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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Robert Jacobson' | ||
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Number of Comments: 438 |
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| Number of Words: 39,498 | ||
| First Comment: 31 Jul 2003 | ||
| Final Comment: 12 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 12 |
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| First Topic: 10 Aug 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 13 Jul 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 12 Aug 2004 | word processor with .... | You could also save the file as an RTF file. Ther.... >> |
| 14 Jul 2004 | Obscure DOS question | Thanks for all of the info, guys. Makes me g.... >> |
| 13 Jul 2004 | Obscure DOS question >> | |
| 10 Jun 2004 | GMail - when ? | Once again: http://www.oddpost.com Has an am.... >> |
| Just a thought | I agree that the .Net Questions forum might be bet.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2004 | Good alternative to .... | MilesArcher, Some good news for you -- the Whid.... >> |
| If I recall correctly, in Visual Basic 6 (and lowe.... >> | ||
| 05 Jun 2004 | Wireless broadband...... | Chris, there have been some U.S. cities that have .... >> |
| 04 Jun 2004 | Wireless broadband... real or hype? >> | |
| 04 Jun 2004 | Bah... found one article concluding that it's 'yea.... >> | |
| Have you heard of th.... | LOL++! >> | |
| The website isn't too impressive. Slick but devoi.... >> | ||
| Microsoft Granted Pa.... | Regarding 'limited resource computing device...' .... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | Disk shredder / hard.... | Thanks for the info, GUI Joe. The whole 'latent m.... >> |
| VB.NET and Strings | The syntax for VB.Net marshalling is a bit differe.... >> | |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Reading Usenet with .... | Not directly. However, the NewsGator plugin (an R.... >> |
| Daughter needs a lap.... | I'd go with a Dell. The University has a tech sup.... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Binary diff algorith.... | For text diff, the standard is the Levenstein/Leve.... >> |
| Company I work on wo.... | Could you recommend one of the online backup servi.... >> | |
| 24 May 2004 | Why Do We Need Gener.... | We don't *need* them, but using them can make our .... >> |
| 19 May 2004 | yahoo mail is slow a.... | Try this query: http://www.google.com/search?q=.... >> |
| 17 May 2004 | Thinstall | One potential problem is that this approach might .... >> |
| yahoo mail is slow a.... | 'So, given the challenges of application developme.... >> | |
| Try Oddpost: www.oddpost.com It's light-year.... >> | ||
| Legit! ...and softwa.... | The difference is that books, movies and videos ne.... >> | |
| 16 May 2004 | FidoNet -- why nothi.... | Also, there's a plugin for Outllook called Newsgat.... >> |
| 12 May 2004 | Massive Windows Pain.... | J. Random, maybe I missed it, but why do you need .... >> |
| For what it's worth, I just played the reformat-th.... >> | ||
| 11 May 2004 | Self-reproducing cod.... | Grunt, With the DotNet languages, you can get v.... >> |
| 09 May 2004 | Copyright Proof | The old 'mail it to myself' technique isn't foolpr.... >> |
| 06 May 2004 | LLC vs. Sole Proprie.... | Agree 100%, MSHack. Most attorneys will very.... >> |
| The only major complications about incorporating e.... >> | ||
| Sorry Grunt, I think we crossposted. Just to cl.... >> | ||
| Actually, any type of business incorporation -- LL.... >> | ||
| Multi-monitor laptop.... | As long as we're discussing notebooks with weird f.... >> | |
| c# plugin framework | For what it's worth, all of the Microsoft Office a.... >> | |
| 04 May 2004 | Why do fax machines .... | Josh, Thanks for the tip about MaxEmail. It lo.... >> |
| 30 Apr 2004 | WMA Conversion for I.... | Funny Matthew -- I was wondering the same thing. .... >> |
| No, I didn't mean to imply that it would be any mo.... >> | ||
| 29 Apr 2004 | WMA Conversion for ITunes >> | |
| 29 Apr 2004 | Eiffel programming l.... | Also, Blank, if you're more interested in the DotN.... >> |
| Google IPO | I second the question about what Google is plannin.... >> | |
| WMA Conversion for I.... | Oh, and since iTunes apparently won't convert the .... >> | |
| Thanks guys. As Lou suggests, I'm not so much con.... >> | ||
| Dictionary Add-In fo.... | Try this Google search: http://www.google.com/s.... >> | |
| 26 Apr 2004 | Yahoo servers overlo.... | Ditto on the Yahoo Mail problem. My "My Yaho.... >> |
| 23 Apr 2004 | Uses for a really ol.... | Thanks for the tips, guys. The problem with the.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2004 | Uses for a really old laptop? >> | |
| 20 Apr 2004 | Anyone scan their ha.... | I haven't tried this exactly, but I used to know m.... >> |
| Software Patents | I know that Wayne was speaking tongue-in-cheeck, b.... >> | |
| 17 Apr 2004 | Preventing spam with domain registrations? >> | |
| 17 Apr 2004 | Preventing spam with.... | Thanks guys... what I'm most concerned about is sp.... >> |
| Good Free Icons | There are some offbeat Windows XP-style icons here.... >> | |
| Are storage patterns.... | Sathyaish, please just take this as gentle critici.... >> | |
| The joy of a good ke.... | s/b "made-in-China keyboard..." >> | |
| I received a generic made-in-China with my ABS des.... >> | ||
| 11 Apr 2004 | Spelling and Coding | Yes, I always except good spelling. |
| 10 Apr 2004 | Product names | +1 for contacting an attorney to review your poten.... >> |
| 09 Apr 2004 | Books for moving fro.... | One other possible considerations: just as a histo.... >> |
| 08 Apr 2004 | These books are more for VB6 -> VB.Net, but they'r.... >> | |
| DLLs in LISP ???? | Could you use a .Net implementation of Lisp? Then.... >> | |
| 04 Apr 2004 | Buying music online .... | With the Listen/Rhapsody service, is there a way t.... >> |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Gmail.com | Exactly, Mark. Let me get this right... a web-bas.... >> |
| Hmm... Google must have a time machine. Or maybe .... >> | ||
| 29 Mar 2004 | VB6 & Pointers | If you're trying to do really hardcore scary-dange.... >> |
| binary xml - just sa.... | Sure, XML is just another format for storing/trans.... >> | |
| The benefit to XML in these situations (changing d.... >> | ||
| 26 Mar 2004 | Design pattern: Offi.... | I think Richard Nixon was the pioneer of recording.... >> |
| Reference Mate Beta .... | Did he do the logo and box design too? (I'm .... >> | |
| Great looking web site, BTW! The page and th.... >> | ||
| 25 Mar 2004 | Buying refurbished P.... | I had one bad experience with (almost) buying a re.... >> |
| US anti-spam laws | Actually, that's what the majority of the Supreme .... >> | |
| Thanks for pointing out that that silly urban lege.... >> | ||
| 'Wrong. Not a disputable point; there have been s.... >> | ||
| The new federal anti-spam law is a joke. It preem.... >> | ||
| 22 Mar 2004 | Copyright disclaimer.... | The basic rule in the U.S. is that anything you wr.... >> |
| 21 Mar 2004 | A halfway decent onl.... | Oh, regarding your questions, IBackup will retain .... >> |
| I've used both XDrive and IBackup for my notebook,.... >> | ||
| 19 Mar 2004 | Looking for tips on .... | > I'm an individual (not a company), can I submit .... >> |
| Information Overload | Online RSS reader, which I like: http://bloglin.... >> | |
| But are you happy? | The problem is that the reliability of a survey de.... >> | |
| 13 Mar 2004 | Accessibility Questi.... | Could you hook up a second monitor just for her?&n.... >> |
| 12 Mar 2004 | What configuration i.... | For a learning setup, you don't need the latest hi.... >> |
| 11 Mar 2004 | How to start Java pr.... | I've also been thinking about playing around with .... >> |
| Good places to buy c.... | + 0.5 for ABS. I bought a PC from them sever.... >> | |
| What's up at O'Reill.... | FWIW, the site lists a new feature: "Download chap.... >> | |
| 07 Mar 2004 | How come Yahoo conta.... | Just out of curiosity, I created a new Hotmail acc.... >> |
| 06 Mar 2004 | app research | Have you considered Oddpost? It provides a web-ba.... >> |
| 05 Mar 2004 | Joel and the Fog Cre.... | Fair use law is really pretty limited. Even .... >> |
| You could look into using a stock photograph. Jus.... >> | ||
| 04 Mar 2004 | Some advice required.... | Well, perhaps it would make a difference in Pakist.... >> |
| Does Windows XP Sp2 .... | Entrepreneur, I largely agree with you. It's a P.... >> | |
| Yes, it's easy to distribute the framework as long.... >> | ||
| VB.Net Success Stori.... | I think both VB.Net and C# are massive improvement.... >> | |
| Microsoft ISV Empowe.... | Known for what exactly? [g, d, r] >> | |
| 03 Mar 2004 | Well, Gwyn might be a little riled up here, but th.... >> | |
| 02 Mar 2004 | Laptop usability | <evey -> even> >> |
| My Dell Inspiron keyboard's lower row is fairly st.... >> | ||
| Laptop size/weight R.... | What Dell do you have? I have an Inspiron 4150 (y.... >> | |
| Stammering my way th.... | FWIW, MacSqueeb is right -- discriminating against.... >> | |
| 01 Mar 2004 | Advice on pluggable .... | For clarification, do you mean that you're writtin.... >> |
| 28 Feb 2004 | CD-ROM Serial | I think Jordan's right -- if you 'press' your CDs .... >> |
| Bubble sort reversed | Sathyaish, You might be interested in a great b.... >> | |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Why Spirit stopped w.... | Here's what really happened to Spirit: http://i.... >> |
| A Quote By Charles S.... | This article discusses the Alto in the context of .... >> | |
| Any New Rich Microso.... | A bit of trivia... Warren Buffet's company Berkshi.... >> | |
| 25 Feb 2004 | Question about .NET .... | Migrating to .Net doesn't have to be an all-or-not.... >> |
| Naming conventions f.... | Ouch... Hungarian notation for classes. You shoul.... >> | |
| 22 Feb 2004 | dreaming of products | Personal rapid transit. It's transportation net.... >> |
| 21 Feb 2004 | The Tiqit looks interesting, but could it be vapor.... >> | |
| 20 Feb 2004 | What customer asks f.... | I think Joel's chief 'requirement' is a smaller do.... >> |
| .Net linker redux | Brad, I hope you're right, but one article suggest.... >> | |
| Well, here's my little pet peeve.... IIRC the Fram.... >> | ||
| 19 Feb 2004 | C# Generics - now! | System.Collections.Collectionbase. It provide.... >> |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Programmers and thei.... | I completely understand what you're going through..... >> |
| 15 Feb 2004 | Uses for a PDA | With the new Palm and Windows smartphones (especia.... >> |
| Amazon review scams .... | Also found a creepy Wired article about her: ht.... >> | |
| I just love the apparent competition to be the '#1.... >> | ||
| 14 Feb 2004 | Google Answers, and .... | http://www.experts-exchange.com/ >> |
| 13 Feb 2004 | Running Macintosh O/.... | Also consider getting a Mac desktop (like a G5, no.... >> |
| Partitioning Hard Di.... | Isn't this your fourth or fifth post in your "I'm .... >> | |
| 12 Feb 2004 | Dim statement As Ann.... | 'Something about this seems backwards to me. ' .... >> |
| If you want to be a true antiquarian, decorate you.... >> | ||
| 11 Feb 2004 | Software to view doc.... | Re. the repurposing issue, you could use XML as yo.... >> |
| 10 Feb 2004 | XML Schema & XSD.... | It's possible to use XSLT as a code generation too.... >> |
| Stupid regular expre.... | Here's a quick sample that uses System.IO.Path to .... >> | |
| One other thought, how about using some of the dir.... >> | ||
| 09 Feb 2004 | Programmers and Depr.... | Just to expand on one of MarkTAW's many great sugg.... >> |
| 08 Feb 2004 | Quick hardware / VS..... | Definitely don't worry about extra RAM... VS 2003 .... >> |
| A sorting challenge | You could also store the data internally as, e.g. .... >> | |
| 07 Feb 2004 | Help with .NET | One other Google tidbit... keep bookmarks for your.... >> |
| 06 Feb 2004 | source of phone/hand.... | There are a bunch of market research reports here .... >> |
| Easiest way to copy .... | Many new hard drives come with basic utilities tha.... >> | |
| 04 Feb 2004 | Help with English tr.... | It sounds like a perfectly legitimate request to m.... >> |
| O.K. What's so bad a.... | I used Hungarian notation when I was coding in VB6.... >> | |
| DVDs and customer ab.... | Dennis, you really should consider Netflix. .... >> | |
| Feedback on Vonage | FWIW, there's a thread on Broadband Reports about .... >> | |
| 03 Feb 2004 | OCR from PDF file | Is there a reason they scan it to a PDF file? .... >> |
| Gigabit Ethernet? | You will see very little benefit from gigabit ethe.... >> | |
| Mikerowesoft Wrindow.... | Well at least he got beer money out of it -- on to.... >> | |
| How not sell softwar.... | A 'reasonable' limitation depends entirely on what.... >> | |
| 02 Feb 2004 | Infragistics... ugh. I lost all respect for the c.... >> | |
| Using shame to stop .... | > I am thinking the key is stored on the user's PC.... >> | |
| How common are sniff.... | AFAIK, the Kensington product isn't capable of sni.... >> | |
| 31 Jan 2004 | Wanna see the best r.... | The Alexa list shows several spyware sites among t.... >> |
| 29 Jan 2004 | Shipping "beta" software >> | |
| 29 Jan 2004 | Shipping "beta" soft.... | > Demand your educational videos be shipped in an .... >> |
| Progressive intrusio.... | > Nothing sends the message 'unprofessional' more .... >> | |
| Do you really need to use mandatory click-throughs.... >> | ||
| Different Trial Vers.... | > How many of them know what VERSION of .net is in.... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | A linker for .NET? | > This really strikes me as an 'I don't understand.... >> |
| Some questions about.... | This sounds like the latest email virus, called 'N.... >> | |
| Taxes & US Devel.... | 'The top 1% wage earners pay 34% of all income tax.... >> | |
| Anders Hejlsberg On .... | In C#/VB.Net, you can create a strongly-typed coll.... >> | |
| 27 Jan 2004 | microsoft access... .... | I second the recommendations for Quicken or Micros.... >> |
| 26 Jan 2004 | "ResumeXML" | Well Benji, just design a resume XSLT to transform.... >> |
| Ironic sentence frag.... | Gack... after all of this discussion about grammar.... >> | |
| > Joel's not a native English speaker ... < Goo.... >> | ||
| I'll just point out that this exception to the 'no.... >> | ||
| Many consider the sentence framgment to be perfect.... >> | ||
| Destroying Resumes i.... | Lou's right that the law on this is as clear as mu.... >> | |
| 25 Jan 2004 | your freeware collec.... | Ghostscript/GSView. Opens and displays raw Postsc.... >> |
| Does C# owe its succ.... | It's not entirely fair to separate the 'Visual Stu.... >> | |
| Upcoming VS.NET | There's a variation of this for C#: 'A Sneak Pr.... >> | |
| 23 Jan 2004 | Date cannot be NULL .... | < I'm not sure it applies to the current discussio.... >> |
| In addition to the other good suggestions, you cou.... >> | ||
| Wanted: 15 day.... | If they're looking for more of a multimedia experi.... >> | |
| Dynamically determin.... | You can also go the other way... generate an XSD f.... >> | |
| 22 Jan 2004 | If you're using Visual Studio .Net, you can have V.... >> | |
| 20 Jan 2004 | Stupid Move on the P.... | How's this for bitter irony.... someone's already .... >> |
| Thanks for the clarification Philo, although I was.... >> | ||
| Good points about trademark dilution, but it doesn.... >> | ||
| 19 Jan 2004 | Home electronics ran.... | http://www.theonion.com/onion3604/doesnt_own_telev.... >> |
| Stupid Move on the P.... | 'I heard Coke and Kleenex actually lost their trad.... >> | |
| The site's down, but you can look at it through th.... >> | ||
| Power brick rant | Yup, two types of RFID -- 'active' (needs a batter.... >> | |
| Thanks for the details, Ed. Obviously Apple .... >> | ||
| 18 Jan 2004 | Regarding monitors, most or all CRTs have transfor.... >> | |
| Why not just redesign the PC power supply so that .... >> | ||
| new direction for Am.... | >You haven't worked out yet that the 'cost' is als.... >> | |
| Blatant Discriminati.... | 'It is a comon misbelief that it is illegal to ref.... >> | |
| 17 Jan 2004 | new direction for Am.... | It sounds to me like a very bad investment -- like.... >> |
| Blatant Discriminati.... | There's no legal requirement that anyone hang onto.... >> | |
| Bored, unfortunately there typically isn't a way t.... >> | ||
| 16 Jan 2004 | Agree with Nick -- the original poster hasn't offe.... >> | |
| Advice Wanted | 'When you get dragged into court on assault charge.... >> | |
| 15 Jan 2004 | Speaking of neat wat.... | These theads reminded me of those cool Fossil watc.... >> |
| Email Clients: Lotus.... | Well, let me join in beating the dead horse. Ther.... >> | |
| Microsoft SPOT Watch.... | And people were complaining about Tivo subscriptio.... >> | |
| Making Programming L.... | I've been doing some research on newer (post-Lex/Y.... >> | |
| 14 Jan 2004 | Protecting IP | BTW, I didn't mean to dismiss the idea of giving a.... >> |
| The best general solution for this is to use a com.... >> | ||
| Anyone used Remote L.... | Yup, I just confirmed that the refer string indica.... >> | |
| RE, Yes, it's not practical to expect end users.... >> | ||
| Good points, Count Almasy. Instead of 'annoyance,.... >> | ||
| I'm also curious about any first-hand reports on t.... >> | ||
| Introduction to the .... | For general open-source .Net projects, check out: .... >> | |
| Game development for.... | What about developing it as a mod for a first-pers.... >> | |
| Intellectual Propert.... | >Unless you have a contract with them stating othe.... >> | |
| 13 Jan 2004 | My Next 'Save the Wo.... | Blank, that's a stupid and offensive so-called jok.... >> |
| Can't Copy Money | I wouldn't be quite so pessimistic about the law r.... >> | |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Compatibility with W.... | Regarding Office 2000 compatibility, just make sur.... >> |
| Intellectual Propert.... | If you created the code before you started working.... >> | |
| 11 Jan 2004 | Can't Copy Money | The AP article isn't really clear about the techni.... >> |
| Where to study Compu.... | Robert and Matthew, thanks for the great links to .... >> | |
| 10 Jan 2004 | microsoft shared sou.... | Ah, sorry -- I see now that the OP wasn't referrin.... >> |
| Umm, Microsoft has never *claimed* that it's the a.... >> | ||
| 08 Jan 2004 | RSS and the Ars Digi.... | Probably just a bug with Bloglines. I sent t.... >> |
| Platform vs. Video G.... | The PC game industry is not known for embracing ra.... >> | |
| 07 Jan 2004 | Software Liability I.... | The first attorney wasn't wrong, it's just that hi.... >> |
| from c# to vb.net | Agree completely with | and Chris -- there aren't .... >> | |
| Commercial software .... | Have you considered RealBasic? It supports Mac an.... >> | |
| 05 Jan 2004 | Silly question about.... | Not too silly... I was wondering the same thing my.... >> |
| 02 Jan 2004 | Forced subscriptions.... | Those Shuttle cases do look cool. The only disadv.... >> |
| 01 Jan 2004 | Forced subscriptions, part II >> | |
| 01 Jan 2004 | Design Decision | Lol Stephen. Good suggestion with the singing, ma.... >> |
| One other thought... since you'll be distributing .... >> | ||
| Well, I'll buck the trend and vote for creating a .... >> | ||
| 31 Dec 2003 | Recommend a free RSS.... | Ah... it looks like there's a movement afoot to us.... >> |
| I'm a little late to the RSS party... I've just be.... >> | ||
| Start an open source.... | Pfff. What has the Web done for us lately? ;.... >> | |
| Understanding Pixels.... | There's a detailed article here about how to devel.... >> | |
| 23 Dec 2003 | Why The Flip Flop, J.... | 'I'm curious how this will play out....' Ditto..... >> |
| Why are the best dev.... | Stephen, I'm very sorry that my tone was rather ha.... >> | |
| Stephen, do you have _any_ citations to support th.... >> | ||
| 22 Dec 2003 | Forced Subscriptions | No problem. FYI, the video files aren't pure MPEG.... >> |
| Yes, you normally need a phone for the 'daily call.... >> | ||
| Some random thoughts... First, the subscriptio.... >> | ||
| 21 Dec 2003 | Just get a TiVo with a lifetime subscription. Con.... >> | |
| Help vs. Info | Renaming the 'Help' menu may not seem like a big c.... >> | |
| Buying hardware... c.... | How about just standardizing on one manufacturer t.... >> | |
| 20 Dec 2003 | Philo's disclaimer | Congrats, Philo! >> |
| Buying hardware... c.... | If you go with laptops, go with a 'brand name.' (.... >> | |
| 19 Dec 2003 | weird interview | Indian Developer, I just checked out your site..... >> |
| 18 Dec 2003 | Lisp company IPOs | Yeah, but their share prices fell a bit below the .... >> |
| Bully Institute | >I didn't realize that 'bullying' was so prevelant.... >> | |
| Doom on Itanium | I'm also sensitive to noise (using my home-built A.... >> | |
| 17 Dec 2003 | Defining moment in c.... | The Colassus code-breaking machine developed by th.... >> |
| For anyone who wants a trip down memory lane, ther.... >> | ||
| Doom on Itanium | Well, I think the 'runs hotter' statement is factu.... >> | |
| 16 Dec 2003 | Game programming in .... | Yup, it's 'Managed DirectX.' According to the ear.... >> |
| Laptop HD | Are there external 2.5" HD's that are cheaper than.... >> | |
| >Instead of buying an expensive HDD from the manuf.... >> | ||
| Fav mp3 players | That name was already taken. |
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| Since no one else has mentioned it, another recent.... >> | ||
| Oops, missed Almost Anonymous's post to the same a.... >> | ||
| Another option is a CD-based MP3 player. I have a.... >> | ||
| 15 Dec 2003 | music at work | Good point Mark. One other possible solution.... >> |
| I second (or is it third?) the recommendation for .... >> | ||
| 13 Dec 2003 | Dual monitors ... at.... | Many recent video cards (GeForce and Radeon) suppo.... >> |
| 12 Dec 2003 | Getting started with Lisp >> | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | Getting started with.... | Thanks for all of the tips! FWIW, I found one ope.... >> |
| Command line vs. Gui.... | I detest command-line interfaces. Although V.... >> | |
| 11 Dec 2003 | New Development PC | 'Why pay $1500 every 18 months for a machine that .... >> |
| Odd situation | Reimplementer, would it be possible just to ask th.... >> | |
| Sorry to hear that, a. As I said, these case.... >> | ||
| Hard to tell what the actual legal issues in the S.... >> | ||
| One interesting thing about this issue is how it's.... >> | ||
| 'Robert Jacobson is completely wrong on this one i.... >> | ||
| 10 Dec 2003 | Auto-Hiding Menu Ite.... | I also hate it in Office (and disable it.) Howeve.... >> |
| Odd situation | 'Technically speaking, they'd have to prove that h.... >> | |
| 'What if I gave it away on the internet?' A) T.... >> | ||
| I second Keith's idea for trying to sell it back t.... >> | ||
| Looks like our posts "crossed in the mail." .... >> | ||
| Be careful about competing with your former employ.... >> | ||
| As cunning as a.... .... | This article might help: http://msdn.microsoft..... >> | |
| There are lots of archived newsgroup posts on this.... >> | ||
| Spam Overload | Well, I've been lucky. I have a primary email add.... >> | |
| 08 Dec 2003 | Doing Charity Sites | One other thing... does the site provide you with .... >> |
| I am not a tax lawyer, but it looks like donated s.... >> | ||
| 06 Dec 2003 | Maximized Internet E.... | Gordon's instructions don't work on my XP Pro mach.... >> |
| 04 Dec 2003 | Stitching together M.... | Good point mb. Here's some information from Micro.... >> |
| Well, DJ is right that it would be stupid-simple i.... >> | ||
| If there isn't an easier way, you could submit a r.... >> | ||
| ...ism at FogCreek? | I'm just waiting for Dustin to get hit with his fi.... >> | |
| Trackball Recommenda.... | There's this device... http://www.naturalpoint..... >> | |
| 03 Dec 2003 | conversion tools for.... | In theory, there shouldn't be any incompatibilitie.... >> |
| Multifunction reccom.... | Plus there are usually good professional reviews o.... >> | |
| 02 Dec 2003 | Does .Net Have | They could resurrect Clippy. <g> >> |
| Software patents | Agree 100%, Mark. Unfortunately, these abuse.... >> | |
| > Patented software is going to cripple the future.... >> | ||
| 01 Dec 2003 | The patenting process is byzantine, and it's not w.... >> | |
| 30 Nov 2003 | POLL : Do you play v.... | Well put, T. >> |
| Dennis appears to enjoy making personal attacks on.... >> | ||
| 28 Nov 2003 | Tidbits - Bayesian A.... | 'If you bounce the message the sender will know t.... >> |
| 27 Nov 2003 | I just had another spam message today in HTML.&nbs.... >> | |
| How did Amazon becom.... | >Yet with every email it is treated as my first co.... >> | |
| 26 Nov 2003 | Well, if it makes a difference, I made the same mi.... >> | |
| 25 Nov 2003 | Proposed Interview P.... | Is this guy _really_ worth 103 posts? >> |
| Ignore the troll. (Dustin.) >> | ||
| What is a Halon syst.... | So, how does Google *work*? >> | |
| 24 Nov 2003 | Proposed Interview P.... | I don't quite understand the need for an extended .... >> |
| "Rember" -> "Remember." Where's the damn .... >> | ||
| Rember that part of the interview process is tryin.... >> | ||
| Code Ownage | 'I have seen contracts that do indeed try to claim.... >> | |
| In general you retain the copyright to your earlie.... >> | ||
| LOL, JT. 'The laws vary from state to state...... >> | ||
| If the code is written by an employee, the employe.... >> | ||
| Spammers now thwarti.... | Chris, Agreed that a 'do not spam' list is pote.... >> | |
| 'Congress is in the process of passing legislation.... >> | ||
| There's a requiremen.... | 'Is this a school assignment?...' Sathyaish is .... >> | |
| JoS - Delphi... | Again, it sounds like a great language -- I've hea.... >> | |
| Is .NET overkill for.... | 'If you're distributing commercial grade software,.... >> | |
| 23 Nov 2003 | OT: Protecting clien.... | This type of business sounds like a recipie for di.... >> |
| Source code for this.... | "but got nothing" -- meant that I didn't get that .... >> | |
| '2 to search jos use google with site:discuss.fogc.... >> | ||
| Build tool for VB6 | This site seems to be good for VB6 (and VB.Net) re.... >> | |
| Bayes filtering, inv.... | How sad that Microsoft was sitting on this idea fo.... >> | |
| JoS - Delphi... | I'm a VB.Net/C# developer. I have no experience w.... >> | |
| Microsoft "Empower" .... | Thx for the details Tim. Just out of curiosi.... >> | |
| 22 Nov 2003 | .net benchamarking | Marx, your original question was 'why is my VB.Net.... >> |
| Also, you can't compare "identical" code between V.... >> | ||
| Marx, your experience is very, very atypical. Eve.... >> | ||
| 21 Nov 2003 | BTW, I might fall into the .Net evangelist camp, b.... >> | |
| >Someone once told me that publishing .Net benchma.... >> | ||
| Cletus, the .Net Framework uses GDI+ for rendering.... >> | ||
| My experience has been the complete opposite -- co.... >> | ||
| 20 Nov 2003 | Visual Studio Evalua.... | Microsoft has a free 60-day evaluation of Visual S.... >> |
| Small software biz a.... | There are ways to get the XP visual style with som.... >> | |
| Being pushed | In the companies I've worked for, lots of incompet.... >> | |
| 'In the UK it is called 'constructive dismissal'. .... >> | ||
| When Will the 'Sunse.... | Cringley's column repeats a rumor (which has been .... >> | |
| XP question (delete .... | It's very likely just downloading software updates.... >> | |
| Stopping Spyware | I think Dennis just enjoys insulting people. .... >> | |
| 19 Nov 2003 | Order of things (aka.... | At the time, I didn't give it much thought -- I'd .... >> |
| It's a fair question. I switched from VB6 to VB.N.... >> | ||
| You'd probably want Visual Studio .Net Professiona.... >> | ||
| One other thing... you can make your own simple XM.... >> | ||
| I just have to put in a plug for XML here. I hate.... >> | ||
| Stopping Spyware | I'm just as opposed to spyware, but it's a real st.... >> | |
| How about a "To All".... | Just my guess, but sending a long email with detai.... >> | |
| 17 Nov 2003 | Microsoft opens Offi.... | FWIW, the Microsoft Word binary format is official.... >> |
| 16 Nov 2003 | 'What in "credit sec.... | There seem to be two different issues here -- what.... >> |
| 14 Nov 2003 | Offshoring Opportuni.... | I think FullNameRequired's interpretation of the o.... >> |
| 12 Nov 2003 | Piano Man Move Over..... | Lol. That's the problem with jokes on the web -- .... >> |
| In the U.S., April 1 is "April Fool's Day." .... >> | ||
| 11 Nov 2003 | >what does linking have to do with google ranking?.... >> | |
| Speaking of Marketin.... | >I recommend K-Y Jelly....< Phhhbbbpt. Takes y.... >> | |
| Have you considered partnering with a larger compa.... >> | ||
| 09 Nov 2003 | Supporting Multiple .... | What's your target market? A game that's amazing .... >> |
| 08 Nov 2003 | Where to Buy Visual .... | >...of course, you can't *use* it for anything...<.... >> |
| You can get Visual Studio for much less than the o.... >> | ||
| C hash or C bang | Some cheeky devils have also called it "D Flat."&n.... >> | |
| 07 Nov 2003 | Default language for.... | I just visited the link (for the top-level page) a.... >> |
| Google & .NET | It's a major annoyance. My trick: most articles o.... >> | |
| Belkin routers | Agreed. Check out the rants on Slashdot abou.... >> | |
| 06 Nov 2003 | Amazon Sucks Now | That's why I love Google -- it's saved me from my .... >> |
| Class action lawsuit.... | The short answer is, yes there is a legal basis fo.... >> | |
| GUIDs | Good point Mike. The mitigating factor is that a .... >> | |
| 04 Nov 2003 | Just out of curiosity, why is there a need for suc.... >> | |
| USB Pendrive as your.... | Steven, the registry is just an artifact of Window.... >> | |
| Where Did You Go To .... | What are the chances -- two schools in common: .... >> | |
| FogCreek's site is n.... | I'm just curious, does anyone have any statistics .... >> | |
| Microsoft moves to R.... | Thanks for the clarification Phoenix. It sounds l.... >> | |
| According to some comments on Slashdot, the Window.... >> | ||
| Wise/InstallShield? | Hey, that could be a great marketing slogan... "we.... >> | |
| 03 Nov 2003 | Microsoft moves to RISC >> | |
| 03 Nov 2003 | Microsoft moves to R.... | Of course, Pocket PCs are based on RISC processors.... >> |
| I Still Don't "Get" .... | Maybe this is a bit too language-specific, but XML.... >> | |
| 02 Nov 2003 | XAML... what's it go.... | > btw MS should change the moniker XAML. It's ugly.... >> |
| 01 Nov 2003 | XAML... what's it good for? >> | |
| 01 Nov 2003 | Well, thanks to everyone for the thoughts. I.... >> | |
| > As I understand the term, declarative languages.... >> | ||
| Install & use bo.... | Right. This just means that there are two differe.... >> | |
| You can install both VB6 and Visual Studio .Net on.... >> | ||
| 30 Oct 2003 | Microsoft encourages.... | > I can't find anything in a quick perusal of the .... >> |
| 28 Oct 2003 | To Guest or Not | > I agree. Likely just about everyone has added t.... >> |
| I generally despise web sites that require registr.... >> | ||
| 23 Oct 2003 | VB for hand-held dev.... | If I understand correctly, Embedded Visual Basic i.... >> |
| 22 Oct 2003 | Medical records offshoring >> | |
| 22 Oct 2003 | Good home-use laser .... | There seem to be any number of 'personal' laser pr.... >> |
| MIT OpenCourseWare | I just had another look at this site, and particul.... >> | |
| 20 Oct 2003 | Where's the damn doc.... | If you're planning support for .Net, include help .... >> |
| I finally got it abo.... | I've been using VB.Net for a desktop app (switched.... >> | |
| 17 Oct 2003 | Excel as an applicat.... | I agree 100% with Ankur. There's also a third opt.... >> |
| pricing structures | That sounds like a good plan. If you structured i.... >> | |
| 16 Oct 2003 | Easy Parsing of IF s.... | It looks like you're using a custom-built parser f.... >> |
| 14 Oct 2003 | Laptop hard drives | > Are there 7200 rpm drives for laptops (Dell Insp.... >> |
| Here's one that was listed on PriceWatch.com. (It.... >> | ||
| 13 Oct 2003 | The Language FOrmerl.... | > What about Word? Or Windows? Or Project? They're.... >> |
| > Don't let it get you down. The product I'm wo.... >> | ||
| 11 Oct 2003 | Magazines - How do y.... | At the risk of stating the obvious, many magazines.... >> |
| 09 Oct 2003 | Legacy Systems Quest.... | Here's a fascinating article from the March 1999 i.... >> |
| 08 Oct 2003 | More on the Half Lif.... | Just to add to the pedanticism... Yes, a copyri.... >> |
| Unfortunately, Valve announced today that Half Lif.... >> | ||
| 06 Oct 2003 | Software as Fashion .... | Whoa there... the author totally misses the mark w.... >> |
| Hyphenation Library | One other thought... have you considered using Mic.... >> | |
| It sounds like a good project. The main difficult.... >> | ||
| 05 Oct 2003 | Is this for VB6 or VB.Net? Getting hyphenation to.... >> | |
| 04 Oct 2003 | Specifications on a .... | By the way, it's usually cheaper to buy memory upg.... >> |
| >Centrino, has I believe only one speed, and as yo.... >> | ||
| Next version of Delp.... | >As for .NET, if its performance is anything like .... >> | |
| 03 Oct 2003 | I have a hard time believing that it won't support.... >> | |
| should stupid people.... | This argument has been floating around in one form.... >> | |
| 02 Oct 2003 | Bionic office colors | >Geez, Robert, I'm not sure how to tell you this...... >> |
| >I am just wondering if you have read Joel's bio...... >> | ||
| 01 Oct 2003 | Personal firewall | >>I recommend ZoneAlarm as well. Try this if you .... >> |
| 30 Sep 2003 | >Would that all malicious traffic were limited to .... >> | |
| Forgot to mention that I'm running a Linksys route.... >> | ||
| I'm personally partial to hardware firewalls. The.... >> | ||
| 29 Sep 2003 | Weird .NET / Athlon .... | I use Visual Studio .Net Professional 2003 on my A.... >> |
| Why doesn't Java hav.... | Forgive my ignorance -- I'm a .Net developer and h.... >> | |
| 28 Sep 2003 | Somebody, please exp.... | I just found out about a new, free, voice-over-IP .... >> |
| 25 Sep 2003 | Securing the Wireles.... | Actually, the BEFW11S4 only supports WEP encryptio.... >> |
| I have the same model -- it's a very good one. As.... >> | ||
| 23 Sep 2003 | VBA Technical Riddle | This sounds really bizarre. Sorry I can't be more.... >> |
| Glad you have a sense of humor about it. |
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| The Swen Virus, and .... | Albert, can you get the same result by using IMAP,.... >> | |
| 21 Sep 2003 | UI Design Question | >>Where are you guys getting this recommendation f.... >> |
| Pure arrogance on the part of the design team. It.... >> | ||
| 19 Sep 2003 | Oddpost - Your opini.... | I've been using it for a year. I like it pretty d.... >> |
| Question on Dell's W.... | I think with next-day on-site, they'd send the par.... >> | |
| I also agree with Philo. I have a 3-year return-t.... >> | ||
| 18 Sep 2003 | Dell and Purchasing .... | You should strongly consider a Centrino-based syst.... >> |
| Gov't employee actin.... | Is there any option to offer him a severance packa.... >> | |
| 17 Sep 2003 | So this is where the.... | >Which unions?< Duh... the International Brothe.... >> |
| 13 Sep 2003 | what type of company.... | Most states now have a searchable database of corp.... >> |
| IP rights again -dem.... | Anon, First of all, there wasn't a single lawye.... >> | |
| Carts that Crash and.... | When I'm dealing with customer service problems, I.... >> | |
| 11 Sep 2003 | demo violates IP agr.... | In addition to what WildTiger had to say, how will.... >> |
| Smallest exe ? | Any old-timers remember Beagle Bros? It was an of.... >> | |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Any free XDrive like.... | If you set up a free My Yahoo account (my.yahoo.co.... >> |
| Feedback from Websit.... | Hi, I hope you won't mind if I offer my belated.... >> | |
| 07 Sep 2003 | Currencies in On-lin.... | One extra thought... make sure that the currency c.... >> |
| 03 Sep 2003 | dynamic form generat.... | >Anchor the usercontrol to all four sides of the f.... >> |
| I wouldn't spend any time trying to hand-position .... >> | ||
| 01 Sep 2003 | Extreme Programming | There was an enjoyable feature article in last mon.... >> |
| 29 Aug 2003 | Pagemaker Software | Um... that version's ancient -- about 10 years old.... >> |
| how to make photo al.... | Adobe Photoshop Album has received good reviews: .... >> | |
| 28 Aug 2003 | Hiring a lawyer | I happen to be an attorney, although I'm not pract.... >> |
| 26 Aug 2003 | Excel Add-in code se.... | If you're programming the add-in using Excel's VBA.... >> |
| Are you concerned just about protecting users from.... >> | ||
| 21 Aug 2003 | Google calculator | There's many more pet projects just waiting to bur.... >> |
| 20 Aug 2003 | Poor poor me, the fi.... | I just noticed that you're in Southern California..... >> |
| Glad to know you kept timecards. The company prob.... >> | ||
| If you want to make life difficult for your former.... >> | ||
| 19 Aug 2003 | Should I buy a 64 bi.... | As far as I can tell, the .Net platform is current.... >> |
| 15 Aug 2003 | Google Toolbar v2.0 | I've been using the beta for the past month. I lo.... >> |
| 14 Aug 2003 | MSBlast - I don't un.... | < |
| I think it's hard to recommend a software-based fi.... >> | ||
| 13 Aug 2003 | Google is getting wo.... | For the conspiracy theorists among us, there's a '.... >> |
| 12 Aug 2003 | VB vs BCB vs...and w.... | I'd caution against going with VB6 if you're just .... >> |
| 11 Aug 2003 | Why does Microsoft k.... | Just remembered that FogBUGZ is a Web app, so it's.... >> |
| >>We're using DotNetBar for our interfaces. They h.... >> | ||
| 10 Aug 2003 | Why does Microsoft keep changi | |