finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:06 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'www.marktaw.com' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 3,232 Number of Words: 270,603 First Comment: 19 Apr 2002 Final Comment: 03 Sep 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 38 First Topic: 24 Apr 2002 Latest Topic: 08 Aug 2004 When Item Comment 03 Sep 2004   This forum is obsole....   Those forums are still in beta, notice the "bugs" ....   >>   02 Sep 2004   Music, mp3's, etc.   I already said it in this forum. MP3 players ar....   >>      Usenet Web sites   I like XNews. I found it easier to use than Forte,....   >>   01 Sep 2004   Use BTS as a persona....   Sure, and you can use some sort of device like the....   >>      Why buy tech support....   Why buy 'extended warranties' with your washing ma....   >>      Winnable Solitaire a....   'Nah, I don't think his target market (such as it ....   >>      Commenting out   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#dt-com....   >>   31 Aug 2004   why bother being a c....   I thought the first 4 or so chapters of Flow were ....   >>      Trademark Question   'No amount of licensing will change the fact that ....   >>      What motivates you t....   ...They may well ask why climb the highest mountai....   >>   30 Aug 2004   IP spoofing/altering   And whats your criteria for allowing/disallowing a....   >>   29 Aug 2004   GmailFS - Gmail File....   Oh wait.... the server is probably just pointing t....   >>         I hope he has a generous hosting plan.   >>      Tool to display disk....   It is a great example. Based on the screencaps ....   >>      Salary survey   Apparently Joel doesn't post here enough for peopl....   >>   28 Aug 2004   Name that executable   Something like Resource Explorer might help you: ....   >>      Decent back-up softw....   Yes, this has been discussed here many many times ....   >>      Tool to display disk....   Oh, and if you're wasting that much disk space, yo....   >>   27 Aug 2004      JDiskReport looks good, like a powerpoint presenta....   >>         Hmm. I looked at Sequoia a few years ago and it wa....   >>         http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html ....   >>      Great idea for a new....   http://grouphug.us/    >>      Google AdWords is us....   What about adwords/banners on a site? You're co....   >>         Google Adwords is an open 'efficient' market and a....   >>      If you like this...   Ah. I see. So while 100% of Joel readers read Harr....   >>         All I know is if 100% of the people on Amazon buy ....   >>   26 Aug 2004   Cracking The Three L....   Obligatory response: Step 1: Patent Laws of Rob....   >>         Miles is right, most of Asimov's works dealt with ....   >>      If you like this...   'The 'people who bought X also bought Y' recommend....   >>      Contingency Plans fo....   http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?Art....   >>      microsoft.com redesi....   It's especially funny because once you click aroun....   >>         I dunno. I guess I'd be interested in the source c....   >>      proving dates on ema....   'We use outlook for the tasking system as well as ....   >>         'There's nothing to stop you changing the dates on....   >>         Oh, and I once saw a friend of mine 'fake' a fax b....   >>         'Mark, you are assuming everyone is keeping full a....   >>         Great! Glad you found something that will work for....   >>         Sorry, you're right digitally sign not encrypt. ....   >>         I mean, I get emails from people in different time....   >>         Maybe I'm dim, but I'm not following. If I writ....   >>         Enter 'timetamping' in to Google and this is the f....   >>         But you can easily fake a date in an email. PGP wo....   >>      Accounting for your ....   In fact, this is probably why her accounting firm ....   >>         Actually, there's a third: Billing for services re....   >>   25 Aug 2004      I just keep my to-do list, and I also write down i....   >>      Looking for some lap....   My girlfriend's laptop has a touchpad, and tapping....   >>         Does thinkpad still have that stupid "eraser" mous....   >>      shocking, misleading....   'There are many.' Thanks. Forgot about that lis....   >>         What I want to know is has windows EVER been put o....   >>         http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/900.h....   >>      Trouble with Verio's....   'The new Glengarry leads are coming in, and a big ....   >>         You might get more responses if your subject was: ....   >>         http://www.pair.com/ been rock solid for me sin....   >>      Joel has proven infl....   Groovy!   >>      Singing HTML   You guys are obviously trying to write a new book.....   >>      Sink Battleship   I'm sure Joel's readership is up to 100,000,000, b....   >>      Psychology in the wo....   Read "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by ....   >>      Removing a Cookie fr....   'When you use the Opera browser the CIA and FBI ca....   >>      Building a Wiki   I use WakkaWiki, just because it's PHP and was the....   >>      Technology Review on....   'People have assumed forever that Unix is difficul....   >>      Manual transmissions....   So do we have a definitive answer or not?   >>      OT - Anyone jog with....   http://www.google.com/search?q=mp3run Just read....   >>   24 Aug 2004   Technology Review on....   We go through trends of breaking thing down and co....   >>      Manual transmissions....   Yeah but if you hit the brakes you end up in a ski....   >>         If that's the case, then you're driving too fast. ....   >>         Also a good point. During one blizzard when the sn....   >>         Everyone, no matter what kind of transmission they....   >>      OT - Anyone jog with....   What about internet radio? I like RadioParadise.co....   >>         LOL Aussie Chick. It's the universe's way of balan....   >>      Gopher   'I am Jack's kermit protocol download' That nak....   >>         What's wrong with Chas' sig? Mark -- Lorem ip....   >>      AdSense on Blogger   Actually it's 'Hooray' so RTFDYBYCSE* Read the ....   >>      Expedia? No...CRAPed....   'Chas Emerick Snowtide Informatics : http://www....   >>      Progessively slower ....   Good point matt. I always forget about that thing.....   >>   23 Aug 2004   Expedia? No...CRAPed....   Probably a javascript thing. But just be glad t....   >>      Progessively slower ....   I use a program called NetPerSec (used to be free ....   >>      An opportunity?   A Mac would still fix all those problems (opening ....   >>      Profoundly screwed u....   *spybot   >>         Like the spyware that rewrites the hosts file so t....   >>      New dot com companie....   I love to see FUD on a small scale.   >>         Is it me, or did these guys copy the CBS MarketWat....   >>      Manual vs. Automatic....   I've always driven an automatic, but was intereste....   >>      Anti-anti-virus   'I install programs from original CDs, don't use p....   >>         I used to feel this way, but now I have AVG instal....   >>      advertisement blocki....   by the way, there's lots of hosts files available:....   >>         I just installed Ad Block and man is that thing an....   >>         I used the hosts file method for a while and I was....   >>      Am I too old to be a....   I still think it's a pipe dream. The OP probably t....   >>   22 Aug 2004   Finding Time to read....   'computer history, animal beahviorism, finance, an....   >>         I buy what I'm in the mood for, otherwise my mood ....   >>         'Worth' is a very subjective measurement. I liked ....   >>      Am I too old to be a....   Isn't NeverWinter Nights basically an MMORPG kind ....   >>         http://www.igf.com/ look at these games. Not ev....   >>      Conflict between Nor....   I like AVG too.   >>      comment.it service   Wow, sounds like I was right on the money about th....   >>      Web sites for buying....   Well... I'd probably make a tour of the whole west....   >>         I passed through Portland, and I definately want t....   >>   21 Aug 2004   How to verify a comp....   From WSI's homepage: 'WSI has cracked the Web G....   >>         In other words without the 'by' the claim could be....   >>         Um. Anyone can rate them #1, including a compay th....   >>      comment.it service   A slashdot style version of this could be good. Th....   >>         I saw something like this a couple of years ago. I....   >>      Web sites for buying....   Besides a good geurilla ad would be: Does anyon....   >>      Web application usag....   The big question is: Are your URL's human reada....   >>      new idea about how t....   And it was in reference to the OP.   >>         I did learn about the limits of the forum. That's ....   >>   20 Aug 2004   Asperger's or just I....   'hasn't been swept recently as evidenced by the ca....   >>      new idea about how t....   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....   >>      If you were CEO of S....   I'd run an ad campaign where 3 servers were droppe....   >>      Hotmail/Gmail as net....   And you think Yahoo and Microsoft don't?   >>      what do you ask a st....   Business is simple. Maximize your profits and mini....   >>      Does your employer m....   Joe, you obviously weren't forced to sign the cont....   >>         We all just need a good dose of Gene Therapy ht....   >>         Oh, and did I mention the 9am on Monday weekly mee....   >>         I worked in a place that had flextime and core hou....   >>      Automatic vs. manual....   hoser - If you live in (pick your city) how are yo....   >>      IBM in a pickle   RocketJeff, sounds like a perfect example of 'The ....   >>         Hmm. Microsoft [Philo] using one cometitor to spre....   >>      Google   Funny, looking at Google's chart for the past 2 da....   >>   19 Aug 2004   Would you ever get r....   > If your wife's mom in Romania has VoIP Should....   >>         If your wife's mom in Romania has VoIP, there's a ....   >>         Two words: NYC Blackout. Besides, you can ge....   >>   18 Aug 2004   How do you prepare a....   'Appraisals are very important when they are intro....   >>      dooooooom!!!   5 years just isn't what it used to be I guess.   >>      Good Place to Move f....   Oh, and don't come to NYC, you'll just contribute ....   >>         I don't know about tech, but the Department of Lab....   >>      Install SP2 or not?   I have this small tool that measures incoming/outg....   >>         Yes, there's nothing to prevent a hijacked machine....   >>      Interesting article ....   Also, I'd like to reiterate something I'd mentione....   >>         Ewans Dad, I agree. Word processing, graphics edit....   >>         If there's one thing I've learned, it's that progr....   >>      Developing in the Op....   Yes, Joel's products are aimed squarely at the sam....   >>      obsession   * disguises itself as MS Word   >>         Ogami, you need to write a JoS reader that looks l....   >>         Oh..... sorry. :-) I told you, just take a scre....   >>         Aussie Chick, you still haven't written the docume....   >>      How was the dinner i....   I remember photos from one of the earlier dinners.....   >>   17 Aug 2004   .Net not good enough....   Though for the record, NBC.com is Apache.   >>         Yeah ok, I really don't care anyway, it's a silly ....   >>         I'm not saying that it shouldn't happen the way it....   >>         This is like that senator who said computers shoul....   >>      Coworkers who won't ....   'Because there was a post but it's been deleted. '....   >>         Why does the post count go up, but there are no ne....   >>      Annual Leave   In New York City Jury Duty is $55 a day.   >>      How to get focused a....   The schedule includes no time for sex. That's the ....   >>   16 Aug 2004   Coworkers who won't ....   Even better, record them and make flash cartoons. ....   >>         Draw a comic. I'd kill for material like this.   >>      Preferred ways of ba....   I thought of suggesting RAID. I don't see that ....   >>      Activity Pattern?   I guess so, I don't know enough about MS Office & ....   >>         I don't open strange .doc's... macro viruses and a....   >>         I tried Googling this just to see what it was and ....   >>      How to get focused a....   'Promise yourself that you'll do something good ea....   >>         I never saw how a vacation could be more than a sh....   >>         Out of curiousity, what kind of work is it that yo....   >>      Speaking of Google I....   And we get to go "Nya nya, told you so!"   >>   15 Aug 2004   Preferred ways of ba....   I agree with Flamebait Sr. I have 2 backup proc....   >>      How to get focused a....   I know I'm most productive late at night, after th....   >>         LOL Aussie Chick, You really ought to read the Mol....   >>         The standard answer: Getting Things Done by Dav....   >>      Anyone familiar with....   I think paypal is great for lending credibility an....   >>         'Paypal is awkward because it requires manual proc....   >>      Speaking of Google I....   Back before the days of 'day traders' every stock ....   >>   14 Aug 2004   This ain't about lov....   Not in a restaurant you ever want to go back to.   >>      Coldfusion programme....   The main problem with this ad is that it's emotion....   >>   13 Aug 2004   Friend's Idea / My I....   I'm not looking at this from a business point of v....   >>         1. Your friend purchases your services, but this m....   >>      new management fad: ....   * * ATTENTION * * IT WILL NOW COST $0.10 PER PO....   >>      Super OT: Fear of Dr....   Diving around an empty parking lot, or any other l....   >>      word processor with ....   Just creating a web page with the DHTML Edit contr....   >>      Favorite Screen Save....   Someone wanted the BSOD screen saver? http://ww....   >>      Purchase this forum?   I don't have problems with frankly stated viewpoin....   >>         It takes practice, but I'm getting better at it. J....   >>         :D heh. nah, we should wait a week, post a simi....   >>         Aussie Chick, you're not supposed to take muppet s....   >>         I stop reading threads after 3 posts unless someon....   >>   12 Aug 2004   Favorite Screen Save....   My screen goes black when I'm idle. I wouldn't ....   >>      Purchase this forum?   muppet, the OP is not a programmer and said as muc....   >>         Here's a straight link to the PHP clone: http:/....   >>         That sounds about right, muppet.   >>         There's also a PHP clone at JohnsAdventures.com.   >>      Books on Entrepreneu....   Patrick, that Guy Kawasaki book hasn't come out ye....   >>      Windows XP Lite   'Hi. We're Microsoft. We'll lose money on every XB....   >>         It's just that the first paragraph says they're co....   >>         I don't get it. Sell fewer copies of a dumbed d....   >>      How good an employee....   Is this an Australian game? It sounds like an Aust....   >>   11 Aug 2004      I've always felt that the #1 ingredient in to how ....   >>      Opinionated people   You might enjoy: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi....   >>      SQL Server: Can mult....   No, I see his point. His target audience is more l....   >>         I don't see why you would want or need two instanc....   >>      How do you deal with....   This is normal after a downsizing, and I wouldn't ....   >>      CityDesk   The software sells as-is, why do they need to pret....   >>         Because Fog Creek is 'Insanely profitable' and bec....   >>         I had a lot of the same kind of comments, actually....   >>         Odd that you'll curse, but censor the actual word.....   >>         Joel isn't a User Interface Guru. Joel is a self-p....   >>      PHP and ADODB -- Cou....   The new comment will be: // http://discuss.fogc....   >>   10 Aug 2004   Decline an offer - a....   Sassy, you did the right thing. That whole time pr....   >>      CityDesk   Oh, and some of my other software behaves the same....   >>         1. Who cares about an uninstall icon? How often ar....   >>      Microsoft Revolution....   Someone needs to do a parody of this page 'How ....   >>      Legit reason to star....   It's stupid for all the reasons mentioned above - ....   >>      htaccess and Apache ....   What I'm saying is if http://www.domain.com/pro....   >>      Hidden URLs - How ea....   'Based on previous postings, it's pretty clear tha....   >>         AussieChick is a valued member of the community, a....   >>      Eric Sink's Software....   I don't have to say it, it's in dozens of books on....   >>      Too many bells and w....   And was this supposed to be good or bad for Xerox?....   >>      Getting Things Done:....   It is. A little odd for his books, usually he publ....   >>      Recommended setup fo....   There is something to be said for phone conference....   >>         Hey, talked to my friend, they're using Shoutcast,....   >>   09 Aug 2004   htaccess and Apache ....   Yeah, probably typed it wrong. Other potential ....   >>      disclaimer and terms....   * Any humorous posts, or failed attempts at humor,....   >>         * Any comments in this thread should not be constr....   >>      Rude = No Hire?   After reading this thread, I wouldn't hire you eit....   >>      Getting Spammed &....   What does Mitnik have to do with spammers? The Gov....   >>      Hidden URLs - How ea....   I probably tried that too. But I'll keep it in min....   >>         No. I always upload them as ASCII, and I'm aware o....   >>         I never had any luck creating an .htaccess / .htpa....   >>         Well, I don't know the source code of phpMyAdmin. ....   >>         'as well as .htaccess' ? A proper .htaccess sho....   >>         She won't need to resize her browser if she's just....   >>         Nice design, by the way. It really says "this is a....   >>         Oh... or you could add in another domain, and put ....   >>         'THAT was a clever move to promote your website.' ....   >>         Sure, I've been able to find people's names in log....   >>      How to raise prices?   Here's another example of a software product whose....   >>         Fog Creek managed to do it. Did anyone take notes?....   >>      Eric Sink's Software....   I sort of skimmed it, but it seemed like Pricing 1....   >>      Too many bells and w....   So sell a subscription model like a certain Redmon....   >>         I dunno. I look at Winamp and I see: 1. A windo....   >>      Getting Things Done:....   AussieChick, you should read "How to work the comp....   >>      Backup Program   Are we talking about backing up a whole drive, or ....   >>   08 Aug 2004   Backup Program   >>   08 Aug 2004   Hidden URLs - How ea....   On one of my sites, I was careless enough to insta....   >>      {kill time}site with....   And search didn't turn up anything?   >>         http://www.freshnews.org/    >>      Too many bells and w....   I dunno, I like Winamp's new features, especially ....   >>      Getting Things Done:....   Yep, the Next Actions List is probably the single ....   >>      What would you ask f....   A 5:00 gaurantee. As long as you show up at 9:00AM....   >>      Backup Program   Yeah, I've seen Second Copy recommended here a lot....   >>         Hmm. I guess you could do everything with the task....   >>      Recommended setup fo....   Doesn't ShoutCast (made by the WinAmp folks) do th....   >>      WinAmp = memory HOG.....   You mean the little thing in the main window, or t....   >>         'If you're reaally serious about a *lightweight* a....   >>      Getting Things Done ....   Oh, and it takes up far less space too.   >>         Besides, Stephen, you're overlooking the obvious a....   >>         I would fully expect the hard drive to fail before....   >>         I think paper's ineffeciency is it's big selling p....   >>      Looking for a time l....   I might as well post it here since that thread has....   >>      What do you use for ....   Treepad rocks, but it's not a time tracker. I h....   >>   07 Aug 2004   WinAmp = memory HOG.....   Weren't there favorite versions within the 2.x lin....   >>         Oh, and check out the Audioactive Player http:/....   >>         Oh, and 00 or 01 CPU Usage.   >>         The thing is, IE's also 15 megs when you launch it....   >>         Have you taken a look at FireFox? 15 megs just to ....   >>      Getting Things Done ....   I believe this is the link you wanted to point us ....   >>         Oh, and I guess 'Hanging folders are much less eff....   >>         His issue with hanging file folders stems mainly f....   >>      Do I need a help fil....   Yeah... That's what I meant. Bundle it with the pr....   >>         Sounds good to me. Just as long as it's NOT at the....   >>         * (In another thread AussieChick said that all Ame....   >>         Where are we eating dinner?   >>         Oh yes, I remember looking at your software a few ....   >>      longhorn commercial ....   'Windows: Even your grandmother knows how to use a....   >>      Looking for a time l....   Because you won't write it down until AFTER it hap....   >>      Winzip & WinRar ....   http://www.win-rar.com/index.php?lang=&aid=knowl&k....   >>      Employment contracts....   'FWIW, the company *does* have one very good reaso....   >>      When: 20.00 16/08/01....   Thanks for the information. It's worth $1,00.00 to....   >>      UI design -> huma....   'Actually I thought LXG was entertaining superhero....   >>      Market Research   That's ok, I had an idea for a similar software pa....   >>   06 Aug 2004   Do I need a help fil....   Yes, it certainly helps that you can ask a questio....   >>         I think a FAQ combined with a support forum would ....   >>         And C O N G R A D U L A T I O N S ! ! ! on f....   >>         Sounds good to me. I have programs that link to th....   >>      longhorn commercial ....   http://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/humor/vid....   >>      Lightning Strikes a ....   Geeze. Apparently God did strike him down for mast....   >>      Good forms design re....   Yeah, left aligned - so that the starting point is....   >>      Looking for a time l....   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>      Employment contracts....   * July 18, 2003   >>         To the original poster, follow your instincts on t....   >>         'The two year, or any number of years, months or w....   >>      When: 20.00 16/08/01....   Lol. You have a point there, though I think you mi....   >>         HA! I was right, the most interesting thing he has....   >>      UI design -> huma....   'There is intense focus on the story and the scrip....   >>         The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman is als....   >>      Market Research   You don't need the software to find that informati....   >>         The Product Idea Evaluator sounds like it's using ....   >>      Fog Creek Marketing   I wonder if Microsoft considers MSNBC to be market....   >>         Philo: JoelOnSoftware.com was registered in Jul....   >>         (assuming you were the sunglasses manufacturer...)   >>         The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Bi....   >>      Logo design costs   Not everybody can be Paul Rand. (IBM, ABC, UPS). o....   >>      Blogs, avalon, gmail....   And when the trusted brand is Froogle? Or Amazon? ....   >>         I think blogging and internet radio could be major....   >>      Who is your messiah?   Who's your momma?   >>      Google May Have Ille....   But immediately after the IPO they would have that....   >>      You too can run up $....   'Except I'm a 'nothing' graduate, so I don't think....   >>         'First of all, that's not at all what Hamlet was t....   >>      Question configuring....   Maybe. Winamp would have to load the whole file to....   >>      Question for Joel on....   Spaceman Spiff is Calvin's spacefaring alter ego. ....   >>      Brand strength   Once money enters the picture, either through ads ....   >>   05 Aug 2004   Google May Have Illegally Issued Shares   >>   05 Aug 2004   What do you use for ....   Oh... Yeah they seem to have taken the 1x version ....   >>         http://www.allnetic.com/download.html 'This is ....   >>         The cool thing about the Allnetic Working Time Tra....   >>         http://www.allnetic.com/ I used the 1.x version....   >>      Are URL Addresses in....   Yeah, I'd recommend you run Ethereal too. I onc....   >>      CNN: CS School Break....   I think he looks more like Anton LaVey, author of ....   >>      You too can run up $....   BTW an old friend of mine went to Columbia Medical....   >>         Funny how everyone complains that programming isn'....   >>         The Devry commercials I see really tick me off. ....   >>      Diff program   Exam Diff Pro (isn't there a free version of this?....   >>      Dynamic Content   Netflix does this with the star rating system (cli....   >>      Question configuring....   Of course, as soon as he quit, they probably fille....   >>         I like Winamp 5, and knowing that it's a Justin Fr....   >>         First of all, I'm using Winamp 5. In the Media ....   >>         Or use the programs Brad recommended. :-)   >>         My girlfriend has an iPod on Windows. Winamp re....   >>      Question about FogCr....   'Elections are about counting votes, not trying to....   >>      Weapons software   'MarkTAW, I that was Jimmy Hoffa's friend. Gotti ....   >>      softwareCEO.com   Dennis, Yeah, Phil really wanted to do ARO - Al....   >>      A question for our n....   'I do talk alot when you get to know me!! ' So ....   >>   04 Aug 2004   Study: Cable giants to flex VoIP muscle   >>   04 Aug 2004   Question configuring....   Actually, this sounds like Winamp. once the files ....   >>      Question for Joel on....   I'm sorry, the "interviewer" asked a question?   >>      Question about FogCr....   Damn, have we reached "1" already?   >>         And that'll be the end of Siesta for everyone.   >>         It won't be illegal once the US Government makes a....   >>         I corresponded for a while with someone from this ....   >>         I love the concept of Siesta... work a little, res....   >>         That's ok, your post sucked too.   >>         I replied with all the seriousness I thought your ....   >>         I see what I read and I experience reading it.   >>         Oddly, I don't measure productivity in days worked....   >>         Someone made a cogent argument for longer vacation....   >>      Weapons software   The hospital example was a horrible, horrible joke....   >>         Hollywood special effects specialist.   >>      softwareCEO.com   If you don't reload the frame with the threads, ho....   >>         't's a discussion board, not a content management ....   >>         Yes I can see that now. Specialized for: Peo....   >>         And as to search engines finding a post, but the u....   >>         'With a correctly designed application, you can li....   >>         OK. Well I guess we'll agree to disagree, and note....   >>         And why are you hung up on what people call things....   >>         1280 x 1024 My preview pane is 366 high by 871 ....   >>         I know what you're talking about, and maybe it is ....   >>         Actually, Stephen, I think you're confusing the pr....   >>         1. Place navigation at the top and bottom. 2. I....   >>         One of my favorite video games is this 'classic' f....   >>         As soon as I realized it would be a long page turn....   >>         FRAMES ARE JUST WRONG! ALWAYS! I don't care wha....   >>      A question for our n....   I'm sorry, Aussie Chick, but I got distracted half....   >>         'And in all of these places they use humour to bul....   >>         Thanks.   >>         Lol. I probably would've done the passive-aggressi....   >>         Hmm. I've lived? What's the proper grammar for: ....   >>         Oh, and I was going to say that sales people typic....   >>         I can be a quiet person sometimes, and I know it l....   >>      Contrarian insight #....   That brings up another point. At Citi, Teamsite, O....   >>         Interwoven Teamsite Vignette Storyserver How....   >>         I think it has to do with the nature of your produ....   >>      Brand strength   Sure I am, I'm advertising my personal page. But y....   >>         Any strong brand will have people piggybacking it'....   >>      Google image search ....   What's random about that? Those are pages with amp....   >>      IE: deliberate bugs?   Didn't you read that article that was linked in th....   >>      SoftICE paranoia   In another thread somewhere someone is trying to f....   >>      Study: Cable giants ....   Really? Plug the line coming from the phone or ....   >>         What's difficult about a VoIP installation?   >>         > gradiation This isn't a word, but I think yo....   >>         Broadcast TV has tons of bandwidth... Need more, j....   >>      Interesting Intervie....   'The whole thing is a big marketing scheme.' An....   >>         2 Observations: ==== Spolsky knows most market....   >>      bug bounty   If Microsoft did this there would be a virus that ....   >>      E-Myth   Hmmm. I wonder how many businesses started by busi....   >>      The appeal of the PC   I thought like everything else it was video games ....   >>   03 Aug 2004   Confused About Linux   From the wording, it sounds like what you're buyin....   >>      Sort of a business p....   I'm gonna recommend the good-old 'Getting Things D....   >>      E-Myth   Funny, I was in the book store last night & lo....   >>      What after "Village"....   Yes. Life of Pi is a book. It'll be interesting to....   >>   02 Aug 2004   Searching an e-mail ....   I often lie on these forms. My email address is....   >>      The Village is a hit   > $50 million box office != good Hold on.... $....   >>         I've seen a number of movies that had GREAT hype &....   >>      By 2007 Linux will h....   Who said anything about Microsoft? What is it w....   >>         Oddly, "Other" is 5%.   >>         'Linux captured the No. 2 spot as desktop operatin....   >>      Is my company dying?   Fire some salespeople & hire some programmers ....   >>      Does Microsoft appli....   According to this powerpoint presentation ( http:/....   >>      Business Name   I just list the facts. Would it have been more spo....   >>         Being a New Yorker, Fog Creek means nothing to me.....   >>         With a really generic name, people will wonder wha....   >>      How joel advertise C....   Hmm. I remembered that Six Sigma referred to a sta....   >>         Sorry, I meant 'What is Six Sigma (the Cliff Notes....   >>         I was always curious about Six Sigma, CMM sounds i....   >>         Oh, and he had an affiliate program, but gave up o....   >>         And didn't he advertise in a few magazines?   >>      Software Quality   Thanks Ian. ;-)   >>         Why are you being offensive & defensive? Maybe ....   >>         No, but I'd like a list of products so we can judg....   >>         1. music programs 2. My web browser is made ov....   >>         1. Detroit isn't irellevant. 2. It's a better ana....   >>         You're talking mostly about German software compan....   >>      The Village (no spoi....   Who is "you" ? ;-) & I assume Philo stopped re....   >>   01 Aug 2004   How do you know when....   In watching the Democratic National Convention, on....   >>      Handling client cont....   Signing something like this is basically inviting ....   >>      best days of your li....   About a year ago here there were a couple of threa....   >>      BSxx on campus recru....   Universities need to spend as much PR on raising t....   >>      The Village (no spoi....   Robert, do you assume that the people here aren't ....   >>      what cars do geeks d....   > Noble M14 Wow.    >>   31 Jul 2004   Joel and Eric on Pau....   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>      BSxx on campus recru....   My friend recently graduated from Cooper Union & m....   >>         The school has a lot to do with it. The top grads ....   >>      The Village (no spoi....   Not only that, but by following this thread, Philo....   >>      The Village (don't s....   Isn't it about the same with all of his movies? I ....   >>         I don't know if it's any good, but that huge Loews....   >>      Odd Codes of Conduct   Get one of those digital displays that can change ....   >>         Of course, there are often competing codes & even ....   >>      Another Linux win is....   I agree, there is nothing as good as Outlook for c....   >>      Best Compression Pro....   Also a good point, but then ZIP would probably be ....   >>         'I can rar a 16 gb database small enough to burn o....   >>      what cars do geeks d....   > - Vision short wheelbase recumbent bicycle > (h....   >>   30 Jul 2004   Best Compression Pro....   Just out of curiousity, why do you need the zip? I....   >>      what cars do geeks d....   That Toyota Prius thing that's hybrid gas/electric....   >>      Word Sucks   Hey Rob, thanks for the links. I think my girlfrie....   >>      Lookout was bought t....   Most people don't have a schema & a taxonomy by wh....   >>         MS has the "it comes with windows, so when you sea....   >>      Nanosys - Forget Goo....   TiinyURL has it's place where URL's wrap, but long....   >>      Combating SPAM   Hey, wow, you got the TAW as all caps. Most people....   >>         Geeze you guys post fast.   >>         The dictionary thing could also work against this:....   >>      Google toolbar popup....   Technically, those flash overlays aren't popups.   >>   29 Jul 2004   Finding customers of....   But it is possible to give the same server more th....   >>         And if the DNS server is listed like this? Doma....   >>         Sure you can do something like that. Whois.sc is o....   >>      Would I be a fool to....   Ask these guys http://www.jasc.com/ they took on P....   >>      Failure Plan   lol. I meant it in a friendly way. I didn't have t....   >>         'many customers are too polite to tell you where y....   >>         They also tend to do research on the company in qu....   >>         Jeff has some solid advice. Don't price it competi....   >>      Which version of CSS....   Have you tried: http://www.google.com/search?q=....   >>      Probability question....   'We have a certain system evolving at work, and I'....   >>      Beta Testing, how to....   Start a weblog, gain a cult following, and build e....   >>   28 Jul 2004   How Google has ruine....   Though there is Berkshire Hathaway B stock, which ....   >>         To me it sounds like Google is doing a lot to make....   >>         "That's because the company is requiring participa....   >>         http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=97....   >>         Wow you guys post fast.   >>         I forget if it was Ben or Jerry, but while they we....   >>      Work for nothing, ho....   Re: Millionaire Next Door The next quote from t....   >>         What's-his-face that played Frodo sent in a video ....   >>      SPAM   I've had a couple of false positives with the spam....   >>      Innovator's Solution....   Back in the early 80's nobody could shake Atari fr....   >>   27 Jul 2004   Work for nothing, ho....   Or in your case, don't quit looking for steady wor....   >>         Don't quit your day job. Work on what you want in ....   >>      Shareware authors   Justin Frankel wrote Winamp & gave it away for....   >>      P2P Storage/Backup   Because there's no gaurantee I could retrieve my d....   >>      Online Listing   Dennis - or links to sites with sound files. Ho....   >>      Business with a reta....   That Punch thing is a piece of crap. I got it in t....   >>      Innovator's Solution....   The whole thing with disruptive technologies is th....   >>      Getting Excel to wor....   I saw, recently, a program that would take a stati....   >>      A profitable alterna....   I think Joel does this with Fogbugz & certain ....   >>      I need help please   Tell your employees that you read Peopleware?   >>         I have the feeling this post was meant as a direct....   >>      $75K-$100K/year to M....   Is it possible you intimidated the guy? Despite Jo....   >>         Nickel & Dimed is a good book & I recommend it to ....   >>      My users have threat....   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312....   >>      Programmer's hours   I used this when I started having to track my time....   >>   26 Jul 2004   Google Back Online   Oh. I thought it was my ISP that was having proble....   >>      Good Coding Related ....   Even better if you can do it with the - in the rig....   >>         Get your hands on an 8 or so character domain name....   >>      Third, er, sixth, er....   Well, from experience I know to buy my ticket for ....   >>      Free Online virus sc....   I woud've proposed AVG if not for his 'Online' req....   >>      Microsoft, spend you....   After reading an article about Alan Greenspan's st....   >>      Web page size still ....   Yeah, I agree that CSS will save us an amazing amo....   >>         >MarkTaw made a comment in another thread that his....   >>      What's the best way ....   oops, I hoped a TH and closed a TD, but you get th....   >>         DW templates are pretty cool, but I never use them....   >>      Why seek compliance ....   The document located at wa....   >>   25 Jul 2004   What's the best way ....   Dreamweaver.   >>      ms after google   I dunno, does Google do this: ' Newsbot (beta) ....   >>      Why seek compliance ....   The the doctype stuff is mostly fluff. It looks li....   >>         Google "fails" gracefully. if a browser doesn't su....   >>         I used to manage an Intranet, and brought it from ....   >>      Fog Creek Affiliate ....   But a quick peek at the source code turns up this:....   >>         Joel mentioned a while back that he was rethinking....   >>      Inquirer/Register:Wh....   I don't think this is limited to tech journalism. ....   >>      Non compete prior to....   Awesome. Speak quietly & carry a big stick. An....   >>   24 Jul 2004   Google's Picasa   Because the iPod is outselling the iMac & G5 p....   >>      Inquirer/Register:Wh....   Another useless post.   >>         Maybe you just don't get British Humor. They had t....   >>         And has a "Flame Editor" link on every page.   >>         What do you expect from a "paper" whose tagline is....   >>      Quiet workplace: how....   'sound of traffic of the ocean surf ' should be....   >>         Koss makes some decent sealed headphones, as does ....   >>   23 Jul 2004   Non compete prior to....   I can see your issues, but I can also understand h....   >>      Lookout owner speaks....   It said in the post why MS wanted to put this plug....   >>      What kind of (paper)....   These stores in California carry products by their....   >>         Moleskines rock.   >>         With.   >>      What are the most un....   'Windows, fans (as opposed to air conditioning).' ....   >>         I like the 'Brain' answer. 'Book' is good too. ....   >>      Quiet workplace: how....   Pink noise is much more natural than white noise. ....   >>      KeyNote   http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+outliner    >>   22 Jul 2004   Great blog post on i....   Excellent article. Thanks.   >>   21 Jul 2004   I want to start my o....   Sarcastic answer: Because I really, truly, beli....   >>      How big is this boar....   Out of curiousity, how does that words/day compare....   >>   20 Jul 2004   Free program to wash....   I want to invent a dish washer that's compatible w....   >>   19 Jul 2004   specify From: addres....   I do this in thunderbird. Just create multiple ema....   >>      Lowest Common Denomi....   It's called 'You can be a computer systems and net....   >>      MORE IQ   Nothing in this world can take the place of persis....   >>         I never did know what 1 SD was in IQ tests, and it....   >>         Oh. I just skipped ahead to the charts. My bad.   >>         The actual defintion for IQ is: a measure of a ....   >>      How big is this boar....   130MB / 88160 = 0.00147459165154264972776769509981....   >>         Almost all of Joel's first forum posts are 88 or 1....   >>      I am boring myself t....   I agree with John C. Necessity - not boredom - ....   >>      Excel -- wrong tool ....   Yes, I've come across a few problems like that. Fo....   >>      Social Software   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>      Monetizing no-servic....   So like broacast television & radio, ads will supp....   >>   18 Jul 2004   which that? that whi....   Ah so: > The bus that stops near my house just ....   >>      One Page Resume's Wo....   I don't know what's wrong with a 1 page resume. If....   >>         Sounds good to me. If you're afraid of what they'l....   >>      PDA recommendations   I don't know what you mean by communicating, and t....   >>   17 Jul 2004   Monetizing no-servic....   And as I visit Yahoo Hotjobs to try to see if the ....   >>         As far as I know, IM is for brand recognition most....   >>         Wait, 5 years ago it was SixDegrees.com, which fol....   >>         Dennis.... um... duh? Didn't the world have thi....   >>      Is the one-page resu....   I suspect this has to do as much with the internet....   >>      JoS Nicknames   FCO I.B. It sounds official and stuff.    >>      Google could compete....   As GMail expands, their ad revenue will expand. Re....   >>      Log Anaylser - any r....   http://www.weblogexpert.com/    >>      JOS Forum App   Here's a PHP clone: http://www.johnsadventures.co....   >>   15 Jul 2004   Spying   Get a new job if you're so dissatisfied with your ....   >>      What do we teach our....   I agree with Ged. Maybe his analysis of the game w....   >>      Dreamweaver rant   Yep. When the final product is printed, or just an....   >>      SEO sucks   Newbie, I don't *know* that there's a difference, ....   >>   14 Jul 2004   Dreamweaver rant   DREAMWEAVER ROCKS. Don't be blamin the tool. Yo....   >>      How did these HR Dro....   Nobody wants to fire someone. Nobody wants to b....   >>      SEO sucks   1. www.webmasterworld. 2. get into DMOZ 3. p....   >>      If you could hire on....   I would hire Eric Sink to choose for me & then....   >>      The Coffee Test   > Gotta be anon on this one I don't blame ya, ....   >>      Mixing languages...   Ya ne znau. No sabe muchos linguos. Pourquoi deman....   >>      Have you tried Googl....   The difference with newsgroups is that nobody owns....   >>   13 Jul 2004   Mozilla Flaw Runs Ar....   Ged http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,162145....   >>         Firefox also checks for updates, so it sort of pat....   >>      The Coffee Test   Jim, if you spent any amount of time in that Barne....   >>         Well if nobody uses the old toilet paper, it shoul....   >>         OKay. so we have: The Coffee Test The % of Win....   >>      Big Companies & ....   Glad you liked my post. ;-) Kicking ass is the ....   >>         Nah, don't give up. That's just what they want you....   >>         'Well, I have been at both, and I can tell you tha....   >>      Just out of curiosit....   Oddly, it only works in IE. In Forefox you get thi....   >>         They violate the cardinal law - they don't have an....   >>         Oh. That's awesome.   >>         Speaking of curiousity, what does this do?: htt....   >>         Macromedia Dreamweaver (has site mangement tools) ....   >>      outsourcing blog   I've actually outsourced all my mindless forum rea....   >>      Have you tried Googl....   'Usenet is soooooo 90's. ' You mean 80's, but w....   >>         If you highlight & copy the > Reply with the littl....   >>         Wow. It's even got top authors for different group....   >>      I am a Bad Employee ....   I agree that everyone goofs off at work. It stinks....   >>         From the #1 Amazon review for the previously linke....   >>         No, it just prevents you from being fired faster. ....   >>         Yep. Dennis Atkins is right. Corporate America is ....   >>      How do you rate your....   I still like the method advocated in that book men....   >>         I'm goin to agree with Cringely's general idea &am....   >>      Legitimate emails ge....   39.5621% of people get the idea already.   >>         57.974% of people are wrong.   >>         Surely you know that 78.3% of all statistics are m....   >>      Forming the Best Tea....   Get with the program, hire Elton John instead: ....   >>      Simple Summary of th....   Send her a link to www.JoelOnSoftware.com . It's w....   >>      Noise Reduction..   Go in to the spectral viewer & check out what freq....   >>      Eric on Hazards of H....   The Matrix was a great movie. Remind me to show....   >>         Certified, Ask yourself, would you hire you? Ar....   >>         > And just what is so wrong with that? :-) Not....   >>         The educational level thing is controversial, and ....   >>         I'm reading the article & haven't read all the....   >>   12 Jul 2004   CIO's   Philo, I disagree with you. I believe somene DID l....   >>   11 Jul 2004   origin of spammers   That's just propoganda put out by the Australian s....   >>      RSS, IM, P2P... ....   P2P is pretty innovative, it has to solve a lot of....   >>      CIO's   Great article. I had a similar thing happen to me ....   >>      Bram's Law: What Cus....   Screen shots are the first thing I look for when d....   >>         I know. What you want to do really isn't that comp....   >>         Re: The dark side of 'competition.' I hated MS ....   >>         Re: Car Manuals I hate it when I can't figure o....   >>      Video games dont cra....   Damn, Champions of Norrath is the next one my girl....   >>      Accepting of new ide....   You know, I missed the whole salad cream thing. I ....   >>   10 Jul 2004   Bram's Law: What Cus....   Obviously it depends on what my goals are. If I wi....   >>         Oh, I agree, but if the basic functionality is bey....   >>         Ease of use will get me to try it in the first pla....   >>      Video games dont cra....   Yep. Games don't crash because you can't patch the....   >>      Subscription-based L....   Wow. Not only is Dennis an "evangelist" it sounds ....   >>      Quick Firefox questi....   Like I said, I just upgraded FireFox tonight. The ....   >>         Tools -> Options -> General -> Fonts & Colors o....   >>      Gmail technical impl....   Save Webpage Complete might show you any files tha....   >>      Accepting of new ide....   This could go on all day.   >>         'If you really, truly believe that university... [....   >>         Hmm. Interesting theory. Here's another one. On....   >>         So the general idea is that the more secure you ar....   >>      How to spot a SW dev....   I think at the end of the day, the actual human in....   >>      Seattle v Vancouver   Actually, it's the same particular combination of ....   >>      Good artists copy, g....   And it seems I've been telling that same Picasso s....   >>   09 Jul 2004   Myserious billboard   What I want to know is if this came from their PR ....   >>         'We're being watched' Now that I think more abo....   >>         I dunno, EA thought of it first, that has to have ....   >>         > http://www.beltzner.ca/ifeelafel/archives/000466....   >>         http://www.whois.sc/7427466391.com Most of the ....   >>         Billboards are cheaper than you think. I'd read....   >>      Best mail client on ....   I've had at least 1 false positive in the spam fil....   >>      How to spot a SW dev....   So much for the 'SW developers are highly paid' th....   >>      TROLL!   Attempting to answer the OP's question, I looked u....   >>      Good artists copy, g....   A famous art dealer travelled far to visit Picasso....   >>      Music   Gen'xer, ==== http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/enter....   >>      Password attacks by ....   You could also disable for a period of time by IP ....   >>   08 Jul 2004   Slashdot   'News for nerds. Stuff that matters.' The quest....   >>      New innovative softw....   'Business search for clients and partners in Inter....   >>      APL programming appr....   Odd that the rate of unemployed New Yorkers droppe....   >>         Jersey City is 1 train stop or so away from NYC (a....   >>      Google   http://www.googlerankings.com/ Keyword: widgets....   >>      How does the RIAA id....   Nobody is ever going to be able to stop payola. I ....   >>   07 Jul 2004   How are file formats....   How long until someone reverse engineers the DMCA?....   >>         I would imagine most of the text in a Word Doc is ....   >>      What % of users have....   In other news, Mozilla is about to overtake IE 5.5....   >>      How does the RIAA id....   While we're sparring on a case-by-case basis: '....   >>         Oddly that article about El Tri (or at least the p....   >>      Suddenly Unicode bec....   Population density of the world (map): http://w....   >>   06 Jul 2004   What price / reasons....   1 year's living expenses is a good start. At what ....   >>         Yep, I'd side with Truth, though you need the righ....   >>         Definately. one old manager of mine offered $100 t....   >>         I put raises into two categories. 'Lifestyle chang....   >>      performance review   Don't be messin' with Rob Base. The thing about....   >>         Ah. Performance reviews. Yeah I remember these. It....   >>      Gadget Addiction   Amazon.com wishlists. Making a note that I want it....   >>      ** Urgent: hosting+d....   Okay, I take it back, I didn't learn anything by g....   >>         And, of course, WebHostingTalk.com, but you said y....   >>         http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/reports/Hosters    >>         I'd go through the Netcraft list & see who doe....   >>         Domain - GoDaddy for price, or Gandi if you have a....   >>      project managers for....   I agree with that statement, but I still feel you ....   >>         > I'd recommend Peopleware, The Mythical man month....   >>         The 'standard' book taught by the Project Manageme....   >>      Reading Apache Acces....   I like "Weblog Expert" and the Lite edition is gre....   >>      How does the RIAA id....   You should read the BitTorrent whitepaper & decide....   >>         Matthew, I have my own theories on that. They most....   >>      Read for pleasure   http://www.artima.com/intv/ownership3.html That....   >>      Suddenly Unicode bec....   QUOTE: ============ The Chinese can, on average,....   >>   05 Jul 2004   Where and what kind ....   Good points. Having a message board definately ....   >>      Beer isn't free   I love the almost life-size smiley.   >>         Free Beer is a sort of cultural joke that exists e....   >>      yet another thread o....   'Work' is an exchange of goods & services for mone....   >>      Work vs. Family time   Religious Jewish people can't touch electrical dev....   >>      Wikis and IMDB   I don't know, but I seem to have lost it.   >>         How film works? You mean the gelatenous goo with p....   >>         Who the (*&Y@#$%^^ is going to load every movi....   >>      How does the RIAA id....   Lol. Thanks Philo. Wasn't it a fact that the re....   >>         Wow, now that's what I call an absolutely out of l....   >>         I agree that record companies are like Venture Cap....   >>         'I think it would work if both the client and serv....   >>         'On our label which shall remain nameless.' Wor....   >>         This is another good article on artists & record c....   >>         Statement 1: The fact is that most artists get pai....   >>         The Official BitTorrent Homepage http://bitconjur....   >>         The RIAA mostly went after the major P2P 'hubs' - ....   >>   03 Jul 2004   Paul Graham says we ....   'With Web-based applications, everyone uses the sa....   >>      ad-ware and hijackth....   There are forums dedicated to this kind of discuss....   >>      Commoditisation   Yeah, I could imagine outsourcing certain work, bu....   >>         Then programmers will be able to extort huge amoun....   >>         1. Didn't Joel say something like - you can't make....   >>      Reward yourself for ....   The guys who are espousing putting it towards an e....   >>   02 Jul 2004      2-3 months backpacking around Europe. And if at al....   >>      pressure from employ....   1. There's no such thing as 'the perfect time' if ....   >>      Is the internet "ant....   I agree with blank, but he's also forgetting that ....   >>      What will the web be....   Usenet ROCKS   >>   01 Jul 2004   pressure from employ....   Your boss would feel like scum (or not) if he was ....   >>      Is the internet "ant....   Seeing people face to face every day is vastly dif....   >>      Computer technicians....   I'm sorry, but you can read between the lines any ....   >>      Links in Gmail...Sne....   Usually this kind of thing is put in to place so t....   >>      Gmail Tip   CTRL + I, rightclick, Search in IE CTRL + B, type....   >>      What will the web be....   There will be a security hole in IE so big that yo....   >>      Best Freeware Bug Da....   Painless Software Schedules Painless Bug Tracking....   >>   28 Jun 2004   Small Business Owner....   It depends on your expenses (do you have employees....   >>      Opinions/knowledge a....   What to do about sleepiness during the day? http:....   >>   27 Jun 2004   Here's a what if   Whenever there's massive amounts of credit card fr....   >>   26 Jun 2004   Question to ask inte....   It seems I've started a trend talking about job in....   >>      A good reading on We....   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789....   >>   24 Jun 2004   Job searching as a l....   I have good business sense, but I can barely hamme....   >>         Philo has the best advice here, with MrFancyPants ....   >>      The software ecosyst....   I wonder how that CityDesk Java clone is doing...   >>   23 Jun 2004   What is Joel up to ?   Joel is writing software. The stuff he's doing now....   >>   21 Jun 2004   IE is Broken   >>   21 Jun 2004   Prince II - Project ....   At least with a forum that requires membership, yo....   >>      IE is Broken   Damnit. Why can't they get anything right?   >>      One thrird maginal l....   Good luck finding a new gig. I hope it works out f....   >>      HELP! Overcoming pro....   Here's some help from the archives: http://www.....   >>      GMail?  Heck No....   I called my friend last week, the same one who inv....   >>      So let me get this s....   I think this thread is a little overly ripe.   >>      I miss gnutella.com.....   [Philo doesn't represent Philo and the opinions he....   >>   20 Jun 2004   Did spyware kill sha....   Only programmers care about looking at the source.....   >>      customizing WebBrows....   Select one folder, and then go into some preferenc....   >>      Microsoft is ruining....   >>'Bah, it's all about people not patching their m....   >>      GMail?  Heck No....   I didn't write that, it's spam. Forum moderators c....   >>      So let me get this s....   > Joel has recently discovered one of life's unple....   >>      problem with Firefox   I know there's bugzilla, but I really don't care a....   >>      Ultimate Forum/Forum....   Write the software yourself & get RICH RICH RICH......   >>      Need a free mp3->....   HA HA HA, good points. 'I know a good mp3 -> WAV c....   >>      Asmw PC-Optimizer pr....   'Remove junk files and zero size files to save val....   >>   19 Jun 2004   So let me get this straight...   >>   19 Jun 2004   GMail?  Heck No !! I've Got Redif Mail!   >>   19 Jun 2004   So let me get this s....   Joel has recently discovered one of life's unpleas....   >>         Or maybe he's... Wait, what's that behind me, it's....   >>         Or maybe he wants to control the manner in which i....   >>         Maybe he's trying to preserve the quality of discu....   >>      problem with Firefox   I can't click a link in forefox until the page fin....   >>      Ultimate Forum/Forum....   No, but there is software that will spam multiple ....   >>      Need a free mp3->....   EAC (Exact Audio Copy) may do it, I know it goes f....   >>         CDex seconded.   >>      Real use of CSS   Speaking of Google, go to Google and do a view sou....   >>         http://www.opera.com View Source.    >>      Where have all the o....   At least Joel more-or-less fixed Google search so ....   >>      Why the browser?   You're right. I haven't seen a popup in months. ....   >>   18 Jun 2004   Why the browser?   >>   18 Jun 2004      Actually, I shot that off after reading this comme....   >>      1 GB E Mail war begi....   Plenty of people use Yahoo and percieve it to be a....   >>      Professional Service....   Yes, that does look like the fog creek logo tilted....   >>      How much time you sp....   I used to post here way too much. I think my spike....   >>   17 Jun 2004   Firefox - First Go   Except here it's "Add a commment." Oh well.   >>         Type Ahead Find is actually for LINKS text, which ....   >>   16 Jun 2004   Customizing yourself   If you're agonizing over it now, you may worry abo....   >>      Measuring performanc....   There are standard tests that do this, programs yo....   >>      0% of 2.0GB -- yahoo....   Tell me again how much cost per gig is nowadays?   >>      Trading Places and B....   Huh? Alan just described precisely the kind of per....   >>      Another European Cit....   Yes, in some circles it's not 'Underpromise and Ov....   >>      Poll: www.foxnews.co....   What? We're supposed to get NEWS from foxnews.com?   >>      Firefox 0.9 has bad ....   Yes, but we're much more likely to play his little....   >>   15 Jun 2004   People who searched for "joel" Also searched for..   >>   15 Jun 2004   Another European Cit....   I love the sound of 'The City Of.' When Bloomberg ....   >>      WEB applications   Let's see. On the low end there's $5 shareware, yo....   >>      Poll: www.foxnews.co....   'Perhaps one of you should mock up a better site a....   >>      Firefox 0.9 has bad ....   2. You got used to the IE dance, you'll get used t....   >>      He is back, He is ba....   What? He's not back. That's a pre-written (notice ....   >>      Vonage VoIP   Feedback on Vonage http://discuss.fogcreek.com/j....   >>      Video Capture?   * do these cards. or * does either of these ....   >>         Oh. One important question, relevant to Philo, doe....   >>         My guess would've been Haw Pawg because of Hauppau....   >>      detecting a sinking ....   What does that link lead me to http://www.fucke....   >>      Ethics of running an....   In 20 years we'll be having debates over whether t....   >>         1. Philo is Joel in reverse - he went from indepen....   >>      Today's Provocative ....   Hotmail: Sign-In Yahoo Mail: sign in Yahoo Mes....   >>      Retro Computers   Only 10099 hits and it was on Slashdot? Things MUS....   >>   14 Jun 2004   Ph. D. Material   What's the benefit of knowing a PhD's worth of mat....   >>      After the POLL...   Save more than you spend. Then for every year you ....   >>      "X years of experien....   > Hopefully you're joking Mark. Take from it w....   >>      Eric's Marketing Ide....   That's really noble, Aussie Chick. Trying to inspi....   >>   12 Jun 2004   Gmail technical impl....   'Is it using JavaScript or DHTML?' That part is....   >>      "X years of experien....   Personally, I wouldn't hire anyone with less than ....   >>      POLL : Do you enjoy ....   No. That's why I don't do it. :-)   >>      servlet based pop3 r....   Squirrelmail seconded, but I don't know if it meet....   >>      LCD Displays Ruin Co....   'Web Safe Pallete' -> Who gives a ____ anymore? I ....   >>      Eric's Marketing Ide....   Yeah, but if that blog ever got into the hands of ....   >>         Hmm bad grammar, type-o's. I must be sleepy.   >>         1. Unless you're working for a small well-managed ....   >>      Oh No, Not New York ....   Way to go Stephen Jones. And here I thought I'd le....   >>   11 Jun 2004      Now would it have been as dramatic if it was the E....   >>   10 Jun 2004   Recording sound on a....   Yeah, I think Flash has this kind of thing now. ....   >>      Oh No, Not New York ....   I would pay for someone to blow up Los Angeles, bu....   >>      Google: the search s....   Rumor has it the servers don't actually have cases....   >>   05 Jun 2004   Piracy can be good?   I understand the point of the first person. Let's ....   >>      Kiwis and Kiwi Fruit....   Actually, you're all wrong. It's Kiwifruit - one w....   >>      640K Should be Enoug....   '640K Should be Enough for Anybody' Bandwidth? ....   >>      Men are from foo, wo....   In the book store last night, I found a book fille....   >>      smart people   'That a few people who do know what they're doing ....   >>      Real or Hoax? You be....   If it's good enough for Britney Spears and Cher.......   >>      Social Engineering t....   I have a little experience with digital cameras, a....   >>   03 Jun 2004      Or they just want you to look at their sponsor ads....   >>      What is time?   2 points to GML for the HHGG reference. Time is....   >>   15 May 2004   What another awsome ....   Hey everyone! Just dropped by to tell you all that....   >>         Hey, stop fighting! If you haven't visited my blog....   >>   29 Apr 2004   Google IPO   It sounds reasonable to me that Gogle will want to....   >>      IE page transitions   The first time I saw one I thought 'WOW, how th....   >>      Lack of social skill....   ^ ^ The Geek Syndrome Autism - and its milde....   >>         http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers_....   >>      Creating online orde....   I agree with the Amazon thing. Just follow the UI ....   >>      Source of this time ....   I could never get past "You must figure out the me....   >>      Life Stream   1. We repeat ourselves. I know I do. I've had the ....   >>   26 Apr 2004   Never write a progra....   Well, no more than 137 interactions between compon....   >>      Programmed Death of ....   Vegetarian is too much of a catch all. I know PETA....   >>   24 Apr 2004   perfectionism vs. go....   In college, I took a drawing class. I kept focusin....   >>      Computer/AI Hybrids   Actually, at the MIT museum in Boston there's this....   >>         Read some stuff by Marvin Minsky, and then get bac....   >>   23 Apr 2004      Personally, I like that my computer only does what....   >>      Perfectionism   Wow. I'd respond to that post if I had any clue wh....   >>         Huh? What? Damn, I was almost sure Joel was secret....   >>      And that fifth colum....   'I all these the 'five pillars of conversational s....   >>      How long is two minu....   'One task that takes a hell of a lot longer than t....   >>      Cost of living   Mauricio, Good point. I've been all over this c....   >>         A satellite photo composite of the the USA as seen....   >>   22 Apr 2004   How long is two minu....   And re-reading your post, I see you have it comple....   >>         PPS. I type very fast.   >>         No, it's not really 2 minutes. 'Two minutes is ....   >>      File archiving tool?   'BTW, 'disabled notifications mode' means that ins....   >>         NSCopy introduction The idea came from Tag who n....   >>         This isn't what you're looking for, but this progr....   >>      Cost of living   Let me get this straight: The cost of living wh....   >>      Popup Blockers   The Google Toolbar - in addition to anonymously se....   >>      7±2 Rule for Web men....   I read some 'rule' (these things are usually prett....   >>      What are some synony....   executible, PE (portable execitible). from Thes....   >>   21 Apr 2004   Auuuggghhh!  Ad....   Just me (Sir to you), What's wrong with AdAware....   >>   20 Apr 2004      I agree with everyone else. This is my standard pr....   >>      learning CSS   > EditCSS on Firefox is good Yes, this is a gre....   >>   19 Apr 2004   document URL's   Philo, you need a last name so we can make you: Ph....   >>      Microphone for Inter....   Is this akin to talking on AIM or Yahoo, or true V....   >>   18 Apr 2004   email (POP/SMTP) via....   And if hotmail is bad for you, install this: ht....   >>   17 Apr 2004   Coloc or Web Hosting....   http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ <-- lots to learn h....   >>         I've also had bad experiences with a particular we....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   KFC also said they'd give the runner up a $25k 1 w....   >>   16 Apr 2004   Snacking on Dogfood   You mean http://halffinishedcitydeskclonewithpo....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   I'm with Lou. SOMEONE in Jessica's organization or....   >>         Anything older automatically carries more prestige....   >>         > 'Dehumanizing and Mean, but It's All Part of the....   >>         > Was it just me, or was that convertible sitting ....   >>   15 Apr 2004      Kwame might have done better with experienced prof....   >>         Bill would have handled the call that morning as s....   >>         > I think he thought it up on the spot. And now....   >>         > Infighting between George and Carolyn - 'No, my ....   >>      FogBUGZ vs Jira   Can't you sign up for a 1 month FogBUGZ trial?   >>   14 Apr 2004   First internet usage   Well... I guess it depends on how you define 'the ....   >>      Firewall for Windows....   IMHO - Hardware firewall = Very good at preventing....   >>      Keeping track of pas....   http://www.winguides.com/security/password.php ....   >>      What is the perfect ....   Oh, and I should make it clear to Aussie Chick tha....   >>         I, for example, love bike riding (which is why I h....   >>   13 Apr 2004   GMail Client?   If this is your business plan, I wouldn't do it. O....   >>      Keeping track of pas....   I use Treepad Safe ( http://www.treepad.com/ ). It....   >>      GMail being challeng....   I don't care if they serve targeted ads, but I do ....   >>      What is the perfect ....   "This is different from 4" -> "from 3"   >>         Perfect Job: 1. Self Directed. 2. Doesn't ta....   >>      The JOS Game!   My favorite are these two parts: 'The winning t....   >>      Loyalty   'I look at ‘loyalty’ as a term for a team player. ....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   (again from tvguide.com, spotting this thread remi....   >>   11 Apr 2004   Employees are nothin....   Now where is that thread on the Prisoner's Dilemma....   >>         My (ex) boss offered $100 to the person who fixed ....   >>      cost of the google s....   > Now for my reaction: > > $28,000!?!?! htt....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   Well, I might as well share these 2 snippets from ....   >>         That's also true. I've interviewed people and cert....   >>         Actually, I was going to comment on the traditiona....   >>      Martin Seligman'S BO....   I would imagine that Pavlov's experience with trai....   >>   10 Apr 2004   Loyalty   If I were an employer and hiring, in addition to '....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   It's also amusing to see when each person's domain....   >>   09 Apr 2004   Product names   I agree. You can't use the same name if you're in ....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   Hmm. These threads haven't been this heated since.....   >>         UVYNEVBHF! Naq ab pbagnpg vasb ba gung cntr rvgure....   >>         To all you conspiracy theorists out there, I'd lik....   >>      Martin Seligman'S BO....   Okay, sorry, I know a little about what I'm talkin....   >>         Prakash, I never read these books, but would be in....   >>      Supporting A Content....   '1' Was a comment on the way you present yourself.....   >>   08 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   1st half Bill is GOOD, putting words into his i....   >>      "Forgot Password" We....   > Ask only for the email address; the username is ....   >>         > password in something as sniffable as their SSN.....   >>         If you have their SSN I'm assuming you have a cert....   >>      Supporting A Content....   1. So you're saying JoS is a free Google Answers? ....   >>   07 Apr 2004   I Question the Assum....   Actually, the assumption ON THIS BOARD is that out....   >>      why can't I browse o....   This topic itself is as old as the forum. I wouldn....   >>         Joel believes this chat is like a conversation. Sa....   >>   05 Apr 2004   Creative jobs vs. se....   I agree working on your own stupid ideas is almost....   >>   03 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   'I think Trump had his guy/girl picked out weeks a....   >>   02 Apr 2004   The Apprentice (spoi....   He basically said Kwame never did anything. At thi....   >>         Funny, didn't I just say that about 11 hours ago? ....   >>      "The Apprentice" Con....   Philo made one post, why not just state in the fir....   >>         [anon, you really have to find a better quoting st....   >>         Playing devil's advocate to Philo, it's possible t....   >>         So when you use the ambiguious third person 'Consi....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   Speaking of Bill. 'Troy told me about a sales t....   >>         'If by 'classic salesman', you mean, 'an ass who t....   >>         Accordin to NBC's website: 'He explained the re....   >>   01 Apr 2004      Well that article answered my question: > 'The ....   >>         Carolyn: 'She's also very firm, very tough, ver....   >>         What did Trump's speech on passion have to do with....   >>         >I really think this was a very poor call on Trump....   >>      How to Build a Bette....   You mean like a CEO & Board of Directors acting as....   >>   31 Mar 2004   Gmail.com   And this... http://local.google.com/lochp    >>         On the other hand, this: http://labs.google.co....   >>         > Do you reckon it is a joke, the domain is there ....   >>      Full spectrum lights....   'Full (visible) spectrum' Some of them - the ki....   >>         Oh, plenty of lighting stores sell them, places li....   >>         Full spectrum bulbs require more power than standa....   >>      Fire/motion   Double Plus Good. No Offense Taken.   >>         It's a shame you think that. Actually what I wa....   >>   30 Mar 2004      So much for inserting a paragraph and not re-readi....   >>         > I'm surprised he didnt mention von Clausewitz. ....   >>         Re: Warfighting You should probably mention the....   >>      Cyclic up and down i....   'After a very great productivity period (at custom....   >>      How is a buffer over....   http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/slammer.h....   >>   29 Mar 2004   I Hate The New Googl....   Re: Screenshot of the old Google homepage: http:/....   >>         I'd been seeing these changes on occasion for over....   >>      Time management   I started 7 habits, but couldn't get past 'Define ....   >>         That article seems like a watered down version of ....   >>      Algorithm for evalua....   Benji, if you use your scheme, to open any of the ....   >>   27 Mar 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   > Amy came up with the advertising idea, Bill's co....   >>         Now that I think of it. It was Bill that told Nick....   >>         Oh I dunno, you approve of Nick's 'I can't compete....   >>   26 Mar 2004   Reference Mate Beta ....   Maybe some tools from Collake (now Bitsum) could h....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   'This was a stupid idea, whose idea was this?' ....   >>         If you go to the Apprentice website on NBC.com the....   >>         > > 'Amy had a great idea yesterday' > last wee....   >>         > 'Amy had a great idea yesterday' last week    >>         > Possibly my imagination, but doesn't this partic....   >>         This is another case of the side-person shining. I....   >>   24 Mar 2004   Wiki question   You can also, depending on the Wiki and it's suppo....   >>   22 Mar 2004   More JoS bloggers?   ...I should also note that my "blog" has absolutel....   >>         Woah... Philo still blogs? i thought he gave that ....   >>      Spying on HTTP (hack....   Firebird lets you view HTTP headers in real time (....   >>      Can/Do *good* softwa....   In defense of Philo, contracting, playing a musica....   >>      The Prisoner's Dilem....   > The 'Tit-for-tat' strategy assumes that I can re....   >>         Good points. Doesn't The Prisoner's Dilemma assume....   >>   21 Mar 2004   Witty Worm , Black I....   William Gibson isn't a self proclaimed security ex....   >>         I'm still waiting for them to hack Nortons website....   >>      Autotrebuchetination   On one page: 'If you do build one, I'd love to ....   >>      IT Document Reposito....   A Google for Human Resources turns up the followin....   >>      If you can't beat em....   I imagine if they can figure out how to hemorage m....   >>   20 Mar 2004   "The Apprentice" (no....   I agree, Nick is all about The Nick. I think I've ....   >>   19 Mar 2004   The Prisoner's Dilem....   There's a point at which you turn human behaviour ....   >>      JOS Usability   Tapiwa, what you're talking about has been impleme....   >>      But are you happy?   Re: HHGG The 3 arks (or ships) were filled with....   >>      "The Apprentice" (no....   > that set Nick apart 'that sets Bill apart' ....   >>         > Well I'd hope that in criticizing others we lear....   >>         > Taking this statement at face value, you'll noti....   >>         Omarosa's drama was interesting. She didn't lie ab....   >>   17 Mar 2004   Inductive User Inter....   http://www.google.com/search?q=inductive+user+inte....   >>   16 Mar 2004   Any thoughts about O....   Is :_) really the new :-) or is everyone too lazy ....   >>      How to spot a 9-5 co....   http://www.fogcreek.com/About.html And pinball ....   >>   13 Mar 2004   The Apprentice (spoi....   If I'm an A person, then what am I doing hiring B ....   >>   12 Mar 2004      Don't be silly. After Troy's lecture from Trump - ....   >>         The task itself was relatively mundane - run a bus....   >>   10 Mar 2004   your sleep pattern   Lots of great advice Philo.   >>         Given no outside stimulus (i.e. work) I typically ....   >>   07 Mar 2004   An audio newbie look....   > on the Mac I believe it's AIFF Or maybe SD2 (....   >>         * What audio recording/editing software do you rec....   >>      Make Me Disappear   There's a series on TV "debunking" a lot of these ....   >>   06 Mar 2004   Influence: The Psych....   Rich - You're right, the very fact that we're awar....   >>         Thanks. I'm about 3/4 of the way though my current....   >>         Wow never thought I'd read about Bandler and Choms....   >>      "The Apprentice" (Sp....   1. What are the odds they actually have footage of....   >>   05 Mar 2004   Influence: The Psych....   Wow a lot of speculation and half truths. I don....   >>         > This company > > Influence with Integirty ....   >>         You mean this $100 book? Principled Persuasion:....   >>         Spin Selling was the model they used at (my former....   >>         > I must conclude that there is either a whole lot....   >>         Insofar as I recall, 'Influence: The Psychology of....   >>      Fog Creek Office Pic....   It looks like the method they used to reduce the s....   >>      "The Apprentice" (Sp....   I think Brad Wilson is spot on here. The whole pre....   >>         At the top of the episode, Trump said that Nick ne....   >>      how to return for ni....   I used to agree with that. Now I consider it to be....   >>         You named your own problem and your own solution. ....   >>   04 Mar 2004      http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adiscuss.fogc....   >>      Xboxology   The new PS2 will be out this year and will include....   >>      phonebook for cell-p....   Probably now that you can "take your number with y....   >>   03 Mar 2004   "Getting Things Done....   > but you upgrade the server but you can't upgr....   >>         'break your tasks down into projects' Wrong. A ....   >>   02 Mar 2004   Has anyone ever rece....   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>   01 Mar 2004   Cubes vs. Offices - ....   > next to the printer down the hall? copier dow....   >>         Yes, that's the solution. Never mind the difficult....   >>   29 Feb 2004   Dvorak on cookies   Oh, and I browse with Firebird which I've set to p....   >>         The third parties cookies thing doesn't work for D....   >>   28 Feb 2004   Nextel direct connec....   Because if you have dozens of short messages throu....   >>   27 Feb 2004   interview questions ....   I assumed Rocco hired people who had waitstaff exp....   >>         Actually we're going back to an earlier inteview t....   >>         You know, I have a theory about this kind of thing....   >>      "The Apprentice" (Sp....   I don't disagree with you. You're right about the ....   >>         > Remember, Nick's background Bill's background....   >>         Nick, you never know, they may put the final 3 and....   >>         I'll predict Bill and Amy because it started as Me....   >>      The next Fog Creek p....   Let's see, the bug tracking system they used in ho....   >>   25 Feb 2004   How to calculate odd....   'Berkshire Hathaway is up about 25% since August. ....   >>         Nice overview of investment theory. Remember, i....   >>      Is this interview qu....   Perhaps a better question might be. 'I'd like t....   >>   23 Feb 2004   Layout reflow bug on....   I've noticed that too, every once in a while (I fo....   >>      Activity Tracking To....   http://www.google.com/search?q=Allnetic+Working+Ti....   >>         Allnetic Working Time Tracker, I've recommended it....   >>   22 Feb 2004   Scroll speed in fire....   I did a very informal test. Setting both browsers ....   >>      dreaming of products   vcr + radio = can set it to record at different ti....   >>   20 Feb 2004   Personal Cell & ....   1. If your manager has one, he won't understand yo....   >>      The Apprentice (spoi....   They gave street names, but not cross streets so i....   >>   19 Feb 2004      Bill should've added $200 to the asking price and ....   >>         Philo, the credit's haven't even rolled yet, I'm w....   >>      Good cheap/free bulk....   Oh I dunno, I never had to use one, but I kind of ....   >>         What about MajorDomo or ListServ and the other tra....   >>      On Inspiration   > I don't know; sounds pretty wishy-washy to me. ....   >>         Arthur Koestler took the idea of Inspiration to th....   >>      Spammed Resumes?   There's a nasty worm going around... Could be you'....   >>   18 Feb 2004   Java or Python?   Python looks like a fun l....   >>      How does UML fit int....   I'm with Philo. Doodles on a whiteboard, then tran....   >>      Design Decision No.3   And THANK YOU! Aussie Chick.   >>         You're right, 'H' looks like a row of buttons, and....   >>         Isn't that what advanced is? Lots of infrequently ....   >>         Well given those restrictions I'm not sure. You....   >>         Hmm. The first I think you have our thoughts on. T....   >>         For the longest time, even after having seen the e....   >>         This one feels right to me. Your openness about....   >>         That's what 1.1 is for. September is far enough aw....   >>         Or even 'Go' as a button. ;-) Oh, and I'm missi....   >>         I don't completely understand the workflow (i.e. w....   >>      Firewall-friendly re....   If performance is an issue, RealVNC performs much ....   >>   17 Feb 2004   Design Decision No.3   After seeing the two mockups, the radio buttons op....   >>         I would prefer a button for each running across th....   >>         Make the words Reference and In-Text buttons thems....   >>         Yes, I mean two buttons side by side on the bottom....   >>         Great idea for a software product. Let's hope it c....   >>      Lominger skills inte....   Yes I love hearing my own voice. Regarding that gr....   >>         Detection Apprehension.   >>         A search for Lominger Interview turns up a lot mor....   >>   16 Feb 2004   Another Doman Name Q....   Speaking of standardized, my &*@#@# registrar tell....   >>      The line between ant....   'However if you just want to drop the dynamic rang....   >>         Oh, and IMHO the averaging method almost always lo....   >>         With audio you can't really blur it in that way be....   >>      Web Server set-up :&....   (from the zoneedit FAQ) ==== How do I get st....   >>         Your registrar isn't pointing to zoneedit. Log on ....   >>   15 Feb 2004   Removing Programs th....   I never get the quicktime taskbar thing, and I use....   >>      Amazon review scams ....   Her name slips off my tongue, but the dustjacket f....   >>      Norrick Bitches Abou....   That's a great article. Goes to show ya, not only ....   >>   14 Feb 2004   All you single guys   Is this your valentines day advice Philo?   >>      Is there a good free....   Movable type? If you can install it on your server....   >>   13 Feb 2004   How to convert an in....   60 Seconds and You're Hired? I read this book, it ....   >>      Partitioning Hard Di....   'What Mark is mentioning must either be from using....   >>         I did exactly this with Partition Magic. Here's wh....   >>      The Apprentice (spoi....   We need to come up with a standard set of disclaim....   >>         I just finished watching the show, I taped it. ....   >>      What's the big deal ....   PS I'm in a stable 10+ year relationship, and the ....   >>         Hmm. I think curiousity would also play a large ro....   >>         'How has the Orkut site managed to generate and ma....   >>         Wow, a lot of anti-Orkut people. I think more inte....   >>   12 Feb 2004   How do google search....   'Google Bombing' It's basically what underscore....   >>      Want to earn $13.50 ....   'found that almost all answer was basically search....   >>         I tried out for this when it was in Beta and they ....   >>      What's the big deal ....   Hmm. Well when I asked if anyone had some dirt on ....   >>         PS, there's a JoS group there too. I've already sa....   >>         Aussie, look for a guy named Orkut (his first name....   >>      You and your classma....   I signed up for classmates.com and read other peop....   >>      Thunderbird - Reques....   I like Thunderbird, my 3+ mail accounts go to 3+ s....   >>      What's Your Greatest....   And bring an XML book with you. ;-)   >>         Apparently this question's greatest weakness is th....   >>         It's a conundrum. Do you go for the perfectionist ....   >>   11 Feb 2004      'I consider myself to be a competent C++ and Visua....   >>      Democracy Revisited   Scoop? http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ 'Scoop is ....   >>      Is it ok to join Ork....   http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=ht....   >>         I invited approx 15-20 people, all of whom I know ....   >>         Tapiwa, I thought I already invited you!   >>         Uh.... All they get is our email address, that the....   >>      Business Cards in Eu....   Add proverbs to your business card. jedidjab79 ....   >>      SHAPE forrum   Geurilla Marketing is a book (q.v.), and all these....   >>   10 Feb 2004   Democratic Administr....   > Third, any system you come up with can be gimmic....   >>         Hmm. Administrators are voted in by a majority. Th....   >>         Two 1337 haxors who join, wait a month, and delete....   >>      Exchanging Files VIA....   It's times like this when I always step back and s....   >>      SMS/Text Messaging   In the US it's Text Messaging, but I know better.   >>      System DOA   Could be a defective / returned item, they try to ....   >>      Browser Wars II   Oh, I dunno about MS sitting on it's ass. They've ....   >>         As always, the next salvo in the browser war will ....   >>      Trusting any reviews   > Copyring Copyright... Grrr, why can't I type ....   >>         Speaking of trusting reviews, check out this IMDB ....   >>      RSS Aggregator   > *sigh* There will never be an RSS feed for this ....   >>      Orkut   Eh. You add your friends, they add their friends. ....   >>         You know things are bad when even your imaginary t....   >>         Yes, but for only $2.50 on eBay, you can have an i....   >>         http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=ht....   >>         After two requests for invites (I bet whoever post....   >>   09 Feb 2004   Orkut   >>   09 Feb 2004   Firebird 0.8 -> FireFox 0.8   >>   09 Feb 2004   Trusting any reviews   I no longer trust Amazon's top 100 reviewers, I th....   >>      Join the development....   · Project Help Wanted on the left side under 'S....   >>         active/mature projects to dead projects ratio.   >>         What he said. SourceForge actually seems to have a....   >>      Programmers and Depr....   Actually, I thought of it in High School. I was go....   >>         I don't know if this is good advice, but think bac....   >>         > The problem is that work is your family but it s....   >>      Orkut   * we've been   >>         Oh, that and the subtle Google hypnotic training w....   >>         That's because if you admit to yourself Google is ....   >>         http://www.google.com/search?q=%22crackpot+html+te....   >>         Well this is a fun conversation. I'm surprised nob....   >>         Thanks for the summary, really. It was helpful. I'....   >>         Oddly, the Google-Watch-Watch site doesn't focus o....   >>         Too much to type here, besides it gives me a chanc....   >>         That's no more paranoid than what I've been readin....   >>         'By submitting, posting or displaying any Material....   >>         Huh? Oh yeah, have you read the ToS? Apparently an....   >>      Firebird 0.8 -> F....   You can even give text labels to your seperators, ....   >>         “To avoid overlap with another open source project....   >>         Should I mention Thunderbird 0.5 too? http://ww....   >>      Automatic Hands Free....   > Centered Systems Second Copy I think that's t....   >>   08 Feb 2004      I take it back, it's just 12backup, the features I....   >>         12 Backup & 2nd Folder from 12ghosts.com Used t....   >>      Trusting Book Review....   http://www.google.com/search?q=category+killer+def....   >>         by ebay, do you mean Half.com? I used to get a lot....   >>         Strange, I've always felt I've learned more - both....   >>         I agree. After reading 100+ reviews on a book o....   >>      Programmed Death Of ....   Reminds me of a conversation I overheard in a TGI ....   >>   07 Feb 2004   A sorting challenge   I thought he meant copy the field into another one....   >>      1 in. Margins?   > I would if it could be a calibration error in yo....   >>         My last printer's test page had a series of lines ....   >>      SpamBayes   .. and I don't think it's a server. :)   >>         Squirrel Mail does mail via a web interface. You'd....   >>         Yeah sorry, I jumped the gun a bit there. I do ....   >>         I thought Linux guys were used to compiling and co....   >>         http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/spambayes/SpamB....   >>      The Apprentice (spoi....   I suspect Omarosa will make Sam look like a *good*....   >>   06 Feb 2004   bidding   'Bidders fully understand the rules and modify the....   >>      Easiest way to copy ....   http://groups.google.com/groups?q=duplicate+hard+d....   >>      "Getting Things Done....   I started reading 7 Habits based on a recommendati....   >>         Oh, but Thunderbird doesn't handle tasks and the m....   >>         That's too bad. It works with Outlook 2000. You....   >>      The Apprentice (spoi....   So they didn't lose it, their accountant couldn't ....   >>         Amy and Bill, I bet they're more active than we kn....   >>   05 Feb 2004   "Getting Things Done....   > Check out the trial edition of the Outlook Plugi....   >>         http://www.davidco.com/products.php Check out t....   >>      The Apprentice (spoi....   You're right, you choose two people and have stron....   >>         Oh, by the way, have any of you seen the new TV Gu....   >>         Oh, and another thing I said someone should do tha....   >>         Hmm. No real surprises from Philo this week, I kin....   >>      How do you view mone....   -1 Troll.   >>         http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140....   >>      How to provide a bet....   In this kind of situation it's always an educated ....   >>      Best resume examples....   The Adams books are catalogs of resumes, cover let....   >>      What do to when host....   I was hosting with Hostrocket on the recommendatio....   >>      Why do we have so ba....   'programmers of today are like the writers in anci....   >>      How behavioral targe....   Doubleclick puts an inline frame on all it's membe....   >>         Doubleclick works in conjunction with a number of ....   >>      Best email/newsgroup....   The best thing about programming standards is that....   >>         -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: PGP....   >>           "There is no loftier mission than to approa....   >>         Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeli....   >>      Proper typing techni....   I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that ....   >>      Schedule a large pro....   Albert. Great points. The difference between mo....   >>         Gannt charts are good for wasting a LOT of paper.   >>         veal: I agree, I also agree with Renaud Martinon. ....   >>         Reese: Oh, I agree. Any one detail could make a ga....   >>         1. How long would it take to implement 'WhatTimeIs....   >>      Does bad code lead t....   Oh, now I remember the other story I was gonna tel....   >>         > no broken windows This was essentially the th....   >>   04 Feb 2004   best choice   > 32-bit development What is it you're looking ....   >>      Does bad code lead t....   It sounds like a poor work environment took the fu....   >>      What is Hacking the ....   Hack has too many meanings to be really useful. ....   >>      why is my computer s....   Get a program like Startup Cop to see what's loadi....   >>      Alternative for IIS?....   Sorry, your post just seemed like a nice setup for....   >>         'more and more suspect as advertising' It doesn....   >>         It seems, based on my own cynicism, that the idea ....   >>         I really wish I could see people's IP address when....   >>      Offshoring   I'm guessing this is a troll, but it does point ou....   >>   03 Feb 2004   Gigabit Ethernet?   When I transfer files between my computers on my r....   >>      Computer Ports   Huh? Unique for MIT? This is IANA we're talking ab....   >>      DVDs and customer ab....   1. DVD's aren't the same quality as the theater an....   >>         Well it's your fault for not skipping straight to ....   >>         Philo, I don't know why we need to complete collec....   >>         I have an opposite viewpoint from full name requir....   >>      Feedback on Vonage   So the adapter uniquely identifies you? Is that ho....   >>         FreeWorld offers unlimited free calling (and no si....   >>         Thanks for the feedback. Even if Vonage was goo....   >>      How not sell softwar....   Billy, I know what you were asking. I was just let....   >>         > WinZip -- how many people do you know that have ....   >>      Identifying users wi....   Ok. Thanks. All I know is t-online.de.   >>         > the only two cell providers ...in the US...    >>         > Only thing is, there are internet services that ....   >>      Idea for an app..wan....   Shows you what I get for reading 1/3 of a post and....   >>         Am I misreading you here and this *isn't* an audio....   >>         I would say the people who are into this kind of t....   >>      Beta Testers   > Top Ten Poster You're my hero.    >>      Lost JOS Topics   I don't know, but you're actually not so far from ....   >>      definition of "Kille....   By the way, whatever I read that said that it came....   >>         This is an easy myth to bust, heck I could come up....   >>         I thought the idea that we only use 10% of our bra....   >>      Crossing the Chasm a....   'Not sure it would really work for CityDesk with i....   >>      How common are sniff....   >like likely. Oy, my typing is going downhill t....   >>         That's great, because any time I have a controvers....   >>   02 Feb 2004   Identifying users wi....   I think 160 characters, including the phone number....   >>         > What is SMS? Exactly. More common in Europe ....   >>      Idea for an app..wan....   ps... Feedback, that's funny.   >>         I remember seeing products a lot like this. You mi....   >>      Beta Testers   > even if the game was a plot should read 'even....   >>         I've never played an MMORPG or a MUD, but as a tee....   >>      Lost JOS Topics   Take it up with this guy: http://www.joelonsoft....   >>         Or Joel is out of town at the moment, and we're no....   >>         Joel has made it clear that this is a "conversatio....   >>      definition of "Kille....   > everything interesting has already been patented....   >>         http://www.google.com/search?q=killer+app+definiti....   >>      Crossing the Chasm a....   Semi Related: 'chasm analysis for citydesk' ht....   >>      Keeping an ear to th....   I used to love the RSS feeds at: http://www.fre....   >>      Using shame to stop ....   You're right, Philo, I didn't buy that app because....   >>         I've said it time and again, offer a free limited ....   >>         This issue has been hashed here over and over (no ....   >>      How common are sniff....   > c) Cable modem environments (Usually you can get....   >>         I remember a story about Best Buy sending credit c....   >>   01 Feb 2004   Recording software   (ps visit my website for a large overview of this ....   >>         CEP2 is good, what do you want to do with it? It's....   >>      How common are sniff....   It depends on who you're concerned with sniffing y....   >>      Mike Rowe Soft The F....   You know they're just going to tell you to registe....   >>         > Hey Mike! You have no feedback either dumbass. ....   >>   31 Jan 2004   Mike Rowe Soft The Final Chapter (Redux)   >>   31 Jan 2004   Wanna see the best r....   Good point about slashdot.   >>         > I wonder how many URLs drop their 'www' Certa....   >>         I always loved that 'internet' turned up Microsoft....   >>      Giving Notice?   Christopher, Sam was referring to a post by Enterp....   >>      Submitting Job Appli....   > Is there such a thing as a PDF macro virus? ....   >>   30 Jan 2004   Cluetrain Manifesto   Isn't it available online somewhere?   >>      A "Next" Button Plea....   Btw, this is in the HTML 4 spec.   >>         I must be thinking of this: http://www.marktaw.....   >>         I think there's some code you can put in your web ....   >>      Submitting Job Appli....   I propose a new .res format for resumes here and n....   >>      P. Graham's "What yo....   > Now if only he wrote management books. Manage....   >>         So will it now be popular to say that there are ju....   >>      Arguments against cu....   I have this Mercedes that I would like very much f....   >>      professional reflect....   Step 1. Write Down Ideas. Step 2. ...... Step 3.....   >>      "The Apprentice" (Sp....   This is the guy I want lecturing me on sex in the ....   >>         I saw the girls find out what the margins were ear....   >>      Building Community w....   'arse' is British. And they invented vulgar.    >>      Shipping "beta" soft....   Thanks for the link. I haven't installed real medi....   >>      Documentation   "Research" of course.   >>   29 Jan 2004   "The Apprentice" (Sp....   Sales, Advertising, Negotiations, Management. I....   >>      More Apprentice   It's too bad they're mixing up the teams, I really....   >>      Building Community w....   Now all we need is Philo telling us about a former....   >>         Bold. Well that was the opposite of what I expecte....   >>      Shipping "beta" soft....   I wonder if it has to do with a 3rd part agreement....   >>      Dumb question number....   Yeah, that is more clever.   >>         What about the stores that are 'Open 24 hours.' ....   >>         http://www.gadzillionthings.net/Think36.html 'W....   >>         Oh, I dunno, I think it's much older than that. I'....   >>         24/7 24 hours a Day, 7 Days a Week    >>      Progressive intrusio....   You can use Microsoft Office, but you must go thou....   >>         One of the problems is this is also deceptive to t....   >>         Unless the application is an example of changing b....   >>         You want me to click on what to use what? No way. ....   >>      Documentation   1. WRITE IT DOWN* How do you expect to remember....   >>      Getting out on the w....   Start having lunch with all your sympathetic co-wo....   >>      You and the coffee m....   Is Flavia that thing that uses those little packet....   >>      Stopping the virus i....   And when the president of the corporation sends PP....   >>         So you're proposing a heuristic, or perhaps even b....   >>         > doesn't require virus scanning or logging every ....   >>   28 Jan 2004   Joel - how'd you do ....   Focus Groups suck. You don't want to insult the gu....   >>         1. He said not much, about as much as you could bo....   >>      Improving on Tufte   It would've been more effective to take them to a ....   >>      MikeRoweSoft - the e....   mikerowwwwwwsoft Did you mean: microsoft mic....   >>         MikeRoweSoft settles for an Xbox 'On Saturday, ....   >>         "T.J., I'm telling you register tjmaxxx.com becaus....   >>         Hmmm http://www.mikerowesoft.com/ Still exists,....   >>      Home Web Server - wh....   I set up Apache on my Win2k machine without a hitc....   >>      How do PIM's handle ....   I don't know, why not download one and find out?   >>         How do messages boards and Wiki's store text? How ....   >>      Why is Friendster sl....   You just say that because you want a backup wife. ....   >>   27 Jan 2004   Software Development....   I thought half a manager's job was managing expect....   >>      collecting Info over....   My guess is that that's the sentiment of a lot of ....   >>         Opt-In 'send anonymous usage statistics.' This ....   >>      How do PIM's handle ....   Treepad's format is open and plaintext. Just go to....   >>      Why is Friendster sl....   I haven't used the site in over 6 months (I toyed ....   >>      Next generation OSes   http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp if....   >>         http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+longhorn    >>      LOL - resume article....   Joel should've created a single thread for discuss....   >>   26 Jan 2004   Re: Searching web pages you have visited?   >>   26 Jan 2004   In Defense of Joel's Article   >>   26 Jan 2004   Winamp Job vacancy?   So he's going to spend $20,000,000 a year? He coul....   >>         Given that AOL already pumped $100,000,000 into th....   >>      Re: Searching web pa....   Hmm, that about resembles my experience, but 3 yea....   >>      Mars Rover Software ....   The Mars Rover seems to do a good enough job of ta....   >>         'it would have been more useful if there was a sec....   >>         I would imagine you spend 20 hours coming up with ....   >>         You're right, 26 months not years, though last yea....   >>         I don't know specifically about the problems, but ....   >>      In Defense of Joel's....   I dunno, I think that with a large enough sampling....   >>         Hmm the article was slashdotted? Why am I wasting ....   >>         > But then you've got just a generic resume, no? ....   >>      Now I had it with Jo....   your right flamebait sr we should get rid of all f....   >>         I think the problem is it "struck home" with too m....   >>         > People ARE desperate. Try for one second and put....   >>      Fog Creek   Given this sentance: 'Last September I started ....   >>         Dunno, but here's his resume http://joel.spolsk....   >>      Joel seems like a je....   You're right, you should interview everyone who ha....   >>         I think this sentance: > I didn't bother to rea....   >>      Quick hits on Joel's....   Couldn't have said it better myself (not knowing m....   >>      how do other people ....   > What *is* a WarGamer Katie? Well based on he....   >>      Working for Google   I'm assuming they mean Saturday or Sunday....   >>      Joel falls into the ....   Indian good point. Go look at the The Apprentice t....   >>         Philo, isn't it 3am in Redmond?   >>         > save Should be 'safe' see, I didn't spell che....   >>         The #1 headline on HPTi: 'HPTi named to list of....   >>      Sir Bill Gates   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>      Cover letters   One place I applied to *specifically* asked for re....   >>      Getting your resume ....   >If you can't get your resume proofread, who's goi....   >>      How much is 30K ster....   I heard that they used to tax for sunlight, so man....   >>      your freeware collec....   Oh yeah, then there's the stuff on my server... ....   >>         I should also note that this is a fairly fresh ins....   >>         Let's see, installed on my computer are: Firebi....   >>      Searching web pages ....   Oh, that sucks. Sorry. Maybe I'll see if I can dig....   >>      Anyone tried/used ZO....   David Allen has a PDF on how to adapt Outlook, it'....   >>         It didn't make much sense to me either... Informat....   >>      Want eat book   Why would I expect a Jacket or a Toy to have the e....   >>         > If you change your search category to 'Books', t....   >>         Again, a search for A Place of My Own on Amazon tu....   >>         > 'Obedience to authority', by Stanley Milgram. ....   >>         This time I know I'm not misspelling it, I copied ....   >>      Gates ends spam   I want to know when the Queen will go to Redmond t....   >>   25 Jan 2004   Searching web pages ....   I had a java program that did this a few years ago....   >>         Oh yeah, what about hitting CTRL + H and clicking ....   >>      Anyone tried/used ZO....   If you've got money to burn: http://www.treepad....   >>         I didn't get Zoot at all when I used it, but there....   >>      Technical Ladder -- ....   If I was in a factory I don't think I'd be groomin....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   That must be it. I bet he found a bunch of incopet....   >>         > looking at themselves from ousdie should be ....   >>         No wonder David was the first one to go: What i....   >>         > Like I said above, an impressive person would no....   >>         Hmm looking at the bios, I'm reminded that Trump w....   >>         Philo - It could be, but it seemed to start pretty....   >>         Philo, that's what I said about the guy last week.....   >>         Good points Nick. Again, it's not about the pro....   >>         Hmmm. I think someone's seen Coyote Ugly one too m....   >>      Become Rich Selling ....   I read an interview with someone who sold exotic p....   >>   24 Jan 2004   Bizarre interview ti....   And if you have a book on interview tips and techn....   >>   23 Jan 2004   Quit-Programming Tut....   A long vacation away from computers. And don't ....   >>   22 Jan 2004   Why does Google cach....   I agree with Alyosha`, it's trying to load images,....   >>      Robot Scientist Crea....   Robot Developer, make me the killer app. (6 mon....   >>      Linux as a Disruptiv....   I dunno, explain how IBM does it.   >>      Recommendation for a....   http://www.virusbtn.com/    >>      Who's your favorite ....   >you always retain ownership of the domain No,....   >>   21 Jan 2004   Linux as a Disruptiv....   I thought we paid for service - knowing someone wi....   >>         Let's see, Clayton Christensen's solution (not tha....   >>      Who does recycle the....   Heh. ;-) So in general, we don't recycle our co....   >>         Aussie Chick: http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonso....   >>         Much go my girlfriend's chagrin, and in all seroiu....   >>      reference not there   No old co-workers they may have kept in contact wi....   >>      A plea for email add....   I've received a nasty e-mail or two, a handful fro....   >>         I hope this isn't so unka Philo can take us aside ....   >>      "The Office"   And Red Dwarf and.... and... and... Some Americ....   >>      Who's your favorite ....   Your right, Godaddy's e-mail is kind of sucky, but....   >>         > What happens to the domains if GoDaddy goes bel....   >>         GoDaddy, and dig their groovy "We'll register it f....   >>      Vote on my domain na....   >CRAP!!! Don't you mean CarpetPoop!!!    >>      Dot.com bubble begin....   Multumesc, Alex.   >>   20 Jan 2004   Vote on my domain na....   > jagerdamndogpoopedonthecarpetagain.com but dr....   >>         jagersoft, jaegersoft, yagersoft, yaygrrrsoft   >>         MacroHard Hardware.   >>         Sure, but if I suggested 'Amazon' to you you'd say....   >>         SkiSoft.com 'I code from the hot tub and think ....   >>         Isn't Jagermeister some kind of liquor with deer b....   >>      Dot.com bubble begin....   Pretty soon we're going to have 'Hop On The Next B....   >>         This time it *is* different. Tulip bulb anyone?....   >>      Recommend Web Hostin....   Blogger.com can FTP to any site. The files they se....   >>      Are Developers Typic....   Flamebait Sr. a lot of what you say 'resonates' wi....   >>         In all seriousness, I wonder where this culture of....   >>         "It's not a waste of time if you enjoyed yourself"....   >>         1. Programming used to be for geeks only, but now ....   >>      Popup out of nowhere....   Ad Aware is good, Spybot is better, run them both.....   >>      Combining software d....   In my experience, programmers are fire and motion.....   >>      Unacceptable Login N....   Whitespace has varieties? I once read about som....   >>         Either: Only (a-z|A-Z|1-0) Or: No charact....   >>         Hmmm most of those didn't show up.   >>         ©«®Ç㶤÷ǔДКצع ....   >>      A Random Walk Down W....   Oh no, you might knock out my one remaining tooth ....   >>         > Will I share said strategies? No. For a limit....   >>         If you're 'betting' on the 'market' what you're be....   >>         I think you're missing the point. If you're in you....   >>         Yeah basically. The guy who wrote it innovated ind....   >>         I read the previous edition and thought it was gre....   >>      job references from ....   'Once your prospective employer has set his mind, ....   >>         Or to hand over a copy of a recent written evaluat....   >>      cabling rant   Blank, regardless of the factual basis for your ar....   >>      The computer delusio....   Thanks. By the way, the DOS version is available a....   >>      Home electronics ran....   Thanks. I spend my time in rec.audio.pro and somet....   >>      Stupid Move on the P....   There has to be a case here of being a parody. If ....   >>         > I'll look it up in the dictionary to see if it's....   >>   19 Jan 2004   job references from ....   It's generally accepted that if you're looking for....   >>      cabling rant   Great. We agree, if there were a built in incentiv....   >>         that should be "I gave it away"   >>         I have $7, which means I made $7 that hour. Very e....   >>         And since we're arguing here, I'd contend that you....   >>         You're missing the point. Society as a whole DOES ....   >>         > Why would you NOT do this for $10? That's eas....   >>         I was being facetious when I said I did that. A....   >>         lol.   >>         Blah blah blah. Again, this isn't about me and wha....   >>         Carly = http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/bios/fio....   >>         ' ' The funny thing is, I'd be thanking you for le....   >>         Boo hoo, now you've hurt my feelings. You're just ....   >>         You're right. I'm glad you're connecting to JoS fr....   >>         ... so I guess you could say it's HP's fault for m....   >>         See my review here http://www.amazon.com/exec/o....   >>         Actually, what really happens is they break long b....   >>         Two printer cartridges for $30 a pop, or 1 printer....   >>         You buy printer cartridges? For my money I just bu....   >>      The computer delusio....   SuperMemo looks interesting. I've long lamented th....   >>         Oh, I dunno, the same could be said for anything. ....   >>         Matt, I completely agree with you. I've had my com....   >>         Oh right... I forgot computers do that. :P   >>         Philo, why do you need a computer for that?   >>      Please enter... with....   Actually it should go to MR DICARDI   >>         don't you mean "is never a bad idea" ?   >>         Bad--Lazy--Joel.   >>         So the user spends a week trying to figure out why....   >>         Could be done with some simple JavaScript...   >>      Home electronics ran....   Reminds me of when people found out where the 'kin....   >>         Prague is a great location, the relative lack of f....   >>         How cluttered are your desktops? Why suddenly the ....   >>         Hey, I take offense, I'm not out of my element her....   >>         I'm only interested in having a TV that does 2 thi....   >>         I want 24, or I guess 48 because that's what movie....   >>         Is the difference between PAL and SECAM the refres....   >>         Apparently not.   >>         Buy a TV, VCR, DVD player in one. Now you have 3 w....   >>         Oh, and most of these pieces come with little diag....   >>         Andy, my TV has 4 or 5 inputs. One Coax/Line, 2 Li....   >>         *Now instead of remembering   >>         Plugging everthing in to the TV is a massive step ....   >>      Stupid Move on the P....   I heard Coke and Kleenex actually lost their trade....   >>         A better retort would have been $10 billion, and p....   >>         I'm going to change my last name to Windows and na....   >>      Were 80's developers....   Thus supporting my statement that 80's games can b....   >>         It strikes me that Pac Man is the kind of project ....   >>         "Remember back in the early 2000's where it only t....   >>         All Infocom games had a proprietary language and l....   >>      engineering statisti....   Oh, I'm not saying it's not difficult, I just want....   >>         He combined 24 images to do that, it's not *that* ....   >>      Product Positioning ....   I forget where I saw it... yes it was here, A guy ....   >>         I don't get it. It *is* smaller, in your pocket 0.....   >>         My friend desperately wants a mini iPod, probably ....   >>      Daisy-chaining USBs   Philo, you wouldn't happen to be doing any product....   >>   18 Jan 2004   Packet Sniffing Soft....   Ethereal. It's free and it works great. I use it a....   >>      India is Copying!   I hope this test machine wasn't hooked up to the i....   >>      80,000 Protest Again....   You argue for greater regulation of the MultiNatio....   >>      new direction for Am....   While we're at it, we should be exploring other ga....   >>      The Apprentice   I'm assuming your labelling these decisions 'emoti....   >>   17 Jan 2004   new direction for Am....   That's easy, you increase the deficit. Perhaps ....   >>      My Grammar be gettin....   > Politics and the English Language Double Plus....   >>      The Apprentice   Hmmm. Sorry, I was testing out some troll repellan....   >>      Speaking of neat wat....   Yes, and just as geeky... Though you'll have to ad....   >>   16 Jan 2004   Lazy way to secure I....   Run Apache instead?   >>      Internet Explorer: w....   http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html Though I hear....   >>      Syndication, Dashboa....   Perhaps we'll dump the browser when someone comes ....   >>      The Apprentice   Oh yeah those are my favorite shows. Though if any....   >>         You're right, silly me. What is this gray box with....   >>         And the men aren't acting like silly schoolboys?   >>         Jorel's problem is not that they're using sex to s....   >>         So are the men, what's your point?   >>         Well of course. Secretly we hire people who will p....   >>         I think Trump fired him because he gives the impre....   >>      What to use for Encr....   > fag Yes, it's a gay guy that adds a 1 to the ....   >>      is there any point t....   So I'd just have to demolish all the buildings aro....   >>         Hmm. What do you do when your Patio wants to be a ....   >>         Oh, and also from that last link "Romanian was wri....   >>         Stephen, All I know is what I found one day sea....   >>         Thanks for the clarification. My girlfriend knows ....   >>         Actually, I've read some about the roots of variou....   >>      Windows culture?   They shop at the Gap. After all, the Gap has the w....   >>   15 Jan 2004   Speaking of neat watches...   >>   15 Jan 2004   ASP.Net validator?   How do you validate HTML when a </td> only t....   >>      The Apprentice   I think the guy who got kicked off could have made....   >>         Oh yeah, that's another one. The guy who was givin....   >>         The men were working without focus. One of the wom....   >>         According to Gary Klein in Sources of Power (excel....   >>         This and The Restaurant I'll definately pick up on....   >>         Someone did disagree with this decision - the prev....   >>         I agree, Trump said at the beginning of the episod....   >>      What to use for Encr....   Hmm. References to Douglas Adams abound. If the....   >>         There is no method that I can think of that wouldn....   >>      is there any point t....   You learn a language because it's fun and it gives....   >>      New Mobile Phone law....   NYC has the same law. No cell phones in cars. At l....   >>      Joel Ripoff?   Calm down children, the emperor is wearing clothes....   >>         http://www.nmt.edu/~kscott/hhgg/episode-09.html ....   >>         FullNameRequired=GagHalfrond?   >>      Favorite Soft Drink ....   Poland Spring and Fruit Salad.   >>      Speaking of neat wat....   Hmmm. They have a pen too http://www.thinkgeek.com....   >>      What's so special ab....   Maybe it was intended that way. Shut up the damned....   >>         Well I guess in light of veal's comment, I should ....   >>         An interesting solution was one I saw at Ideo in a....   >>         Huh? All this comes from that book... The one that....   >>      Startup Versus Big C....   Hey, this is the time in your life where financial....   >>      combating spam   Or they start breaking up obvious words: B:U:Y:....   >>      Private offices: fai....   Coffee shops have something going for them though.....   >>      displaying infos: sc....   Yeah I agree that the 250x250 box isn't the ideal ....   >>      Resume critique?   By the way, the apostrophe is actually part of his....   >>         Would that be "Alyosha`'s name"   >>   14 Jan 2004   displaying infos: sc....   Ah the politics of the Intranet homepage. I know t....   >>      Resume critique?   » Í Å   >>      20-minute skill sess....   What's a shortcut, what is "My Documents" How to c....   >>         I think maybe shortcuts is too advanced. Basic ....   >>         print up small cards people can take back with the....   >>      Protecting IP   This is an interesting contrast to the thread abou....   >>      becoming a robot tec....   I could see several possible career paths. 1. E....   >>      Greenspan   They why is he your financial advisor and not the ....   >>         To some extent it's probably true, but that answer....   >>      Interview Technique   Unfortunately, the closed captioning reads: Whi....   >>         I agree with Sgt. Sausage. If they can't ward off ....   >>      Complete About Face ....   Jason, Great post. Too many people don't see thing....   >>      Source Control - Is ....   > 1.0 should be released on 23 Feb 2004! Good news....   >>      Why put pictures of ....   > Leonardo works for free? Leonardo is an expen....   >>         I don't know, but if his employee took something o....   >>      Game development for....   Oh and if you want to spend money, the Lego robot ....   >>      taking a year off   Wow, a sterling endorsement from Bella.   >>         Too bad I don't own an antique shop in Prague, I c....   >>      Dark Eyes   Aussie Chick, you should look into the subliminal ....   >>   13 Jan 2004   groupware   >>   13 Jan 2004   Source Control - Is ....   Sounds like everyone is trying to topple the king.....   >>         http://www.google.com/search?q=perforce    >>      Why put pictures of ....   I don't think so, but he has read quite a bit on a....   >>      Game development for....   Oh and http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ for K....   >>         Oh and I think ZZT has a game making tool, but aga....   >>         Two old programs. 1. Click N Play by Maxis M....   >>      Sticking your head i....   So instead of every manager 4 levels above you, yo....   >>         D!oh. I forgot that you spell Sarcastic "C A M E L....   >>         Philo, There's a difference between telling you....   >>         > When you're management, your job is to do the im....   >>         You know that axiom 'under promise and over delive....   >>      groupware   Hmmm. I guess these groupware programs want to be ....   >>      Time management chal....   George, Each task is about the same as the othe....   >>         > GOOD BOOK I'm reading now: > Getting Things Don....   >>      taking a year off   Yeah, actually that you're talking to a travel age....   >>         ... until that economy starts to catch up and infl....   >>         Sounds great. As someone who did something similar....   >>      Part-Time Jobs Held ....   Aussie Chick, I wonder if a timeshare could wor....   >>      Breaking into teachi....   Hmm. My friend is signing up for Brainfuse to tuto....   >>         I see lots of commercials for tech schools 'Get an....   >>      My Next 'Save the Wo....   What? A meritocricy where each website is rewarded....   >>      Portlets?   I was implementing 'Portlets' two years ago with s....   >>      The real reason we n....   The problem with comparisons to utilities is that ....   >>   12 Jan 2004   Advice Wanted   This reminds me of that case where someone was fir....   >>   11 Jan 2004   Music (or digital me....   Actually, some copyright notices say no lending an....   >>      Downloading ALL mess....   I believe XNews does this. There's 3 settings. Sto....   >>      Dark Eyes   Sorry, I don't remember what the name was or who m....   >>         I've seen programs that will flash 'blink' on your....   >>      rule of engagement, ....   > I stepped them back and identified the *business....   >>   10 Jan 2004   Dark Eyes   > High quality flat screen monitor. LCD should ....   >>      rule of engagement, ....   No, a branch is a government organization. A loop ....   >>      talk with former man....   One could argue that in this economy, those who do....   >>      Did I miss Joel's NY....   Sure, I'd go.   >>      Strange Design Decis....   > Did they work on them as a hobby? < Knowing J....   >>      Let's talk about key....   http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default....   >>      What a novel approac....   or Bingo   >>      Noise Levels in the ....   Overclocking kind of got boring once they realized....   >>   09 Jan 2004   What a novel approac....   So who got voted off?   >>      Aptitude vs. Qualifi....   It really depends on your attitude. Hiring an unkn....   >>      Anyone using Vonage?   That's a good point, can you measure how much band....   >>         >I haven't tried it myself, but I have spoken dire....   >>      Noise Levels in the ....   The first time I tried noise cancelling headphones....   >>      Knowledge management....   > To summarize: there is no one tool that does eve....   >>      DonationWare   I tried to crush the voice in the back of my head ....   >>   08 Jan 2004   Anyone using Vonage?   Thanks!   >>         No, but I was interested in this as well. The idea....   >>      Noise Levels in the ....   You mean 2 PCI slots or 1 PCI slot and 1 AGP slot.....   >>         Bored, thanks for the update, I was wondering what....   >>         Bored... I'm very intersted in the Shuttle, and I ....   >>         This is an extreme problem in a recording environm....   >>      company from which l....   You don't really have anything to lose from sendin....   >>      Recommended time tra....   Allnetic Working Time Tracker seconded. I've recom....   >>      Knowledge management....   pdq, I agree. I think a Wiki is bad because in ....   >>         Andrew, Kudos on Scoop, I'm a big fan of Kuro5hin.....   >>         Sorry.. I didn't think it was LAMP dependant.   >>         I've been here 2 years and you're only just NOW te....   >>         > Peversely I like the idea of the CVS suffering a....   >>         WakkaWiki runs on PHP and is a breeze to install. ....   >>         I wrote a long post an I'm scrapping it in favor o....   >>      offshoring   When I met a team of Indian developers that had be....   >>      Personal information....   I'm going to side with all the guys who say that y....   >>      DonationWare   Plaxo http://www.plaxo.com/ is the ultimate exampl....   >>         I use WS_FTP which is free for non commecial use, ....   >>         I agree that the free edition of CityDesk may work....   >>         I didn't mention CityDesk because it really is cri....   >>         Stephen, Some guys do that. Onecompany I use fo....   >>         Yep, I read Influence a while back. Exellent book.....   >>   07 Jan 2004   Personal information....   I'm gonna sue the next bastard that sues me for be....   >>      DonationWare   Just me, I had a similar experience walking the....   >>   06 Jan 2004   Ideas are cheap   I've had a few great ideas in my lifetime... Some ....   >>      Need techie advice o....   Real Entrepeneur - Excellent points. Major corpora....   >>   05 Jan 2004   Ideas are cheap   > One of th things about writing my program, is th....   >>         > That gap between seeing it and doing something a....   >>      Personal DVD Backups   There's a consumer product called Disc Dr (or Game....   >>      Need techie advice o....   I suspect that last post was a joke/troll, but if ....   >>      CD-Burning Question ....   John, A few dozen random CD's with completely r....   >>      Single Line Up Arrow   Everone is correct. What's copied is the character....   >>      Set List?   Damian, You're right, no music geek would *buy*....   >>   02 Jan 2004      Ah. I see that his earlier article on his Mic Pre ....   >>      Forced subscriptions....   http://www.shuttlegroup.com/ + http://www.at....   >>   30 Dec 2003   Bookmarks/Favorites ....   If you have a lot of bookmarks, PowerMarks is good....   >>   29 Dec 2003   Serving ads in softw....   > Ads are anoying. So say the people who are ac....   >>   28 Dec 2003      Opera does this and their documentation is pretty ....   >>      HELP! data recovery ....   Cool Edit uses lots and lots of temp files so that....   >>      IDE RAID   My MoBo came with RAID but I never used it. The RA....   >>   27 Dec 2003   network games   Doom is in install? I thought it ran from 1 direct....   >>      Outsourcing and the ....   Bravo T. Norman. I believe that the ability to sav....   >>         The money that goes to China for manufactured good....   >>      The Programmer Speci....   That book looks interesting, but my personal choic....   >>      Hackers and Painters   K, are you a Theodore Steurgon fan? I seem to reca....   >>   26 Dec 2003   Cable Modem I-net Co....   Sure, it sounds similar to the telephone lines & D....   >>   25 Dec 2003   iTunes store design   http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ 'iTunes 4....   >>   23 Dec 2003   Windows for a Bank T....   c:\checking\balance.exe I guess you don't mean ....   >>      Internet Optimizer p....   I'll 3rd Spybot and Ad Aware. Be sure to get the u....   >>   22 Dec 2003   kinds of sw developm....   Hold on here. Now I know Canada was used in the re....   >>      Help vs. Info   Okay.. so I'm in Internet Explorer, and I'm lookin....   >>      Bold topics.   Any post on the mechanics and politics of this boa....   >>         Yeah, now that I'm used to it. Bold definately see....   >>   21 Dec 2003   Look! links to photo....   he was asking for it! -> she   >>      kinds of sw developm....   Okay: a) Stuff with a stiff penalty for getting....   >>      Forced Subscriptions   My video card came with software that will display....   >>      Bold topics.   I agree with Aussie Chick. This isn't Slashdot (re....   >>         Finding the last place in a long thread is easy. J....   >>      Replacement for PGPd....   Yep, no PGPdisk for OS X. It SU X.   >>   20 Dec 2003   Help vs. Info   I agree with anon. I equate "Info" with informatio....   >>      Philo's disclaimer   Philo, I'm not the first to say it, CONGRADULATION....   >>      Bold topics.   Categorizing seems manual and prone to breakdown. ....   >>         OTOH... it was very easy to find this topic again ....   >>         This isn't the greatest forum software, but it's a....   >>      Privacy Gimmicks   What about those peer-to-peer privacy guards that ....   >>      WinAmp5 and Firebird   Andrew, I realized after I posted it didn't make m....   >>      Replacement for PGPd....   I don't see how SafeSex is better than. (Yes I ins....   >>      Salary negotiation s....   I'm a sociable guy and have lots of female friends....   >>   19 Dec 2003   WinAmp5 and Firebird   From what I read, Winamp5 was supposed to be based....   >>      Replacement for PGPd....   James, I'm not missing the point of PGPdisk. I'm j....   >>         What about encrypting the files individually using....   >>      Salary negotiation s....   And of course, if the average salary in your area ....   >>   18 Dec 2003   Are IP addresses rec....   ... And pay cash, wearing disposable gloves (which....   >>         > There were many details he gave out only in that....   >>         * We now track IP addresses of posters, which prov....   >>         This is one of the few sites I don't have cookies ....   >>         Goodbye thread.   >>      Noise blocking headp....   What are your goals here? As people have pointed o....   >>   17 Dec 2003   Question about ink c....   Maybe it's to prevent shorts. What kind of wrappin....   >>      Defining moment in c....   Zork   >>      Cultural Divide: It'....   Just one ignorant observation. What programming to....   >>      OS dominance   And if you also excluded design shops from the fig....   >>      Standards Schmandard....   It's the standard for there to be multiple conflic....   >>      music at work   Thanks :)   >>   16 Dec 2003   Fav mp3 players   That must be it. It kind of reminds me of the guys....   >>         Is it just me or does that Dell look like it shoul....   >>      music at work   > Everyone here is VERY paranoid about mp3 files n....   >>   15 Dec 2003   Caution on Bayesian ....   Thunderbird has Bayesian filtering. I always check....   >>      music at work   > I suppose an iPod (or similar) is probably my be....   >>      IP address question   Nope, it was a recent article. Thanks for the info....   >>         Ron, You're right about GPS being an exact scie....   >>         Sure that works in theory, and of course these num....   >>         The Latitude/Longitude were pretty accurate for me....   >>         Definately, your ISP has a record of who used what....   >>         It might change from time to time. First of all....   >>         Log onto your router and click on the STATUS page ....   >>      Mastering English as....   It looks like the previous edition ( http://www.am....   >>   14 Dec 2003   Help, my HTML Always....   > What is the best option to buy Dreamweaver for a....   >>         Just look at your favorite pages and peek at the c....   >>      Signing up for accou....   Yep. The only way to gaurantee human entered infor....   >>      how do small compani....   US Steel is one of the textbook business failures.....   >>   13 Dec 2003   Signing up for accou....   Sure. Invalidate the poll itself, but by doing so,....   >>      Dual monitors ... at....   Okay how about this... Get a new monitor for every....   >>         Go back to 640 x 480 and then back to your full no....   >>      7th interview runnin....   Try revising your resumes, and interview tactics. ....   >>      how do small compani....   Great points. Mini Cooper appeals to a different s....   >>      Do monitors cause ca....   My friend got an LCD monitor recently and scrollin....   >>   12 Dec 2003   software copy protec....   Eric is right, this is the security mantra... '....   >>      how do small compani....   In New York City there was an eclectic clothing st....   >>      Software Engineers: ....   cynic, you wouldn't do so well in NYC. I don't ....   >>      How "e" is the place....   ... And who can forget the Rosetta Hard Drive, and....   >>         > for long term storage and retrieval the personal....   >>      Opinion on Experts E....   Ah. Interesting model. Sounds good.   >>   11 Dec 2003   Nul Folder   I figure it's the one security feature they built ....   >>      Opinion on Experts E....   That first sentance came out all wrong. Keep all t....   >>         Sure, but you gotta figure that the people on Goog....   >>         What about Google Answers? It doesn't require a si....   >>      Do monitors cause ca....   ... You don't mind the blurry trails when you scro....   >>      LISP - why?   Not spaghetti, elbow macaroni ) ) (( ) ( )() ()....   >>      IRS Systems upgrade,....   My guess is is that the IRS system is actually mad....   >>      useit.com   I'd hire Don Norman in a minute based on his great....   >>   10 Dec 2003   Bill Gates: agnostic....   It's a moot point, Bill Gates is God.   >>      Odd situation   'didn't copy any of their code. Rewrote the whole....   >>      useit.com   Wow. Not only do you slam Jakob Neilsen, but you a....   >>      Spam Overload   Between the time someone tells me that he's sent m....   >>      Software Babe   ... This from the forum that attacked the guy who ....   >>      productivity tip   http://www.paulgraham.com/paulgraham/avg.html '....   >>      The Apprentice   Good point. And it's probably good practice for so....   >>   09 Dec 2003   Some logic puzzles   Ah, I see then, you're an insane doctor....   >>         'Are you Reginald Braithwaite-Lee?' Clearly if the....   >>      Mozilla Firebird can....   I miss CTRL + TAB getting you to the address bar. ....   >>      What to do whan I do....   If you have 3 days to think about it in the middle....   >>      The Apprentice   So much anti-tv sentiment... All these posts about....   >>         Lucky JoS is on the web and not TV... read a book ....   >>   08 Dec 2003   The Apprentice   >>   08 Dec 2003      That would definately be a ratings boost for JoS......   >>         *searchers   >>      Desktop app. Data st....   CityDesk's .cty file is really a renamed .mdb file....   >>      "Low Skill" Rhetoric   I know how to solve the problem. We'll have code-o....   >>      "Low-skill jobs like....   ... And when Bill Gates wants to invest his money,....   >>         That just sounds like FUD. You still have to devel....   >>         > How do you get to Carnegie Hall? 'Practice, p....   >>      If there are few dec....   Or work in other capacities in a law firm... I wou....   >>   07 Dec 2003   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   'It's a mind game being used to prevent us from re....   >>      "Low-skill jobs like....   > It's about talent, not training. How do you ....   >>         Dennis, I agree with you that the way to go would ....   >>         Dennis, I'm just taking the devil's advocate posit....   >>         Dennis, I don't mean it literally, you should read....   >>         It's not that coding is low skill, it's that it's ....   >>         > a roundtable at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan....   >>      CityDesk, Blogger an....   CityDesk's core concepts don't fit the blogger.com....   >>         CityDesk seems to be going after a mid range marke....   >>      If there are few dec....   Oh Yeah http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm    >>         Warren. The Occupational Outlook Handbook put o....   >>      Old FAT Microsoft   People still make floppies? I though, like Twinkie....   >>      The knife and the ax....   Congradulations, you were able to look up publicly....   >>   06 Dec 2003   CityDesk, Blogger an....   You can afford CityDesk and you can't afford a $5 ....   >>      "Secret Question" Pa....   I agree. On the other hand, writing them down seem....   >>      Well, this is it   > Fear and worry have evolutionary value, you know....   >>      American programmers....   > over the past year or 2, I have started to belie....   >>   05 Dec 2003   "Secret Question" Pa....   Oh wait, the answer to a question that is the seed....   >>         http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html Ge....   >>      Well, this is it   Whether or not you believe in a greater meaning to....   >>         Oh, and avoid thinking like "nobody's hiring now" ....   >>         Sounds like you have a good resume - certification....   >>      American programmers....   Around $20k if you work at a local comany to about....   >>      The knife and the ax....   I must be tired... lot of type-o's in there.   >>         I'm going to have to take a 'importance to society....   >>   04 Dec 2003   Maximized Internet E....   > I feel sorry for Adam - had a gre8 idea, had it ....   >>      Why are 80% of progr....   1. Sturgeon's Law - 90% of everything is crud. ....   >>      Trackball Recommenda....   Dot on my forehead, I love it! Too bad it's 3x the....   >>         I went for the thumb ball because I play bass and ....   >>         Hmmm. Do I want microsoft in my brain? What if the....   >>      More Amazon.com Trou....   Ah. Thanks for clearing it up. I guess since I don....   >>         Isn't the whole point of a wishlist and/or registe....   >>      Multifunction reccom....   Toms Hardware (I don't know about C|Net) usually d....   >>   03 Dec 2003   Trackball Recommendations?   >>   03 Dec 2003      I just had a bad experience with an HP printer - a....   >>      Good interview appro....   > So, giving the job to someone that strokes your ....   >>   02 Dec 2003      This type of question was discussed ad nauseum in ....   >>      All the screws lined....   1. BMW's won't sell nearly as many cars as Microso....   >>      Do you want to chang....   I don't mind the advanced warning for having to ch....   >>      Software Craftmanshi....   What would make even more sense is if CityDesk kep....   >>      POLL : Do you play v....   I saw a documentary on Tolkien and how his environ....   >>   01 Dec 2003   Reading Times   Yes, I do a lot of reading on my 1 hour each way c....   >>   30 Nov 2003   Dealing with Interru....   And those people you shouldn't worry about offendi....   >>         I agree, you're too afraid of offending. You'll pr....   >>      how good a software ....   And punctuation. .net c++ etc.    >>         Hey, 'any application could be re-written in 45 da....   >>      Reading Times   I used to read a book within a book within a book.....   >>         ... and the more you do it the better you get, and....   >>         I eat lots of veggies and I don't spend that much ....   >>      POLL : Do you play v....   > It really is a world of difference from the clas....   >>      Book recommendation ....   Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden was great. So....   >>      Performing at your P....   I read a book on animal training (and people train....   >>   29 Nov 2003   how good a software ....   Google's Pagerank is really "I should have thought....   >>      Reading Times   I tend to read in circles, so to speak. One topic ....   >>         Oh, and don't buy a stack of books, just buy 1 or ....   >>         1 hour on the train to work, 1 hour on the train h....   >>      POLL : Do you play v....   Oh, and to answer your question, console only.   >>         I only have broadcast TV, and in NYC that means al....   >>         POLL : How Many Of You Guys Are Video Gamers Snack....   >>      how long to wait til....   A letter in the mail is probably even more impress....   >>      Book recommendation ....   The HitchHikers Guide is best enjoyed as it was in....   >>         Someone wrote a guide to The Name of the Rose, I t....   >>         I admit that, though I loved Foucault's Pendulum, ....   >>   28 Nov 2003      Foucault's Pendulum is great, especially if you're....   >>         Interesting. I read some extremely right wing revi....   >>         I meant the corporation wins in two ways. Really i....   >>         Noam Chomsky is great, but after reading him you m....   >>      web filters at work   ba dum ta. When I was at Large Financial (tm) t....   >>      Private rooms vs. "r....   I read the first page of that report. 1. They c....   >>      www.opensourcecms.co....   Because they all suck, and everyone knows they can....   >>      Performing at your P....   I think that 15 minutes to get into the Zone thing....   >>         Mark Forster's method isn't that different from Da....   >>      Advice on how to fix....   A computer on my network was infected with a virus....   >>   27 Nov 2003   Performing at your Peak?   >>   27 Nov 2003   telecommuting proble....   My friend told me about a bunch of guys she met wh....   >>      Performing at your P....   Roland- A. I started this thread to find out wh....   >>         There is something about paper lists that makes th....   >>         Interesting theory, and thanks for the links. I th....   >>      Army v. Business   Dan - no offense intended. btw, you should be m....   >>         Eli, Above (http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoft....   >>   26 Nov 2003   Advice on how to fix....   It sounds to me like your folders and/or the point....   >>         I use IE when I want to have a history or cookies ....   >>      Army v. Business   Yes, in the environment you describe, what is the ....   >>         Well a Wiki is somewhat disorganized, but you can ....   >>   25 Nov 2003   The bookshelf   I'd like to recommend Rodale's Synonym Finder as a....   >>         Jim, Thanks for the overview, I always suspected t....   >>         You're right, though I have seen someone who wrote....   >>         What versions of The Price and Sun Tzu do you have....   >>         I have had some success with photocopying a chapte....   >>      Continuous income fo....   It's 3 times more difficult and expensive to acqui....   >>      Pretending to work--....   That reminds me of an idea I had years ago... An a....   >>         'Instant messaging is tough to beat. You have to g....   >>      I hate regular expre....   So come up with something better and publish a whi....   >>      Dell to Stop Using I....   I dunno, tatu, taty, tata... isn't ta ta a euphami....   >>         This is even more interesting: 'Dell is among d....   >>         Actually, I worked for an extremely large financia....   >>         I agree, when I call someone at my bank and have t....   >>      Army v. Business   lol. A Wiki is a knowledge base that allows anyone....   >>         You're right, getting a common knowledge base used....   >>         Now that I think of it, simply removing the positi....   >>         If you're uncomfortable with actually using games,....   >>         Simon's idea sounds better than mine, which is to ....   >>         Simon, could you give me an example of this backgr....   >>         It seems I'm fighting an uphill battle here. Ad....   >>         Dan, that's a very limited view of the world. W....   >>         And that's bad because? Just because you give Stoc....   >>      Proposed Interview P....   Have you thought of setting up a forum for potenti....   >>         The 'dinner with family' especially in today's wor....   >>         Dustin, It strikes me that the 'book report' is....   >>         I agree that this is also a problem that has proba....   >>         I had a few other ideas, actually, not quite like ....   >>         I do sleep, and it is late in Brooklyn. I'm noctur....   >>         You have to dream bigger, and more specific. I hop....   >>         That reminds me, I wanted to mention this before, ....   >>         and again a post was inserted between the one I wa....   >>         :P (from the old english, =b) - transitive verb ....   >>         For an off the cuff answer, that was well thought ....   >>         1. An environment where you can develop your ideas....   >>         rather novel? please say you didn't intend that pu....   >>         Good point. What if you retained a percentage of t....   >>      What do I say to thi....   The problem is, most management has no *specialize....   >>      Problem Solving Skil....   Nah, I'm not. I just wanted to say that your typic....   >>      Spammers now thwarti....   Now what do we do with the Instant Message spam I'....   >>         Spammers aren't that rich? Obviously you never rea....   >>   24 Nov 2003   Army v. Business   Now that you mention it, that DOES sound a lot lik....   >>         Interesting advice from the 'interview like a lawy....   >>      Proposed Interview P....   Now that you mention socks... you have to learn ho....   >>         I hold my chopsticks different from all of my frie....   >>         Sounds like an interesting proposition, and based ....   >>         Interesting analogy with a law firm. Law firms hav....   >>         So you're hiring a personality as much as a drone.....   >>         Maybe armwrestling? I would submit that Ayn Ran....   >>         Okay, I can see where you're coming from here now.....   >>         Something about your interview process makes me th....   >>      What do I say to thi....   a) The guy who wrote Homesite as probably both a g....   >>      Troublesome Team Mem....   There's a difference between questioning design de....   >>         aNoN has a point. From the manager's point of view....   >>      Problem Solving Skil....   I guess it depends on what you're trying to test f....   >>         I applied for a job once and they gave me an IQ te....   >>         http://www.techinterview.org/ ?    >>      Spammers now thwarti....   Don't you mean: 'John, Sp.ammers now thwarting ....   >>      There's a requiremen....   'A flat file based locking and unlocking mechanism....   >>      Useability:: Backwar....   Isn't that a summary of Donald Norman's book The D....   >>         Huh. it seems I just said what KayJay said.   >>         Tapiwa makes a few good points, even if he doesn't....   >>      OT: Protecting clien....   Follow industry standard procedures & have yours p....   >>      Source code for this....   No, on my site I'm running http://phorum.org/ beca....   >>         I'm running the Johns Adventures PHP script in som....   >>      Web Hosting   I've maintained my personal website(s) on pair for....   >>      Stupid Users   I'm not sure. I think her old computer runs a Win9....   >>         One major problem with computers is that - as is m....   >>         I don't think accounting and publishing should be ....   >>   23 Nov 2003   Source code for this....   Google doesn't like sites that radically change (r....   >>      Web Hosting   You might be better off asking in Webmaster World ....   >>      Stupid Users   Oh great, now we have " " arguing with "."   >>         Intuitive does not mean stupid. Think of automo....   >>      GUI design (Linux)   Computers are no longer typewriters, they're massi....   >>   22 Nov 2003   Macromedia developer....   I was wrong, you can run two instances of Waste wi....   >>         Probably not, but it's open source, so if you want....   >>   21 Nov 2003   IT is being moved to....   'Making a 9-digit number up at random is a bad ide....   >>         University students are now being identified by th....   >>      Macromedia developer....   > Or is there a peer to peer method I haven't hear....   >>   20 Nov 2003   Creo Tokens link dea....   I was just thinking about tokens yesterday. I u....   >>      XP question (delete ....   It was mentioned in passing, but I'll mention it a....   >>      What's your document....   I'm sure your bosses will like this much better. T....   >>   19 Nov 2003   Blaming poor UI on u....   You're right, some users will blame Microsoft or P....   >>         lol. Yes, users blame themselves for not unders....   >>