| finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:04 UK time |
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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Almost Anonymous' | ||
| View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment | ||
Number of Comments: 668 |
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| Number of Words: 52,994 | ||
| First Comment: 20 Jun 2003 | ||
| Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 15 |
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| First Topic: 20 Jun 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 28 Aug 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 01 Sep 2004 | Baby coming, Changin.... | As parent, I highly recommend getting 4-doors. Of.... >> |
| If Java doesn't have.... | Hehe.. so they say "...special null referenc.... >> | |
| Sure.. but it's also pretty stupid to have a.... >> | ||
| Sure it is... it's an implementation detail .... >> | ||
| Two words: Leaky Abstraction. It should be call.... >> | ||
| 31 Aug 2004 | Sharing a nifty tric.... | I have a full directory of ported Unix tools for W.... >> |
| 30 Aug 2004 | What motivates you t.... | 'Boredom/wanting a distraction and also it is a g.... >> |
| How Laundry destroye.... | No luck with the freezer trick... or any oth.... >> | |
| 28 Aug 2004 | How Laundry destroyed my Harddrive >> | |
| 28 Aug 2004 | The API is king | 'Speaking of which, what about MacOS X? Did Apple .... >> |
| 26 Aug 2004 | microsoft.com redesi.... | 'Firefox, I just think it's very sad that this is .... >> |
| 25 Aug 2004 | Correctly developed .... | What I find funny is that nobody finds this to be .... >> |
| Do you know what I w.... | 'At one point, quite some time ago, they said tha.... >> | |
| Building a Wiki | "a difference in opinion" -- Every 5 minutes!!! >> | |
| 24 Aug 2004 | Technology Review on.... | 'It is simply that they want to gain in the deskto.... >> |
| 23 Aug 2004 | Manual vs. Automatic.... | What's with the 'futuristic' butt fugly cars?!? (.... >> |
| 22 Aug 2004 | advertisement blocki.... | Firefox with the ad block extension is FAR superio.... >> |
| 20 Aug 2004 | ASP (classic) framew.... | Crackhead, Did you actually look through the re.... >> |
| 19 Aug 2004 | ASP (classic) frameworks and libraries >> | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Production/Testing Databases w/ SQL Server >> | |
| 19 Aug 2004 | Crackhead, Have you actually tried typing 'ASP'.... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2004 | Learning the basic a.... | Don't. Get a library. >> |
| Garbage Collection M.... | Holy crap... give the guy a break! >> | |
| I agree with all the motivations, especially the f.... >> | ||
| 08 Aug 2004 | Client side validati.... | 'My partner insists on having client and server si.... >> |
| 04 Aug 2004 | Question configuring.... | 'However, the app that you need to use to copy mp3.... >> |
| 03 Aug 2004 | Searching for <ot.... | Google doesn't INDEX the characters "<" or ">.... >> |
| 02 Aug 2004 | Making Linux a playe.... | 'The concept of 'if you need to fix Linux, you can.... >> |
| 'No. Linux is for dopes who could never master Win.... >> | ||
| You don't have to edit open source code (ie fork) .... >> | ||
| And to return to the original poster: 'People t.... >> | ||
| 'Find CM, tell me what I can do with Linux, that I.... >> | ||
| a long, rambling, in.... | Here I sit, at home, on the BC Day Holiday, fixing.... >> | |
| 01 Aug 2004 | Longhorn Visual Basi.... | Well there will not be a VB 7.0.. which I be.... >> |
| 'I assume that Microsoft will release a version of.... >> | ||
| 30 Jul 2004 | PHP setLocale() and .... | Do a: var_dump($locale_info); and see what i.... >> |
| Word Sucks | Here's the thing, Word crashed for you all the tim.... >> | |
| 29 Jul 2004 | Why you shouldn't st.... | Bored: Post'm here... Philo isn't giving us .... >> |
| HTTP header continua.... | Most HTTP client implementations will wrap lines a.... >> | |
| Unicode | 'Actually, a multi-byte character string in Window.... >> | |
| UNICODE in Win32 isn't not UTF-16 it's UCS-2. UCS.... >> | ||
| rant: why centrino i.... | It sounds like Michael got sucked in! Any company.... >> | |
| How do you use sourc.... | There's a Mac GUI CVS client... it's at http://ww.... >> | |
| 28 Jul 2004 | Ouch. Source code control isn't too hard. I us.... >> | |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Polish me no Patents | Microsoft seems to be getting the shaft from that .... >> |
| Open Source = no rig.... | 'So, if you create a software system that manages .... >> | |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Code Beautifier for ASP? >> | |
| 26 Jul 2004 | My users have threat.... | 'Is this kind of crap normal with shareware?!' .... >> |
| Open Source = no rig.... | 'we can't sell to developers because they can code.... >> | |
| and of course, what isn't free has been pirated..&.... >> | ||
| I actually find it funny that nobody seems to real.... >> | ||
| 'What it gets down to is that software is probably.... >> | ||
| ' However, I MOST CERTAINLY am telling you that th.... >> | ||
| 'This happens when you're dealing with smart peopl.... >> | ||
| 'The real money is building the custom systems tha.... >> | ||
| 'But after some time they found an open-source alt.... >> | ||
| This is kind of ridiculous fear-mongering isn't it.... >> | ||
| Open Source is a pretty wide reaching term. Are y.... >> | ||
| Bzzzt! | 'I don't have a problem with the browser rejecting.... >> | |
| Web page size still .... | 'Usually only on static pages though.' Err... .... >> | |
| Perhaps everyone who has posted here so far misses.... >> | ||
| 24 Jul 2004 | Why to never use sen.... | I think I'm going to get a personalized license pl.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Frameworks - Still r.... | Java has alot of frameworks... .NET is slow to ga.... >> |
| Daylight Saving Time | Use OS functions... I'm sure both Symbian an.... >> | |
| We were WRONG about .... | 'Sun has both hardware and software and just like .... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | pet projects that fi.... | Java was designed to run the firmware of washing m.... >> |
| We were WRONG about .... | Soem choice quotes from said article: 'saw sale.... >> | |
| 21 Jul 2004 | best thing about IE | 'Best thing about IE is rendering speed, plain and.... >> |
| 20 Jul 2004 | Indentation | 'I've found, however, that once I've used a langua.... >> |
| 'I never said anyone who uses an IDE is deluded, I.... >> | ||
| I prefer: if ( x == 3 ) y = 2 ; else y = 3 ; .... >> | ||
| specify From: addres.... | I do this in Eudora. Just create multiple email ac.... >> | |
| 19 Jul 2004 | I don't save email f.... | I have every email I've ever sent since 1996. I h.... >> |
| Open Source is good | In theory, you should get better support by paying.... >> | |
| 17 Jul 2004 | PHP and references | 'Yeah, I know, that still involves the overhead of.... >> |
| 16 Jul 2004 | PHP Weirdness | No problem. Class names in PHP are case-inse.... >> |
| I hate debugging MySQL SQL statements... the.... >> | ||
| You need a few 'AS' sprinkled around... as in: .... >> | ||
| Dude, the name of your class is Newcolumn but your.... >> | ||
| And there's a little trick if you still want those.... >> | ||
| Take out the blocks.. you're evaling.... >> | ||
| You never did mention what the contents of the fil.... >> | ||
| It should work -- done it before. Also a few.... >> | ||
| PHP and references | The typical way to write that is: $object1 =& $.... >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | Python for a commerc.... | PHP supports COM on Windows as well. >> |
| PHP may not have decent email handling capabilitie.... >> | ||
| Better Windows Explo.... | The screenshot is available on the homepage before.... >> | |
| Why I don't install or download Total Commander....... >> | ||
| Refunds | 'I am inclined to say that, since there is a 30-da.... >> | |
| Javascript Compatibi.... | 'Blech. Why not just open the image blow-up in the.... >> | |
| '1) Is it worth my trouble to try and do things in.... >> | ||
| 14 Jul 2004 | RAII vs. Java | Reference counting is all good until you have mult.... >> |
| 13 Jul 2004 | On Eudora | I use Eudora all the time -- I'd love to try somet.... >> |
| Mozilla Flaw Runs Ar.... | The main reason, I believe, that Apache 1.3.x is s.... >> | |
| 'What if the code passed |
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| Pretty clearly mozilla was doing the "right-thing".... >> | ||
| Coding Standards | 'Almost Anon, no it was not necessary. Maybe that'.... >> | |
| I worked for a really really big company that shal.... >> | ||
| You must not look at much 3rd party Java or PHP co.... >> | ||
| '@'s are nonsensical to me. Perhaps they're cues .... >> | ||
| +++the braces are in the correct places. +++ 'of .... >> | ||
| Ever try and read a long post in these forums wher.... >> | ||
| The Coffee Test | I work for CoffeeGeek.com... enough said?&nb.... >> | |
| Old farts lack respe.... | Well... crap... PHP5 was just released today! .... >> | |
| 'I test drove 8 different CMS's for my site and fi.... >> | ||
| Shhhhhh.... I figured one day someone would .... >> | ||
| 'I don't have quite the library built up that you .... >> | ||
| 'huge class library in a single file' I never s.... >> | ||
| I must admit though, when developing in another en.... >> | ||
| You need to drop bystander from your name now... >> | ||
| 'And I pronounce this thread officially dead!' .... >> | ||
| 'I have to say that lately PHP is my favorite-of-t.... >> | ||
| 'If you look at the RAII thread, it was that sa..w.... >> | ||
| 'How is it subjective to state that if you're tryi.... >> | ||
| 'I started this thread because I see a LOT of this.... >> | ||
| Just out of curiosit.... | Why would you want a CLIENT-SIDE solution? SERVER.... >> | |
| .Net market share | Come on people, 73.5% of statistics are made up on.... >> | |
| Mixing languages... | I work in 3 fairly different environments everyday.... >> | |
| RAII vs. Java | 'when [what is believed to be] the last pointer....... >> | |
| 'A java application can just as easily leak memory.... >> | ||
| Sid, You're still doing manual memory managemen.... >> | ||
| The huge difference between Java and C++ programme.... >> | ||
| 11 Jul 2004 | K&R. Great book,.... | In C, you're pretty damn safe with pointer sizes. .... >> |
| 08 Jul 2004 | initialzing an array.... | 'It is C++ and I used the pass by reference sugges.... >> |
| Perhaps a typedef would help. Is this C or C++?.... >> | ||
| 07 Jul 2004 | Objection to XP (ext.... | All of software development can summed up in one p.... >> |
| Was IE 4 a rewrite | I think the 'rewrite' part was all about the embed.... >> | |
| How are file formats.... | Microsoft does make available the details of the f.... >> | |
| Password attacks by .... | One possibly it to try and delay the attackers. W.... >> | |
| 05 Jul 2004 | Hungerian standard+J.... | I hate underscores and I hate Hungerian notation! >> |
| How does the RIAA id.... | 'Of course this is quite remarkably given that his.... >> | |
| 01 Jul 2004 | Just. for web server.... | 'Our current policy is that no web servers are all.... >> |
| 29 Jun 2004 | Asymmetric encryptio.... | Yes, Asymmetric encryption is slow. SSL, for.... >> |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Anyone have positive.... | I met my current employer online via Usenet (it wa.... >> |
| 27 Jun 2004 | event-driven php web.... | In order to return users to the correct location I.... >> |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Linux at work? | Windows XP for Workstations Linux (Debian) Develo.... >> |
| 24 Jun 2004 | New Lingo Beta | 'Don't good languages get augmented rather than ha.... >> |
| Maps and Multiple De.... | Microsoft has an application called Streets and Tr.... >> | |
| Best IDE for HCI (GU.... | Givem' Freakin' Visual Basic... (For the record.... >> | |
| Web Application Deve.... | 'Another issue to deal with is having to flipping .... >> | |
| MySQL license with f.... | PHP uses the LGPL version. And they are work.... >> | |
| It should be noted that GPL only covers derivative.... >> | ||
| 23 Jun 2004 | so after the api war.... | The virtual machine appears to be the way to go on.... >> |
| Apple's iPod | 'Just an MP3 player, these things are a dime a doz.... >> | |
| CVS : impossible to .... | Olivier, '1/ it's slow (tortoise has to check a.... >> | |
| More API wars (sorry.... | 'but realized at some point it couldn't be done' .... >> | |
| Microsoft has really made some serious mistakes wi.... >> | ||
| 22 Jun 2004 | Linux distribution | You mean http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ ?? *gri.... >> |
| Xbox 2 will not be b.... | 'MS did so deliberately to screw people' Just b.... >> | |
| 21 Jun 2004 | *Historically* backwards compatibility for game sy.... >> | |
| The RedHat Enterpris.... | To Huh... he said 93% *margin* not market... Red.... >> | |
| 'then what to make of the 93% margin RedHat posts .... >> | ||
| 19 Jun 2004 | Distributing Joel's .... | 'Graceful degradation.' It would if someone wou.... >> |
| 18 Jun 2004 | Making web applications work better >> | |
| 18 Jun 2004 | Firefox with XUL is only 5MB... it's a pretty imp.... >> | |
| Would compiled Javas.... | 'How do you do compiled javascript without introdu.... >> | |
| Making web applicati.... | Andrew Burton: 'Can't you sort of do that now with.... >> | |
| Joel's plea for cont.... | Mozilla has something equivalent to contentEditabl.... >> | |
| Saving the API: Shou.... | Main misconception about the Windows API: 'I thin.... >> | |
| DHTML | 'Well, I know Javascript and showed up earlier, bu.... >> | |
| I believe DHTML pre-dates CSS. So really DHT.... >> | ||
| 17 Jun 2004 | Firefox - First Go | The *only* reason I don't switch to Firefox entire.... >> |
| "New API is HTML", b.... | 'I don't think that's the case--the 399,000,000 pe.... >> | |
| CVS : I can't imagin.... | For big operations, you might want to consider usi.... >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | "New API is HTML", b.... | I think you miss the point; the new API is HTML an.... >> |
| perhaps slightly lig.... | ..or use onKeyUp.. I love Javascript... >> | |
| The reason the value appears to be one-behind is t.... >> | ||
| Try adding the "return true;" to the onChange line.... >> | ||
| Try this: >> | ||
| The onKeyPress event expects a return value. True.... >> | ||
| 15 Jun 2004 | "Trivial" Things | Our company runs a popular website -- we get hits .... >> |
| CVS : I can't imagin.... | It doesn't sound crazy to me! I'd make one chan.... >> | |
| I'm a one-man shop, essentially. I started using .... >> | ||
| 14 Jun 2004 | Video Capture? | Rule #1 of marketing -- don't name your company or.... >> |
| Today's Provocative .... | How about: Login / Logout I'm surprised it .... >> | |
| Windows CVS Clients | TortoiseCVS stands out. It's just a shell ex.... >> | |
| PHP Email | The mail() function works on any platform -- assum.... >> | |
| 11 Jun 2004 | JOS Disaster recover.... | The board isn't going anywhere -- whether or not J.... >> |
| Got an internet acce.... | I heard about this a few weeks ago but this postin.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2004 | Website Removes Brow.... | What browser are you using? In IE or Firebir.... >> |
| Monumental Incompete.... | From reading withheld's first (linked) post, he mi.... >> | |
| 07 Jun 2004 | XP Unzip like WinZip.... | How do you do that with the left-hand folder tree .... >> |
| God I hate zip folders; it's on my long list of an.... >> | ||
| Is the tide now goin.... | 'Where is the automated bug reporting systems for .... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | what an article! | I agree with Dennis (we agree on almost everything.... >> |
| using opaque primary.... | 'The argument being that if an entity does not hav.... >> | |
| I think it would still be in 3rd (or 2nd) normal f.... >> | ||
| 'From what I know of the relational model, primary.... >> | ||
| sounding off: Linux .... | 'So why not recognize that and realize we're all i.... >> | |
| What newbie downloads the source to do an install?.... >> | ||
| MySQL has a nice Windows installer... why th.... >> | ||
| 02 Jun 2004 | Windows based Email .... | Eudora >> |
| The rise of .NET | 'Although, the thought of supporting production Mi.... >> | |
| 01 Jun 2004 | Why does Windows nee.... | 'Shouldn't a reboot be part of any major patch *an.... >> |
| 31 May 2004 | Good email services | RP, I believe everyone is telling you to ditch the.... >> |
| The best solution was mentioned above... use your.... >> | ||
| Effects of "Anti-GMa.... | 'yea, but how many is too many?' Fine. Ban all.... >> | |
| What I don't understand is why everyone is for reg.... >> | ||
| Email is like sending a postcard... whomever proc.... >> | ||
| 30 May 2004 | Are you a less produ.... | 'Are you a less productive programmer since you go.... >> |
| 26 May 2004 | Drive letter issues .... | Our production Linux box is never rebooted. That'.... >> |
| I knew it | Actually, it sounds like Novell is slowing them do.... >> | |
| 21 May 2004 | unindented HTML | I can't work with non-indented HTML (in my templat.... >> |
| My tech crystall bal.... | 'It was called the electric motor, and once you ha.... >> | |
| 'But still, most people start their computing live.... >> | ||
| 'Really, though, Apple has been rumoured to have a.... >> | ||
| 'Most people don't care that they can get Linux/Op.... >> | ||
| To the original poster: 'People write books wit.... >> | ||
| 'Microsoft gives the average consumer, and average.... >> | ||
| Backwards Interface? | 'Never tried the McGriddle.' The McGriddle is h.... >> | |
| 'Actually I always think of the 2nd window as the .... >> | ||
| VB and C | 'On hand, part of me was hoping everyone would say.... >> | |
| 20 May 2004 | Caching "large" amou.... | blaZiT, I do something quite similar to that on.... >> |
| 19 May 2004 | Why so few computer .... | I grab the occasional Wired magazine when I'm trav.... >> |
| 18 May 2004 | Are there any .Net c.... | I have an application running in the background ri.... >> |
| Why disable right-cl.... | 'Some people do it to try to keep viewers from sav.... >> | |
| Leaked personal data.... | Wow blank, that's quite the strawman argument you'.... >> | |
| 17 May 2004 | Programmed Death for.... | 'I'm personally going to be most annoyed if PDAs g.... >> |
| 'The problem with a PDA/Cell phone is how to shink.... >> | ||
| How do You prefere t.... | I prefer to download. Shipping is a bitch. >> | |
| 15 May 2004 | Thoughts on decent l.... | Have you seen Perl? It's really not surprisi.... >> |
| What to download? | ----'No thank you! I'd rather stick to having sex .... >> | |
| 13 May 2004 | MS Office Moving Bac.... | I completely agree.. Microsoft is going way .... >> |
| 12 May 2004 | Is it worth building.... | 'With each computer I've built from scratch (3 of .... >> |
| BTW.. to answer the original posters question! .... >> | ||
| 'you equate building your own computer with buying.... >> | ||
| Rob, You seem to equate _purchasing_ a computer.... >> | ||
| I always 'build' but I certainly don't put it toge.... >> | ||
| Ericsson P900, or an.... | 'I protect my current phone using a transparent pl.... >> | |
| do you know which carriers have this device? .... >> | ||
| Yes and Yes. >> | ||
| I have a Sony Ericsson P800 and I own an IPAQ so I.... >> | ||
| 11 May 2004 | Is it possible to ha.... | 'Is it possible to have two certificates on the sa.... >> |
| Mono makes me wanna .... | The Mono project has always had unbelievable momen.... >> | |
| SD/MMC to Sony Memor.... | I think he's trying to avoid having to purchase a .... >> | |
| 10 May 2004 | Compatibility and Op.... | 'but right now it's in 486+ asm' Those who don'.... >> |
| 09 May 2004 | Absolute Confusion w.... | Two words: corrupt disk? >> |
| Questions for the ca.... | 'Sathyaish, to put this bluntly, posting 5 questio.... >> | |
| 08 May 2004 | Do you use Active De.... | Always the first thing I turn off. >> |
| Does commissioning a.... | 'Trying to stay strictly objective, what is your o.... >> | |
| Initializing Entity .... | 'Actually 3 is not an option because there will be.... >> | |
| 05 May 2004 | Open Sourcers: What'.... | 'Me: 'No it's made by this company that names ever.... >> |
| 01 May 2004 | Accessing DBMS remot.... | 'I don't know enough about the capabilities of eac.... >> |
| 30 Apr 2004 | Give Work Away? | 'Where are the graphic designers or user interface.... >> |
| The Traps of Linux...... | My question is: Why would anyone write a 10 chapte.... >> | |
| I didn't read the entire thing but as far as I got.... >> | ||
| 28 Apr 2004 | Google - Microsoft b.... | 'Anyone who develops on Longhorn will find it very.... >> |
| teaching programming.... | 'In most universities the classes have accompanyin.... >> | |
| Why the use of vitua.... | 'I use to think virtualised OS platforms were used.... >> | |
| Version control for .... | Subversion handles binary files like CVS handles t.... >> | |
| 26 Apr 2004 | C++ is faster than J.... | Assembler is (by definition) not portable. >> |
| 24 Apr 2004 | Application Developm.... | Damn Philo... spot on. >> |
| 'I been taking the core of his questions to be: is.... >> | ||
| 23 Apr 2004 | General Public Licen.... | www.redhat.com www.novell.com www.zend.com www..... >> |
| Application developm.... | And one last thing Doc, We are all mostly profe.... >> | |
| Jason, If you actually want to explain what you.... >> | ||
| Here I go, feeding the troll again! Layman's la.... >> | ||
| 'I'm not saying to re-invent the bulb' just that .... >> | ||
| code on a whiteboard | Writing _real_ code, on paper, in exams, sucks... .... >> | |
| Thank you! Somebody had to say it... I don't.... >> | ||
| If not, why not ? | I think all programmers have, at one time, gone of.... >> | |
| James, have you tried FORTH? The syntax and 'way'.... >> | ||
| 22 Apr 2004 | CSS Formatting vs Ta.... | We use a hybrid approach because pure CSS formatti.... >> |
| 21 Apr 2004 | cvs setup in linux | # apt-get install cvs ...you are using debian r.... >> |
| 20 Apr 2004 | Video Game Programmi.... | 'To compare the two industries is a waste of time..... >> |
| Games: Harder. >> | ||
| 17 Apr 2004 | Compiler warnings | 'it should give an error when I assign an invalid .... >> |
| 16 Apr 2004 | Should source contro.... | 'For some reason it really turns my stomach to hav.... >> |
| Monolithic Function | Thanks Dennis... I was going to point out the abs.... >> | |
| BTW, Dennis's idea is a really good one... split .... >> | ||
| 'It could be that someone could code a batch app t.... >> | ||
| '1.) There is no 'Save Customer' RPC. The 'New C.... >> | ||
| I'm not sure why everyone is making this out to be.... >> | ||
| 15 Apr 2004 | Object design questi.... | How I design classes is that every object has a De.... >> |
| How to open ppt from.... | On the server, change the MIME type for ppt files .... >> | |
| 12 Apr 2004 | ^C - ^V Everywhere. .... | Roose, Wow. You really do learn something new .... >> |
| 10 Apr 2004 | Is Perl the only scr.... | I was a PERL programmer. I used CPAN modules to s.... >> |
| 08 Apr 2004 | "Forgot Password" We.... | 'use that to lookup their record and send the user.... >> |
| 'Good idea. Say, what's your email address? No rea.... >> | ||
| Ask only for the email address; the username is re.... >> | ||
| Keyboard Rant | 'Do Windows developers use some sort of virtual de.... >> | |
| Faking pass-by-value.... | 'The standard does not specify how a string class .... >> | |
| 'Preference?' If you use something like the STL.... >> | ||
| 07 Apr 2004 | SSL Port - is it alw.... | In addition, you can put some code in the default .... >> |
| C# Class Library Fil.... | 'I'm w/you. I inherited a C# project with every c.... >> | |
| 06 Apr 2004 | Occasionally; but only if the subclasses (or super.... >> | |
| If I ran Gmail, I wo.... | 'It might be interesting to look at how the econom.... >> | |
| 05 Apr 2004 | Stallman is The Anti.... | It's now April 4th... April fools day is lon.... >> |
| 02 Apr 2004 | 2 offers, which one .... | 'The consulting company is 100% travel, it appears.... >> |
| Java—what's the poin.... | 'Under certian conditions Java is way faster than .... >> | |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Talking to the Fox | 'I’m a little uncomfortable asking a technical que.... >> |
| Recommend a reliable.... | 'I can punt my shared Linux server a $30/mo.' W.... >> | |
| 30 Mar 2004 | cultural implication.... | My Daughter has a very unique name and I was able .... >> |
| Xbox 2 compatibility.... | 'Are you kidding? There are console emulators all.... >> | |
| 'DirectX is a hardware abstraction layer. I don't.... >> | ||
| 29 Mar 2004 | 'Maybe it's just me, but I just don't have much tr.... >> | |
| ' I just wanted to not have to hook two systems up.... >> | ||
| 'I recently purchased an X-Box (after it dropped t.... >> | ||
| 'I thought Microsoft tried to convince game vendor.... >> | ||
| 'In fact I'm pretty sure that the way the PS2 achi.... >> | ||
| 'Microsoft actually launches has a hard drive, one.... >> | ||
| 'Wht is NGage a mistake? I would love to have one!.... >> | ||
| binary xml - just sa.... | 'You may have one parser, but that's just another .... >> | |
| 'Sure -- but in that case it is a small matter of .... >> | ||
| 'But, in a world of computer-to-computer transmiss.... >> | ||
| 'You can't get metadata with a binary format?' .... >> | ||
| 'As a minor variant of your idea, removing the nee.... >> | ||
| I think the XML standard could be easily extended .... >> | ||
| 25 Mar 2004 | Drowning in one's co.... | Such a methodolgy wouldn't figure out this site: h.... >> |
| 24 Mar 2004 | Exceptions revisited | I disagree! The function name is 'ReadFully' wh.... >> |
| Drowning in one's co.... | 'I'm interested what others think of this phenomen.... >> | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | If you can't beat em.... | AOL has no future; why would Microsoft want to buy.... >> |
| Elegant error handli.... | I like the way that the Symbian OS handles errors..... >> | |
| 18 Mar 2004 | How Do You Use Your .... | Same problem! I still end up using (plain) I.... >> |
| I don't have a big back stack but that's because I.... >> | ||
| 17 Mar 2004 | Follow shortcuts in .... | MS says 'Any valid Windows 2000 local path'. That.... >> |
| Under NTFS you can create both hard and symbolic l.... >> | ||
| 15 Mar 2004 | seeking career advic.... | '...EJB,MQSeries, enterprise level technologies, a.... >> |
| 13 Mar 2004 | I just got this message from Quicktime... >> | |
| 11 Mar 2004 | I've been blogged... | 'I have a blog' Found it. ;) >> |
| Building Text Parser.... | 'If you have a c compiler on your platform, you ca.... >> | |
| 10 Mar 2004 | In a few weeks, I need to write a parser in C++ fo.... >> | |
| AUTORUN woes on USB .... | EXPLORER.EXE has a number of commandline switches .... >> | |
| 09 Mar 2004 | Windows NT for G5 re.... | Doubtful. Microsoft has enough time with driver i.... >> |
| Access or SQL server | Access doesn't scale. I've run websites on i.... >> | |
| Software for Seniors | There is an application for Linux built around Moz.... >> | |
| 07 Mar 2004 | Recently Discovered .... | I run Linux and I don't plan on patching the syste.... >> |
| The integration of c.... | It's been my observation that most computer savy p.... >> | |
| 06 Mar 2004 | app research | I use Eudora! It's not dead yet... >> |
| 02 Mar 2004 | Top Twelve Tips for .... | I'd like to add one point: For the love of God,.... >> |
| On a lighter note... | I second Continuum... I just started playing it a.... >> | |
| What is NULL | 'Stay away from empty strings!!! People use them t.... >> | |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Any solution to decr.... | 17Ghz!?!... wow... where I can get one of th.... >> |
| Hardware usability | What's a floppy drive? >> | |
| 26 Feb 2004 | Suggestions of best .... | Well I just downloaded Boa Constructor (see my pre.... >> |
| 25 Feb 2004 | Python for Windows development? >> | |
| 25 Feb 2004 | Python for Windows d.... | I downloaded Boa Constructor (along with Python, w.... >> |
| I need to be able to do some complex networking as.... >> | ||
| Why are .NET strings.... | I've read that too. I'm sure .NET does somet.... >> | |
| 'The problem is not that they are immutable, but t.... >> | ||
| Best argument agains.... | '...in most cases, a myth.' I totally agree on .... >> | |
| 'The reward has stood unclaimed for 3 years now.' .... >> | ||
| HTML, CR,LFs vs LFs | 'No, I'm not interested in gzip I simply want to .... >> | |
| If without else, bad.... | Parameters are evaluated right-to-left. When I ha.... >> | |
| My style is all about readibility and simplicity.&.... >> | ||
| 'To Almost: ( if ever someone's still listening)' .... >> | ||
| 24 Feb 2004 | Naming conventions f.... | I agree... you certainly would call things Comman.... >> |
| Boolean expression U.... | I definately agree on the textbox thing. Whatever.... >> | |
| Is there a name for .... | 'The third is when they start grokking templates a.... >> | |
| I have an unreasonable dislike for public data mem.... >> | ||
| Shold learn XSLT? | 'Is WAP still used? :)' Probably not. I had a .... >> | |
| The only limitation with this model is that once y.... >> | ||
| I guess what has got me is that I've seen alot of .... >> | ||
| I still don't understand the point of XSLT... may.... >> | ||
| HTML, CR,LFs vs LFs | ...and classic Mac OS only uses CR for line ending.... >> | |
| Ahh. Sorry. Generally storage space is.... >> | ||
| 'I couldn't care less about rendering time, bandwi.... >> | ||
| Most web host configurations automatically gzip al.... >> | ||
| If without else, bad.... | I could either way on that example; in fact I prob.... >> | |
| Although, to be honest, I'd still prefer: while.... >> | ||
| I knew someone would post that! I am, with t.... >> | ||
| I might take this to a logical extreme... I'll re.... >> | ||
| 'Personally I find it more readable to test precon.... >> | ||
| ' I also avoid {}, but in two lines: if(XXX) .... >> | ||
| Does anyone else but me avoid the extra { } on one.... >> | ||
| Ultralights | I don't have an ultralight but I do have a mini-no.... >> | |
| 23 Feb 2004 | Subversion hits version 1.0 >> | |
| 23 Feb 2004 | Menu UI | I see nothing wrong with option #1. I hate m.... >> |
| Could .net fail? | 'The only thing that holds C# back is that it was .... >> | |
| 20 Feb 2004 | .Net linker redux >> | |
| 20 Feb 2004 | .Net linker redux | 'But if you tried to go a la carte, then you're ri.... >> |
| 19 Feb 2004 | Finding a good algor.... | Metrowerk's Codewarrior uses the disk serial numbe.... >> |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Once you have an MD5 library (check your email) th.... >> | |
| I use an MD5 hash in the registration for my appli.... >> | ||
| Please delete with p.... | According to IMDB, 'A Perfect Murder' is not the m.... >> | |
| How do I break the p.... | 'Somehow the idea of reusability got attached to o.... >> | |
| Design Decision No.3 | Haven't you guys ever heard of version 1.0! I.... >> | |
| 17 Feb 2004 | NAT IP ICS | 'why am i being told stuff which ive explained I a.... >> |
| 16 Feb 2004 | Only the computer connected directly to your Inter.... >> | |
| Uses for a PDA | I have a SonyEricsson P800 Smartphone and I use it.... >> | |
| Let Java Go. | I'd also like to point out that Linux MAN pages ar.... >> | |
| Java needs to go the way of Unix. You can't call .... >> | ||
| 13 Feb 2004 | svchost.exe-3530f672.... | Yeah, I meant decrease... >> |
| 12 Feb 2004 | The prefetch directory contains data that Windows .... >> | |
| Cognitive Science Qu.... | I took an introductory Cognitive Science course at.... >> | |
| Dim statement As Ann.... | When I designed my own basic dialect (for compiler.... >> | |
| 11 Feb 2004 | Software product ide.... | I agree with the post about distributing Acrobat r.... >> |
| 10 Feb 2004 | Have to Break Compat.... | It's happened to all of us! >> |
| System DOA | Did you try returning it?!? >> | |
| 09 Feb 2004 | Firebird 0.8 -> F.... | 'They've stated that Firefox should be the final n.... >> |
| Why does the boot pr.... | 'I find W2K horrendoously slow. XP is probably twi.... >> | |
| I just purchased a new machine (P4 2.6gz, 1GB ram,.... >> | ||
| "Our main focus is t.... | Fat Albert, Then how to you explain U.S. Patent.... >> | |
| 07 Feb 2004 | Is goto dead? | Like sjf, I haven't used a goto since the line num.... >> |
| I think you can get all the effects of goto with s.... >> | ||
| 06 Feb 2004 | Moved my Hard Drive..... | Check in the device manager (Control Panel -> Syst.... >> |
| 05 Feb 2004 | What's the daily spa.... | 'On the other hand, downloading something (like a .... >> |
| We should future proof the design and make it so t.... >> | ||
| 'So far, the only 'serving end' solution that does.... >> | ||
| Best email/newsgroup.... | Proud member of DAMN: Nude Mothers Against Dyslexi.... >> | |
| Stopping viruses | I run Eudora and it installs a shell extension so .... >> | |
| 04 Feb 2004 | What is Hacking the .... | I've pumped out some extremely terrible code under.... >> |
| Two Thumbs Down for .... | 'I have never used the installer everyone hates. .... >> | |
| 03 Feb 2004 | I've said it once: http://discuss.fogcreek.com/jo.... >> | |
| Restoring Sessions (.... | On additional comment: You can test to see if t.... >> | |
| 'I don't think this is a real problem, myself, but.... >> | ||
| 'I need to avoid cookies since there are so many b.... >> | ||
| 'How do you _maintain_ a session across an entire .... >> | ||
| How to d'load an EXE.... | 'Are you positive URLMON is _that_ sophisticated, .... >> | |
| 'but still no way to force URLMON.DLL to ignore th.... >> | ||
| 'OK, I'll just write a generic update.exe, that ta.... >> | ||
| 02 Feb 2004 | DVDs and customer ab.... | I hadn't noticed too many DVD's with previews last.... >> |
| How to d'load an EXE.... | 'How much time did you ever spend doing support fo.... >> | |
| 'We do because experience shows that we get things.... >> | ||
| '... which isn't going to help us much, since we d.... >> | ||
| Just me (Sir to you) >> ... but they can not follo.... >> | ||
| Advice needed: print.... | 'I don't think PDF is feasible. The users print t.... >> | |
| Write to PDF, get users to print that. >> | ||
| definition of "Kille.... | I don't know, I think of 'Killer Application' as b.... >> | |
| 30 Jan 2004 | Management problem f.... | If your current employees can't do UI, hire some w.... >> |
| 29 Jan 2004 | My Adventures with o.... | I agree with JS. BTW, a little research would h.... >> |
| Progressive intrusio.... | Give out demo keys rather than a fixed trial perio.... >> | |
| '>> Occasionally, pop an ad in front of the user. .... >> | ||
| This sounds too complicated! A user might not com.... >> | ||
| Runtime blues... Jav.... | I have an SDK that uses some Java tools. The SDK .... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | Home Web Server - wh.... | I dunno, but my Apache error log is filled with at.... >> |
| 23 Jan 2004 | Dual Monitor display.... | Hydravision (comes with the ATI drivers) solves th.... >> |
| 22 Jan 2004 | basic db question | 'well, in code, i'd rather look at resultSet['gr.... >> |
| Files in the DB | Actually the default configuration of MySQL is 1MB.... >> | |
| How Does GPL Work wi.... | Herbert, If dynamic linking was allowed than al.... >> | |
| "Unix culture values.... | 'I like that idea for a spare time project. How d.... >> | |
| 21 Jan 2004 | How Does GPL Work wi.... | 'I have rather neurotically pursued this issue on .... >> |
| Why 'win'word and no.... | Win XP Pro.. typed My Documents at the prompt and .... >> | |
| "Unix culture values.... | Not to mention the unix directory structure: /e.... >> | |
| Home Brew PVR update.... | 'Never had the ROI for me considering subscription.... >> | |
| I currently have my computer set to record every e.... >> | ||
| 20 Jan 2004 | I had an older All-in-wonder card (Rage series) an.... >> | |
| 'Linux with the All in Wonder?' Last I checked,.... >> | ||
| I recently purchased SnapStream Beyond TV which is.... >> | ||
| 19 Jan 2004 | Please enter... with.... | 'So the user spends a week trying to figure out wh.... >> |
| Philo, As I said, I 'prevent any non-numbers fr.... >> | ||
| When I code to accept credit cards, I fix the fiel.... >> | ||
| Home electronics ran.... | 'Newsflash to Sony: the consumer is the one who p.... >> | |
| My DVD player can read PAL encoded disks and recod.... >> | ||
| Whenever you run one component through another (es.... >> | ||
| 17 Jan 2004 | Internet Explorer: B.... | I agree with sjf! I think the problem with MD.... >> |
| Is PHP viable for a .... | *cough* 'Normally I'd whip this up in C#/ASP.NET, .... >> | |
| 15 Jan 2004 | Favorite Soft Drink .... | Coke, Coke Slurpees, Corn Nuts... But now I'm o.... >> |
| Vancouver BC? | JOS night? Yeah sure... >> | |
| 14 Jan 2004 | Making Programming L.... | I second the recommendation to look at ANTLR. It'.... >> |
| Background defrag in.... | There is a background defrag process (if you hit t.... >> | |
| 13 Jan 2004 | Windows Console ques.... | There is a tool (I forget it's name) that will let.... >> |
| When I use start on a console application a new co.... >> | ||
| Use the start command. >> | ||
| Vancouver BC? | I'm in Vancouver! >> | |
| What are North Ameri.... | 'So, you cannot write a phone dialer that can dial.... >> | |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Next big thing | 'Not trying to tear you to shreds, but there is a .... >> |
| Bitwise vs Booleans .... | 'Bitwise flags are only acceptable if there is som.... >> | |
| 'I understand that the single meUserState may take.... >> | ||
| Small ISV's - Do you.... | 'Do you get the team break out of their developer .... >> | |
| 10 Jan 2004 | Conditional Compilat.... | 'Are other compilers smart enough to figure out wh.... >> |
| OOP Concept: Abstrac.... | 'To this day, there is still no explicit support f.... >> | |
| 09 Jan 2004 | No wait... I suppose Abstraction as the separ.... >> | |
| An interface is not about abstraction it's about P.... >> | ||
| Strange Design Decis.... | 'It seems very foolish to remove support for the O.... >> | |
| Let's talk about key.... | I have an original Microsoft Natural Keyboard. Ve.... >> | |
| Which of these CS Co.... | I sorta agree with Andy on this one. I didn't fin.... >> | |
| BASIC interpreter fo.... | Probaby the best way to handle a programming langu.... >> | |
| 08 Jan 2004 | It could. Any money in it? >> | |
| 07 Jan 2004 | I wrote a BASIC interpreter (ok, it was compiler a.... >> | |
| I know "classic" BASIC has line numbers but even o.... >> | ||
| 06 Jan 2004 | Websites - Index Pag.... | 'I don't have to have cookies or scripting or acti.... >> |
| VB6 IDE question (pr.... | I have had some weirdness with the VB debugger. S.... >> | |
| Developing on the Pa.... | Codewarrior is crap. Unfortunately, I have to u.... >> | |
| Email solutions | Eudora stores all it's email in standard MBX forma.... >> | |
| 05 Jan 2004 | Database versus flat.... | Sqlite (www.sqlite.org) gives you all the advantag.... >> |
| The problem with CSV.... | Nope. But I was going to say that CSV is pretty g.... >> | |
| 04 Jan 2004 | 'Building a parser for CSV files is relatively com.... >> | |
| 02 Jan 2004 | Sanity checking FogB.... | www.libranet.com Debian w/ a great (and extreme.... >> |
| Licensing Software t.... | Metrowerks Codewarrior uses the disk serial number.... >> | |
| 30 Dec 2003 | 2003 Year in Review | Obviously Blogs/RSS finally got some major legitma.... >> |
| "Compiling" scripts | GuyIncognito, One suggestion: Add a global arra.... >> | |
| ' Unfortunately, Javascript and VB Script have now.... >> | ||
| 'Part of the problem which i did not mention is th.... >> | ||
| I use a few CVS tricks to keep common code (also s.... >> | ||
| Could it be that M$S.... | Linux and Windows are competitors because they are.... >> | |
| 28 Dec 2003 | "IT shifting away fr.... | 'what about longhorn, .net, winfx, xaml...' *ya.... >> |
| 22 Dec 2003 | Joel on installing D.... | I've posted this before, but here we go again: .... >> |
| Did linux just show .... | Stephen, You covered my point #1 (Cost) but you.... >> | |
| 21 Dec 2003 | What matters is what library you are linking to. .... >> | |
| 'And it costs zilch to develop for Linux under KDE.... >> | ||
| 20 Dec 2003 | Stephen, It doesn't matter how superior KDE is .... >> | |
| If you read Perens' argument for GNOME over KDE it.... >> | ||
| 19 Dec 2003 | Compression Algorith.... | 'I'm aware that JPG is already a compressed format.... >> |
| 18 Dec 2003 | Home Brew PVRs, anyo.... | I just purchased an ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro (wh.... >> |
| 16 Dec 2003 | Fav mp3 players | I got a RioVolt MP3 CD player and it's pretty good.... >> |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Has Joel even used K.... | Richard, That's a good point. I remember when .... >> |
| 14 Dec 2003 | Help, my HTML Always.... | One word: Dreamweaver >> |
| Environment Variable.... | Using SET only changes your local environment (com.... >> | |
| Dual monitors ... at.... | 'ATI does two *independent* monitors out of the bo.... >> | |
| I was also going to comment on the ATI thing -- ye.... >> | ||
| 13 Dec 2003 | Signing up for accou.... | Do you really expect it to be a problem? I m.... >> |
| Auto-Hiding Menu Ite.... | 'This argument started because I argued Microsoft'.... >> | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | How "e" is the place.... | We're totally e... no paper shuffling around.... >> |
| Any bulletin board s.... | 'Who cares? So long as it runs on IE, you've got 9.... >> | |
| Auto-Hiding Menu Ite.... | Any BTW.. "Being a good internet citizen" I meant .... >> | |
| I think you're missing the point! I don't need to.... >> | ||
| 'Having said that, is Macintosh now gravitating a .... >> | ||
| 'Not to you, but to a person who doesn't know what.... >> | ||
| 'And you think the average user understands the go.... >> | ||
| 11 Dec 2003 | Do monitors cause ca.... | 'My suspicion is that people judge contrast by the.... >> |
| Sitting in front of a monitor is pretty safe (beca.... >> | ||
| New Development PC | Steve, I just recently upgrading my main develo.... >> | |
| Disabling of Control.... | In some cases, rather than disabiling controls, yo.... >> | |
| Auto-Hiding Menu Ite.... | 'And finally, it is beyond doubt that MS got it ab.... >> | |
| 10 Dec 2003 | Terrible. I always disable it as soon as I inst.... >> | |
| 05 Dec 2003 | Are Debuggers Wastef.... | I do most of my daily work in a platform with a de.... >> |
| Avoiding unused vari.... | 'I have a char[] string in each of my files produc.... >> | |
| 04 Dec 2003 | Joel's Strawman Argu.... | 'Just hit Ctrl+Z and then 'ls -l' repeatedly and w.... >> |
| 03 Dec 2003 | ASP to PHP compiler .... | I just wonder how effective such a translater woul.... >> |
| Doesn't an ASP to PHP converter missing the mark? .... >> | ||
| When will .NET achie.... | There have been some good points raised here. I p.... >> | |
| If you consider that .NET will completely replace .... >> | ||
| Does this article sw.... | I use open source tools everyday to support commer.... >> | |
| Anyone change cell p.... | 'Why are cell phones in the US tied to a particula.... >> | |
| 02 Dec 2003 | How often do you rel.... | In our case, we support 2 versions concurrently. .... >> |
| 29 Nov 2003 | POLL : Do you play v.... | Just purchased a Gamecube. Both for fun and .... >> |
| 26 Nov 2003 | Advice on how to fix.... | Try adaware... it now looks for programs and DLL'.... >> |
| 25 Nov 2003 | I hate regular expre.... | For PERL 6, they are working on an entirely new, m.... >> |
| 24 Nov 2003 | What do I say to this? >> | |
| 24 Nov 2003 | What do I say to thi.... | 'Can you say what the current language is? I've n.... >> |
| 'If you're an employee... aren't there work laws t.... >> | ||
| Let me just clear a few things up: The app has ex.... >> | ||
| 20 Nov 2003 | Why are we doing thi.... | I think it's, "bring a meme to work day"... .... >> |
| Small software biz a.... | But Windows 95 is broken! >> | |
| C/C++ programming qu.... | I was wrong -- I had a sneaking suspicion I was wr.... >> | |
| '*a++ is equivalent to *(a++). ' Oh and this is.... >> | ||
| When Will the 'Sunse.... | 'Aren't current x86 processors really RISC cores w.... >> | |
| 19 Nov 2003 | MySQL Gotchas | I read it. I use MySQL. MySQL sucks. I already .... >> |
| Order of things (aka.... | 'It's a fair question. I switched from VB6 to VB..... >> | |
| You don't necessarily have to parse it ahead of ti.... >> | ||
| I think that you should parse the file externally .... >> | ||
| PHP Newbie Question | Don't forget the quotes: header('Location: http.... >> | |
| Optimizing massive d.... | 'http://www.sswltd.com/downloads/form%20drawing.zi.... >> | |
| Just how many controls are we talking about? I .... >> | ||
| Visual Basic Coding .... | I often fire up Microsoft Word and hit Shift-F7 on.... >> | |
| How can companies pr.... | 'Client Side JavaScript is flaky at best based on .... >> | |
| CVS Query | Tom Vu is right. You can just manipulate the.... >> | |
| 18 Nov 2003 | future of programmin.... | 'I believe that the article posted is extremely mi.... >> |
| 17 Nov 2003 | XAML Revisited | 'Any CLR types you create and register into the sy.... >> |
| 14 Nov 2003 | Ok, seriously, why W.... | 'Not to mention the 6.022 x 10^23 text editors inc.... >> |
| Open Source Software.... | 'commoditising of software development will actual.... >> | |
| 'You really want to know why? Because the OSS pro.... >> | ||
| How to make opensour.... | 'It looks like the bigger the project the better i.... >> | |
| 13 Nov 2003 | Dennis, I have a hard time believing you've eve.... >> | |
| Joel, a critique of .... | (Note: I was a FIDONET sysop back in the day -- an.... >> | |
| C++ meta programming.... | I agree with Dennis but I do think auto_ptr<> is a.... >> | |
| 12 Nov 2003 | Linux hack attempt | Old news! >> |
| C++ meta programming.... | I have to add my agreement to this! In coding f.... >> | |
| PHP overview | Chris, I agree with Matthew; I don't want you t.... >> | |
| 'You can? Where was that documented? I could never.... >> | ||
| 'No debugging capability at all. No module system .... >> | ||
| 11 Nov 2003 | Windows Timer precis.... | I believe there are some 'high resolution' timers .... >> |
| PHP / ASP : Side by .... | 'Philo- you're right - PHP is an inline HTML langu.... >> | |
| 'I have a semi-related question: I tried PHP a cou.... >> | ||
| 'I personally believe that well-written ASP.Net wi.... >> | ||
| Are you taking about ASP or ASP.NET as they are ve.... >> | ||
| 10 Nov 2003 | Don't let Marketing .... | I read the post from Belkin that was subsequently .... >> |
| 09 Nov 2003 | Supporting Multiple .... | Start with one platform and build for that. Try a.... >> |
| 08 Nov 2003 | Coding while watchin.... | I recommend you put the TV behind you so you have .... >> |
| Downloading Linux | Try one of the debian-based distrubtions instead o.... >> | |
| 07 Nov 2003 | Dynamic SQL Queries | I use a series of classes (Select, Insert, Update,.... >> |
| 06 Nov 2003 | What's on your quick.... | I guess I'm the only true minimalist here: 1. S.... >> |
| 05 Nov 2003 | Recommend an ergonom.... | ...and yuck, it's dirty under there. >> |
| *Snicker*... I just looked at the bottom of m.... >> | ||
| 'What I can't understand is why MS got rid of a pr.... >> | ||
| I have an original Microsoft Natural Keyboard -- a.... >> | ||
| 01 Nov 2003 | Managing web content.... | We use tags like [b] for bold. But generally we u.... >> |
| 29 Oct 2003 | Development has beco.... | 'COBOLs great strength is that it was designed for.... >> |
| 28 Oct 2003 | To Guest or Not | 'I generally despise web sites that require regist.... >> |
| 24 Oct 2003 | Highly recommended e.... | I use Eudora. I've used Eudora for years. I don'.... >> |
| 23 Oct 2003 | how many pounds have.... | I'm 200 pounds at 5'10' and that's overweight. .... >> |
| CityDesk DataAccess .... | My bad... Sqlite already supports UTF-8 unic.... >> | |
| 'No Unicide support but the way to go for an embed.... >> | ||
| I've been looking at SQLite (thanks to mention on .... >> | ||
| Curse of the 4.0 | I can't disagree with Oracle on that one. I'm a d.... >> | |
| 21 Oct 2003 | The "zip code" is no.... | It's unfortunate that the US went with 5 numerical.... >> |
| 20 Oct 2003 | Microsoft to rule in.... | 'Frankly, I think MS will win because they have th.... >> |
| 19 Oct 2003 | Network config quest.... | 'Maybe I just need to get them to register the dyn.... >> |
| 17 Oct 2003 | Y DOES it Matter wha.... | I don't know about you, but I found the exception .... >> |
| Professional Associa.... | Back in the day of BBS's and 14.4k modems a very s.... >> | |
| 16 Oct 2003 | No Perfect Language | 'But I have trouble reconciling this statement wit.... >> |
| The JVM is unfortunately very tied to Java. In my.... >> | ||
| Policy on exceptions.... | Oops... wish I could edit posts! That .... >> | |
| 'No coherent strategy for using them. For example .... >> | ||
| When developing for Smartphones and out of memory .... >> | ||
| Memory doesn't run out... it just gets paged to d.... >> | ||
| Dennis, You seem to think that the ParseInt fun.... >> | ||
| Dennis, So you have a complicated strategy for .... >> | ||
| 15 Oct 2003 | Returning Multiple V.... | Other options for C++: 1) Return a vector<> fro.... >> |
| GOTO's Considered Ha.... | 'Today, I program in C++ and I am using goto only .... >> | |
| No Perfect Language | Microsoft says that people only use 10% of the fea.... >> | |
| Policy on exceptions.... | I'm not sure exactly why you blame 'unexpectedly q.... >> | |
| 'Yeah, sure, but it' ain't that way in this inconv.... >> | ||
| 'the trend is wrong' Structured programming is .... >> | ||
| 14 Oct 2003 | Exceptions good, just don't catch them! >> | |
| 14 Oct 2003 | An exceptional misun.... | That's not entirely true. The Symbian OS has both.... >> |
| Exceptions good, jus.... | I pretty much agree with Hejlsberg on that one. .... >> | |
| I have code in one of my projects that looks prett.... >> | ||
| Why does Joel care a.... | I should have said "and NOT how it was designed to.... >> | |
| '1) Why do people have to invent new languages for.... >> | ||
| 11 Oct 2003 | The Language FOrmerl.... | Cola is a great name for a programming language....... >> |
| 10 Oct 2003 | ah, memories | Whenever I browse to a site that doesn't have supp.... >> |
| Need a new compile e.... | The convension of Symbian OS is to prefix all argu.... >> | |
| 03 Oct 2003 | Obscure Lingo Syntax.... | Then I would go with .lingo >> |
| 'Does 'module' and 'uses' have primitive pascal-is.... >> | ||
| "C" 32 bit short? | Danny, Just exactly what exotic systems do you .... >> | |
| 29 Sep 2003 | CVS hosting. | Why not run CVS on your own server rather than use.... >> |
| Maintaining Dev/Prod.... | I use manually created scripts for maintaining bot.... >> | |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Very long term stora.... | The trick is to constantly keep moving the data to.... >> |
| 24 Sep 2003 | Banning email? | 'I find it hard to believe that a bank in Canada d.... >> |
| There is a bank here in Canada that has a no email.... >> | ||
| 19 Sep 2003 | CVS vs. Subversion | The Subversion source is controlled by a Subversio.... >> |
| 17 Sep 2003 | Understaffed | 'Don't lose hope. Pick one thing about whatever p.... >> |
| I've gotten to the point now were I cannot refacto.... >> | ||
| I got AnalogX KLOC counter and ran it on my core c.... >> | ||
| Hey Philo, How much do you get paid for all tha.... >> | ||
| What's a good program free program for counting li.... >> | ||
| 15 Sep 2003 | Best OS For Home Use.... | You need to get into the 'modern' windows world....... >> |
| Source of different .... | When are you manipulating the document so much tha.... >> | |
| 13 Sep 2003 | What's your latest p.... | Just started on a complete redesign of www.CoffeeG.... >> |
| 12 Sep 2003 | Source of different .... | Is XML/XSLT is really that useful for generating '.... >> |
| 'Create a common 'document model' for the site in .... >> | ||
| 11 Sep 2003 | FTP mode (passive or.... | Do you even have to make it a selectable option?&n.... >> |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Feedback from Websit.... | Bill, Your screenshot thumbnails look terrible!.... >> |
| 03 Sep 2003 | Laptop/Desktop Synchronization... >> | |
| 03 Sep 2003 | Laptop/Desktop Synch.... | The file comparison and sync tools aren't exactly .... >> |
| 01 Sep 2003 | home computers confi.... | Linux PC connected to ADSL modem. Does NAT and fi.... >> |
| REALLY "low end" con.... | 'Why do people need to be so arrogant? Not everybo.... >> | |
| 31 Aug 2003 | 'contribute content to the web site probably don't.... >> | |
| 27 Aug 2003 | To cookie or not to .... | 'Given that 99.99% of users do have cookies enable.... >> |
| I agree. That's over the top. If you h.... >> | ||
| 22 Aug 2003 | Any net admins? or I.... | '1) Run out of network address space. They're are.... >> |
| 18 Aug 2003 | What of Macromedia C.... | '1)What did everyone do before Macromedia Contribu.... >> |
| 14 Aug 2003 | Winning the Cookie a.... | 'Actually, it is relevant because of the privacy i.... >> |
| C++ References | 'But really, now we're just arguing in a circle.' .... >> | |
| 'You are also using the word 'dereference' to mean.... >> | ||
| Asking for an address doesn't cause a deference (a.... >> | ||
| The interrupt that occurs on a bad memory access t.... >> | ||
| 13 Aug 2003 | Winning the Cookie a.... | 'That has been the best design I have been able to.... >> |
| Dennis, 'Cookies *are* a privacy problem. That'.... >> | ||
| C++ References | SomeBody, Compilers don't segfault on dereferen.... >> | |
| 'Now, of course, a real program would keep running.... >> | ||
| Steve C, 'When you dereference a pointer in a f.... >> | ||
| The call to 'Test(*instance)' does not access the .... >> | ||
| '> Test(*instance ); There's your bug. The person.... >> | ||
| NULL references are unbelievably easy in C++... .... >> | ||
| 'Is it possible that what you were told was wrong?.... >> | ||
| When taught "C++ References" we were told that ref.... >> | ||
| Recommend Hardware F.... | Philo, You have multiple (Windows OS - I assume.... >> | |
| 31 Jul 2003 | So much misunderstanding of the GPL... >> | |
| 31 Jul 2003 | So much misunderstan.... | 'Non-trolled... give me a break. Akin to a Godwin'.... >> |
| Oh well... so much for a non-trolled discussion a.... >> | ||
| Good points Seth, The viralness of GPL only app.... >> | ||
| Johnny, Under international copyright law, you .... >> | ||
| The GPL with not an EULA (end user license agreeme.... >> | ||
| Software condoms? | In Canada, you are legally allowed to copy someone.... >> | |
| 26 Jul 2003 | Fort Knox or Hacker .... | Izaak, Try the new (beta) google toolbar. It b.... >> |
| 25 Jul 2003 | Winamp 3- another re.... | I also use Winamp 2.xx. But then I've never even .... >> |
| Installshield and St.... | One trick that I use (and many of you probably do .... >> | |
| Although I'm a power user I like (or is that rely).... >> | ||
| 24 Jul 2003 | Is parallel ATA RAID.... | I'm planning this exact same setup (RAID 0, two id.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2003 | Fort Knox or Hacker .... | I don't have any antivirus software. I run IE w.... >> |
| HTML Menu/Combo box .... | >>> In this case, it should show a balloon tip ki.... >> | |
| 21 Jul 2003 | Dynamic SVG (dSVG) | Ultimately a web-based application browser should .... >> |
| Javascript is an extremely powerful language and s.... >> | ||
| 08 Jul 2003 | Server Babysitting...... | What I don't understand is why you would ever have.... >> |
| 07 Jul 2003 | Server Babysitting... >> | |
| 07 Jul 2003 | BTW, I didn't mean to imply that we were using MS .... >> | |
| 26 Jun 2003 | internet addiction | I feel for ya. I have a really hard time gettin.... >> |
| 20 Jun 2003 | CityDesk URLs are poor usability! >> | |
| 20 Jun 2003 | CityDesk URLs are po.... | That's not true... URLs are copied into emails .... >> |
| Well, I feel silly now! As for redirects, sin.... >> | ||