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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Andy' | ||
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Number of Comments: 230 |
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| Number of Words: 27,748 | ||
| First Comment: 18 Dec 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 21 Jul 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 16 |
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| First Topic: 25 Dec 2002 | ||
| Latest Topic: 27 Jan 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 21 Jul 2004 | For Searching Outloo.... | Maybe you want to use Synopsis instead. It's more .... >> |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Web Applications vs .... | I frequently have the same problem - in fact, our .... >> |
| 24 May 2004 | Cross-platform deskt.... | Check out Tcl/Tk at http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcl.... >> |
| 12 Feb 2004 | Professional Softwar.... | I read Code Complete, not this book, and I thought.... >> |
| 11 Feb 2004 | Chip progress is inc.... | I saw this article too -- I haven't read it carefu.... >> |
| 02 Feb 2004 | Keeping an ear to th.... | there are plentry of rss readers about - feedreade.... >> |
| 01 Feb 2004 | Mike Rowe Soft The F.... | I can just imagine the person who wins it poring o.... >> |
| Amazingly stupid, si.... | Yeah, sometimes I purposely insert bugs in my code.... >> | |
| Yeah, that is taking a pretty naive attitude to sa.... >> | ||
| 31 Jan 2004 | This is a little known (or under-known) distinctio.... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | A linker for .NET? | Uh, I mean isn't the obvious probem the same probl.... >> |
| Version control sw f.... | I use Perforce at work and it reeks of QUALITY in .... >> | |
| Windows XP command l.... | Sorry, one last note -- when it fails, it still di.... >> | |
| Thanks for all the answers, they were great. Don'.... >> | ||
| 27 Jan 2004 | Windows XP command line tools >> | |
| 25 Jan 2004 | your freeware collec.... | http://www.pricelessware.org/ Great site, has a.... >> |
| Anyone tried/used ZO.... | Is there a good one that can be shared easily betw.... >> | |
| 24 Jan 2004 | Upcoming VS.NET >> | |
| 24 Jan 2004 | Upcoming VS.NET | OK, well, I guess there should be a feature that l.... >> |
| More Windows Brain d.... | I found out about this the hard way, and thought i.... >> | |
| 19 Jan 2004 | Home electronics ran.... | What if you need to connect a TiVO? how does.... >> |
| I was wondering about this just yesterday actually.... >> | ||
| 17 Jan 2004 | Code Complete 2 | Is it just me, or if you actually followed all or .... >> |
| 14 Jan 2004 | Game development for.... | Yes, or maybe revive that Lego as a first start, s.... >> |
| 13 Jan 2004 | 'I disagree. A game is probably the best way to g.... >> | |
| Get him started with something free like Python. .... >> | ||
| Breaking into teachi.... | This is a very interesting thread. Does anyone kn.... >> | |
| Next big thing | 'Ok, so all computers are Turing complete. But I .... >> | |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Aussie chick -- Not trying to tear you to shred.... >> | |
| 10 Jan 2004 | Windows RPC question >> | |
| 10 Jan 2004 | Windows RPC question | Yeah I'm thinking I'm going to go with 'at'. Than.... >> |
| Hm, I am a little confused, maybe I can clarify a .... >> | ||
| Thanks for the responses... the at command is more.... >> | ||
| 09 Jan 2004 | Which of these CS Co.... | Li-fan -- I wasn't referring to your post actua.... >> |
| I'm going to assume you mean valuable to a profess.... >> | ||
| 08 Dec 2003 | Treo 270 + Palm OS 5.... | 'Is it possible to upgrade Treo 270 to Palm OS 5.x.... >> |
| 04 Dec 2003 | Why Pragma? | Google helps if you look for Latin/Greek dictionar.... >> |
| 08 Oct 2003 | Thomas Stanley - The.... | I am somewhat like Sausage, having saved about hal.... >> |
| 06 Oct 2003 | Examples of well-wri.... | I wouldn't recommend the standard C library at all.... >> |
| 03 Oct 2003 | Basic question, databases, flash >> | |
| 28 Sep 2003 | Somebody, please exp.... | I am just speculating here... when you load a web .... >> |
| 26 Sep 2003 | UI framework design >> | |
| 26 Sep 2003 | UI framework design | Simon: this is definitely not a school project. I.... >> |
| 24 Sep 2003 | What tool do you mis.... | What was so good about Brief? Just curious...... >> |
| 19 Sep 2003 | MFC Annoyance | It would certainly help if you described what happ.... >> |
| C++ OO question | FullName: I don't remember the discussion off hand.... >> | |
| 18 Sep 2003 | That's a good point, assuming that the OP is imple.... >> | |
| 'I have to have a method in each class, and then I.... >> | ||
| 16 Sep 2003 | Anyone else aghast g.... | I think Bored pretty much hit it on the nose. 'Go.... >> |
| 15 Sep 2003 | ot: brain parsing of.... | Huh? I think that was the rule... : ) software.... >> |
| 12 Sep 2003 | Artcile on the evils.... | I think these authors are both taking opposite pos.... >> |
| 11 Sep 2003 | Carts that Crash and.... | This is why I buy from Amazon all the time... I ha.... >> |
| 07 Sep 2003 | Remember Six Degrees.... | Yeah definitely, it seems like a good idea for nov.... >> |
| 05 Sep 2003 | Computers, and black.... | A very interesting article somewhat related to thi.... >> |
| 04 Sep 2003 | Interview Questions .... | Yeah I can't recall NOT getting asked that questio.... >> |
| 01 Sep 2003 | Stupid Arrogant Prog.... | I second the vote that quicktime and realplayer ar.... >> |
| Multiple return poin.... | I prefer the single exit. Depends on the function.... >> | |
| Sympathy for teekid? | Good point above, but intent isn't the only factor.... >> | |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Java guide for C++ c.... | When I did some Java, the place I went was simply .... >> |
| 25 Aug 2003 | How are Usenet newsg.... | Nah that's not really true... in some ways it is u.... >> |
| 22 Aug 2003 | How Long Will Kids L.... | Along with the increase in life expectancy to 200 .... >> |
| Python or Ruby? | Yeah, how about some more questions like: Windows .... >> | |
| Any ideas on how Goo.... | They might not take advantage of this fact, but th.... >> | |
| Adobe Acrobat 6.0 | tekumse, thanks for that link. I'm going to .... >> | |
| Dynamic Languages an.... | I was a hardcore C/C++ guy, and I tried Python, an.... >> | |
| #define PRIVATE stat.... | Look up 'made trivial, pedantic remark, defended r.... >> | |
| PhD in Computer Scie.... | Bella, that's clown college you're thinking of (yo.... >> | |
| freeware lightweight.... | Thanks for the recommendation of PSP guys... been .... >> | |
| 21 Aug 2003 | Adobe Acrobat 6.0 | Seriously, I noticed this too... they must have li.... >> |
| Best Game Industrie .... | If it's a university project, then I would guess t.... >> | |
| Data Structure Algor.... | Yes you do make a graph when you link objects, but.... >> | |
| Dynamic Languages an.... | Don't know anything about Siebel in particular, bu.... >> | |
| Jim, that was pretty interesting, and definitely p.... >> | ||
| #define PRIVATE stat.... | Define atomic type. What should I look up? I l.... >> | |
| No seriously, I am trying to understand why it is .... >> | ||
| Woah woah, calm down, just answer me this: Is y.... >> | ||
| OK, uh, so how does what I wrote not address all t.... >> | ||
| 20 Aug 2003 | Best Game Industrie .... | Try gamasutra... >> |
| #define PRIVATE stat.... | OK, |
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| Shit, am I glad I rarely touch microsoft code.&nbs.... >> | ||
| Agreed, WORD and DWORD have valid uses since short.... >> | ||
| Yeah the deal is that static has a few uses which .... >> | ||
| Awesome article by E.... | If you read the objections carefully, no one is ob.... >> | |
| Well I think Joel sometimes explains the obvious i.... >> | ||
| 19 Aug 2003 | freeware lightweight image editor (windows)? >> | |
| 19 Aug 2003 | Not that I disagree with the article, but I'll pic.... >> | |
| Carpal Tunnel | Yeah, don't let your wrists and forearms rest on t.... >> | |
| PhD in Computer Scie.... | I wouldn't get a Ph.D. for the hours... I work a t.... >> | |
| freeware lightweight.... | Thanks for the suggestions... I think I will check.... >> | |
| Should I buy a 64 bi.... | No, you can cross-compile I'm sure. That is, comp.... >> | |
| Which Language for W.... | Yeah pretty much it seems the portability requirem.... >> | |
| 18 Aug 2003 | Web Critics Welcome .... | OK, so at least one person likes the boxes... but .... >> |
| Generally I think it looks very nice and clean. .... >> | ||
| Jim Clark moving to .... | Philo, It wasn't meant to be an argument... jus.... >> | |
| useless companies? now that's just a troll.&.... >> | ||
| 16 Aug 2003 | Writing Mathematical.... | Go here: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ and t.... >> |
| 14 Aug 2003 | ee vs ece | Philo, I assume you were an EE since you said y.... >> |
| Yes, I think ECE is less learning about radar, FM .... >> | ||
| C++ References | Geez, now I know why so many people dislike C++ pr.... >> | |
| 13 Aug 2003 | Dan: notice the thread title : ) I don't think th.... >> | |
| I think that this is missing the point. Derefer.... >> | ||
| I never heard the distinction about pointers on th.... >> | ||
| I wouldn't say that a reference is an abstraction .... >> | ||
| 11 Aug 2003 | PC progress slowing? >> | |
| 11 Aug 2003 | Constants in C | Well that's easy. Depends... if it is going to be.... >> |
| PC progress slowing? | BJ, I agree with your points, but the idea is that.... >> | |
| 06 Aug 2003 | University recommend.... | I think that is a total overgeneralization. It ma.... >> |
| I don't think it can hurt, since you still have yo.... >> | ||
| Anyone here have an HCI degree? How do you like y.... >> | ||
| "Writing test cases .... | Yeah, doesn't manual testing and debugging take at.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2003 | c++ before c?? | You can't even have this discussion until you've r.... >> |
| I would actually say learn some C first. You don'.... >> | ||
| 04 Aug 2003 | RAM - 1 GB over 512M.... | You can do both... : ) go outside while your hard .... >> |
| Making money out of .... | Erik, I was an intern at Xerox PARC awhile back an.... >> | |
| 03 Aug 2003 | When you can't find .... | It depends what you think of as qualified... I thi.... >> |
| Joel: "you can't hav.... | Alright, sorry for the bad tone... but I still don.... >> | |
| 02 Aug 2003 | WHAT?! What the LAW considers ILLEGAL monopolisti.... >> | |
| I remember awhile back there was another 'is micro.... >> | ||
| Sorry I didn't read carefully, I think you're sayi.... >> | ||
| Are you talking about those stupid animated popups.... >> | ||
| Guns,Germs,and Steel.... | Not to nitpick, but I would bet World War I/II res.... >> | |
| 01 Aug 2003 | C and C++ - are thes.... | Yeah I hope C will be around for a long time too, .... >> |
| Are these reasonable.... | Irrelevant side note: Ironically, a hash table is .... >> | |
| 31 Jul 2003 | Slowly double-click .... | I don't think you actually have to double click, b.... >> |
| 30 Jul 2003 | Plenty of Software W.... | Woah, that is a total non-sequitir. Because the b.... >> |
| Imagine a language w.... | So if you're working on a project with 20 people, .... >> | |
| I think it would be a bad idea unless it was a sta.... >> | ||
| 29 Jul 2003 | Are these reasonable.... | uh... I don't think atoi is something you 'either .... >> |
| Maybe, 'in the initializer list of the constructor.... >> | ||
| 1000$ a month in San.... | If you accept, then apparently they can. : ) I.... >> | |
| Purpose of a pointer.... | True about the 68k, but it's not true in general, .... >> | |
| 28 Jul 2003 | Right, at the lowest level are registers. Th.... >> | |
| Why? Objects and functions have addresses just li.... >> | ||
| I hope those last two posts were a joke : ) >> | ||
| (ignoring all the argument about trolling) Denn.... >> | ||
| Agreed about indirection. It might help to r.... >> | ||
| Anonymous Coward, Though 'preventing duplicatio.... >> | ||
| what's good about ha.... | '1) People who say that C is the ultimate in porta.... >> | |
| So it seems to me that having the VM is not why pe.... >> | ||
| Should I become a pr.... | Well I have been in academia... and I don't get yo.... >> | |
| 27 Jul 2003 | great UI design is d.... | What about Einstein's 'Everything should be expres.... >> |
| Should I become a pr.... | Was it IT type of work or academic related program.... >> | |
| Were you a grad student as well? Grad students ha.... >> | ||
| 26 Jul 2003 | what's good about having a virtual machine? >> | |
| 26 Jul 2003 | what's good about ha.... | Hm... doesn't seem like anyone mentioned anything .... >> |
| Oh and I guess the CLR supports more than C#, but .... >> | ||
| Should I become a pr.... | I think the point that is being gotten at, and whi.... >> | |
| what kind of compiler was it? he wrote it hi.... >> | ||
| 25 Jul 2003 | You Just Can't Kill .... | Well, I think that's what everyone has been gettin.... >> |
| what is the future o.... | I don't know, I think C++ developers like C++. Ad.... >> | |
| 24 Jul 2003 | If 98% of 'real' apps are written in C++, then why.... >> | |
| 23 Jul 2003 | sniffing a program's.... | http://www.ethereal.com/ I think this does what.... >> |
| And a cupholder too..... | I don't think this product really competes against.... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2003 | New Position/Company.... | Justin - I have to respectfully disagree with Joe .... >> |
| Apathy: the programm.... | I agree working part time sounds awesome. I .... >> | |
| Alternate jobs for p.... | Is that true about technical writers? I haven't k.... >> | |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Beginning Programmer.... | uh.. the internet? There is definitely enoug.... >> |
| 20 Jul 2003 | too many files! | http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html .... >> |
| How do you store cab.... | About the hooks again, make sure to get the 'C'-sh.... >> | |
| 19 Jul 2003 | If you have a closet, just put up a bunch of hooks.... >> | |
| 18 Jul 2003 | Strategies for Foste.... | Well, I think his point is that no one will bother.... >> |
| 17 Jul 2003 | google - slates crit.... | Google has a "Similar pages" link next to each sea.... >> |
| Strategies for Foste.... | GOT: I agree with your points, but that is only.... >> | |
| 15 Jul 2003 | ASP and encryption | Eric, have any funny stories about people implemen.... >> |
| random numbers | Not that anyone, including me, cares any more, but.... >> | |
| 14 Jul 2003 | I know enough of what I'm talking about to answer .... >> | |
| I read some reviews, and skimmed over the book in .... >> | ||
| 13 Jul 2003 | include graph generator? >> | |
| 13 Jul 2003 | Comprehensive online.... | http://www.pcwebopaedia.com Seems pretty good t.... >> |
| what does "hard time.... | Alyosha, thanks for kind words, or the mean words .... >> | |
| Mouse Alternatives? | I understand the network effect, but I find it har.... >> | |
| Point taken, but after skimming both articles agai.... >> | ||
| 12 Jul 2003 | Photo Album Software | I think there are a whole bunch of web-based servi.... >> |
| Mouse Alternatives? | Not to rain on anyone's parade, but I think it's a.... >> | |
| 11 Jul 2003 | software architects >> | |
| 11 Jul 2003 | software architects | Sorry, one last thing: an architect should be resp.... >> |
| Hm it seems like the idea of architect is not that.... >> | ||
| Well if you have experience as a lead developer, t.... >> | ||
| 08 Jul 2003 | PIM or personal plan.... | Link to the Ecco exe http://www.scaevola.com/ecco.... >> |
| 06 Jul 2003 | user interface experts >> | |
| 06 Jul 2003 | user interface exper.... | Also: what are the job responsibilities of this pe.... >> |
| 05 Jul 2003 | C# Code Profiler? | Memory leak? I thought C# had garbage collection..... >> |
| 04 Jul 2003 | Teaching good coding.... | S. Tanna: I agree that 3 == x is not really a m.... >> |
| What language for a .... | Right, that's basically what I said. We don't car.... >> | |
| At the end of that article, he asks: 'Are there.... >> | ||
| What will win and wh.... | Well not that I have thought that much about the '.... >> | |
| 03 Jul 2003 | Teaching good coding.... | Well, regarding complex conditions, IMO if you hav.... >> |
| 02 Jul 2003 | What color is the sk.... | Yes, I've noticed in a lot of applications, the mo.... >> |
| 01 Jul 2003 | Dual monitors for de.... | those double 21's better be LCD.. : ) I had two 2.... >> |
| Random Internet Sear.... | Yeah, pretty interesting. I wonder how they choos.... >> | |
| 30 Jun 2003 | Random Internet Search Engines >> | |
| 30 Jun 2003 | Hm, well if they buy old domains, then I would gue.... >> | |
| 29 Jun 2003 | Does Java Suck? | Not to be pedantic, but the C++ equivalent would h.... >> |
| Software protection | Hardware features may make something more difficul.... >> | |
| 27 Jun 2003 | Compile Times >> | |
| 27 Jun 2003 | Compile Times | Yes, I'm extremely impressed by 7 second full comp.... >> |
| Also, to Mike Dimmick: I have heard that C++ is.... >> | ||
| Well, it seems to me that the simplest possible so.... >> | ||
| Are Big Corporations.... | Also I heard DVDs have eaten into the CD market. .... >> | |
| 26 Jun 2003 | one project leading .... | bait and switch? >> |
| 24 Jun 2003 | Graduate School - La.... | The best way might be to call up your old professo.... >> |
| G5's | Just want to say that the letter at the bottom of .... >> | |
| Fresh "good" program.... | Quote: 'You don't have to learn the entire .NET l.... >> | |
| What Does a Degree M.... | Well you probably would have been better served go.... >> | |
| Well, is there anyone here who got a degree and _r.... >> | ||
| 23 Jun 2003 | Features that unnecessarily announce themselves >> | |
| 23 Jun 2003 | How Much Tuition is .... | I got a BS and a masters, and I maybe once in that.... >> |
| Features that unnece.... | Right. I think this is a case where the feature th.... >> | |
| Fresh "good" program.... | Re: Java is so close to C++ You can go C++ -> j.... >> | |
| 21 Jun 2003 | Are my teachers just.... | Nah I would say knowing how a P-N junction works i.... >> |
| I would say they are sort of full of shit, but it'.... >> | ||
| 20 Jun 2003 | To be or not to be | If he didn't have all the facts, he could have jus.... >> |
| 13 Jun 2003 | Hungarian Notation | Well, now that I think of it, there are some thing.... >> |
| With | nevermind the fact that most of the expressions ab.... >> | |
| Well is having a pointer exactly the same thing? .... >> | ||
| 12 Jun 2003 | cold-calling compani.... | I would like some feedback on this too. I have ne.... >> |
| Hungarian Notation | That's interesting, I didn't realize that the orig.... >> | |
| I use p for pointers and that's about it. I could.... >> | ||
| Excellent grades | Cool link! thanks... I was surprised that micr.... >> | |
| Is this site really that popular? I stumbled acro.... >> | ||
| 11 Jun 2003 | Would you move? | I would say since the OP is 24, definitely go if y.... >> |
| Comprehensive survey.... | Okay I looked at some other graphs on the site, an.... >> | |
| So did anyone look at that survey? I was surprise.... >> | ||
| 09 Jun 2003 | I am also somewhat interested in the types of lang.... >> | |
| Why would you not care? The kind of program I w.... >> | ||
| Angry Coder on VB in.... | I wouldn't agree with that last comment. I recent.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2003 | Missing C++ feature? | Geez reading over this thread again is really inco.... >> |
| OK I oversimplified... you're right that b.static_.... >> | ||
| Whoops the above should be 'operate' instead of 'o.... >> | ||
| I don't really think this makes sense... if you wa.... >> | ||
| 07 Jun 2003 | CodeWright editor | Hm yeah I already have VS.NET at work, and CodeWri.... >> |
| 06 Jun 2003 | The OO programming b.... | >Actually it sounds like a nematode worm complaini.... >> |
| 05 Jun 2003 | CodeWright editor >> | |
| 05 Jun 2003 | To the first poster, you're right that sometimes w.... >> | |
| 19 Apr 2003 | OpenOffice | I tried OO about 6 months ago and it couldn't hand.... >> |
| 10 Apr 2003 | Thank you Joel | Yet another 'Thank You'. This time, from the UK! .... >> |
| 08 Apr 2003 | Database tuning | Well, first thing is to throw a index on that colu.... >> |
| 01 Apr 2003 | Performance related .... | Where's the RSS feed Philo? :) >> |
| 26 Mar 2003 | Parallelogram Office.... | [Equally-sized parallelograms lined up along a str.... >> |
| 21 Mar 2003 | Headphones. | At work Sennheiser HD-580s and at home Sennheiser .... >> |
| 11 Mar 2003 | Do you use a news ag.... | I've been digging Dare's RSS Bandit. http://www.... >> |
| 07 Mar 2003 | Book recommendations | I'd really recommend Applying UML and Patterns: An.... >> |
| 05 Mar 2003 | Best Practices for s.... | Are you sure that you really need to store the act.... >> |
| 20 Feb 2003 | Do we want women to .... | According to the latest stats I can find (UK) 80% .... >> |
| 25 Dec 2002 | New Year Resolution >> | |
| 18 Dec 2002 | unprofessional progr.... | I'm a biologist by profession. My particular field.... >> |