| finally updated:04 Sep 2004 20:04 UK time |
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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'A cynic writes' | ||
| View all Jossers sorted by : Name | Comments | Words | First Comment | Final Comment | ||
Number of Comments: 139 |
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| Number of Words: 9,595 | ||
| First Comment: 19 Aug 2003 | ||
| Final Comment: 20 May 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 1 |
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| First Topic: 04 Dec 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 04 Dec 2003 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 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? .... >> |