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Number of Comments: 1,297
Number of Words: 94,030
First Comment: 01 Jan 2003
Final Comment: 30 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 38
First Topic: 10 Jan 2003
Latest Topic: 13 Aug 2004
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30 Aug 2004   Mircrosoft.com Moves....   Um, no. Okay maybe they are trying, but technical ....   >>  
20 Aug 2004   Whats happening with....   > Look, webservices is a B2B thing. Yeah it's b....   >>  
   .Net not good enough....   Guys, you can make an olympic worthy website with ....   >>  
15 Aug 2004   Java deployment =>....   > Why in fuck do I need a book to run a fucking se....   >>  
   How to get focused a....   muppet, you better start looking for some zombie s....   >>  
   Anthropomorphizing c....   Gee, I don't. I just name them after locations or ....   >>  
14 Aug 2004   Doing free work - a ....   Bored Bystander, I actually read this article befo....   >>  
   Need advise/help on ....   Okay it looks like they aren't selling a Pentium 1....   >>  
      > The laptop you quoted is ridiculously overpriced....   >>  
13 Aug 2004   Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 pricing   >>  
13 Aug 2004   Microsoft Commerce S....   Okay I see some pretty reasonable deals on Ebay, h....   >>  
   Web Shops: 120 an ho....   A better question is, what's the ROI on this inves....   >>  
   How to market if nob....   > How to market if nobody knows me That's a har....   >>  
12 Aug 2004   Favorite Screen Save....   I second Kyralessa's no b.s. common sense. Save th....   >>  
      I used to love a particular screen saver capable o....   >>  
   Purchase this forum?   > logic filters on this forum I bet the filters....   >>  
      > it is simplistic Okay, originally it may be ....   >>  
   how to proxy a web a....   I would recommend ethereal.   >>  
   Windows XP SP2 and S....   > I'm hiding behind a hardware firewall/router any....   >>  
   Windows XP Lite   > Who says they can't be already rolling in $600 o....   >>  
      > You mean like: Here is XP lite that runs our own....   >>  
      It just makes XP lite the loser in the competition....   >>  
10 Aug 2004   mod rewrite rule   Funny :D   >>  
09 Aug 2004   dual processors   > Most notably - 'gaming' and 'consumer' type card....   >>  
   Why bother with a ta....   Send it to the bit bucket! Just kidding :D    >>  
08 Aug 2004   Too many bells and w....   Microsoft Works 2.0 for DOS is so simple and sweet....   >>  
06 Aug 2004   longhorn commercial ....   > I HATE System 9. Okay that's a little strong. ....   >>  
      >Remember how happy the the System 9 folks were be....   >>  
      >2011 *lol* Actually I hope so. I really don....   >>  
   Researching a privat....   If it is a local proprietorship/incorporation, the....   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Blogs, avalon, gmail, 802.b11, texting, iTune   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Who is your messiah?   Who's Sathyaish Chakravarthy?   >>  
   Binding services for....   Philo what kind of copy shops do you get at the Mi....   >>  
   More perils of outso....   By bill: >'Will hiring in-house prevent employe....   >>  
   e-commerce vs softwa....   So let me get this straight, your assumption is sa....   >>  
04 Aug 2004   Pushing data to a .N....   Unless every bit count (CDPD/GPRS packet modems pa....   >>  
02 Aug 2004   Do you play computer....   I started playing first person shooters 4 years ba....   >>  
      It's like saying playing basket ball is great for ....   >>  
   Programming Language....   > O'Reilly publishes excellent books. Top-notch st....   >>  
01 Aug 2004   A form with lots of ....   Another thing you can do: do both (wizard and wiza....   >>  
      I think what they want is something they can use, ....   >>  
31 Jul 2004   Employment in the 3d....   Philo, check out the technical graphics program at....   >>  
30 Jul 2004   What does google do?   I mean you know where JOS is, but you don't know w....   >>  
      Wait, were you hiding under a rock the last 10 yea....   >>  
   Word Sucks   Speaking of fax spams, when will fax machines star....   >>  
      You know maybe it's possible you guys should use t....   >>  
      > The boss just informed me that these Office 2000....   >>  
      Having said that, Word Hater, you should think abo....   >>  
      > You're not using a word processor in 2004. You'r....   >>  
   Home or professional....   > We usually work with clients out of state or too....   >>  
   Array   How many bits is that?   >>  
   "No Defense for Linu....   Philo are you gonna chip in? You usually have pret....   >>  
      Osama likes latte?   >>  
      A genuine concern: ASICs now are getting really so....   >>  
      If any of the replies of this OP tried too hard to....   >>  
      Uh, so Philo, what's your opinion on this matter? ....   >>  
      Okay nothing 'factual', but you gotta remember, th....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   rant: why centrino i....   M's ability to save power is very useful though.   >>  
      What technology? It's just a chipset with a few us....   >>  
   Work for nothing, ho....   > The thing I want to build is an distributed file....   >>  
      *putting up the no feeding trolls sign*   >>  
      There's enough trolls around here to start a count....   >>  
      Blank, if you are such a smart ass come up with a ....   >>  
      Ronk! what are you thinking of writing? Why? What ....   >>  
      You just have to remember who you are working for.....   >>  
      I don't think it's really really appealing to be c....   >>  
   Shareware authors   Chuck Shotton is the name I can't seem to remember....   >>  
      I am surprised no one mentioned MacHTTP, which did....   >>  
   $75K-$100K/year to M....   Michael, get over it, you get to teach dance to be....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Business with a retail spin   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Business with a reta....   Thanks!! :D   >>  
   COM book rating   There was a really good book written by a HP engin....   >>  
   Getting Excel to wor....   Okay, everyone has some good objections, but assum....   >>  
   A profitable alterna....   If you can help it, place as much of your applicat....   >>  
   $75K-$100K/year to M....   Bookstores are really fun to work at (especially t....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Third, er, sixth, er....   Look, I gotta admit I love the Star Wars franchais....   >>  
   Microsoft, spend you....   They should pay the investors. The investors would....   >>  
   Web page size still ....   Matt good catch. However if you are able to cache ....   >>  
25 Jul 2004      There are web events where thousands (if not hundr....   >>  
   Using .NET to develo....   CityDesk uses a combination of Visual Basic 6 and ....   >>  
23 Jul 2004   Philip and Alex's Gu....   Well a modern treatment would be about the same. E....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   ASP business model licensing   >>  
22 Jul 2004   Possible to view .AS....   Client side code are, server side code aren't. VBS....   >>  
   Quiet workplace: how....   It is, it isn't. If you don't have concrete partit....   >>  
   Software piracy   I think Microsoft has already made tool pricing a ....   >>  
   ASP business model l....   Jeff, Do you think it's being taught in busines....   >>  
   What source code are....   Re: squid    >>  
21 Jul 2004      Another fun thing to do to keep the reading to a m....   >>  
      I personally enjoy reading kernel, web server, net....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Upgrade without stopping   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Purchasing a softwar....   Man I gotta read the OP write-ups more carefully *....   >>  
      I don't know. Most companies who are big enough to....   >>  
   Upgrade without stop....   Steve Jones (UK), ASP.NET only does that because w....   >>  
      It's suppose to be second nature to do live upgrad....   >>  
19 Jul 2004   I don't save email f....   It's hard to search through zip files on file syst....   >>  
      > easily searchable format It isn't easy. That....   >>  
   What do I need to st....   You need to shed a lot of tears. A little 1.0 It w....   >>  
   software vs program   First a question about requests per second and con....   >>  
   Requests/Second and ....   However if you are talking about Microsoft licensi....   >>  
      Requests can be queued, the idea is that concurren....   >>  
   which that? that whi....   You would think Philo would chip in by now, he is/....   >>  
   Sun throws in the to....   > In short, they should do something really crazy,....   >>  
      For those completely baffled by what I just said, ....   >>  
      Sun should open a cloth line featuring printing te....   >>  
17 Jul 2004   Worst Use of Technol....   Dennis Atkins, *lmao* If it was just one bad....   >>  
   Resumes on DVD   Do they sell DVD burnables in the wallet size?   >>  
16 Jul 2004   PDA recommendations   A cheaper iBook would be an excellent value. The k....   >>  
   Joel Book   Congrats!   >>  
   Log Anaylser - any r....   The University of British Columbia in Vancouver tr....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   Joel reviews "Progra....   Just so you guys are aware, most Java/Dotnet virtu....   >>  
14 Jul 2004   squeaky clean internet   >>  
14 Jul 2004   squeaky clean intern....   Lol   >>  
   Joel reviews "Progra....   Lol, Sath are you seriously pushing assembly langu....   >>  
   Impedance Mismatch S....   They use google? Isn't that bad for productivity? ....   >>  
13 Jul 2004   On Eudora   Most companies are happy serving it once they have....   >>  
   The Coffee Test   Tea rocks. *duck*    >>  
12 Jul 2004   Noise Reduction..   Place your CPU unit behind a wall. So it can merri....   >>  
   RFID   Thanks to all of you for the great answers! :D   >>  
      For example, with Infratab's RFID/TTI device (http....   >>  
      I think RFID will probably help you identify bins,....   >>  
11 Jul 2004   RFID   >>  
11 Jul 2004      I found a canadian source (I am in Toronto) that s....   >>  
      I have read articles where the RFID vendors are sc....   >>  
   Weird hardware probl....   If your cdrom and hard drive does it's boot up ini....   >>  
   Bram's Law: What Cus....   I think Linux and Windows NT based systems are sti....   >>  
09 Jul 2004   Networking question   > but to be safe I punched a hole for the ports th....   >>  
   Best mail client on ....   Outlook is what everyone use, but unless you have ....   >>  
   How to spot a SW dev....   > What's this 'lunch' that you guys are talking ab....   >>  
   Seattle v Vancouver   I doubt it's that bad in Seattle. There are plenty....   >>  
   Taiwan hardware, com....   I think there was always this illusion that you ar....   >>  
      Yeah I would agree with your friend there Andrew, ....   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Cross-platform .NET:....   Uh, I think Joel covered this in one of his articl....   >>  
   Did Windows Media Pl....   > These days, everyone I know uses WMP. I, myself,....   >>  
   Seattle v Vancouver   Vancouver Island and the Rocky Mountain Ranges sur....   >>  
   Dumb Apache Question   Lol, I guess you can't just press F1.   >>  
   Taiwan hardware, com....   I would second what Stephen Jones says, but always....   >>  
      I don't think you have the option of asking for en....   >>  
      There will be a slight discount if he knows how to....   >>  
   Got the excuse to or....   GinG, I was actually thinking that the other day, ....   >>  
      Excuse me, I mean OpenBSD as audited by the NSA, d....   >>  
      Karthik, are you trollling, we all thought you ....   >>  
07 Jul 2004   Emergency Disc   >>  
07 Jul 2004   What will the web be....   > Can you imagine if the web had been around in th....   >>  
06 Jul 2004   Using Knoppix   You have to partition it. Various partitioning too....   >>  
   Reading Recommendati....   Philip Greenspun has written one back in the Oracl....   >>  
   Cost of a home setup   Yes Visual PC (I didn't mean to omit it from the l....   >>  
      I would recommend MSDN for the following reason: ....   >>  
   Help for Newbie Tryi....   > hoser *lol*    >>  
      At the Ctrl-Alt-Delete log-in prompt ensure your n....   >>  
   Gadget Addiction   Now that I don't have the conch shell, here's my w....   >>  
      I just got back from a trip to Japan. The Land of ....   >>  
   What % of users have....   I am surprised to see ~20% for Windows 98. I guess....   >>  
02 Jun 2004   More on mail service....   Subject preview are faster, saves you a few second....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   C++ or Java ?   Why are financial firms demanding C++? Just curiou....   >>  
   Self Defence   Regarding buses, I had a friend who walked off the....   >>  
31 May 2004   Are you a less produ....   Most people should be more productive. In fact, mo....   >>  
   Definition of a "soc....   Junichiro Kawaguchi what do you do for a living? J....   >>  
   But, but... I though....   I thought I'd point this out. Cracks, and patch....   >>  
30 May 2004   Server Uptime?   Server Uptime is a good idicator, but for the most....   >>  
28 May 2004   Unix books   Ask me for the list, it's long.   >>  
      I have some of the nicest linux and unix books und....   >>  
   Win2k forever   You know, won't it be interesting if hardware vend....   >>  
27 May 2004   Binary diff algorith....   Uh, I thought google gave human recommendations? ....   >>  
   Company I work on wo....   Please let us know the name of the company you wor....   >>  
26 May 2004   Informal vs. Formal ....   If you lasso up as all those jobs where you don't ....   >>  
25 May 2004   The number of posts.....   Some hang out in pubs! I need a drink, what a Mond....   >>  
      :P   >>  
      Not A Guru, I think you are absolutely right. The ....   >>  
   INGRESS opensourced   Karthik, Philo probably meant that when you said i....   >>  
      > Obviously, if i work for an open source company,....   >>  
      Karthik this is completely off topic but are you u....   >>  
   ASP.NET 2.0   I have heard that in the past Microsoft eat their ....   >>  
24 May 2004   hiring someone who h....   In some areas such contractual limitations are nul....   >>  
23 May 2004   ASP.NET 2.0   >>  
23 May 2004   The real problem wit....   If they charge for the .Net Framework and make a h....   >>  
   Why Google will not ....   Lol, how true Philo :D   >>  
      Once you have this and thousands of CS BSes will b....   >>  
      Hell, just add a survey to every google cached pag....   >>  
      Okay so you need a spy like Toolbar that listens t....   >>  
      Best way to go about it is probably in fact using ....   >>  
      I think the biggest way Google can win is to creat....   >>  
   ASP.NET 2.0   Thanks for the feedback!   >>  
      I mean back port as in will you have access to ASP....   >>  
   How soon will SUN Mi....   I think from our side the biggest problem is that ....   >>  
      > it isn't in its best interest Look, Microsoft ....   >>  
   Cross-platform deskt....   Some people here will say *cough* philo *cough* yo....   >>  
      I think there might be something to say for an cro....   >>  
   Magazines on line, g....   Albert in time the magazine presses will wise up a....   >>  
      Oh for those of you who's gonna say you can google....   >>  
      Okay before getting into this I will give the geek....   >>  
   Recommend a few appl....   Roose is right. Do both, that way you can man a pr....   >>  
   Looking for a book o....   I was wondering if I should mention Smartie's, kud....   >>  
   Locking XP desktop   The windows key(s) used to be the first keys I dig....   >>  
   Why Byte (the paper ....   A better question is why Slashdot (the web portal)....   >>  
22 May 2004   Cross-platform deskt....   While we are on the topic of SWT, what's the state....   >>  
   .NET with no prior e....   Realistically speaking, you can shield yourself fr....   >>  
      It isn't a handy cap. However, if you are ever res....   >>  
21 May 2004   Recommend a few appl....   Or one of those web toys. They are referenced usin....   >>  
      Well can you make a few web services? maybe a Goof....   >>  
      Do you think the application you will write must r....   >>  
   Recommendations on l....   If you want to hurt yourself silly (in terms of ti....   >>  
   Looking for a book o....   Guru's Inside Sql Server 2000    >>  
   VB and C   I know a lot of people who write ASP who got the A....   >>  
      bah! I think it takes about 4 month for some of th....   >>  
   Future of desktop de....   I was reading about ASP.NET 2.0, and if the trend ....   >>  
   my gripes with Offic....   David Heinrich, I gotta say there are days when....   >>  
20 May 2004   Packets   hoser you are a thing of beauty.   >>  
   IEEE: Japanese best,....   I personally would look at this report and say, di....   >>  
      Karthik, that's pretty sharp words for someone who....   >>  
   Confused about .NET   Wait, there are tons of books, why even this OP?   >>  
   Tom Friedman: Global....   If you want to set India back 30 years then ask th....   >>  
   Good place to buy SS....   The free one doesn't count if you want to eliminat....   >>  
19 May 2004   Why so few computer ....   Oh my gosh a monster poster! John C your JOS fo is....   >>  
      > But in general, why are the computer mags in Ame....   >>  
   Lots of free time, p....   Philo, it's actually an upside. As a competent far....   >>  
   Lots and lots of fre....   I think it might be a tactic to argue for lower wa....   >>  
   Tabbing shell add on....   I think the designers at Microsoft made a consciou....   >>  
   Google & Microso....   Would you pay $100 yearly to a mysterious company ....   >>  
   Pocket PC, Palm, som....   I have heard good things about AppForge. It abstra....   >>  
   Vault question   Someone fed the bird in the clock server vodka.   >>  
   Website Monitoring S....   You might want to try creating the service yoursel....   >>  
   Are there any .Net c....   Lol Dennis already pointed that out. Let's beat....   >>  
      > The rampant security flaws in modern OSes and ap....   >>  
   Any good design idea....   Lol, I guess this is really off topic... no replie....   >>  
   And so it begins   Philo, critically addressing your post and point o....   >>  
   How do You prefere t....   I would like for software to be delivered this way....   >>  
18 May 2004   Any good design ideas for live chat?   >>  
18 May 2004   Do many programmers ....   It is hard if you make it hard. It gives me great ....   >>  
   Are there any .Net c....   Dennis, I guess we are just disagreeing on the pac....   >>  
      I think the mass majority of programmers really sh....   >>  
   Any good design idea....   And obviously if you add the two rules together th....   >>  
      When you combine the two rules, scripting idlers a....   >>  
   Why disable right-cl....   Although extremely irritating, it has the effect o....   >>  
   insomnia   I would say about the same thing as pds. Keep look....   >>  
      I am a bit of an insomniac too. Unfortunately ....   >>  
   Tired of getting rip....   Why don't you just deal with a brand name? Like D....   >>  
17 May 2004   Thinstall   I may be wrong but I think it's covered before.   >>  
   Physically separate ....   I have read somewhere that the Half Life 2 source ....   >>  
16 May 2004   FidoNet -- why nothi....   R Tate thanks for that JOS article on Communities,....   >>  
      Hey I would counter Fidonet wasn't all that logica....   >>  
   Who's in the ERP Biz....   I used to be in it.   >>  
15 May 2004   Norrick Throws In th....   Norrick, are you in the position to organize your ....   >>  
12 May 2004   Mono makes me wanna ....   Porting is important. These other architectures an....   >>  
11 May 2004      I second Karthik, yes, some of these mono leads ar....   >>  
   Dig thy own grave, d....   Sathyaish Chakravarthy, you gotta start these post....   >>  
08 May 2004   Does commissioning a....   Philo, are you Bill Gates?   >>  
07 May 2004   Mono released/Used i....   name withheld out of cowardice, frankly as time ....   >>  
06 May 2004   Multi-monitor laptop....   Let's all make icons 512 x 512 pixels!!   >>  
      I think Philo is on to something. I think at some ....   >>  
   Anyone use 'My Docum....   Every program on my machine religiously defaults t....   >>  
05 May 2004   How good is POSTGRE ....   Tim Perdue's article is really great, I don't mean....   >>  
      It is about the only way in the developed world yo....   >>  
      It is good. OpenACS has a lot to say about it. The....   >>  
04 May 2004   JOS Suggestion   I would submit something, but my grammar is so bad....   >>  
03 May 2004   U.S. Is Losing Its D....   > U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences ....   >>  
   Independent contract....   I think you skipped a question there, maybe you sh....   >>  
   Longhorn Requirement....   Even with something like stackless python, IronPor....   >>  
      Unfortunately for the nay sayers. Microsoft has ju....   >>  
   A database Applicati....   Just a suggestion, please forgive me if it's too w....   >>  
      A brain measuring poll. Ask a few key questions an....   >>  
   Monitoring Applicati....   They are called Watch Dogs.   >>  
02 May 2004   Is it unprofessional....   Either they can't afford it (unlikely) or they are....   >>  
   disabling ctrl-alt-d....   Check out Philo's suggestion. Investigate the vari....   >>  
      Look up zbdesk on sourceforge.net. It's part of th....   >>  
01 May 2004   No clowns left in th....   Almost good angle but presented as a nice juicy tr....   >>  
   bsd security   Unfortunately, Eric Debois, without a full name we....   >>  
      Astroturf   >>  
   What's the Deal with....   The problem is that the book is well over due for ....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   Why not Canada?   >>  
30 Apr 2004   dumb question on dvr....   I am planning on building a DVR soon, my second tr....   >>  
      I think if you buy a All-In-Wonder card like the o....   >>  
   Do you make appointm....   I second sid6581.   >>  
      For your day to day stuff, do the same thing. Get ....   >>  
      Well here's an antidote, what if something you did....   >>  
   Why not Canada?   Okay I apologize, you can't exactly build a specia....   >>  
      I was just wondering what the audience think here ....   >>  
   What's the Deal with....   Okay, so maybe in retrospect a better book is just....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Eiffel programming l....   Wait, but why even bother?   >>  
      People actually go out of their way to use languag....   >>  
28 Apr 2004   on utf-8 encoding   Hence, what you normally see as IBM control codes ....   >>  
      as always please correct me if i am wrong... thank....   >>  
      on the first byte, the very last bit is used as a ....   >>  
   Double-Byte Language....   Not to be a jerk or anything, but it does depend o....   >>  
   Could an alliance of....   40 something = not age, but number of professional....   >>  
      There was a study of independant woman consultants....   >>  
   What makes a good CS....   I think it's also important to point out that scho....   >>  
      I think the higher the tuition and reputation the ....   >>  
   Programmed Death of ....   This is one of the major reasons why I have some r....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Life Stream   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Life Stream   I think this is a worthwhile thread to bring up: s....   >>  
      A link to the project(s) implementing this idea: ....   >>  
26 Apr 2004   Emigrating   > What was your connection to the country? Coun....   >>  
25 Apr 2004   C++ is faster than J....   When ever I think about these challenges it remind....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Securing data transf....   Lever, *LOL*   >>  
      Steganography is basically one of the cipher high ....   >>  
      It may also be illegal to encrypt you files. With ....   >>  
      The problem is that after you encrypt everything, ....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Anyone use a TabletP....   I think what I find laptops lack they lack terribl....   >>  
21 Apr 2004   Winning the professional development lottery   >>  
21 Apr 2004   cvs setup in linux   Hmmm.. if it's only a bunch of guys checking in an....   >>  
   Anyone scan their ha....   There are notes online about how comic strip autho....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   Wondering if BeOS is....   Commercial BeOS was fun, RIP.   >>  
19 Apr 2004   scientific computing....   The library isn't native Python I think so I don't....   >>  
18 Apr 2004   Need network setup h....   After checking that (thanks Philo!) be sure to che....   >>  
   what software to wri....   I have a question about this, there are thousands ....   >>  
17 Apr 2004   Great shrinkwrap .net stories   >>  
17 Apr 2004   Great shrinkwrap .ne....   > Delphi/VB6 snobs need not apply. If at first ....   >>  
   Preventing spam with....   Robert Jacobson, I don't know how easy it is to ar....   >>  
   Downloading files us....   The problem for sticking with ZModem is that you a....   >>  
      To answer your question another way (because appar....   >>  
      No, just forget about TAPI for now (trust us). Con....   >>  
      That would USD$700 thank you.   >>  
      To do what you want the modern way, basically you ....   >>  
      TAPI cannot be used to download file. There are ot....   >>  
   Coloc or Web Hosting....   Well something has to give, no one wants to give g....   >>  
   Is Norton Internet S....   Yeah please correct me if I am wrong, there are a ....   >>  
      Nothing drives me nuts more than enterprise servic....   >>  
   Monitor size and dev....   If you can't justify a 21', at least shoot for 2 1....   >>  
15 Apr 2004   Sending a licence fi....   If you want to talk about the anti-piracy wars the....   >>  
      In general you should pay customer's private infor....   >>  
14 Apr 2004   Recommended servers ....   For your purpose I guess anything from Sun is out ....   >>  
13 Apr 2004   Firewall for Windows....  

Ask him to buy a hardware firewall (like those ....   >>  

   securing docs & ....   axcrypt, look on sourceforge.net   >>  
12 Apr 2004   The JOS Game!   >>  
12 Apr 2004   The "Flow"   In Asia it's not uncommon to see what you just tal....   >>  
   The JOS Game!   This game is for anyone capable or able, if you ar....   >>  
10 Apr 2004   cost of the google s....   I doubt you'll be shock at the price when you real....   >>  
09 Apr 2004   Why no CPANs?   How come almost no other programming languages hav....   >>  
   Code Review Websites   Justin Johnson: you can't get code reviewed for fr....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Books for moving fro....   Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Core Refe....   >>  
06 Apr 2004   learning lisp   MSDN has a complete documentation on modern langua....   >>  
01 Apr 2004   Gmail.com   What's concerning though is that when you go to th....   >>  
      I don't think they can do it. Serving storage is ....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Wrapping code at 80 ....   Yeah the disadvantages of >80 char is many.. so....   >>  
      I second schmoe, basically, make the most intellig....   >>  
      > largest number of mono-space characters possible....   >>  
      Let's say your company goes all the way back to C6....   >>  
   About the impedance ....   The great triangle of communication is email, web,....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   Business Analysis   John Wiley publishing has done quite a series on d....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   How common are Win X....   The privilages keeps beginner users from destroyin....   >>  
   Technical Solution B....   The major problem (from where I stand): To you or ....   >>  
      Well, Osewa, at the moment very organization has h....   >>  
      For more details try this explanation: http://disc....   >>  
      Don't mean to shoot you down but you can't filter ....   >>  
      Osewa, unfortunately Bayasian works best for indiv....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Academic code steale....   Concerned, if this will help you feel better, the ....   >>  
   Buying refurbished P....   I bought a refurb Apple PowerBook Duo. Bad idea. E....   >>  
   Dalhousie Univ, cana....   The CS program at Simon Fraser University in Briti....   >>  
   Poll: What car do yo....   The 20th Porsche 911 Carrera 4S that rolled out of....   >>  
   US anti-spam laws   That's one of the things I am trying to figure out....   >>  
      > (salesuniverse.com, for anyone interested. A goo....   >>  
   Slowest computer   Chris is my phone a friend for Windows questions o....   >>  
      Jeff, I wouldn't be surprised at all if her replac....   >>  
      31337 comment was just a j/k. :-)   >>  
      Jeff, if you use any software for that many years,....   >>  
      > Talking of Luddites... Just because you use ....   >>  
   A sysadmin must know....   A system administrator from the UNIX world is ofte....   >>  
   Local Candidates Onl....   I second Matt's theory, so in addition to what I s....   >>  
   Spying on HTTP (hack....   I second the suggestion of ethereal. It sent sh....   >>  
24 Mar 2004   From the why-can't-t....   Ofcourse you can use capthas once in while to prev....   >>  
      It's a really good idea. Unfortunately it's also ....   >>  
   Local Candidates Onl....   So Jeff, show us the money shot: did it work? Tell....   >>  
      Jeff, . is just f*cking with your head, it's alrig....   >>  
   Drowning in one's co....   Don't bother to pick a fight with him, there's alw....   >>  
   how did you find you....   > Writing a Yacc-based compiler that produces the ....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   Help me with this de....   BerkeleyDB's licensing: http://www.sleepycat.com/d....   >>  
      The Borland folks had been maintaining a small db ....   >>  
      I think BerkeleyDB requires fees for windows, plea....   >>  
   how did you find you....   I got the interview selling Programming Internet E....   >>  
   Local Monster.com-ty....   Anything like this for Canada? (Montreal, Ottawa, ....   >>  
22 Mar 2004   What should I know w....   Rapid movement, how fast LCD refreshes to the next....   >>  
   Would OSS with paid ....   Damian, I second that.   >>  
   IT Document Reposito....   There are books in the bookstore or university lib....   >>  
21 Mar 2004   Questions about Lond....   Wow, have the authorities in the UK try shutting t....   >>  
20 Mar 2004   Open Source CRM?   CRM would be a subset of this project, but you mig....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   Cross-browser web de....   Nick, are you coding the html by hand or what?   >>  
18 Mar 2004   Algorithm - Monochro....   Are you trying to do something like auto crop?   >>  
   Becoming a C program....   I totally second what Matt H is saying.   >>  
      The most important thing is to keep your code boy ....   >>  
      Another thing you can consider is to go to another....   >>  
      If you don't forsee a shrinking market for your co....   >>  
   Since we're talking ....   Danielsn, thanks for pointing this out. To provide....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   Inductive User Inter....   I don't create UIs, but wizard like one task per s....   >>  
   Lies on CVs   I have been vague before about which technology I ....   >>  
   JoS Forum's law   All I know is that the time it takes to write the ....   >>  
   Immigration and comp....   > Are you telling us that they lied? Most defi....   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Immigration and computer professionals   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Tip of The Day: Usef....   The least obstrusive part of MSN Messenger: those ....   >>  
   const--use it?   In some languages they will save compile time cons....   >>  
   Immigration and comp....   I just want to thank you guys for pointing out som....   >>  
      For some of my friends yes the language barrier is....   >>  
   Since we're talking ....   > http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utstaff/2000/ ....   >>  
      > The flood of PhD's helps keep university salarie....   >>  
   Someone working for ....   Run away!!! *pointing in opposite direction of Alt....   >>  
   An example of how to....   Woodentongue haven't been astroturfing, do you kno....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   What is the logic be....   In some countries, privacy laws are being put into....   >>  
      Well originally the goal was to preserve the gener....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Suggestion for simpl....   Dave B had a thing that worked like fogcreek's JOS....   >>  
10 Mar 2004   Getting around the t....   > Only top-notch, hard-core developers would be ac....   >>  
09 Mar 2004   Windows NT for G5 re....   Alpha, MIPS, enough said. It was always quite port....   >>  
   What's up at O'Reill....   Why are you even counting? Did you finish reading ....   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Can anyone stop the keyword spammers on google?   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Intel, GNU and compi....   The Intel compilers has some optimizations, the Vi....   >>  
   Is this harassment?   Is it possible to harvest chest hair in the event ....   >>  
   writing a protocol c....   I suppose if you are using netfilter to do this (I....   >>  
07 Mar 2004   Recently Discovered ....   > Preventative measures should be taken to patch i....   >>  
      Seun Osewa, an exploit like this will probably ....   >>  
   Are DVD recordables ....   Or acid-paper, they are very popular and durable, ....   >>  
      DVDRs are made from the same machines and material....   >>  
      Using CDRs can be a real learning experience, I us....   >>  
   Book recommendation ....   > Depends on how you measure 'world-class'. Today,....   >>  
      If you go to a major bookstore, you'll discovered ....   >>  
   Open House Help   Youth hostels and bed and breakfast.   >>  
   VMWare virtual machi....   I have never tried VPC, sincerely hope I am not mi....   >>  
      I would go with Brad on this, basically this is wh....   >>  
   XP Network slowness   * Set up WINS server, trade in NetBEUI, it should ....   >>  
06 Mar 2004   VMWare virtual machi....   > You won't want to run 3D rendering or Premier in....   >>  
      VMQ, you are right on. Basically you should onl....   >>  
   Perforce for FREE!!   Unless you have a programming sweat shop, this thi....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   SSL - Is dedicated h....   However, if the effective number of business trans....   >>  
   how to return for ni....   > void foo(void) technically void foo(void) cou....   >>  
   VB.Net Success Stori....   > Pepe Le'Pew The very same reason a person wo....   >>  
   Good book for MP3?   That's lame *sorry couldn't resist*    >>  
      There are several, although you can't go wrong wit....   >>  
   Samsung: talk to me ....   My point is, just because Sony throws tons of mone....   >>  
      >And, unlike Sony, they aren't inventing anything,....   >>  
   Code Complete 2 pres....   Jetguy, are you spamming this forum?   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Open source... rat r....   >Darl McBride is to be commended for having the vi....   >>  
      What's going on right now is a really bad cycle, w....   >>  
   Xboxology   I am sure someone will laugh at me and make me sta....   >>  
   Report development   Clay says crazy sh** like that a lot. I have done ....   >>  
02 Mar 2004   Laptop usability   It hard to believe, although the primary reason is....   >>  
   Stammering my way th....   Did you try pretending they are naked, tied to lea....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   interprocess communi....   > MSDN? *lol* *weep*    >>  
      ISBN: 0201703106   >>  
      >I know there are many ways to do IPC: sockets, pi....   >>  
   Buffer Search Algori....   Have you tried citations archive? There must be a ....   >>  
      I am a db guy, so this is how i think, provided ha....   >>  
   Dev tools for develo....   To a degree pre 2003 will run .Net, but users have....   >>  
   What kind of revenue....   Just so you know, you'll probably end up selling s....   >>  
   Our experience distr....   Dood if you can do a powerpoint after a few releas....   >>  
26 Feb 2004   Daydreams   >>  
26 Feb 2004   Selling software wit....   Ron, is there anyway for you to sell service along....   >>  
      Ron, Currently the only people who has been hav....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   VBScript - Scripting....   The default one that came with ASP 3.0 isn't prope....   >>  
   Free E-mail programs....   You might try break the files into smaller chunks ....   >>  
   FAST pdf viewer?   thank you thank you thank you *removes adobe fr....   >>  
   Best argument agains....   RP, I think the sentence could be worded better, b....   >>  
      RP, that logic from which spring the argument you'....   >>  
24 Feb 2004   How much marketing, sales and customer support?   >>  
24 Feb 2004   Ultralights   >>  
24 Feb 2004   HTML, CR,LFs vs LFs   google's home page has no spaces or returns.   >>