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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'T. Norman' | ||
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Number of Comments: 922 |
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| Number of Words: 91,180 | ||
| First Comment: 29 Nov 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 22 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 26 |
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| First Topic: 22 Dec 2002 | ||
| Latest Topic: 01 Sep 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 01 Sep 2004 | CEOs being paid to outsource >> | |
| 22 Aug 2004 | Asperger's or just I.... | People are too different for one 4-letter combinat.... >> |
| Does your employer m.... | 'I find it no coincidence that the people who have.... >> | |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Why learn basic sear.... | Herbert, Learning the common searching and sort.... >> |
| sick days | I have a PTO system and think it's great. The sic.... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Why learn basic sear.... | The benefit of learning search and sort algorithms.... >> |
| 13 Aug 2004 | The Olympics | In the ancient Greek Olympics, wars would be suspe.... >> |
| what to do | 'All code is spaghetti code except to the man who .... >> | |
| Python: Whitespace a.... | Too late. They left the company a year ago. Pyt.... >> | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | Windows XP Lite >> | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | What are the good Python IDEs or Python-aware edit.... >> | |
| 11 Aug 2004 | Decline an offer - a.... | You also have to count the time spent interviewing.... >> |
| Got paid on Friday so you're even ... unless you'r.... >> | ||
| Rude = No Hire? | The OP didn't start a job and then quit in a month.... >> | |
| T-SQL Stored Procedu.... | With a package variable, the compiler will catch a.... >> | |
| 09 Aug 2004 | Rude = No Hire? | The OP handled this all wrong. Don't postpone i.... >> |
| 08 Aug 2004 | Why are pointers use.... | All right, if you want to stretch things you can s.... >> |
| 07 Aug 2004 | SQL foreign keys and XML nodes are not pointers, b.... >> | |
| For the most part, pointers are used because the l.... >> | ||
| Employment contracts.... | If companies could make money killing people's gra.... >> | |
| 04 Aug 2004 | Contrarian insight #.... | Many software packages sell for over $100K per sit.... >> |
| Telecommuting | 'Well if someone can telecommute then we can just .... >> | |
| 02 Aug 2004 | Do you play computer.... | 'It's like saying playing basket ball is great for.... >> |
| 01 Aug 2004 | How do people get th.... | How do you get your last job? You retire.&nb.... >> |
| 31 Jul 2004 | What does google do? | In addition to the ad revenue, they also sell sear.... >> |
| 30 Jul 2004 | Failure Plan | 'Wow, that's a sales presentation I would NEVER go.... >> |
| 28 Jul 2004 | Shareware authors | I don't think this forum accepts html tags. Just .... >> |
| 27 Jul 2004 | $75K-$100K/year to M.... | But you will have to go there to apply in person a.... >> |
| The stupid thing about not hiring an 'overqualifie.... >> | ||
| Open Source = no rig.... | Having property rights includes the right to give .... >> | |
| 25 Jul 2004 | Why seek compliance .... | If you code to IE you're still coding to standards.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Non compete prior to.... | They really expect that agreement to hold up in co.... >> |
| 21 Jul 2004 | Rewriting from Scrat.... | And about rewriting from scratch ... Netscape 4.x.... >> |
| >'There are still tons of people that proxy out go.... >> | ||
| Indentation | 'Programmers fighting over indentation should defi.... >> | |
| Use a code reformatter and fuggedaboutit. Forma.... >> | ||
| 20 Jul 2004 | The Plague of Minimu.... | You can't actually use a dozen programs at the sam.... >> |
| Tell the boss to add up the minimum/recommended me.... >> | ||
| Light Bulb: How many.... | As the number of programmers increases, the produc.... >> | |
| MORE IQ | Those studies that show blacks as being worse than.... >> | |
| 18 Jul 2004 | One Page Resume's Wo.... | 'Why would you send your resume to an HR Drone? Wh.... >> |
| The trouble is that getting past the HR drones and.... >> | ||
| Offshore economics | 'Most of the business software used in countries s.... >> | |
| Good point Mr. Analogy. When you're that far away.... >> | ||
| Those who offshored software 5-10 years ago went a.... >> | ||
| More IQ-ism | 'We were talking about this very subject of IQ bei.... >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | Gates gives 100$ Mil.... | >'The figure for 'reconstructing' Iraq was round a.... >> |
| .Net devs that went .... | 'saveHeight = Thing.Height vs. saveHeight .... >> | |
| 13 Jul 2004 | Commercial Software:.... | 'My question is this: why don't we see commerciall.... >> |
| 11 Jul 2004 | Video games dont cra.... | I would also add that most game programmers are si.... >> |
| In discussing why games don't crash, it is still u.... >> | ||
| 'Nope, wrong. I work in the game industry, and I .... >> | ||
| Steve Ballmer's lett.... | 'This theory, if true, would fail to explain why t.... >> | |
| 10 Jul 2004 | Video games dont cra.... | Games rarely crash (in particular console games) b.... >> |
| Subscription-based L.... | I don't think it's a big company vs. small ISV thi.... >> | |
| Steve Ballmer's lett.... | 'Norman you've never run a successful business hav.... >> | |
| Extrapolating from WordPerfect to MS Office on Lin.... >> | ||
| 'Corel released WordPerfect for Linux last year an.... >> | ||
| Microsoft is suffering because they haven't create.... >> | ||
| Run, Run as fast as .... | That 'don't fix their problem unless asked to' is .... >> | |
| 08 Jul 2004 | Cross-platform .NET: What's in it for Microsoft? >> | |
| 08 Jul 2004 | Cross-platform .NET:.... | 'But basically, why should they care if .NET gets .... >> |
| 06 Jul 2004 | software patents and.... | 'You know, the US economy is the biggest and most .... >> |
| 04 Jul 2004 | How does credit rati.... | One year of using a credit card or paying a car lo.... >> |
| 03 Jul 2004 | Commoditisation | 'WalMart's process IS the product of their IT depa.... >> |
| software patents and.... | >'Or rather, 'on an information processing device,.... >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | Language-aware diff .... | I don't need something that incredibly intelligent.... >> |
| 23 Jun 2004 | Language-aware diff tools? >> | |
| 20 Jun 2004 | Non-halting regular .... | Ori Berger, in the words of Donald Trump ... Yo.... >> |
| 19 Jun 2004 | Non-halting regular expressions? >> | |
| 19 Jun 2004 | In this case the Pattern and Matcher were built su.... >> | |
| 'I've seen many people try to use a regular expres.... >> | ||
| Shocker: Pay rates f.... | Just to add ... US wages have been stealthily cut .... >> | |
| That's because employment wages are very resistant.... >> | ||
| Why does the "bloat".... | The clutter bothers me more than the size. I woul.... >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | a case for non-manag.... | 'Well you'll lose that bet, because the majority o.... >> |
| 15 Jun 2004 | WEB applications | '.. with web applications you have 0 loss due to p.... >> |
| Detecting duplicate .... | The latest issue of Dr. Dobbs Journal (July 2004) .... >> | |
| About outsourcing | 'Yet a *substantially* more backward and rural/agr.... >> | |
| 13 Jun 2004 | "X years of experien.... | There was a job shortage back then. The econ.... >> |
| POLL : Do you enjoy .... | I enjoy everything from high-level design and arch.... >> | |
| Where can I find jus.... | Where can I just find models to date? >> | |
| 12 Jun 2004 | "X years of experience in Y" >> | |
| 12 Jun 2004 | Reality check on pro.... | A full day interview is an actual interview. When.... >> |
| There are good and bad employed programmers, and t.... >> | ||
| Does passing this test guarantee an interview?&nbs.... >> | ||
| Where are all the ne.... | 'My projects are hardcore VB 6.0, C++, Win32 apps..... >> | |
| 11 Jun 2004 | new grads | The management made a mistake by directly throwing.... >> |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Software development.... | Oops, the last sentence of the second paragraph sh.... >> |
| Indeed, Indian programmers aren't that cheap at al.... >> | ||
| 08 Jun 2004 | Good alternative to .... | 'Except for the little fact that employment in Del.... >> |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Software development.... | As a black man in America I already am not welcome.... >> |
| If I'm going to leave the US, I want to deliberate.... >> | ||
| 'Be prepared for it to take 2-3 months to find wor.... >> | ||
| News flash: If I'm in New Zealand nobody would kno.... >> | ||
| 06 Jun 2004 | Software development in New Zealand? >> | |
| 06 Jun 2004 | 'If your goal is the experience then give Bangalor.... >> | |
| Even if New Zealand is more of a 'backwater' than .... >> | ||
| 'A recent survey in Australia reported 18 percent .... >> | ||
| Yes ... either I'd spend about 3-4 years there, wi.... >> | ||
| 'But, I do have a cousin who went, migrated to NZ .... >> | ||
| The tech jobs in Bangalore may be plentiful. But f.... >> | ||
| Microsoft Granted Pa.... | The trouble with using the courts as the 'check an.... >> | |
| 05 Jun 2004 | Piracy can be good? | 'I would think that SOME money is better than NONE.... >> |
| Men are from foo, wo.... | William Hung has competition. >> | |
| Except the Indians who are from America. >> | ||
| Microsoft Granted Pa.... | The USPTO approves 95% of patent applications (alt.... >> | |
| 04 Jun 2004 | The rise of .NET | 'Double checking everything against the J2EE spec .... >> |
| 03 Jun 2004 | With J2EE, changing operating systems is usually t.... >> | |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Why does Windows nee.... | 'if you have to reboot for a patch and the system .... >> |
| 01 Jun 2004 | C++ or Java ? | 'Why are financial firms demanding C++? Just curio.... >> |
| Why does Windows nee.... | It's not even just OS patches that require rebooti.... >> | |
| If business is so ...... | 'If business is so rewarding then why isn't everyo.... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Should I retire? | Take about 2-3 million of it and buy an immediate .... >> |
| Value of degrees &am.... | Even if you never implemented a linked list or sta.... >> | |
| 27 May 2004 | Offshoring: Real or .... | It is both real and overrated. Corporations are.... >> |
| Tech work a "special.... | 'On the subject of minority groups getting prefere.... >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | Programmers not peop.... | It's not programmers who aren't people savvy. It'.... >> |
| interview situation | Some companies do have a policy about only intervi.... >> | |
| 24 May 2004 | hiring someone who h.... | So what? Almost any move will be to a direct.... >> |
| OO: Lists, Collectio.... | Use a plain-old List, unless you really have a nee.... >> | |
| On Math | Most community colleges will teach remedial math. .... >> | |
| The real problem wit.... | 'The ultimate goal of .NET should have been to bec.... >> | |
| 22 May 2004 | Another take on the .... | Good point Mark. That is one reason why I prefe.... >> |
| 20 May 2004 | IEEE: Japanese best,.... | 'For years we've seen this figure of 13.5 LOC/day .... >> |
| 19 May 2004 | Moral conundrum | Presumably you aren't working in the US, since alm.... >> |
| 18 May 2004 | Tired of getting rip.... | Get a friend in the US to buy it, then have them s.... >> |
| 15 May 2004 | Why bonuses are NOT .... | It is also common for bigCorps to outsource their .... >> |
| 13 May 2004 | Outsource workers wh.... | A brain surgeon should not be asking 'what is the .... >> |
| 12 May 2004 | Women in IT | A real one. >> |
| 'Hey, I am saying that anyone can get laid very ea.... >> | ||
| Care to share your experience of working in a pred.... >> | ||
| Outsource workers wh.... | I never did ask stupid questions to get my job don.... >> | |
| 'My question is - why the hell would you *NOT* wan.... >> | ||
| 09 May 2004 | Rising Oil Prices. W.... | Rising fuel prices won't do much to affect commute.... >> |
| 06 May 2004 | How many LOC per day.... | LOC is mainly a measure of cost and effort, not of.... >> |
| 03 May 2004 | developer versus cod.... | 'Code Monkey is more of a state of mind that a job.... >> |
| 02 May 2004 | Rate - Part 2 | Are the $40 and $80 referring to the rate paid by .... >> |
| Is it unprofessional.... | Yes, it would make more sense. But the powers tha.... >> | |
| Not only will the gross rate the client pays affec.... >> | ||
| 01 May 2004 | MBA: What did you really learn? >> | |
| 01 May 2004 | MBA: What did you re.... | And if I am unrealistic in thinking that I can acc.... >> |
| Yes, it is deliberately on the low side. For $5,00.... >> | ||
| Who has been keeping.... | 'J2EE is uneccesarily complex for your needs. So .... >> | |
| 30 Apr 2004 | Why not Canada? | Everybody is flocking to India because the hype sa.... >> |
| Is the job market st.... | The job market is still tight, just not as bad as .... >> | |
| 29 Apr 2004 | Lack of social skill.... | Indeed, the million-people-in-a-few-square-miles t.... >> |
| 28 Apr 2004 | teaching programming.... | It's not the language per se that takes 10 years t.... >> |
| 27 Apr 2004 | Why programmers so d.... | Don't knock the Tower of Hanoi. It is a useful les.... >> |
| 26 Apr 2004 | >'Most developers, including the 'self-trained', h.... >> | |
| Cost of living | Doesn't matter if he could find ways to share an a.... >> | |
| 25 Apr 2004 | Bella, A $45K salary can't buy anything bigger .... >> | |
| 24 Apr 2004 | perfectionism vs. go.... | It's more of a difference between "good enough for.... >> |
| 'In most business processes, when you're striving .... >> | ||
| Application developm.... | If what Doc Jason wanted existed, there wouldn't b.... >> | |
| What would you do? | Part of running a healthy software business is kno.... >> | |
| Diversity initiative.... | 'In the first case, I can go and spend my money ac.... >> | |
| 20 Apr 2004 | Software Patents | Google has done very innovative things with their .... >> |
| Software patents are useless because there isn't a.... >> | ||
| 17 Apr 2004 | Should source contro.... | Keeping production releases of EXEs and other comp.... >> |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Apparently Kwame quit his job at Goldman Sachs to .... >> | |
| 15 Apr 2004 | Another take on loyalty >> | |
| 15 Apr 2004 | Whoever got stuck with Omarosa would have had prob.... >> | |
| The Apprentice Final.... | The editors may have been hiding Kwame's abilities.... >> | |
| What unemployment? | Hire a really smart Java programmer without J2EE e.... >> | |
| 14 Apr 2004 | The trouble right now with finding talent is that .... >> | |
| 11 Apr 2004 | master's degree + em.... | But Philo ... someone without significant experien.... >> |
| MSCS only helps if at least one of the following a.... >> | ||
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | If I was responsible for hiring programmers, I wou.... >> | |
| 10 Apr 2004 | Is Perl the only scr.... | 'The main argument I hear is that Perl is ugly. W.... >> |
| Loyalty | I think the loyalty Trump was referring to was mor.... >> | |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Amy starred when it comes to 'getting things done..... >> | |
| 09 Apr 2004 | Kwame's problem is that he's apparently only dealt.... >> | |
| Seems like she came back for no other reason but t.... >> | ||
| 05 Apr 2004 | 2 offers, which one .... | States are now using data mining to find tax evade.... >> |
| 04 Apr 2004 | Alas, but you do need to read the 84 pages because.... >> | |
| To the last paragraph I should add: ... or you .... >> | ||
| Whether or not a specific individual will have to .... >> | ||
| 'And was your acquaitance *directly paid* from fir.... >> | ||
| 03 Apr 2004 | >'Finally, if you're not married and the comment '.... >> | |
| HR isn't necessarily going to tell you anything. T.... >> | ||
| My current job is the result of being hired by a c.... >> | ||
| Just a couple more points: Job security, or lac.... >> | ||
| Business travel can be quite costly to you as an e.... >> | ||
| Java—what's the poin.... | Most organizations, especially large non-software .... >> | |
| Why can't we be frie.... | Java.NET or .NET2EE? >> | |
| keeping the toothpas.... | Chances are some other people already had the same.... >> | |
| 02 Apr 2004 | Illegal behavior by .... | I should have said "can *readily* be given jail ti.... >> |
| This is like those companies that continued to sel.... >> | ||
| 01 Apr 2004 | "The Apprentice" (sp.... | 15 weeks *unpaid* leave from Goldman Sachs, yes. .... >> |
| Trump is always there week after week, so why can'.... >> | ||
| I heard somebody make a comment that 'the lease wo.... >> | ||
| 31 Mar 2004 | Transferring XP home.... | Disclaimer: IANAL. You didn't sign a contract w.... >> |
| 29 Mar 2004 | Xbox 2 compatibility.... | They (MS) are probably going to try the same thing.... >> |
| 28 Mar 2004 | binary xml - just sa.... | Looks like the MS Office XP XML format ... >> |
| Are there really sof.... | I think the original poster was referring to buyin.... >> | |
| Old technical books .... | About what % of the books that you put on eBay act.... >> | |
| 27 Mar 2004 | Old technical books - usable as firewood? >> | |
| 27 Mar 2004 | I still haven't found anything about whether they'.... >> | |
| For reference, nowadays the Internet is indeed a b.... >> | ||
| I thought about eBay too, but with the shipping co.... >> | ||
| 26 Mar 2004 | "The Apprentice" (sp.... | 'I'm foggy on why Trumpster put so much credit int.... >> |
| 25 Mar 2004 | One more thing about.... | It might know that a semi-colon is missing, but th.... >> |
| Is grokking pointers.... | I think those who have trouble with pointers are i.... >> | |
| Good Code / Bad Code.... | Good code and bad doesn't exist? So there is no d.... >> | |
| 17 Mar 2004 | What's wrong with St.... | 'The primary benefit of using struts, is you can .... >> |
| 16 Mar 2004 | Hiring specific skil.... | 'When it's an employers market, they can afford to.... >> |
| Immigration and comp.... | [> The government certainly should be doing someth.... >> | |
| 15 Mar 2004 | Hiring specific skills - self fulfilling prophecy? >> | |
| 15 Mar 2004 | seeking career advic.... | The interviewer is an idiot for thinking that some.... >> |
| An example of how to.... | What sort of tool are you talking about? Was.... >> | |
| 12 Mar 2004 | CMM Level 5 - does it mean anything anymore? >> | |
| 12 Mar 2004 | CMM Level 5 - does i.... | I worked for a company that had a single division .... >> |
| 11 Mar 2004 | Why do people still use MS Outlook? >> | |
| 09 Mar 2004 | Tactical Disclosure .... | >'It is my experience that the best employers will.... >> |
| salary on current jo.... | If your salary is extremely low, that in itself mi.... >> | |
| 06 Mar 2004 | "The Apprentice" (Sp.... | And which NYC hospital was that? Of course s.... >> |
| 04 Mar 2004 | Open source... rat r.... | If they don't file criminal charges against the CE.... >> |
| A win-win approach t.... | As shareholders and customers we do have the right.... >> | |
| It's not about Americans being better at 'intuitiv.... >> | ||
| 26 Feb 2004 | I'm DOne. I Do.... | It took you all these years to come to that conclu.... >> |
| 25 Feb 2004 | Why are .NET strings.... | The main reason for immutable Strings: you can't t.... >> |
| 24 Feb 2004 | The Evils of Super-l.... | A very telling quote: 'Comanche gave the Army a.... >> |
| 22 Feb 2004 | Strawman terminology.... | A real 'expert' wouldn't accept $35-40 per hour. >> |
| 20 Feb 2004 | The Apprentice (spoi.... | Given the extreme time constraints, I was surprise.... >> |
| 18 Feb 2004 | How do I break the p.... | Object oriented languages are multipliers of the d.... >> |
| Being recruited away | I was in a similar situation. A client hired me aw.... >> | |
| 17 Feb 2004 | Pitfalls of oursourc.... | 'Then, the manufacture of the code can be doen any.... >> |
| Starting all over ag.... | 'And of course, there are _plenty_ of people who f.... >> | |
| 16 Feb 2004 | Let Java Go. | >'On the other hand you have Perl and Python. Bot.... >> |
| 15 Feb 2004 | The divergence of vendor-specific extensions and v.... >> | |
| 13 Feb 2004 | The Apprentice (spoi.... | I was surprised to learn that Tammy is 36 years ol.... >> |
| 09 Feb 2004 | "Our main focus is t.... | No, the biggest problem is that it sounds obvious .... >> |
| Books on structuring.... | Eric, Are you actually designing things before .... >> | |
| 08 Feb 2004 | Microsoft: Delphi fa.... | Borland should have hired Microsoft's marketers. >> |
| Trusting Book Review.... | I ignore generic comments expressing like or disli.... >> | |
| Programmed Death Of .... | It isn't fearmongering to say we are competing aga.... >> | |
| "Our main focus is t.... | >>In other words, updating an old idea to use mode.... >> | |
| Or they leave the United States, rather than putti.... >> | ||
| most productive fire.... | Exactly. Corporate decisions are taken in the bes.... >> | |
| 07 Feb 2004 | External Modem bette.... | P.S. I was referring to external modems that conne.... >> |
| No difference in performance. The only thing be.... >> | ||
| IANAL - Software Pat.... | If the purpose of obtaining this patent to prevent.... >> | |
| Economy looking up | And I think the high salaries for computer-related.... >> | |
| Unemployment going down is largely being driven by.... >> | ||
| 06 Feb 2004 | Programmer Productiv.... | Programming is like sports, as others above have m.... >> |
| 05 Feb 2004 | Does bad code lead t.... | Quit now before you get blamed and fired for the m.... >> |
| 04 Feb 2004 | Advice needed: print.... | Is this web app going to be run in-house? If.... >> |
| 01 Feb 2004 | Mike Rowe Soft The F.... | He may not be able to collect from the high bidder.... >> |
| 31 Jan 2004 | Another critique of .... | The cost of bugs is prone to underestimation, beca.... >> |
| Submitting Job Appli.... | HR doesn't usually make the hiring decisions per s.... >> | |
| Security would be better served by NOT accepting ..... >> | ||
| Very often you don't have an HR contact who you ca.... >> | ||
| If you have already included one format in your em.... >> | ||
| Review of Joel's lec.... | Elephant, if you always value your time with frien.... >> | |
| Great points, OB. The economic value of time ex.... >> | ||
| My Adventures with o.... | NathanJ: A common tactic is to tell someone the.... >> | |
| 30 Jan 2004 | The internet has mad.... | Call them and have them explain the charge. .... >> |
| More Apprentice | True dat. Being pretty doesn't help much whe.... >> | |
| Resources for learni.... | OPO: I am not trying to become a COBOL expert. B.... >> | |
| ISP taking liberties.... | 'If you aren't happy with them hijacking all outbo.... >> | |
| 29 Jan 2004 | Resources for learning COBOL? >> | |
| 29 Jan 2004 | "The Apprentice" (Sp.... | Trump reprimanded them because they are winning wi.... >> |
| ISP taking liberties.... | 'They've been doing that for years, we used to be .... >> | |
| Clearing the air on .... | A tool can be the best in its class from a technic.... >> | |
| MikeRoweSoft - the e.... | 'Greedy guy. Microsoft already compensated him a l.... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | Is Eiffel a contende.... | 'Is the cost to high? It can be downloaded for fr.... >> |
| 27 Jan 2004 | Frustated by (Near) .... | Compression is something that people study for dec.... >> |
| 26 Jan 2004 | Cover letters and di.... | Indeed the standards there are dropping. Som.... >> |
| 25 Jan 2004 | Technical Ladder -- .... | A person with a technical experience who is a CxO .... >> |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | 'At this point I'm impressed at how unimpressive t.... >> | |
| Oops, that first sentence should read "big ad for .... >> | ||
| The show is run by Trump's production company. It.... >> | ||
| Whoever gets this won't be worthy of the position .... >> | ||
| 24 Jan 2004 | Bizarre interview ti.... | How do you know he didn't read any books? He coul.... >> |
| Robot Scientist Crea.... | Grad students are much, much cheaper than any robo.... >> | |
| 22 Jan 2004 | Encryption of Passwo.... | And you don't even have to ask for the username, s.... >> |
| The username can be changed without having to sepa.... >> | ||
| Using the username as the "salt" is also quite eff.... >> | ||
| plain text passwords.... | If the passwords are for something fairly inconseq.... >> | |
| Creating a "restore .... | Ease of use is a main requirement ... they must be.... >> | |
| 21 Jan 2004 | Creating a "restore CD" >> | |
| 14 Jan 2004 | Protecting IP | Another thing: Since you have developed much.... >> |
| Sticking your head i.... | Usually when a deadline looks almost doable, it st.... >> | |
| 12 Jan 2004 | The real reason we n.... | 'Personally I think the common reasoning, that peo.... >> |
| 11 Jan 2004 | rule of engagement, .... | Sometimes the non-technical client tries to dictat.... >> |
| 10 Jan 2004 | fundamental question.... | The MPAA and especially RIAA are cartels, which is.... >> |
| 09 Jan 2004 | US:More degrees in “.... | 'Not only do some countries hold poorer students b.... >> |
| 08 Jan 2004 | Java Static Methods | Static methods can't be polymorphic. So even for .... >> |
| 06 Jan 2004 | Will patents stop Li.... | 'Also, so what if IBM has the biggest law firm in .... >> |
| H1B: I am facing doo.... | Indeed the L1s are being abused. L1s are supposed.... >> | |
| 05 Jan 2004 | OTOH, if they stay in the US after graduation, peo.... >> | |
| Silly question about.... | I also should mention ... if you have a single fun.... >> | |
| As long as the language doesn't support nested com.... >> | ||
| Personal DVD Backups | 'Indeed even Blockbuster rentals seldom have any q.... >> | |
| 04 Jan 2004 | Need techie advice o.... | 100 clients? In a year? Do you really think you .... >> |
| This doesn't sound like mass-market software that .... >> | ||
| CD-Burning Question .... | Talk to us again in 2006 after you've finally fini.... >> | |
| Code generation vers.... | Indeed, one of the biggest problems with code gene.... >> | |
| Open Source OCR Soft.... | Or employed in a big bureaucratic corporation that.... >> | |
| Money saved by using.... | 1. Strawman arguments will get you nowhere. Addre.... >> | |
| Open source software was around long before Turbo .... >> | ||
| Suppose the reverse happened -- open source softwa.... >> | ||
| 03 Jan 2004 | CD-Burning Question .... | Get an external hard drive(s), or one of those rem.... >> |
| Consulting? | 'Consulting' is generally used to describe the bus.... >> | |
| 01 Jan 2004 | Finally a good idea:.... | >'by the time a solid and viable examination can .... >> |
| Whoops! It doesn't w.... | This isn't surprising. I see what goes on in offs.... >> | |
| 31 Dec 2003 | Wrong industry | Stephen Jones works in the Eastern Hemisphere, so .... >> |
| 30 Dec 2003 | sorting | Clay's method theoretically runs in O(n^2). How.... >> |
| Lovers at Work ... | It is a far different thing to make a good busines.... >> | |
| Got asked to fly to .... | I once had to fly to New York to present a demo of.... >> | |
| Dilbert Relocation C.... | A few years ago the company I was with at the time.... >> | |
| 29 Dec 2003 | Could it be that M$S.... | Microsoft has too much of a conflict of interest t.... >> |
| sorting | Oh, you said Java? Then just make use of what i.... >> | |
| When sorting, bear in mind the distribution of the.... >> | ||
| Java: Long.TYPE vs L.... | Aha! So you're dealing with a transparent persist.... >> | |
| Methinks the problem lies with a design that depen.... >> | ||
| I have done somethin.... | Others have tried to create and sell alternative O.... >> | |
| It is not stupid that you gave it away for free. .... >> | ||
| Internal Rates | 'Plus any profit margin' doesn't have relevance wh.... >> | |
| 1. Make your internal developers look more expensi.... >> | ||
| Lovers at Work ... | This doesn't violate company policy? Many co.... >> | |
| pseudo-RAID on a sin.... | Wouldn't using a single drive defeat much of the p.... >> | |
| 28 Dec 2003 | Open source complexi.... | There is a big difference between a company whose .... >> |
| More Linux Developer.... | The combined cost of a set of proprietary software.... >> | |
| 27 Dec 2003 | >'If companies and individuals use commercial soft.... >> | |
| The increased spread of Linux and of-the-shelf sof.... >> | ||
| Statistics - reading.... | Still, in extreme cases the top developers probabl.... >> | |
| Outsourcing and the .... | Except that the 20% comes with added risk and long.... >> | |
| >'Soon, all you extra special people with extra sp.... >> | ||
| From Tony Chang's link: 'Three years later, Sil.... >> | ||
| Future of Window API | .NET on Linux: http://www.go-mono.com/ >> | |
| Working at Microsoft | The situation with the woman in that article seems.... >> | |
| Q for Independent Co.... | Text and code editors are tools of the trade, whic.... >> | |
| 26 Dec 2003 | Statistics - reading.... | 40 lines for 'top producers'? I guess you mean .... >> |
| Those numbers are also net of rewrites and deletio.... >> | ||
| The 10 lines per day is an average for production-.... >> | ||
| Outsourcing and the .... | >'My concern is basically selfish. If outsourcing.... >> | |
| Oddly enough, the number of CxOs who say the compa.... >> | ||
| IEEE reports highest.... | Isn't the raw number of employed engineers still h.... >> | |
| job advice for a new.... | 'First of all most coding jobs don't require heavy.... >> | |
| 24 Dec 2003 | Latest on SCO/Linux .... | Every time SCO and Darth McBride (or Darl Vader, i.... >> |
| 23 Dec 2003 | Why The Flip Flop, J.... | It isn't a 'compiler', it's more of a translator b.... >> |
| MFC | ' MFC works great for developing Windows applicati.... >> | |
| Borland is no more. | The new "sales paradigm" was probably made necessa.... >> | |
| As usual, Borland demonstrates their incompetence .... >> | ||
| 22 Dec 2003 | How Much Do Offshore.... | 'Management also said they could hire Polish devel.... >> |
| The more reputable offshore firms in India bill at.... >> | ||
| kinds of sw developm.... | It isn't that hard to compete against the outsourc.... >> | |
| '... then why not replace them with incompotents* .... >> | ||
| Remember we're talking about software development .... >> | ||
| 'If a US worker loses their job because someone in.... >> | ||
| 'EA have a development office in Australia.' I .... >> | ||
| Forced Subscriptions | Tivo's problem is that they don't make money on th.... >> | |
| 21 Dec 2003 | kinds of sw developm.... | Among the 'least likely to be offshored' I would s.... >> |
| A better question might be "what are the kinds of .... >> | ||
| All software can be outsourced. However, probably .... >> | ||
| Outsourcing - making.... | And when he doesn't refuse, tragedies like Aaliyah.... >> | |
| Based on that geographic distribution, and the rea.... >> | ||
| Outsourcing -But not.... | 'Maybe I should subcontract 4 indian programmers t.... >> | |
| Forced Subscriptions | The Series1->Series2 subscription transfer was a t.... >> | |
| Did linux just show .... | To overcome the barriers that are present because .... >> | |
| 19 Dec 2003 | Compression Algorith.... | Unless you are willing to have a loss of image qua.... >> |
| Are IP addresses rec.... | Wow, I never realized just how much information is.... >> | |
| Most web servers log your IP address merely when y.... >> | ||
| 18 Dec 2003 | New Project - offsho.... | MSHack: If you outsource, would it be to an extern.... >> |
| Lisp company IPOs | 'You might even to go so far as to say they were a.... >> | |
| expedia ho: The search results from Orbitz and .... >> | ||
| 17 Dec 2003 | Oracle - SQL 'insert.... | Actually it won't be locking errors that you'll ge.... >> |
| Do you mind if there are gaps in the 1..N? Using .... >> | ||
| OS dominance | Don't forget that it is easy to fake your browser .... >> | |
| 14 Dec 2003 | Dual monitors ... at.... | ATI does two *independent* monitors out of the box.... >> |
| Hiring someone who *.... | Sorry John, but it will sound worse if you tell an.... >> | |
| Software Engineers: .... | I have to agree with Philo. Having a well-in.... >> | |
| 13 Dec 2003 | Dual monitors ... at home? >> | |
| 13 Dec 2003 | Dual monitors ... at.... | 'Go back to 640 x 480 and then back to your full n.... >> |
| I have an nVidia Geforce3 Ti200. It has Twinview w.... >> | ||
| The OS bundles the multiple display feature ... do.... >> | ||
| Hiring someone who *.... | Non-sequitir. It will be easier for me to co.... >> | |
| So many people complete bachelor's or master's deg.... >> | ||
| >'But if he is gainfully employed doing the work h.... >> | ||
| >'Doing job but didn't get degree = smart enough t.... >> | ||
| Finish the darn degree. Coming that close an.... >> | ||
| 12 Dec 2003 | U.S. Programmers at .... | Nobody here said that we in general deserve six fi.... >> |
| Stephen, that assumes you earn enough to actually .... >> | ||
| 10 Dec 2003 | XYZ - why did you move? >> | |
| Why do so many non-Americans call Americans 'USAns.... >> | ||
| >I don't understand why people don't equate $45,00.... >> | ||
| Software will eat it.... | 'Backing the right performers has always been diff.... >> | |
| Our jobs... (again) | Most good programmers enjoy what they do for a liv.... >> | |
| 09 Dec 2003 | Binary search in 5 l.... | Of course, this begs the question, what is a "line.... >> |
| Here's a non-recursive 5-liner in Java, if you don.... >> | ||
| Why are 80% of progr.... | I seldom take my work home. But the majority of.... >> | |
| 07 Dec 2003 | "Low Skill" Rhetoric | People with 10 years experience in Java aren't com.... >> |
| There is also the constant rhetoric that 'IT is a .... >> | ||
| "Low-skill jobs like.... | Dennis, that is exactly what I've been thinking. .... >> | |
| 'You're not saying that the 1 month guys actually .... >> | ||
| It all boils down to the fact that someone with no.... >> | ||
| If there are few dec.... | >'Medicine is secure, as far as I know, but applic.... >> | |
| 06 Dec 2003 | Are Debuggers Wastef.... | So I take it you would prefer your doctor to send .... >> |
| 'Doctors shouldn't use MRIs or xrays either. Just .... >> | ||
| Yes, when there is a problem a debugger probably d.... >> | ||
| Some people use the debugger to fix code without r.... >> | ||
| 'fix a problem properly...' *Properly* is the r.... >> | ||
| 'I fail to see how printf's can be quicker or more.... >> | ||
| I the article's point is more that heavy reliance .... >> | ||
| The problem is not with the debugger itself, it is.... >> | ||
| Why are 80% of progr.... | By '10-page procedure' above, I didn't mean a proc.... >> | |
| 'I've never bought the 10x productivity differenti.... >> | ||
| 05 Dec 2003 | "Secret Question" Pa.... | 'I hate those sites that let you receiving your pa.... >> |
| American programmers.... | >'I'm at a very small company in the midwest and m.... >> | |
| The Indian programmer would have beem billed at $4.... >> | ||
| 04 Dec 2003 | $40-$45K will attract programmers, but only unempl.... >> | |
| Why are 80% of progr.... | And when a truly stellar programmer is recognized .... >> | |
| HTML forms and back .... | >'Saving and later submitting the pages will not w.... >> | |
| 'I've built some non-trivial web-applications and .... >> | ||
| 03 Dec 2003 | I hate webapps that don't handle the Back button g.... >> | |
| 02 Dec 2003 | All the screws lined.... | It is more likely that the 1% feature will be some.... >> |
| Software patents | 'Software algorithms are _not_ invented, they are .... >> | |
| Requiring pre-interv.... | If a company is willing to fly you in for an inter.... >> | |
| 30 Nov 2003 | POLL : Do you play v.... | Having a job, a life, and playing video games are .... >> |
| '...and the antidote for inert TV watching.' Ex.... >> | ||
| Up until the late 90's I used to play games fairly.... >> | ||
| >'Games are for children.' Nowadays, many games.... >> | ||
| I need a pay rise | There is also the perception that unemployed peopl.... >> | |
| 29 Nov 2003 | How did Amazon becom.... | They neglect to realize that word of mouth still e.... >> |
| 28 Nov 2003 | Hiring through inter.... | Companies that use trial periods do pay the people.... >> |
| 27 Nov 2003 | If hiring employees is like marriage, consulting m.... >> | |
| 26 Nov 2003 | The relentless march.... | >'I can't see them lowering the price of Windows.'.... >> |
| 24 Nov 2003 | "warm-chair attritio.... | 5% is not an arbitrary number. It is the poi.... >> |
| 22 Nov 2003 | World Class Programm.... | Famous != world class. I deliberately didn't incl.... >> |
| 21 Nov 2003 | An outsourcing/offsh.... | Full protectionism is often better than the one-si.... >> |
| Most American farm subsidies don't make food cheap.... >> | ||
| World Class Programm.... | World class programmers: John Carmack Richard .... >> | |
| 19 Nov 2003 | future of programmin.... | Ultimately, the same thing that enabled first-worl.... >> |
| Manufacturing is very different from programming, .... >> | ||
| 18 Nov 2003 | The real problem wit.... | The 'replace half of the IT department' is an exag.... >> |
| Need a reasonable da.... | If they want to put more restrictive conditions on.... >> | |
| The MySQL position is a ridiculous one. That's li.... >> | ||
| 17 Nov 2003 | Microsoft opens Offi.... | Microsoft Word XML format:
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| The real problem wit.... | There is a difference between offshore outsourcing.... >> | |
| Need a reasonable da.... | Just distribute MySQL and your app on separate CDs.... >> | |
| 15 Nov 2003 | Offshoring Opportuni.... | 'Outsourcing to India is working, and will work IN.... >> |
| >'Why _would_ any indian company send a developer .... >> | ||
| 14 Nov 2003 | Some bad Indian developers do find positions in th.... >> | |
| The bestest of the best would probably stay in Ind.... | ||