finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:04 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Bored Bystander' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 1,278 Number of Words: 197,061 First Comment: 29 Jan 2003 Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 97 First Topic: 07 Feb 2003 Latest Topic: 30 Aug 2004 When Item Comment 02 Sep 2004   Which data type woul....   Sathyaish, I recall from a previous thread tha....   >>   01 Sep 2004   Growing your busines....   Sgt Sausage, A question about your tact of hir....   >>      Fear the power of Sh....   Granted, it's Pavlovian conditioning. The click th....   >>   31 Aug 2004      >> Interestingly enough, I've found that the more ....   >>      why bother being a c....   >> The Joel Spolsky's of the world will run your w....   >>      So Bored,   Thanks! ... my point was that getting noticed ....   >>         Well, I'm going to 'work' in the spare bedroom. So....   >>      custom software deve....   Cheap solution: get a copy of Nolo Contract's book....   >>      I'm scared.   I think it's the lot of programmers to overthink h....   >>      Newbie Overview of L....   My first take on the features of Longhorn is silly....   >>   30 Aug 2004   Newbie Overview of Longhorn?   >>   30 Aug 2004      Thanks, the Winsupersite article is just what I wa....   >>         Devin, I can't believe that you're actually su....   >>         What I was interested in were some of the broad pa....   >>      Bill Gates on "profe....   It comes back to the lack of group solidarity in o....   >>         >> That's professional engineering on its part, to....   >>      faux striped source ....   At a computer store I worked at in college, we had....   >>      Compulsory support r....   >> You are so quick to blame the orginal programme....   >>         >> The value that a company really loses when some....   >>         >> You said that a programmer who leaves for green....   >>   29 Aug 2004   faux striped source ....   Maybe someone has a box of the stuff laying around....   >>      Compulsory support r....   Indeed, Great observations as usual. I do ....   >>         It's an interesting business and ethical dilemma, ....   >>         >> merits their treatment essentially as a profess....   >>         Indeed, Your comments are thought provoking.......   >>         mb, you have exactly the right idea.   >>         Everyone seems to be missing that, attached to my ....   >>         >> Where do you find these jokers and why do you w....   >>         The later posters are reading a lot more into my d....   >>   28 Aug 2004   Compulsory support role for departed programmer?   >>   28 Aug 2004      Good comments, K. Dragging my thinking back to ....   >>         Addition to my post: The situation I am posing....   >>         Dennis: By 'responsible thing' I mean that if a....   >>         >> The company didn't have this guy document his b....   >>      Finding Companies   Some libraries provide their own portal into busin....   >>   27 Aug 2004   "Rescue abandoned project" contract - opinions?   >>   27 Aug 2004   How much do icon des....   one last time: designoutpost.com. Greatest thin....   >>      "Rescue abandoned pr....   Naive, Admittedly it's crap work (maintenance)....   >>         I was actually waiting for that comment. :-)   >>         Greetings, my fellow Joel pros. While I've alr....   >>   26 Aug 2004   Ever worked with a r....   The Anoop thread is funny. The guy is so pushing b....   >>   25 Aug 2004   Some Questions   I honestly don't know what you're asking or debati....   >>         As far as linked lists and collections go - when I....   >>      Trouble with Verio's....   PS: dealing with Interland on that project was a P....   >>         You said that you were leasing a 'virtual server' ....   >>      Progammer pay rates ....   It isn't (just) a matter of hedonism. A lot of fin....   >>         The post about paying cash for a car reminded me o....   >>      Removing a Cookie fr....   That is an apropos response.   >>   24 Aug 2004   Profoundly screwed u....   >> The people are willfully downloading software t....   >>   23 Aug 2004   Profoundly screwed up Windows computers   >>   23 Aug 2004      >Here's a suggestion. ... >Problems arise? Rest....   >>         Geezer, a side comment: funny how many people atta....   >>         >> After all, programs in their normal course of e....   >>         Indeed, The only response I have to your all o....   >>         It's still a social engineering and people-problem....   >>   20 Aug 2004   Client education - f....   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....   >>      Why so much negativi....   >> and would look for some way to emsure that your....   >>   19 Aug 2004      eclectic_echidna: >> An individual's sense of r....   >>         butty --> nutty.   >>         The get back to basics - corporations are artifici....   >>      read/have article "W....   One other thing. I recall reading about Win32 and ....   >>         >> Windows 3.1 on DOS 6.22, and my problems were f....   >>   17 Aug 2004   Consultants who hold back the source code   >>   17 Aug 2004   Consultants who hold....   To Phibian: I agree with your philosophy. AS L....   >>         I agree with all comments to the effect that anyth....   >>         I think I've known and worked around a LOT of unpr....   >>      Morons and Assholes ....   There are two kinds of people: the ones that gener....   >>         'Morons and assholes'? It's a very good concep....   >>   16 Aug 2004   contract penalties f....   >> client education Muppet, you're hitting a ne....   >>         >> Specifications from those agreed requirements c....   >>         get back ==> get past   >>         Christopher Hawkins, a question: How, exactly, ....   >>         >> It is not really possible for one human being t....   >>         T&M == 'time and materials'. A basic shorthand in ....   >>         This is the grey area. If the client is intelligen....   >>         The problems with extensive specifications for con....   >>      This ain't about lov....   Time will tell. Neo still has to perform, and the ....   >>   15 Aug 2004   Guide to being an in....   Finally, you posted something I can agree complete....   >>         Christopher, you are right. Your blog article is g....   >>         I'll answer that last response: >> On the BC ra....   >>      Doing free work - a ....   And anyway, the work I did (all ~3 hours of it) wa....   >>         Neo, it was described similarly to that of your ne....   >>         Rate: I peg $60 per hour because this kind of work....   >>         This 'get work by doing test' methodology partiall....   >>   14 Aug 2004   Recruiting requires effort   >>   14 Aug 2004   Doing free work - a pitfall of freelancing   >>   14 Aug 2004   Recruiting requires ....   Oh, wait, Neo, you mean the ColdFusion ad. Never m....   >>         Good gosh, Neo. This guy never even revealed the n....   >>         I'm basking in my wrongness. Getting a nice tan, t....   >>      Doing free work - a ....   The scoop on Nevada: http://www.google.com/sea....   >>         I'll make a few things clearer. On the 'I thou....   >>      allright, so what ha....   I just thought the usage of 'proles' was humorous ....   >>         I'm well familiar with the term 'proles'. I helped....   >>         "proles"? :-)   >>      This ain't about lov....   The ColdFusion ad (I am a Delphi/Win32 developer a....   >>      Need advise/help on ....   >> an expensive EEG/Biofeedback machine for her bu....   >>      Coldfusion programme....   >> Bored Bystander what if you tried getting marke....   >>         I doubt Siobhan will want to claim authorship in o....   >>         I completely agree. Siobhan's right. I have tried ....   >>         A couple of years ago there was a notorious person....   >>   13 Aug 2004      Other parting shots... This job ad is a vent, ....   >>         This ad is absolutely *ABSURD*. Not that I disagre....   >>      Are these guys serio....   Years ago in my hometown (a GM factory town) I loo....   >>   12 Aug 2004   Anyone install WinXp....   I read scuttlebutt that SP 2 creates problems for ....   >>   08 Aug 2004   Contract/part time P....   It comes off like a troll: supposedly an idiot sav....   >>   07 Aug 2004   longhorn commercial ....   Windows Extreme.   >>   06 Aug 2004   Promoting your web b....   http://www.wilsonweb.com/ http://www.robfrankel....   >>      Invoicing format?   I've used Quickbooks for 7 years. Before that I us....   >>      Who is your messiah?   The Jewish Carpenter, you sickos. :-) He will be a....   >>   04 Aug 2004   SORT   The great implementation advice on JOS is the main....   >>   03 Aug 2004   The appeal of the PC   >> The success of the PC over the Mac had nothing ....   >>         I think there is a lot to your thumbnail analysis.....   >>   02 Aug 2004   Earth to Microsoft   Muppet and sysadmin, you're both hilarious. It's l....   >>   01 Aug 2004   Handling client contract negotiations   >>   01 Aug 2004   Handling client cont....   Guys, thanks for the *OPINIONS* which I take as su....   >>      A form with lots of ....   I designed applications for one client that fit th....   >>   31 Jul 2004   BSxx on campus recru....   When I graduated from engineering school in 1980 t....   >>   29 Jul 2004   Why you shouldn't st....   I've been exhorted to start a blog, and I have rec....   >>      Windows Win32 replac....   Sedwo, given what you want to do - you DO want acc....   >>      Work for nothing, ho....   Ronk, I'm glad your wife is on board and I hop....   >>   28 Jul 2004   The burst is about t....   The stuff about diverting a river with nuclear wea....   >>      Work for nothing, ho....   ...IF he can make the sales and IF his idea is not....   >>         Ronk, I certainly think it's possible to do wh....   >>   27 Jul 2004   Running a Win2K PC i....   I think you can disable Alt-Tab behavior. I know f....   >>      Percentage of Develo....   Funny that AllanL5 cited two worlds of developers:....   >>   26 Jul 2004   mislead about a job;....   I contracted at an insurance software company year....   >>      Victor Image Process....   I used them in Windows 3.1 & Borland C++ 3.1 days.....   >>   25 Jul 2004   Using .NET to develo....   Another vote for Delphi. Instead of thinking 'Delp....   >>   24 Jul 2004   Why is there an extr....   >> scrollbar will always be programmed to have a r....   >>         I had to stare at your question for a few moments ....   >>      Inquirer/Register:Wh....   Serious news, like: 'Denny's introduces 'Just ....   >>      Thinking outside the....   >> He's not 'thinking outside the box'. It's just....   >>   23 Jul 2004   Non compete prior to knowing the client?   >>   23 Jul 2004   Challenge:Being contacted by prospect sight-unseen   >>   23 Jul 2004   Non compete prior to....   The impression I got was that this 'bork' (broker)....   >>         And FYI, here is the response of the crooter to my....   >>      Lookout owner speaks....   That is pretty interesting because a lot of develo....   >>         >> Sold out for a pittance - MS caught him with so....   >>      Challenge:Being cont....   Actually, I have almost 25 yrs industry experience....   >>         Guys: First of all, I've been contracting for ....   >>      I want to start my o....   Unovoid's web site looks like typical SPAM bullshi....   >>   22 Jul 2004   My resume any way to....   Truth seeker, the way I've read it described is th....   >>      Business Owenership:....   >> We did ours with a grand total of $3K. See abov....   >>         Eric, these numbers fit what I suspected. It's nob....   >>      I want to start my o....   Christopher, you make a very interesting point. Gi....   >>   21 Jul 2004      After 11 pretty good years as a consultant, I MAY ....   >>   20 Jul 2004   Purchasing a softwar....   Well, there has to be a middle ground. If the curr....   >>         Sarge: >> Does anybody see a way around this? I....   >>      Advantage Database S....   I know someone who uses DBISAM for single workstat....   >>         Advantage was marketed heavily to the Delphi devel....   >>      Rant:  Can't so....   Uhhhh.... Idle hands are the devil's workshop? ....   >>      Upgrade without stop....   >> Coplien's _Advanced C++_ has a section on dynam....   >>   19 Jul 2004   What exactly is Joel....   It's easy to block the wayback machine. You add an....   >>         "cover up" ==> dis-acknowledge, obscure, etc...   >>         My gut feeling: Lookout's presence is an indicatio....   >>      Built into the opera....   "Turdulent" is a great word. I need to remember th....   >>   18 Jul 2004   One Page Resume's Wo....   Are there any guides to writing resumes for hard c....   >>      Monetizing no-servic....   Dennis, your original post is spot-on. Most free d....   >>   17 Jul 2004   Need a good Realty P....   A vendor called Rappatoni provides a fairly common....   >>   16 Jul 2004   PHP and references   Don't take my jerb.   >>      Is the one-page resu....   >> Don't focus on what you know or even what you d....   >>         My resume is now three pages and covers about 20 i....   >>   14 Jul 2004   What is kernel panic....   I thought it was an old term for a crash of Unix i....   >>   13 Jul 2004   How did these HR Dro....   It's a business culture thing. For a few shini....   >>      Old farts lack respe....   Nazis. Hitler. Salad cream. Ok?    >>         >> 'Old farts lack respect for younger programmers....   >>      Obscure DOS question   Ahh, TSRs. That was just the tip of the iceberg. ....   >>   10 Jul 2004   Can we use GIFs yet?   Didn't commercial web sites that used GIF files (r....   >>         http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw I recal....   >>      Run, Run as fast as ....   T. Norman, the principle still applies. As an empl....   >>   09 Jul 2004      The consulting mensch Gerald Weinberg has stated i....   >>         This discussion has turned into overly idealistic ....   >>         Great place. You're told you're 'wrong' on a quest....   >>   07 Jul 2004   APL programming apprenticeship: NY Times   >>   07 Jul 2004   New innovative softw....   Unfortunately, in its present form, this guy's web....   >>      APL programming appr....   Re: Tayssir's comments: I agree most with your....   >>         My own opinion: only someone with a background out....   >>      Crazy ass question   What everyone else said... a database application ....   >>   05 Jul 2004   How does the RIAA id....   I think the tactics being used by the RIAA to pros....   >>      How does credit rati....   Belated comments: Yes, welcome to the US. ....   >>   03 Jul 2004   Interfacing with All....   Do you know anything about collecting data from se....   >>   01 Jul 2004   What will the web be....   What I meant by 'incomprehensibility' is - could s....   >>         Unless we're in a science fiction survivalist sett....   >>      Remote software work....   Reg. reader, I saw your reply on the other thread,....   >>         Guys, thanks for the data points so far. Bob, I....   >>   30 Jun 2004   Remote software work by bidding sites & online ads   >>   30 Jun 2004   The phrase "bet the ....   Gem? GEOS was the best windowing environment for P....   >>   29 Jun 2004   Now I know where the....   I'm glad you geeks grok this stuff.   >>   28 Jun 2004   Anyone have positive experience w/remote SW work?   >>   28 Jun 2004   Easy way to infect I....   My unpatched, wide open NT 4 machine caught Nimda ....   >>      Can you be a good C+....   I once tried to clean up code written by a develop....   >>      Windows Update Rant   This is the third imperative to buy a damned firew....   >>      House prices (off-to....   There are several factors at work having a bearing....   >>   25 Jun 2004   Open Source accounta....   Olivier, For whatever reason, a good general pu....   >>   24 Jun 2004   Question about searc....   There must be a *huge* qualitative difference betw....   >>      This is why software....   >> That's because software is nothing more than an....   >>         >>Guess what OSS is low cost and generally of good....   >>         The problem with commoditizing software by definit....   >>   23 Jun 2004   Virtual DVD Writer?   Some Ranting Idiot illuminated this subject for me....   >>   19 Jun 2004   So let me get this s....   Or he could flame away like certain angry coders (....   >>         Damn you're smooth, Mark. :)   >>      YAR (Yet Another Ran....   Snotnose, not to be a dick about it, but you reall....   >>   18 Jun 2004   A few idiotic Windows network Q's   >>   18 Jun 2004   Rebates? Not yet?   A bright spot: Costco is VERY good about rebates. ....   >>      A few idiotic Window....   >> But what the heck is the point if you're runnin....   >>         Thanks, whoever you are. As far as #3: RIGHT. ....   >>   17 Jun 2004   Windows Progress Dialogs   >>   17 Jun 2004   Programmers won't au....   Sometimes, programmers are just plain stupid and l....   >>   16 Jun 2004   Skill Development   >> >> What is the problem we are trying to solve? ....   >>      Good DNS Host Recomm....   Oh, and stay the heck away from UltraDNS. When you....   >>         http://hn.org/ is a free DNS host. It is VERY easy....   >>   15 Jun 2004   OT: are some web hosts worse for spam than others?   >>   15 Jun 2004   OT: are some web hos....   I get a LOT of these. If you inspect the sender's ....   >>      Philo are you a brow....   Philo's visible, so he's a lightning rod. It's jus....   >>      About outsourcing   T. Norman - well, of course. That was my whole poi....   >>         I've lived and worked in both types of areas. I've....   >>         I think the question is, why don't companies outso....   >>         My experience: Programmers in rural midwest or....   >>      Tech Interview Rant   So, "Ty": what is different between C++'s way of h....   >>         Question (this thread, IMO, is really about charac....   >>   14 Jun 2004      Honestly, Tyrannosaurus' rant is a perfect example....   >>      Ethics of running an....   I think Joel's token of respect to the professiona....   >>      Engineering   I know a kid who is 'just' a snot nosed Perl-scrip....   >>         The humorous thing is, 'engineer' in most parts of....   >>      China, the next Sovi....   >> This thread should be deleted IMMEDIATELY! T....   >>         China's 'great economy' is one of the reasons (pro....   >>      PHP Email   One thing. Sending email from PHP using a techniqu....   >>         Example: $to = 'victim@victimdomain.com'; $su....   >>   11 Jun 2004   Stock photos   Inane as this suggestion sounds, GoDaddy.com (the ....   >>      dot - the movie   One thing. The 'marketing guy' brought in the fund....   >>   10 Jun 2004      That programmer who 'extorted' the 'blood money' i....   >>   09 Jun 2004   Stoopid question: how to download MS patches?   >>   09 Jun 2004   Stoopid question: ho....   Guys, thanks very much. Very helpful.   >>      How much does the re....   >> I'm wondering how much the recruiter is taking ....   >>   08 Jun 2004   SW development feels like homework?   >>   08 Jun 2004   Good alternative to ....   >> I think that Borland needs to hire some really ....   >>         >> after only 1 month of development with Delphi 7....   >>      SW development feels....   Lauren: Excellent post and observations. We're....   >>   07 Jun 2004   Sulking?   It's a crisis, I tell you. No Joel for our daily a....   >>   05 Jun 2004   Lazy man seeks simpl....   Uh... the easiest thing to do is .... just do it. ....   >>      Slacker Coworker   Sassy, you should drop it. As stated by others....   >>   04 Jun 2004   Have you heard of th....   It appears to be a reference to 'The Karate Kid' m....   >>         LOL! I'm sure Stephen will be kind. ;-)   >>      IT is a great indust....   I sympathize with Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey a....   >>      Who should I hire?   Kitty Kat, you need to become clearer about your o....   >>      Social Engineering t....   >> As far as I can tell a digital SLR is about thr....   >>   03 Jun 2004   Social Engineering to shape site traffic?   >>   03 Jun 2004      I didn't point out the obvious: the high resolutio....   >>         The medium images are 768 x 512 and average 120K e....   >>      Long-term prospects ....   Anon and Dennis, everything you say makes sense. .....   >>         Anon's post begs the question: Isn't Win32 'suppos....   >>         Great! If I sit on my ass and do nothing long enou....   >>      Need something cheap....   OEM drives are advertised by a distributor near me....   >>   02 Jun 2004   Just a thought   An old saying comes to mind: watch out whose toes ....   >>      Dear The Entire Soft....   Dear Anon, Programmers are generally buttholes....   >>      The demise of the MD....   It took a geek bulletin board to remind me of this....   >>   31 May 2004   Good email services   Is it myrealbox.com? It sounds kind of like it. ....   >>   30 May 2004   If business is so ......   Because business can be gawdawfully frustrating to....   >>   28 May 2004   Ethics of BCC'ing yo....   >> I really have no ethics myself and am willing t....   >>   27 May 2004   Where are all of the....   >> >> 'You would really want to work with people w....   >>         >> 'obsessed with being right and being better tha....   >>         Anon, our responses crossed. But glad to help anyw....   >>         Anon, I'll answer your general question. Product c....   >>         >> wasn't it the least bit exciting being on a tea....   >>         I *left* the sort of companies that had the 'good ....   >>      Interview - on the o....   The problem faced by EVERY job seeker is: one neve....   >>         A.F.O.R.: Here is my challenge to you. Tell us ....   >>         You know, you can secondguess people into oblivion....   >>   26 May 2004   Yet another cover le....   don't but --> don't put   >>         And... you can be as businesslike, realistic, rela....   >>   25 May 2004   Dealing with Efficie....   Also, someone recently pointed out to me a neutral....   >>   24 May 2004   Best Feature of OO   I agree with AMS. Procedural code is not necessari....   >>   22 May 2004   Speeding up Dial-Up   The claims of dial up accelerators have always sou....   >>   16 May 2004   Finding small busine....   Albert, you're validating everything I suspected. ....   >>      FileMaker Pro 7   There are vertical market applications written in ....   >>   15 May 2004   Finding small business clients & finding business   >>   15 May 2004   Tangent on business: networking groups?   >>   15 May 2004   What another awsome ....   Philo, you've really asked for it now: a repost of....   >>      Tangent on business:....   "who knew each" --> "who knew each other from w....   >>      Finding small busine....   Well, admittedly I believed in the following too m....   >>         I think you guys (Norrick and Mr. Analogy) have hi....   >>         Believe me --- the derision comes after the fact, ....   >>      What is competitive ....   See my later thread. I agree with 'Word of Mouth'.....   >>   14 May 2004   Empower requiring mo....   And I want to know: If you failed to develop, test....   >>   12 May 2004   Where is the Ask Joe....   From my long and ill spent time on the newsgroups,....   >>   11 May 2004   Wanted: Article why ....   Chris Pratley's blog descibes it exactly how I rem....   >>      help me about to rea....   That 'instant messenger 15 year old' style of writ....   >>   10 May 2004   Writing to registry ....   Damit, noname, you beat me to it... ;-)   >>         Uhhh.... guys... I think the OP is actually talkin....   >>      embedded systems dev....   Is going into embedded systems really wise these d....   >>   09 May 2004   A definition of spag....   >> 'You open the fridge and the dog explodes.' ....   >>   08 May 2004      I left a long term client in February that had bec....   >>      Delphi + CORBA vs. J....   I used CORBA several years ago. It seems that it h....   >>   07 May 2004   New spam method: random usernames@domain!   >>   06 May 2004   evil web pages that ....   Two tangents: Comparably evil are web pages th....   >>   05 May 2004   Anyone use 'My Docum....   I use 'My Documents' religiously for my data. But ....   >>      MX-System vs PostNuk....   Postnuke is a bloated, horrid pig of a system. It ....   >>      developer versus cod....   That's the spirit!   >>   04 May 2004   Pud, entrepreneue, s....   Salad cream. There's the JOS humor.    >>      developer versus cod....   'Developer vs code monkey' is terminology that dis....   >>   03 May 2004   Mini-ITX experiences....   Ok, I feel stupid. The Shuttle contains a Flex-ATX....   >>         Hey guys with the Glen Garry leads, I built my....   >>   02 May 2004   Is it unprofessional....   Gad, nothing is new. Read this. http://www.it....   >>   01 May 2004   Client sniffer/port scanner a la Shields Up ?   >>   01 May 2004   Client sniffer/port ....   I'll look at nmap, thanks for the suggestion. It a....   >>         Here is my thinking: It would be a excellent p....   >>   30 Apr 2004   Give Work Away?   I believe that the 'sharing your code and knowledg....   >>         When I first saw the business lawyer that was intr....   >>   29 Apr 2004   Branding for SW and IT consultants?   >>   29 Apr 2004   Branding for SW and ....   Interesting thoughts, Ted. Just to clarify: th....   >>         >> Doesn't seem to be very many people concerned w....   >>      Why did Zilog fail?   They didn't disappear: http://www.zilog.com : 'ZiL....   >>   28 Apr 2004   More on DLL's and C+....   Ok, here's a definitive answer. It just depends. ....   >>      Why the use of vitua....   Huh huh. Virtual PC rules, Beavis... and being inc....   >>      Could an alliance of....   IT people seem to act like matter and anti-matter ....   >>   27 Apr 2004   Simple site builder   Nahh, not Citydesk for a newb. There are too many ....   >>   26 Apr 2004   Why programmers so d....   'Culture' is the answer. The obvious reason (t....   >>      Application Developm....   RP, >> Also, you seem to have come across a lo....   >>         Doc Jason, I still think your best bet is to at....   >>   24 Apr 2004   Application Development Without Programming III   >>   24 Apr 2004      >> I cant conceive of a way to abstract logic. You....   >>      General Public Licen....   There's basking and adulation for open source soft....   >>   22 Apr 2004   Application developm....   Jason, the sort of programming tool that you desir....   >>   20 Apr 2004   TZO   I ran into this service last week: http://hn.o....   >>      Indy for FTP   One last thing. If all you need is an FTP client, ....   >>         Snacky, I have a past client that uses Ip*Works at....   >>         Beware the lame and absent documentation and the s....   >>   19 Apr 2004   What an awesome day.....   Why does Philo's opening post sound similar to: ....   >>   18 Apr 2004   email (POP/SMTP) via....   I *THINK* Hotmail suspended the ability to act as ....   >>   17 Apr 2004   Are storage patterns....   >> Is the mechanism of representing binary pattern....   >>   14 Apr 2004   Intro to Visual Studio .Net for Delphi person?   >>   14 Apr 2004   Intro to Visual Stud....   Everyone, thanks for the guidance. Much appreciate....   >>   13 Apr 2004   Should programmers c....   That answer from Prince was at the tip of my tongu....   >>   12 Apr 2004      Hoser, I agree with every detail and particular yo....   >>         I agree completely with the remark that this is th....   >>      Does the ShareWare m....   $350/month isn't bad 'pin money'. It would be grea....   >>      Courage? What does i....   RP, dare I say it: Delphi (version 7 and below) ha....   >>   11 Apr 2004      >> Any pointers on how to make this go ahead? I....   >>   10 Apr 2004   Loyalty   Mark, I think that's really how it works in the bu....   >>   09 Apr 2004      I'm a bit jaded on this subject. I have heard the ....   >>         I disagree with one point you make, Genius. I see....   >>   07 Apr 2004   Removeable HD and pre-Daylight Savings timestamp?!   >>   07 Apr 2004   Removeable HD and pr....   The weblog entry explained the situation. Basicall....   >>   02 Apr 2004   Easiest software to ....   Microsoft Virtual PC will run almost anything in a....   >>      Recommend a reliable....   Guys, thanks for the general ideas. Ok, my thought....   >>   01 Apr 2004   Recommend a reliable, low cost/low end web server   >>   01 Apr 2004   Unzipping a file on ....   To do this you'd need to be able to install your o....   >>      IT subculture the ca....   The story was about isolated, beleaguered techies ....   >>   31 Mar 2004   Non-Speech Careers   Programming is a career path for introverts. Intro....   >>      Fire/motion   I was making a frivolous statement, Mark. No offen....   >>         You're freaking me out, dude. This stuff is like r....   >>   29 Mar 2004   Drinking the Kool-Ai....   I think 'drinking the Kool-Aid' as you describe it....   >>      SSL - Do I always ne....   Ok, someone asked this on another BBS, so here is ....   >>   27 Mar 2004   Are there really sof....   It amuses me no end that the software industry, ev....   >>      Old technical books ....   If you find out, post the answer here. I've catalo....   >>   26 Mar 2004   Are you a good hardw....   >> the same shop would charge $30-$40 to set up an....   >>         Dear Stephen, Replacement of the motherboard i....   >>   25 Mar 2004      Well... a power supply is about $30-$40 and 1/2 ho....   >>      Complete Idiots Guid....   The mounting holes in motherboards seem to be plat....   >>   24 Mar 2004   Scary, Bad Code at N....   Anon, you're screwed. The people who developed....   >>   23 Mar 2004   Nice Guy-can't progr....   Parnas: it was a LONG time ago. And I learned ....   >>         Here is another of my 'must be ignored at all cost....   >>   19 Mar 2004   Advise on HW & M....   Well, I got everything working. Installed XP, then....   >>   18 Mar 2004   Advise on HW & MS Virtual PC upgrade w/ Office XP?   >>   18 Mar 2004      Thanks for the advice and observations thus far. ....   >>      Consulting companies....   You sure as heck had better negotiate travel expen....   >>      Company logo redesig....   I second designoutpost.com - they have a stable of....   >>      If You Can't Veto Fe....   How about a clarifying statement? You were 'mad....   >>   17 Mar 2004   Cluetrain Manifesto   Excessively 1999-hip dissertation about the power ....   >>      Bizarre request for ....   Just send a reasonably civil note that states that....   >>   16 Mar 2004   How to spot a 9-5 co....   old_timer said: >> There should not be such a ....   >>   12 Mar 2004   Framework and "big code" obsessions - a data point   >>   12 Mar 2004   Framework and "big c....   >> Otherwise the architecture is nothing but pure....   >>      What is a software d....   Stevo, your proposed approach is reasonable. Inste....   >>         Stevo, your boss is ignorant. In software developm....   >>      RentAcoder   Rentacoder seems to be a collection point for ridi....   >>      What is the logic be....   I tend to agree with the idea that mail in rebates....   >>      Technical Recruiters....   Blank, I believe we agree. It's a twisted symbioti....   >>   11 Mar 2004   I've been blogged...   >> rather than naming the specific things involved....   >>         I'd confront this guy and let him know that you ma....   >>      Technical Recruiters....   Blank, >> What they do is gain control of the ....   >>         My intuition is that the original poster of this t....   >>      Getting around the t....   Damn, some of you guys hate recruiters even more t....   >>   10 Mar 2004   Building Text Parser....   CSV format parsed by a C program? strtok(), ma....   >>      Getting around the t....   >> this is manipulation too, to make one focus on....   >>         Sum Dum Gai, you explained the situation perfectly....   >>         Burninator, one thing I've experienced is that rec....   >>         Middlemen almost always make as their clients whom....   >>      Converting wizard.   There is a way to import web site pages into Cityd....   >>   09 Mar 2004   Going Freelance   COOL, Nathan. Congrats.   >>         Here's a possibility: a freelance web designer who....   >>      not in my job descri....   The only things I would be concerned about in this....   >>      Microsoft customer s....   I agree that MS is unduely maligned largely becaus....   >>   08 Mar 2004   Going Freelance   And if you want the REAL deal, not watered down po....   >>      Microsoft customer s....   Hey, I'm an active participant in life. One thing ....   >>         1) I'm amazed that anyone could possibly misinterp....   >>   05 Mar 2004   Open Source: Get up ....   I agree that negative/avoidance messages are somew....   >>         Summary of your post: a negative message is a lous....   >>      Quotes from a custom....   You think these guys are 'clever'? No! I think the....   >>         Brian's right: (and was more accurate than I was):....   >>   04 Mar 2004      >> 'The development schedule is based on our work ....   >>   03 Mar 2004   Normal not to get pa....   I'm a contractor and I've done some fixed price pr....   >>      How do you all fit s....   It's just a LOT of tedious trial and error. No mag....   >>      Should I go with pay....   Just found this: (expose of Paypal by a former emp....   >>         Oh, and Paypal used to be a US only service. There....   >>         I've used Paypal for several Ebay and other transa....   >>   02 Mar 2004   Where art thou, pari....   Years ago I worked with an incredibly adversarial ....   >>         I have a BSEE. When I moved from hardware developm....   >>   29 Feb 2004   Leveraging Developme....   The good thing about working with small businesses....   >>   28 Feb 2004   Some reasons not to ....   Since this is a programmer's board, let's attune t....   >>      $299 Deal on A TON o....   The Action Pack update I just received contains Vi....   >>   27 Feb 2004      It came through one of the IT magazines's email li....   >>         Oh, brother! This Ebay guy is an idiot. A 'one tim....   >>      Vendor Programs for ....   I remember hearing about these now. This is exactl....   >>   26 Feb 2004   Vendor Programs for software consultants?   >>   26 Feb 2004   Burnout:  Falli....   Articles like this point up just what a completely....   >>      Outsourcing & Pr....   The outsourcing advocates who preach 'retraining' ....   >>      More on Career Paths   I was thinking of sole practitioner lawyers in the....   >>         Here's what I have observed about career paths lea....   >>         About law: the thing is, lawyers *have* to market ....   >>      How many people have....   Sathyaish, Sounds like IIT egos == MIT in the U....   >>   25 Feb 2004   Spam filtering on se....   Ha hah, Baysian spam filters. I emailed a pres....   >>      Is this interview qu....   I don't think it will 'offend' most interviewers b....   >>   24 Feb 2004   RSS scrapers for web boards?   >>   24 Feb 2004   RSS scrapers for web....   PS: I've done all the standard web and NG searches....   >>      Is there a name for ....   Grumpy O.T. - I think what you're driving towa....   >>   23 Feb 2004   Incorporating   Why not just find a CPA (accountant in public prac....   >>      Working on contract ....   These days there's no 'scheduling' new contracts u....   >>         Simon: well, yes, he can talk with the client. But....   >>         Take care of #1, because everyone else does so. ....   >>   22 Feb 2004   Strawman terminology: "expert C++ programmer?"   >>   20 Feb 2004   Getting Started with....   Marketing aphorism: ANY publicity is better than N....   >>         I have no quibble with Joel. He has always appeare....   >>      BPO/outsourcing at t....   Just found the meetup page. I'm so there. Any ....   >>   19 Feb 2004   BPO/outsourcing at the real local level   >>   19 Feb 2004   Getting Started with....   >> That's how you work smarter, not harder. It's ....   >>      Offshoring of "mind-....   Managements and business people like to divide per....   >>      BPO/outsourcing at t....   Sargeant, hrumph-ahem... shoot me an email... smal....   >>      Programmers and thei....   My profound condolences for the losses described b....   >>      I hate developers   Froggy, >> I found that I had to sit at my des....   >>   18 Feb 2004      (God, what a great thread! Joel's elves should soc....   >>      Independant types re....   One big problem with fixed price contracts is that....   >>   17 Feb 2004   How successful has M....   The problem I have with MLM is that selling the pr....   >>   16 Feb 2004   PDAs and like architecture for hacking?   >>   16 Feb 2004   Down with WYSIWYG?   Systems like Latex, Nroff, troff, and Runoff (Vax)....   >>   14 Feb 2004   Norrick Bitches Abou....   Norrick, I'm sure that in the medium run and long ....   >>         OK, Norrick, while those are tough breaks, at leas....   >>      Free legal advise   >> GE call center in Gurgaon (close to Delhi) ....   >>      $50+ hr for java pro....   Another flavor of contractor need occurs to me: wo....   >>         >> There are actually two types of contract work. ....   >>     <