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Number of Comments: 208
Number of Words: 8,429
First Comment: 24 Jun 2003
Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 3
First Topic: 25 Feb 2004
Latest Topic: 02 Apr 2004
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01 Sep 2004   Usenet Web sites   Try groups.google.com. From the Posting FAQ: ....   >>  
30 Aug 2004   Hacker need such a t....   Raj, That's great. But he's already told us about ....   >>  
   What motivates you t....   For the chicks!   >>  
27 Aug 2004   Tool to display disk....   Treesize http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/ind....   >>  
   Cross Platform devel....   Ouch! that was below the belt.   >>  
      Mr Fancy says 'Python SUCKS.' I'm genuinely inter....   >>  
26 Aug 2004   Cracking The Three L....   You missed the Zeroeth Law: A Robot may not har....   >>  
   Source Code analysis....   Understand for C++   >>  
25 Aug 2004   Looking for some lap....   If I recall the OP's original question from last w....   >>  
      Marktaw, Most of the current IBM Thinkpads have ....   >>  
   What is "SUCCESS" !?   Looking forward to going to work and looking forwa....   >>  
23 Aug 2004   Tape Backup Software   Retrospect is good. My preferred solution: netw....   >>  
21 Aug 2004   Is there a term for ....   The tooltip idea is a bit mouse-centric. What if t....   >>  
20 Aug 2004   Asperger's or just I....   The P goes on the bottom half of the sandwich and ....   >>  
18 Aug 2004   Next big thing?   Designer Genes   >>  
   Device driver develo....   Myron covered most of it. You can also get a DDK C....   >>  
   Need America-born to....   You might want to take a look at www.activewords.c....   >>  
14 Aug 2004   Need advise/help on ....   Question 1: Yes it's worth shopping around! Quest....   >>  
   Coldfusion programme....   Neo said 'my experience is that they are not cheap....   >>  
13 Aug 2004   how does norton ghos....   > Question to others:... Not sure if Ghost does i....   >>  
      Yes   >>  
      Check out Acronis True Image. It will create drive....   >>  
07 Aug 2004   Why are pointers use....   Chris, You have a bad case of C++ myopia. Of cours....   >>  
      Matt, I work on embedded systems, write assembler ....   >>  
06 Aug 2004      I though /. was making a very good point. Afte....   >>  
05 Aug 2004   checked atoi() or st....   I don't know if it handles that case, but you coul....   >>  
03 Aug 2004   Confused About Linux   "Red Hat Desktop Extension Pack" looks like a prop....   >>  
   Searching on a Unix/....   If you just want to look for filenames an alternat....   >>  
   Your typical program....   3 fags and a cuppa   >>  
02 Aug 2004   a long, rambling, in....   Ah I get it now. It was a hypothetical rant.   >>  
      muppet, You are one of the "numbnuts" who maintain....   >>  
      > An excellent (if redundant in this thread) comme....   >>  
      Muppet, how old are you? 20? Company time is well,....   >>  
   By 2007 Linux will h....   Red !@#$&^%&^%&^ Hat! Get a Linux dist....   >>  
      >> Linux since 2002(version 7 and 8). What are ....   >>  
01 Aug 2004   what cars do geeks d....   M14... One of the options is a Living Will and a P....   >>  
30 Jul 2004      Montana M2K Metallic Pea Family Truckster...   >>  
   Array   I saw a picture of that in a textbook years ago an....   >>  
29 Jul 2004   great hackers   Ugh, Java fanboy backlash   >>  
28 Jul 2004   Who Is Joe Bloggs?   Isn't the motivational speaker an episode of 'The ....   >>  
   Innovator's Solution....   Umm.. Nope, didn't miss that. But will they choose....   >>  
27 Jul 2004      I think large solid-state storage + x86 Virtual ma....   >>  
   In the Beginning was....   The book Cryptonomicon by the same author is a gre....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Microsoft, spend you....   It seems to me that he is to Microsoft what Dubya ....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   Please Sir can I hav....   Now, this is a cool promo idea!   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Indentation   Miles, Nice in theory until you want to build the ....   >>  
      > 'smart' editors and IDEs are for poor programmer....   >>  
      Indentation and brackets matter becauseIT'smucheas....   >>  
   OT: unbiased coverag....   Outsource your governance!   >>  
17 Jul 2004   PDA recommendations   It's not what you asked for but would a mini voice....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   JoS Nicknames   Yeah! But both seem to be eligible to be called 's....   >>  
15 Jul 2004   Joel reviews "Progra....   > If you're working on business problems, internet....   >>  
13 Jul 2004   Old farts lack respe....   Tick Tick Tick   >>  
10 Jul 2004   Clippy will be shipp....   ...'to cater for the less rigorous intellect of th....   >>  
02 Jul 2004   Adult ADHD   > That's what I attempt to do, rotate through proj....   >>  
   Is the internet "ant....   I agree with that.   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Best Freeware Bug Da....   Mantis   >>  
29 Jun 2004   Now I know where the....   Gern Blanston... Master of Time, Space and Dimensi....   >>  
28 Jun 2004   Trademarks   Same category as finger quotes, spelling flames an....   >>  
18 Jun 2004   Needed: C++ IDE   Slick Edit is worth the money. It has a VI emulati....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Professional Service....   Shit... It's rotating. It was the Fog Creek Log....   >>  
      Check out the Graphic 2nd from the bottom on the r....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   Racing car aficionad....   Engine Breaking?   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Good Strategy, Joel!   > it's attacking a target for the sake of attackin....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   MD5 - How do I use t....   > I wrote a simple (UNIX) command-line program tha....   >>  
05 Jun 2004   Lazy man seeks simpl....   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=....   >>  
04 Jun 2004   what do you do when ....   Scream obscenities... but that's me.   >>  
   Whats up with the lo....   The picture is indicative of Joel's current state ....   >>  
   Real or Hoax? You be....   'I have worked hard and I hope you have all found ....   >>  
   I hate this industry   I don't think a chef has an easier life =)   >>  
03 Jun 2004   What is time?   I know a cat that may disagree.   >>  
01 Jun 2004   Self Defence   Where the fuck do you guys live?   >>  
      And the friends he kept?   >>  
28 May 2004   Not Quite New York C....   Open septegenarian,  Open Saskatchewan...   >>  
27 May 2004      That was my first impression as well.   >>  
26 May 2004   A new era?   His site should be Eric's Ink... Oops, it is... ne....   >>  
      If I was Eric Sink, I wouldn't mind draining into ....   >>  
      That would be more funny (not really) if that gag ....   >>  
25 May 2004   new text entry metho....   > Hey, what's the deal with Graffiti? Why did it s....   >>  
      I found Graffiti/Jot + TextPlus to be quicker than....   >>  
21 May 2004   my gripes with Offic....   For a thesis there's just no way around LateX. ....   >>  
   How long is too long....   Or another way. 3% raise = 103000 6% raise = 1....   >>  
19 May 2004   Computers... Spawn o....   Someone once told me that programming is doing the....   >>  
   Lots of free time, p....   And Stephen falls oddly silent...   >>  
   Why doesn't Opera ge....   > Betamax has always been way better Old myths ....   >>  
18 May 2004   Any suggestions for ....   > That' the difference between EMPLOYEES and OWNER....   >>  
17 May 2004   Physically separate ....   > and find a great class that does just what you n....   >>  
15 May 2004   What another awsome ....   Mark I don't know when you did the site reno bu....   >>  
      Where did your bowl end up and why did it hurt?&nb....   >>  
      Bowl Movement  LOL   >>  
13 May 2004   Lower cost alternate....   If you can afford it, bite the bullet and get VMWa....   >>  
      Don't want to turn this into a VMWare versus Virtu....   >>  
   Design Skills are Wo....   Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; ex....   >>  
12 May 2004   Massive Windows Pain....   How about getting a copy of VMWare and loading XP ....   >>  
   To Eric Sink and oth....   As long as you can fit 600 days into a year.   >>  
   Mono makes me wanna ....   'I have had a dig through some of the mono code' ....   >>  
10 May 2004   How to negotiate wit....   FNR nailed it!   >>  
09 May 2004   Explain this to me......   We actually paint all the new monkeys green. ....   >>  
      I feel compelled to point out that I can, indeed, ....   >>  
      Yeah,  I still get it periodically.  It'....   >>  
   A few random ideas   That makes perfect sense in terms of coding and fl....   >>  
08 May 2004   Interview question f....   StrReverse(Var)   >>  
07 May 2004   What sort of profess....   I gotta go with long green...   >>  
06 May 2004   Job Title for future....   Natural Resource   >>  
04 May 2004   developer versus cod....   I could catch a monkey!   >>  
01 May 2004   back to "Writing a g....   What is the answer? Templates w/out concept c....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   Make-like software, ....   Look at jam or one of its variants like Boost.Jam   >>  
26 Apr 2004   Programmed Death of ....   I think the only option is get some different pare....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Popup Blockers   http://toolbar.google.com/    >>  
16 Apr 2004   Quotes in the begini....   Opinions are like assholes.  Everyone has one....   >>  
05 Apr 2004   How do you study?   There's a difference between mastering a subject a....   >>  
04 Apr 2004   Any Germans around h....   This is indeed the cheesiest system in the world. ....   >>  
03 Apr 2004   Ready license files?   Thanks everybody.   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Ready license files?   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Complicated APIs vs ....   > So since he's complaining about core java api's,....   >>  
      Rampage Computer Science? What have complicated/fl....   >>  
30 Mar 2004   Comments / code rati....   As so often, as few as possible, no less. More com....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Pentagon:Windows Upg....   Well, how about you read the thing in question bef....   >>  
   Exceptions revisited   > I agree that exceptions aren't great. It's not ....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   Communist Western Eu....   Yeah, we barely survived... You put Iraq in dir....   >>  
      > Iraq was undoubtedly a threat to the US How w....   >>  
      After 4 years of investigation a fine is being dec....   >>  
22 Mar 2004   Copyright disclaimer in source   >>  
21 Mar 2004   Witty Worm , Black I....   Yeah, William Gibson, sorry. BlackICE is securi....   >>  
      Mmmh, BlackICE ... good name, any Gibson reader wi....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   Start from scratch o....   Fire them all! Then hire some lower grad students.   >>  
16 Mar 2004   const vs Java final   'Or are java programmers just generally not anal-r....   >>  
13 Mar 2004   How Should a novice ....   > I'm going to go out a controversial limb here an....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   RentAcoder   It's the programmers version of Google Answers htt....   >>  
   Software for spec'in....   The real Entrepreneur , SmartDraw has a GUI widge....   >>  
      SmartDraw http://www.smartdraw.com    >>  
   How Should a novice ....   'Accelerated C++' and 'Essential C++' are IMHO per....   >>  
09 Mar 2004   Is this harassment?   Learn all the necessary skills at http://www.fasts....   >>  
08 Mar 2004   What's the deal with....   > Including that one? How witty!    >>  
   Maths required for 3....   http://www.flipcode.com/cgi-bin/msg.cgi?showThread....   >>  
      > Andre Lamothe's books do get you a good overview....   >>  
      Ups, I meant 'Realtime Rendering', sorry: http:....   >>  
      Beware of LaMothe books. They may help you start o....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   get/set routines in ....   Agreed, got carried away.   >>  
      I've seen way too many of these in my life... and ....   >>  
25 Feb 2004   FAST pdf viewer?   >>  
25 Feb 2004   FAST pdf viewer?   Works like a charm! Thanks so much!   >>  
   Best argument agains....   Bad Programmer's Existenz Angst at work :O   >>  
   sedgewick algorithms   The C++ version definitely is _very_ similar to th....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Could .net fail?   You have to understand this is Anti-Slashdot. Dare....   >>  
      > It's better than C++, yes. No actually. Just ....   >>  
   Subversion hits vers....   Well, the market may be not too interesting to Mic....   >>  
      You can have svn without Apache easily. Just like ....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   Down with WYSIWYG?   LyX is great as a frontend, too.   >>  
13 Feb 2004   C++/CLI   Funny how _every_ discussion of something C++ rela....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Why do we have so ba....   Who sais software development should/could be easi....   >>  
   3D CAD development,n....   What's a '3d Programmer'? What Tim's describing is....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   Worst Ever: 7350 Lin....   Best. Thread. Ever. =)   >>  
22 Jan 2004   gigabit ethernet wor....   What awful problems to have! :)   >>  
   How Does GPL Work wi....   > 'No, these licenses ask you to pay instead.' Ye....   >>  
      mb, Calling a GPL'ed DLL creates a combined work; ....   >>  
21 Jan 2004      > Is the following correct then (Forgive my poor e....   >>  
      There was a discussion about this on the Linux Ker....   >>  
15 Jan 2004   trust new grad with ....   Keep it in house with frequent code reviews.   >>  
10 Jan 2004   Dark Eyes   I used to work for lots of hours every day, too, b....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   Philo's disclaimer   one thing i've always wanted to know: do "sales en....   >>  
19 Dec 2003   Did linux just show ....   'See what Im getting at?' no.    >>  
   Bold topics.   the bold topics of the  moment are "hiring di....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Hogwarts School of A....   one more vote for not funny.   >>  
   New Project - offsho....   i agree that 20+ developers is going to be a disas....   >>  
   Oracle - SQL 'insert....   just curious... how do you skip the title? don' ty....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   Defining moment in c....   The release of netscape 4.6.   >>  
   OS dominance   Yeh, but going back to the point, what o/s served ....   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Has Joel even used K....   ugh. i just read joel's review, too. what a joke. ....   >>  
15 Dec 2003   Biculturalism   Did I miss a period in history where sun provided ....   >>  
13 Dec 2003   Dual monitors ... at....   A 19inch flat panel costs on average about $650, w....   >>  
11 Dec 2003   working at google in....   yes, thanks for mentioning the obvious. I was hopi....   >>  
   useit.com   I haven't checked out useit.com in quite some time....   >>  
   Software Babe   Look, just log onto friendster. There aren't a lot....   >>  
10 Dec 2003   Odd situation   Whatever you do, don't go back to your old company....   >>  
   Our jobs... (again)   The computer geeks are one of the main reasons I'm....   >>  
      I got into software because I thought the grand id....   >>  
   Software Babe   I am the hottest dude on this forum.   >>  
      also, that bustamente chick looks like a drag quee....   >>  
      Asia's kind of homely if you check out her pics wh....   >>  
   productivity tip   the real question is: which software development f....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Ever seen this (Engr....   i wouldn't worry about making fun. i lived in japa....   >>  
   New Career?   MR, I went through the FBI interview process, and ....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   Doing Charity Sites   The thing about charity sites, is that if you do i....   >>  
      as to what to do, don't let them think you are a d....   >>  
      hm. don't work for free? I did a site for a large,....   >>  
   Chest Pain ... Am I ....   are you sure you don't just have heartburn?   >>  
   Do we deserve fragme....   william whyte had some thoughts about specialists ....   >>  
   Eric Raymond and Ric....   esr is a nut. has anyone (tried to) read his art o....   >>  
   C# Games   I thought that in MOST games these days, just the ....   >>  
   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   telemark skiers. i like to riff offtopic.   >>  
      I don't really understand programmers or their man....   >>  
04 Dec 2003   Why are 80% of progr....   sure. but the point is, now that you are 10 times ....   >>  
      in fact there is a point of diminishing returns. i....   >>  
      you can be a no good programmer and make $80,000 a....   >>  
   Advice For Somebody ....   I would recommend a move to NYC if you really want....   >>  
26 Nov 2003   IT is being moved to....   'Why buy the relatively expensive and bulky noise-....   >>  
25 Nov 2003   Help in fixing an ho....   You can make $100 an hour walking people's dogs in....   >>  
   Dell to Stop Using I....   I certainly hope this means I can soon find anothe....   >>  
   Army v. Business   Mark, what do you think fraternity hazing is for? ....   >>  
   Proposed Interview P....   my hot button was touched by the mention of ayn ra....   >>  
      'I still don't get it? Where is the problem with t....   >>  
      you guys sound like people who went to colleges li....   >>  
      At arsdigita, we gave people a programming test. W....   >>  
24 Nov 2003      The legal issue is moot, because you simply won't ....   >>  
      I'm not sure what traits you are trying to fish ou....   >>  
      '1) After a brief technical chat, give them a non....   >>  
   IT is being moved to....   realist, why didn't you just wear noise-canceli....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   Curse of the 4.0   MPEG 4 = DivX, a very widely used standard and cod....   >>  
   ITunes: What rubbish....   I like WinAmp 5 beta 1 better. The interface is....   >>  
24 Jun 2003   Screenshots   Jasc PaintShop Pro 7 or 8 work wonders, too. I ....   >>  



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