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Number of Comments: 334
Number of Words: 33,392
First Comment: 15 Oct 2001
Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004

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



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