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Number of Comments: 324
Number of Words: 24,897
First Comment: 09 May 2003
Final Comment: 26 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 10
First Topic: 06 Aug 2003
Latest Topic: 28 Feb 2004
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26 Aug 2004   proving dates on ema....   OP: while the technical discussion above this is ....   >>  
   Manual transmissions....   Okay, maybe I'm missing something here, but how ex....   >>  
03 Aug 2004   Sort of a business p....   +1 for Konrad speaking the truth. Looking at it....   >>  
   ** how to get feel o....   Any chance you can pair with, or at least shadow, ....   >>  
   what cars do geeks d....   MarkTAW: That looks really interesting, I ....   >>  
31 Jul 2004      Several: - Vision short wheelbase recumbent bicy....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   In the Beginning was....   Well, pretty much any of Stephenson's books are go....   >>  
23 Jul 2004   Challenge:Being cont....   If you don't want the job, lowering your rate is c....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   "Searching is not a ....   This was a cute way of implying just how far searc....   >>  
   Programmer Performan....   I'm trying to implement a situation where w....   >>  
19 Jul 2004   I am boring myself t....   You mean you have a chance to learn that new platf....   >>  
18 Jul 2004   Worst Use of Technol....   Oh, and FullNameRequired: << (try replacing the....   >>  
      Dennis: Surely you know about the Tab key? Tha....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   Refunds   On the other hand, people who dislike a product te....   >>  
12 Jul 2004   Tech support using V....   I do a fair amount of remote support using TightVN....   >>  
09 Jul 2004   Best mail client on ....   I just paid for The Bat, which despite its extraor....   >>  
   Got the excuse to or....   Wow, have some null content. Karthik: I'm not ....   >>  
05 Jul 2004   Beer isn't free   Perhaps beer, like information, *wants* to be free....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Good alternative to ....   (The free) MZ-Tools has a few useful add-ins, thou....   >>  
   Hogging two spots (a....   Philo- Whatever. I just want room....   >>  
29 May 2004   Cost of living in NY....   There's a city more expensive than Tokyo?  I ....   >>  
28 May 2004   Critical Group Size   Reminds me of something I read in, of all places, ....   >>  
24 May 2004   On Math   I'm currently going to a community college which o....   >>  
21 May 2004   Better tools for cre....   Jeez, lay off Philo, guys. Did this forum turn in....   >>  
20 May 2004   VB: How do I recursi....   VB has built-in commands to do this, but it's much....   >>  
   The last time you us....   That'd have to be the last time I had full-time wo....   >>  
19 May 2004   What examples to tea....   +1 for directory trees. Assuming the language has....   >>  
16 May 2004   What is competitive ....   Communication, communication, communication. Spen....   >>  
   FileMaker Pro 7   Okay, perhaps I was being a bit snobbish... but I'....   >>  
   MS Office Moving Bac....   Another vote for Access 97's online help here -- a....   >>  
15 May 2004   FileMaker Pro 7   Does it finally have anything more powerful than a....   >>  
07 May 2004   Avoiding "chaining" ....   I have a similar rule (to never doing anything thr....   >>  
   Hiring the Best   Poaching presenters at conferences? Or, possibl....   >>  
05 May 2004   Anyone use 'My Docum....   Nope; all my data (with a very few exceptions) liv....   >>  
02 May 2004   Is it unprofessional....   I'm with Philo: their premium is none of your bus....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   google - # of pages   If I remember correctly, Google already uses Pytho....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   Math wizards - look ....   If I remember correctly (ha -- trig was just last ....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Uses for a really ol....   You live in the Bay Area, right?  Post the th....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Writing a great empl....   I can't stress this first point enough: pay for a....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   Software Patents   I wouldn't mind software patents if they had short....   >>  
15 Apr 2004   Excel graphing quest....   A histogram might be one way of looking at it, but....   >>  
14 Apr 2004   Recommend 802.11b ac....   I have a D-Link DWL-900AP+ that's been in use for ....   >>  
11 Apr 2004   Spelling and Coding   Disclaimer: I'm someone who has a spell-checker b....   >>  
   Tagging lookup table....   I've used "tbl" to prefix tables and "tlk" to pref....   >>  
   cost of the google s....   On a sufficiently large intranet, I'd expect PageR....   >>  
10 Apr 2004   Ms Access, mysql and....   ...or create the connection with a user that only ....   >>  
09 Apr 2004   4D Charts?   I'm having trouble visualizing that, but can you u....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Ms Access, mysql and....   I second Martha's suggestion.  Give your boss....   >>  
   Is Access2000 suitab....   Excellent point, Stephen. Unless the app is int....   >>  
06 Apr 2004   Its so easy...   I also had no problem setting up my iBook to do 12....   >>  
04 Apr 2004   How do you study?   External motivation:  by paying for classes, ....   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Ready license files?   I don't remember whether the Creative Commons lice....   >>  
29 Mar 2004   I Hate The New Googl....   (a) I didn't notice anything was different until s....   >>  
27 Mar 2004   Graphs, Nodes, Edges....   Find yourself a textbook on Discrete Math (assumin....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Another Sanity Check....   Your sanity is fine. No trainer with 'N years of ....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Academic code steale....   See if you can get him to make his help requests t....   >>  
   How to stop new wind....   Oh yeah, and the question.  There are some po....   >>  
      I tried Firefox 3-4 weeks ago and it was still clu....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   how did you find you....   What job?   >>  
22 Mar 2004   More JoS bloggers?   I've been blogging for about 2.5 years -- the usua....   >>  
18 Mar 2004   How Do You Use Your ....   I open virtually everything in a new window, so my....   >>  
15 Mar 2004   Bad Programming Team....   For some reason, this reminds me of a T-shirt I sa....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   Accessibility Questi....   Could she see an animated cursor, or possibly a la....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Suggestion for simpl....   There's a PHP-based clone of this board at: http:/....   >>  
09 Mar 2004   not in my job descri....   That was transposed. The actual link is: http://w....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   Visual Basic questio....   Won't most game controllers do that?  Okay, y....   >>  
03 Mar 2004   I promised I would n....   BTW, Aussie Chick, as someone who's written a smal....   >>  
02 Mar 2004   I want to work for f....   Why not write it on your own time, retain the righ....   >>  
   Laptop size/weight R....   I'm quite happy with my iBook; a Powerbook would b....   >>  
   File maker   Yes, Filemaker really is just for simple applicati....   >>  
28 Feb 2004   Dvorak on cookies   >>  
28 Feb 2004   Post-deployment stre....   Must be a Manager:  Type checking alone is no....   >>  
      Interesting. I have a program that does some stat....   >>  
   Why Spirit stopped w....   sgf:  OUCH.  (Nice pun.)   >>  
26 Feb 2004   Anyone see this?   Grr. And of course, the US has 25% of the world's....   >>  
   Selling software wit....   Charge a reasonable amount of money for it, then l....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Python for Windows d....   TrE: 5.5 is out as of today.  Haven't looked ....   >>  
   Which coding of Bubb....   Here's an article I found helpful with regards to ....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Incorporating   Yes, I believe you do need to be an employee as we....   >>  
   Working on contract ....   BB: 'I'm a bit paranoid about advice re: asking an....   >>  
   Best Free IDE for be....   Nice point, Aussie Chick.  As someone who sta....   >>  
22 Feb 2004   Quicken's Quality Me....   Okay then, since Quickbooks is starting to sound r....   >>  
21 Feb 2004      OP: Do you really need the online banking feature....   >>  
   list of skills on re....   I was going to describe the way I approach this, b....   >>  
   dreaming of products   I want a decently fast wearable computer with gogg....   >>  
20 Feb 2004   Stupid XCode question   >>  
20 Feb 2004   Stupid XCode questio....   I'd found the gdb drawer, which was particularly c....   >>  
18 Feb 2004   How do I break the p....   Mike- By an astonishing coincidence, I'm giving....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   Uses for a PDA   I use a Palm app for storing passwords called TopS....   >>  
15 Feb 2004      The two primary reasons I carry my PDA everywhere ....   >>  
13 Feb 2004   Running Macintosh O/....   +1 for the iBook; I have a year-old G3 and it's st....   >>  
   palm graffitti quest....   I've been using Graffiti-based Palms for years, an....   >>  
12 Feb 2004   XML sorting   ...and you index XML how exactly?   >>  
11 Feb 2004   What's Your Greatest....   Oh, and vince: the idea is not, as you seem to thi....   >>  
      Sorry, Philo, but you lost a point or two there. ....   >>  
      'Given that the only candidates likely to answer t....   >>  
   Flash Graph Componen....   'If you don't have anything to say, say it in 3D a....   >>  
   XML sorting   And if you haven't read it already, see one of my ....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Excel VBA question   I don't work with Excell all that much, but do you....   >>  
   Good vs Bad Code   'Can you objectively differentiate good code from ....   >>  
   System DOA   Good suggestion; I had a heat problem with an AMD-....   >>  
   Browser Wars II   I've found tabbed browsing to be useful in Opera (....   >>  
   Should I go with Vpn....   Oh, and Terminal Services would definitely be a go....   >>  
      You'll rarely see me say this, as I like to give p....   >>  
09 Feb 2004      I seem to recall someone posting a very similar pr....   >>  
      Unless your MDB is trivially small, Access should ....   >>  
   Trusting any reviews   For one-time purchases, I tend to use cnet.com.&nb....   >>  
   Programmers and eati....   I take the time to eat proper meals on workdays, b....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   best choice   Windows, Mac, or *nix?  (=   >>  
   Mathematical symbols....   Sounds like a ridiculous amount of typing. Word c....   >>  
   whats wrong wiv this....   Oh, and I generally have good luck with Google Gro....   >>  
      ...oh, and which line gives you the error and what....   >>  
      Bill beat me to it, but there's still something I ....   >>  
   Worst Ever: 7350 Lin....   blackmesa, don't kid yourself -- your code is crap....   >>  
      Mark, I think you win.   >>  
      Li-Fan Chen: that's the sad thing -- he was about....   >>  
      Heh. Reminds me of an interview I had with a loca....   >>  
      ...and your hospital chart.  (Sorry, couldn't....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   HTML rendering contr....   It's not what you were asking, but I seem to recal....   >>  
02 Feb 2004   Client's bad coding ....   If you were an employee of said company, I'd say y....   >>  
   Giving Notice?   ...so if you were a newspaper reporter, and kept a....   >>  
01 Feb 2004      Technically, it's not okay to keep copies of your ....   >>  
31 Jan 2004      Oy.  Yes, that was humorous and not intended ....   >>  
      ...on the other hand, if you're working for Entrep....   >>  
      Some companies, when you give notice, will have yo....   >>  
30 Jan 2004   Management problem f....   Copyright, NDAs and non-compete agreements (althou....   >>  
   Arguments against cu....   Very nice, jannek.  Mind if I cite you on my ....   >>  
28 Jan 2004   Signs Your Company H....   I always feel vaguely like a cult member when I li....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   MyIE2 kicks some ser....   ...on the other hand, once or twice a day, Opera e....   >>  
      Opera's 'resume browsing where I was before the cr....   >>  
25 Jan 2004   Searching web pages ....   I've wanted something like this for years. Of cou....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   VS.NET browser speed   To Heck with all of you! I got 316.3 on this page....   >>  
16 Jan 2004   here spaketh a progr....   Yes, having an IDE built in to a word processor do....   >>  
      Excel's fine as long as you can get away with usin....   >>  
   Speaking of neat wat....   Great, so when the flash drive gets hit by cosmic ....   >>  
   Private offices: fai....   Oh, and on the topic of divvying up resources, the....   >>  
      Fernanda Stickpot: So if you have a LAN connectio....   >>  
   I am so lucky I have....   I found something via Google groups (from 1993!) t....   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Leave job to do cons....   I give it a thirty-seven-point-two.   >>  
   I am so lucky I have....   Dude, don't get *too* pithed off...   >>  
      Years ago, my aunt developed the habit of asking "....   >>  
10 Jan 2004   Would you...   If I announced that I was going to work on a porn ....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   Let's talk about key....   I've plugged it here before and I'll probably plug....   >>  
08 Jan 2004   Noise Levels in the ....   My computer is relatively quiet, so this doesn't b....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   Hiring for short ter....   If you happen to live in a metro area that craigsl....   >>  
   DonationWare   Stephen: you clearly haven't been reading your Shi....   >>  
   Commercial software ....   Just keep in mind that the eyecandy in Flash makes....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   VB6 IDE question (probably bonehead)   >>  
06 Jan 2004   VB6 IDE question (pr....   You'd think so, but when there's no breakpoint, ex....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   Business/Working fro....   Telecommuter with door: My partner is pretty unde....   >>  
03 Jan 2004   Accountants   Piffle.  Next you'll be demanding licensure o....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   Understanding Pixels....   The professional icons that make yours look bad ar....   >>  
   Create files from DO....   Not sure if this would be batchable, but here's a ....   >>  
   E-Vote Gear firm hac....   I'd hack a Diebold e-voting system -- but only to ....   >>  
23 Dec 2003   Why The Flip Flop, J....   Just me: I'd been assuming Joel would charge the ....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   Visualizing   Despite being an extremely visual person, I actual....   >>  
19 Dec 2003   hiring directly over....   'Save costs?' What, is your conference room bille....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Blogging Question   Also keep in mind that 'no one will ever read you'....   >>  
      Link away.  The only thing I usually ask perm....   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Embedded Databases (....   M&M:  I don't know how any of the other D....   >>  
   Joel on Software Mot....   Most excellent.  Throw in something about sal....   >>  
   Guide to building JE....   DAO may be 'defunkt' [sic], but since in the COM u....   >>  
   Fav mp3 players   Good point, anon.  I should also have mention....   >>  
15 Dec 2003      As Flash-based players go, I like my iRiver iFP-18....   >>  
   music at work   If an iPod is too pricey, you might also look into....   >>  
   Message board softwa....   Guess I could've been more clear.  Yes, I mea....   >>  
      Interesting.  However, at first glance it loo....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   7th interview runnin....   At least you're getting interviews.  The job ....   >>  
10 Dec 2003   Lego intuition?   Let me get this straight.  I don't take any f....   >>  
      I'm still not quite sure I follow. If you build a....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Lego intuition?   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Unix question   I'll grant that this one was overly specific, but ....   >>  
08 Dec 2003      My, that question looks familiar. It's actually f....   >>  
06 Dec 2003   CityDesk, Blogger an....   Somehow, I don't think CityDesk was created to hel....   >>  
   If there are few dec....   Getting a really decent job anywhere is hard. ....   >>  
   The real enemy of pr....   Wow, I thought *I* was verbose.   >>  
05 Dec 2003   Garbage Collection i....   At the risk of stating the obvious, VB6 doesn't do....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   Workaround to Bayesian filters?   >>  
02 Dec 2003   A slightly more seri....   Walter- Unless your list of elements is the mos....   >>  
      I lean towards doing one complete task, then the o....   >>  
25 Nov 2003   Good packager for VB....   Frederic- As the last poster to bring this topi....   >>  
24 Nov 2003   Problem Solving Skil....   'We'll [sic] it's a buyers market right now, so wh....   >>  
      Guy Incognito: You must know Moe Fuzz. (That'd b....   >>  
   Window Managers   Jaguar.  ;>   >>  
23 Nov 2003   The Anti-Bionic Offi....   Awesome story. << Chiat had anticipated this pa....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Silly Question: How ....   braid_ged, in addition to possibly partaking of so....   >>  
   Linux in China   Obviously I missed something -- did Sun give up on....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Silly Question: How ....   Oh, and speaking of Jobs, see if you can read some....   >>  
      Hey, I just turned 29, and it's anything but 'too ....   >>  
16 Nov 2003   Interesting Work   Personally, I take umbrage at the idea that databa....   >>  
   What's your blog rea....   I just keep a short list in a sidebar on my own bl....   >>  
15 Nov 2003   Hard Data   I'm not convinced. More and more I'm coming to th....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   Curious about Fog Cr....   ...not if everyone did it.  Those 3 hours are....   >>  
   Windows/Mac Developm....   'If your application is internet-centric you may w....   >>  
   All I want for Chris....   Ooh, can I change that request for an electric mot....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   Question for i/Power....   Um, as someone whose OS is going to shit even as w....   >>  
11 Nov 2003   Windows/Mac Developm....   RealBasic (which does include its own linked datab....   >>  
   Speaking of Marketin....   I wondered about the $9 price, too. You know how ....   >>  
      Production costs? Are you thinking of having CDs ....   >>  
      I like Philo's suggestion of leaving 'credit card'....   >>  
   All I want for Chris....   There's a great review of the Matrix at http://www....   >>  
   Installer that doesn....   ActiveInstall's interface was abysmal. Pretty, bu....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   Installer that doesn't suck?   >>  
10 Nov 2003      Never having gotten around to installing TortoiseC....   >>  
      Frederic: NSIS may be fine, but when delivering a....   >>  
06 Nov 2003   Data Access Function....   I likewise use GetRS and ExecuteSQL, although my G....   >>  
05 Nov 2003   Recommend an ergonom....   It's not particularly ergonomic by itself, but I'v....   >>  
   God in the firmware   Ged- On the off chance you haven't read it, go ....   >>  
   When is open source ....   'If you do not learn to master your rage...' 'You....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   How to scare away yo....   I also thought Dmitri's response was perfectly pol....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Unit testing Visual ....   COMUnit ( http://comunit.sourceforge.net/ ) isn't ....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   Where to find IT con....   Had to run to class, so didn't get to finish my th....   >>  
      You might get lucky with Google (don't forget the ....   >>  
17 Oct 2003   Apple user interface....   For the original poster: coincidentally, I posted....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   stupid recruiters   Be polite but brief, dutifully record your contact....   >>  
   career advice (again....   Sounds like you've already accomplished more than ....   >>  
   What source control ....   WinZip.  ;>  Yeah, I know, I know.&nb....   >>  
   free bug fixes = no-....   Plus, to a certain extent, fixing bugs for free gi....   >>  
      Brad: '(software doesn't 'wear out' over time)' ....   >>  
05 Oct 2003   SpreadSheets rows li....   'First, I don't undestand why excel (or others spr....   >>  
   is this industry int....   Dennis- 'There's no method I know of to develop....   >>  
   My first bug come fe....   Aussie Chick: 30 staff and you're still being fla....   >>  
02 Oct 2003      >> and I have to interview 300 applicatants ....   >>  
30 Sep 2003   what would you do in....   You don't need the money. Even if you think you d....   >>  
28 Sep 2003   Joel, how do you com....   Postage Hydration Analyst?   >>  
26 Sep 2003   Where to Place a Job....   http://www.craigslist.org - depending on your regi....   >>  
   I had an idea drivin....   Stephen- Only the second most car-mad? I admit....   >>  
   Null-ing combo boxes....   For the record, I'm well aware that a String can't....   >>  
      'If you have an ADO recordset with a client cursor....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Null-ing combo boxes in VB6   >>  
25 Sep 2003      Funny, no matter how much information you post whe....   >>  
23 Sep 2003   VBA Technical Riddle   Dustin- It sounds like you changed from using V....   >>  
21 Sep 2003   Dual Boot or Virtual....   All together now: 'It depends!' Do you want fr....   >>  
   knowledge base softw....   Sounds like a properly-categorized blog might even....   >>  
18 Sep 2003   Gov't employee actin....   Christopher-  One word: entitlement.  Bo....   >>  
15 Sep 2003   General Alexander Ha....   And here I thought General Haig was a character on....   >>  
   Best OS For Home Use....   StickyWicket:  It depends on the screen. ....   >>  
      I'll second Bored Bystander's testimonial above: e....   >>  
   How to deal with tea....   Demonstrate how you found the errors at integratio....   >>  
   Speed Reading Techni....   Sort of on-topic for this post (re: how we look at....   >>  
14 Sep 2003      Read. A lot. (= In high school, I often neglect....   >>  
08 Sep 2003   Why would one need a....   ...or these guys? http://www.intel.com    >>  
05 Sep 2003   Design Advice Needed....   Haven't played with it much, but I believe PHP has....   >>  
03 Sep 2003   Best self-defence wh....   Fix the errors, in as short a timeframe as possibl....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   Extreme Programming   I'll second Jim; it's perfectly legitimate to do e....   >>  
01 Sep 2003      This will take you some time to work through, but ....   >>  
   80$ per/hr access pr....   ...and are prepared to pay for a development cycle....   >>  
29 Aug 2003      Sgt. S - which area are you in? FWIW, I was at ....   >>  
   fixed price contract   And it sounds like you sorta know this already, bu....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   Developers in Suits ....   Simple policy:  if the client requires you to....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Decent data grid in ....   Yeah, I'll probably go with their suite.  I'm....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Decent data grid in VB6?   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Hiding website email....   I use form-based mail on my websites, and automati....   >>  
   Decent data grid in ....   Wow.  Control looks interesting, but that's t....   >>  
25 Aug 2003   How Long Will Kids L....   Translation: 'I do not like change. Death was go....   >>  
      At the risk of reintroducing the original topic, I....   >>  
23 Aug 2003   XML - the only pract....   http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/xml.html    >>  
22 Aug 2003   autonumber again..   Now there are two parts to the question: ADO vs. ....   >>  
21 Aug 2003   Good job boards?   I still get the occasional good posting on www.cra....   >>  
   The Coming Job Boom   Does it factor in our tendency as programmers to e....   >>  
   Decline and Fall (se....   It can't come too quickly for me.  Empire is ....   >>  
   Dynamic Website on a....   Um, CityDesk?  ;>   >>  
20 Aug 2003   Request for Printer ....   I have a Canon S520 which is not networkable, but ....   >>  
   Performance appraisa....   This experience should give you some good question....   >>  
   "Good" worm causes h....   The Internet, as originally designed, could probab....   >>  
19 Aug 2003   Carpal Tunnel   No real advice on the carpal tunnel per se, but if....   >>  
   Financial Realities   All of this sounds very familiar. I worked for a ....   >>  
17 Aug 2003   Notepad, Can It Be R....   ConTEXT also comes with a replacement notepad.exe:....   >>  
16 Aug 2003   how much does part t....   Just list start date and end date.  If you li....   >>  
15 Aug 2003   Good XML editor?   Philo- I suppose if you spent a lot of time wit....   >>  
      XML Spy's GUI view of an XML document is pretty us....   >>  
   T-Mobile SideKick   A perspective from a rather disgruntled Sidekick o....   >>  
   I *hate* "server pri....   Defrag is easy -- you can dual-boot the thing -- b....   >>  
14 Aug 2003   Hi and Thanks   Shaun- Good for you! Most people with half a b....   >>  
13 Aug 2003   should I begin the p....   So let me get this straight -- you knew how to hel....   >>  
   What are your values....   In no particular order:  creativity, problem-....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   Any opinions on GoTo....   Haven't used gotomypc, so can't comment on it. ....   >>  
10 Aug 2003   Is EDI still a hot t....   Gah. On the topic of ANSI X12 271 (a health insur....   >>  
09 Aug 2003   CityDesk profitable?   Personally, I think it's going to generate a one-t....   >>  
08 Aug 2003   Developer Liability ....   Tracy- What do you mean? IANAL, but it seems l....   >>  
   Nice to know we're n....   I live in Portland (that'd be in Oregon, naturally....   >>  
   VB6 unit testing fra....   I'll answer my own question:  COMUnit is not ....   >>  
07 Aug 2003   VB6 unit testing framework   >>  
07 Aug 2003      Hm. Also found this after a few minutes of Googli....   >>  
   Advice: Small to Big....   I've worked in big and small environments, and ove....   >>  
   The Value of Unix's ....   I'm bi-platformal (Mac and Windows), and I tell th....   >>  
   Where to store the D....   It's not particularly document-centric. It's a da....   >>  
06 Aug 2003   Where to store the DB schema?   >>  
06 Aug 2003      Sausage- Excellent points. They're somewhat miti....   >>  
      I like the resource file idea... thanks!   >>  
      Now that I think about it, I suppose I'm going to ....   >>  
      Oh, I see.  I guess I could've clarified:&nbs....   >>  
      19th floor:  Could you be a little more vague....   >>  
   Is This Code style/S....   Perhaps he's got some other stylistic quirks that ....   >>  
   what does it take fo....   I may be being unfair, but here's a thought: it h....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   HR Interview - How t....   If possible, stand up for the interview -- it make....   >>  
02 Aug 2003   End of the road for ....   ...which is why we should all design our Web pages....   >>  
01 Aug 2003   Command structure   You could reduce the amount of menu code by using ....   >>  
   Menu Display of Bool....   Personally, I hate, hate, hate seeing this done wi....   >>  
   End of the road for ....   I don't think micropayments are the only answer: ....   >>  
   This is what's wrong....   Marc- Yes, the US government in particular seem....   >>  
31 Jul 2003      Personally, I get why people like OSS, and I get w....   >>  
   C to PHP   I don't have a manual handy, but doesn't PHP allow....   >>  
   The Phenomenon of Di....   Drake- Linked tables would be one way to get at....   >>  
30 Jul 2003   To write from scratc....   Jan- Exactly right. One of my cardinal rules i....   >>  
   The Phenomenon of Di....   The prior thread is at: http://discuss.fogcreek.c....   >>  
   How to get taken ser....   I can suggest one thing -- if you write sales broc....   >>  
29 Jul 2003   Calculator recommend....   I haven't done any calculator comparison shopping,....   >>  
   Article about MS mis....   John:  What, you don't remember Microsoft Bob....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   You Just Can't Kill ....   Avrom:  After a few years of daily coding, I'....   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Beginning Programmer....   There's a considerable difference between learning....   >>  
   Wireless Network   Mark- Wasn't there something a few years back a....   >>  
   How do you store cab....   Oh, I see. I thought the string was at the end of....   >>  
20 Jul 2003   Wireless Network   It's my understanding that the intensity of a give....   >>  
   How do you store cab....   Mark, I'm still having trouble visualizing this.&n....   >>  
   Starting Up?   Matthew and Zahid- Not only have disco groups cov....   >>  
19 Jul 2003      And then there's the grammatical awkwardness of sa....   >>  
      ...It's almost like they had a bunch of 4-year-old....   >>  
      Besides, they have to tie it in to their awful "St....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   Batch processing   I've never seen Data Access Pages actually work. ....   >>  
17 Jul 2003   Logo designers <$....   And of course, I have to plug a friend of mine who....   >>  
04 Jul 2003   music   From what you've said, Bob doesn't give a damn abo....   >>  
02 Jul 2003   98.72% of all blogs ....   Indeed, Sturgeon's Law definitely applies. But if....   >>  
01 Jul 2003   Camouflaging an OS?   This obviously falls under the heading of 'securit....   >>  
29 Jun 2003   Problem with colleag....   I dealt with something similar to this once... act....   >>  
24 Jun 2003   Suggestions please?   Under 2 above, make that "...users can't be truste....   >>  
      Actually, I'd advise against trying to support a f....   >>  
23 Jun 2003   wondering if you kno....   On the Mac, Safari's pop-up blocking is *perfect*.....   >>  
16 Jun 2003   Suing Joel...   smkr4:  No, it's not at all contradictory.&nb....   >>  
06 Jun 2003   Printing - anyone re....   I almost never print anything, except the aforemen....   >>  
02 Jun 2003   "Entertaining" compu....   Looks like someone beat me to the Neal Stephenson ....   >>  
15 May 2003   Opera   I use Opera (v6) on my PC and Safari on the Mac, a....   >>  
   Music   If you're going to get into a volume war, I sugges....   >>  
09 May 2003   Serial Non-consumpti....   Wait two weeks before implementing any request fro....   >>  



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