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Number of Comments: 364
Number of Words: 25,281
First Comment: 29 Nov 2002
Final Comment: 31 Jul 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 23
First Topic: 10 Dec 2002
Latest Topic: 08 Jul 2004
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31 Jul 2004   The Village (don't s....   I don't know - it wasn't an action packed thriller....   >>  
30 Jul 2004   what cars do geeks d....   VW Golf   >>  
21 Jul 2004   mcsd   It's got nothing to do with being an MCSD.  M....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   Joel Book   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590....   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Macromedia Central?  A worthwhile platform?   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Slashdot   how about you build something fairly complex, inte....   >>  
07 Jul 2004   .NET Question   Assuming you're using IIS6, you could create a sep....   >>  
01 Jul 2004   Gmail Tip   I invited myself and created an "Idea Library" typ....   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Electronic Whiteboar....   http://www.mimio.com/    >>  
28 Jun 2004   Advice on Source Con....   Can't go wrong with Perforce..but it's a bit price....   >>  
   Can you be a good C+....   > What if you can do and like to teach? You be....   >>  
      The problem is not teaching the syntax of the lang....   >>  
09 Jun 2004   too close for comfor....   On a related note - business is personal. Would y....   >>  
      Be considerate & professional. Call this individu....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Lluna, browser-location based chat   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Website Removes Brow....   Use the F6 key to get to the address bar instead ;....   >>  
04 Jun 2004   The thing I hate mos....   win2k3's kill is "taskkill"  not sure if xp h....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   questions to ask bef....   Non-compete agreement? What about moonlighting/si....   >>  
   Objectz.NET   Too bad their e-commerce site sucks.  How do ....   >>  
02 Jun 2004   Planning to give my ....   Definitely don't burn any bridges.  I moved t....   >>  
30 May 2004   Advisory board for g....   Partner with the agencies that might want to imple....   >>  
24 May 2004   "The New Me"   Their products' market segments are being commodit....   >>  
21 May 2004   My tech crystall bal....   >THat way, they can get a new OS without new hardw....   >>  
20 May 2004   Caching "large" amounts of data.   >>  
20 May 2004   Caching "large" amou....   >Yeah, first of all, your database isn't very big.....   >>  
      Chris, The database will be updated once a mont....   >>  
      Caffeinated, I have experience in using the dat....   >>  
      That's an interesting thought Steve.  That wo....   >>  
   The last time you us....   Last week.  Populating a Treeview control rep....   >>  
19 May 2004   Lots of free time, p....   The problem is that everyone on God's green earth ....   >>  
   What examples to tea....   Populate a TreeView control on a form using recurs....   >>  
12 May 2004   Massive Windows Pain....   Here, download the VC++ toolkit at http://www.micr....   >>  
05 May 2004   Why does everyone th....   It's like art.  Everybody thinks they can pai....   >>  
   Integrating web site....   King Hercules.  Do some research, all Anzio i....   >>  
   Google pop-up blocke....   Unfortunately what you can't import into FireFox i....   >>  
   Security - unrealist....   '....but the fact is that people today buying, wha....   >>  
03 May 2004   Help With Market Val....   Hire a marketing consultant.  You wouldn't wa....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   RSS feed   Yep...I've been considering writing a little app t....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   idea manager / thoug....   http://www.mindjet.com    >>  
25 Apr 2004   OT...need Europeans'....   Thanks All!  I'll check out these good leads.....   >>  
24 Apr 2004      doh!  I never thought about the embassy ;-)&n....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   OT...need Europeans' help ;-)   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Product Marketing Ha....   Rick, You've lost sight of the problem. My pro....   >>  
      I forgot to mention that.... I'm keeping your b....   >>  
      ++Well, not always. There are customers you do no....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   What would you do?   Are you over-reacting? Yes.  Just don't work ....   >>  
   Diversity initiative....   nice - anon.  ;-)   >>  
21 Apr 2004   Product Marketing Ha....   Speaking of this book: Rick - I'm a bit upset t....   >>  
16 Apr 2004   Useful SQL Server errors...   >>  
16 Apr 2004   Useful SQL Server er....   well, now that my machine is back to 'normal' I'm ....   >>  
      After reading my (already posted) reply above - I ....   >>  
      Ah the Sharepoint Man ;-) I figured it out - the ....   >>  
14 Apr 2004   Recommended servers ....   Disclaimer: I don't know anything about this prod....   >>  
   First internet usage   Hmm.  My first newsgroup post was back in '96....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Pricing for a produc....   >The addon will probably save the user 100's if no....   >>  
06 Apr 2004   Accessor Debate   Ask and yee shall receive (sometimes) http://ww....   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Kinesis Contoured ke....   The keyboard is worth every penny I paid for it ($....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   Intranet needs a sea....   Try MondoSearch - they specialize in search techno....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   If you can't beat em....   1. Buy AOL 2. Force customers to switch to MSN so....   >>  
16 Mar 2004   What's wrong with St....   I have to agree.  After looking at Struts, Ma....   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Outsourcing has been....   >Outsourcing is about nothing but paying less to t....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   Software for spec'in....   Visio can draw UIs...   >>  
   Securing W2000 on a ....   Well...you could run a VMWare/Virtual PC 2004 inst....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   Perforce for FREE!!   MacSqueeb: << This is particularly true if you'r....   >>  
      clearly if any of you had googled for Ken Klose, y....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Does Windows XP Sp2 ....   Because many...many...businesses have sales staff ....   >>  
      Not including it in SP2 makes me wonder if .NET 1.....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   Windows XP Reloaded   You'd be lucky to find a car with a 6 year warrant....   >>  
24 Feb 2004   XP Pro vs. Windows S....   I use 2k3 as well, only problem is I can't find a ....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   In-browser WYSIWYG editor (MAC OS 9/PC-IE5)??   >>  
23 Feb 2004   In-browser WYSIWYG e....   Just an FYI, I just got a response from the develo....   >>  
      No, it does not support contenteditable - otherwis....   >>  
      Unfortunately it requires Mozilla 1.3.  As un....   >>  
22 Feb 2004   Microsoft CRM Server   Before singing praise for MS CRM 1.2, make sure yo....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Win2k won't boot aft....   The boot loader (& boot.ini info for both 2k insta....   >>  
30 Jan 2004   Management problem f....   It's called a Non-compete agreement and Copyright.....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Yes, a linker does indeed exist (of sorts)   >>  
28 Jan 2004   VMWare and licenses   For every copy of Windows on the machine you need ....   >>  
27 Jan 2004   Web-application and ....   Support anything they want so long as they'll pay ....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   Common sense softwar....   Looks like the site has exceeded its max bandwidth....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   To Struts or not?   >>  
12 Dec 2003   software copy protec....   copy protection is bad, you want lots of copies of....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   Where Did You Go To ....   SUNY @ Buffalo College ('Buff State') Finished ....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Wise/InstallShield?   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Wise/InstallShield?   I'm looking for something that will: Allow for ....   >>  
29 Oct 2003   The Hidden Costs of ....   Back to the topic at hand... the article: This ....   >>  
16 Oct 2003   .NET BCL Exception List?   >>  
16 Oct 2003   .NET BCL Exception L....   Mark - thanks. I did a search on google groups an....   >>  
26 Sep 2003   Those programmers (b....   Ok, I have to make the obligatory joke: 1. Giv....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Is Postgres/MySQL re....   What about http://firebird.sourceforge.net ?    >>  
   Top notch developmen....   $799 gets you the crappiest Dell Laptop on earth (....   >>  
   First-time contract ....   >Once they give you some specific requirements, ta....   >>  
      Monad, Once they give you some specific require....   >>  
   Banning email?   I'm pretty sure email is abused at all levels of t....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   The Internet is a ra....   As of 11pm tonight, my dedicated server account wi....   >>  
      How long would a 3 year old child survive on a bus....   >>  
23 Sep 2003   Who pays for unemplo....   Funny though how you still have to pay income taxe....   >>  
   Good News for Americ....   H-1Bs have no great effect on the free market toda....   >>  
      >Bad news for the free market. Care to make am....   >>  
      Kill all the L-1 visas.  H-1B will have littl....   >>  
22 Sep 2003   Small business smoke....   search for automated attendant on google... her....   >>  
19 Sep 2003   Computer at home   Does porn count as needed?   >>  
17 Sep 2003   What is Change Manag....   It's my understanding that a change management sys....   >>  
15 Sep 2003   When did it end?   >I think the more compelling question is when did ....   >>  
   How to deal with tea....   Why don't you work-with/mentor this programmer?&nb....   >>  
08 Sep 2003   A new company name   David, You're asking a bunch of geek/IT folk ab....   >>  
   #JoS IRC Channel?   >This place is going downhill fast enough without ....   >>  
06 Sep 2003   #JoS IRC Channel?   >>  
06 Sep 2003   CityDesk development/testing question   >>  
05 Sep 2003   Decision makers that....   I'm not so sure you can lump people who don't trus....   >>  
   Localization questio....   http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/pdfs/lingo_guide_....   >>  
   OODB: Are they viabl....   He's worth how many billions?  What's being a....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   How much do Technica....   What's wrong with self-publishing?  I mean re....   >>  
03 Sep 2003   Best self-defence wh....   Well, mot to be someone that likes half ass work a....   >>  
      I think that fixing the ALT tag errors is a given ....   >>  
   Linux stabilization   >Nice daydream, GiorgioG. But how do you show up i....   >>  
      >Is it exciting that corporate managements are cut....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   WSAD and VSS   Google Google Google Google... http://vssplugin....   >>  
   What happened to MS'....   I think there's an older model of the Datahand tha....   >>  
      oops - to answer your question, no I've never used....   >>  
      >I can't imagine pushing my fingers away, let alon....   >>  
      Philo, I've been toying with the idea of buying....   >>  
      I have one of these http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/pr....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   Licensing Legalities   Daniel, http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/se....   >>  
      legally, you're required to have licenses for each....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Leaky abstractions a....   What's this have to do with leaky abstractions?&nb....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Product Liability an....   >Consumer versions of Windows *are* getting a lot ....   >>  
      Some of you just don't get it. Microsoft converts....   >>  
25 Aug 2003   Things really starting to pick up?   >>  
25 Aug 2003   Sinding Large Image ....   Also, How would you move Mt. Fuji? In other wor....   >>  
19 Aug 2003   Free PC database ser....   Who is going to run a Cygwin based database server....   >>  
18 Aug 2003      www.sapdb.org is pretty nice... I'd trust it more ....   >>  
16 Aug 2003   how much does part t....   I haven't seen or ever put "part-time" in my resum....   >>  
   Blaster & Proble....   X, You can set up VPN rules to allow/disallow p....   >>  
   I *hate* "server pri....   Peter, This is all I gotta say: http://ask.slas....   >>  
15 Aug 2003   Outsourced Overseas   While you obviously don't want to state who your e....   >>  
      I second that.   >>  
   Is anyone else compl....   Maybe I didn't make myself clear, or maybe you're ....   >>  
      Get Over Yourself indeed. If they're high ava....   >>  
14 Aug 2003   MSBlast - I don't un....   >If these frustrated people had another OS choice,....   >>  
      >Or many here have their heads to far up redmond's....   >>  
   Is anyone else compl....   Logically, one should be able to discern from an M....   >>  
   Half of Windows cras....   'Open standards etc are making Windows irrelevant'....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   Why whine?   Grr.  That should read "And I can peek at the....   >>  
      Why don't you just stick to Delphi then? Honest....   >>  
      Please go back to slashdot   >>  
      >Because of recent worms, we have setup a committe....   >>  
      Time to feed the troll. >.NET is a vapourware t....   >>  
11 Aug 2003   Surviving unreliable....   Why not go for a partial T1?    >>  
07 Aug 2003   C++ IDE as Cool as I....   Visual SlickEdit is a great tool once you set it u....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   OpenGL or DirectX?   What development platform are you planning on usin....   >>  
31 Jul 2003   A question on unit t....   You can use the conditional attribute... http:/....   >>  
   Software condoms?   RocketJeff, Actually, looking closer at the GPL....   >>  
      RocketJeff, That's the allure of MySQL - it's '....   >>  
      The GPL just sucks simply because it's never been ....   >>  
      Is the GPL even legally sound?   >>  
   Unused Office Space ....   wow...nice troll beef <g>   >>  
30 Jul 2003   Outsourcing Honesty ....   'The discussion boils down to can you produce agai....   >>  
29 Jul 2003   Open source is _not_....   'surely expecting $ above and beyond that required....   >>  
      'But really, if you have _already_ been paid by yo....   >>  
      'umm...fewer poor kids would suffer from easily cu....   >>  
      Thanks for the better example John...It's late and....   >>  
      Yes - it most definitely is difficult to see the u....   >>  
28 Jul 2003   What's happened to Customer Service?   >>  
28 Jul 2003   What's happened to C....   I don't dislike the laptop so much - I just refuse....   >>  
   software developers ....   If your budget doesn't allow for a top notch senio....   >>  
      I think you're wrong in your thinking.  It's ....   >>  
      So out of 20 people you only found 1 that was avai....   >>  
   Web-based software d....   Looks like this might be exactly what you're looki....   >>  
      None of the proposed solutions thus far gets aroun....   >>  
27 Jul 2003      Joel, How does terminal services help? He want....   >>  
26 Jul 2003   part time software d....   Depends.  What about your benefits (health in....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   company car   Well, in that case - start looking for another job....   >>  
      It doesn't matter who's fault it is, who's right i....   >>  
   Time to pakc your ba....   52% of 800 million people is still quite a bit mor....   >>  
      [I don't buy into the doom and gloom scenarios; I ....   >>  
      [Importing from certain countries (like India) is ....   >>  
      It's a moot point really, Americans will not pack ....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Salary negotiation b....   "Get Paid What You're Worth" ?   >>  
   Offshoring is the LE....   The cost of building/buying, maintaining and repla....   >>  
23 Jul 2003   Underhandedness in c....   Well, the whole point (in their minds) is to get y....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   Compaq Presario X1000 Laptop Review...   >>  
18 Jul 2003   Compaq Presario X100....   I removed the horizontal lines for Netscape/Mozill....   >>  
      I've noticed that about 30% of people hitting that....   >>  
      Prakash S: Yep - the 2 year old Inspiron 8000 t....   >>  
      Anon, You're welcome. *open/close/open/clo....   >>  
   GiorgioG - Tell us a....   Here it is... http://www.sharpmatrix.com Jus....   >>  
17 Jul 2003   .NET web app hosting....   brinkster.com isn't bad.  If you want your ow....   >>  
   GiorgioG - Tell us a....   Does anyone have any specific questions?  I d....   >>  
      I'll post a review tonight.  Sorry for the sh....   >>  
   part-time boss?   >Moonlighting is *nearly* always a breach of emplo....   >>  
      Uh. Speaking up about it to his boss's boss is a ....   >>  
15 Jul 2003   Job-hopping   You're unemployed, what do you have to lose? Take....   >>  
   AMD or Intel for lap....   Anon, You enter the coupon code near the end of....   >>  
14 Jul 2003   Minority owned biddi....   No kidding Trogdor... Don't get the reference? ....   >>  
   AMD or Intel for lap....   Think I used coupon code SV7095 or SV8248 - I can'....   >>  
      For whatever its worth, I just ordered (a variatio....   >>  
      I have a desktop Athlon 1.4ghz.  Plenty fast.....   >>  
13 Jul 2003   Indian employees rej....   Stephen: >Call centre jobs in India are taken b....   >>  
10 Jul 2003   Why Eclipse is free   >Eclipse is a great IDE and the fact that it is av....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   Dangerous Competitor....   Offer a service of some sort with regard to functi....   >>  
27 Jun 2003   Problem with colleag....   So just be very diplomatic about it...  Ask h....   >>  
26 Jun 2003   early retirement que....   1 month is plenty of time unless you are their ent....   >>  
25 Jun 2003   Outlook time precisi....   You can write an outlook addin to poll a database ....   >>  
24 Jun 2003   Dealing with 21'st c....   Become a consultant for RTOS development.  No....   >>  
   Suggestions/Pointers....   http://www.pkzip.com/products/enterprise/securityp....   >>  
      Why not just put a password on the zip file. ....   >>  
22 Jun 2003   Thoughts on VCs and ....   >We can go phylosophical and think about why is it....   >>  
21 Jun 2003   Finding People   >What does having back hair have to do with hygien....   >>  
      Well, I think personal hygene, no matter where ....   >>  
      Check your email Marc...   >>  
20 Jun 2003   Web+Client Server De....   Eh, Give the kid a break. If he really is a st....   >>  
      You could use Lotus Domino 6, done right, your app....   >>  
30 May 2003   To Splash or Not To ....   While you're at it - you may want to keep your web....   >>  
29 May 2003   Document clustering   Can you be a little bit more specific?   >>  
25 May 2003   Connecting to an FTP....   Win2k Does allow you to assign multiple IPs. St....   >>  
22 May 2003   Viewpoint shifts dur....   Amen.   >>  
21 May 2003   This is why I am not....   Then don't upgrade. There's plenty of shops sti....   >>  
      Simon, That's a pretty weak argument considerin....   >>  
      http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/VSConvert.asp....   >>  
      >I knew this was coming the day they announced .NE....   >>  
   Recent Threads   Instead of this useless rubbish, those of us/you t....   >>  
20 May 2003   Certification - Agai....   I'm in the process of becoming an MCSD and you rea....   >>  
18 May 2003   POLL : How Many Of Y....   Age Of Mythology/Warcraft3   >>  
17 May 2003   Working for a non-so....   Hope you like lots and lots and lots of process. ....   >>  
   Matrix Reloaded - on....   The Matrix is running itself in a VMWare in a recu....   >>  
15 May 2003   Music   Wait a minute. Find the music most unlike the m....   >>  
      I third the motion. Although you could just piss ....   >>  
13 May 2003   Do You Drive?   You can do just about anything without having to d....   >>  
      how is this relevent?   >>  
   Java 1.5 – a huge ph....   Mr. Bloh, Yep - tried Eclipse, wasn't too impre....   >>  
12 May 2003   Real .NET applicatio....   I'm pretty sure that Microsoft Content Management ....   >>  
   BMW computer crashes....   Is using a key from outside such a difficult conce....   >>  
   How do I sell an app....   Sorry to say, but I just found Avant Browser - htt....   >>  
   Java 1.5 – a huge ph....   >http://www.jgoodies.com >There. Point proven. ....   >>  
11 May 2003   Configure VS.NET 200....   >And no $29 isn't much, but I still think Microsof....   >>  
      The upgrade from 2002 to 2003 is $29... http://....   >>  
10 May 2003   Java 1.5 – a huge ph....   >All these 'VS.NET > IDEA' people sound like the E....   >>  
09 May 2003      Ethan wrote: >Between Java 1.5 and the new Java....   >>  
08 May 2003   .Net develops advant....   Tucan, Check out the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Comp....   >>  
06 May 2003   Where have all the a....   I doubt this will be 'fixed' as far as the current....   >>  
05 May 2003   C# Programming Soon ....   Ian, et al... The build system (supposedly) has....   >>  
   Compensation   dh003i, It would have been better to have chose....   >>  
04 May 2003   C# Programming Soon ....   Walter, Have you even tried VS.NET (1.0 or 2003....   >>  
   Matrix Reloaded   Because we're all ubergeeks ;-)   >>  
03 May 2003   Compensation   Can someone explain to a simpleton like myself exa....   >>  
02 May 2003   Announcing a termina....   >You see this person clearing their office, you've....   >>  
01 May 2003   Quick Poll: Software....   B#: What dev platform?    >>  
   Philo's been sacked ....   Happy To Be Working: On what grounds? Did he r....   >>  
30 Apr 2003   From absolute zero t....   Amen Philo. I spent about 10 hours this weekend....   >>  
   No new desktop appli....   What's so great about Groove? What makes it new co....   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Precious   Ok I don't understand what the big deal is, being ....   >>  
25 Apr 2003   Development for Hand....   >How can I convince them that Java is not the best....   >>  
      It might be worthwhile to port it to the .NET Comp....   >>  
23 Apr 2003   Better marketting te....   I knew I should have kept my mouth shut ;-)   >>  
      Process State Indicator Real-time Status Indicato....   >>  
22 Apr 2003   SMTP Replacement...   >>  
22 Apr 2003   Joel's 12 point Test....   Dimitri, A word to the wise, I spent 3 years su....   >>  
      >My heart sank when I read the faqs for those two,....   >>  
21 Apr 2003   Rent/Subscription Based Software?   >>  
21 Apr 2003   Rent/Subscription Ba....   I would tend to agree with you except at some poin....   >>  
   Consultants   >That a bunch of ego-driven BS made by guess who??....   >>  
18 Apr 2003      What's everyone opinion on your first software dev....   >>  
16 Apr 2003   Is it a joke ? IBM O....   >It is implemented in Java. It must be good. No ma....   >>  
      Ged, Lotusscript is anything but a gem. In fac....   >>  
15 Apr 2003   Why auto tab-ahead o....   Well, it's stupid only because it is not the way o....   >>  
11 Apr 2003   Professionals .... b....   Maybe the Indian gov't should open a U.S. law scho....   >>  
   startup company offe....   Ged wrote: >Sure, the call centre is easier, bu....   >>  
10 Apr 2003      >> Who in their right mind would work for $12,000/....   >>  
      Who in their right mind would work for $12,000/yea....   >>  
02 Apr 2003   PowerBASIC Vs. Visua....   Wolfric, Are you interested in figuring out whe....   >>  
24 Mar 2003   Current Date.   Buy it.   >>  
   Lunch At Cubile or A....   Get off couch, cook & eat lunch, jump back on ....   >>  
18 Mar 2003   Military Systems...   >>  
18 Mar 2003   Ripped from Slashdot....   I've just started using Microsoft CRM which uses a....   >>  
   Applets making a com....   oops... 'Java as a language is probably not muc....   >>  
      I think we're going offtopic ;-) Java as a lang....   >>  
   Boomerang of offshor....   I think as a general rule, any posts by Bella can ....   >>  
17 Mar 2003   Applets making a com....   rexguo, You must be running one hell of a machi....   >>  
      What's worse, the JVM won't unload itself once it ....   >>  
      Applets are the worst.  If only because it ta....   >>  
   Manipulating Very La....   I can second Slickedit - used it to edit files tha....   >>  
   Is FogBuz really req....   Here's another free one (web/asp.net based) htt....   >>  
15 Mar 2003   Boomerang of offshor....   Well, just to satisfy my curiosity I did a job sea....   >>  
      Does anyone know why our politicians are welcoming....   >>  
14 Mar 2003   I have a confession ....   Brent, That only works if you're doing the demo....   >>  
      This is why I think most demos should be 'Smoke &a....   >>  
12 Mar 2003   Web Hosts JSP/Servle....   www.5dollarhosting.com seems to work ok for a coup....   >>  
   Webhosts   Yoav: Check out http://www.connecticut-web.com ....   >>  
   corporate portal exp....   SharePoint 2.0 beta was just released a couple day....   >>  
11 Mar 2003   Gadget freak or cons....   I feel as if I'm talking to someone on Slashdot.&n....   >>  
26 Feb 2003   Heisenberg effects   It's been great, but seeing as how Joel has decide....   >>  
25 Feb 2003   How to get a part-ti....   Hmm.  Working at CompUSA won't make any real ....   >>  
      Personally, I got my first IT/development job f....   >>  
24 Feb 2003   Ranking projects by ....   oops, I should read all the posts! sorry raindog ;....   >>  
      raindog, no offense, but your reverse a file examp....   >>  
   outage... cont.   Critical Mass - the way I define it anyway: Th....   >>  
      << The count is off because someone at Fog Creek ....   >>  
23 Feb 2003   Palm handles Office ....   I don't think it's that shocking. There are plent....   >>  
22 Feb 2003   GPA   My GPA was 3.2 and I am also employed.  Never....   >>  
21 Feb 2003   Know Anyone Persecut....   Not to be harsh, but people who are 'persecuted ou....   >>  
20 Feb 2003   Music   Oops, William Orbit, not Orbin.   >>  
      Lately, James Brown, William Orbin, Bach, Handel, ....   >>  
      Everything-=Country;   >>  
   IBM, RPG IV, ILE, AS....   dk, I stand corrected. My boss said they were ....   >>  
      I think AS/400's strong-point is stability/reliabi....   >>  
   tester or developer?   I have to say that Bella didn't manage a single po....   >>  
19 Feb 2003   Windows NT/200X Build Process   >>  
19 Feb 2003   Intellectual Knowled....   Unless you signed a non-compete agreement or a pat....   >>  
   Remote Access and Do....   Maybe you should only update it once every 1-3 sec....   >>  
   ASP-based CMS and E-....   You could certainly build such a system yourself o....   >>  
   Age discrimination i....   Because at 20 you probably don't have a wife, 3 ki....   >>  
      Hey Bella, Since you're the know-all, tell-all ....   >>  
      'Understand when its overall market conditions and....   >>  
   Who dropped the ball....   << Yeah, it's pretty hard to disable the keyboard....   >>  
   Why did FoxPro Fail ....   I think FoxPro failed because Access is 'good enou....   >>  
   current salary level....   << Come to america man! If your decent you could....   >>  
17 Feb 2003   Advice for a first-t....   Bella, you would do yourself (and others around yo....   >>  
   Cheapest VC++ Profes....   You can get upgrade pricing if you own one of the ....   >>  
15 Feb 2003   Do you still design ....   I just got done helping FedEx (Trade Networks divi....   >>  
   Work hours/week?   Tapiwa wrote: << First, a disclaimer. IANAC (i....   >>  
      << >She asked when I'd be finished (its almost do....   >>  
      Prakash wrote: << From all your previous posts....   >>  
14 Feb 2003   Work hours/week?   >>  
14 Feb 2003   How to ask for a rai....   Perhaps you should just ask your boss how best to ....   >>  
   Work hours/week?   Bella writes: Who's exploiting whom? Who made ....   >>  
12 Feb 2003   What were your first....   Timex Sinclair 1000   >>  
   MS patents .NET!   Crusty, What makes you think Java is any safer ....   >>  
06 Feb 2003   Hosting web-site on ....   http://www.5dollarhosting.com/ These guys are o....   >>  
   IT Outsourcing Overs....   Ken, I think to sum up what alot of people have....   >>  
03 Feb 2003   Commoditize Your Com....   Better off waiting till they port to .NET and then....   >>  
   Is There an Internat....   Java/J2EE is not recognized by international stand....   >>  
01 Feb 2003   Fear...   All I can say at the moment is that it feels like ....   >>  
31 Jan 2003   Fear...   >>  
30 Jan 2003   Good developers don'....   "Two chicks at the same time..."   >>  
   Cube or office...Wha....   Well, I'm working in a breakroom right now <g&g....   >>  
   Globals Suck   From a relatively inexperience Window/Form develop....   >>  
29 Jan 2003   Licenses   Hmm.  With Regard to MySQL/GPL, what if your ....   >>  
28 Jan 2003   Murphy's Law and Bac....   Speaking of backup solutions...Does anyone know of....   >>  
   VS.Net annoyances ab....   I'm currently using VS.NET 2003 final beta - have ....   >>  
   Easy VS. Good, and t....   'This is our licensing policy in brief: Our soft....   >>  
      I have come to the conclusion that if you're going....   >>  
      Ahh you're right. Damn I hate losing ;-)   >>  
      Nope, it's IPL: http://firebird.sourceforge.net....   >>  
      Read it yourself: http://www.mysql.com/products....   >>  
      Choppy, Just don't distribute MySQL with your a....   >>  
27 Jan 2003   Competance and Chica....   << Linda Nesheim, 50, has been in the industry fo....   >>  
   Nightly Builds and D....   I'm not sure if nAnt can do this, but you might wa....   >>  
   MySQL Adds Subselect....   Alex, PostreSQL is great - for non-Windows user....   >>  
20 Jan 2003   RSI   Wei, Back in my email tech support days I answe....   >>  
14 Jan 2003   offline then sync, s....   slappy, You might want to have a look at SQL Se....   >>  
13 Jan 2003   recruiter e-mail   What a coincidence - I hadn't received an email fr....   >>  
10 Jan 2003   Extraction Translati....   You might want to look at Microsoft Biztalk. ....   >>  
08 Jan 2003   Anyone familiar w/ w....   Brinkster (http://www.brinkster.com) is decent in ....   >>  
01 Jan 2003   Opinions on where to....   I think www.godaddy.com beats everyone hands down.....   >>  
   Mysql - Good or bad?   Postgres does not run well (if at all) on Windows.....   >>  
      Try Firebird (aka open souce version of Borland In....   >>  
30 Dec 2002   Version control for ....   You could try a simple (and free) document managem....   >>  
26 Dec 2002   Software Catalogs?   The only time I find them useful is when I'm in th....   >>  
25 Dec 2002   Version control syst....   I believe Perforce allows 2 user-licenses for free....   >>  
19 Dec 2002   Funny/Interesting th....   Bob(Consultant): What is it ya do here? Bob: Wel....   >>  
18 Dec 2002   Hiring (Again)   << A day later he emailed and asked, if he could ....   >>  
17 Dec 2002   Overseas Outsourcing...   >>  
17 Dec 2002   Career Path for Prog....   a) 1.5 years b) Start with: Lotus Notes/Domino De....   >>  
16 Dec 2002   PHP vs ASP   Hehe Troy.  I can just see him now, designing....   >>  
      << Performance wise - you have little to gain - w....   >>  
      James, I'm not sure it would really make any se....   >>  
      igor: << You can get higher performance out of....   >>  
      To be fair, this morning I installed Apache 2.0.43....   >>  
      Just as a follow-up - I decided I wanted to test t....   >>  
15 Dec 2002      << I had started writing it with PHP, MySQL, Apac....   >>  
   Non .Net Language to....   one programmer's opinion: << Well, you are talki....   >>  
14 Dec 2002   Back to the green sc....   << Besides, as someone else said, users were more....   >>  
      Crusty, My counter-argument is that browser bas....   >>  
13 Dec 2002   Non .Net Language to....   Walter R., I just downloaded the latest & great....   >>  
      Ok, my previous post was just a response to the 't....   >>  
      Hey - I wasn't trolling. Yes, java apps can be fa....   >>  
      Tim, << Delphi produces smaller, faster, easie....   >>  
      I forgot to mention - nothing's stopping you from ....   >>  
      Herbert, Interesting - I haven't messed with De....   >>  
      Have you considered making this a web app and stil....   >>  
   Theories on why prog....   Bruce - just a comment: << We, as a community,....   >>  
12 Dec 2002   Breaking into develo....   Giampiero, This is nothing more than an argumen....   >>  
10 Dec 2002   Explorer or Yahoo-ish heirarchy representation?   >>  
10 Dec 2002   Explorer or Yahoo-is....   Thanks for the quick replies folks. Here's some c....   >>  
29 Nov 2002   Web site design and ....   Nicolas, It depends where you're located, how c....   >>  
      Nicolas, I wouldn't necessarily go 'per page' b....   >>  



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