| When | Item | Comment |
| 01 Sep 2004 |
Why buy tech support.... |
I would be positively surprised if official Borlan....
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| 09 Jul 2004 |
Firefox extensions |
'Is there a way to get firefox to put shortcuts to....
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Myserious billboard |
On second thought, that was a childish post of min....
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Spoiler:
The answer is:
5966290435
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| 23 Jun 2004 |
Centrino 2.0Ghz(Doth.... |
Easy: get the Centrino. It is just as fast, while ....
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| 17 Jun 2004 |
Firefox - First Go |
Oh, and you can drag bookmark folders on the link ....
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F3 works too to go to the next occurrence. Use bac....
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Tools in Source Cont.... |
Duplication is never a good idea, neither in your ....
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| 03 Jun 2004 |
sounding off: Linux .... |
Paolo, the fact that RH 7, 8 and 9 are no longer s....
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Who doesn't like a good old Linux rules/sucks flam....
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| 01 Jun 2004 |
Norah Jones |
Actually those CD's legally aren't even CD's. Phil....
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where: discussion bo.... |
That would be PHPBB then:
http://www.phpbb.com/
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Has a file changed? |
No need to use .NET to watch file systems either.
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Very painful project.... |
If you are considering to resign anyway try to com....
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| 30 May 2004 |
But, but... I though.... |
Sure Apache needs patches just like any other appl....
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Preparing to divorce.... |
You will be hard pressed to find a serious dedicat....
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| 25 May 2004 |
Dealing with Efficie.... |
Seems like an excellent way to test management. Se....
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| 24 May 2004 |
Engineering failures.... |
He you guys, you might notice that I used the word....
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Grrrr, yahoo links to image change when they add n....
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Disasters never happen alone. There's always a com....
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As an aeronautical engineer and currently software....
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Math library questio.... |
I can't take seriously the argument that ....
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Hmmm. That sounds awfully arrogant.
This is us....
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I happen to have flown aircraft, hold a Master of ....
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Philo, all mathematical calculations must be done ....
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| 20 May 2004 |
The last time you us.... |
Anytime you need to go through a tree type data st....
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| 16 May 2004 |
What another awsome .... |
He Joel, that is one hilarious piece you wrote. I'....
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| 13 May 2004 |
Is 64-bit worth it? |
The biggest reason for me to prefer an AMD64 over ....
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| 06 May 2004 |
How many LOC per day.... |
The only correlation between productivity and LOCs....
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| 05 May 2004 |
software registratio.... |
Like Dennis, I don't buy software that calls home ....
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| 29 Apr 2004 |
Lack of social skill.... |
I am not rude. The others are overly sensitive.
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| 27 Apr 2004 |
Are company blogs a .... |
[trying to explain my bad humor attempt to Sir Jus....
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Couldn't you just have posted this in your blog?
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Uber Cool |
'It's more efficient to have one copy of it in a c....
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| 25 Apr 2004 |
Professional Courtes.... |
You probably just caught Joel before his coffee on....
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| 23 Apr 2004 |
Error handling - why.... |
Great idea. I should just create perfect code with....
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Error rc=1 |
Google is a real cool tool:
http://groups.google.....
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| 21 Apr 2004 |
Indy for FTP |
I'm using Indy FTP with passive and proxy options ....
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| 16 Apr 2004 |
Interview: Bringing .... |
If you were the one hiring would you like the cand....
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Protyping Web Based .... |
For quick prototypes use a WYSIWYG HTML editor. Dr....
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| 14 Apr 2004 |
Recommend 802.11b ac.... |
I own a US Robotics USR 8022 combined access poin....
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Recommended servers .... |
One recommendation is to stick to really boring, n....
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| 03 Mar 2004 |
Xboxology |
A software developer is a creator, a gamer is a ju....
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| 01 Mar 2004 |
Lacking Enough Techn.... |
There will always be an infinite amount of trivial....
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| 28 Feb 2004 |
-- Convert presentat.... |
You might try open office. It allows exporting pow....
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| 22 Feb 2004 |
Scroll speed in fire.... |
Firefox docs:
http://texturizer.net/firefox/
F....
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| 21 Feb 2004 |
dreaming of products |
A cheap malaria vaccine.
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| 18 Feb 2004 |
Java or Python? |
I should have course said that Python is dynamical....
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I have been looking around for the 'Delphi Next Ge....
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| 17 Feb 2004 |
Firewall-friendly re.... |
TightVNC from a local workstation works for me.&nb....
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Middle Click Scrolli.... |
Sorry for the naming confusion. I meant the latest....
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The Firebird all-in-one gestures extension allow y....
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| 16 Feb 2004 |
comment devenir pomp.... |
It should not get weirder than this.
If you wa....
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| 15 Feb 2004 |
Removing Programs th.... |
Check out the start menu and this registry key:
H....
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Amazon review scams .... |
And then they only caught those that weren't smart....
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| 09 Feb 2004 |
Firebird 0.8 -> F.... |
The Clean or Safe install feature causing the prob....
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James, you can drag and drop the links on the Pers....
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Cynic, the installation bug has been fixed.
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And to answer my own question. The mirrors are her....
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Seems like they need some download mirrors. The ft....
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| 08 Feb 2004 |
HLP to CHM Help conv.... |
And another vote for Help & Manual. Now if onl....
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Firebird 0.8 might d.... |
I for one am happy to see the 'Clean install' feat....
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| 04 Feb 2004 |
Firebird 0.8 might delete all your files
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| 03 Feb 2004 |
RAID5 Question |
Most of today's drives support SMART which allows ....
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| 02 Feb 2004 |
Dual Xeon now, or wa.... |
If you need fast compiles you might want to check ....
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Using shame to stop .... |
Product activation does not help against cracks. I....
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Another critique of .... |
As someone who actually makes a living selling shr....
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| 31 Jan 2004 |
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That's a good rant. Of course Joel is right. Geeks....
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| 29 Jan 2004 |
Upgrade to the latest and greatest
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| 29 Jan 2004 |
ISP taking liberties.... |
Maybe they want to check all outgoing email for vi....
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My Adventures with o.... |
Gee guys stop the flaming. Everyone makes mistakes....
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First, you are totally right and should have follo....
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Delphi compiles to s.... |
My thoughts exactly. When the news got out that Bo....
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| 28 Jan 2004 |
Some questions about.... |
Modern viruses don't only send themselves to the a....
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Delphi for ShrinkWra.... |
I concur on not using the BDE if you need database....
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Think Joel is Wrong? |
While it is quite funny , my thoughts are immediat....
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| 20 Jan 2004 |
Is the ship sinking .... |
Could it be that there is some internal cleansing ....
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| 15 Jan 2004 |
displaying infos: sc.... |
I would vote none of the above and drop the scroll....
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| 09 Jan 2004 |
Noise Levels in the .... |
Most people only look at gigaherzs and megabytes w....
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| 21 Dec 2003 |
Did linux just show .... |
What I like about Perens is that, unlike most Linu....
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| 24 Nov 2003 |
Define: bug |
Everything that is perceived as a bug by your user....
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| 23 Nov 2003 |
Web Hosting |
For 18 months now I lease a dedicated server at ev....
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| 19 Nov 2003 |
Blaming poor UI on u.... |
I concur: your theory is exactly what Norman's boo....
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Installing new progr.... |
Never thought of it as a feature. I always thought....
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Sofware reseller ask.... |
I've met a few too many resellers with big sales e....
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| 18 Nov 2003 |
Aeron Chairs |
Got one for 2 years now and would rate it 10 out o....
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| 12 Nov 2003 |
PHP overview |
I had to do PHP stuff the last few days. I downloa....
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| 04 Nov 2003 |
FogCreek's site is n.... |
After installation the google bar asks you if you ....
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| 13 Oct 2003 |
Web Site Indexing/Se.... |
Last time I checked the Fluid Dynamics Search Engi....
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| 09 Oct 2003 |
Wow
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| 06 Oct 2003 |
desktop photo catalo.... |
If your images are mainly jpeg and tiff use the IP....
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Jolly News |
It's your mother ;)
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Next version of Delp.... |
In April Borland's Open Letter said:
'Helping o....
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| 04 Oct 2003 |
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When Borland stated in April 2003:
'Octane will b....
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| 01 Oct 2003 |
What is Hyperthreadi.... |
http://www.arstechnica.com/paedia/h/hyperthreading....
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| 29 Sep 2003 |
Weird .NET / Athlon .... |
Local shops that build there own computers often m....
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| 25 Sep 2003 |
Top notch developmen.... |
Fred, switch the systems.
Only half jokin here.....
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Smart, But Don't get.... |
Smartness is overrated. Success depends much more ....
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| 24 Sep 2003 |
The Swen Virus, and .... |
Receiving that many virus emails on a standard acc....
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| 23 Sep 2003 |
When is a bug a bug? |
Everything your end-users perceive as a bug is a b....
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| 17 Sep 2003 |
Borlands C++ builder.... |
Seeing as Borland are now going for the c....
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Books on Sodftware D.... |
Yes get it. Every coder should read this book.
....
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| 14 Sep 2003 |
Web page watcher? |
Hmmm. Matthew, you are right. It used to work when....
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In Mozilla/Firebird:
Right click any bookmark a....
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MySQL Installation &.... |
MySQL is also free for commercial use. You only ca....
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| 08 Sep 2003 |
Good mailing list to.... |
Mojo:
http://mojo.skazat.com/
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Excruciatingly frust.... |
Mozilla, Firebird, Netscape, Opera and Internet Ex....
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| 05 Sep 2003 |
Why didn't SOBIG aff.... |
You won't see MS Blaster in your email as it sprea....
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| 13 Aug 2003 |
Google is getting wo.... |
It's a good example of how to optimize for Google.....
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| 30 Jul 2003 |
To write from scratc.... |
When a certain authority writes 'Never write from ....
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| 16 Jul 2003 |
Linux in Munich... D.... |
I was incomplete the $2 million I mentioned were o....
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Did Joel really start a Windows/Linux flame war ;)....
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AMD or Intel for lap.... |
Prakash, it's in my post. An Acer Travelmate 800lc....
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| 14 Jul 2003 |
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Replace 'I am like' with 'I like'.
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I am like AMD CPU's but for laptops get a Intel Ce....
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| 07 Jul 2003 |
damn crackers :-( |
I do agree that most crackers are there for the pr....
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Dongles are generally not much more difficult to c....
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| 05 Jul 2003 |
Anybody tried WINE? |
When first trying Knoppix 3.1 I could not believe ....
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| 01 Jul 2003 |
Website Critics Welc.... |
Not trying to bash here, but if you put your site ....
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| 25 Jun 2003 |
Is email from sun.co.... |
It's the sobig virus variant. I received it from M....
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Collecting VAT on so.... |
All our sales are handled by Regsoft.com. I contac....
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| 21 Jun 2003 |
What's the big deal .... |
Pity that they didn't do a startup.com type movie ....
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| 20 Jun 2003 |
Google results quali.... |
Google's quality has indeed degraded as a result o....
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| 18 Jun 2003 |
Reiser FS gets rewri.... |
If Extreme Programming and Refactoring are conside....
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| 16 Jun 2003 |
Ungrateful users... |
Developers that get annoyed by ungrateful users ar....
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Your Perfect Company |
Aaah, the perfect company.
I would have loved s....
>> |
| 12 Jun 2003 |
Rav no more... |
Try the open source and free ClamAV in combination....
>> |
| 10 Jun 2003 |
WHO NAMES A NAMESPAC.... |
I have seen developers map an single character arr....
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| 05 Jun 2003 |
Ouch, I'm Windows 95...
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| 05 Jun 2003 |
Ouch, I'm Windows 95.... |
It get's worse, my girlfriend is Slackware Linux, ....
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| 04 Jun 2003 |
Anyone used java for.... |
Joe,
Not sure if I was unclear, but I was respo....
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The only big Java desktop package I know ....
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| 03 Jun 2003 |
My #1 recommendation.... |
My vote goes to mailscanner in combination with sp....
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Shrink-wrap develope.... |
A little sidestep: You might want to consider usin....
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A new web broswer |
Why png? What can you do with that forma....
>> |
| 02 Jun 2003 |
Shrink-wrap develope.... |
'Delphi is dead'
I've been hearing that since 1....
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A new web broswer |
If you like preferences, try typing 'about:config'....
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| 01 Jun 2003 |
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Two more recommendations for add-ons:
1) Checky....
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| 26 May 2003 |
Google search result.... |
As most will know Google updates its index each mo....
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Any reason to consid.... |
Delphi does something special: It gives you a choi....
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The fact that a technology is backed by Microsoft ....
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| 20 May 2003 |
Build times |
Just checked. My current Delphi project of 236K li....
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| 10 May 2003 |
comparing connection.... |
Web site loading speed is mostly influenced by the....
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| 04 May 2003 |
How long does your s.... |
Good Windows and Linux administrators do not set u....
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| 03 May 2003 |
Reading text files |
Think Google.
Instead of showing a list of fil....
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| 28 Apr 2003 |
Progamming graphical.... |
I happen to browse along this open source MYSQL da....
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| 19 Apr 2003 |
OpenOffice |
Openoffice spellchecker for dozens of languages ca....
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| 17 Apr 2003 |
InstallShield: Don't.... |
Hmmm Installshield...
Been there, done that, wo....
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| 28 Feb 2003 |
Web Services |
Web services = RPC using XML via HTTP
>> |
| 25 Feb 2003 |
Experience with CVS .... |
Is it me going too paranoid or does this topic loo....
>> |
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Ranking projects by .... |
KLOC's are a very dangerous parameter to measure a....
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| 23 Feb 2003 |
Favorite telnet clie.... |
Yep port forwarding is great. It makes anything (f....
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| 22 Feb 2003 |
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My vote goes to putty, especially because it suppo....
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| 19 Feb 2003 |
Who dropped the ball.... |
Ahum. Hello everybody: I was joking. Or at least t....
>> |
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the BIOS that was asking for someone to p....
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Questions about moderation are not allowed. This t....
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| 18 Feb 2003 |
Becoming a highly co.... |
As stated a few times before on this forum:
Sou....
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| 16 Feb 2003 |
How soon would you f.... |
First, if you haven't done so already, ask his fel....
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| 11 Feb 2003 |
Inno Setup for SQL S.... |
I just happen to come along this very clean web si....
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You are much more likely to get a good answer by a....
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| 08 Feb 2003 |
CVS Help needed |
Tortoise messed up my explorer view.
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| 07 Feb 2003 |
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For anyone trying CVS: what some people don't know....
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| 06 Feb 2003 |
ClearCase Source Con.... |
No other product (AFAIK) has views where ....
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| 05 Feb 2003 |
Website statistical .... |
I mainly use webalizer. It's old but gives me ever....
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Nice article Joel ...... |
Yes, thanks for the very nice real world experienc....
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| 28 Jan 2003 |
EFS Data Recovery |
Ok then, the user should never have to th....
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| 27 Jan 2003 |
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One should not blindly use features of an....
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| 26 Jan 2003 |
Murphy's Law |
I'm not a Windows security expert so I shouldn't r....
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Before you set up encrypted folders you a....
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| 24 Jan 2003 |
Recommendations soug.... |
I'm making an assumption here that y....
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| 19 Jan 2003 |
SourceForge Enterpri.... |
I would like to add a second question to that: Did....
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| 18 Jan 2003 |
Java vs. Perl/PHP |
I would recommend to both take classes. PHP, Perl ....
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| 16 Jan 2003 |
Mouth Wide Shut |
Another advantage about the Mouth Wide Shut policy....
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Free or Inexpensive .... |
<>
Just discovered that....
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| 09 Jan 2003 |
Good Serial Codes |
Again it's much better to add features to your pro....
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Handling multipler v.... |
[Wow. Somebody actually responded. I must be an ef....
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[..]is there a better solution?
....
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| 08 Jan 2003 |
Good Serial Codes |
You're right. Let me rephrase that. Public key alg....
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| 07 Jan 2003 |
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Public keys don't work with shareware. Here's ever....
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best way to learn SQ.... |
If you're asking: I find the naming the most worri....
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| 05 Jan 2003 |
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If you want to learn MYSQL and PHP you might also ....
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| 03 Jan 2003 |
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SQL for Mere Mortals [..] is highly regar....
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| 27 Dec 2002 |
Instant Messenger Se.... |
I don't chat (or SMS). Tried both once and found i....
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God and Computers |
This must be discussion 100,000,001 about God(s) e....
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| 23 Dec 2002 |
Protecting shareware |
Trying to protect your application against cracker....
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| 16 Dec 2002 |
PHP vs ASP |
<>
Oh dear....
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| 15 Dec 2002 |
Mr. Moneybags |
It seems like this discussion focuses on proving o....
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| 10 Dec 2002 |
What IS that picture.... |
but a caption would have been more useful....
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| 09 Dec 2002 |
Bella. What's .... |
While IMHO Bella bordered trolling in his earlier ....
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Code Reviews - Does .... |
Loads of Code Reviews seem to be done because the ....
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| 08 Dec 2002 |
Rewriting WinAmp from scratch (part 2)
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| 05 Dec 2002 |
Swing UI? |
Before recommending a development tool, a bit more....
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<>
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Microsoft College In.... |
Well said Mark. Exactly my thoughts.
Developin....
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| 04 Dec 2002 |
Doesn't anyone make .... |
All I can find are 15' at 1024x768 and 17....
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| 30 Nov 2002 |
Coding vs. design |
I consider Coder to be a honorary title. But then ....
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| 17 Oct 2002 |
message board font |
I don't care about a well chosen font. What I do w....
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| 13 Oct 2002 |
Evolt Article: Macro.... |
The fact that WYSIWYG makes creating web pages eas....
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| 09 Oct 2002 |
Joel,is there a func.... |
You would use the ExtractTemporaryFile method.
....
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Very interesting to see an actual spec. I would lo....
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FogCreek users |
First, I would never ever call my users stupid. Th....
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| 04 Oct 2002 |
Inno Setup - a free .... |
NSIS installers don't lo....
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| 03 Oct 2002 |
Project Management f.... |
<>> |
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Best thing: Read Peopleware
Worst thing: Not re....
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| 01 Oct 2002 |
Shrinkwrap db app de.... |
Every time I see one of these discussions about pr....
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CVS vs Perforce vs ?.... |
I use WinCVS and knew that Tortoise existed, but I....
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| 29 Sep 2002 |
Forum software packa.... |
VBulletin used to set the standards and I do use i....
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| 24 Sep 2002 |
Decent alternative t.... |
Here's another vote for Beyond Compare. It's great....
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| 16 Sep 2002 |
Web site authenticat.... |
The security problem you describe has been faced b....
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| 11 Sep 2002 |
One insightful inter.... |
Bad readability
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| 30 Aug 2002 |
WISE vs. InstallShie.... |
Chris Tavares wrote:
'I've never written an insta....
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| 29 Aug 2002 |
What would you? |
I would have a very very difficult time deciding b....
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WISE vs. InstallShie.... |
I the danger of being redundant: there's only one ....
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| 23 Aug 2002 |
MENSA and all it ent.... |
The mere fact of wanting to belong to one of these....
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| 19 Aug 2002 |
Changing font size.. |
Joshua wrote:
'As I suppose most everyone here al....
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| 16 Aug 2002 |
Catching all uncaugh.... |
Erik van Linstee wrote:
'Are you thinking of exce....
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| 15 Aug 2002 |
WinAmp, another soft.... |
OK the developers can't sit back and enjoy their c....
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| 09 Aug 2002 |
Peter Coffee on Apol.... |
As a master of science in aeronautics and currentl....
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| 07 Aug 2002 |
Buy One Get 3 - Is t.... |
Yes that's what I meant. Only with a sidemark that....
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Although Java is great tool, I don't recall it doi....
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| 06 Aug 2002 |
Are LCD screens bett.... |
From my experience, yes they are much better.
....
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| 02 Aug 2002 |
the best company to .... |
Your own company?
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| 31 Jul 2002 |
Favorite Source Cont.... |
Most source control products will run on a server ....
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| 30 Jul 2002 |
what kind of music d.... |
I read Peopleware and agree with its music example....
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Recommendation for D.... |
I'm looking around for the exact same thing. The b....
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| 16 Jul 2002 |
What's the best text.... |
And while we are trashing the Slickedit site, did ....
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| 11 Jul 2002 |
Views on UML? |
'Those who know me' wrote:
<>> |
| 10 Jul 2002 |
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Pop quiz: From which book on Joel's list are the f....
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| 02 Jul 2002 |
Teaching the wife ho.... |
- Ask what she wants (email, browse the Internet, ....
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| 01 Jul 2002 |
Start a company |
Rules for Revolutionaries by Guy Kawasaki.
http:....
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| 12 Jun 2002 |
This chef has no clo.... |
Ray Gardner wrote:
<< See
http://www.bleading-ed....
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| 11 Jun 2002 |
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X. J. Scott wrote:
<< The operational context of ....
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Someone with a long name wrote:
<>> |
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Wanted: Volunteers t.... |
Some people just plain astonish me.
Joel asks f....
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| 10 Jun 2002 |
This chef has no clo.... |
Paul Vincent Craven wrote:
'I have no idea how mu....
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Wanted: Volunteers t.... |
Philippe Back ecrit:
'Ce serait un peu compliqué ....
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Sylvia Tanner wrote:
'is Joel paying any of these....
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| 08 Jun 2002 |
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It seems to me the big question is: Kunnen we nu o....
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| 07 Jun 2002 |
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Yeh, I was wondering why too.
Isn't english the....
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MOZILLA 1.0 |
Oh and (totally irrelevant I know, but for those w....
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There are plenty of quirks still, so if in doubt k....
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| 05 Jun 2002 |
Creating help files .... |
Frederik Slijkerman wrote:
<>> |
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Harvey Motulsky wrote:
<>> |
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Extreme Programming .... |
Anon wrote:
<>> |
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Tony wrote:
<>> |
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[Q] Bitkeeper vs. ot.... |
Richard Kuo wrote:
<>> |
| 21 May 2002 |
The Importance of Ed.... |
b wrote:
'If you spend 10% of your total coding t....
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RealNames |
Personally I could not care less, but it seems tha....
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| 18 May 2002 |
Another MS Office ki.... |
Jeff MacDonald wrote:
'Would anybody out there bu....
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| 17 May 2002 |
Weird client behavio.... |
Eric Debois wrote:
'I tell them that the function....
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Another MS Office ki.... |
Bella wrote:
'What is the theorem that says a tec....
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| 14 May 2002 |
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Ori Berger wrote:
'None of the Excel alternatives....
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Jack O. wrote:
'Now, MS faces the grim spectre of....
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| 13 May 2002 |
Another MS Office killer?
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| 07 May 2002 |
Five Worlds, Embedde.... |
nonconsultant wrote:
'Joel said that there are no....
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| 01 May 2002 |
what is a superstar .... |
ghetto superstar wrote:
'What is a superstar prog....
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| 29 Apr 2002 |
Joel on XP |
I'd say he is practical.
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| 24 Apr 2002 |
.net again, for a ch.... |
Adam Vandenberg wrote:
'Last time I checked, whic....
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| 13 Apr 2002 |
"Eat your own dog fo.... |
Don't remember where, but I lately noticed the "Ea....
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| 05 Apr 2002 |
Application Architec.... |
Troy, you are right in correcting me. What I said ....
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| 04 Apr 2002 |
New CTO Looking For .... |
My current thoughts:
1) Ask, listen and learn
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Application Architec.... |
Matt wrote:
'If any section causes an error (fair....
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Christopher Wells wrote:
'with SQL you can get ('....
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| 27 Mar 2002 |
Giving code away |
Alfred Heineken always said:
'I never give away m....
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| 24 Mar 2002 |
Not hiring coders ov.... |
Bella wrote:
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A couple a thoughts that went through my head read....
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| 20 Mar 2002 |
anyone else find thi.... |
Adam Fisk wrote:
'Go home troll.'
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Yes, a good old mud slinging and ego fight. I love....
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Resize and close win.... |
Malcolm wrote:
'[..]in Windows XP the start menu,....
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DB wrote:
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My First Vacation In.... |
Timothy Falconer wrote:
'If Europeans took every ....
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| 19 Mar 2002 |
What must the great .... |
Richard J. wrote:
'What must the great programmer....
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| 17 Mar 2002 |
What do you want fro.... |
Timothy Falconer wrote:
'What do you want from th....
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| 14 Mar 2002 |
.NET, Visual Studio..... |
Mike Gunderloy wrote:
'VB6 now feels clunky and w....
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Should programmers a.... |
I wrote:
'Steve McConnell said it well in Code Co....
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Steve Wheeler wrote:
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Boomhauer wrote:
'The 'official' rule at my last ....
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| 13 Mar 2002 |
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Doug Withau wrote:
'Should programmers admin thei....
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| 04 Mar 2002 |
Visual Modelling Too.... |
Ori Berger wrote:
'Back in 83 when I first studie....
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| 27 Feb 2002 |
Web Services: the Ne.... |
Funny, the same issue just popped up in the Delphi....
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| 26 Feb 2002 |
Internationalization.... |
Michael H. Pryor wrote:
'For web apps (or just we....
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What would you do? |
And to stay on topic:
'1 - Getting the project ....
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Mike wrote:
'I just bought a second hard drive an....
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| 23 Feb 2002 |
What does "Code Comp.... |
'What does 'Code Complete' mean to you?'
The be....
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| 08 Feb 2002 |
bloated old school d.... |
Interesting read.
Famous last words:
<< We ful....
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| 07 Feb 2002 |
Is the Web a Wank? |
Tony wrote:
'Say for example a medium sized accou....
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| 31 Jan 2002 |
Where to begin... |
Opinions differ to say the least. It all depends o....
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| 29 Jan 2002 |
Pricing Software |
I would be very cautious (but then again I'm the p....
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| 28 Jan 2002 |
PDA'sLUseful or Crap.... |
Efficient? Hell no. Useful? That depends on who yo....
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New specs coming up .... |
SSSSS wrote:
<< I am more referring to crucial fe....
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| 27 Jan 2002 |
Re-writes when tools.... |
Years ago I translated an application from Unix C+....
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| 23 Jan 2002 |
Patching software |
On the danger of sounding like one of those Muppet....
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| 20 Jan 2002 |
Your thoughts on ASP.... |
Roger wrote:
'I'm seriously considering to switch....
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| 17 Jan 2002 |
.net is... |
'.NET is a feature-filled services platform for bu....
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| 16 Jan 2002 |
Made with City Desk .... |
Who clicks banners anyway these days?
If I wer....
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SDI vs. MDI |
pb wrote;
'You're not really piggy-backing Micros....
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Chris Dunford wrote:
'MDI Considered Harmful.
Ho....
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MDI is pretty much considered evil now for a range....
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| 08 Jan 2002 |
Staying focused |
My first step in solving complex problems is _not_....
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How many of you are .... |
Does a MSc in Aeronautics count?
If not, I'm o....
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World Class code - H.... |
Amateur wrote:
'And I would love to know how many....
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| 07 Jan 2002 |
How old are you ? |
33
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Payflow Link exploit |
Thanks for letting us know how we can get Fog Cree....
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PayPal, digibuy and .... |
'Which payment gateway you advise me if the softwa....
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| 05 Jan 2002 |
Frequency of differe.... |
Chris Tavares wrote:
'As far as range checking in....
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| 04 Jan 2002 |
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You know, in C, -1 is a perfectly legitim....
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| 02 Jan 2002 |
PayPal, digibuy and .... |
I've used http://www.RegSoft.com for years and t....
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| 29 Dec 2001 |
vb and UI |
Dan Maas wrote:
'Jan, also remember that your exa....
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| 27 Dec 2001 |
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Johannes Bjerregaard wrote:
'Even when I use lang....
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| 25 Dec 2001 |
String Concatenation |
'Also, r = a & (b & c) is MUCH faster than r = a &....
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| 24 Dec 2001 |
Easiest & Cheape.... |
"I was expecting that Delphi was based on C/C++." ....
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| 20 Dec 2001 |
Start from scratch |
'1. I need really fast DB access so I prefer to wr....
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Here's a list of Delphi recommendations.
Just a....
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| 17 Dec 2001 |
GUI Portability |
Chris Tavares wrote:
'But does Object Pascal actu....
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<< Not to dissuade you from QT at all, but - QT re....
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| 16 Dec 2001 |
Web hosting companie.... |
If reliability is your problem then I would recomm....
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| 14 Dec 2001 |
Good Software Instal.... |
<< You should check out 'NSIS' >>
Looks like a....
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I can not recommend Inno Setup highly enough. It b....
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| 12 Dec 2001 |
Back to Basics |
Excellent article. One remark about Pascal strin....
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| 07 Dec 2001 |
a bit offtopic - flo.... |
Also did a small floating point test using Delphi ....
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| 06 Dec 2001 |
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I've seen too many people being proud of gaining 5....
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That's a highly technical discussion, but to cut s....
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| 03 Dec 2001 |
Forget design. Go for evolution
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| 30 Nov 2001 |
Bandwidth
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| 30 Nov 2001 |
Bandwidth |
<< That looks like a really good deal. Do you have....
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Would Joel hire you? |
<< 'Smart' and 'Get Things Done'
That's all it ....
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| 28 Nov 2001 |
Taking the word "Bet.... |
I hope so. Personally I always use a 'BETA' compil....
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| 26 Nov 2001 |
Best 4GL programming.... |
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| 25 Nov 2001 |
Books |
I'd vote for Microserfs by Coupland, because it's ....
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| 30 Oct 2001 |
Is it just me, or... |
<<4) Its done.>>
OK. It's a pity, but it's very....
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| 18 Oct 2001 |
New Discussion Featu.... |
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Programming Language.... |
<< Qt is a good multiplatform toolkit, for C++ onl....
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| 17 Oct 2001 |
Recommendations for .... |
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The AutomatedQA products seem to be pretty popul....
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New interface paradi.... |
<< How does a new user discover the available ge....
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| 16 Oct 2001 |
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<< It seems to me gestures are only slightly bet....
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Good resources for l.... |
The knowledge required to become a top programmer/....
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| 15 Oct 2001 |
Underline Edit Boxes.... |
From an esthetic standpoint they look neat. From a....
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