finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:04 UK time oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Brad Wilson' View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment Number of Comments: 1,605 Number of Words: 91,701 First Comment: 15 Apr 2003 Final Comment: 02 Sep 2004 Number of Topics Posted: 13 First Topic: 31 May 2003 Latest Topic: 19 Aug 2004 When Item Comment 02 Sep 2004   laser printers   Had a Samsung ML-1710 that my wife took, and an ML....   >>      Is it safe to use VS....   No.   >>      errno and MSVC   Having been down this road, I agree with the sugge....   >>   31 Aug 2004   Version Control : Op....   Binary diffs are possible. Subversion does them.   >>      Commenting out   Devin was actually being humorous, you know. :)   >>      Last laptop related ....   To be pedantic: 'Should be 1024x768 (SVGA).' ....   >>   30 Aug 2004   Windows Update requi....   And, interestingly, if you read the post, I'm not ....   >>         Yeah, at this point in my life, the divorce is goo....   >>         'What do you mean I have to have electricity to ru....   >>         Note to self: stop helping people.   >>         You could go back to updating your computer manual....   >>         It's a cascading requirement of the new Windows Up....   >>      90 million downloads....   'Hmm.... is that 30 Million each of 1.0, 1.1, and ....   >>         '90 million downloads or 90 million attempts at do....   >>   22 Aug 2004   Conflict between Nor....   AVG is high quality and free... :)   >>   20 Aug 2004   dooooooom!!!   'The framerates I get in games are better than eit....   >>   19 Aug 2004   Automatic vs. manual transmission   >>   19 Aug 2004   Automatic vs. manual....   The way I read it is that he's presenting some pre....   >>         Or... it could be a response to Joel's post today.....   >>      ASP vs. ASP.Net   'And don't forget that MS keeps breaking the previ....   >>   18 Aug 2004   ASP.NET without VS.N....   ASP.NET doesn't require anything special. Write....   >>      Install SP2 or not?   'There were no magic speed up of anything even tho....   >>   16 Aug 2004   Career Plan : Projet....   I think there are qualities of engineers that serv....   >>   15 Aug 2004   XP SP2 font bug   Nazi salad cream!   >>   11 Aug 2004   Are some parts of a ....   The hostname is (virtually always) sent to the ser....   >>         FWIW, this is why web servers can't use the Host: ....   >>      CityDesk   I think both products contain something that most ....   >>   09 Aug 2004   Eric Sink's Software....   I'm never surprised by the quantity of people who ....   >>   05 Aug 2004   Question configuring....   You can edit the files in iTunes. Right click and ....   >>   02 Aug 2004   John Carmack   Carmack's brilliance with technology didn't start ....   >>      Geeks and cars   'Did the term Jock move from being the ultimate ma....   >>   31 Jul 2004   what cars do geeks d....   2004 Subaru STi. http://dotnetguy.techieswithca....   >>   30 Jul 2004   Nanosys - Forget Goo....   And it's not even long. http://money.cnn.com/20....   >>      Google toolbar popup....   'You won't be able to get away from them.' You ....   >>      Reflector, .NET and ....   Unless you live in the US, where some reverse engi....   >>   27 Jul 2004   Templating systems f....   Server-side controls are great, but they're ridicu....   >>   25 Jul 2004   Fog Creek Affiliate ....   Wait, someone scrounged a DEAD LINK to a page, and....   >>      Using .NET to develo....   There's only one reason you might choose .NET: bec....   >>   24 Jul 2004   Inquirer/Register:Wh....   As an example: http://www.theonionavclub.com/ ....   >>         'Answer: they aren't newspapers, they're websites.....   >>   21 Jul 2004   Rewriting from Scrat....   There is a proxy server from Microsoft called, I b....   >>      Is ASP.Net for Real?   Reporting Services is great if you're already usin....   >>   19 Jul 2004   What do I need to st....   Yes, you can use Gtk# today to write cross-platfor....   >>      why not downloadable....   And it's stupid to think that using HTML makes thi....   >>   15 Jul 2004   What do we teach our....   I disagree with your analysis. The point of the....   >>   14 Jul 2004   .Net devs that went ....   I've used both, and they're both tools. I think .N....   >>      squeaky clean intern....   'Sounds like MSN pre-95. Pass.' Meaning, it so....   >>      New Windows slogan   'There really isn't a need for .NET.' Anybody w....   >>      Why can't windows ju....   A few comments. Like other posters, I NEVER hav....   >>         It lives in the process space w/ the kernel for pe....   >>   10 Jul 2004   Video games dont cra....   PC games crash all the time. In fact, it's a runni....   >>   09 Jul 2004   Why the hell is IE s....   IE is 9 years old. That's not old?   >>      Ripping DVD   Do you live in the US? If so, then there is no com....   >>      Rich Text Editing   You have a link that talks about Safari having edi....   >>         If you're a .NET person: http://www.freetextbox....   >>   08 Jul 2004   Testing is a FUNDAME....   'There is no way around that....writing tests firs....   >>         'The thing about most developers is that they tend....   >>   07 Jul 2004      I have no doubt, having done it both ways, that th....   >>      Reading glasses   The phrase "reading glasses" should be tossed out,....   >>      Protecting Intellect....   The only way to protect your idea is: 1. Patent....   >>      Objection to XP (ext....   'Once you write a program, changing it is often di....   >>      Was IE 4 a rewrite   I think the 'rewrite' part was all about the embed....   >>      cd burning software ....   Clearly not true. You can access sockets from cons....   >>      Exit Interviews   And it's not even about coming back to that other ....   >>         I'm with Tom. I never, ever do exit interviews any....   >>      Cost of a home setup   Go to www.dell.com/tv or www.dellradio.com and see....   >>   06 Jul 2004   What % of users have....   Typo. The 1% should've been Windows 95.   >>         I didn't say the numbers were accurate. I said the....   >>         Ironically, the best answer is 'Google Zeitgeist'.....   >>      Exception Handling -....   That smells like nothing different than saying "th....   >>         'I'm by no means a language/compiler designer, but....   >>      Name that mouse butt....   Bizarre that the mouse wouldn't work. Every Logite....   >>         This is a problem in your mouse drivers. They have....   >>   03 Jul 2004   Paul Graham says we ....   Paul Graham is on something. :-p The system is ....   >>      Minimum browser list....   I have to agree with Andrew in that you're approac....   >>      FireFox is NOT Broke....   Firefox does a 100% job at blocking popups. Sports....   >>         The built-in search box, or the Google Bar extensi....   >>   02 Jul 2004   Good software takes ....   I used to agree, until I stopped doing big design.....   >>   30 Jun 2004   The Cost of Validati....   Don't forget one the most important reasons for va....   >>      Versions: planning o....   The answer is: it depends on too many variables, l....   >>      Visual Studio 2005 E....   Drudy, Unless I missed the announcement, still ....   >>         Nothing to do with VS2005. That code won't compile....   >>         That's kind of an odd departure. The existing s....   >>      The phrase "bet the ....   Yep. It was called GEOS on the C64, and when it gr....   >>         Especially since Apple is going to beat them out o....   >>   29 Jun 2004   https tracking - pub....   Public key encryption has nothing to do with the O....   >>      IMAP host reccomenda....   I like FuseMail, too, but their webmail system is ....   >>      Advice on Source Con....   You completely dropped the context that I was comp....   >>         No, it doesn't help. It's not transactional. You c....   >>   28 Jun 2004   Technical book publi....   O'Reilly and Addison-Wesley are the only consisten....   >>      General Interface's.....   Use Gmail and you'll see. It's the best web app I'....   >>      Book recommendations....   I can vouch that all three of those books are grea....   >>      Advice on Source Con....   Agreed. Now that Subversion hit 1.0, there's no re....   >>      Why 'http://WWP" and....   It's not option. It just so happens that most syst....   >>         I really wished people had used "web.foo.com" inst....   >>      What does SharePoint....   'What sold it for us (besides that it is now free)....   >>   27 Jun 2004   Opinions/knowledge a....   In general, be careful about taking any sleep medi....   >>      Upgradable API stand....   Bad idea.   >>      Administrative accou....   You re-install the .NET Framework as a day to day ....   >>         I love how some people think resorting to a sly so....   >>   26 Jun 2004      That's untrue. Developers _don't_ need administrat....   >>      Optimize this:   Oh, and for the original poster: 'He sez, too m....   >>         Here's how I would've answered the question: Me....   >>   25 Jun 2004   To all those who ber....   I build my own machines, and I'll agree that it's ....   >>   24 Jun 2004   Virtual PC / Redhat ....   Just to echo, I have Linux running on VPC. You mus....   >>   23 Jun 2004   Running .Net code on....   WinForms controls can be embedded into IE/Win as l....   >>      I am nostalgic about....   '.NET is a layer above COM' No, it's not. .NET ....   >>      [ASP.NET] Forwarding....   I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that this is no....   >>      CVS : impossible to ....   Installing Subversion on Win32 is HARDER than CVSN....   >>   22 Jun 2004   How much RAM for XP?   VS.NET + SQL Server + VMware all running at once? ....   >>   20 Jun 2004   GMail?  Heck No....   Once you get an account, you get invites to bring ....   >>      Windows Service Pack....   If you say something over and over again, does it ....   >>   19 Jun 2004   Why does the "bloat"....   That, too, is the fault of another MSI feature: se....   >>      Why does Windows slo....   'The biggesst reason your ocmputer seems slow is t....   >>      Leaky Abstractions, ....   Um, we already have that feature built into HTTP.   >>   18 Jun 2004   Sharepoint! which no....   There are two pieces. 'Windows Sharepoint Servi....   >>      Windows Service Pack....   Running XP SP2 RC2 on my laptop. ABSOLUTELY LOVE I....   >>      Shocker: Pay rates f....   Hell, search for '.NET' and the results are much b....   >>      Real use of CSS   'Absolute positioning? That really sucks - you can....   >>      Why does Windows slo....   It isn't so much that Windows slows down, it's tha....   >>      Rebates? Not yet?   The only way to make sure you get your rebates is ....   >>      MFC   I don't know what the FIRST book is you should rea....   >>   17 Jun 2004   API wars and .net   Why would any of them be on port 80? They would us....   >>   15 Jun 2004   On Win2k3   The only reason to do that would be because you ne....   >>      CVS : I can't imagin....   SourceSafe is command line software, too. Oh, w....   >>   14 Jun 2004   Java Interview   I agree with all the advice given so far, and espe....   >>      Video Capture?   /still not an etymologist, also not a speller :-p   >>         haw-pidge /not an entymologist, just taking an ....   >>      Windows CVS Clients   +1 for Tortoise*, and if you are still choosing th....   >>      CRC calculation when....   +1 for securing the link instead. SFTP (FTP ove....   >>   13 Jun 2004   POLL : Do you enjoy ....   The rote coding isn't all that exciting any more. ....   >>      LCD Displays Ruin Co....   'A white screen should be about as white as you ca....   >>   12 Jun 2004   Microsoft Visual C++....   It's sort of a misnomer to call them 'Visual', sin....   >>      has anyone out there....   If you've never written drivers before, I wouldn't....   >>   09 Jun 2004   Correct term please   The process you're describing has a well known acr....   >>   08 Jun 2004   Website Removes Brow....   One I use all the time: Resize to 800x600: jav....   >>      Betting your company....   You're not going to want to hear this, but things ....   >>   07 Jun 2004   Windows suspend proc....   Built in? No. Available via some obscure 3rd party....   >>   05 Jun 2004   Using free VC++ Tool....   NAnt (and presumably Ant, with some Microsoft-spec....   >>   04 Jun 2004   Windows XP SP2 And P....   There isn't a single key for Windows XP for MSDN. ....   >>   03 Jun 2004   Virtual PC or Drive ....   'Note that Virtual PC won't run on Windows Server ....   >>      Need a link   The answer is: it depends mostly on the language a....   >>      Windows based Email ....   Yep, Thunderbird got me off The Bat! forever.   >>   02 Jun 2004      I'll take the AOLer route. +1 for Thunderbird. Way....   >>      Some thoughts, some ....   '(7) I didn't open that link. When you set somethi....   >>         'I get a runtime exception error in this because o....   >>         'Are constructors also required to have access sp....   >>      Daughter needs a lap....   We used to wash clothing by beating it with rocks.....   >>         'Have you considered a tablet PC?' With the exc....   >>      More on mail service....   On, and the reason I use system #2: the web based ....   >>         'And when I set up rules, they are stored and run ....   >>   01 Jun 2004   Dell Laptops   Mostly dumped because performance was abysmal.   >>      Why does Windows nee....   And fixed it when their customers complained. The ....   >>         'Is this the reason why a Windows restart is neces....   >>      RSS ..   For Ask Joel, a simple search yields: http://di....   >>   31 May 2004   Good email services   I use FuseMail and I really love it, for two reaso....   >>      Win2k forever   Pietro, scroll up a few posts to my long post. It ....   >>   30 May 2004   To Dubai or not to D....   'Incidentally, I don't know what is the predominan....   >>         When a country is strongly Arabic and Muslim, I wo....   >>      Visual Studio 2005 T....   There are plenty of free solutions, including solu....   >>         No, VSS is not part of the Team System. An entirel....   >>   29 May 2004   Win2k forever   One other thing to be aware of. If you make your W....   >>         As long as all your devices work (XP drivers gener....   >>   28 May 2004   VPN architecture que....   You seem to have a pretty good grasp of everything....   >>      Environment.Exit in ....   Why aren't you just returning the value out of Mai....   >>      Win2k forever   I was much more impressed with W2K3 than I was wit....   >>      Getting the UI right   You better get used to it. Most general purpose so....   >>   25 May 2004   The 'Holy Grail' of ....   Did you miss this sentence? 'The customer repre....   >>   23 May 2004      > How many people worked on gathering 'requirement....   >>      The real problem wit....   'To me .NET is the modern day lisp machine.' Th....   >>      developing software ....   I've already decided that if I get rich of my curr....   >>   22 May 2004   .NET with no prior e....   Yes, although you will eventually hit a wall if yo....   >>      Voulume   Personally, I would offer them a volume discount. ....   >>      Question on VS.NET   VS.NET 2002 only COMPILES against the 1.0 SDK, but....   >>      C on windows?   You're in for a hell of a learning curve. The s....   >>      Looking for a book o....   I can't recommend an MS SQL specific book, but for....   >>      Deadlock   +1 for Magee/Kramer. It's an awesome book that sho....   >>   20 May 2004   Are there any .Net c....   'ATL was introduced as the successor to MFC.' S....   >>   19 May 2004      'I learned C++/MFC in 1995. Since then, I have be....   >>   18 May 2004   Not really being hon....   Depends on your relationship with your manager. ....   >>         Why in the world would a salesman speak to the com....   >>      Website Monitoring S....   We use AlertSite, with all those features, and it ....   >>      Are there any .Net c....   'What value did C++ bring to end consumers?' On....   >>         'Note that my original point was that .NET offers ....   >>         'I think a profound lesson has been provided by th....   >>         Sure, there are benefits. There are the benefits o....   >>      NUnit vs DotUnit   Jamie Cansdale's NUnitAddin (available on SourceFo....   >>      Ternary Operators an....   Hmm... public boolean foo(String s) { return....   >>   16 May 2004   FidoNet -- why nothi....   Agreed... the OP has clearly never used NNTP clien....   >>      What another awsome ....   Hey, I was just honored to be spoofed, even if it ....   >>   15 May 2004      Stop bashing microsoft, you haters! It's perfect!   >>      C++: conversion from....   No, C# doesn't behave in the same manner, because ....   >>      Directory write prot....   'Can I make clear one delusion some people seeim t....   >>   14 May 2004   Monitor on it's side   Microsoft Word offers a side-by-side reading mode,....   >>         Bear in mind when you buy a multi-purpose LCD with....   >>      Testing sites with M....   I run the multiple browser stuff rom Skyzyx (you c....   >>      using dlls in java ?   Are you using real Java, or J++/J#? If it's the la....   >>      Meta Tags - Do they ....   It's dead for a pretty good reason: search engine ....   >>   13 May 2004      Are there search engines that use META tags? Yes. ....   >>      Is 64-bit worth it?   The only time my single proc boxes feel sluggish i....   >>         In my experience, once you have enough RAM, the si....   >>   12 May 2004   Massive Windows Pain....   'Why don't you just switch to a mac and be done wi....   >>         'But where do you get that standard Windows CD fro....   >>         I work on and with many different laptops, and des....   >>         In my opinion, your pain and hatred should be dire....   >>      Versioning Rules for....   What 'versioning rules for COM' are you referring ....   >>      Is it worth building....   'There's no way you can build your own for $499' ....   >>      Joel, please fix thi....   The error is there with Firefox, but it doesn't sh....   >>      Is it possible to ha....   And it's not an Apache limitation so much as it's ....   >>      Mono makes me wanna ....   'I don't think anyone needs a 64-CPU server, but a....   >>      .NET Rocks   Don Box was episode 44. Check the episode guide.   >>   11 May 2004      It sounds amateur, because it _is_ amateur. Micros....   >>      What's a CIO?   The people who take up technical CxO jobs -- like ....   >>      SD/MMC to Sony Memor....   The USB-based 5-in-1, 6-in-1, 7-in-1 readers all s....   >>      Win32 Api Profiling   For commercial products, I like Red-Gate Ants a lo....   >>   10 May 2004   Unit Testing - What ....   Also, there are differences between the terms 'Uni....   >>      decoding mht files i....   Oh, and it's reached IETF standards track. http....   >>         MHT files are actually a quasi-standard called MHT....   >>      M=K=Thousand   The only place 10^9 is used instead of 2^30 is by ....   >>   07 May 2004   How to Declare a CMa....   #include    Multi-monitor laptop....   Estari announces dual screen laptop called the 2-V....   >>   05 May 2004   Anyone use 'My Docum....   I use it, but I relocate it to my data drive. And ....   >>      JAVA EXE FILE   Yes. Look in the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.....   >>      Is 16% increase good....   If you're going to ask arbitrary questions, I myse....   >>   04 May 2004   Sasser   Patch has been available for 3 weeks.   >>      Reporting Services (....   Not a bad first start, but not truly useful until ....   >>   02 May 2004   My windows system ha....   You mean this 100% CPU problem that only affects W....   >>      disabling ctrl-alt-d....   If it's XP Pro, then enable remote desktop. Run "m....   >>      Know what I want in ....   No problems, per se, although the information is p....   >>         For the moment, anyway, number portability only ap....   >>      Microsoft says 8 mil....   When I repave my boxes: Install item #1: Operat....   >>      Microsoft Security p....   Maybe this is their subtle way to encouraging peop....   >>      DoS & RSS   10k hits an hour to static content is clearly no s....   >>      Gmail: Orwell meets ....   'the bush-powell junta' In fairness to Colin Po....   >>   01 May 2004   Microsoft says 8 mil....   Old news. So a lot of people didn't patch. Shocker....   >>      Interesting Old Book....   Back in my DOS programming days, I used to have a ....   >>      W-2 Hourly vs. Incor....   The other reason for the 2x rule (which is a good ....   >>         That's right. If you go Corp to Corp, then they do....   >>         Payroll tax is 7.65% up until you mean your annual....   >>      JOS & whatcounts....   I'm surprised people even have 'spam' and 'private....   >>      DoS & RSS   Yes, but those readers are very few and far betwee....   >>      Gmail: Orwell meets ....   'also because its eminently possible (and happens ....   >>      Joel deleted thread ....   She'll probably remind you that she's married.   >>      Is the job market st....   I'm also seeing this happening. During the last....   >>      RSS feed   I'm not asking him to post a list of rules. I'm as....   >>   30 Apr 2004   Programmer's Assumpt....   I've also reached a conclusion about Demotivator! ....   >>      Collective FROM: Add....   By "adding additional text", I mean to say, they c....   >>         'If there were some way of cryptographically verif....   >>      java runtime questio....   'Chris, the Java environments were doing that befo....   >>   29 Apr 2004   Reading different fi....   Why are you re-inventing the wheel? Buy dtSearch. ....   >>      Who handles writing ....   "He who wants to write the code, must write the te....   >>      Why does "salt" make....   'It doesn't stop a dictionary attack if somebody w....   >>         Another thing a salt does is prevent someone from ....   >>         The salt prevents having a dictionary of pre-gener....   >>   28 Apr 2004   Creating online orde....   Generally speaking, the load time of the HTML is n....   >>      Do these sites look ....   That should read "Both sites".   >>         Both sides, side by side, they look identical in I....   >>      RSS feed   Hopefully you'll see this reply before the thread ....   >>   27 Apr 2004   Anything like window....   While I agree that popup and popunder ads are goin....   >>      Gaining anything for....   If you had to pick two, I'd pick 98 and XP. You....   >>      Best Java Book?   The phrase "network-based Java apps" is pretty neb....   >>         +1 for Thinking in Java.   >>      Delphi for .net : ma....   By the way, any development tool that's going to w....   >>         Seems like you can always count on language thread....   >>      DLL deployment best ....   The solution to DLL is simple. Distinguish betw....   >>      CSS Formatting vs Ta....   That should be "MS thinks", not "IE things". :-p (....   >>         Personally, I do think it's pointless. Not because....   >>   26 Apr 2004      So use active code to generate your CSS.   >>   24 Apr 2004   when to do perf/scal....   Load testing before release is a very good idea. H....   >>      code on a whiteboard   I can't believe you guys think Joel is arrogant. Y....   >>      CSS Formatting vs Ta....   By the way, I'm not anti-tables. Tables should abs....   >>         'My problem with CSS positioning is that it doesn'....   >>         The reason my site does that is because it's an ol....   >>   23 Apr 2004   "handwritting" PDAs ....   'Personally I prefer a design where the screen is ....   >>      Can SQLServer index ....   Yes, it has extensive APIs. We use it from .NET, w....   >>         The Indexing Service is not very good. It's not ba....   >>      The Best Thing on Te....   'Most TV is awful. Most books are awful. Discrim....   >>         I think it's hilarious how much the anti-televisio....   >>      code on a whiteboard   'I would never ask a developer to use a machine th....   >>         So, why not bring in a laptop and a projector, and....   >>      CSS Formatting vs Ta....   'In future, I'll use tables where I want some simp....   >>   22 Apr 2004   Object Persistence L....   The question you have to ask yourself is: is your ....   >>   21 Apr 2004   Anyone use a TabletP....   I'd wait a couple generations, to be honest. To....   >>      Salaries again...   $15/hr means roughly $30k/year, which puts you pre....   >>      Difference between w....   There are lots of 3rd party libraries that read an....   >>   19 Apr 2004   Microsoft's C++ comp....   As far as I can recall, the SDK never included the....   >>      Have a nice weekend ....   If it's such a "problem" to have to do your job, t....   >>      learning CSS   Oh, and don't use IE as your 'first look' browser.....   >>      Qualifications Now O....   Degrees help get first jobs, but not in the games ....   >>      The big disadvantage....   I use C# instead of VB.net for two reasons: 1. ....   >>      Commercial Software ....   Of the people who browse to our site with .NET, ap....   >>   17 Apr 2004   Bad Cable, Anyone?   DECAFBAD :) http://www.decafbad.com/blog/    >>      Is Norton Internet S....   Ite's not out. I suggested downloading RC1 (Releas....   >>         I absolutely LOVE ZoneAlarm Pro. I've never used t....   >>      Compiler warnings   C Rose, are you new to "professional coding"? Ther....   >>      Commercial Software ....   Here's one of the recent, related threads: http....   >>         This thread has been done to death, I think. Ou....   >>      Monitor size and dev....   FYI, a 17' and 19' LCD have the same native resolu....   >>   13 Apr 2004   books on software ar....   Three really important books, in my opinion. 'R....   >>      Keeping track of pas....   I was a fan of Password Safe (used it for 4 years)....   >>      Joel on Slashdot   Hey OP, if you want Joel to respond, you ought to ....   >>   11 Apr 2004   Interviews and firin....   Hiring the wrong person is usually at least 10x as....   >>   10 Apr 2004   VC++ .NET   I like the VS.NET IDE a lot, but it's not as good ....   >>   09 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   These predictions of winners are hilarious. Trump ....   >>   08 Apr 2004      And yet nobody mentions the most important moment ....   >>      VC++ .NET   And, you should use VC++ .NET as opposed to VC++ 6....   >>      Keyboard Rant   'And nothing ever comes out of my printer.' It ....   >>      Code Review Websites   I'm skeptical. Code review is usually in the wider....   >>      Best Dev tool for wr....   '- Longhorn will have .NET as it's main API - Win....   >>      Faking pass-by-value....   Immutable strings are a much better option. For....   >>      SSL Port - is it alw....   The "work-around" that's used is a small super-use....   >>      Removeable HD and pr....   And, to be clear about file system mis-matches: I ....   >>         I stand by my statement. To clarify, since I think....   >>   07 Apr 2004   SSL Port - is it alw....   Not precisely. http://www.abc.com/ defaults to ....   >>      Why not more apps us....   License servers are easily bypassed.   >>      Removeable HD and pr....   'You could of course read the whole thread first......   >>         Nevermind, I see now that I missed the file system....   >>         By the way, if the file systems are NTFS all aroun....   >>   04 Apr 2004   How do you study?   In my experience, there are various ways to learn.....   >>   03 Apr 2004   Defeating piracy wit....   I would refuse to buy something that only works on....   >>      Easiest software to ....   You should realistically expect CPU performance to....   >>   02 Apr 2004   "The Apprentice" (sp....   'The show made it sound like Bill, Kwame and Troy ....   >>      Walmart Microtel   OEM's don't pay $100 for XP Home. Hell, OEMs will ....   >>   27 Mar 2004   Are there really sof....   It will be interesting to see how the uptake of XP....   >>      "The Apprentice" (sp....   'Some Video Poker machines when played correctly h....   >>         'No - what you're thinking of is that in Blackjack....   >>   26 Mar 2004   Laptop for heavy VMW....   The question is whether you have a lot of funds to....   >>      Complete Idiots Guid....   The motherboard has a perfectly good from the powe....   >>   25 Mar 2004   To branch or not to ....   The disadvantage is that integration becomes a spe....   >>      Complete Idiots Guid....   MR is right that they're for insulting the screws ....   >>      Poll: What car do yo....   I'd love an A4 convertible, if they were available....   >>         Oh and: In theory, 27 on the highway, and about 23....   >>         A. 2000 Audi A6 2.7T B. Everything is in cycles.    >>      US anti-spam laws   Not all opt-in is necessarily opt-in via electroni....   >>      Is grokking pointers....   Wow, this thread took an interesting turn. :-p   >>      How to stop new wind....   'I will not use Firebird or whatever the heck it's....   >>      A sysadmin must know....   Very important for that Elven Linux distribution!   >>      LASIK vs PRK   I doubt that failure resulting in blindness is any....   >>   23 Mar 2004   Wiki question   Mixed cased words are called PascalCase. When a wo....   >>         Wikis have a concept called WikiWords. Any word th....   >>      Internet Explorer 6 ....   My best suggestion to getting this right is to rea....   >>      Plasma TVs - worth i....   Don't forget the often unloved 540p! :-p   >>         'I'm a bigt cynical about burn in when he mentions....   >>      What should I know w....   'Why will staring at an LCD monitor for eight hour....   >>      More JoS bloggers?   http://dotnetguy.techieswithcats.com/    >>   22 Mar 2004   Plasma TVs - worth i....   For the OP: Plasma can be worth it, but if you ....   >>         'Standard TV is 240i' Sorry, that's wrong. Stan....   >>      What should I know w....   'For example, I'm looking at the windows desktop (....   >>      MDAC_TYPE and ADO   MDAC was the consolidation of their data access AP....   >>   21 Mar 2004   Subversion   'Version Control with Subversion', an online book ....   >>   20 Mar 2004   Is the VB runtime in....   'The VB6 run-time shipped with WinNT, Win 2000 and....   >>   19 Mar 2004   "The Apprentice" (no....   Well, his point is: yes, you can blame them. Hot o....   >>   18 Mar 2004   Subversion   I agree that VSS's support for multiple checkouts ....   >>         It's amazing. We love it. We switched from CVS. ....   >>   17 Mar 2004   const--use it?   That would be apropos, if people believed that all....   >>   16 Mar 2004      'The reason most code sucks is that most people *a....   >>         'its like always putting an immutable on the LHS o....   >>   15 Mar 2004      'I'm noticing that C# doesn't support const object....   >>      Bad Programming Team....   Sorry, I can't be helpful (but really, has anybody....   >>   12 Mar 2004   Is anyone using Crui....   Using it. Love it. Build with NAnt, tests with ....   >>      What is the logic be....   1. Some people will forget to mail it in. 2. So....   >>   11 Mar 2004   Opinions on demand-d....   You can't sell something before you build it. S....   >>      What do beta testers....   They don't have to be. It can be very valuable to ....   >>      What is wrong with S....   Vault has a VSS migration tool. They do this prima....   >>   10 Mar 2004   AUTORUN woes on USB ....   Is the fact that you're trying to do it all from A....   >>      Hackers too?   'Please, no messages about golf until all this sno....   >>         Sure, I did that stuff. You know, then I grew up a....   >>      What is wrong with S....   Like any large company, Microsoft uses a variety o....   >>      your sleep pattern   Early through high school, late in college, early ....   >>         There is no magic. You just need to do it. I wa....   >>      Windows NT for G5 re....   'x86 performance increases have been on the downtu....   >>      Access or SQL server   'The disadvantages to MSDE are that it won't accep....   >>   09 Mar 2004   Sunblock for a lapto....   MotionComputing offers tablet PC with 'View Anywhe....   >>   08 Mar 2004   Nielsen is getting o....   That's my feeling, too. Nobody makes you read him.....   >>      Empower question   You might be right. I might've read it incorrectly....   >>         'Is the software time limited -- i.e. will 12 mont....   >>      Remote Source Contro....   Do NOT do SourceSafe over VPN. You will corrupt yo....   >>      BitTorren over port ....   "Oh Myanmar, you'll always be Burma to me!"   >>   07 Mar 2004   Authentication for W....   I don't believe you can convince Windows to authen....   >>         Authorization -- for what? To login? Why not use a....   >>      VMWare virtual machi....   Also... 'GCC compilation times seem to be on pa....   >>         There are a couple different options to combat tha....   >>      Gwyn's "Why won't yo....   'Does the same hold true for YOUR claim?' Of co....   >>         As someone who is in favor of free (we use Subvers....   >>         Right, because the REALLY important part is that i....   >>      Windows XP SP2 Will ....   'I'm pretty sure the Microsoft JITter marks its ta....   >>         'One of the protections is that areas of memory mu....   >>   06 Mar 2004   VMWare virtual machi....   '[...] keep the serious long-runs and raw crunchin....   >>         [psst, Brad! One word: SCSI] psst, Philo! One s....   >>         Yes, plentiful RAM is a requirement to make this w....   >>         Oh, and I do it with a 1GHz P3 and 5400RPM drive o....   >>         I develop only inside of Virtual PC now. My host P....   >>      Gwyn's "Why won't yo....   Yes, except that they have product differentiation....   >>   05 Mar 2004   "The Apprentice" (Sp....   'I am confused about how techie people are actuall....   >>         I think the "prize" where they got to have a picni....   >>         Oh, and Trump comes off like an idiot. Honestly, d....   >>         'In this show, much like Survivor, one person wins....   >>      Does Windows XP Sp2 ....   'It's a PITA that Microsoft didn't include the fra....   >>   03 Mar 2004   Xboxology   Xbox is an incredible console with some of the bes....   >>      Reject Via Telephone   Bah, you wimps. There's no liability if you didn't....   >>   02 Mar 2004   Stammering my way th....   'The problem with stuttering is not the way it aff....   >>   29 Feb 2004   better chkdsk for Wi....   Huh. Learn something new every day. :)   >>         CHKDSK has never repaired bad sectors, and still d....   >>      Interface and Implem....   'Isn't it possible the author was purposefully usi....   >>         Whatever book that is, throw it away. The author i....   >>      C# 'Servlet Engine'   The fact that you don't have to deploy an ASPX fil....   >>         I'm not a Java expert by any stretch, but I imagin....   >>      Emulate Mac OS X fro....   Does MOL work on ANY Linux PowerPC, or only on Mac....   >>      The next Fog Creek p....   We've heard about it nearly endlessly. Here's the ....   >>   27 Feb 2004   Please recommend a D....   The -R format is the most widely supported among t....   >>   25 Feb 2004   The Apprentice (spoi....   Um, new episodes are on Thursdays.   >>      Why are .NET strings....   Immutable strings are a performance enhancement. W....   >>      Class (static) metho....   name, It already does this. You can hide (the b....   >>      HTML, CR,LFs vs LFs   I'm curious to know how bad the HTML is that you c....   >>         Consider block sizes on disks. For NTFS, the defau....   >>   24 Feb 2004   XP Pro vs. Windows S....   SQL Server, yes. You can run MSDE or MS SQL Develo....   >>   23 Feb 2004   Could .net fail?   'Would you trust your bank account to a Windows ma....   >>      Subversion hits vers....   'Still boggles my mind how many are willing to acc....   >>      Yes Joel you May Hav....   I don't think it's harsh. I think it hits the nail....   >>   22 Feb 2004   my career   Sure, but now let's be specific. Nobody hires a....   >>         If you want to be heavily focused on small areas, ....   >>         The answer depends on what you want to do with you....   >>      Yes Joel you May Hav....   I have no hard stats, just time in the industry an....   >>         It comes down to this: There is probably at LEA....   >>      Scroll speed in fire....   Definitely turn off smooth scrolling. It's an "eng....   >>      Point of View   'the glamorous IT professional world' Bwahahaha....   >>   20 Feb 2004   .Net linker redux   'Distribution would be much easier if Microsoft in....   >>         And where would you draw the line? I guarantee ....   >>      Office furniture   'I also went the door / filing cabinet route. You....   >>   19 Feb 2004   C# Generics - now!   A second for CodeSmith. Until there's generics in ....   >>      Persistent errors on....   The was a Via southbridge chip (which includes the....   >>   17 Feb 2004   Office furniture   Our furniture is from the Bush Corsa Dark Cherry c....   >>      Middle Click Scrolli....   'Anyway, with Firebird, it (middle click scrolling....   >>      "Designed for Window....   'Have you got that the right way round?' The lo....   >>         There are, presumably, some political reasons that....   >>      A dot com retrospect   'for a $2 billion dollar purchase consideration.......   >>      DLL Hell - Part 2   Calling new with primitive types does not guarante....   >>   16 Feb 2004   Taking the easy way ....   Alternatively, this is one of the reasons that man....   >>      WinXP power mgmt woe....   Check your BIOS settings. It's possible that yo....   >>      AvantGo and this for....   'Perhaps its because Joel has '&' in his URLs?....   >>   15 Feb 2004   Manager asleep for 5....   Then resign. Get a new job first, though. :)   >>   14 Feb 2004   Threads Supported on....   Actually, I _was_ being (mostly) serious. IIS does....   >>   13 Feb 2004   Manager asleep for 5....   "I don't tell you how to manage. Why are you telli....   >>      Threads Supported on....   There should be as many threads as there are CPUs.....   >>