finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:05 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'The Real PC' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 441 Number of Words: 40,273 First Comment: 22 Feb 2003 Final Comment: 04 Jun 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 55 First Topic: 22 Feb 2003 Latest Topic: 07 Jun 2004 When Item Comment 07 Jun 2004   Getting hit by a bus   >>   04 Jun 2004   smart people   >>   04 Jun 2004   smart people   'Ayn articulated the idea that the majority of peo....   >>         Yes some people are gifted compared to others in s....   >>   03 Jun 2004   Ayn Rand   'How you can tell if something is evil?' Find o....   >>         It isn't communism or fascism or capitalism that's....   >>         This is what people do; I see it all the time: No....   >>   28 May 2004   Unix books   >>   28 May 2004   Explain why emacs is....   I like it better than vi, and I use vi all the tim....   >>   27 May 2004   Silly managers   >>   27 May 2004   Silly managers   I partly agree. However, if I were a manager I wou....   >>         I didn't say I had a problem or need any help. The....   >>         You're missing my point. We have a hierarchical st....   >>   21 May 2004   unindented HTML   >>   21 May 2004   unindented HTML   And I would like to add, while we're on the subjec....   >>         Well I don't mind indenting from now on. I just th....   >>   20 May 2004   The last time you us....   I use recursion for parsing XML.   >>   10 May 2004   Tests   >>   10 May 2004   Coding is language!   Computer languages and human languages are the sam....   >>   16 Apr 2004   What unemployment?   [the programmer or receptionist who is doing the s....   >>   14 Apr 2004   What unemployment?   >>   14 Apr 2004      I think the manager here could spot a talented per....   >>      Learning C   I recommend C for Dummies and I think you are corr....   >>   16 Mar 2004   Anyone learn to prog....   I read a lot of teach yourself and for dummies boo....   >>   15 Mar 2004   Since we're talking ....   However this also has to make it harder for US cit....   >>   03 Mar 2004   A win-win approach t....   I doubt Americans have better intuition about soft....   >>      File maker   Thanks Dario. Yes, please post those urls. I am s....   >>   02 Mar 2004      Lou, Can you give me some more information, web s....   >>   01 Mar 2004   File maker   >>   25 Feb 2004   Getting smarter or dumber   >>   25 Feb 2004   Programming is not l....   Maybe it's the same problem with any job, when it ....   >>   20 Feb 2004   numb minds   >>   30 Jan 2004   Synchronicity   One man's coincidence is another's synchronicity.   >>   29 Jan 2004   Synchronicity   >>   21 Jan 2004   Today's Dilbert   This happens because the changes look so simple, f....   >>   30 Dec 2003   sorting   [The only question is are the keys unique. If they....   >>         I did something like what Mark Pearce called a cou....   >>   29 Dec 2003   sorting   >>   29 Dec 2003      Let's say it was Perl, and you had a data structur....   >>   04 Dec 2003   TV Show about Progra....   Watch spell-bound as the patient nerd tracks down ....   >>   19 Nov 2003   Show me hard data...   [Cause and effect is sometimes (not always!) hard ....   >>         Manager's Bane, You missed Joel's point. He did....   >>   14 Nov 2003   Cycles in the econom....   Bored, That economics book sounds interesting. ....   >>      Subversion?   I don't want to change it because it took the firs....   >>   13 Nov 2003   Subversion?   >>   13 Nov 2003      [should they be offended if you're just asking for....   >>         [Have an instance of apache2 just for Subversion a....   >>         And by the way, this has nothing to do with having....   >>         [So if you're not going to ask the people in the c....   >>         Yes I think there should have been pilot tests. Wh....   >>         We need Subversion and mod_perl both running in Ap....   >>         I didn't say Subversion is bad. I said it requires....   >>      Employment Hours Sta....   [Where do you live? Quite frankly, I am ready to m....   >>   12 Nov 2003      I think it's insane that employers can expect peop....   >>   06 Nov 2003   physics   [We'll still be living in a Material World though.....   >>         So how do they define "matter?"   >>         By the way, I found a page on skepdic last night t....   >>         Yes quantum physics does make one question materia....   >>   05 Nov 2003   physics   >>   05 Nov 2003   God in the firmware   Being brainwashed by a particular dogmatic extremi....   >>         [The notion of 'dimensional levels' where folks li....   >>         One of the brain's functions is to keep us focused....   >>      physics   I think we just have to trust the physicists to fi....   >>         The Nova show last night said they can test M theo....   >>         [he wants to be the candidate for all Americans, n....   >>         String theory and M theory are new. It's probably ....   >>         [If some advocates want to sex it up in the popula....   >>         One of the important things about string theory an....   >>   31 Oct 2003   chitchat   How do you know what a "reasonable time" is? If I ....   >>   30 Oct 2003   chitchat   >>   30 Oct 2003      My manager is always working, never has time for s....   >>         The environment is actually very good. I talk to p....   >>      Online identity   It's like having all of your conversations tape-re....   >>   23 Oct 2003   Alyosha   Stephen, Your talent for insulting people is much....   >>         [Can you point me towards someone working in this ....   >>         I think you miss the point. If a system is self-or....   >>   22 Oct 2003      [spontaneous, self-organizing property of life] ....   >>         The way I understand it complexity theory predicts....   >>         How can you measure how parsimonious a theory is? ....   >>         [Darwinian evolution remains the most useful worki....   >>         I really think that if Darwin were alive now he wo....   >>         My point was that the odds against a Darwinist ori....   >>   21 Oct 2003      If I remember correctly, the "panspermia" theory o....   >>         It isn't possible to have a rational discussion of....   >>         I meant to say that I am entirely pro-science, eve....   >>         On the subject of getting published: I also disagr....   >>   20 Oct 2003      [The evidence is all around us, and more and more ....   >>         Stephen, Darwin's theory is speculation and shoul....   >>         I don't watch any TV shows either. That is probabl....   >>         Maybe I should really say that I usually am given ....   >>         I stopped reading computer books in my free time 2....   >>         Dave, I agree with you. Darwinism should be seen ....   >>   19 Oct 2003      [And finally what are all these doubters suggestin....   >>         Dave, Thanks. I know about Ken Wilber and read ....   >>         [there are people who just don't get it] No, yo....   >>         Complexity theory says that natural systems evolve....   >>         [Mathematical theories can be proven or disproven.....   >>         [the millions of separate creations that the cre....   >>   18 Oct 2003   Alyosha   >>   18 Oct 2003      "but has many fervent"   >>         Well now you're famous on JOS. The whole point ....   >>         There have been many attempts to explain why evolu....   >>         [Not even a Christian man] There is enough evid....   >>   17 Oct 2003   How do you Get Thing....   Make lists and check them off.   >>      AI again   It's called common sense. Something Darwinists hav....   >>         Oh I see. You collect lots of useless harmless mut....   >>         Anyway a recent Scientific American article says t....   >>         [An experiment that could prove that learned behav....   >>         That's why conversations with them quickly degener....   >>         2 t's on Dennett. I know you will see a typo as ev....   >>         [If you look closely at the design of organisms, t....   >>         [Archaeopteryx? Platypus?] As I said, there ar....   >>   16 Oct 2003      [the ID hypothesis would predict a plethora of spe....   >>         You think Behe criticizes Darwinism because his br....   >>         Why isn't there fossil evidence of species gradual....   >>         Most mutations are harmful. You would need a bizar....   >>         There is nothing unscientific about criticising so....   >>         That is true.   >>         Jim, All they're going to do is get nastier. Ther....   >>         Neo-Darwinists deny that evolution is progressive.....   >>         Experiments that demonstrate geneticially-transmit....   >>         Evolution of species in the direction of increasin....   >>   15 Oct 2003   AI again   >>   15 Oct 2003   GOTO's Considered Ha....   The idea of not using GOTO is like not using globa....   >>      AI again   Dave, Your comments don't strike me as very ratio....   >>         [Other people seem to be taking an interest in the....   >>         Why should I be concerned with what creationists s....   >>         There is no evidence for the Judeo-Christian creat....   >>         What I mean by AI is a simulation of human intelli....   >>         [why should your proposal be taken anymore serious....   >>         [Either there's an omniscient omnipotent being who....   >>         [Science does not involve itself in the world of w....   >>         There are obstacles to some of the new advances ge....   >>         I'm not talking about whether AI is possible or no....   >>      What should programm....   For me the most useful things were assembly langua....   >>   12 Oct 2003   AI   [Is it possible that humans too have an underlying....   >>         The mind uses the brain to interact with what we c....   >>   11 Oct 2003      It suggests that the brain is a machine used by th....   >>   10 Oct 2003      Yes, various labs are using random number generato....   >>         Is it fair to accuse someone of these things witho....   >>         Stephen, I love the skepdic criticism. The result....   >>         Stephen, It's valid criticism if you accept tha....   >>         [What sort of parapsychology result would suggest ....   >>         If the brain is damaged, intelligence and various ....   >>   09 Oct 2003   AI   >>   09 Oct 2003      If intelligence were produced by brains, then it w....   >>         I studied this much longer than 4 years. I can't w....   >>         We are programmed with emotions because they permi....   >>         [The problem with computers thinking like humans i....   >>         [if mental processes arise from physical processes....   >>         For example, understanding Mind in terms of quantu....   >>         When I say AI isn't possible I mean within the cur....   >>         In other words, the human machine is able to get o....   >>         [Please define what you mean by 'think' and 'intel....   >>   07 Sep 2003   CMS   The organization has existing web sites and we don....   >>   06 Sep 2003   Questions and Commen....   The women are strong, the men are good-looking, an....   >>      CMS   Bored, Can the users edit pages with their prefer....   >>         My boss decided we're going to use the web interfa....   >>   05 Sep 2003   CMS   >>   29 Aug 2003   Subversion   My co-worker designed the web interface so users a....   >>   28 Aug 2003   Subversion   >>   28 Aug 2003      We have a web interface for Subversion, which is t....   >>      How Long Will Kids L....   Smoking cigarets and lack of exercise are also maj....   >>         Type II diabetes and obesity are caused by syndrom....   >>   27 Aug 2003      That's right. The connection between diet and chol....   >>         [Have you the remotest scrap of evidence that refi....   >>         And I forgot to mention: lack of exercise contribu....   >>         I agree that the idea is to be reasonable. The amo....   >>   26 Aug 2003   What do you do when ....   The answer to your problems is yoga.   >>      How Long Will Kids L....   They will lose weight temporarily but will be star....   >>         No, it is not simple. Individuals have different m....   >>   25 Aug 2003      There are people who eat very little yet are overw....   >>         There will never be drugs that prevent aging and d....   >>   24 Aug 2003      [As we all know, only PHD's have any idea what the....   >>         [The statistical evidence is overwhelming.] Ste....   >>   23 Aug 2003      Low-fat diets are ok, but people are deceived by t....   >>         Ok, there are various combinations of factors that....   >>         You mean the low-fat diet nonsense? Yes, that is p....   >>   22 Aug 2003      The idea that longevity is steadiy increasing is m....   >>   17 Aug 2003   Web history   >>   17 Aug 2003   Web history   Oh, I guess that was before graphical browsers.   >>      Eureka Moments   This happens to me all the time. Sometimes when I ....   >>      Disk space   Philo, There are about 10 programmers. I can have....   >>   15 Aug 2003   Got lights?   >>   15 Aug 2003   Disk space   >>   13 Aug 2003   should I begin the p....   I'll vote with everyone else -- do not fire her.   >>      What are your values....   After 8+ years of this, on some days I am bored. B....   >>      Bob Noxious -- the t....   He didn't use mine, probably got his own. I think ....   >>   11 Aug 2003      First of all I didn't yell, I just turned up the v....   >>   08 Aug 2003   Bob Noxious -- the true story   >>   07 Aug 2003   Do senior people hav....   I'll explain it for you Philo. The idea is that o....   >>   06 Aug 2003   Job Titles   >>   02 Aug 2003   When to design Web-b....   When there are, or might eventually be, remote use....   >>   29 Jul 2003   A thought   [Good programmers are several orders of magnitude ....   >>   28 Jul 2003   A thought   >>   26 Jul 2003   Offshoring is the LE....   The would not be possible. If we didn't work how w....   >>   25 Jul 2003      [If you don't really know what 'intelligence' is, ....   >>   24 Jul 2003      [The primary problem with AI today is not that we ....   >>   21 Jul 2003   Apathy: the programm....   We are living unnatural lives that we did not evol....   >>         I never felt apathy for the first 7 years of progr....   >>   20 Jul 2003   Beginning Programmer....   [Programming is simple. Easy one might say. Ther....   >>   17 Jul 2003   part-time boss?   Spending time on consulting work while you are at ....   >>   14 Jul 2003   random numbers   Is there any way I can improve my understanding of....   >>   13 Jul 2003      Could you elaborate on that?   >>   12 Jul 2003   random numbers   >>   08 Jul 2003   music -- what I did   Be patient. Bob Noxious might ignore his manager, ....   >>   07 Jul 2003   music -- what I did   >>   07 Jul 2003      It's been a long story that you probably didn't re....   >>         There are some very angry individuals here, aren't....   >>         [Bob probably doesn't think he has any annoying ha....   >>         All you have to do is not read it. It's not like ....   >>         [what annoying habits of your own he complains abo....   >>         I didn't want to prevent Bob Noxious from enjoying....   >>      music once more   Talking and phone calls are occasional, music can ....   >>         As I just said, I am not afraid to tell Bob or the....   >>         Just Me, Yes I agree with you I should do it righ....   >>         [A 'no music' policy is standard in shared environ....   >>   05 Jul 2003   music once more   >>   05 Jul 2003   project complexity n....   When talking about books we often mention the numb....   >>   04 Jul 2003   music   [I imagine it is the junior manager who has assert....   >>         [the uppity junior manager who stole his office. H....   >>         [instead of informing management of a problem, you....   >>   03 Jul 2003      Bob is in his 60s at least. We are programmers an....   >>         I already explained that I am MUCH closer, geograp....   >>         I'm the only one it bothers (because I am much clo....   >>   02 Jul 2003   music   >>   02 Jul 2003      I don't think he's trying to be mean, just stupid ....   >>         When I told Bob Noxious his music prevents me from....   >>         [It's always better to be busy than to be idle.] ....   >>         [if a car in the street passed with the same music....   >>         I think it's malicious to play music in an office ....   >>         I'm not being inconsderate and alienating people. ....   >>         You would really spend $100 to buy headphones for ....   >>         I told him it was bothering me and he offerred to ....   >>         I spoke to him a while ago, maybe 2 months. He did....   >>         I don't see why or how I could figure out my most ....   >>         [The longer term solution is to find another emplo....   >>         That might work. But I suspect his reason for not ....   >>         I'm in the US. But this office is so backwards the....   >>      Evaluating Programme....   Once I started using emacs I became a good program....   >>      Bad Analogy of the D....   [it seems like Americans are pretty obsessed with....   >>   30 Jun 2003   Non-idiot co-workers   Most of my co-workers seem to be intelligent yet n....   >>      More Brain Power   In English, one function of pitch is to signal whi....   >>         No, that is not what is meant by a tone language. ....   >>         I can answer this one, I'm a linguist. It might b....   >>   26 Jun 2003   Desk Decoration   books (Perl, Java, XML, Unix) computer phone no....   >>      Thrill of the day...   Our code could out-live us.   >>      Liars   Devil, There seems to be a war going on between t....   >>   25 Jun 2003   Does programming mak....   Programming helped me develop a tolerance for bori....   >>         I try to use logic to understand politics and huma....   >>      Liars   After the initial shock wore off I realized that I....   >>         I think a much better idea would be to have the su....   >>         Devil, The mind can have some influence over rand....   >>         I guess I could program something for random numbe....   >>   24 Jun 2003      Parapsychology is a science, similar to experiment....   >>         [many do not subscribe to things that you yourself....   >>         I wonder if 'True Liars' and sociopathic liars mig....   >>   23 Jun 2003   Liars   >>   23 Jun 2003      I have never heard of any effective treatment for ....   >>         I think we all have some odd quirks, and most of u....   >>         And I don't think he was stealing from me or anyth....   >>         I often felt confused and thought maybe I was nuts....   >>         I would like to share that I am in total shock, an....   >>      What makes work fun?....   Everything you do can be fun or enjoyable. Life ca....   >>      Distracted manager   Pete, Different lessons are learned by different ....   >>         Oh, several stupid typos in the above. Supposed to....   >>         I'd like to stand back from this for a second and ....   >>         I'm sure he'll be annoyed, I'm sure I'll be blamed....   >>   22 Jun 2003   Are my teachers just....   There are great guitar players who never learned p....   >>      Distracted manager   I understand why we need managers, and I probably ....   >>   21 Jun 2003   Distracted manager   >>   21 Jun 2003   Are my teachers just....   [how many understand circuit design, electronics, ....   >>         Understanding an assembly language means having so....   >>      Distracted manager   No, I have not talked to my manager about this; I ....   >>         Philo, In other words, my response to him should ....   >>   20 Jun 2003   WebObjects   >>   16 Jun 2003   Outsourcing   The arguments for outsourcing usually include the ....   >>      Synchronicity?   [If you were to define 'collective mind' as simply....   >>   15 Jun 2003      [I do not accept a collective unconscious is requi....   >>         [All kinds of nutty ideas get published in peer re....   >>         You can't prove something by just doing an experim....   >>         [the existing paradigms of mechanism is firmly ent....   >>         [What I want to know is who is the first person to....   >>         Synchronicity is hard to prove, since a certain nu....   >>   14 Jun 2003   Companies "based" up....   [buy a solution that essentially works off the she....   >>         I have worked with three different web servers -- ....   >>         Where I work they despise Microsoft. I don't feel ....   >>      Synchronicity?   Amazing is a zealot, which is very different from ....   >>   13 Jun 2003      [one must always be on guard to avoid accepting wh....   >>         On the subject of synchronicity, I recommend "The ....   >>         S. Tanna, The theory that the laws of physics evo....   >>      don't wanna ?   As an employee, it's important to at least seem li....   >>   11 Jun 2003   Survey:: Personality....   INTJ - programmer/analyst   >>   10 Jun 2003   For Stephen Jones & Materialists   >>   10 Jun 2003   For Stephen Jones &a....   [His investigations of faith healers are a bit dis....   >>         Many parapsychologists claim they have already pro....   >>         [the experiments performed by the CIA resulted in ....   >>         There are probably many repeatable experiments, bu....   >>   09 Jun 2003   Comprehensive survey....   [what interests you is completely uncoupled from '....   >>      Is the majority of d....   Another reason is that an intranet can be easily c....   >>      Self-evaluation   Why would a sane person write anything but the tru....   >>   08 Jun 2003      I took mine seriously last year. I figured that if....   >>         [if you give an employee a review that's lower tha....   >>         Joel, Why should managers give all their employ....   >>      A comment on Joel's ....   Ok, but it looks like he's getting his foot in the....   >>         I didn't have time for general reading either, for....   >>   07 Jun 2003   Self-evaluation   >>   07 Jun 2003   Self-evaluation   How do you decide what to write? I guess the idea ....   >>      A comment on Joel's ....   I would say the big difference between "new" scien....   >>         [Do you believe in quantum physics? It is even mo....   >>         Stephen, There is a vast amount written on the ....   >>         Stephen, I am not claiming that every crazy ide....   >>         Devil's Advocate, If you are not hostile to the....   >>   06 Jun 2003   Enjoying your work   That's like asking whether Life should be enjoyabl....   >>      A comment on Joel's ....   I am not arguing against Science. In fact, I belie....   >>         Devil's Advocate, They don't try to figure out ho....   >>         [Real PC - glad to see you back on the board. I w....   >>         [Science has also quite an astounding idea of the ....   >>   05 Jun 2003      Yes schizophrenia has physical causes, and yes dru....   >>         Conventional western medicine is good for certain ....   >>         Curious, There is a prevailing philosophy in west....   >>         [doctors are just people who went to school for a ....   >>   03 Jun 2003   Pair programming   >>   03 Jun 2003   Pair Programming - t....   [You don't like being around people that much.] ....   >>         [I'll stick with copius amounts of code review and....   >>         [But if code is being written, then it's two peopl....   >>         [until you've worked a week sitting next to someon....   >>      Pair programming   [Hey, all new experiences should be avoided as a m....   >>         I decided to search for some evidence, instead of ....   >>      Pair painting   [How much contempt for its employees can it have t....   >>   02 Jun 2003   Pair painting   >>   02 Jun 2003      Philo, The confusion results from the fact tha XP....   >>         [our experience with PP is entirely positive] B....   >>         Collaboration is fine and we don't have any where ....   >>         By the way, my employer is far from stupid. So I a....   >>         [the employer reigns supreme, no matter how stupid....   >>         I did think about the lyricist/composer team. Howe....   >>         Ok, well, that just supports the argument that it'....   >>   01 Jun 2003   There's too much fea....   Oh ok, I thought it was you who said: [The fact....   >>         [sure, anybody can program... they can learn it in....   >>         I'm sure you are wrong, Pigs. I have always been ....   >>         [Employees don't get paid to do whatever makes the....   >>   31 May 2003      [pair programming, in a sense, is a return to the ....   >>      Pairing   [OMG. What an awesome recipe for randomly firing p....   >>         They decided to try all the Extreme Programming id....   >>         This project that's taking forever is not my proje....   >>   30 May 2003   Pairing   >>   25 May 2003   The Matrix   [Define 'evil.' I have my own definition of evil, ....   >>   24 May 2003   The Matrix   >>   22 May 2003   Recent Threads   They try to understand human nature. So do some ph....   >>         Then all psychologists have small minds.   >>   21 May 2003      [it's human nature to talk about bad situations, b....   >>      What would a sane pe....   This user is not competent to do any job requiring....   >>   20 May 2003   What would a sane person do?   >>   20 May 2003      [It would be really nice if apps could make an 'er....   >>         Yeah, I normally have my applications log all the ....   >>         That means never defend yourself. I find this conf....   >>      Matrix Reloaded - on....   [Maybe it's matrixes all the way up.] Yes, that....   >>      music 2   [maybe they all hate it, but are afraid to speak t....   >>         Oh he turned the music back on yesterday. It liter....   >>   19 May 2003   where did all the so....   Ashley, That's true, the compiler seldom tells me....   >>         [anyone who doesn't find the obligatory missing se....   >>   18 May 2003   POLL : How Many Of Y....   [the problem solving in development is more intere....   >>   17 May 2003   A positive experience   >>   16 May 2003   ear plugs   >>   16 May 2003   music 2   >>   16 May 2003   ear plugs   Yes, and I could probably still hear my boss yelli....   >>      Music   Yesterday I asked him to please use headphones. He....   >>   15 May 2003   Music   >>   15 May 2003   Poll: Most used scri....   Perl is the ultimate scripting language.   >>      Music   [Could it be that he was one of the smokers you sc....   >>         [he's got a vested interest in being *so* annoying....   >>         I spoke to another programmer who can hear it. It ....   >>         What if I just go back over to Bob Noxious (yes, t....   >>         I don't know if you're being serious. Damaging the....   >>         Talking to the boss would be my last resort, becau....   >>   14 May 2003   Java programmers ove....   I'm over 35, and yes of course your Java directori....   >>   11 May 2003   The Craft of Program....   [Good engineers love their work because they love ....   >>         [Cooper is using craftsman to mean creative high v....   >>   09 May 2003   Return of Cringely o....   Not allowing programmers to refactor would be like....   >>      US Education   [In the expensive suburbs the public schools are o....   >>         I said NY area, not NYC. In NYC everyone except po....   >>         In college they have students rate their professor....   >>         [your friend is not worth 90K, and I'm highly dubi....   >>   08 May 2003      [Considering the poor return you have so clearly r....   >>         There is no reward for being a good teacher; the u....   >>         This is just a guess, but it might have something ....   >>   03 May 2003   Did Cringely just pu....   Code should be refactored while you're developing ....   >>   27 Apr 2003   Smoking   Stephen, It does not require any psychic powers t....   >>         [and actually feel no healthier (in fact slightly ....   >>   24 Apr 2003   Drowning in "Process....   You need some kind of balance. For developing new ....   >>      Experience   That's right. No professional with only 2 years ex....   >>         Doesn't the # of projects worked on correlate with....   >>   23 Apr 2003      According to some psychology research. no one beco....   >>         Me too. It can be great, if you don't mind seeing....   >>   22 Apr 2003   Experience   >>   22 Apr 2003   Programmers Main Mot....   Yes Bored, I think you make sense. I used to thin....   >>         There might be some truth in your theory, but it w....   >>   20 Apr 2003   Managing   [People who love software should want to figure st....   >>   19 Apr 2003   Managing   >>   19 Apr 2003      Now I realize I didn't express myself well at all,....   >>   08 Apr 2003   Sex   I don't think the asocial aspect of programming ex....   >>   05 Apr 2003   If you were not a de....   The other things I like are hard to make money at ....   >>   04 Apr 2003   Sex   If evidence from eye witnesses and from scientists....   >>         As a said before, you have to define "god" before ....   >>         AA, you gave up because you have no evidence or lo....   >>         Atheist, The things we perceive with our five sen....   >>   02 Apr 2003   Beards and glasses   [It's wierd how the brain tries to classify people....   >>      Sex   Jesus and Hitler were not nerds; both were charism....   >>         And besides, just try defining "chance."   >>         Evolution results from a combination of chance, na....   >>         [Women have much better situational awareness, and....   >>   01 Apr 2003   Sex   >>   01 Apr 2003      [Ever heard of Grace Hopper, one of the great pion....   >>         So the answer is women have more sense than we hav....   >>         4 years of college, instead of 8 for law or medici....   >>         Yeah, I think I figured it out. Programming is not....   >>         All the women I know have traditionally female car....   >>   30 Mar 2003   programming is diffi....   Yes, that's what I was trying to say.   >>   29 Mar 2003   Am I crazy?   >>   29 Mar 2003   programming is difficult   >>   29 Mar 2003   Am I crazy?   It isn't perfect and when the managers have nothin....   >>         I'm not just a coder taking dictation from manager....   >>      programming is diffi....   You have missed my entire point. I did not peste....   >>         And furthermore -- If you don't like climbing Mou....   >>         You missed my whole point! It was not possible fo....   >>      Joel and reading   It depends on how much you sleep you need.   >>   28 Mar 2003   what problems do you....   Online publishing and intranet.   >>      Coding: Means or End....   >What are some of your other hobbies? Bella, ....   >>   26 Mar 2003      My hobbies are mostly things that require skill an....   >>      Lunch At Cubile or A....   Stephen C, Yeah I'm really surprised there's no....   >>   25 Mar 2003      I go out and walk during the 30 min lunch break. I....   >>   21 Mar 2003   Why do Programmers H....   I hate writing comments even though I love to writ....   >>      politics   [you feel it is quite all right for you to protect....   >>   19 Mar 2003   OPML   >>   19 Mar 2003      [Democracy cannot theirefore be opposed to or inde....   >>         I better add that I'm not against socialism and I ....   >>         Just Me, In the US the government does not deci....   >>   18 Mar 2003      [There is nothing more dangerous than good intenti....   >>         The main reason Muslims hate the US is that we sup....   >>   17 Mar 2003      Money is a part of everything, and so is ego. You ....   >>         It's hard to imagine leaders going to all that tro....   >>         Stephen, That's fine if people don't agree with....   >>         [my point was that Hitler's Nazis and Bush's Patri....   >>         Disproving the "we're all controlled by our govern....   >>         Stephen, You are a perfect example of the crazi....   >>   16 Mar 2003      The democratic western countries obviously don't w....   >>         I know he was being sarcastic. I meant his being s....   >>         Stephen, Speaking of stereotypes, you are right....   >>         He said in proportion to the GNP. We could give th....   >>         [We need to give some organization ultimate unques....   >>         Stephen, I more or less agree we (the US) should ....   >>         Stephen, Do you read a lot of Chomsky, by any c....   >>         Bored, [really gifted people are as much walkin....   >>   15 Mar 2003   politics   >>   15 Mar 2003      Bored, Your portrait of the stereotypical progr....   >>         [Of course almost everyone is ignoring the real pr....   >>         I must have missed them. I don't have time to read....   >>         I understand your point. On the other hand, it's i....   >>   13 Mar 2003   RSS   >>   11 Mar 2003   Gadget freak or cons....   Eventually I give in and get a cell phone or whate....   >>   09 Mar 2003   Parade Magazine - Wh....   $50k only seems low compared to the inflated salar....   >>      Pair Programming Exp....   There is a lot to be said for working alone, even ....   >>   08 Mar 2003      I didn't mean to. I really don't like the idea of ....   >>         Where I work, if I try to collaborate with someone....   >>   06 Mar 2003   Where do bugs come f....   When I change something in the program, or add som....   >>   05 Mar 2003   Really building comm....   Oh one more thing. I really hate complicated hard-....   >>         I prefer forums that have a tree structure. It can....   >>   04 Mar 2003   Jetspeed   Thanks, I'll read it. I have Jetspeed installed an....   >>      A New Kind of Scienc....   Sir, You missed the whole point of my conversatio....   >>   03 Mar 2003      When scientists review each others research, they ....