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Number of Comments: 77
Number of Words: 6,513
First Comment: 01 Apr 2002
Final Comment: 26 Feb 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 3
First Topic: 18 Aug 2002
Latest Topic: 26 Sep 2003
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26 Feb 2004   Visual C++ build pro....   Even for a full rebuild, 5 hours seems an incredib....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Class (static) metho....   I think there's a more fundamental reason. A stati....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   DLL Hell - Part 2   What purpose does the 'Zero Free Page' thread serv....   >>  
20 Jan 2004   Irritating Issue wit....   Hmmm, T-90 posted while I was composing my posting....   >>  
      Tools are easier to use if you work with them, not....   >>  
25 Nov 2003   Call me a tinkerer   Hate to be pedantic, but casting away constness is....   >>  
26 Sep 2003   VS.NET macro slowdown   >>  
18 Sep 2003   How to capture Real ....   Almost all of the RealVideo / RealAudio files I've....   >>  
17 Sep 2003      Philo, I'm sure it's a little more complicated tha....   >>  
22 Jul 2003   Apathy: the programm....   5. Eastern Philosophy?   >>  
06 Jun 2003   Why no really destru....   Bill, I don't think I made my point very well. Con....   >>  
      A 'successful' virus is one that manages to reprod....   >>  
15 May 2003   Opera   I love Opera. Mouse gestures are the sort of featu....   >>  
02 May 2003   Bitblt   I doubt it will help, and I don't know whether you....   >>  
01 May 2003      It might help us if you told us what graphics card....   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Joel and Excel   ... which means what, exactly?   >>  
   playstation 2 progra....   The article was on Ars Technica, not Toms Hardware....   >>  
      There wouldn't be much point in sending data to th....   >>  
27 Apr 2003   Array to worksheet......   Don't forget to turn off window updates while the ....   >>  
05 Mar 2003   Anyone knows a huge ....   Forgive me if I don't look this up, but I don't th....   >>  
04 Mar 2003   Python with C or C++....   Brian, if you just want to get a relatively simple....   >>  
28 Feb 2003   If not files & d....   Brent, I'm not surprised that the extended attribu....   >>  
27 Feb 2003      Brent, thanks for your description of searching fo....   >>  
26 Feb 2003   Code Question Sorta   Wow, two other people replied to this while I was ....   >>  
      You said that hour can be from 0-24 -- did you mea....   >>  
21 Nov 2002   MultiThreading   In addition, to say 'For the programmer, multithre....   >>  
18 Nov 2002   Expected out of coll....   It's all about balance. Have fun, take part in som....   >>  
14 Nov 2002   Software Quotations   I find it difficult to believe that Bill Gates rea....   >>  
13 Nov 2002   "Next Big Thing."   Taken from: http://pathfinder.com/asiaweek/96/032....   >>  
      1. Quantum computing. 2. Biological computing. ....   >>  
25 Sep 2002   Why you should (not?....   'Thievery is not a problem unless someone actually....   >>  
24 Sep 2002   Blogs   >>  
24 Sep 2002   learning to program   Rick said: 'I really believe that I need to get s....   >>  
22 Sep 2002   Last minute changes   (Sigh). GET the blame.   >>  
      If the changes introduce bugs, who's going to be t....   >>  
20 Sep 2002   After $273 million, ....   'Java. They wanted a realtime, critical system wri....   >>  
18 Sep 2002   Joel's wrong on this....   'You can't possibly be serious! SEI didn't exist w....   >>  
17 Sep 2002   After $273 million, ....   Joel, I appreciate that thinking SEI-5 is great be....   >>  
15 Sep 2002   New Articles   ' You want to keep the best employee's for the mon....   >>  
   One insightful inter....   'Could you please let me know why 'virtual functio....   >>  
11 Sep 2002   Groove nuspeak   They want to sell different products, so they pres....   >>  
   Is technology simpli....   These are certainly all examples of how technology....   >>  
   Thinking About Part-....   GPA?   >>  
10 Sep 2002   Outsourcing limits i....   'tapiwa, you continue to display breathtaking naiv....   >>  
   Will Habeus Work?   Irrelevant but amusing: Rodona Garst is an anagram....   >>  
05 Sep 2002   Dealing w/ Ignorant ....   'But we never get that 'manager learned something ....   >>  
   Napster   Oh. That was your point. Sorry.   >>  
04 Sep 2002   Marketplace Research....   id software's next big thing (Doom 3) is going to ....   >>  
   a team of 15 can't b....   Has your spending on CDs gone up since you stopped....   >>  
   Napster   Just Me, as I'm sure you're well aware, Eliza wasn....   >>  
29 Aug 2002   MENSA and all it ent....   On the other hand, take this example from the rece....   >>  
28 Aug 2002   Software Rights, Res....   Serge, if the license agreement explicitly states ....   >>  
21 Aug 2002   Ansi C++ Book   Just a warning -- take a look at Stroustrop's book....   >>  
18 Aug 2002   Other people's music / LanJukebox   >>  
15 Aug 2002   I am stuck..how to g....   Evidently the MS Excel 97 team started questioning....   >>  
06 Aug 2002   What if smart people....   In addition... Matt Watson said: > That is the....   >>  
      If anyone's going to read 'The Bell Curve', they s....   >>  
05 Aug 2002   Ants   Andrew, one of Richard Feynman's books details how....   >>  
01 Aug 2002   Are you working for ....   Hmmm. 'Our mission is to wash cars'? I wonder w....   >>  
28 Jul 2002   the best programmer ....   Joe AA, I don't know what I was thinking with t....   >>  
26 Jul 2002   VB.NET Question   VB.Net Standard doesn't come with Crystal Reports.....   >>  
   the best programmer ....   William, your point is a good one, but I humbly pr....   >>  
25 Jul 2002   Is game developer vi....   And according to most accounts the hours are long.   >>  
11 Jul 2002   Quick Translator   Perhaps it would be more enlightening to take the ....   >>  
04 Jul 2002   PCWEEK Article   [ Has anyone in this discussion ever even been in ....   >>  
25 Jun 2002   Joel is wrong about ....   ' Having been forced to conduct several painful pe....   >>  
23 Jun 2002   Globalization, What ....   I looked at The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman....   >>  
19 Jun 2002   Proposal for defect-....   So, it's okay for badly written software to kill p....   >>  
17 Jun 2002   Strategy Letter V   I see your point, but can't help wondering where t....   >>  
12 Jun 2002   Open Letter:H1B's WT....   What's your point? Adrian    >>  
11 Jun 2002   This chef has no clo....   When you say 'I never document my code' do you mea....   >>  
07 Jun 2002   Code Reviews (Method....   I thought cars were crappy so that people have to ....   >>  
06 Jun 2002   New Machine anyone ?   James, The idea of a VM without an instruction ....   >>  
30 May 2002   Usability guru desig....   Out of curiousity, how is it compared to Opera? Op....   >>  
23 May 2002   Software Metrics and....   Okay, I don't want to turn this into a troll, but ....   >>  
15 May 2002   "PeopleWare"   Perhaps they've read the books but are afraid to a....   >>  
14 May 2002   RealNames   I believe RealNames was used to resolve 'Internati....   >>  
08 May 2002   Shrink-wrap Developm....   The obvious solution being to post anonymously whe....   >>  
02 May 2002   Businesses WANT to p....   >> 'You get what you pay for'. >> When this menta....   >>  
01 Apr 2002   Auto Motion in Excel   From what I can remember of this discussion thread....   >>  



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