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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Dennis Forbes' | ||
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Number of Comments: 945 |
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| Number of Words: 111,936 | ||
| First Comment: 27 Mar 2003 | ||
| Final Comment: 03 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 30 |
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| First Topic: 01 Aug 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 02 Sep 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 03 Sep 2004 | Joel on Software gra.... | Change is, in general, difficult to accept, howeve.... >> |
| 02 Sep 2004 | Interesting hiring posts >> | |
| 02 Sep 2004 | .NET runtime deliver.... | Enough people will have 1.1 just in time for devel.... >> |
| Is it safe to use VS.... | VS.NET 2005 is built specifically for building .NE.... >> | |
| http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/articles/defa.... >> | ||
| 'I would say that it is good to play with beta pro.... >> | ||
| I'd disagree with Brad, and presuming that you rea.... >> | ||
| Winnable Solitaire a.... | 'Most games are released once and must be done rig.... >> | |
| 01 Sep 2004 | finger, the father of blog >> | |
| 01 Sep 2004 | "Don't fake the plur.... | 'CEO is not a title reserved for mega-corporations.... >> |
| Unless you plan on staying as one person, having s.... >> | ||
| Winnable Solitaire a.... | 'But I predict one sale per month.' Heh, I am e.... >> | |
| Wonderful article. The only downside to the experi.... >> | ||
| 30 Aug 2004 | What motivates you to post online? >> | |
| 30 Aug 2004 | Last laptop related .... | That video subsystem is already a gross overkill -.... >> |
| What motivates you t.... | To answer for myself, given that I didn't in the O.... >> | |
| I'm like Woody Woodpecker -- a trouble maker. >> | ||
| Curiousity. Nothing more. I guess this one falls u.... >> | ||
| Why do you want to know? >> | ||
| Newbie Overview of L.... | 'BTW, why is WinFS such a big deal?' Simply sav.... >> | |
| Americans need learn.... | There is a certain humor (on so many levels...) th.... >> | |
| 'So (imho) to neglect foreign languages because on.... >> | ||
| 'Yes, we as Americans don't live so close to other.... >> | ||
| 'But as a whole most Americans know only English. .... >> | ||
| Avalon FAQ bloopers | Subscriptions or not, most enterprises take years .... >> | |
| 28 Aug 2004 | Insourcing? | Everytime they buy a copy of Windows or Photoshop .... >> |
| 'It was my understanding that this occurs for no o.... >> | ||
| Compulsory support r.... | `Regardless of the means by which a company tries .... >> | |
| Avalon FAQ bloopers | 'This was changed when Win2K replacement was slugg.... >> | |
| 'Games are fine but they need to more or less forc.... >> | ||
| 'The note about taking advantage of computers make.... >> | ||
| We've discussed this before, and it boils down to .... >> | ||
| 27 Aug 2004 | General question abo.... | 'The MC68000 which was the heart of Amiga 500 for .... >> |
| Passing by value / r.... | 'In fact it doesn't support pass-by-value either' .... >> | |
| Marc Andreeson | I just picked a random year, 1996, and looked for .... >> | |
| 26 Aug 2004 | Passing by value / r.... | 'Passing a reference type by value or by reference.... >> |
| Marc Andreeson | As a sidenote, I should have said "cheveux" above..... >> | |
| Speaking of egos, is it just me or does that Mark .... >> | ||
| Clearly we're all going to have to start X509 sign.... >> | ||
| 'Sure, he deserves a place in history for creating.... >> | ||
| microsoft.com redesi.... | 'It has to pass that basic test first.' While t.... >> | |
| 24 Aug 2004 | Trust, 3rd parties, .... | 'Any thoughts on this? It seems like a minor prob.... >> |
| Word automation woes | On the topic of Office automation, way back in a p.... >> | |
| Expedia? No...CRAPed.... | 'Microsoft has nothing to do with anymore and hasn.... >> | |
| 23 Aug 2004 | MSDN editorial | I don't think they directly refute Joel's points q.... >> |
| New dot com companie.... | 'Of course the only person I know who adopted it w.... >> | |
| Anti-anti-virus | AV vendors have been promising heuristic super-int.... >> | |
| http://www.nerdsonsite.com/selfhelp/virus_central..... >> | ||
| 20 Aug 2004 | Does your employer m.... | 'But if you can't discipline yourself enough to wa.... >> |
| 'But again, maximizing the output of each individu.... >> | ||
| 19 Aug 2004 | MCSD Certification | 'If a company is in one of the partner programs, t.... >> |
| GOOG off to the race.... | 'Bravo for Google. I'm glad to see that they're g.... >> | |
| Ford kills major Ora.... | This project likely failed for the same reason tha.... >> | |
| At the end of the da.... | 'At the end of the day... We had a big argument.... >> | |
| 18 Aug 2004 | Are bigger systems a.... | 'Sure, you can put SQL server on a large box, but .... >> |
| SQL Server - Up or D.... | Sorry Mike we've gotten wires crossed as this has .... >> | |
| As an aside, I should note that of course the Itan.... >> | ||
| 'Number 1 and 3 are not SQL Server and are lower c.... >> | ||
| 'Oh, really?' Yeah, really - The follows is pri.... >> | ||
| 'The do quite well in the price/performance becaus.... >> | ||
| 'Plenty of shops (I'm sure a lot of people here ha.... >> | ||
| 'Let's keep in mind Microsoft's projected/promised.... >> | ||
| 'MSSQL is a market leader because my 6 year old co.... >> | ||
| 'Oracle is indeed less idiot proof than MSSQL, but.... >> | ||
| 'Is MS SQL Server really a 'Declining technology'?.... >> | ||
| 17 Aug 2004 | Feasibility of a VMO.... | BTW: The Fight Club is an awesome movie. Maybe I'l.... >> |
| Yes, but only sometimes. >> | ||
| Plain-text messages .... | 'I hate HTML mail. That simple feature created th.... >> | |
| .Net not good enough.... | statistician? :-) >> | |
| ' nbcolympics.com is using .jsp. In fact NBC outs.... >> | ||
| Strange: Queries are.... | 'At the risk of teaching a grnadmother to suck egg.... >> | |
| Oh, and some index hints to add to the above (yeah.... >> | ||
| Morons and Assholes .... | 'Why does every blogger write an article that alwa.... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Coworkers who won't .... | Sorta offtopic: As one voice of many, I really don.... >> |
| Best natural kyboard.... | I used a MS natural keyboard for several years, an.... >> | |
| 15 Aug 2004 | Speaking of Google I.... | 'To my knowledge, no one is being forced to purcha.... >> |
| 14 Aug 2004 | 'The understanding being that the company will 'ev.... >> | |
| 23 Reasons Google Co.... | 'The investment people are doing everything they c.... >> | |
| Friend's Idea / My I.... | Err, instead of analogies I should have said "exam.... >> | |
| I could argue over poorly applied analogies until .... >> | ||
| 'I disagree with Dennis' assertion that ideas are .... >> | ||
| The Olympics | 'I'm very excited about the next Olympics in China.... >> | |
| 13 Aug 2004 | Friend's Idea / My I.... | `The world is full of people with 'great ideas' an.... >> |
| Err...make that vain in the prior post. Sorry abou.... >> | ||
| `Didn't Einstein say '1% inspiration, 99% perspira.... >> | ||
| new management fad: .... | My organization offers X weeks of vacation per yea.... >> | |
| The Olympics | BTW, I'd say the top three diffusers or world tens.... >> | |
| 'Much easier to co-opt and diffuse human nature th.... >> | ||
| 'The majority of the american public really does h.... >> | ||
| As a resident of the Greater Toronto Area, which w.... >> | ||
| 'Ethiopian distance runners.' How does Ethiopia.... >> | ||
| 'The American participants are full of dope, so I .... >> | ||
| 'I think Australia is the greatest sporting nation.... >> | ||
| 12 Aug 2004 | Empower Termination >> | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | Empower Termination | As an update on this, as expected I got another em.... >> |
| While the email implies that there is no renewal (.... >> | ||
| MS SQL 2000 Stored P.... | Why not blahs_update and blahs_select (or more com.... >> | |
| Back years ago I implemented several systems where.... >> | ||
| 11 Aug 2004 | A good Career | Muppet may be referring to what it would be like f.... >> |
| SQL Server: Can mult.... | 'But replication would still require that the user.... >> | |
| 'SQL Server 2005 Express is supposed to support Xc.... >> | ||
| T-SQL Stored Procedu.... | 'Dare I even bring up the subject of exception han.... >> | |
| 10 Aug 2004 | 'My biggest objection to using a table is that you.... >> | |
| 07 Aug 2004 | Custom XML Parser | I'll beat everyone else to the punch and ask the o.... >> |
| 06 Aug 2004 | longhorn commercial .... | Windows 2011 >> |
| Software Patents | Excellent post. Clearly Microsoft has decided to g.... >> | |
| pre employment backg.... | So in Canada, discriminatory drug testing is illeg.... >> | |
| `My reasoning is that most people who decline on p.... >> | ||
| 'In any case, Dennis, I'm sorry that you're a pot .... >> | ||
| 'right, so you should go to the expense of hiring .... >> | ||
| Nice troll Bob >> | ||
| Let me guess that you're an American in the US of .... >> | ||
| 05 Aug 2004 | You too can run up $.... | 'But hopefully if you throw enough dough at the wa.... >> |
| 'Here in Canada the Universities are heavily gover.... >> | ||
| 'The problem is, they _only_ know tech.' It fri.... >> | ||
| 04 Aug 2004 | SORT | The OP's question reeks of some sort of low-level .... >> |
| External mergesort? Clearly some people have retro.... >> | ||
| To give a somewhat serious answer, if faced with s.... >> | ||
| Use the Bayes-Knorr algorithm with a Inverse-Tree-.... >> | ||
| Choosing Your Report.... | Reporting services can report from OLEDB/ODBC serv.... >> | |
| Programming Difficul.... | Actually strenuous is a synonym for stressful in t.... >> | |
| I actually don't prescribe to the super-human doct.... >> | ||
| 'Anything to do with (possibility of) loss of huma.... >> | ||
| 'There's a million jobs just as difficult as devel.... >> | ||
| Emergency medicine has a tiny subset of the total .... >> | ||
| 02 Aug 2004 | Telecommuting | After 4 years with one firm, I moved to a close-to.... >> |
| 30 Jul 2004 | Deep Cynicism | 'In many instances all you need is time, enough mo.... >> |
| Storing long-term hi.... | Ultimately the most elegant solution is a simple m.... >> | |
| Hrmmm...skip that idea. With an artificial key the.... >> | ||
| This is against every database design norm (and I .... >> | ||
| If you mean a word as 16-bits (as it traditionally.... >> | ||
| what cars do geeks d.... | 1998 Dodge Neon with 208,000+ km. It runs great, a.... >> | |
| Lookout was bought t.... | 'And how often do I want to search my computer for.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2004 | What's a good FREE F.... | 'for instance your copy 'expires' after X days, na.... >> |
| I've been very happy with SmartFTP. While it used .... >> | ||
| How far can an MCSE .... | 'SQL Server is for running a web-site on a Windows.... >> | |
| Does that bridge provide good cover from the rain? >> | ||
| 'The Microsoft certification is particualrly notor.... >> | ||
| 28 Jul 2004 | Multithreading and m.... | Well there is the exception of WM_PAINT messages, .... >> |
| The message queue is a FIFO, so it comes out in th.... >> | ||
| How Google has ruine.... | For normal, regularly traded shares (not Warren's .... >> | |
| Why the need to stam.... | 'So why the need to post insults?' Why the need.... >> | |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Innovator's Solution.... | '1. Mozilla. I am *hoping* this will disrupt Micr.... >> |
| Oh there's no doubt that Microsoft has a lot of ca.... >> | ||
| 'However much cash Microsoft does or does not have.... >> | ||
| Maybe you missed the news, but Microsoft's cash in.... >> | ||
| 26 Jul 2004 | Open Source = no rig.... | 'The more IBM can marginalize us developers who wr.... >> |
| Google Back Online | So very true. I was reduced to using Excite today,.... >> | |
| 24 Jul 2004 | blogs.msdn.com >> | |
| 24 Jul 2004 | LookOut | I'd say my startup speed is around the same, howev.... >> |
| MSDN magazine double.... | The Plus! pack for Windows 95, which came out in c.... >> | |
| 23 Jul 2004 | While I've been critical of MSDN Magazine for bein.... >> | |
| no respect... | 'I test every line of code I write. I test the ap.... >> | |
| You *can* download L.... | See the thread 'joel: lookout is now available to .... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | Quiet workplace: how.... | You know there are extremes either way - I have wo.... >> |
| 21 Jul 2004 | mcsd | nunit (or rather xunit) have largely come to the f.... >> |
| I take back the "ravenous wolves" metaphor. "Raven.... >> | ||
| You have a lot of anger you need to let out. I sus.... >> | ||
| Why Microsoft Wins | 'I can't believe that anyone would argue that MS s.... >> | |
| Not quite a singleto.... | Single-parameter-keyed-cached-class-factory-with-a.... >> | |
| 20 Jul 2004 | Indentation | My god man, that infinite loop clearly is a more p.... >> |
| What exactly is Joel.... | 'Microsoft needs to match, which explains why Look.... >> | |
| Firstly, to respond to your final point: 'Anyth.... >> | ||
| I don't know specifically what Joel was implying i.... >> | ||
| 19 Jul 2004 | I think a prior poster got the true motive - this .... >> | |
| 'They explicitly state they are interested in it f.... >> | ||
| I think he's just expressing a bit of frustration .... >> | ||
| What do I need to st.... | 'Anyone who thinks the majority of shareholders in.... >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | Joel Book | From what I gather it is simply a reprint of a lot.... >> |
| More IQ-ism | In online boards I have come across at least a doz.... >> | |
| 'Are there really many people here who look down a.... >> | ||
| 'You can't get away with feeling superior because .... >> | ||
| JoS Nicknames | - former car owner in Queens that now drives a car.... >> | |
| all-hands interop | 'Everything needs to work with everything else. ' .... >> | |
| .NET Marketshare Pt .... | 'FYI, most of these surveys generally ask the ques.... >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | .NET Marketshare Pt 2 >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | .Net devs that went .... | Ah, sorry anon. I coincidentally had a discussion .... >> |
| Why? Because many are confused into thinking that .... >> | ||
| I think anon is saying that public field members a.... >> | ||
| 13 Jul 2004 | Mozilla Flaw Runs Ar.... | 'If you poke and prod ANYTHING long enough, you'll.... >> |
| Skip .NET and wait f.... | Perhaps you meant the Longhorn wave of technologie.... >> | |
| .Net market share | Almost, 'But seriously, it seems pretty clear t.... >> | |
| 'Granted that his experience is likely biased towa.... >> | ||
| In any case, I think it was pretty clear that I wa.... >> | ||
| Yeah, one company of 60,000 people, similar to the.... >> | ||
| I guess it depends on how you slice the onion - Ab.... >> | ||
| How do you rate your.... | It is useless to question the OP's choice of "The .... >> | |
| Sealed classed... | 'My guess MS would have left inheritence out of .N.... >> | |
| 12 Jul 2004 | How do you rate your.... | My impression is that a lot of the `big names' on .... >> |
| Sealed classed... | Many religious debates have been waged over this, .... >> | |
| Eric on Hazards of H.... | Well you'd never get a chance to show that you ove.... >> | |
| Remember that people like Joel and Eric are trying.... >> | ||
| 'So it's still a mind game, then. *sigh*' Reme.... >> | ||
| 10 Jul 2004 | Accepting of new ide.... | In my observations in a variety of firms, there is.... >> |
| 09 Jul 2004 | Mozzila / Firefox / .... | 'plugin support is weak compared to IE' I think.... >> |
| 08 Jul 2004 | How to spot a SW dev.... | What's this "lunch" that you guys are talking abou.... >> |
| Cross-platform .NET:.... | 'They'd get more developers producing .NET softwar.... >> | |
| 'And .net is not about making MS money. I figure .... >> | ||
| 'Do they see some benefit from having a cross-plat.... >> | ||
| 07 Jul 2004 | Equating Cab Drivers.... | 'A better one would be chair maker. In the 1800's.... >> |
| 'I'll point out that you've fallen into the trap o.... >> | ||
| Password attacks by .... | Forcing users to change passwords frequently does .... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2004 | Cost of a home setup | ' b) access to most beta software' Microsoft ha.... >> |
| Rich Clients Re-Visi.... | 'With all of the talk from both camps, it seems li.... >> | |
| Job Titles | 'Otherwise, I generally make up my own.' Titles.... >> | |
| How about "partner", and offer him an ownership st.... >> | ||
| 05 Jul 2004 | How does the RIAA id.... | 'Incidently, some countries allow you to download .... >> |
| 04 Jul 2004 | Commoditisation | No, Walmart sold PCs with "Lindows" on it. That pr.... >> |
| 03 Jul 2004 | 'To say that there won't be a market for software .... >> | |
| 'Does anyone believe there will be much of a marke.... >> | ||
| 'Oh really? Maybe you should try actually looking.... >> | ||
| To continue on, and to play devil's advocate, ther.... >> | ||
| 'The software industry on the other hand is active.... >> | ||
| software patents and.... | 'I expect that the same previously-mentioned 99% o.... >> | |
| 02 Jul 2004 | I don't have a probl.... | 'If I deny that your disadvantage exists (whether .... >> |
| Reward yourself for .... | Don't buy something, DO something. Not only will i.... >> | |
| 27 Jun 2004 | $20 doesn't buy jack.... | Funny you say that, as just today I was thinking e.... >> |
| 26 Jun 2004 | Blogs written by gee.... | The discussions hits close to home with many geeks.... >> |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Comdex | '*but* you should note how the big deals/negotiati.... >> |
| This has nothing, whatsoever, to do with the commo.... >> | ||
| Dennis Forbes' new I.... | Let me clarify that it wasn't my box that was comp.... >> | |
| Optimize this: | He was probably looking for a 'magic answer', whic.... >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | New IIS Hole Pt 2 >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | New IIS Hole Pt 2 | Indeed they do have SSL running. >> |
| I wanna be a grey be.... | I wanna be a cowboy! And you can be my cowgirl! .... >> | |
| This is why software.... | son, I was commenting only in regards to the s.... >> | |
| ...the lowest bidder that can meet the conditions .... >> | ||
| 23 Jun 2004 | The software ecosyst.... | BTW, it sounds like you're talking about "dumping".... >> |
| 'And for the record, the anti-trust laws were setu.... >> | ||
| I am nostalgic about.... | COM is a simple, highly efficient (dramatically mo.... >> | |
| New Halloween Memo | Thank you for your reply. May I subscribe to your .... >> | |
| Jesus, just concede defeat in some areas people. A.... >> | ||
| so after the api war.... | Of course x86 on any modern processor is just IL r.... >> | |
| There's nothing native about JavaScript, DHTML, SV.... >> | ||
| Lookup tables vs. ex.... | James has the right idea. You should have separate.... >> | |
| Another reply to "Ho.... | Written well enough, and with a couple of good poi.... >> | |
| 22 Jun 2004 | New IIS Hole? >> | |
| 22 Jun 2004 | Code Comlete 2nd Edi.... | After having my expectations raised by Rapid Devel.... >> |
| New IIS Hole? | Thank you all for the comments. The method of intr.... >> | |
| Eh? No doot, it's aboot time you came down off the.... >> | ||
| The RedHat Enterpris.... | I was referring to my `facts', that some software .... >> | |
| So ultimately your point is "Microsoft might make .... >> | ||
| 21 Jun 2004 | Working in Canada? | Yes, because accents are objective and I guess we .... >> |
| Yes, we have slightly different pronounciation. HA.... >> | ||
| The RedHat Enterpris.... | No one is getting angry because a company makes mo.... >> | |
| 'Those of you who know the rabid anti-M$ basher, a.... >> | ||
| Given that I've referenced the 85% on here several.... >> | ||
| 20 Jun 2004 | The IE Team Let out of the Dungeon >> | |
| 20 Jun 2004 | So let me get this s.... | Some people may be able to find their way here, bu.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2004 | How Microsoft Lost...... | 'Ok 'MS is dying' guys . . . here's your morning .... >> |
| Rich clients and wav.... | 'I think the point is not that red wavy lines need.... >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | The misnomer "thin clients" >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | New browser feature | Mozilla is actually pretty good about this -- in f.... >> |
| Is MS really a booge.... | 'No, they did not.' I'm sorry. Maybe I was conf.... >> | |
| 'Sure, if you are a furniture company that makes y.... >> | ||
| The misnomer "thin c.... | Wow, very cool. I had no idea that feature existed.... >> | |
| "Never rewrite", app.... | 'I suspect that Loghorn will run win32 apps in VM,.... >> | |
| So the future is...? | And what does Longhorn offer that Amazon couldn't .... >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | Rich clients and wavy lines >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | "Never rewrite", app.... | real, no one is saying that Longhorn won't be back.... >> |
| 'and now that they are actually trying to innovate.... >> | ||
| Visual Studio Team -.... | People have a habit of grossly overestimated Micro.... >> | |
| The future API is HT.... | 'I am with Joel on the rich GUI vs web GUI: 1) I l.... >> | |
| Win32 apps will stop.... | That doesn't say that Win32 is emulated, it says t.... >> | |
| 'My understanding is that, in future versions of W.... >> | ||
| So the future is...? | 'Is anyone else tired of hearing this crap?' Yo.... >> | |
| Racing car aficionad.... | 'Plus manuals are more fuel efficient...' Not n.... >> | |
| Summary of Joel's La.... | Could you explain how anything you've describe exc.... >> | |
| 'Microsoft already has the beginnings of such tech.... >> | ||
| Rich clients and wav.... | 'Whereas, if I'm writing a program in Delphi, I ca.... >> | |
| Joel,good to see you.... | Ermmm...you must not be on the mailing list. ht.... >> | |
| Detecting duplicate .... | 'Just curious, not trolling. What's driving you to.... >> | |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Detecting duplicate code >> | |
| 15 Jun 2004 | "Trivial" Things | '100% browser compatibility is nice, but it's not .... >> |
| 'Sorry, Dennis, if my site doesn't work for you, I.... >> | ||
| All is revealed | 'This takes time and if I know that I can run on a.... >> | |
| 14 Jun 2004 | Good reading while J.... | I stopped reading after the first couple of 'bad w.... >> |
| Engineering | To play devil's advocate, if a group of runners de.... >> | |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Eric's Marketing Ide.... | 'If you _can_ share your (professional) life on th.... >> |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Water cooler >> | |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Water cooler | 'In NSW, Australia, it's a serious offence to leav.... >> |
| Has the role of .... | Only a few (pedantic) Canadians take issue with 'A.... >> | |
| Softare and Object O.... | Even more important than planning the design of th.... >> | |
| 09 Jun 2004 | Google: the search s.... | gGrid? Grid? gRid? >> |
| caught someone in of.... | There was a humor news story a while back about nu.... >> | |
| If you did report them, it's doubtful your boss wi.... >> | ||
| Thanks for the spam | As a software professional, let me assure the gran.... >> | |
| challenging SQL ques.... | o.s. my solution is an absolute dog of a solution,.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2004 | 'Even if you could used subqueries' = 'Even if you.... >> | |
| I'll agree with Philo that this smells incredibly .... >> | ||
| Website Removes Brow.... | I've always used CTRL-L, which works in both IE an.... >> | |
| 07 Jun 2004 | MD5 - How do I use t.... | If you're opening one and then reading the entire .... >> |
| Catching undercover .... | Apart from a couple of windbags (such as myself), .... >> | |
| 04 Jun 2004 | The thing I hate mos.... | 'And yep, you should wait for Windows to shut down.... >> |
| My favourite thing in Windows is when you tell it .... >> | ||
| IT is a great indust.... | Steve-O, you seem to be advocating a 'race to the .... >> | |
| I've worked in various positions in the IT field s.... >> | ||
| The basic human condition is suffering, and people.... >> | ||
| what an article! | Stephen: 'In Linux of course desktop performanc.... >> | |
| Long-term prospects .... | 'As you know, it's hard to prove a universal negat.... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | If you were Microsof.... | I would split the company up. Microsoft has some i.... >> |
| what an article! | This article does sound dated. I found Windows 200.... >> | |
| Long-term prospects .... | 'Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks th.... >> | |
| 'Managed code brings you three benefits....' Yo.... >> | ||
| 'the only difference is that we will still be find.... >> | ||
| 'Isn't Win32 'supposed' to go away at some point a.... >> | ||
| http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=.... >> | ||
| 02 Jun 2004 | The rise of .NET | For an ASP shop it is an absolute no-brainer to mo.... >> |
| Passing args by refe.... | 'int *i; int j; *i = &j;' Okay...tell me that.... >> | |
| 01 Jun 2004 | Now *this* would be .... | DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! >> |
| Passing args by refe.... | The parenthesis aren't just for clarity: They comp.... >> | |
| Sassy, 'int x = 7; int *ptr = x; printf('%i.... >> | ||
| Self Defence | 'If you're in a situation where you need help, don.... >> | |
| To hijack this thread, how are things in Saudi Ara.... >> | ||
| I wish I could draw because there is some comic go.... >> | ||
| 'Crime is a problem when you carry +2500$ worth of.... >> | ||
| 31 May 2004 | Effects of "Anti-GMa.... | 'I can't see why you're so het up over this partic.... >> |
| Interesting summary. Could you please rehash what .... >> | ||
| How about this guy who surely didn't anticipate th.... >> | ||
| 27 May 2004 | Developer Change Log.... | Most SC tools have macro expansion that will autom.... >> |
| My own VM | x86 is a VM given that: -while the byte-code is.... >> | |
| Tech work a "special.... | Gaius, did you read 'Professional Software Develop.... >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | The Future Of Software Development >> | |
| 26 May 2004 | The Future Of Softwa.... | 'People did NOT predict the business and consumer .... >> |
| A new era? | 'Microsoft announces a new product and an existing.... >> | |
| 25 May 2004 | The number of posts..... | I've always found time, even in the busiest projec.... >> |
| Spell Check your Pos.... | GUERILLA.... :-) Seriously though, this is quit.... >> | |
| new text entry metho.... | Thanks for the spam. >> | |
| Paul Graham's "Why N.... | My observation (albeit a decade or so dated) was t.... >> | |
| The real problem wit.... | 'The choice for VM and GC was right, it's state of.... >> | |
| 24 May 2004 | A+ Certification: co.... | Interesting comeback, when ultimately my post was .... >> |
| 23 May 2004 | "The New Me" >> | |
| 23 May 2004 | 'I've found that with more blue collar and uninfor.... >> | |
| The real problem wit.... | 'By the way, it's really easy to create new contro.... >> | |
| Why Google will not .... | Google wasn't the first search engine, you know --.... >> | |
| ASP.NET 2.0 | 'Oddly enough VS 2005 is scheduled to ship in 2005.... >> | |
| 21 May 2004 | C on windows? | 'There's way too much to learn that is obsolete no.... >> |
| Design question invo.... | That's DCOM, which is a core service that is used .... >> | |
| As a sidenote regarding the high load and high ava.... >> | ||
| 'If I understand it correctly, the real power of C.... >> | ||
| Are these serviced components (i.e. deriving from .... >> | ||
| My tech crystall bal.... | Hehe, I'm not sure if 1/40th to 1/500th the speed .... >> | |
| What would the impact be if Apple ported OSX to th.... >> | ||
| Backwards Interface? | McDonalds tries too hard to minimize their invento.... >> | |
| Here in Ontario the windows are referred by the or.... >> | ||
| FUD: it's not just f.... | 'wasn't that the reason he called it 'Linux' in th.... >> | |
| Requesting Delivery/.... | I always refuse read receipts, and find them rude .... >> | |
| IEEE: Japanese best,.... | My Toshiba DVD player locked up hard while I was f.... >> | |
| 20 May 2004 | Messenger Protocol >> | |
| 20 May 2004 | Interesting to read this quote in the second linke.... >> | |
| Learning Strategies | Sorry, the Ontario Liberals stole the end of my po.... >> | |
| What you describe is information overload, and it'.... >> | ||
| MSSQL Transaction Qu.... | Error gets overwritten after each statement. If, f.... >> | |
| Are there any .Net c.... | 'There are plenty of .NET libraries available, bot.... >> | |
| 'Are you saying that only a .Net app that uses no .... >> | ||
| 'Sorry, I've never seen it presented as such. ATL .... >> | ||
| (and please don't point to the absolutely hilariou.... >> | ||
| Notice that I cleverly didn't actually say that, b.... >> | ||
| 'Java was never strong for client apps, especially.... >> | ||
| 19 May 2004 | Why Byte (the paper .... | My memory is similar to what AllanL5 has written: .... >> |
| Why doesn't Opera ge.... | I used Opera until Mozilla hit 1.0, and have been .... >> | |
| Are there any .Net c.... | 'These are the same benefits that users get from C.... >> | |
| 18 May 2004 | 'The rampant security flaws in modern OSes and app.... >> | |
| 'What value did C++ bring to end consumers? You've.... >> | ||
| 'Back in the early 90's, did you make any similiar.... >> | ||
| 'What decade would you like the answer for? It mig.... >> | ||
| 'or the time to eventually rewrite everything into.... >> | ||
| Just because you can do something quickly in .NET .... >> | ||
| I think the size of the .NET installation is a red.... >> | ||
| Indian economy | 'And I long ago found that people who secretly wan.... >> | |
| 17 May 2004 | Where is Ask Joel? | Speaking of that, Joel should move comments asking.... >> |
| http://discuss.fogcreek.com/newyork >> | ||
| Indian economy | 'Yet Canada slaps 40% tarriffs on U.S. goods' T.... >> | |
| 'Ah, Reagan's trickle down economic theory.' Er.... >> | ||
| The US has a long history of protectionist tarriff.... >> | ||
| 'The U.S. intentionally props up the rest of the w.... >> | ||
| 'So they should understand the nationalistic tende.... >> | ||
| 16 May 2004 | DNS Query | https tells your browser to connect to port 443 wi.... >> |
| 14 May 2004 | Media coverage of in.... | 'Christopher never said you only need a firewall o.... >> |
| 13 May 2004 | Longhorn in 2007. To.... | 'I think the point is that it will include WINFS. .... >> |
| Design Skills are Wo.... | 'You decide whether you want to spend money on a f.... >> | |
| Actually it sounds like you're bitching about impl.... >> | ||
| Is it worth building.... | LAST WORD! SALAD CREAM! HITLER! DELPHI! >> | |
| Mono makes me wanna .... | 'Mostly because a giant database always grows larg.... >> | |
| 12 May 2004 | Is it worth building.... | must....get....last....word.... word >> |
| 'As it turns out, it was a beautiful day and I had.... >> | ||
| 'No it's not. I had to clean the cylinder on our l.... >> | ||
| 'Is it really so terrible for someone to not desir.... >> | ||
| 'I now have significantly less 'Rob-time' than I d.... >> | ||
| 'It's a question of how valuable your time is, I s.... >> | ||
| For my own personal box I've always built my own (.... >> | ||
| Mono makes me wanna .... | What's a better position to be in - to have a grea.... >> | |
| 11 May 2004 | .NET Rocks >> | |
| 11 May 2004 | .NET Rocks | http://www.franklins.net/dnrwallpaper.jpg Do yo.... >> |
| My god....at least the website is consistent (one .... >> | ||
| Witty | 'I think the overwhelming threat is not necessaril.... >> | |
| It is fascinating how quickly this worm spread, an.... >> | ||
| 'So why did you never hear about its dubious recor.... >> | ||
| 10 May 2004 | Boy shouts "missed a.... | http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD200.... >> |
| 'Since then, I got wise to the fact that MS produc.... >> | ||
| 'Clearly the robber has guilt, but how much does/s.... >> | ||
| Personally I'm surprized that eEye hasn't taken mo.... >> | ||
| 08 May 2004 | One of the ways to s.... | Given that you quoted me, I'll respond. 'Even i.... >> |
| 07 May 2004 | Rising Oil Prices. W.... | Karthik I highly recommend that you pick up a copy.... >> |
| Copied Joel's font s.... | 'Reminds me of the many property-selling programes.... >> | |
| 06 May 2004 | Amiga Revival - OS4 .... | As mentioned, sitings of ghosts occur on Slashdot .... >> |
| Mono released/Used i.... | 'Expect some radical features in Longhorn or Whidb.... >> | |
| Hiring the Best | You look for published works and hire the authors? >> | |
| Job Title for future.... | Back to Ontario, again, some time back Microsoft w.... >> | |
| How many LOC per day.... | 'Tom, you're rising valid points, but I'm interest.... >> | |
| The higher your average LOC per day, the more like.... >> | ||
| One of the ways to s.... | 'What an apparently conflicting set of beliefs we .... >> | |
| Sasser | 'In any case, I would consider it foolhardy to sit.... >> | |
| 05 May 2004 | Security - unrealist.... | If I bought an internet enabled fridge, I would ex.... >> |
| 'To continue the Pinto analogy, did Ford have to d.... >> | ||
| 04 May 2004 | 'And they ARE doing something about it by complete.... >> | |
| Sasser | 'The lawyers will have such a field day raiding th.... >> | |
| 'Please! With all the money in the world, you cou.... >> | ||
| 'People are lazy, and that's why they don't patch..... >> | ||
| 'Explain to me why Microsoft should be blamed for .... >> | ||
| As a sidenote - for every comment apologizing with.... >> | ||
| 'The worm is only an issue if you don't patch, and.... >> | ||
| Reporting Services (.... | Honestly I was underwhelmed, and the product had a.... >> | |
| 02 May 2004 | Is it unprofessional.... | Ultimately, whether going through a recruiter or n.... >> |
| 30 Apr 2004 | Why not Canada? | Software development isn't really an engineering d.... >> |
| Immigration lawyers primarily want to get your mon.... >> | ||
| 'Any canadians here wonder the same?' Errr...I .... >> | ||
| Deveoper Jokes 'Not .... | 'Maybe I should say 'Interesting in an intellectua.... >> | |
| Google IPO | 'In five years people will be building sites in xa.... >> | |
| Best current Backup .... | Call Me Daddy, 'Particularly in an Enterprise e.... >> | |
| 29 Apr 2004 | What are the real be.... | 'The performance of the .NET API can be disappoint.... >> |
| To play devil's advocate... '1. Bounds checking.... >> | ||
| Outsourcing "hype cy.... | 'Anyway, in any large and complex set of events, y.... >> | |
| 28 Apr 2004 | Google - Microsoft b.... | I'm intrigued by anyone who believes that Microsof.... >> |
| Could an alliance of.... | You could consider http://www.nerdsonsite.com (Ner.... >> | |
| 27 Apr 2004 | Modern development w.... | Ultimately anything that you can do in one languag.... >> |
| Best current Backup .... | 10s of thousands? I would suspect 6 figures should.... >> | |
| Delphi for .net : ma.... | 'Will somebody please tell me what is so special a.... >> | |
| DLL deployment best .... | http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=.... >> | |
| Are company blogs a .... | Philo, your comments go entirely in opposition to .... >> | |
| On the subject of biases, I hate the fact that sev.... >> | ||
| 'So if you use a good product but happen to be fri.... >> | ||
| 'Joel on Software exists because Joel likes to tal.... >> | ||
| 26 Apr 2004 | Programmed Death of .... | I'm not sure about the US, but here in Canada ther.... >> |
| Why programmers so d.... | 'It seems to be a badge of honor in the IT industr.... >> | |
| Professional Courtes.... | How in the world did I misuse discussion twice. Ay.... >> | |
| Surly this is much ado about nothing - Steve comme.... >> | ||
| 24 Apr 2004 | code on a whiteboard | ` 'FOUNDED AND RUNS a company', you mean. There's.... >> |
| 23 Apr 2004 | Does $279 seem much .... | Funny you mention. Here in Ontario the gas retaile.... >> |
| Note for Americans? | My wife and I have a young daughter (14 months) so.... >> | |
| code on a whiteboard | `It's just an indicator of attention to detail. I.... >> | |
| 22 Apr 2004 | relationship between.... | 'If you were learning to drive, would you go off a.... >> |
| What an awesome day..... | I hereby nominate the next post as #100 | |