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Number of Comments: 139
Number of Words: 9,595
First Comment: 19 Aug 2003
Final Comment: 20 May 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 1
First Topic: 04 Dec 2003
Latest Topic: 04 Dec 2003
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20 May 2004   Tom Friedman: Global....   Name withheld. According to ( http://www.nation....   >>  
18 May 2004   insomnia   'Sex in bed is okay if you can't find anything bet....   >>  
23 Jan 2004   Common sense softwar....   The direct link you posted didn't work for me - ho....   >>  
   SOFTWARE CANNOT BE G....   mmm...since we seemed to have wandered off into na....   >>  
   Microsoft SFU & ....   mmm...that's interesting  -  it might be....   >>  
      NT has a native POSIX subsystem (though I think it....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   SOFTWARE CANNOT BE G....   For information The TV licence, which is recei....   >>  
   How Does GPL Work wi....   memo to self - learn to spell ( "presence" not "pr....   >>  
      Let's see, would MS indeminify - maybe, maybe not.....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   "The Office"   Not only is he acting - he (co-) wrote it.   >>  
   The most ridiculous ....   If it makes you feel any better - IBM argued *agai....   >>  
   Mozilla Firebird   I quick check on bugzilla showed that the sidebar ....   >>  
   Meetup.com corrupt   ermm...as gratifying as it is to return from moder....   >>  
19 Jan 2004   Anyone used Gupta fo....   http://www.integra.co.uk do a database for member....   >>  
16 Jan 2004   is there any point t....   Depends where you live & what you do. If you ....   >>  
   Ergonomic chairs?   apw Argos sell those kneeling chairs for £40 (c....   >>  
   Ever have guilt over....   I did once - and then I got a job where I wasn't p....   >>  
15 Jan 2004   What's so special ab....   Joe  - I don't need to - I have an office.   >>  
   Blue background with....   Blue & White was the default on WP5.1 (with yellow....   >>  
13 Jan 2004   My Next 'Save the Wo....   Tut, tut. I really should edit a bit better or at....   >>  
      '...web sites make money same way as television do....   >>  
12 Jan 2004   Can't Copy Money   Philo - have you been watching Monty Python again?....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   company from which l....   I'd say call first. With luck you might be ab....   >>  
08 Jan 2004   Knowledge management....   Philo It can be done with a wiki. Google found....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   Sanity checking FogB....   'I'll bet the first thing Bruce Perens has the hac....   >>  
05 Jan 2004   Getting control of a....   I go with the last suggestion. Personally serving....   >>  
02 Jan 2004   Finally a good idea:....   I've better idea, let's license the users. Here's....   >>  
23 Dec 2003   working hard or hard....   It ranter The reason that some of us think infa....   >>  
   "he or she" NOT poli....   correction: for 'you' read 'you've' (tut..tu....   >>  
      Alex Come on, you given all us pedants a chance....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   working hard or hard....   T.S. You're right - life's not fair and never h....   >>  
   "he or she" NOT poli....   If we're going to get silly then the girl's name C....   >>  
      I think Jack we're both arguing from more or less ....   >>  
      My reading of history was that formally *correct* ....   >>  
      'they' is certainly in common use in spoken *Engl....   >>  
19 Dec 2003   Programmers creating....   Dennis. 'A cynic's son writes' (aka my eldest).....   >>  
      Yes Tim, in a commercial sense it does matter. A ....   >>  
   You have to love OSS....   Having just popped across to the other place - it ....   >>  
   Athlon 64   Well they certainly seem to be selling reasonably ....   >>  
   Cultural Divide: It'....   What I'd like to see is a command line closer to h....   >>  
   Joel on Software Mot....   'It made me feel old.' How do you think I feel?....   >>  
      Not so as I've noticed...mind you I think me &....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Defining moment in c....   If memory serves, you could get the ZX80 as a kit ....   >>  
      I'd say the ZX80 rather than the Spectrum, as path....   >>  
   Joel on Software Mot....   Works for me... Another one could be 'Never int....   >>  
      This thread is now silly. Stop. Please.    >>  
   Biculturalism   Government doesn't tend to be a ethically clean oc....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   Defining moment in c....   How about Leo - the Lyons Electronic Office.   >>  
   OS dominance   It's also possible that it underestimates older ve....   >>  
   Joel on Software Mot....   *maniac laugh* mwahhahaha It lives!!!!! *ah....   >>  
      memo to self: never *ever* bring Tim to work. ....   >>  
      Stephen & (blank) are both right. The suggestion ....   >>  
16 Dec 2003   Biculturalism   Bring back Londinium you know it makes sense... ....   >>  
      I suspect the naming thing has more to do with how....   >>  
      As the poet said: 'there are 9 and 90 ways of c....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   software copy protec....   erm...I think the relevant article is 'Up the Tata....   >>  
   Hiring someone who *....   My concern about would be why you dropped out. Pr....   >>  
   Software Engineers: ....   ..mmm probably not Mark. Chances are I'd turn....   >>  
      My only gripe against bikes in town is that some c....   >>  
   How "e" is the place....   Pretty good - although without the jargon fortunat....   >>  
   "Must a surgeon cut ....   Granted it's a year or two since I went to a firki....   >>  
11 Dec 2003      Lots and you should bear in mind that salad cream ....   >>  
   The Need to Outsourc....   aw...come on they're not invoved in *that* many wa....   >>  
      MX Agreed. There was at least one famous histo....   >>  
   U.S. Programmers at ....   OK -for comparison. Last year we bought a 5-bed....   >>  
10 Dec 2003   Our jobs... (again)   Agree wholeheartedly - I do it for the money - and....   >>  
      RP - you are a happy chap. Mid-week blues? Ask....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Mozilla Firebird can....   Apparently there's a request about this already in....   >>  
   Chest Pain ... Am I ....   I'll grant you the NHS does take a while to see a ....   >>  
      ...$10 copay.... No you've lost me there - some....   >>  
      yes - expect to drop dead sometime in the next 100....   >>  
   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   According to most movie critics - yes. Let's ca....   >>  
08 Dec 2003   Eric Raymond and Ric....   Not so much living in denial as this thought: I....   >>  
      errmm...no he doesn't preach that programmers shou....   >>  
      Probably not John - but it is the sort of thing th....   >>  
      Yes - Open Source vs Free Software is one of those....   >>  
   open source   bugger - wrong thread - that should be one up in t....   >>  
      aha - here's the quote I was thinking of. From a ....   >>  
   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   ooo...well the traditional way for craftsmen was a....   >>  
   "Low-skill jobs like....   In my more cynical moments (if that were possible)....   >>  
   IT at School   Dennis It's worth pointing out at this stage th....   >>  
05 Dec 2003   ...ism at FogCreek?   Funny I've read Plato and as far as his politics i....   >>  
04 Dec 2003   IT at School   >>  
04 Dec 2003      Dustin, that could come back to haunt you.   >>  
      Let's do a thought experiment. You attend an in....   >>  
   IT at School   I think he was pulling my leg... (which I do ho....   >>  
      '...two out of three correct...' very droll. I....   >>  
03 Dec 2003   Craftsmanship   ...mmm - I've an alternative story on craftsmanshi....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   Who to let go?   Welcome to management....bastard isn't it. On....   >>  
   Software patents   Yep - in the UK prior public disclosure invalidate....   >>  
      This thread is going to kick up so much bollocks I....   >>  
   Why only 2 GB?   video clips in powerpont - the buggers do that alr....   >>  
      If it's available users will want it - more memory....   >>  
      6502 The machine was a Sinclair ZX80 I bought o....   >>  
      '...640K should be enough for anybody.' 640K lu....   >>  
   London:: JOS meetup?   I'd love to but as per usual I'm the parental taxi....   >>  
28 Nov 2003   Hiring through inter....   mmm...Perhaps trial periods mean something differe....   >>  
      Let's be blunt - the interview stage of hiring som....   >>  
27 Nov 2003   Teaching him a lesso....   '...the harassment has just stopped' So- to use....   >>  
26 Nov 2003      Is this a follow-up to your "constructive dismissa....   >>  
   Comparison of Develo....   Best bet - get the Windows version of python (from....   >>  
   The relentless march....   I use Windows at work, and both Windows & Linux at....   >>  
25 Nov 2003   What is a Halon syst....   (BOFH Mode on) I thought it was gassing nosey u....   >>  
24 Nov 2003   Linux Refactoring   If you'd like to rewrite the kernel in Python (or....   >>  
21 Nov 2003   Why are we doing thi....   It's well paid indoor work with no heavy lifting.&....   >>  
   Small software biz a....   I don't know enough about delphi to comment on it ....   >>  
   Engaging the thought....   It was ever thus. It only good point is that ....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   Being pushed   In the UK it is called 'constructive dismissal'. ....   >>  
   The Irony of Outsour....   All this discussion seems to leave out a few real ....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   What's your document....   I'll try & sort some out tomorrow (it's going home....   >>  
      My approach is to write headings and subheadings, ....   >>  
   Silly Question: How ....   What you don't talk about is your personal life wh....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Will technology impr....   Many moons ago I saw a cartoon which had someone b....   >>  
17 Nov 2003   Microsoft opens Offi....   Well it's not that we don't trust them or anything....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   ...favorite light bu....   No - I'm afraid the Irish gag was a British one ....   >>  
   I don't like upgrade....   The one that got me was the Crystal Reports v.7 up....   >>  
   Lightbulbs   No - but edison was his forebear http://www.lig....   >>  
      10 patent attorneys to argue for about a decade on....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   Employment Hours Sta....   Good luck mate   >>  
      Humanist Being a Londoner by birth I've no ide....   >>  
      (engage smug mode) Oh - and although company pens....   >>  
      Sometimes I feel sorry for you poor sods. Over he....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   A small rant about L....   You know it's a real pain when someone your disagr....   >>  
      In my experience: 'unbiased' usually translates....   >>  
      ...er yes I did know it was owned by Open Source D....   >>  
      I think the major problem is the average age of th....   >>  
06 Nov 2003   God in the firmware   '...the Swiss are aliens.' It was *Scott* Adams....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   Where Did You Go To ....   BSc Chemistry - 1988 (God I'm old) University Col....   >>  
31 Oct 2003   "Programmer Folkways....   I'd prefer to be a profession too - the better mo....   >>  
      The impression I always get is that IT people, in ....   >>  
24 Oct 2003   how many pounds have....   1 Internationisation: 1kg = 2.2lb (approx) 1 s....   >>  
23 Oct 2003   More on internationa....   I'm from the British generation that handles both ....   >>  
21 Oct 2003   The "zip code" is no....   Unfortunately it's a very human thing - everyone h....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Banning email?   Marc: I hadn't realised they were quite so big - ....   >>  
      For crying out loud it's a shop. (aka store). N....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   Need a good, blind c....   Assuming that your experience consulting there was....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   What do you do when ....   The usual correct advice is a better diet, mild ex....   >>  
22 Aug 2003   Decline and Fall (se....   I think a better model would be the British Empire....   >>  
21 Aug 2003   Yugo   Ok...one of us will have to explain it might as we....   >>  
19 Aug 2003   Technologists, Manag....   Why are managers better paid than technologists? ....   >>  



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