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Number of Comments: 335
Number of Words: 16,954
First Comment: 02 Jul 2003
Final Comment: 23 Apr 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 3
First Topic: 26 Sep 2003
Latest Topic: 18 Apr 2004
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23 Apr 2004   Does $279 seem much ....   Why is there such a big price difference between O....   >>  
   The Best Thing on Te....   The Sopranos is the best thing I've seen on TV in ....   >>  
   Uses for a really ol....   I had a similar notebook that I gave to a 7 year o....   >>  
20 Apr 2004   What an awesome day.....   The water level doesn't change if all the ice is f....   >>  
18 Apr 2004   Interesting article on patents   >>  
14 Apr 2004   Showing Customer det....   be sure to ask if it's ok to contact the net in th....   >>  
   First internet usage   Internet was called Arpanet until sometime in the ....   >>  
   Copyright Rights   Come on, if someone pays you to write something, t....   >>  
   Keeping track of pas....   Windows login password is written on a yellow stic....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Emergency Vehicle GP....   I've never used it, but check out Map point on MSD....   >>  
   Is Access2000 suitab....   Look, if you know SQL Server then you know MSDE. I....   >>  
02 Apr 2004   Java—what's the poin....   It's the worlds best programming languge for progr....   >>  
   Arrggg!!   Yet another 'Bad Code' thread. Yes this code is....   >>  
   Number of developers....   What does it matter whether the total number of de....   >>  
29 Mar 2004   Drinking the Kool-Ai....   If you think Googleplex is bad, try 1 Inifinite Lo....   >>  
   I Hate The New Googl....   Mike, I'm with you. I didn't notice the change unt....   >>  
   VB6 & Pointers   Why are you trying to accomplish other than convin....   >>  
   Why are managers clu....   Trust and respect goes both ways. If you don't tru....   >>  
   So, I dropped on you....   Racisim these days gets badied about for all sorts....   >>  
   Old technical books ....   The world would be much better off if you recycle ....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Design pattern: Offi....   When are you going to learn that being on the side....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Are you a good hardw....   Funny you should ask. One of my co-workers compute....   >>  
   Complete Idiots Guid....   Does it boot? If yes, don't worry about it ....   >>  
   Poll: What car do yo....   a torque meter would tell you the optimum time to ....   >>  
      1991 Miata Around 30 mpg. I have a 2 mile commute....   >>  
24 Mar 2004   C# is just VB withou....   wHaT aBoUT CaSe SENsitIviTy?   >>  
   Box   Why is there always someone who says the answer is....   >>  
   A significant change....   Google on LIDAR for information on using a laser t....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   how did you find you....   They were next door to the pub. (and several pe....   >>  
19 Mar 2004   But are you happy?   Happines. Hell, i'd take not being miserable.   >>  
18 Mar 2004   Pointers to learn Ja....   You don't need to know anything about pointers to ....   >>  
   If You Can't Veto Fe....   You can always play the game of saying one thing a....   >>  
   Anyone learn to prog....   In my day, sonny, we had to mail our punch cards t....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   Lies on CVs   I am fed up with this 'what's your greatest weakne....   >>  
   Start from scratch o....   I am baffled. Why the emphasis on technology ra....   >>  
   databases are danger....   Well, we did switch our code control system from f....   >>  
   Choose Two   Sir, I think you're basically correct but in so....   >>  
16 Mar 2004   Is a partner the rig....   Looking for options, You are too small for VC. ....   >>  
   How to spot a 9-5 co....   Why does this have to be us vs managment? Even ....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   Software for spec'in....   Use VB or VBA and don't put any code behind the UI....   >>  
   What is the logic be....   Considering that 5% of my mail is for the guy with....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   What do beta testers....   These terms tend to be abused. I find prototypes b....   >>  
   Why do people still ....   You can get at the messages. They are stored in a ....   >>  
10 Mar 2004   Access or SQL server   MSDE. It has all the advantages of SQL Server plus....   >>  
09 Mar 2004      Use MSDE and get both   >>  
08 Mar 2004   Explaining things in....   a dorito is several grams of corn meal pressed int....   >>  
   Performance pay - bo....   You should be happy that you get a pay raise rathe....   >>  
   How come Yahoo conta....   I've had a hotmail account for about six months. I....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   Windows XP SP2 Will ....   What's "part deux" about this. It's the same story....   >>  
   Software for babies   Dennis, We have tons of old keyboards at the of....   >>  
      I gave my daugher a spare keyboard and mouse to pl....   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Cargo Cult Organization Styles   >>  
04 Mar 2004   Reject Via Telephone   Had a chuckle at Philo's response. Too true.   >>  
   How do you all fit s....   I can't believe you guys thought I was serious. ....   >>  
03 Mar 2004      Use lots of tabs especially tabs inside tabs.   >>  
   Indecent Proposal   In the world that I work in, engineering/construct....   >>  
   I got the MS interns....   If there is only one elevator, put the stuff in th....   >>  
   Based on a true stor....   Have you read Microserfs by Copeland?   >>  
02 Mar 2004   I want to work for f....   Watch out for feature creep. If you're working for....   >>  
   Based on a true stor....   Vic stuck bums with him chum... Is this a homos....   >>  
   Stock Market related....   SS will not run out 2018. They will raise taxes an....   >>  
01 Mar 2004   How to welcome a new....   Have a desk available and a PC set up before he ar....   >>  
27 Feb 2004   Why Spirit stopped w....   What I find remarkable is not that they had a bug,....   >>  
   A Quote By Charles S....   'Best', 'Efficient' Bah. Just give me a program....   >>  
   Buffer Search Algori....   Does the haystack change frequently? Or do the nee....   >>  
   ESR 0, CUPS 1   JoeV, what a clever troll.   >>  
25 Feb 2004   Idiotic design decis....   I have a USB drive with the keychain attachement o....   >>  
   Spam filtering on se....   Mike, you make me furious. Sysadmins are a cost....   >>  
      My similar rant. Removing attachments blindly on t....   >>  
   How to calculate odd....   Unless it's at a casino, odds have nothing to do w....   >>  
24 Feb 2004   Are Older Developers....   Younger developers are easier to abuse. The old gu....   >>  
   Programmer Shelf Lif....   Speaking of old saws, how about 'use the right too....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Strawman terminology....   When the motorcycle mechanic is $60 an hour, the p....   >>  
   Quicken's Quality Me....   Kentasy, Your tax person probably uses a softwa....   >>  
20 Feb 2004   What customer asks f....   Oh, and you better be right when don't listen to t....   >>  
      SoP, your right, but so is Joel in his most recent....   >>  
   Personal Cell & ....   Only if they pick up the tab and don't abuse it. I....   >>  
   Job hunting *success....   finding a job is kind of like dating. You only hav....   >>  
   why's (poignant) gui....   Reminds me of the book I learned BASIC from in the....   >>  
19 Feb 2004   To computer addicts   I use myself to procreate. (Take that translation ....   >>  
11 Feb 2004   Software to view doc....   Windows help assumes that IE 4+ is installed. This....   >>  
   just how much math i....   I did it the same way as Alyosha`and even got the ....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Good vs Bad Code   This has been re-hashed a million times - Let's....   >>  
   How do you say "list....   as ankor said. i read it as list sub i   >>  
   Assessing a Software....   Stop complaining about me and get back to coding!   >>  
   Exchanging Files VIA....   There is at least one commercial product for this.....   >>  
   System DOA   The sad part is that if you buy the extended warre....   >>  
09 Feb 2004   Unix / Linux Desensi....   That is an interesting comment coming from someone....   >>  
   Intentionally Ineffi....   I can prove that your 'slowest possible' algorithm....   >>  
06 Feb 2004   bidding   Don't be silly. You tell everyone you're going to ....   >>  
   Test Outsourcing-2   If you're just counting on someone finding bugs by....   >>  
   How to provide a bet....   No manager wants to write down how late his projec....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   financial accounting....   I took a similar cource a few years back at UC Ber....   >>  
   How to provide a bet....   It boils down to a guess. Some guesses are better ....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   Shared Jumpdrive   I'd use the IR port on the laptop and buy an USB &....   >>  
   Pain Points- Outsour....   Get a local person to be the 'lead tester' for the....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   Stop the insanity!   How about using the COM interface for Word and do ....   >>  
02 Feb 2004   definition of "Kille....   The comments along the lines of 'all killer apps h....   >>  
   Another critique of ....   One thing that hasn't been mentioned is the risk a....   >>  
   Building Community w....   An ass is not equine it's asinine.   >>  
30 Jan 2004   Review of Joel's lec....   Every decent manager makes this estimate before sc....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Upgrade to the lates....   Until recently, i was the product manager for a co....   >>  
   Linux and Innovation....   So, it's not about who's innovating, it's about gu....   >>  
   Dumb question number....   I go to a gym called 24 Hour Fitness. They're o....   >>  
   Seeking VB 6 PRO vs ....   VB is dead. Haven't you heard? (just kidding)    >>  
   Clearing the air on ....   There's a real cogent comment - 'VB.net was too la....   >>  
   Feeling Bad About Le....   Don't even think of accepting any sort of counter ....   >>  
   Usability vs. Code M....   Joel is in Davis, CA or thereabouts   >>  
      It's hard to know how much abstration to use. Too ....   >>  
   commoditize your com....   There are too many ways to cause suble bugs in C++....   >>  
   .NET linking ... why....   Actually, I think the problem is that Microsoft fo....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Mars Rover Software ....   Alyosha, They have a simulator that they try ev....   >>  
   I'd like to divert y....   I guess it really depends on how critical uptime r....   >>  
      It's an interesting problem and well described in ....   >>  
   Now I had it with Jo....   I think too many people are trying the shotgun app....   >>  
   More LandFill Materi....   The only problem with newsprint recycling is that ....   >>  
   Where Joel REALLY go....   If Joel's hiring, he gets to make the rules. Get u....   >>  
   Ironic sentence frag....   The don't speak proper english in NM. They speak a....   >>  
      T, Ok, it's not a blog, it's a marketing piece.....   >>  
      OP has too much time on his hands. What's fine for....   >>  
   Job Postings - Getti....   If I was hiring (I'm in the US) and I saw a coverl....   >>  
   Want eat book   Anything by Krakauer. Try "Into the Wild".   >>  
23 Jan 2004   Professional Recogni....   My first real job in this industry was testing and....   >>  
   Encryption of Passwo....   First of all, in my experiance, a CS degree does n....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   Robot Scientist Crea....   I already have a robot programmer. It's called Cut....   >>  
   Files in the DB   The document management systems that I'm familiar ....   >>  
   In Defence of Outsou....   The problem with call centers is that they don't h....   >>  
   SOFTWARE CANNOT BE G....   Do you think the government would really pay to pr....   >>  
   A plea for email add....   I've decided to not only add my email address, but....   >>  
16 Jan 2004   trust new grad with ....   Ship in 3 months?! Plan on being done in one month....   >>  
15 Jan 2004   Startup Versus Big C....   I worked at a startup that had a terrible developm....   >>  
      I would go with the startup.   >>  
   Daily Builds Are You....   I assume you have a dedicated Build Machine. You p....   >>  
   UI Rant ---forgive m....   still laughing...   >>  
   CRC32 on exe worthwh....   Don't bother. The people who will steal your app a....   >>  
   20-minute skill sess....   what the right mouse button is and how to use it.   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Protecting IP   We've had to compete with several companies that h....   >>  
   Game development for....   Andy and DKatz, I started out with computers be....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   Why put pictures of ....   Peta is going to start picketing for torturing tha....   >>  
   What are North Ameri....   Man, I hate it when the phone says "you do not nee....   >>  
      I don't know, but an area code of 011 would be par....   >>  
   finding the right so....   The dingo stole my baby!   >>  
12 Jan 2004   Testing Question   As opposed to STFU, which I though he wrote. (S....   >>  
   Portlets?   Portlet sounds like slang for "portable toilet" to....   >>  
   Advice Wanted   As a non-Christian, I think the best thing you can....   >>  
   Can't Copy Money   If anyone was interested in the facts of this case....   >>  
   rule of engagement, ....   I agree with the hecklers and would have added my ....   >>  
   Would you...   Peter Ibsen said it. Yup, no ethical problems. ....   >>  
   Let's talk about key....   Speaking of hear a click, anyone remember typing o....   >>  
09 Jan 2004      A guy I work with has a MS Natural keyboard and ha....   >>  
   What a novel approac....   You have to work smarter, not harder   >>  
   Aptitude vs. Qualifi....   Do your customers a favor, don't put this person i....   >>  
   Any JoS readers in t....   This reminds me of Man of Steel, Women of Kleenex ....   >>  
08 Jan 2004   US:More degrees in “....   I agree with most of your premise, but your off ba....   >>  
   Berkeley Dinner / Ja....   I'm interested. Got an idea for a time/place? I....   >>  
   Knowledge management....   Maybe I'm ignorant, but I can't see how a Wilki wo....   >>  
   BASIC interpreter fo....   Let me know when you have Star Trek or Hammurabi r....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   My boss permanently ....   I was going to suggest the same as NWOOC. They ....   >>  
06 Jan 2004   Virus from a poster?   Taking a picture with a digital camera is more inv....   >>  
   H1B: I am facing doo....   At a previous company I saw a manager abuse the H1....   >>  
   JOS Items listed by ....   HTTP Error R03 Rule of three broken The Web se....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   H1B: I am facing doo....   I am an american and I am happy to have smart, tal....   >>  
   Ideas are cheap   Aussie, As an engineer, I agree with you. Howev....   >>  
   Database versus flat....   Some obvious thoughts: If anyone ever is going ....   >>  
   Need techie advice o....   Can you give us a status report once in a while. S....   >>  
   Prototyping tool of ....   Powerpoint with screen shots mocked up in VB6. ....   >>  
   Accountants   How about counting to 4(base10) in binary using yo....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   Create files from DO....   Ori, the 'type' in Oren's reply is a DOS comman....   >>  
   Lovers at Work ...   I would never do it. If my wife got a job at the c....   >>  
29 Dec 2003   Got asked to fly to ....   I can think of some valid reasons to travel on a m....   >>  
27 Dec 2003   Outsourcing and the ....   I'd like to comment on Philo's original point. ....   >>  
   Future of Window API   You'd be surprised how many DOS apps are still out....   >>  
   I want to be like An....   That list is crap if it puts The Maltese Falcon an....   >>  
23 Dec 2003   A book about Microso....   Philo, It wasn't for DOS it was for BASIC for t....   >>  
19 Dec 2003   Salary negotiation s....   Some companies, like some girlfriends, aren't shal....   >>  
   The most annoying us....   Mark the bugs as not repeatable and ignore.   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Hogwarts School of A....   very mildly amusing. Could use tightening up.   >>  
   New Project - offsho....   Dmooney, Or, in my case. Working two shifts. I ....   >>  
      The only way that I know of to be successful offsh....   >>  
   Lisp company IPOs   They are not a commercial software company. They a....   >>  
   Defining moment in c....   I agree with the contention that the original PC w....   >>  
17 Dec 2003      Dennis, the unique thing the original PC had was t....   >>  
   Doom on Itanium   I thought the topic was going to be how to run Doo....   >>  
   Embedded Databases (....   The problem with codebase/xbase is that each table....   >>  
   Programming for Prog....   So, the design trade off that you agree with is 'm....   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Guide to building JE....   If you want more than JET, you should check out MS....   >>  
   Signing up for accou....   What if their solution was to pay a bunch of third....   >>  
15 Dec 2003   Caution on Bayesian ....   I use one. It works great. I get tons of spam (i'v....   >>  
   Doomed from the star....   Following up on Philo's comment. Figure out if you....   >>  
   Biculturalism   No, but Sun did. Several times. All of the mini/wo....   >>  
      Your missing the point. They provided workstations....   >>  
      Ok, foobar, lets assume it's UI vs API. How do you....   >>  
   IP address question   Hmm. the link says I'm in New Orleans when I'm rea....   >>  
   Mastering English as....   I've put phonetic spellings in quotes... In Bos....   >>  
      What distinguishes someone with native English ski....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   Simulate Slow Networ....   Google for: dreamteam and Shunra I sta....   >>  
   Programmers' Opinion....   I shudder when someone suggests a OS SQL database ....   >>  
   U.S. Programmers at ....   Why does everyone assume you must have a car payme....   >>  
   Software Babe   Grace Hopper is a little bit too dead for my taste....   >>  
11 Dec 2003   Disabling of Control....   NJK is right, they all have their place. I am u....   >>  
   LISP - why?   AutoCAD still supports Lisp, but all serious appli....   >>  
   "Better" language vs....   I don't want to step in to the argument about GC v....   >>  
   Our jobs... (again)   My boss made approx $15M when our company got boug....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Ever seen this (Engr....   Some of the "Engrish" examples are funny, especial....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   Chest Pain ... Am I ....   Shite, Why don't you take up smoking too?    >>  
   Who cannot live with....   MS Project is so popular because the other commeri....   >>  
   Rulers   If you've ever actually used a typewriter, you mig....   >>  
   Am I a unique hybrid....   There's a big difference in 'fix this bug' and 're....   >>  
      DA, We have seen this problem creeping up at ou....   >>  
   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   There are old programmers and bold programmers, bu....   >>  
      Disclaimer: I must not know anything about softwar....   >>  
04 Dec 2003   ...ism at FogCreek?   NWOC, As an aside, where I live in the US hispa....   >>  
      Getting back to the original comment, I don't see ....   >>  
   The knife and the ax....   After 0 and 1, it has to be the bootstrap. The OS ....   >>  
03 Dec 2003   All the screws lined....   Mitch and Murry, My dad had some sort of privat....   >>  
   Do you want to chang....   It may be a good idea to not put the password unde....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   All the screws lined....   One way to make a ton of money in software is to h....   >>  
   Do you want to chang....   Steve Jones, I'm with you, though I do change m....   >>  
   How often do you rel....   If you are talking about a single application with....   >>  
01 Dec 2003   Recruiting Ethical P....   You're a pro. They pay you to do something. Do it ....   >>  
   Any Programmers Agre....   I'd hire someone who could walk on water, thin or ....   >>  
   Reading Times   Long plane flights. Fly from SF to Manchester, ....   >>  
26 Nov 2003   The relentless march....   Microsoft is not so stupid that they would try to ....   >>  
   The bookshelf   Whoever borrowed my copy of "The Mythical Man Mont....   >>  
24 Nov 2003   Problem in my Develo....   big companies suck to work at.   >>  
   What is a Halon syst....   30 years ago, there was no way to react the elemen....   >>  
      Freon is *not* and inert gas. It is a compound. Th....   >>  
21 Nov 2003   IT is being moved to....   There is some logic to the format of SSNs. The fir....   >>  
   Users revolt against....   Taking a shower with your clothes on and a phone i....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   World Class Programm....   Sometimes insight, ability, enthusiasm (e.g. talen....   >>  
   Why are we doing thi....   I wish I could write a haiku in this space    >>  
   When Will the 'Sunse....   Crigley has seemed to go off the deep end recently....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Optimizing massive d....   Can you cheat by using one bitmap for all the text....   >>  
   Visual Basic Coding ....   That would be preferable to variable names like: ....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Aeron Chairs   They had them in some hotel room I stayed in a whi....   >>  
   Software Licensing   50% is not unreasonable for a sales commision. The....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   All I want for Chris....   Haven't you heard of transparent armor?   >>  
   Salary question   Is Dolby hiring?   >>  
   C hash or C bang   The tempering article was great. I've never heard ....   >>  
   iTunes and iPod   Just like they will license the Mac OS to other ha....   >>  
   SQL Server hot backu....   Mike Hotek, Can you please point me to the book....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   GUIDs   Why are guids '*so* 1990's.' Are they not still....   >>  
   How to scare away yo....   'Support personnel don't have the time to spend ha....   >>  
   The REAL problem wit....   I don't remember partying for 4 years at universit....   >>  
   I Still Don't "Get" ....   more truth is written here about XML than probably....   >>  
   Longhorn, you, and y....   How about Christian Gangsta Rap   >>  
31 Oct 2003   "Programmer Folkways....   Bored, I'm getting 70's flashbacks. Maybe flash....   >>  
30 Oct 2003      Bored, I think there is a lot of truth in your ....   >>  
   Online identity   I have been this name online since I was a hacker ....   >>  
   Computer aided patte....   Get an old Pen plotter and some exacto knives. Fla....   >>  
28 Oct 2003   Academics vs. Engine....   I can't find the reference, but I recently looked ....   >>  
23 Oct 2003   Use Cases And The Us....   I am in the middle of a project where we have defi....   >>  
   More on internationa....   If Britain is metric, how come highway distances a....   >>  
   Medical records offs....   Why should they have the zip code?   >>  
      The solution is to not put the name or SSN on the ....   >>  
22 Oct 2003   Reverse offshoring?   Philo, There really is a recession in the SF Ba....   >>  
   Test Team Chaos   Hire six guys offshore and keep the remaining test....   >>  
   MIT OpenCourseWare   It was obvious to some of us. I don't think the....   >>  
   Time pressure when p....   Sounds like I worked for a similar character once.....   >>  
   Arrggghhh! Fixed siz....   Dave B, that is cool.   >>  
15 Oct 2003   AI again   Insufficient data   >>  
13 Oct 2003   How does one generat....   Advertising and Public Relations. Either way, it c....   >>  
   Cast Iron   My facetious comment meant to say that you should ....   >>  
      I love my cast iron cookware. Just don't use it fo....   >>  
10 Oct 2003   Legacy Systems Quest....   Why do they keep talking about ASCII text on punch....   >>  
06 Oct 2003   Where do all the cra....   They work for the phone company.   >>  
   IT Department Pet Pe....   I have a friend who's name is Robert. He doesn't g....   >>  
29 Sep 2003   Remote database repl....   Thanks, Transactional Replication looks like what ....   >>  
26 Sep 2003   Remote database replication   >>  
26 Sep 2003      It's one SQL database that needs to be replicated ....   >>  
   Grudgingly admitting....   I have done a proof of concept that showed we didn....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Very long term stora....   The problem with books are that they are very heav....   >>  
   design problems in p....   I don't know about impotence, but I the wrong seat....   >>  
   The Story of the Blo....   If Tiff File is correct, what do the f's stand for....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   design problems in p....   Phones - I agree. I have an idea for a product - a....   >>  
   When is a bug a bug?   I'm a manager and I agree with Mikayla. (Perha....   >>  
      I take issue with the comment that 'anything the c....   >>  
   The Story of the Blo....   FAT Table, Tiff file or TIff format (Tagged image ....   >>  
23 Sep 2003   How do we shut down ....   None of this will work, guys. The competent cracke....   >>  
19 Sep 2003   Computer Wallpaper   At one time, screensavers were needed because if y....   >>  
   Construction sorrows....   Yup, It's microsoft's fault.   >>  
   Did Microsoft really....   I don't know for a fact that Xerox did the calcula....   >>  
18 Sep 2003   Construction sorrows....   The thing is with software, if you want to make tw....   >>  
   Oracle turnaround   Ingres?   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Sun's Marketing Prob....   Getting back to some of the earlier comments, I th....   >>  
   Howto:"Fallover" rec....   Perhaps have your app have an API that can process....   >>  
16 Sep 2003   Extracting Exchange ....   You can open an exchange pst file in MS Access as ....   >>  
   Area wide Active Noi....   This was invented by Arthur C. Clarke in one of t....   >>  
12 Sep 2003   Is Windows Installer....   The short answer is Yes. But, then again, ins....   >>  
   Carts that Crash and....   It's not just email that businesses ignore. I had ....   >>  
11 Sep 2003   demo violates IP agr....   If he's making $6/hr, he's judgement proof.   >>  
   Here we go again   And, Johnson, if everyone used a mac, you'd be hav....   >>  
      Would guys prefer for Microsoft to find the vunera....   >>  
   Smallest exe ?   The smallest exe has got to be something like ....   >>  
10 Sep 2003   who will do the UI ?   UI Designer, I hate to be argumentative (ok, i don....   >>  
   More features = more....   The case that I was thinking of is in a database s....   >>  
      About Wizards. I think they are useful if you h....   >>  
09 Sep 2003   Another take on Amer....   What's with the critism of singing the national an....   >>  
08 Sep 2003   STQE Magazine   Only if interest rates are less than the inflation....   >>  
   Conformity in platfo....   Lou, If the IT deparatment does things in the c....   >>  
   clipart   Shane, I was joking, but the idea is that the c....   >>  
05 Sep 2003      Isn't using clip art on a web page patented? You'l....   >>  
   Computers, and black....   Knowlege Maker, You will probably have to inclu....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   How to Dress?   Pants/trousers - I am an American from Californ....   >>  
03 Sep 2003   Rant on Linux on the....   I don't know why I keep reading these Linux vs WIn....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   Our software on a cr....   Rick, If they don't have enough money to pay, t....   >>  
   Software Naming and ....   I'd like to comment on the original question - how....   >>  
   Wrapping an existing....   I've tried to use a number of ActiveX/COM interfac....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   A Kinder, Gentler Ti....   When I was in school in the mid/late 80's it was V....   >>  
   Should we maintain m....   I don't know why people are so worried about being....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Painless Software Pr....   The biggest thing isn't the software used to track....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Click on a....   I sent an attachement to a customer in a zip file.....   >>  
25 Aug 2003   Individual JOs Stati....   What I am interested in is which topics generated ....   >>  
22 Aug 2003   Contracting, Permame....   I thought the topic was contracting permanent unem....   >>  
21 Aug 2003   Best place/position ....   missionary   >>  
18 Aug 2003   Buggy Oracle   I don't know about Oracle being buggy, but trying ....   >>  
13 Aug 2003   Web Worm Hits Window....   Given the level of vitrol on this topic, I am resi....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   You Just Can't Kill ....   I hate when people say that non-programmers use VB....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Negotiating a reloca....   If you have to buy/sell a house, the real estate c....   >>  
23 Jul 2003   Paper vs online: opi....   It really depends if it is a reference or somethin....   >>  
22 Jul 2003   Satisfactory program....   I get the most satisfaction from seeing users get ....   >>  
   TWO PERCENT of ALL U....   I meant to reply to a previous post on the same to....   >>  
   Speaking of Religiou....   Gen, I wasn't exactly serious. I can't expect t....   >>  
      I the 'one true god' is omnipotent, why does he ne....   >>  
   Canned Email Respons....   I think they need to install the old Eliza program....   >>  
21 Jul 2003   Perfectionism and Te....   As a pointy haired development manager, I hate the....   >>  
   Speaking of Religiou....   I don't know about Jesus, but GOD would program us....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   What's a "Troll"?   In response to Eby, Leanardo was using a new techn....   >>  
   I hate table definit....   If the people writing the functional spec, the tab....   >>  
17 Jul 2003   Employee buy-outs   What is this? Communism? If your management has ru....   >>  
   (pre)interview quest....   If this was dating, the company is telling you 'le....   >>  
   Software development....   To all of you estimating experts, I still don't se....   >>  
16 Jul 2003   Sharecropping   The article basicaly is advocating programming in ....   >>  
15 Jul 2003   Migrating to Oracle   We've been running 8i, so this may be different wi....   >>  
      The biggest problem we had in moving from MDB and ....   >>  
09 Jul 2003   game programmers   What always gets me is how to design 'fun' into a ....   >>  
08 Jul 2003   damn crackers :-(   We used to use dongles to protect our applications....   >>  
02 Jul 2003   Computers on either ....   A buddy of mine moved from the US to Germany recen....   >>  



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