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Number of Comments: 234 |
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| Number of Words: 9,972 | ||
| First Comment: 30 Oct 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 7 |
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| First Topic: 29 Jul 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 14 Aug 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 01 Sep 2004 | Best Disasters | I'm sure muppets story will probably start off som.... >> |
| 25 Aug 2004 | COM & XML questi.... | 200 users on a dozen server, that's ~17 users per .... >> |
| Building a Wiki | Once I had a girlfriend called Wiki, but too many .... >> | |
| 23 Aug 2004 | Install XP in 5 hour.... | The article must have proved to IBM then that his .... >> |
| 14 Aug 2004 | XP SP2 font bug >> | |
| 14 Aug 2004 | XP SP2 font bug | big->bug >> |
| 06 Aug 2004 | Who is your messiah? | 'Does God really post to this forum or was somebod.... >> |
| 'Among other things, he predicted Internet porn' .... >> | ||
| 05 Aug 2004 | How to decide on sw .... | Is this a new web application or is it something y.... >> |
| 04 Aug 2004 | Weapons software | go dude, go, build those rockets so when aliens r .... >> |
| SORT | +++We had a programmer who to get a random number .... >> | |
| Mr. Lippert, how scriptin' going? >> | ||
| Undo your Caps Lock and everything will sort fine,.... >> | ||
| 03 Aug 2004 | Searching on a Unix/.... | In windows it's enough to right-click on My Comput.... >> |
| Making sense of Mozi.... | 'Why can't there ever be any hot SuperModels or Pl.... >> | |
| Your typical program.... | a good blowjob from my girlfriend is the best brea.... >> | |
| 02 Aug 2004 | By 2007 Linux will h.... | "Other" is a bug ridden piece of crap! >> |
| 02 Jul 2004 | Stretched too thin | I don't mean to be flippant, but have you consider.... >> |
| 01 Jul 2004 | XP development is bi.... | success is an unrealistic requirement ... sounds l.... >> |
| Your manager sucks. But you already knew tha.... >> | ||
| 30 Jun 2004 | Web Applications vs .... | Nope. >> |
| 08 Jun 2004 | I am fragile | a lot of people waiting for something and always s.... >> |
| 27 May 2004 | Company I work on wo.... | I've been thinking of making my own backups but I .... >> |
| Chris Stone on Open/.... | '''I recently deployed a squid content cache. I c.... >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | '''Open source software helps me''' Open source.... >> | |
| '''If you want to ensure you can still be paid lar.... >> | ||
| 25 May 2004 | The number of posts..... | That's the way it works for me. >> |
| 14 May 2004 | offer for software c.... | I don't know. Seeing this posted here makes me wan.... >> |
| 04 May 2004 | Sasser | Microsoft doesn't build perfect software, they mak.... >> |
| 03 May 2004 | Free CGI webhost tha.... | yep, spammers would love this, free email sending,.... >> |
| 30 Apr 2004 | google - # of pages >> | |
| 27 Apr 2004 | Ctr+Tab in Word | that's ALT+TAB, >> |
| 26 Apr 2004 | Emigrating >> | |
| 26 Apr 2004 | Professional Courtes.... | Well said Forbes. >> |
| 16 Apr 2004 | "The Apprentice" (sp.... | John & Lou basically said the same thing: everyon.... >> |
| 14 Apr 2004 | First internet usage | Feb-1995 >> |
| 12 Apr 2004 | What is the perfect .... | ''' What is the perfect job ''' I don't know, b.... >> |
| 09 Apr 2004 | "The Apprentice" (sp.... | marktaw: Xjnzr Wnpxfba'f cntr unf n 'uver zr.... >> |
| 07 Apr 2004 | When I die and go to.... | I want a 4x4 version :) a semi-hemisphere one mayb.... >> |
| 06 Apr 2004 | Accessor Debate | over 7 years experience with C++ and I prefer to d.... >> |
| 02 Apr 2004 | The Apprentice (spoi.... | I'm 32. Maybe if I spend an hour less per da.... >> |
| She's sexy and only 35. >> | ||
| bah. I think all the ones left have the look.... >> | ||
| "The Apprentice" Con.... | '''Can you live without a car''' Spoken like so.... >> | |
| I think the *exceptions* Philo mentioned prove the.... >> | ||
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Well, the 'last minute' apartment rental was stage.... >> | |
| 01 Apr 2004 | '''An absolute hail mary in the end.''' RIGGED!.... >> | |
| April fools | fool.com has a few articles... >> | |
| Date format problems.... | Sathyaish Chakravarthy, If this is a VB questio.... >> | |
| 30 Mar 2004 | Dates with MS Access | Harlequin,
Just to reinforce what Ron .... >> |
Ron Porter,
I try to always talk peopl.... >> |
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| Sathyaish, The rules in Access are very simple..... >> | ||
DJ,
SQL server - always 'yyyy-mm-dd' a.... >> |
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| VB6 & Pointers | Craig, See your point. Well stated. Not sure.... >> | |
| converted sql made o.... | Savage, 1. http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/.... >> | |
| Problem with data re.... | Sathyaish Chakravarthy , I would suggest the lo.... >> | |
| 29 Mar 2004 | rs!field >> | |
| 29 Mar 2004 | removing labels in V.... | Change it to blank. >> |
| rs!field | Joel, Whoops. Read: If you mean what you thi.... >> | |
| VB6 & Pointers | KayJay
Is there anything that can be d.... >> |
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Robert Jacobson,
If you're trying to d.... >> |
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Craig,
- System-level stuff like creat.... >> |
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Savage:
Callback. Well you have lat.... >> |
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| So, I dropped on you.... | Isn't xenophobia a fancy name for racism? >> | |
| 26 Mar 2004 | Poll: What car do yo.... | 89 Passat, but it's my father's one, I don't have .... >> |
| 25 Mar 2004 | capitalism is beauti.... | Stop feeding the trolls. >> |
| 24 Mar 2004 | LASIK vs PRK | http://www.surgicaleyes.com/ >> |
| 22 Mar 2004 | Charles Simonyi is R.... | > Hungarian notation is considered obsolete now, a.... >> |
| VB6 + COM Sucks? | GuyIncognitio,
VB6 should *force* you .... >> |
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| 18 Mar 2004 | Hungarian Notation C.... | http://dict.sztaki.hu/dict_search.php?L=ENG%3AHUN%.... >> |
| I'm a hungarian guy, but real programmers who want.... >> | ||
| VB6 + COM Sucks? | is french a high level language? >> | |
| 16 Mar 2004 | How to find out wher.... | The best way is to go to the web sites of VCs and .... >> |
| How to spot a 9-5 co.... | This email-address-using Bella is a lot less caust.... >> | |
| 11 Mar 2004 | Lower Wages Is The S.... | $10-$12 per hour or perhaps $11 - $13/hr w/ benefi.... >> |
| 08 Mar 2004 | What's the deal with.... | There's a big difference between guessing and figu.... >> |
| 07 Mar 2004 | Too much stress | Get a sales guy, give him partial ownership and re.... >> |
| Gwyn's "Why won't yo.... | 'Just because they claim 'easy', doesn't make them.... >> | |
| Yah, I know you can't rely on google that way. .... >> | ||
| 03 Mar 2004 | Normal not to get pa.... | Make everyone aware that you will walk if treated .... >> |
| I got the MS interns.... | All of you who walked to the first floor are going.... >> | |
| 01 Mar 2004 | Some reasons not to .... | You can just move whenever you want if you're rent.... >> |
| 29 Feb 2004 | All, As I understand it, interest repayments on.... >> | |
| 28 Feb 2004 | An online bookstore .... | That settles it, God is an Iron! >> |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Daydreams | I always wonder about those developers who daydrea.... >> |
| More on Career Paths | good luck getting a $125K 1st year job coming out .... >> | |
| 22 Feb 2004 | bookkeeping for mobile macintosh professional? >> | |
| 22 Feb 2004 | Stupid errors in In .... | rick, aren't you a successful marketeer and author.... >> |
| dreaming of products | there are many consumer digital picture frames. ju.... >> | |
| Offshoring of "mind-.... | dennis, I usually enjoy your postings but this tim.... >> | |
| 21 Feb 2004 | dreaming of products | don't most midlevel to high end ($15,000 on up) ne.... >> |
| I would like some sort of soft drink where I can d.... >> | ||
| 19 Feb 2004 | To computer addicts | wha? >> |
| uh? >> | ||
| 18 Feb 2004 | Feeling Even Better .... | Norrick, Rich people tend to be some of the dum.... >> |
| DCOM and VB | shiggins, >> However, dcomcnfg will only show ..... >> | |
| 16 Feb 2004 | What the hell does o.... | Like Li-fan Chen mentioned, I believe those press .... >> |
| Pitfalls of oursourc.... | How about project management tasks, analysis tasks.... >> | |
| Burninator, You forgot to write 'imo' and 'gene.... >> | ||
| 09 Feb 2004 | Orkut | Ew. Nice link. >> |
| 05 Feb 2004 | Free Software Discus.... | That was low. Now i'll have to clear my cach.... >> |
| Best email/newsgroup.... | "Do your mom a favor, go drown yourself in the poo.... >> | |
| 04 Feb 2004 | Client/Server design.... | A: can you tell me why do you think thin client wo.... >> |
| 03 Feb 2004 | Web Services using s.... | I've had good experiences with PHP's xmlrpc. >> |
| 01 Feb 2004 | Single Server Securi.... | Nice, Bring it on Mentality. Security is jus.... >> |
| What type of performance hit, if any, is there on .... >> | ||
| 30 Jan 2004 | Submitting Job Appli.... | My source resume is in xhtml with embedded css sty.... >> |
| 29 Jan 2004 | More Apprentice | I noticed that Trump has decided to re-organize th.... >> |
| Tips & Advices f.... | First tip - advice is already plural. .... >> | |
| My Adventures with o.... | He's been told he's being replaced by two rather i.... >> | |
| I'm a programmer and.... | How many desktop applications have you seen that s.... >> | |
| 27 Jan 2004 | Think Joel is Wrong? >> | |
| 26 Jan 2004 | More LandFill Materi.... | I doubt even half of newspapers would make it into.... >> |
| 22 Jan 2004 | .NET market penetrat.... | when you will release it? one year from now or tom.... >> |
| reference not there | I would just go with two. Does anyone even check r.... >> | |
| 20 Jan 2004 | Anyone know what thi.... | fix mysql. most of the people use it because they .... >> |
| 16 Jan 2004 | What's so special ab.... | i can't get any work done outside of a cubicle. i .... >> |
| 15 Jan 2004 | Scientific Apps prog.... | Abbot. If you have a video machine or DVD playe.... >> |
| 12 Jan 2004 | rule of engagement, .... | 'But, i think the customer (as always) is right' .... >> |
| I have a hard time believing a lot of you people h.... >> | ||
| 07 Jan 2004 | DonationWare | 'Instead you have to prove how friggin' smart and .... >> |
| 06 Jan 2004 | Thinkpad T40/t41 or .... | I have a T41 and it's unbelievable. Nice and thin,.... >> |
| 04 Jan 2004 | Need techie advice o.... | I think you're pulling our collective leg. As a.... >> |
| As soon as word gets out you will immediately have.... >> | ||
| Should I learn XAML .... | You'll still need to learn .NET to write the code .... >> | |
| 31 Dec 2003 | Just under the wire .... | yeah, I'd guess backing it up to floppies is a lit.... >> |
| 22 Dec 2003 | A book about Microso.... | The point about failure is that, when you are sear.... >> |
| 16 Dec 2003 | Software Cultures | Am I bi-cultural if I spend about 40% of my time i.... >> |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Programming for Prog.... | If you're writing tools for programmers, you want .... >> |
| IBM sends more jobs .... | It's closer to 32000 jobs lost: http://jrobb.mi.... >> | |
| 14 Dec 2003 | Environment Variable.... | Sorry, for some reason the trailing period was inc.... >> |
| 11 Dec 2003 | Disabling of Control.... | Not everyone can be bothered to hover their cursor.... >> |
| 10 Dec 2003 | "Better" language vs.... | yeah but I can't have my users downloading Perl or.... >> |
| Our jobs... (again) | Dude, you're saying a lot of what the open source .... >> | |
| 'hopefully a _lot_ of programmers think like you' .... >> | ||
| 09 Dec 2003 | Ever seen this (Engr.... | How about T-shirts with 'Speod' written on them? .... >> |
| 05 Dec 2003 | American programmers.... | I make less than US 40K. In the US north eas.... >> |
| 02 Dec 2003 | Intrinsic fatal erro.... | Ah - Entrepreneur! yes, the dogfood would taste.... >> |
| 01 Dec 2003 | Any Programmers Agre.... | Hi BB, Imo, the problem isn't that employers wa.... >> |
| 23 Nov 2003 | Stupidity Video | IMO, hindsight is 20/20 - if this guy had the insi.... >> |
| 22 Nov 2003 | VB.Net Code Help in .... | Only one window at a time can receive focus. So ch.... >> |
| Joel Mentioned on Sl.... | Intel didn't want the x86 monopoly. When they f.... >> | |
| 16 Nov 2003 | Need a reasonable da.... | http://www.postgresql.org/licence.html >> |
| 30 Oct 2003 | Capability Maturity .... | I've been operating under the assumptioin that the.... >> |
| 29 Oct 2003 | Development has beco.... | dbase/fox pro/power builder.... amen brother. .... >> |
| Microsoft encourages.... | Whatever Dennis. Whatever technical definition .... >> | |
| Fired for posting a picture of Macs, and saying he.... >> | ||
| 28 Oct 2003 | Proper way to instal.... | Isn't it I18n? Or did I miss a meeting? >> |
| 24 Oct 2003 | and it's going to ta.... | I vote for C. Cult of personality and all th.... >> |
| my boy wants to lear.... | ' The best thing is that you start day one thinkin.... >> | |
| 23 Oct 2003 | how many pounds have.... | I put on 30. Gave up smoking at the same tim.... >> |
| Plenty of new jobs f.... | 'Low level codework is moving to india until legis.... >> | |
| 22 Oct 2003 | Terror Profiles Don'.... | So let's bring up Chile. Which is it anon? E.... >> |
| 20 Oct 2003 | CityDesk too much fo.... | http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=cms&tg=d.... >> |
| 16 Oct 2003 | Top 5 tax deductions.... | Always running to accountants & lawyers is a g.... >> |
| 15 Oct 2003 | DoSomething as Insta.... | I think the point Joel was trying to make was that.... >> |
| 09 Oct 2003 | Only 65,000 H1Bs.&nb.... | runtime, My choice is option #1. I would rather.... >> |
| 26 Sep 2003 | Tech Exec fired for .... | He got fired because he criticized his company's m.... >> |
| 24 Sep 2003 | Bug in Winsock Contr.... | Reasonably sure that you can't build with the wins.... >> |
| 23 Sep 2003 | Potential new busine.... | Price always looks high to the consumer that is un.... >> |
| 15 Sep 2003 | Outsorcing, CIO.com,.... | 'Looks like a guide for how to stay employed in th.... >> |
| 11 Sep 2003 | demo violates IP agr.... | 'I can also discuss what my current work project i.... >> |
| If it's going to be available soon anyway, I'd pro.... >> | ||
| Should I drink my water? >> | ||
| Am i choosing the la.... | Some shop's Architects are another shop's Senior D.... >> | |
| Like one other person said, it depends on what you.... >> | ||
| 10 Sep 2003 | Critique of Eclipse .... | how does it compare to netbeans? >> |
| Are Developers just .... | people in general complain a lot. >> | |
| 09 Sep 2003 | US Economy - Are the.... | 'If you had the world's most powerful military and.... >> |
| 07 Sep 2003 | Why would one need a.... | 'If your app needs to deal with xml data, have an .... >> |
| 30 Aug 2003 | Seeing outsourcing a.... | 'Is there no loyalty or passion for one’s company .... >> |
| anybody still uses V.... | I like Codewarrior. Been meaning to check ou.... >> | |
| 21 Aug 2003 | Python or Ruby? | Neither. I simply don't have the time to play w.... >> |
| US doesn't have an a.... | 'I wonder - do we have ANY ambitious program going.... >> | |
| 17 Aug 2003 | Escrow Services | I've used them a couple of times. I used the.... >> |
| 14 Aug 2003 | I guess Fog Creek's .... | It was a 'software failure', so it says on ABC new.... >> |
| 13 Aug 2003 | Web Worm Hits Window.... | Next version of Windows users agree to mandatory, .... >> |
| This says it all. From the worm: 'I just want .... >> | ||
| 12 Aug 2003 | Whatever. It is, once again, egg on Microsoft's f.... >> | |
| I believe the Vax thing was one time. The windows.... >> | ||
| Yes a lot of people run windows. But exploit.... >> | ||
| 07 Aug 2003 | "Jobs are moving off.... | 'The demand for software is not going to remain co.... >> |
| 31 Jul 2003 | So much misunderstan.... | ''You don't have to make everyone ELSE provide it .... >> |
| Outsourcing Honesty .... | Effective outsourcing tends to rely on onsite H-1B.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2003 | asp -> php compiler >> | |
| 28 Jul 2003 | My own dogfood is ca.... | 'I was asked to join the business team in a more '.... >> |
| What are they teachi.... | 'Are kids in colleges these days getting any expos.... >> | |
| 26 Jul 2003 | Why do programmers d.... | Imo, Nero was probably created by a bunch of progr.... >> |
| Should I become a pr.... | 'I hear incredible amounts of pessimism on this fo.... >> | |
| 25 Jul 2003 | Is QA a dead end car.... | would it pigeonhole me as a QA type Yes. No mat.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2003 | Paper vs online: opi.... | Ged, You just need wireless in your house ;-) .... >> |
| TWO PERCENT of ALL U.... | Below, is one of the better opinion articles on ou.... >> | |
| 14 Jul 2003 | call back? | Don't push it. There is no failure in giving up. >> |
| 20 Jun 2003 | Dealing with burnout | I believe you are suffering from burnout rather th.... >> |
| 19 Jun 2003 | Offshore development.... | Inside Outsourcing in India http://www.cio.com/ar.... >> |
| 27 May 2003 | Remote Support | I think you've come across the first of many such .... >> |
| 23 May 2003 | Amazed at uninformed.... | 'I was showing a co-worker the other day how I fou.... >> |
| 08 May 2003 | US Education | A CEO will happily pay me $50+/hr... teachers are.... >> |
| Code that writes cod.... | treefrog, check out the pimpl pattern. you coul.... >> | |
| 06 May 2003 | Is Software a dead i.... | Business space software only comprising 5% of the .... >> |
| 04 May 2003 | Programmers who are .... | 'If they want to ruin their own career by remainin.... >> |
| 01 May 2003 | Job Advice | I agree mostly with Matt H. The only time I'v.... >> |
| 30 Apr 2003 | re finding new employment, make sure you're not ju.... >> | |
| John Carmack Program.... | I wrote that for the American Heritage Dictionary .... >> | |
| For more than a hundred years, critics have remark.... >> | ||
| >> 'Haven't hear of one, but I have heard of one.'.... >> | ||
| 27 Apr 2003 | rigerous tech interv.... | 'what is the default timeout on IIS?' That soun.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2003 | startup company offe.... | Ha ha, I'm not unemployed, I win! And you smell of.... >> |
| 18 Apr 2003 | What to do about sle.... | Yes, I'm always shitting myself while at work. Obv.... >> |
| startup company offe.... | 'Working there just 3 days still beats sitting on .... >> | |
| 17 Apr 2003 | What to do about sle.... | 'kay Alex, bury your head in the sand. Eat all mea.... >> |
| 12 Apr 2003 | Professionals .... b.... | And, oh, I forgot: 6. Lots more people would b.... >> |
| 07 Apr 2003 | Linux IDE for C++ de.... | Slickedit. It lets you create builds, makefiles, c.... >> |
| 04 Apr 2003 | Salary history | I say market rate. What you made last year or 3 ye.... >> |
| Server Naming Scheme.... | >> (not stuff like DEVWEB01) I worked at a place .... >> | |
| 02 Apr 2003 | Net 30 argument - ch.... | I think 6% is low for short term interest. If y.... >> |
| 01 Apr 2003 | Trading | Buffet made a lot of money buying & selling st.... >> |
| 31 Mar 2003 | Import tariffs and o.... | Surely current economic policies are just another .... >> |
| Memory/Concentration.... | Cars aren't illegal, but reckless driving is. This.... >> | |
| 19 Mar 2003 | Allowing developers .... | Big B, I think everyone has the ability to scre.... >> |
| Install VMWare & control your own OS - assumin.... >> | ||
| Windows' Biggest Ene.... | potty mouth... >> | |
| Threats change; so should you. NT just can't be c.... >> | ||
| 17 Mar 2003 | Ever wondered what M.... | No. http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/sscli/ >> |
| 13 Mar 2003 | Social aspects of "w.... | Carmack's own wife described him as 'Spock like'. .... >> |
| 11 Mar 2003 | Money, taxes, and wh.... | tired - you went to a community college? no public.... >> |
| 10 Mar 2003 | Name: tired of tedium Age: early college, late hi.... >> | |
| 03 Mar 2003 | Asynchronous lazy lo.... | I believe he's trying to save or conserve time, so.... >> |
| 26 Feb 2003 | Heisenberg effects | << It becomes a bit of a credibility issue - don'.... >> |
| 25 Feb 2003 | Big Macs, Naked Chef.... | >A good company run with a strong engineering cult.... >> |
| 21 Feb 2003 | Why are you still em.... | I just finished writing an installer and configura.... >> |
| 16 Feb 2003 | Need good C++ IDE fo.... | Visual Slickedit is a great editor for most langua.... >> |
| 14 Feb 2003 | How many italian on .... | I get it... (I think). Well, maybe not yet... .... >> |
| 31 Jan 2003 | volunteerinng | The OP said he was out of work for some time now, .... >> |
| 26 Jan 2003 | Syntax | .. and don't get me started on the beauty of the '.... >> |
| 05 Jan 2003 | What Should I Do Wit.... | If I ever have kids, they are going to a school wh.... >> |
| 01 Jan 2003 | Java. Good for clien.... | Java is good for enterprise consultants. If you're.... >> |
| 15 Nov 2002 | Email Postage | Another idea I've seen proposed is payment in CPU .... >> |
| I knew I've heard this before: http://www.zdnet.... >> | ||
| 13 Nov 2002 | Logon vs Login | I pick (c) >> |
| 30 Oct 2002 | Providing Salary His.... | nothing, I absolutely agree with you. >> |