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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Just me (Sir to you)' | ||
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Number of Comments: 2,233 |
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| Number of Words: 153,501 | ||
| First Comment: 10 Jun 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 104 |
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| First Topic: 20 Jun 2002 | ||
| Latest Topic: 02 Sep 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 02 Sep 2004 | .NET runtime delivery vehicle >> | |
| 02 Sep 2004 | Windows File Manager.... | http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adiscuss.fogc.... >> |
| laser printers | How many pages? Although the new Dell 5100cn has .... >> | |
| Is it safe to use VS.... | If you are targetting a Q4 2005 initial release I .... >> | |
| Is Master Pages still in? Thought I heard it was o.... >> | ||
| New discussion board.... | 'How would that help, instead of typing 'muppet' i.... >> | |
| Code for Windows cra.... | Microsoft already wrote most of the code for you (.... >> | |
| "The Joel Spolsky's .... | 'Hire women, it is the right thing to do.' Why?.... >> | |
| If Java doesn't have.... | 'Shall we discuss the stupidities in PHP? ' You.... >> | |
| Fear the power of Sh.... | Stephen, I don't care which part takes up the memo.... >> | |
| 01 Sep 2004 | Winnable Solitaire a.... | This could skew sales figures. Recall the Eric Sin.... >> |
| Multiple Build Machi.... | You need one build config, and as many test config.... >> | |
| why bother | Geeks and bongs, a deadly mix. >> | |
| Fear the power of Sh.... | Yep, the Acrobat reader is one of the worst pollut.... >> | |
| Coding on Widescreen.... | 'Edit-and-continue is really an agile method with .... >> | |
| 31 Aug 2004 | How many of you know.... | Nearly all of those (although the details on some .... >> |
| Americans need learn.... | Kenny is wrong. Studies show that childern raised .... >> | |
| Bill Gates on "profe.... | 'All of the “core 12”: Dave Cutler (KE), Lou Peraz.... >> | |
| 30 Aug 2004 | Americans need learn.... | It is not so much people underestimating the Ameri.... >> |
| Avalon FAQ bloopers | Just wanted to add this http://www.simplegeek.com/.... >> | |
| Backporting didn't get any cheaper since that 2003.... >> | ||
| Folder view periodic.... | Doesn't http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa.... >> | |
| 27 Aug 2004 | Tool to display disk.... | I second http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/ . >> |
| From idea to final p.... | Long enough. >> | |
| Should I install XP'.... | 2 machines, both notebooks, no problems. >> | |
| Marc Andreeson | Finally some numbers. Thanks Dennis. >> | |
| Dennis, This has come up several times here on .... >> | ||
| If MS Only Cares Abo.... | 'Unix, unlike Windows, was designed for distribute.... >> | |
| 26 Aug 2004 | proving dates on ema.... | Timestamping he message is not going to help you a.... >> |
| Looking for some sof.... | 'However once I have created a database, I will ha.... >> | |
| If MS Only Cares Abo.... | I'm sure backward compatibility was the main reaso.... >> | |
| 25 Aug 2004 | Removing a Cookie fr.... | 'Actually, does anyone remember when you couldn't .... >> |
| Today (Aug.24) is th.... | 'Viruses WERE a problem back in Win3.1 and DOS 5.x.... >> | |
| Manual transmissions.... | My wifes car has electronic traction control. Grea.... >> | |
| 24 Aug 2004 | Gopher | I believe back in the day my old university had so.... >> |
| how to handle user p.... | Do a search on role-based security. This will give.... >> | |
| Word automation woes | something like http://www.sautin.com/html-to-rtf/d.... >> | |
| 23 Aug 2004 | An opportunity? | 'Most people want their computer to do email, surf.... >> |
| Spanish text transla.... | It really depends. Is this just general banter, or.... >> | |
| Anti-anti-virus | Same here: no AV, no problems (I use on online one.... >> | |
| Install XP in 5 hour.... | He works for IBM. 'nuff said?? >> | |
| Not-so-hypothetical .... | Ah, web-developers. The hairstylists of the tech w.... >> | |
| Am I too old to be a.... | Too old? I'd say too young more likely. Isn't mid.... >> | |
| 20 Aug 2004 | Install SP2 or not? | I just installed it on my secondary machine, and w.... >> |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Next big thing? | Better batteries >> |
| dooooooom!!! | You spent $1000 on game hardware but want to run 9.... >> | |
| 18 Aug 2004 | Digital Signage Soft.... | If all you want is signing stuff, have a look at h.... >> |
| SQL Server - Up or D.... | Muppet, no one application owns the DB. people.... >> | |
| So now you are saying that as long as Siebel is th.... >> | ||
| 'Granted, there are complications with this when y.... >> | ||
| 'Check out the MySQL web site for more info' un.... >> | ||
| In all fairness Philo the more relevant link for m.... >> | ||
| Install SP2 or not? | 'In corporate environments, the users don't even n.... >> | |
| Database help -- whi.... | AC, how many entries are you expecting that 'DB.... >> | |
| Developing in the Op.... | Engage your customers. Depending on the nature of .... >> | |
| Backup Software | Would a backup -> disk and backup the backup -&.... >> | |
| Whats happening with.... | http://www.google.com/search?q=The+following+opera.... >> | |
| How was the dinner i.... | Having never been to one, I suspect there is a gag.... >> | |
| Feasibility of a VMO.... | Isn't this what the HAL and x86 already provide? >> | |
| Plain-text messages .... | Outlook 2003 blocks webbugs by default. >> | |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Latest IE threat | 'Systems not affected, those not made by Microsoft.... >> |
| Plain-text messages .... | 2003 SP1 >> | |
| BTW: does anyone remember an email virus that reli.... >> | ||
| Have you turned on the 'convert to plain text form.... >> | ||
| Morons and Assholes .... | Love the Pirate/Ninja Dwarf/Elf chart. Someone sho.... >> | |
| Of course this begs the question which developers .... >> | ||
| Have I misunderstood.... | If I get it right you are worried about two things.... >> | |
| I am a bit confused by your descriptions, so this .... >> | ||
| 13 Aug 2004 | Automatic header com.... | this http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/2002/Oct/Cu.... >> |
| The Olympics | 'Last olympics I did this table' I see the Indi.... >> | |
| develop cross-platfo.... | It would be rare to get money up front. That is no.... >> | |
| 'What should I do to figure out whether my soft wi.... >> | ||
| 'I worked for a medical intrument company and I no.... >> | ||
| I guess the Mac would be the default next target. .... >> | ||
| The truth, TWT, ANBT.... | 'Have you ever taken 1 or more tests on subject X .... >> | |
| Favorite Screen Save.... | I love the reactions you get running a "flocking f.... >> | |
| Purchase this forum? | 'So stop pushing him and he will stop hitting you .... >> | |
| Open source specs | Most confusion around specs comes from people that.... >> | |
| Issue related to fil.... | right -> write >> | |
| It realy depends. My brain is wired in a way th.... >> | ||
| I want advice on pri.... | You should stop refering to this as a "language". .... >> | |
| How do you destroy a.... | Anon, what happens when you meet the backpack t.... >> | |
| Ogami, make it easy on yourself. Each time you .... >> | ||
| 12 Aug 2004 | Speaking of Code Mon.... | Work more for progressively less reward? Why bothe.... >> |
| How do you destroy a.... | Learn assembly. >> | |
| Browser authenticati.... | Since you mention DC, I'll assume you are using In.... >> | |
| Windows XP SP2 and S.... | Seems like the rest is due to the firewall being t.... >> | |
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839279 >> | ||
| Windows XP Lite | Who says they can't be already rolling in $600 of .... >> | |
| Ah, missed that bit, sorry. It is for putting some.... >> | ||
| You mean like: Here is XP lite that runs our own v.... >> | ||
| Odd %HOMEDRIVE% valu.... | Javier, I was just poking ' ' on the %HOMEDRIVE.... >> | |
| Odd as it may seem, you can point your %HOMEDRIVE%.... >> | ||
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;.... >> | ||
| Opinionated people | Good one Pete. I'm definitely a LOM. >> | |
| Good tips on downsiz.... | As I suggested in the tread below (discussing the .... >> | |
| SQL Server: Can mult.... | JWA, I see what you are trying to do. You want .... >> | |
| Josh, where would your network share live? Eith.... >> | ||
| Pricing a source cod.... | So how did it go? >> | |
| Hidden URLs - How ea.... | The only people here who think 'girls' aren't trea.... >> | |
| 10 Aug 2004 | Why bother with a ta.... | Use the buildin backup of SQL Server to backup the.... >> |
| 06 Aug 2004 | Fog Creek Marketing | They probably mean the budget for contracted marke.... >> |
| Programming books in.... | I seem to vaguely recall there having been "transl.... >> | |
| English please. Half assed attempts of translating.... >> | ||
| Blogs, avalon, gmail.... | Teenage priapism >> | |
| Google May Have Ille.... | This reaction by Michael Gartenberg sums it up nic.... >> | |
| CNN: CS School Break.... | I-Ron, then again it could be self selective, s.... >> | |
| In my case most CS Students that saw themselves as.... >> | ||
| Question for Joel on.... | M&M you are truly showing your age more than your .... >> | |
| Visio 2002 or 2003? | AllanL5, man, most of your comments on this for.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2004 | CNN: CS School Break.... | No, I am not going to agree to that ... but only b.... >> |
| You too can run up $.... | Note I did not argue education should be free, jus.... >> | |
| This has always bugged me: If anything should be '.... >> | ||
| More perils of outso.... | 'one thing you want to be careful of 'are they pol.... >> | |
| Munich puts Linux on.... | 'Is that true, that the OSS lobby is using a Munic.... >> | |
| Paulo, no offense but your views on lobbying ar.... >> | ||
| Note that this was initiated by the OSS lobby itse.... >> | ||
| Creating an ODBC dri.... | Maybe look at stuff like http://www.atinet.com/pro.... >> | |
| Question for Joel on.... | You seriously believe he'd point to them from the .... >> | |
| SORT | This would be childsplay in Delphi. >> | |
| Confused About Linux | Hasn't changed a bit except for some syntactic moj.... >> | |
| Pushing data to a .N.... | If you go for polling, I'd let the server app push.... >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | Choosing Your Report.... | AFAIK MS Reporting Services will play nice with yo.... >> |
| Google image search .... | Unsurprizingly it means that exact string was on t.... >> | |
| Interesting Intervie.... | The part I do not get is: 'He won't reveal his tot.... >> | |
| Confused About Linux | Muppet, perhaps I mistakenly assumed the licenc.... >> | |
| If I remember correctly you have to get a NOT-OPTI.... >> | ||
| The appeal of the PC | Think Pascal and Think C were pretty good dev envi.... >> | |
| 03 Aug 2004 | Hackers | Read the section 'HACKER, CRACKER, BLACKHAT, WHITE.... >> |
| The appeal of the PC | The way I saw it Apple simply hit the wrong pricep.... >> | |
| 28 Jul 2004 | Open Source = no rig.... | 'I'll bet that most of these governments/public of.... >> |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Free Online virus sc.... | I use http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/.... >> |
| Inquirer/Register:Wh.... | - anything for a hit: the Reg/Inquirer have an ant.... >> | |
| 20 Jul 2004 | Free program to wash.... | Get an iDish. Sure, it will cost you your kids col.... >> |
| 19 Jul 2004 | why not downloadable.... | My bet would be on sheer lazyness. >> |
| Worst Use of Technol.... | Mobile ringtones anyone? >> | |
| 17 Jul 2004 | Spying | I'm not sure about the spying on kids thing. It is.... >> |
| What do we teach our.... | I'm sure some of you will find this abberant, but .... >> | |
| Why so much irony ab.... | "The evolution of OpenDoc into COM" - that should .... >> | |
| FNR, I'm not intimitly familiar with the OpenDo.... >> | ||
| 16 Jul 2004 | What do we teach our.... | You mean they were having an egg race that wasn't .... >> |
| Why so much irony ab.... | And which major platform would OpenDoc be the foun.... >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | What do we teach our.... | Ged, of course I was just kidding. The point is.... >> |
| Ged, or you the guy that wins every game of Mon.... >> | ||
| Why so much irony ab.... | Ged, AFAIK COM was the first large scale adopti.... >> | |
| Didn't Bob build on 'ideas' of next-generation int.... >> | ||
| .Net devs that went .... | gwyn, the inclusion of that joke of a JDBC/ODBC.... >> | |
| I really love .NET, but it has to be said that at .... >> | ||
| Dreamweaver rant | Oh yes. Especially if it was produced by people wh.... >> | |
| IQ-ism | There is an idolization of stupidity, and it is on.... >> | |
| Old farts lack respe.... | That Florida guy is either taking the piss, or thi.... >> | |
| 14 Jul 2004 | Troubleshooting Win9.... | If we are talking >extremely< slow here, I once ha.... >> |
| Why can't windows ju.... | 'personally, I save every 5 minutes :) It's an ob.... >> | |
| What does "YES" mean.... | If you've worked in international settings, you've.... >> | |
| 'I commit to that' 'count me in' 'maybe' 'so fa.... >> | ||
| If you could hire on.... | I have met the Jenna Jameson lurking around here. .... >> | |
| I want the old Joel (from before he got bitter) fo.... >> | ||
| On Eudora | Just goes to show: One man's poison ... >> | |
| I used to be a Eudora user. While the program stil.... >> | ||
| 13 Jul 2004 | Old farts lack respe.... | I bought into the "it's a young discipline, look a.... >> |
| btw. People do change. Age is only tangentially in.... >> | ||
| 'Being 27, I don't think I'd qualify. ' So you'.... >> | ||
| Old farts lack respect for younger programmers bec.... >> | ||
| Just out of curiosit.... | Outlook >> | |
| Visual C++ 7/7.1 Pro.... | Isn't this called Visual Studio Analyzer now? >> | |
| .Net market share | Strikes me as funny numbers. Given the size of For.... >> | |
| I am a Bad Employee .... | 'I once spent some time working from home ... the .... >> | |
| How do you rate your.... | Maybe if I didn't spend time on JoS I'd 'get thing.... >> | |
| Legitimate emails ge.... | IMHO it used to be quite rare for an email to just.... >> | |
| Emailing a word docu.... | Elephant's description works for me. >> | |
| Video games dont cra.... | 'Academic research in computing is somewhere betwe.... >> | |
| 12 Jul 2004 | question on (microso.... | Steady on there fella. Your 1 post a month frequen.... >> |
| Video games dont cra.... | The testing appears on an exact copy of the machin.... >> | |
| Subscription-based L.... | Dennis, Apple isn't a business company. Where a.... >> | |
| 09 Jul 2004 | Best mail client on .... | Outlook 2003 >> |
| The Myth of Technolo.... | 'Remember that the US is very large and diverse' .... >> | |
| Visual Studio Expres.... | I haven't downloaded it since I don't have the tim.... >> | |
| 36% of software is p.... | The theft rate on software licences is so high bec.... >> | |
| cd burning software .... | I actually do agree with you. I am a fan of KISS, .... >> | |
| Beer isn't free | Same here. I guess our encounters and observations.... >> | |
| 08 Jul 2004 | Metadata Driven Inte.... | I have been there for Browser/Server apps. I went.... >> |
| Objection to XP (ext.... | Traditioinal waterfall spends a huge deal of money.... >> | |
| cd burning software .... | joev, I believe the UNIX world has reinvented c.... >> | |
| Beer isn't free | I worry about the 'free software' in public instit.... >> | |
| Businesses do not pay people because 'it is not al.... >> | ||
| 07 Jul 2004 | cd burning software .... | A more correct way of putting this is comparing th.... >> |
| Crazy ass question | Are you trying to display a few million entries in.... >> | |
| Being Researched | What makes you think there are any real software d.... >> | |
| What was the hypothesis of the work? Did you get a.... >> | ||
| What % of users have.... | In corporate settings Linux was <1% in US and 1.... >> | |
| Exception Handling -.... | This was also one of my main beefs with my (admitt.... >> | |
| Beer isn't free | GPL is not anti making money. You can make money i.... >> | |
| Who says I'm angry? :-) If someone would call a.... >> | ||
| I mean that the 'free' software movement convenien.... >> | ||
| In all the deliberate confusion I still think 'fre.... >> | ||
| 06 Jul 2004 | What % of users have.... | Surveys for large businesses show stark difference.... >> |
| ** Urgent: hosting+d.... | I just tried http://www.godaddy.com for a few new .... >> | |
| Heard good things about http://www.webhost4life.co.... >> | ||
| yet another thread o.... | After a long (3 y) drought offers and invitations .... >> | |
| 05 Jul 2004 | Minimum browser list.... | 'Design for the most standards compliant browsers'.... >> |
| 02 Jul 2004 | I don't have a probl.... | Ged, while what you are saying does ring a bell.... >> |
| your most absurd IT .... | CIO: 'No Active Directory. I am not ready to sell .... >> | |
| What will the web be.... | 'I want virtual reality porn. ' The signature o.... >> | |
| 01 Jul 2004 | Gates and Burns | try: http://www.uzura.jp/tips/simpsons_gates.jpg o.... >> |
| What will the web be.... | '('Grandpa, who was 'Buffy' and why did you have a.... >> | |
| Java->Visual J++ | see also http://www.neward.net/ted/weblog/index.js.... >> | |
| No More Improvements.... | Which by the way leads to the following interestin.... >> | |
| Which not surprizingly is the choice of many (well.... >> | ||
| If you like Joel on .... | http://www.hacknot.info/hacknot/action/home >> | |
| Dashboard vs. Konfab.... | Storm in a teacup. One of the more interesting tak.... >> | |
| Best Freeware Bug Da.... | Unlicenced copy of FogBUGZ? >> | |
| Advice for quitting .... | Why are the other 50% lying? >> | |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Visual Studio 2005 Express pricing >> | |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Business Names | cheezylou.com: let us manage your savings and inve.... >> |
| fantastic - new on-l.... | Why spend all your money on a clever red-queen han.... >> | |
| Visual Studio 2005 E.... | Believe me, it is a big issue at some places. >> | |
| man man | 'If UNIX required secret handshakes and black magi.... >> | |
| Windows & Time | Ori, after these topics my curiosity is peaked. Wh.... >> | |
| 29 Jun 2004 | According to http://dream.eng.uci.edu/TMO/pdf/iso.... >> | |
| Joel Is a Man on Fir.... | 'by then we would have taken our feature-set to a .... >> | |
| Dell Touchpad | I can't get why I never thought of checking the BI.... >> | |
| 28 Jun 2004 | My C640 has the same problem. I installed the syna.... >> | |
| Best IDE for HCI (GU.... | I don't get it. What do you care what language/too.... >> | |
| MySQL license with f.... | Wel, since I was intrigued, and the whole MySQL li.... >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | Today was a slow day in India >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | Most of the things mentioned here are irrelevant. .... >> | |
| Virtual PC / Redhat .... | I have the same setup running, but had the same pr.... >> | |
| 23 Jun 2004 | so after the api war.... | Isn't the browser a VM, though admittedly a really.... >> |
| C#/.NET (Vague Troll.... | I'd say .NET is an evolution of COM+, and C# is an.... >> | |
| How much RAM for XP? | 256 MB wil be OK if you leave out VMWare. For addi.... >> | |
| 22 Jun 2004 | single sign on recom.... | You need your J2EE to play nice with delegation. .... >> |
| Respect to Eric | When you first post something you’re not really gi.... >> | |
| I'm not going to disrespect Joel or Eric by feelin.... >> | ||
| You surf the wave, and sometimes the wave breaks o.... >> | ||
| If both Joel and Eric are tasting the sand because.... >> | ||
| The RedHat Enterpris.... | I wouldn't call the facts "nonsensical" or "contra.... >> | |
| Is there so much between the RedHat and Novell dis.... >> | ||
| Katie, it is not like Dell has the exclusive in.... >> | ||
| Martin, the idea here was that not even the >re.... >> | ||
| That gross margins aren't the whole story is one o.... >> | ||
| I was not trolling, merely questioning a point tha.... >> | ||
| Scoble's latest news.... | First Joel wants us all to start blogs and send hi.... >> | |
| But you'ld loose that bet: http://radio.weblogs.... >> | ||
| Did spyware kill sha.... | I don't understand how you can believe 'looking at.... >> | |
| 21 Jun 2004 | The RedHat Enterprise Linux monopoly? >> | |
| 21 Jun 2004 | Why does Windows slo.... | Myron, are you suggesting repaving is just a pl.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2004 | improving the HTML/CSS/ECMAScript infrastructure >> | |
| 18 Jun 2004 | Why Web apps Won't r.... | Browser apps have only given us two things: a> .... >> |
| Why the browser? | 'First of all... 3 guesses what Joel has been doin.... >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | Why Apple and Sun Can't Sell Computers >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | Need todo and contac.... | You can have this ( http://www.pricegrabber.com/s.... >> |
| Why Apple and Sun Ca.... | Cabby, you are perfectly right. I erred by not lim.... >> | |
| Importing from Eudor.... | Since Eudora "destroyed" the original Mime message.... >> | |
| If I remember correctly (meaning, I could be compl.... >> | ||
| API Wars - Microsoft.... | IBM bet everything on the 'one stop shop' that sol.... >> | |
| Software Development.... | If you want to do the fixes present him with a con.... >> | |
| MS to sell anti-viru.... | The Netscape/Sun/Real recipe: 1. Make crap, bug.... >> | |
| Why people really pr.... | Why do people prefer webmail? Because the only oth.... >> | |
| API War: Joel goes i.... | Word 5.1a was great running on my MacIIcx with an .... >> | |
| Poll: web applicatio.... | Safari, and boy do I hate it being a Web app. Slow.... >> | |
| How Microsoft Lost t.... | It was just a warning in one beta. There was nothi.... >> | |
| Joel as a future Mac.... | This is a definitely a possibility. Lets face it: .... >> | |
| How the browser comp.... | That was just a tongue in cheek reference to Joel'.... >> | |
| Removing the anti-re.... | Thanks guys. I think I will give the aceton/razor .... >> | |
| He is back, He is ba.... | http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html comes pretty.... >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | Removing the anti-reflective coating from a CRT >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | The future API is HT.... | 'If your web app interface is intuitive enough, an.... >> |
| Summary of Joel's La.... | Everybody is going Rich Client apps. The only ques.... >> | |
| How the browser comp.... | MD, I see no finacial statement in any of those.... >> | |
| 'Many, many, many corporations were paying for Net.... >> | ||
| Customizing yourself | I don't consider it a plus to put it mildly. It ca.... >> | |
| Tabbed browsers - wh.... | 'But it's still stuck with IE's broken rendering' .... >> | |
| On Win2k3 | No >> | |
| Will Oracle be my br.... | Albert, for learning SQL Server I would suggest.... >> | |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Good Strategy, Joel! | Embrace and extend. Joel couldn't keep out the /.... >> |
| About outsourcing | I wasn't aware there were masses of ultra cheap qu.... >> | |
| Speed of development | I am currently reading http://safari.oreilly.com/?.... >> | |
| Coder To Developer b.... | I am willing to bet the restocking cost of that bo.... >> | |
| I didn't mean there was something "wrong" with the.... >> | ||
| Interesting. Pehaps it is a US thing, but I would .... >> | ||
| Ethics of running an.... | Call me an old fart, but somehow I don't fancy liv.... >> | |
| My guess is paying the upkeep on this thing just d.... >> | ||
| When is joel coming .... | Umbria is fantstic, but the centers can be very bu.... >> | |
| Looking for advice o.... | Sure, a full HTML DOM is great for the complex pro.... >> | |
| How does MS maintain.... | You can mine some info on this from Rick Shaut's b.... >> | |
| Why leave vowels out.... | I agree: CllThsFnctnTPrfomTsk() is so much more re.... >> | |
| 14 Jun 2004 | Looking for advice o.... | This is easy in most environments. It usually only.... >> |
| JOS Disaster recover.... | 'So, in case this board disappears, where would we.... >> | |
| 11 Jun 2004 | new grads | Gc, care to comment on why a small firm like yo.... >> |
| Got an internet acce.... | Peter, I appologize for the overreaction. >> | |
| Now here is an idea: why don't we sleuth the whole.... >> | ||
| N-Tier stuff | 'TCP already has retransmission and stuff.' On.... >> | |
| You might want to look up .NET Remoting and .NET E.... >> | ||
| My custom JOS Reader.... | If Joel were still around I would suspect these ty.... >> | |
| Word search special .... | I am not sure what you mean. Do you mean you want .... >> | |
| Lack of Adaptability | Cecillia, writing a few hypotetical scenarios i.... >> | |
| Just a thought | AC, you are worried that a technical question w.... >> | |
| IT Salaries in Europ.... | >'On what basis do you make this judgement?' Ye.... >> | |
| How did VMWare do it.... | Since the virtual devices in your VMWare virtual P.... >> | |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Oh yes, the public setor >> | |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Why Not Use Diagrams.... | 'But for some reason software people don't do pict.... >> |
| Lack of Adaptability | Cecillia, this is he 3'rd (4'th) tread you star.... >> | |
| Softare and Object O.... | I find the amount of ceremony, the weight in terms.... >> | |
| Oh yes, the public s.... | This is my 6 monthy appology for all the spelling .... >> | |
| I have just seen an evaluatoin report on a two yea.... >> | ||
| Just a thought | AC, wrt. the motivation thing: (you really need.... >> | |
| Stoopid question: ho.... | http://www.tundermain.com/rss/ >> | |
| Bored, a really convenient way to keep up with .... >> | ||
| Yup the problem is n.... | 'If it was demonstrably secure then business clien.... >> | |
| IT Salaries in Europ.... | Don't you sometimes get the feeling that the whole.... >> | |
| ' i know that everyone who is in need will be take.... >> | ||
| Out of my monthly wage, around 13% goes to nationa.... >> | ||
| Thanks for the spam | 'On the basis of shipping vulnerable software.' .... >> | |
| 'A better argument might be that MS should be held.... >> | ||
| 09 Jun 2004 | Avoiding Indecisiven.... | If this is a software project you are both involve.... >> |
| 'I'm forced into a position where I have to someho.... >> | ||
| First or last presen.... | Go third. Seriously. They wont let themselves get .... >> | |
| How did VMWare do it.... | 'In this presentation I will describe the main cha.... >> | |
| Thanks for the spam | 'Were it not for all the swiss-cheese security hol.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2004 | MD5 - How do I use t.... | http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;.... >> |
| Sulking? | I guess the fact that even http://discuss.fogcreek.... >> | |
| Eric Sink -> Law .... | http://software.ericsink.com/item_10177.html >> | |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Free Licenses for Backup Servers >> | |
| 07 Jun 2004 | XML Spy Home Edition free >> | |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Postal code database.... | Send those who do not know off to http://www.terra.... >> |
| Catching undercover .... | OK, I'll confess. This whole site was an elaborate.... >> | |
| Is the tide now goin.... | In the end, it all comes down to insentives. I pr.... >> | |
| Piracy can be good? | The only way I see piracy having a positive side t.... >> | |
| The thing I hate mos.... | 'I never send in reports to Microsoft. Let them p.... >> | |
| 04 Jun 2004 | smart people | Ged, sorry, but it is not in English, and in a .... >> |
| No. I vaguely know the way the tests go here: it i.... >> | ||
| Just read a sociology article on the results the t.... >> | ||
| IT is a great indust.... | Herr Herr, thanks for the uplifting post. Made .... >> | |
| Windows XP SP2 And P.... | Bull. A continual security update service is an im.... >> | |
| Forbes:Google's Mail.... | 'First time i heard of something called petabyte o.... >> | |
| Run screaming into t.... | 'It's funny. Back in college (late 80's/early 90's.... >> | |
| Virtual PC or Drive .... | I have been running Win2k3 in VPC on Win2k3 in tes.... >> | |
| If you were Microsof.... | 'You mean parasites like Microsoft?' Whoever. A.... >> | |
| 'A fine point, and prolly not even worth all the e.... >> | ||
| 'When we ask Sun for prices, what we get is the ha.... >> | ||
| I think for the most part they are doing the right.... >> | ||
| what an article! | If the writer op the article has any IT experience.... >> | |
| sounding off: Linux .... | If the project budget didn't even allow for a Wind.... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | 'Gimme a link to PHP rpm for RedHat 7.1 (seawolf) .... >> | |
| Where's Joel? | He got drafted. Special elite early draft. He has .... >> | |
| Windows based Email .... | Oulook. It isn't perfect by far, but it is ahead o.... >> | |
| Trade Shows | T least with a booth babe it's obvious, just eyeca.... >> | |
| The rise of .NET | 'Semi-warring fractions' doesn't exactly sound lik.... >> | |
| Some would disagree on the collaboration thing, cf.... >> | ||
| Suns' innovative pri.... | What I found interesting was this quote in a Rerut.... >> | |
| Some thoughts, some .... | Just two small aditional comments (1) The defau.... >> | |
| Reading Usenet with .... | Oops, tto quick. Have a look at http://dmoz.org/Co.... >> | |
| http://groups.google.com >> | ||
| I really like Newsgator as an aggregator. I wouldn.... >> | ||
| Knowledge Workers | Cecillia, first I'd suggest getting some sleep..... >> | |
| Dell Laptops | 'Something related to the video display makes that.... >> | |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Does this exist >> | |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Daughter needs a lap.... | Go value, and get her a new one in 2,5 years. The .... >> |
| Knowledge Workers | 'There might be another way around… why not design.... >> | |
| Microsoft Interview .... | Definetly http://weblogs.asp.net/jobsblog/ >> | |
| The demise of the MD.... | I really dislike MDI. Why constrain your documents.... >> | |
| VB at the Movies | 'What movies?' http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joel.... >> | |
| Image library s/w | 'there's a definite feeling within AI (and not jus.... >> | |
| How do I turn pirate.... | 'Send six bucks to the artist (NOT the record comp.... >> | |
| 01 Jun 2004 | Now *this* would be .... | BillG sighed and said 'No, I was thinking that we .... >> |
| Has a file changed? | No need for .NET programming for computing hashes .... >> | |
| 31 May 2004 | But, but... I though.... | Got a bit carried away there Philo? I know it must.... >> |
| Server Uptime? | This uptime obsession is one thing I really fail t.... >> | |
| Microsoft, Oracle bu.... | Could it be there are plenty of decent developers .... >> | |
| Unix books | Get "The Design and Implementation of the BSD Oper.... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Win2k forever >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Nomic World: By the players, for the players >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Should I retire? | 'But if you focus on performance of a broad range .... >> |
| BTW, even though Anon is trolling, the Dollar defi.... >> | ||
| http://www.refconews.com/cur_usd_f_f.html 'In r.... >> | ||
| I'd convert it to something with a bit more stable.... >> | ||
| Are we talking Rupee, Yen, Bath, Won or Bolivar he.... >> | ||
| Nomic World: By the .... | btw., this group seems to be doing a torough job. .... >> | |
| This was more a "heads up" kind of post really. Th.... >> | ||
| Critical Group Size | It really depends on the type of meeting. When you.... >> | |
| Not Quite New York C.... | I must admit that when I first noticed it I though.... >> | |
| How to center text i.... | http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?fa.... >> | |
| As I remember the Office 2003 installer was quite .... >> | ||
| I checked in 2000, the option is not present there.... >> | ||
| My version is 2003 >> | ||
| Do it by selecting "Resize Autoshape to fit text" .... >> | ||
| Silly managers | This extract fro Clay Shirky's most recent article.... >> | |
| 27 May 2004 | My own VM | VM's without any means of programming them were al.... >> |
| Sound Recording and .... | http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=.... >> | |
| Tips & Tricks to.... | Fred, these type of issues are notoriously diff.... >> | |
| KC, in my experience the opposite is also true:.... >> | ||
| Why is it so difficu.... | The hardest part in shipping for small (often one .... >> | |
| Programmers not peop.... | Thge autism connection is interesting. I heard it .... >> | |
| Chris Stone on Open/.... | 'If those jar files are licenced under the LGPL th.... >> | |
| A new era? | For what it is worth, Eric and his company have sh.... >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | A new era? >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | Webhosts4Life has be.... | 'But what do you expect for your $10 a month' T.... >> |
| The number of posts..... | There is definetly a positive correlation between .... >> | |
| LDAP Browsers | It is in the support tools section on your Windows.... >> | |
| 25 May 2004 | Distributed Systems | Cecillia, it is still a bit unclear to me, but .... >> |
| What is the problem you are trying to solve by goi.... >> | ||
| 21 May 2004 | Future of desktop de.... | Christopher, Why do you feel so strong about pu.... >> |
| my gripes with Offic.... | I always find it amazing that people that are not .... >> | |
| Good place to buy SS.... | Nice theory Eric, but as they say: 'In theory, the.... >> | |
| Moral conundrum | At least here in Europe switching contractors on l.... >> | |
| 19 May 2004 | Help me come up with.... | http://www.HelpMeComeUpWithADomainName.com >> |
| Why Byte (the paper .... | It was runover by a big truck called "the Web". >> | |
| Moral conundrum | You are going to be laid of. You are offered a job.... >> | |
| Google & Microso.... | btw, the "indexing is no problem" was a big white .... >> | |
| Dir, In enterprise search there are two 'top do.... >> | ||
| Google's current domain is Web search. This is tec.... >> | ||
| Quikview.exe on Win2.... | It is now http://www.stellent.com/stellent3/idcplg.... >> | |
| yahoo mail is slow a.... | http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html , altho.... >> | |
| 17 May 2004 | Physically separate networks >> | |
| 17 May 2004 | Legit! ...and softwa.... | I believe most MS volume licences also allow insta.... >> |
| Embeddable HTTP Serv.... | http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/01/Cut.... >> | |
| Mantis | Since many people here indicated there micht be a .... >> | |
| Joel, check this out.... | OK, so how much do you guys and galls think a quic.... >> | |
| Oracle hardware plan.... | Since you said OLTP your still gonna hit the disks.... >> | |
| 2GB is a really small DB. Even so, you will probab.... >> | ||
| Norrick Throws In th.... | Norrick, I think you need a breader. Try some m.... >> | |
| 15 May 2004 | What another awsome .... | I am just to damn good for this place. You all .... >> |
| 14 May 2004 | Why 30 days? | Carefull with that Elephant. You did see all the w.... >> |
| 30 days is often too short for me. You have some t.... >> | ||
| Testing sites with M.... | try http://www.danvine.com/icapture/ , it is like .... >> | |
| Hey, hey 16K (someth.... | Manic Miner was incredible. Boy was I hooked on th.... >> | |
| More Win XP Pro Blue.... | The owner of the file is god, not the admin. The a.... >> | |
| Media coverage of in.... | Christopher never said you only need a firewall on.... >> | |
| Lower cost alternate.... | Since you are a student chances are very high you .... >> | |
| RIP Ask Joel | 'my understanding is that all the regulars on this.... >> | |
| "Not broke? Don't fi.... | Martin, according to that reasoning all your sy.... >> | |
| Hoser, I also am still on RedHat 9 with no inte.... >> | ||
| Massive Windows Pain.... | I really don't know. From what I read their main c.... >> | |
| Stephen, we must be reading different things in.... >> | ||
| Stephen, I do 'understand', but without any fac.... >> | ||
| Stephen, I did get it but I could not find spec.... >> | ||
| Where is the Ask Joe.... | 'Gosh, I think this sounds like a blog.' Are yo.... >> | |
| 13 May 2004 | Design Skills are Wo.... | 'You decide whether you want to spend money on a f.... >> |
| Meta Tags - Do they .... | Brad, are you sure about Google. I thought it w.... >> | |
| "Not broke? Don't fi.... | Hoser, at least now when your nephew drops buy .... >> | |
| If the patch is for vulnerability of service X run.... >> | ||
| Not installing a patch or upgrade is perfectly acc.... >> | ||
| Is 64-bit worth it? | There is a lott more to it than just the dual proc.... >> | |
| Massive Windows Pain.... | Stephen, I also Googled but was unable to find .... >> | |
| JRH, my appologies. Clearly something is messed.... >> | ||
| No Stephen, you just don't know, speculate and .... >> | ||
| Stephen, I'll take that as a no. >> | ||
| Stephen, can you post a reference to a credible ar.... >> | ||
| I might be interested in a half price hookup if al.... >> | ||
| ' 'EVery laptop I bought.' Past tense. The policy .... | ||