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Number of Comments: 487
Number of Words: 33,273
First Comment: 04 Mar 2003
Final Comment: 31 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 13
First Topic: 03 Jul 2003
Latest Topic: 31 Aug 2004
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31 Aug 2004   More Windows servers than Unix going to Linux?   >>  
31 Aug 2004   Bill Gates on "profe....   'Isn't Apple still the R&D branch of MS?' Well,....   >>  
30 Aug 2004   Bill Gates on "professional engineers"   >>  
25 Aug 2004   Any good GUI builder....   Why has no one else successfully copie....   >>  
18 Aug 2004   Next big thing?   Robots.   >>  
13 Aug 2004   Charles Simonyi hold....   'When you say PhD might not be a good fit for an I....   >>  
   The Olympics   'As an American I suspect this stereotype applies ....   >>  
      '2) Global trade' Agreed on this one, and it's ....   >>  
      More current example: My Indian coworkers were ....   >>  
      '(a group will accept wallow in the mud as long as....   >>  
   word processor with ....   On a totally different note, did anyone....   >>  
      This is why content oriented document ....   >>  
   Favorite Screen Save....   Random pictures of my wife and kids from my iPhoto....   >>  
   Purchase this forum?   'It's not me that elevates the 'muppet factor' of ....   >>  
   Issue related to fil....   'Yes, I have. I call it the Kerry campaign.' C....   >>  
10 Aug 2004   best way to move int....   'Start by capitalizing your I's.' Then dot your....   >>  
09 Aug 2004   Eric Sink's Software....   'I sort of skimmed it, but it seemed like Pricing ....   >>  
03 Aug 2004   Your typical program....   '...bubble&squeak, black pudding,...' Can someo....   >>  
02 Aug 2004   Making Linux a playe....   'The whole Linux thing is like communism...sounds ....   >>  
      'If you work with Linux, quit worrying about being....   >>  
   a long, rambling, in....   'I believe many people, have, in fact, managed to ....   >>  
      'I'm not saying that no position is worth more tha....   >>  
   Do you play computer....   'Just do what I did. Buy an old out-of-use arcade....   >>  
      Computer games today are far too much work. You....   >>  
   How do you know when....   'When, exactly, did Bush go to war, again?' Sor....   >>  
      'The stakes got higher when his media goon squad w....   >>  
      'Um, maybe that you're guaranteed that Kerry won't....   >>  
      Just curious. Is there an update to Godwin's la....   >>  
   best days of your li....   'You could (and many people do) say the same thing....   >>  
      Something that I would like to experience, and may....   >>  
      'I am going back for my second degree, and my husb....   >>  
   Joel and Eric on Pau....   I think the reason why 'great hackers' don't write....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Innovator's Solution....   'IE 7 is invariably going to come out with a lot o....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   I want to start my o....   'Agreed, we all want something we can be proud of ....   >>  
   OT: unbiased coverag....   'The Intellectual Activist seems a strange combina....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Free program to wash....   'Why have cabinets? Just have three dish washers, ....   >>  
   OT: unbiased coverag....   Someone recommended the Christian Science Monitor,....   >>  
      '...and the government doesn't can't its power to ....   >>  
      And here is a fun look at bias. Seems Clinton's....   >>  
      'One with the biggest tits [ ]' Would that be B....   >>  
      'At one point it was possible to discus issues - e....   >>  
19 Jul 2004      I think the Economist is pretty good. They lean t....   >>  
   which that? that whi....   Linguists have a whole different take on this. To....   >>  
   Gates gives 100$ Mil....   'More close to reality, you can make a case for hi....   >>  
16 Jul 2004      'B. Investigate, do something to defend the countr....   >>  
      For those of you who have seen or intend to see Mr....   >>  
      'It showed that W did NOTHING when notified of the....   >>  
      'The old US patriots never seemed to fear question....   >>  
      'These values are of course beyond criticism. So w....   >>  
      'I'm not sure you are as aware of Iraq's state bef....   >>  
      'You realize that counts too. 60,000 Iraqis dead. ....   >>  
   Better Windows Explo....   Generalized file system explorers, browsers, etc. ....   >>  
   Spying   'if your idea of parenting is spying on your kid, ....   >>  
   .NET Marketshare Pt ....   Well from Amazon's top 25 in 'Computers and Intern....   >>  
   What do we teach our....   If any of you are suggesting not believing in Sant....   >>  
      'Ok, Ok, we lie about Santa,...' What, exactly,....   >>  
   Why so much irony ab....   'The idea of having a picture of a room and clicki....   >>  
   .Net devs that went ....   'What I meant to say was, I love that .NET lets th....   >>  
   IQ-ism   'Next, EQ. The people who coined that term are de....   >>  
      'Watch any TV show for kids or otherwise, and the ....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   What do we teach our....   'Do I teach them to be nice, knowing full well the....   >>  
      I agree with Ged, too. The point is THE KIDS WE....   >>  
   .Net devs that went ....   'But since my employer uses UNIX .NET really isn't....   >>  
14 Jul 2004   Mozilla Flaw Runs Ar....   'The point to made here is that the “process” of d....   >>  
13 Jul 2004      '* Security of open source “by design” is no bette....   >>  
   The Coffee Test   An alternative to good coffee on the premises is a....   >>  
24 Jun 2004   This is why software....   'There are no universally accepted AND understood ....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Apple's iPod   'Again, Apple's success here is due to their incre....   >>  
18 Jun 2004   Why Web apps Won't r....   Web apps already rule the world. Hotmail. Goog....   >>  
   Writing code is dead   A picture is not always worth a thousand words. ....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Firefox - First Go   'Also, using an IE-based browser is good because y....   >>  
   How Microsoft Lost t....   'Other than bank access apps, account mgt, and OWA....   >>  
      ''And certainly the bulk of the interesting home u....   >>  
      'From what I recall, Avalon is designed to take ad....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   Maybe It's Not That ....   Let me also say that I'm a proponent for outsourci....   >>  
      'Then let's gid rid of the huge investment in poli....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   Eric's Marketing Ide....   'Ummm, so what's the point again? Just hire the m....   >>  
   Has the role of ....   'Bush is an idiot. The Americans are not. Usually,....   >>  
      'This middle east mess is caused by the Israel/Ara....   >>  
      'Enjoy while you can, for its damned sure your gra....   >>  
10 Jun 2004   Joining the French F....   'So, unless you are a serial child molester, who p....   >>  
      'Yes, join the marines, then you can increase your....   >>  
   Good news   'And, since I installed the latest version of Open....   >>  
   I am fragile   'You really need to put things in perspective. You....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Whats the deal with ....   'Why don't they invest in locking their boxes down....   >>  
   Is the tide now goin....   Back on topic, an open source strategy, or at leas....   >>  
      'Gaius, out of curiosity - do you believe that les....   >>  
   Software development....   'New Zealand doesn't even have its own air force a....   >>  
      'I grew up in Commonwealth countries where footbal....   >>  
   Google and IM   'Anybody notice how any post anti-MS gets deleted?....   >>  
04 Jun 2004   IT is a great indust....   'A large national insurer that I worked for briefl....   >>  
   If you were Microsof....   'Also, I believe MS is also in all of the busine....   >>  
      '8. Teaching: Teaching software is still not t....   >>  
   Long-term prospects ....   Win32 will probably go away around the same time a....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   Best language for GU....   Another option is to do the GUI for each platform ....   >>  
   Daughter needs a lap....   'The biggest question is still whether she really ....   >>  
02 Jun 2004   C++ or Java ?   Just remember, there are millions of people in the....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   Are you a less produ....   ' Things could be made more difficult when I make ....   >>  
   To Dubai or not to D....   DL, In short, you seem to be saying that Israel....   >>  
27 May 2004   Tech work a "special....   Some thoughts. 1. A lot of accounting and engin....   >>  
26 May 2004   The Future Of Softwa....   Robotics and voice interfaces will continue to slo....   >>  
25 May 2004   Paul Graham's "Why N....   'I think much of what he says is more common in th....   >>  
      My high school was just too small to have cliques.....   >>  
      'Kids are sent off to spend six years memorizing m....   >>  
24 May 2004   my gripes with Offic....   My question is, does the following... 'Yeah, th....   >>  
20 May 2004   Tom Friedman: Global....   'Israel has had a definitive peace for the asking ....   >>  
      'I just think is sad that a country as great as th....   >>  
   Lots of free time, p....   'I think Stephen's got some yellow journalism and ....   >>  
19 May 2004   And so it begins   'When one looks at the kinds of functionality thes....   >>  
18 May 2004   Ternary Operators an....   So, combining Chris and Russell, we get: int mo....   >>  
   Indian economy   'OH STOP IT, I'M A TROLL, YOU PEOPLE...' Well d....   >>  
17 May 2004      '...and scores of layoffs and homelessness ensued.....   >>  
12 May 2004   Dig thy own grave, d....   'Tell Asimov when he was writing Foundation that w....   >>  
11 May 2004      'There are programs now that generate source code ....   >>  
10 May 2004   Coding is language!   'If you think that human languages and computer la....   >>  
07 May 2004   Friends (Spoilers)   What shocked me was the thing they did with the sa....   >>  
   Mono released/Used i....   'It makes Linux little more than a virtual CPU tha....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Google - Microsoft b....   'bottom line is that all googles got so far is sea....   >>  
      'OSX/Apple gives me the ipod with a small amount o....   >>  
   Is the job market st....   'I mean real applications that I have on a website....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Does $279 seem much ....   'If I have a piece of software that I can retail i....   >>  
26 Apr 2004   Regarding EU Microso....   'The people that only know of Dell and Gateway are....   >>  
   App. Development w/o....   'The approach isn't suitable for all problems (you....   >>  
   Application Developm....   Leaky Abstractions. http://www.joelonsoftware.c....   >>  
   Computer/AI Hybrids   'I mean, that has got to be groundbreaking, and I'....   >>  
   The Computer World i....   'All software vendors should tremble at the though....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Integrating data acc....   EOF! EOF! EOF! EOF! EOF! EOF! EOF! EOF! Apple'....   >>  
   So why _did_ they go....   'One counter argument would surely be that apple _....   >>  
18 Mar 2004   Becoming a C program....   'The product is a million lines of ANSI C and 100k....   >>  
   How Do You Use Your ....   'In this vein, I used to work with a guy who opene....   >>  
   Hungarian Notation C....   So now can we have tips and pointers for studying ....   >>  
   EU "Competition" Com....   'The taxes of the rest become my safety net.' K....   >>  
      'It's Joe Schmoe down the street who quits MS to g....   >>  
   Pointers to learn Ja....   'Actually I found that if I walked up to a Japanes....   >>  
      http://www.aaroninjapan.com/quotes.html I recom....   >>  
      As several people have already stated, it's ridicu....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Is New York the plac....   'Pud sells information.' Who's Pud?    >>  
   Want eat book   Essential Spider-Man, Essential Fantastic Four. C....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   In Defence of Outsou....   'But how do you explain this stuff to a guy who's ....   >>  
   SOFTWARE CANNOT BE G....   'I certainly don't want the government forcing me ....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   The source of `bad c....   (And yes, Fernanda, I know you were actually advoc....   >>  
      'You know, especially when you're just trying stuf....   >>  
20 Jan 2004      For those of you defending crappy code, you seem t....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   New Project - offsho....   'Option 2 - Hire locals at cut rates. At least I ....   >>  
   Voice Recognition - ....   Another thought experiment is to imagine a world w....   >>  
      ''I'm up' turns on lights, starts the coffee, and ....   >>  
   Joel on Software Mot....   'This thread is now silly.' So how about this f....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   Standards Schmandard....   (...which seems to be the point of these articles)....   >>  
      Radical thought: Some standards are useful, som....   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Joel on Software Motto   >>  
11 Dec 2003   Bill Gates: agnostic....   'The sky is blue, but I can't prove it. Just look....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   open source   To anyone still reading... Apple is very good a....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   Eric Raymond and Ric....   'Wait, isn't this the ESR who just proclaimed that....   >>  
      'If someone started up a 'Closed Source Initiative....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   Who to let go?   I agree it's good to let everyone know, even befor....   >>  
01 Dec 2003   Book recommendation ....   The next books on my want-to-read list: The Art....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   "warm-chair attritio....   'Maybe the 6% are incompetent.' A couple years ....   >>  
   The Irony of Outsour....   'Frankly, it's rather rude of you to be critical -....   >>  
   When Will the 'Sunse....   'It would be like Intel saying that x86 instructio....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Silly Question: How ....   'Did you identify with Luke, Han Solo or maybe Obi....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Developing software ....   'Apple did not include this notice, therefore thei....   >>  
   Loyalty?   'That's true. But then, I personally know the mana....   >>  
   XAML Revisited   'Again, I think the right answer is a source-level....   >>  
17 Nov 2003   wawa   For another source of corporate names, or random v....   >>  
   Microsoft opens Offi....   'Joel covered that one, too (I think it was regard....   >>  
      'And let's face it - Netscape was in a coast mode ....   >>  
      'FWIW, the Microsoft Word binary format is officia....   >>  
      'In fact, I believe that since the days when IE wa....   >>  
   A good C++ editor fo....   Well, I use XCode or Emacs.  I suppose BBEdit....   >>  
      'Editors on the PC are rather advanced compared to....   >>  
   Interesting Work   I work on B2B and ecommerce type stuff, which isn'....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   Cycles in the econom....   'Rule of 72: 72/14 ~= 5. So salaries would double....   >>  
      'Now that we've spent the better part of the last ....   >>  
      Also, I posted earlier that salaries increased 14%....   >>  
      'Now it seems we think that the sleightest provoca....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   The Reality Distorti....   'This is the company that took about 15 years to p....   >>  
11 Nov 2003   What's China got to ....   'The open source crowd has always pushed the line ....   >>  
      'There are 30 million lines of code in Linux - you....   >>  
   Windows/Mac Developm....   'There is also supposed to be a version that compi....   >>  
   All I want for Chris....   'and that '24' series looks good' This is the b....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   Coding while watchin....   TV + broadcast/cable sucks. TV + DVD player + N....   >>  
   Kylix development ab....   Looks like the solution will need to come from Gno....   >>  
   iTunes and iPod   For what it's worth, I believe Jobs is trying to t....   >>  
   Can MS sell the lock....   'Netcraft is a joke.' So when can we expect to ....   >>  
      'Is something about that not clear?' Uh, that y....   >>  
   Matrix Revolutions   'Monica Bellucci's somewhat leathery skin' Man,....   >>  
      My other thought is that the humans in the Matrix ....   >>  
      SLIGHT SPOILER -- AVERT YOUR EYES NOW -- THIS WILL....   >>  
06 Nov 2003      'The whole movie was 'what can we do with special ....   >>  
05 Nov 2003   physics   ps If there were all the Democratic presidential d....   >>  
      'Some people just like to stick with the old ideas....   >>  
   Well, iTunes may be ....   Philo, we don't have the exact quote, just Coursey....   >>  
   God vs. Computing   'I don't think human finiteness is an 'odd hole'.'....   >>  
      I'll take God plus the spread. What's the over/....   >>  
   When is open source ....   'I know the theory. The whole point is the theory ....   >>  
   Where Did You Go To ....   'Study under Wilfried Sieg? That guy's Logic and ....   >>  
   End of Redhat Consum....   'I have an idea that the most successful consumer ....   >>  
   Why CEOs will never ....   'There seems to be a notion abroad that secretaria....   >>  
   The Ridiculous Influ....   'If you think this is a lot of hype, wait until Ap....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   How to scare away yo....   'They're a small company and can do whatever the h....   >>  
   Small city, small pr....   Surprised no one has brought up Mythical Man Month....   >>  
   Where Did You Go To ....   Ok, stupid question. What's a JD?    >>  
      BS Logic and Computation Carnegie Mellon Universi....   >>  
   Microsoft moves to R....   'The ironic thing is that Apple has supposedly had....   >>  
   I Still Don't "Get" ....   'I would have thought most developers with a few y....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Why CEOs will never ....   'The number of applications that users are develop....   >>  
   The Ridiculous Influ....   'The thing with speech recognition is that people ....   >>  
31 Oct 2003   The Hidden Costs of ....   'check out the annual proxy statements for big com....   >>  
30 Oct 2003   chitchat   'I just don't know how much is considered ok by ma....   >>  
   At Least Microsoft P....   'The $99 price I quoted wasn't for a student editi....   >>  
      'It is possible to charge the Mac faithful more mo....   >>  
   The Hidden Costs of ....   'It is all about the bucks, not saving it for the ....   >>  
29 Oct 2003   D.O.D. CIO says "Uni....   'Let me know when I can run Photoshop, Quicken, Tu....   >>  
   Development has beco....   My personal definition of intelligence is knowing ....   >>  
   What angered me the ....   'How long till they leave you? Forever!' Or unt....   >>  
   Life and Career   'One solution is to move to Europe where they have....   >>  
   To Guest or Not   'Marvel Comic's Stan Lee' Stan, you are the man....   >>  
23 Oct 2003   Highly recommended e....   I like Mail.app, but you need Mac OS X to use it.   >>  
   Skills to Complement....   Check out the thread "Plenty of new jobs for tech ....   >>  
   Plenty of new jobs f....   'Low level codework is moving to india until legis....   >>  
   Offshoring work   'If things were spread equally, the Indians would ....   >>  
   Terrorist profiles m....   'I must have dozed off during htat part of the new....   >>  
   Terror Profiles Don'....   'Smells like a butthead, walks like a butthead, al....   >>  
      'The point is that Arafat represents the moderate ....   >>  
      'Considering that Israel has given nothing for the....   >>  
      'A viable peace settlement would mean the handing ....   >>  
      'I don't need to provide evidence that Arafat didn....   >>  
   ITunes: What rubbish....   Walt Mossberg comes down in favor of iTunes (and t....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   Offshoring work   'Spec it, spec it.. spec it. And I mean - detaile....   >>  
   Terrorist profiles m....   'Condoning racial comments by high ranking militar....   >>  
   Terror Profiles Don'....   If we want to talk about something practical. T....   >>  
   ITunes: What rubbish....   'The only thing Itunes brings on board is the co-o....   >>  
      ' The interface is much nicer than the iTunes poin....   >>  
21 Oct 2003   The "zip code" is no....   How about sorting your country list by the number ....   >>  
   Ever thought of givi....   Not more than twice a day.   >>  
   overuse of css consi....   'Hopefully HTML will be repleced soon.' With wh....   >>  
   What goes down must ....   'I know of some companies right now, that if your ....   >>  
      Encouraging news. A lot of people here are usin....   >>  
20 Oct 2003   Microsoft to rule in....   'showing that they are very adept at competing in ....   >>  
   Made Me Laugh...   Feature or a bug? The Finder always maximized t....   >>  
   The great start up t....   'But I learned a lot, and today I work as a consul....   >>  
      'In the US 52% of all small businesses fail.' T....   >>  
   Alyosha   'Instead of creating the world in seven days, God'....   >>  
      'Just look at the orifices you've got to stick it ....   >>  
      'Please write down your thesis against evolution a....   >>  
   Proof of the superna....   See, it's not just superstition, but a good scient....   >>  
      'It's good to know that the ghosts who favor the Y....   >>  
      'The biggest scientific experiment on prayer has f....   >>  
   AI again   'punctuated equilibria' But punctuated equilibr....   >>  
17 Oct 2003   Proof of the supernatural   >>  
17 Oct 2003   Proof of the superna....   'supernatural stupidity' Exactly! It's totally....   >>  
      85 consecutive years of bad managing decisions?   >>  
   XML Languages as pol....   '> XML is great and I won't hear a bad word agains....   >>  
   Do you have a refund....   Does anyone try to fix the user's problem instead ....   >>  
   AI again   'No, it doesn't. Jeez.' Right, because Darwinis....   >>  
      'But problems for Darwinists do not constitute evi....   >>  
16 Oct 2003   Say it ain't so Joel   'He'll hire lots more top 10% engineers' I thou....   >>  
   AI again   For the record, here's a response from Behe to a l....   >>  
      'The reason why Behe would have a hard time publis....   >>  
      Also, it's quite funny they criticize Behe for not....   >>  
      This is a nice philosophical argument, but Behe pr....   >>  
      Don Knuth: 'I can't claim to understand much at....   >>  
      People, this is why I mentioned Intelligent Design....   >>  
15 Oct 2003      You might want to look at the Intelligent Design m....   >>  
      'd) Something else.' One something else would b....   >>  
      'The word 'soul' isn't very helpful because of it'....   >>  
      'There is no connection whatever between randomnes....   >>  
      'Anyways.. this is all highly experimental and the....   >>  
      Don Knuth speculates on the idea that the randomne....   >>  
   What should programm....   'The big one is that almost all of the important p....   >>  
      I would tell a beginning programmer today to get a....   >>  
13 Oct 2003   ANDY GROVE (!!!) war....   '...and the US dollar falls...' Except China, a....   >>  
      'Do you want customers, or sugar daddies?' I wa....   >>  
10 Oct 2003   ANDY GROVE (!!!) warns on dangers of offshoring   >>  
10 Oct 2003   How can people excel....   Seriously, though, it seems like the traits that g....   >>  
      Personally, I think all those achievements pale co....   >>  
   Are we all crappy co....   Another point on crudiness. There was a study d....   >>  
      Laziness is the programmer's greatest virtue. I....   >>  
   Only 65,000 H1Bs.&nb....   'A sensible and realistic option that is often dis....   >>  
      '... these people are coming to the WEST, the decl....   >>  
08 Oct 2003   Only 65,000 H1Bs.  Any difference?   >>  
08 Oct 2003      I meant to emphasize the 'more', not the 'ambitiou....   >>  
      Meanwhile, the developing world has it's own Baby ....   >>  
   The Chinese governme....   Furthermore, re: racism. The criticisms have be....   >>  
      'The work paid off -- when the job fairs came arou....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   Thomas Stanley - The....   '(FYI: equities/stocks/bonds/CDs and the like are ....   >>  
   career advice (again....   What about starting your own firm?   >>  
   What source control ....   If you have a Mac, get CVL. http://sente.epfl.c....   >>  
   Version Control for ....   Check the "What source control do you use" thread.   >>  
   Programming as relig....   'I don't know. I married a cheerleader, so I can't....   >>  
      'Yes. Noticed them, the bulldozer-pricks with cont....   >>  
02 Oct 2003   XML Formatted Resume....   Again, the killer app is to write a really spiffy ....   >>  
      'I thought DTD's were dead.' XSD's can be a per....   >>  
      A great implementation of this would combine the D....   >>  
30 Sep 2003   What do you think of....   The icons for your essays, etc. don't make sense t....   >>  
29 Sep 2003   Using JBoss - Will I....   'If it's up to you to make the technology recommen....   >>  
   Uncommonly Awesome O....   This runs counter to what everyone else is saying,....   >>  
   The Soul of a Chef   'One thing I really think the s/w biz could take a....   >>  
   UI framework design   Check out http://developer.apple.com/documentat....   >>  
26 Sep 2003   I had an idea drivin....   'than any risk-free return you can get for your mo....   >>  
      'There must be some reason people sit in 10 mph tr....   >>  
   How to make cleaning....   'If your nett hourly rate is higher than a cleaner....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   99.9 percentile   I think it's really funny to read so many people t....   >>  
   Tits up?   BionicOffice has some great ideas, I think, even i....   >>  
   XML forms definition   I really really don't like the idea of letting the....   >>  
23 Sep 2003   Good News for Americ....   'H1B visas are issued to 'Specialty Occupations, D....   >>  
21 Sep 2003   Perspective   >>  
21 Sep 2003   Bill Gate - A Former....   And as I mentioned in another thread, Bill Gates w....   >>  
   Hidden costs of offs....   'Turnover and burnout is high, which means they're....   >>  
   Construction sorrows....   A better comparison to software is writing a novel....   >>  
18 Sep 2003   Did Microsoft really....   It has also been documented that Bill Gates wrote ....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Understaffed   'I've gotten to the point now were I cannot refact....   >>  
      The first question to always ask, of course, is 'A....   >>  
   Sun's Marketing Prob....   'It may have up to date content but have you tried....   >>  
      Counterexample: http://www.apple.com/ Curren....   >>  
      'OS/2 Warp' Right, and OS/2. Forgot about that....   >>  
      This is truly sad, but at least it's good to see S....   >>  
      Yea, because MicroSoft never copied everything fro....   >>  
   When did it end?   'That said, you guys did give me some great ideas ....   >>  
      'Does your chair, which expands your ability to do....   >>  
16 Sep 2003   interviews but no jo....   Find a way to talk to someone not in HR, who can u....   >>  
   Smart, get things do....   From your description, I think the people you are ....   >>  
   When did it end?   'By the way, I've always thought Microsoft underpr....   >>  
      'XP Pro costs $129. Office is about $400. That's p....   >>  
   Motor giant Ford to ....   'I thought the Windows <--> Linux migration was su....   >>  
15 Sep 2003   Best OS For Home Use....   'Re: Mac. I don't think it's the screen. I've used....   >>  
      'upgrading from a Pentium 66 to a P4-1.7GHz' Lo....   >>  
      Fails the money test, plainly, as it requires a ne....   >>  
   Outsorcing, CIO.com,....   Also: 'Another productivity killer is high turn....   >>  
      'It's a difficult area for CIOs to manage. Work is....   >>  
   Doctor Dobbs Journal   'Verity Stob is worth 4 pounds 50 of anyone's mone....   >>  
   What's your latest p....   http://homepage.mac.com/jimbokun/Excelsior.html    >>  
   Another take on Amer....   'Godwin: clearly you are aware that Godwin's Law d....   >>  
12 Sep 2003   europe outsource to ....   'The report, Offshore 2003 Romania, claims that no....   >>  
   ot: brain parsing of....   'although, the literacy rate in China is low by We....   >>  
11 Sep 2003   Am i choosing the la....   Can't agree more that you don't want to distinguis....   >>  
10 Sep 2003   Are Developers just ....   'Things are done to make IT's life easier, even if....   >>  
   More features = more....   'I think they are useful if you have a complex dec....   >>  
      'Are wizards the answer?' If you need a wizard,....   >>  
   US Economy - Are the....   'The US lied to it's public about the 'vast Russia....   >>  
      'I could name a few things that are more certain.'....   >>  
   Another take on Amer....   'Nope. If we're relying on universities to teach q....   >>  
      'In my experience (personal, anecdotal, and readin....   >>  
      Sigh. Um, this guy is British, right? Of cours....   >>  
   Interesting:  B....   'Notn that I would predict something (anything bey....   >>  
08 Sep 2003   A new company name   'They tell me its a small firm that cant hire peop....   >>  
   California: Eating t....   'How'd you qualify Europe's economy?' Hey, I'M ....   >>  
      'Chinese officials say that although both two comp....   >>  
      'Disagree with the regulation is always bad spiel.....   >>  
05 Sep 2003   Do you know the worl....   '...except of course for generally accepted commun....   >>  
   Why Johnny can't ree....   '[Bush is] sitting in on a reading session in a sc....   >>  
      As Harry is intent on pursuing a career in the Arm....   >>  
      'I'm a self-made man. And everyone who is sufferin....   >>  
      'BTW - maybe I was overly sensitive. Was the artic....   >>  
      'If Chinese citizens and Americans of Chinese desc....   >>  
03 Sep 2003   Rant on Linux on the....   Re: usability I think the more interesting aspe....   >>  
      'If there are any savings at all they can be had a....   >>  
   A Stupid Response   'Geek Eye for the Straight Guy!' First rule: o....   >>  
      'Also, investigate carefully what Gateway is tryin....   >>  
      ' Obviously not the samourai since the scars prove....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   Extreme Programming   Some things that Extreme Programming emphasizes: ....   >>  
   Interesting...   Ok, Somebody, I think I understand now. We can't ....   >>  
   A Stupid Response   Or maybe Apple's niche will be 'secure computing'.....   >>  
      'My sweet, come up to my lair of love where you wi....   >>  
01 Sep 2003   IM Licence to print ....   'Considering IM is voluntary, free, highly competi....   >>  
   Sympathy for teekid?   One more general note: the sum damage to the econ....   >>  
      'I'm sure a lot of you rebelled against the social....   >>  
   Interesting...   'His recent article mentioning how a friend of his....   >>  
      'Wow, a link from Slashdot to a story by Cringely ....   >>  
   A Stupid Response   The one argument Rick keeps ignoring is the fashio....   >>  
31 Aug 2003   Interesting...   This is one of those cases where their actions wer....   >>  
   A Kinder, Gentler Ti....   ' I remember for many years in school a had a bit ....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   A Stupid Response   'Unfortunately for Apple, as their shrinking marke....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   Developers in Suits ....   If you need help buying clothes, find someone Euro....   >>  
   A Stupid Response   Other notes on Apple. The mistake is thinking A....   >>  
   The greatest softwar....   What I've noticed about McDonald's is how eating t....   >>  
   Job hopping in India....   '... maybe some extra hardship allowance, but I've....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Job hopping in India?   >>  
27 Aug 2003   My new job rocks   Congratulations.   >>  
   XML Digital Signatur....   How is InfoPath, anyway?  Worth looking into?....   >>  
   Lawyers, EULA, and C....   Even the definition of 'bug' is hard to pin down. ....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Things really starti....   Just saw this excerpt from 'The End of Work' on Am....   >>  
25 Aug 2003      'Over time, the loss of jobs overseas and the incr....   >>  
   Safety in India   'Ummm, during the active Provo campaign in the UK;....   >>  
   Recent article in th....   'The linked article gets bizarre when the author r....   >>  
   How Long Will Kids L....   http://www.theonion.com/onion3102/deathrate.html    >>  
22 Aug 2003   Peer 1   'All that matters to me is that the size remains l....   >>  
   The Coming Job Boom   Also, I've posted to the "Decline and Fall (Seriou....   >>  
      ' While the world population grows, the population....   >>  
   US doesn't have an a....   'Easy solution: if China were to announce they pla....   >>  
   Decline and Fall (se....   Demographics. Latin America, the Arab and Musli....   >>  
21 Aug 2003   What'd you do with u....   'Given a whole bunch of money, I think it would be....   >>  
17 Aug 2003   Oh, no!  Monocu....   I found this quote from the article interesting: ....   >>  
      Oh yeah, one more question:  is the lack of a....   >>  
      Just a couple things: How can anyone, even if y....   >>  
13 Aug 2003   What are your values....   What I want to know, is it better to be a cunning ....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   Is City Desk 2.0 wri....   'But, I am not a VB programmer - I use another RAD....   >>  
11 Aug 2003   Japanese Companies   'philo, this isn't america, it is japan!' Excel....   >>  
      'Hey, maybe this is the reason Japan has never ris....   >>  
   Is EDI still a hot t....   I will say, though, that XML is a Better Way to cr....   >>  
      'InvoiceInvoiceItemServicesServiceItemServiceCharg....   >>  
07 Aug 2003   Do senior people hav....   'rubric (man, I've wanted to use that word for yea....   >>  
   "Jobs are moving off....   'I really don't understand why people don't emphas....   >>  
06 Aug 2003   The Value of Unix's ....   Just keep in mind, we Mac users tell the same kind....   >>  
   Do firms even hire l....   Re: Mirant Now there's a growth industry: bank....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   MS slowly boiling?   >>  
05 Aug 2003   Reuters off-shores itself out of existence   >>  
05 Aug 2003   MS slowly boiling?   'sigh. i hope nothing bad happens to MS marketshar....   >>  
      'Care to elaborate on that amazing statement...?' ....   >>  
   Outsourcing and Stra....   One more thing: how do we know that wages in Indi....   >>  
      'The percentages that I have seen regarding offsho....   >>  
   Joel on Outsourcing ....   Key quote from Krugman article: 'The idea that ....   >>  
      'Really..I'd like to know..What is the difference ....   >>  
      'The government decides what I pay in taxes, what ....   >>  
      'Companies are outsourcing partly to 'enhance shar....   >>  
   Joel Test Number Eig....   'I can't fart without worrying about the next guy ....   >>  
      Do you remember when Les Nessman in WKRP, had, lik....   >>  
   Non-technical Manage....   Yanwoo, Go ask the two programmers from your fi....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   You Just Can't Kill ....   'I, for one, would have adopted a 'real' language ....   >>  
   Time to pakc your ba....   'You can work in US for H1B, earn dollars, which t....   >>  
      '- many sellers and public servants behave rude to....   >>  
   Offshoring is the LE....   'I am kind of looking forward to those order takin....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Offshoring is the LEAST of our worries   >>  
24 Jul 2003      A little more seriously, in response to what field....   >>  
      Well, one thing I've decided after reading that ar....   >>  
   what is the future o....   Maybe the question should be, what can we do to ac....   >>  
22 Jul 2003   TWO PERCENT of ALL U.S. jobs offshored by 2015   >>  
22 Jul 2003   And a cupholder too.....   Noticed this feature on the site: 'Absolutely i....   >>  
   TWO PERCENT of ALL U....   Does Forrester Research count?  Not sure if t....   >>  
      'This is not true. Look at diminishing marginal ut....   >>  
      Hmm, interesting, Seth, about the exchange rate. ....   >>  
      'What kind of development fits this model?' Mos....   >>  
      'Look at the new patent numbers for the U.S. Sure,....   >>  
      'What the media won't tell you, because they're la....   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Apathy: the programm....   'What we need are college dorms or frat houses for....   >>  
      'What was it you were doing in college that you're....   >>  
   Alternate jobs for p....   To those looking to leave programming: what's the....   >>  
   REALBasic opinions   Maybe slightly off-topic, but I just want to point....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   I'm not defending Mi....   Let's see, 17 responses so far (including this one....   >>  
14 Jul 2003   Web UI vs Windows UI   'Windows UI tend to be very utilitarian, with grey....   >>  
      'Web apps exist in spite of their clear inferiorit....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   What about the Americans?   >>  
03 Jul 2003   What about the Ameri....   'A biologist that can program, an economist that c....   >>  
      'I suggest you learn a field and use programming o....   >>  
   What language for a ....   ...for reasons, read anything by Paul Graham.   >>  
      Lisp :).   >>  
   What will win and wh....   'Know this: People do not do markup.' Marked up....   >>  
   MS shifting developm....   In totally unrelated news, unemployment figures in....   >>  
   Difference between F....   ' You must be prepared to be out of work for 12 mo....   >>  
27 Jun 2003   Time for comic relie.... &nb