It's also a Mark .... >> | ||
| Omarosa sure shot herself in the foot. If she had.... >> | ||
| how to return for ni.... | I used to have depressing thoughts like these, alt.... >> | |
| 04 Mar 2004 | Disabling script deb.... | Is this a home PC or a work PC? If it's work, t.... >> |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Nextel direct connec.... | Why? Because I have a very pretty daughter that wi.... >> |
| A Quote By Charles S.... | Based on the context, it sounds like Simonyi is ta.... >> | |
| "The Apprentice" (Sp.... | Mark, I completely agree with you about Troy versu.... >> | |
| My money has been on Bill and Amy, but now I'm sta.... >> | ||
| Anyone see this? | As an Oregon resident, my tax dollars are subsidiz.... >> | |
| 'The prisoners work 40-hour weeks in rows of nonde.... >> | ||
| 23 Feb 2004 | What lifecycle model does Fogcreek use? >> | |
| 23 Feb 2004 | What lifecycle model.... | Oops! I meant to post this in the Ask Joel forum.&.... >> |
| All-In-One Laser Pri.... | I used to have an HP all-in-one inkjet, and it was.... >> | |
| 22 Feb 2004 | Bizarre tax sillines.... | When I was in the Army 18 years ago, I never got a.... >> |
| dreaming of products | There was a thread like this a while back, and I a.... >> | |
| 20 Feb 2004 | Don't be funny | 'Another goto guy' No. I got laid off from the.... >> |
| Also, re 2) and 3): Dont' hang out with people .... >> | ||
| Joel's advice on adding humor to specs comes from .... >> | ||
| Life is good | Anna Karenina was a coder? >> | |
| The Apprentice (spoi.... | I thought the trip to Trump's mansion was the funn.... >> | |
| why's (poignant) gui.... | If it ever went to print, I buy it just for the si.... >> | |
| 19 Feb 2004 | To computer addicts | I _think_ I understand what you're trying to say. .... >> |
| 18 Feb 2004 | I hate developers | I've been thinking the same thing lately. One t.... >> |
| Office furniture | To find a low cost solid core door, call all the l.... >> | |
| I'm envious of the folding tables. I like _h.... >> | ||
| 17 Feb 2004 | Office furniture >> | |
| 17 Feb 2004 | CPM vs. SDLC | Well, that was an interesting reaction, Matt. W.... >> |
| I'm not familar with Critical Chain. So when you .... >> | ||
| 15 Feb 2004 | Amazon review scams .... | It's not limited to Amazon reviews either. I.... >> |
| 13 Feb 2004 | Best Windows Program.... | I think this is a difficult turning point for thos.... >> |
| The Apprentice (spoi.... | I missed the first half of the show. What was the.... >> | |
| 12 Feb 2004 | Is it still worth le.... | I'm not trying to be pedantic, but I think the OP .... >> |
| What's Your Greatest.... | 'The correct answer is, 'Yes, I do.' but must be t.... >> | |
| The two that I have said (not verbatim) in the pas.... >> | ||
| 11 Feb 2004 | just how much math i.... | bob, maybe you're a decent guy and not condescendi.... >> |
| >>Engineers who constantly say things like, 'Well,.... >> | ||
| I don't think that you have to know a lot of math .... >> | ||
| Democratic Administr.... | But what if you had nefarious Republican moles who.... >> | |
| 10 Feb 2004 | How do you say "list.... | +1 for 'list eye' On the other hand if it's i.... >> |
| Democratic Administr.... | If it's democratic administration, shouldn't the u.... >> | |
| 08 Feb 2004 | Quick hardware / VS.Net question >> | |
| 08 Feb 2004 | Trusting Book Review.... | I've seen quite a lot of well written reviews on A.... >> |
| Business idea pursui.... | Have you read any of Eric Sink's articles on MSDN?.... >> | |
| A sorting challenge | Separate the string into its parts and do a bucket.... >> | |
| The Virus Undergroun.... | A lot of the 'official' price tags for these virus.... >> | |
| 06 Feb 2004 | The Apprentice (spoi.... | >>'no one seems to know one way or the other if th.... >> |
| I just saw Kristi on the Today Show, and she echoe.... >> | ||
| I thought firing Kristi was the right thing to do..... >> | ||
| 05 Feb 2004 | Becoming a Recruiter.... | Three thoughts: First, the money is not necessa.... >> |
| 03 Feb 2004 | DVDs and customer ab.... | Philo, while your argument has merit, I really thi.... >> |
| >>Nick, I've gotta ask - how old are you? I'm 3.... >> | ||
| >>Are you guys living in a parallel universe? Y.... >> | ||
| Interesting. I was just thinking about discs in ge.... >> | ||
| 30 Jan 2004 | P. Graham's "What yo.... | It reminds me of a high school essay on conformity.... >> |
| "The Apprentice" (Sp.... | Which of these people would you hire right now? S.... >> | |
| One Programmer's Opinion, When I talked about p.... >> | ||
| The one key management skill that the men consiste.... >> | ||
| 28 Jan 2004 | Delphi for ShrinkWra.... | One reason to use Delphi for a Win32 app is that t.... >> |
| 27 Jan 2004 | death of COM/DCOM? | From the article: 'Box stressed that COM and DC.... >> |
| being a good followe.... | o - work independently o - report progress in a t.... >> | |
| 26 Jan 2004 | Senate ban on federal IT offshoring? >> | |
| 26 Jan 2004 | your freeware collec.... | cutePDF ... plus many of the above >> |
| 25 Jan 2004 | "The Apprentice" (sp.... | They gave up too quickly and didn't go about it ri.... >> |
| >>Finally, a shout out to my passive voice buddies.... >> | ||
| Redhat Professional .... | From what I've read, fedora users will essentially.... >> | |
| I have RH 7.3 and was considering an upgrade to 9..... >> | ||
| 20 Jan 2004 | Vote on my domain na.... | How about MyCrowSoft.com? Your logo could be a .... >> |
| Is the ship sinking .... | Borland's "ship has been sinking for quite a while.... >> | |
| 19 Jan 2004 | Were 80's developers.... | >>AAAAAIIIIEEEEEE!!!!! Make it STOP! Make it GO AW.... >> |
| It depends on how you define 'better'. Were EE's b.... >> | ||
| engineering statisti.... | I've used several books on applied statictics and .... >> | |
| Anyone used Gupta fo.... | Curios what Guptra was, I did a Google search, and.... >> | |
| 17 Jan 2004 | 80,000 Protest Again.... | I agree that it is interesting. One chord that str.... >> |
| 16 Jan 2004 | Blatant Discriminati.... | >>Original poster: if you are in the US and you ar.... >> |
| Why, exactly, does that qualify as discrimination?.... >> | ||
| is there any point t.... | I've seen job ads that required Japanese fluency. .... >> | |
| 15 Jan 2004 | Blue background with.... | For the 100% Word Perfect emulation, does Word all.... >> |
| 14 Jan 2004 | becoming a robot tec.... | I should add that I live out west. I think that mo.... >> |
| Some college offer special robotics engineering pr.... >> | ||
| Game development for.... | LMAO! I appreciate all the comments, especially.... >> | |
| 13 Jan 2004 | Game development for kids >> | |
| 13 Jan 2004 | Thanks for the Flash and Squeak suggestions but ne.... >> | |
| Breaking into teachi.... | Generally, you need a PhD to be a professor, an MS.... >> | |
| 12 Jan 2004 | The real reason we n.... | Two reasons I wouldn't use micropayments: 1. I'.... >> |
| 10 Jan 2004 | OOP Concept: Abstrac.... | I found an on-line version, so you don't need to d.... >> |
| Bruce Eckel gives good overview of the relationshi.... >> | ||
| What to make of "han.... | >>Do you guys do cost-benefit analysis of every si.... >> | |
| 09 Jan 2004 | MX, I agree with you in general. However, if it's .... >> | |
| >>doument there reason should read: documen.... >> | ||
| Like Alyosha` said, hand optimized doesn't have to.... >> | ||
| 07 Jan 2004 | Increase in spam >> | |
| 07 Jan 2004 | Increase in spam | Well, I shouldn't complain. Compared to some of yo.... >> |
| K | K, I never read 'Judgement', and 'Metamorphosis.... >> | |
| 06 Jan 2004 | K - and I thought Kafka had posted to JoS. Now I'm.... >> | |
| 04 Jan 2004 | Technology ought to .... | Anon, are you sure you want to use Gupta as an exa.... >> |
| Listing Employment H.... | I've done the same thing myself when I've held sev.... >> | |
| 03 Jan 2004 | Performance Reviews:.... | Philo, I agree. Perfection isn't required. Even th.... >> |
| I always thought this was the easy part of the rev.... >> | ||
| 01 Jan 2004 | Finally a good idea:.... | It's funny that the current issue for that article.... >> |
| 31 Dec 2003 | Self Important Progr.... | I found Quicktime annoying too. There were some p.... >> |
| Agency terminology: .... | On the other hand, the line that I always found co.... >> | |
| 29 Dec 2003 | Why do we need scrip.... | C# is not cross-platform (sorry Mono, etc.. don't .... >> |
| Internal Rates | The answer is easy, and believe me, I know of what.... >> | |
| Got asked to fly to .... | You want to hear abuse? I'm on vacation now, an.... >> | |
| 22 Dec 2003 | Master Pages in .NET.... | There was a patent on this, currently owned by SBC.... >> |
| 20 Dec 2003 | Bold topics. | First off, despite what I say below, the font chan.... >> |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Allowing users to create custom fields >> | |
| 15 Dec 2003 | IBM sends more jobs .... | 'Suddenly the Bush plan for creating new jobs make.... >> |
| Mastering English as.... | I think the less / fewer confusion stems from math.... >> | |
| Elements of Style is a great book, but I wouldn't .... >> | ||
| 11 Dec 2003 | New Development PC | Show off. >> |
| IRS Systems upgrade,.... | The explanation for such immense amounts of money .... >> | |
| 10 Dec 2003 | On design: database row/table depends? >> | |
| 10 Dec 2003 | The Need to Outsourc.... | 'After all, at least some American bluebloods (lik.... >> |
| On design: database .... | Well, I am *not* sure what the db is. I am accessi.... >> | |
| Again, not an option. The db is from a different c.... >> | ||
| Can't. The database is already created, in product.... >> | ||
| That would certanly work at the database level. Bu.... >> | ||
| Lego intuition? | Like Gareth said, an extra block is added, so Joel.... >> | |
| 09 Dec 2003 | C# Help | Have you tried String.Compare(strLogFile, String.E.... >> |
| What the hell | At one of Microsoft's Tech Ed's they had presentat.... >> | |
| Ever seen this (Engr.... | But the real question is, when is Joel going to ad.... >> | |
| 05 Dec 2003 | Help in writing Word.... | Check out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defa.... >> |
| 01 Dec 2003 | Reading Times | 'I find http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/ a .... >> |
| 29 Nov 2003 | Book recommendation .... | I loved Foucault's Pendulum. It was difficult to f.... >> |
| 28 Nov 2003 | web filters at work | I had this problem too. A company I used to .... >> |
| 24 Nov 2003 | Microsoft "Empower" .... | It's a legal minefield. And the last thing I want .... >> |
| 23 Nov 2003 | It's a trap. Read the fine print: 1) All licen.... >> | |
| 21 Nov 2003 | C/C++ programming qu.... | Brent, I have run tests - just last week in fac.... >> |
| 20 Nov 2003 | Pointer arithmetic is used in place of array refer.... >> | |
| 18 Nov 2003 | Aeron Chairs | Aeron chairs? You gotta check out the videos on th.... >> |
| 17 Nov 2003 | The real problem wit.... | Of course not. What I meant is: IntelliJ IDEA, d.... >> |
| IntelliJ IDEA: Check Republic, Russia. Kazaa: o.... >> | ||
| 14 Nov 2003 | Ok, seriously, why W.... | Visual Studio, WTL. >> |
| 13 Nov 2003 | C++ meta programming.... | C is in many aspects more complex than C++. Memory.... >> |
| Cheaper at doing the exact same things that you do.... >> | ||
| Ori, I agree with you. I am on the pragmatic si.... >> | ||
| Sometimes I wonder what makes good engineers so da.... >> | ||
| 10 Nov 2003 | Java Collection (or .... | A HashSet or a TreeSet may be what you're looking .... >> |
| 07 Nov 2003 | The best font for pr.... | What's wrong with Courrier New? I kinda' like that.... >> |
| They call me NERD!!! | I spent half the day writing code that generates c.... >> | |
| 06 Nov 2003 | SourceGear Vault Sin.... | I liked the look of it too. I had trouble getting .... >> |
| Matrix Revolutions | Actually - add to that: I've got kids, so I nev.... >> | |
| <copy and paste what uncronopio said here> >> | ||
| Class action lawsuit.... | >> Isn't it funny that they still didn't get it? .... >> | |
| I used to work for a company that got sued for bac.... >> | ||
| 04 Nov 2003 | Redesign at FogCreek.... | I was going to say that all this criticism over li.... >> |
| Wise/InstallShield? | I am using this really nifty tool: http://www.adva.... >> | |
| What's wrong with Te.... | Clearly Chaucer would come in more handy when writ.... >> | |
| 28 Oct 2003 | MFC PreCreateWindow .... | Try calling the parent first: BOOL CtttMFC_OneV.... >> |
| 15 Oct 2003 | What should programm.... | They should learn to avoid programming forums - so.... >> |
| 14 Oct 2003 | RAII | Sebastian, yours is the first sane comment I've se.... >> |
| 13 Oct 2003 | Funny thing about GO.... | Even Djikstra backtracked and said too much ado wa.... >> |
| 07 Oct 2003 | UI Layout Preference >> | |
| 03 Oct 2003 | Next version of Delp.... | Re-read Borland's letter. The sky is not falling. .... >> |
| 27 Sep 2003 | Example of Optimizin.... | 'Yeah - witness the growing trend of bankruptcies .... >> |
| 26 Sep 2003 | I don't think that providing one example of an abu.... >> | |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Very long term stora.... | Just curious - what are you storing that needs to .... >> |
| www.datamaxinfotech..... | It seems strange that there is so much focus on th.... >> | |
| Smart, But Don't get.... | I'm guessing that what you're lacking is a sense o.... >> | |
| 23 Sep 2003 | Good News for Americ.... | me_in_the_corner - get a grip on what?!? Who 'b.... >> |
| 'Thanks for advertising. :-/' Yeah, I thought .... >> | ||
| If I were from India ... I wouldn't bother with.... >> | ||
| 19 Sep 2003 | Learning Smalltalk / Squeak? >> | |
| 19 Sep 2003 | Book on Design Patte.... | If you want the BJ from someone else, Bruce Eckel .... >> |
| Export data to Excel.... | Ditto. The CS in CSV stands for Comma Separated. >> | |
| 18 Sep 2003 | Construction sorrows.... | Spam - I don't think that there is much correlatio.... >> |
| 17 Sep 2003 | Sun's Marketing Prob.... | I think standardization is more important than inn.... >> |
| Actually, this is the first time in a long time th.... >> | ||
| 16 Sep 2003 | So this is where the job market is heading! >> | |
| 15 Sep 2003 | Motor giant Ford to .... | What's interesting is the number of web sites migr.... >> |
| General Alexander Ha.... | 'He was in Pres. Nixon's cabinet way back in the d.... >> | |
| 09 Sep 2003 | Dot Com sites that a.... | Yahoo isn't a dotcom? OK, how about Monster.com? >> |
| http://www.yahoo.com http://www.netbank.com - onl.... >> | ||
| Interesting: B.... | He needs time off to build his bunker: http://w.... >> | |
| Open Folder Dialog f.... | A quick google on SHBrowseForFolder() revealed thi.... >> | |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Honors Major in Comp.... | Don't forget on-campus recruiters. When the ec.... >> |
| 05 Sep 2003 | OODB: Are they viabl.... | 'Gates: There never have been, and there never wil.... >> |
| Fabian Pascal and CJ Date have addressed OODB's (a.... >> | ||
| How much do Technica.... | I have considered writing a lab book for an underg.... >> | |
| technical books | I'm thinking of picking up "Pokeman Ruby and Sapph.... >> | |
| 04 Sep 2003 | Help downloading MS .... | On the windows update page, click on the "windows .... >> |
| How to Dress? | My 2 cents: * Shoes: Wear brown shoes only with.... >> | |
| 01 Sep 2003 | Multiple return poin.... | I should clarify, I prefer multiple exits points o.... >> |
| I prefer the multiple return style. If you're worr.... >> | ||
| Sympathy for teekid? | I just don't understand the mentality that justifi.... >> | |
| 31 Aug 2003 | Sympathy for teekid? >> | |
| 31 Aug 2003 | Quick, dumb question | Try the acronym server: http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-b.... >> |
| 29 Aug 2003 | fixed price contract | Reminds me of a conservation I had with the presid.... >> |
| 28 Aug 2003 | The greatest softwar.... | I had to watch the video out of curiousity. It's a.... >> |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Click on a.... | >> I doubt that the typical user who doesn’t know .... >> |
| from textbook to rea.... | need help - I'm kinda in the same boat as you. .... >> | |
| 25 Aug 2003 | Click on a.... | >> Unfortunately, the vast majority of Windows mac.... >> |
| 22 Aug 2003 | XML - the only pract.... | Isn't SVG written in XML? >> |
| 21 Aug 2003 | Decline and Fall (se.... | Philo - I think we're in general agreement. I didn.... >> |
| 'The Canadians are pretty frightening, but I don't.... >> | ||
| 'I doubt many servicemen and women do it for the m.... >> | ||
| 18 Aug 2003 | Buggy Oracle | You're right about the 8060 bytes. I thought the 8.... >> |
| I think you're confusing '64k row limit' with 'bui.... >> | ||
| Eureka Moments | Several months ago I was listening to an NPR inter.... >> | |
| 15 Aug 2003 | commandline dotnet t.... | 'C# and the .Net Platform' by Andrew Troelsen was .... >> |
| 13 Aug 2003 | Recommend Hardware F.... | There's a nice list at http://cable-dsl.home.att.n.... >> |
| 12 Aug 2003 | C++ Test - Questions.... | GOT - 3/5, I'll take it! That ~1 year cumulative e.... >> |
| GOT, I've got ~1 year of cumulative C++ experience.... >> | ||
| 09 Aug 2003 | What *is* that icon .... | By the way, do we win a free copy of City Desk 2.0.... >> |
| I though fog above a creek too. I'm guessing it's .... >> | ||
| 08 Aug 2003 | Japanese Companies | I used to work for NEC America, and they had stand.... >> |
| Nice to know we're n.... | Philo, Oregon is between Redmond and Mountain V.... >> | |
| Office politics - go.... | Note: this reply isn't to Future cunning politicia.... >> | |
| 07 Aug 2003 | Do senior people hav.... | At a lot of companies, yes. It is only at very la.... >> |
| Office space | Unless everyone can have their own office, don't d.... >> | |
| 06 Aug 2003 | Joel's market mistak.... | FYI, Software Magazine puts out an annual top 500 .... >> |
| what does it take fo.... | Re the orginal question - for Linux to be comparab.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2003 | S-Q-L or SeQueL? | a) S-Q-L 'Who gives a sh*t, as long as people k.... >> |
| software licensing n.... | It probably depends on the type of software. For e.... >> | |
| 01 Aug 2003 | Spec template for in.... | Mitch, you can look at the Word templates at http:.... >> |
| 31 Jul 2003 | Employer paying for .... | Check how they disburse the cash to you. Some comp.... >> |
| 30 Jul 2003 | Outsourcing Honesty .... | 'I assure you that none of these at home companies.... >> |
| Calculator recommend.... | I couldn't said put it better Hebert. Eloquently s.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2003 | Calculator recommendation needed >> | |
| 29 Jul 2003 | I should clarify. 20 years ago, the HP-41C was the.... >> | |
| 28 Jul 2003 | Web-based software d.... | Just a thought - I've been on the other side of th.... >> |
| 22 Jul 2003 | Is Microsoft's Trust.... | Sorry Eric. I posted this topic this morning but h.... >> |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Is Microsoft's Trusted Computing working? >> | |
| 18 Jul 2003 | I'm not defending Mi.... | How do you get 'better performance' with a Swing a.... >> |
| 13 Jul 2003 | ASP.Net and AS/400? | Philo, Have you looked around IBM's developer s.... >> |
| 11 Jul 2003 | Interviewing | There's an interesting article on artima.com about.... >> |
| 03 Jul 2003 | What we should teach.... | What I would teach is what I've dubbed The Tale of.... >> |
| 02 Jul 2003 | Evaluating Programme.... | I'm with ya, 1/4th. I should add that REALLY ba.... >> |
| 01 Jul 2003 | Camouflaging an OS? | What was the country? >> |
| Do you folks use col.... | Well put, Mark. >> | |
| Website Critics Welc.... | My only comment for non-blue links is that I'm not.... >> | |
| "Learning Curve" | 'I think there was some research showing that when.... >> | |
| Best interview quest.... | I agree with Brad. Always have an ace in the hole..... >> | |
| 27 Jun 2003 | Corrupted Jet Databa.... | In had this happen several times with fairly large.... >> |
| Time for comic relie.... | 'The key to understanding recursion is to begin by.... >> | |
| Court: MSFT not requ.... | It's becoming a moot point. Dell and HP recentl.... >> | |
| What's Your Best Pro.... | About 10 years ago - before I'd ever heard of trav.... >> | |
| 26 Jun 2003 | PBS program, NOW wit.... | If this is Bill Moyers - there is noooo waaaaay he.... >> |
| 24 Jun 2003 | RE Cold calling + jo.... | You're right about the @ symbol. Just change the s.... >> |
| Roose - you could do a Google search for "@company.... >> | ||
| interview questions .... | The more I think about this, I doubt there's anyth.... >> | |
| 23 Jun 2003 | Sweet. I have my next business plan. Post for.... >> | |
| 20 Jun 2003 | Are "team building" .... | I've been to too many of these and thought they we.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2003 | Switching Jobs | 'has anyone here ever NOT hired a qualified candid.... >> |
| 16 Jun 2003 | Down & Out | All the engineers that I've known who got MBA's di.... >> |
| 15 Jun 2003 | Cities with the lowest unemployment >> | |
| 10 Jun 2003 | CVS and automated bu.... | Draco.NET ( http://draconet.sourceforge.net/ ) is .... >> |
| Comprehensive survey.... | Philo, I didn't think you were trying to be a smar.... >> | |
| 09 Jun 2003 | Comprehensive survey on types of SW developed? >> | |
| 09 Jun 2003 | Mike, Your's is an interesting question too. B.... >> | |
| Philo, obviously you've seen through my charade. Y.... >> | ||
| Angry Coder on VB in.... | After 10 seconds of deep thought, here's my C# vs .... >> | |
| 06 Jun 2003 | ISO 9000 | Don't get over-excited about ISO. Too many compani.... >> |
| 29 May 2003 | C++ reference book recommendations >> | |
| 29 May 2003 | Probation Periods | Even if the hiring process is robust, you can stil.... >> |
| 27 May 2003 | Remote Support | If they thought off-site was feasible, wouldn't th.... >> |
| Google search result.... | That zawody article is interesting. I didn't know .... >> | |
| I've never gotten excited about any of the search .... >> | ||
| 26 May 2003 | builder.com probably made was first because it con.... >> | |
| I haven't noticed any dropoff in quality. Those a.... >> | ||
| 23 May 2003 | Alternatives to Goog.... | Have you checked out kartOO.com? I use it when I w.... >> |
| Windows XP Pro resou.... | Myron, Nice link. I should have posted a cavea.... >> | |
| You can go through and disable a number of Windows.... >> | ||
| What makes a develop.... | What makes a developer attractive? Big Boobs. .... >> | |
| 21 May 2003 | Movies and the Mind .... | I just came across this: http://www.geekchic.com/r.... >> |
| Cheap tech booxs? | Are the amazon.co.uk books the hardcover editions .... >> | |
| 20 May 2003 | Shady Characters | I'm no admin, but don't Windows 2000 permissions h.... >> |
| 19 May 2003 | MS to buy Unix from SCO >> | |
| 19 May 2003 | MS to buy Unix from .... | Okay, here's the one I think is funny. SCO has a .... >> |
| where did all the so.... | I don't get it. Every job sector, save healthcare.... >> | |
| Adding favorites URL.... | From the menu select File -> Import and Export,.... >> | |
| 15 May 2003 | Music | moses - didn't see your post until after I made mi.... >> |
| Don't go to management - you'll look like a snivel.... >> | ||
| 13 May 2003 | Java programmers ove.... | You could also reference Thinking in Java. Bruce .... >> |
| 10 May 2003 | Can you learn and ma.... | Stroustrup's opinion on learning C++ is addressed .... >> |
| 09 May 2003 | Why didn't ActiveX Documents go anywhere? >> | |
| 09 May 2003 | Why didn't ActiveX D.... | By 'enterprise apps' I meant Intranet apps. Sin.... >> |
| 06 May 2003 | The excellent times .... | Back in college one of my roommates was a journali.... >> |
| Definitions Needed...... | Fine-grained vs. course-grained: http://www.the.... >> | |
| 05 May 2003 | How would I move Mou.... | If you're looking for a programming analogy, it's .... >> |
| 04 May 2003 | 1. I'd get half the money up front. 2. Sub-cont.... >> | |
| Programmers who are .... | 'Why? Do you think the constant churning of skills.... >> | |
| Psychology, cooking, interior decorating, music ...... >> | ||
| This makes me think of bookstores. Is there any.... >> | ||
| table of categories .... | How about - // DESCRIPTION: // IN: // RETURNS.... >> | |
| Philo's "Sackage" - .... | Generalizing a bit more, I say match your work hou.... >> | |
| 02 May 2003 | How should I comment.... | I like a paragraph, in plain English, above the cl.... >> |
| 30 Apr 2003 | No new desktop appli.... | Every year, I think Taxcut is the best killer app .... >> |
| 29 Apr 2003 | Good programmers are.... | Some people are smarter than others. Some people .... >> |
| 25 Apr 2003 | What happened to 1st.... | http://www.evrsoft.com (the First page home) is st.... >> |
| Do you make your mon.... | I've often wondered how many people buy the cheapo.... >> | |
| 23 Apr 2003 | Better marketting te.... | Why do you want a 'sexy' progress bar marketing te.... >> |
| 21 Apr 2003 | (mis)use of the term.... | So thaaat explains it! When Jesse Liberty wrote.... >> |
| 18 Apr 2003 | vagaries of GRE for .... | I don't even think GRE's are a big deciding factor.... >> |
| 15 Apr 2003 | Why auto tab-ahead o.... | I disagree. I like it on some form fields. In fact.... >> |
| 11 Apr 2003 | Are Microsoft SQL's .... | 'How cool (or cold) is that?!?!' Not very. Why.... >> |
| 09 Apr 2003 | Moore's Law is comin.... | I'm no expert (so don't flame me), but for the sak.... >> |
| 04 Apr 2003 | New SQL Upgrade? | The next version of SQL Server, aka Yukon, is expe.... >> |
| Dealing with obstina.... | If de facto standards aren't followed, they're not.... >> | |
| 02 Apr 2003 | Self Imposed Pressur.... | I've never been an IC, but I've hired them for pro.... >> |
| employment agreement | Aside from the legal arguments, you need to put yo.... >> | |
| 28 Mar 2003 | Am I being unreasona.... | I would take a slightly different path than Sam. .... >> |
| 27 Mar 2003 | Minimimum system requirements >> | |
| 27 Mar 2003 | Minimimum system req.... | Ha! Ha! So we can conclude that 'computer scien.... >> |
| 25 Mar 2003 | Legacy Visual Basic .... | Let me backtrack by asserting that I agree with mo.... >> |
| I'd do your own. It shouldn't take much time to c.... >> | ||
| Memory/Concentration.... | Personally, I use snakeoil and copper bracelets. .... >> | |
| 24 Mar 2003 | Tech hubs around the globe >> | |
| 24 Mar 2003 | Greed and Total Cost.... | Off topic: I get pedantic about the terms 1st, .... >> |
| 23 Mar 2003 | MFC Future? | Where did the story that MFC was being obsoleted c.... >> |
| Hungarian Notation | From Nat: 'ZERO terminated string. Aren't C 'stri.... >> | |
| Wrox bankrupt? | Out of curiousity, I looked through my bookshelf t.... >> | |
| 19 Mar 2003 | masters GPA cutoffs? | What do people do for recommendations when they go.... >> |
| 17 Mar 2003 | Applets making a comeback? >> | |
| 17 Mar 2003 | Applets making a com.... | I honestly didn't mean for this to become an Apple.... >> |
| Yeah, I can't say I'm thrilled about it either.&nb.... >> | ||
| 24 Feb 2003 | Multiple Exit Points | I like the rule of thumb that if the whole functio.... >> |
| 14 Feb 2003 | Tell me again, why J.... | Here is why Java Actually the 'Single point of .... >> |
| 12 Feb 2003 | Universities' Crusad.... | Re:
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| 11 Feb 2003 | Food for thought: I can't think of any other sc.... >> | |
| 10 Feb 2003 | Trial Edition of Vis.... | Contact your local .Net user's group (if you have .... >> |
| 08 Feb 2003 | The Poetry of Programming -- design examples >> | |
| 08 Feb 2003 | The Poetry of Progra.... | I meant 'cite', not 'site'. >> |
| 07 Feb 2003 | T1 line is outdated!.... | Population density is one of the key differences b.... >> |
| 06 Feb 2003 | VB.Net vs C# | The first (and only) .Net book I've read was a C# .... >> |
| 10 Oct 2002 | Nobel Prize-winner h.... | The Einstein thing is a myth. He actually go.... >> |
| 09 Oct 2002 | MASTER-PLAN - Corpor.... | Before Joel deletes this, maybe we can use this li.... >> |
| 05 Oct 2002 | Shrinkwrap db app de.... | Jeff, Thanks for the link, but MSDE would be to.... >> |
| 01 Oct 2002 | Programmer Interrupt.... | Gregg, Wow! I got laid off yesterday and was si.... >> |
| Shrinkwrap db app de.... | Thanks for the feedback. I guess if I ever sold a .... >> | |
| 30 Sep 2002 | Shrinkwrap db app deployment >> | |
| 05 Aug 2002 | Do you use the best .... | Maybe this is a good argument for software as a we.... >> |
| 18 Jul 2002 | Is .NET the way to g.... | My company's very conservative and hasn't adopted .... >> |
| 12 Jun 2002 | Open Letter:H1B's WT.... | FenceJumper to Shamil ...
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| 21 May 2002 | Visual Basic vs. Vis.... | Since VB 6 is IDE-centric, I wouldn't bother picki.... >> |
| 07 May 2002 | How to spot a bad co.... | >Nick Hebb, it's not true that most H1B's pursue h.... >> |
| 05 May 2002 | Where do you go to f.... | I use Java, and aside from sites like Sourceforge/.... >> |
| 08 Apr 2002 | anyone else find thi.... | From the Limewire website: http://www.limewire.c.... >> |
| 12 Mar 2002 | What makes you a pro.... | I don't think that persistence alone sums it up ve.... >> |
| 08 Mar 2002 | Languages to learn? | Hate to bring this 'elevated' discussion down to t.... >> |