last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:31 UK time JOS Statistics - Items A to Z Q3 04 | Q2 04 | Q1 04 | Q4 03 | Q3 03 | Q2 03 | Q1 03 | Q4 02 | Q3 02 | Q2 02 | Q1 02 | Q4 01 Date Comments   Title 30 Sep 2003  18   Does anyone send rejection letters any more?   30   Working Vacation   6   LDAP and Java   40   which language to learn?   33   Personal firewall   5   Dry lines (alarm loops) in Canada   24   what would you do in this situation   11   Personal Information Storage-Retrieval Application   5   ASP.Net program flow?   9   Timesheets: Need for zillions of tasks?   5   Motivational Posters   1   checking status of Sybase EXECuted statement   32   What do you think of my web site?   19   How to beat lethargy?   19   How to behave in society? :(   17   Creating Web Clients 29 Sep 2003  39   CVS hosting.   22   Weird .NET / Athlon / Windows XP problem   5   Whatever happened to the new FogCreek Icon?   9   Downtime in between projects:  What do you do?   11   Maintaining Dev/Prod Database Sync   3   Web App Workflow Components - What are these?   23   Multi-threading resources?   8   Dell a competitor of MS? Never?   7   Time tracking software   20   Using JBoss - Will I loose my job   20   Efficiently storing time-series data   1   WinHelp problem   17   Storing files in databases 28 Sep 2003  24   be careful about what you post on the net   6   Portals vs Aggregators 27 Sep 2003  23   Uncommonly Awesome Offices   15   Somebody, please explain voice-over-IP to me.   4   Wireless Internet Connection in Apartment   20   Joel, how do you compensate the "non programmers"?   9   Software Ill never write..   23   Why doesn't Java have an immutable Date class?   2   Infopath 2003 and future of Microsoft Access   13   Message Based Programming   16   Spam killer for personal use?   9   Unzipping and Zipping files   22   Developing a product while having a full time job 26 Sep 2003  52   Do you Google just about everyone you meet?   2   webDAV...   22   Tech Exec fired for criticizing Microsoft   9   The Soul of a Chef   6   Remote database replication   12   Grudgingly admitting defeat   12   Sql server question   9   Username field length   2   Those programmers (bookcrossing)   19   Where to Place a Job Ad?   15   Cross-platform sockets in C?   6   VB Bundling...   10   Example of Optimizing to a Performance Metric   12   Web servers cluster : where do I store web files ?   15   Best Cities for Small Business   2   VS.NET macro slowdown   17   Why am I regularly kicked out of my wireless inter   12   UI framework design   12   Incessant rebuilds with VS.NET   30   I had an idea driving to work.   8   Whoa - when did NetSlaves die? 25 Sep 2003  7   Null-ing combo boxes in VB6   26   How to make cleaning the house easier :-)   40   Is Postgres/MySQL ready for VLDB solutions?   38   Very long term storage.   1   Anyone Using ProChain (MS Proj Add-In)?   18   Top notch development teams don't torture their pr   2   finding VARs?   12   www.datamaxinfotech.com   5   Double Byte Problem   9   Home-based Grid Computing   3   Weblogic cluster problem for slow network   21   Smart, But Don't get as much done...   12   Securing the Wireless Network   11   First-time contract -- Costing estimate   2   What control is that? 24 Sep 2003  29   Banning email?   6   Best Laptop mouse   14   The Internet is a radioactive environment   12   Setting up a home wireless network   71   99.9 percentile   2   veal-fattening pens   19   design problems in physical products   26   Living at the office? How about actually living?   38   Private offices, just say no!   28   New FC office   11   HTTP Posting of XML data   5   MyIE2 zoom feature   5   Tits up?   19   GPL question   6   Disgruntled at JoelOnSoftware/Google search   9   Bug in Winsock Control 23 Sep 2003  24   Keeping track of code   6   Weather data sources   29   When is a bug a bug?   24   VBA Technical Riddle   25   Open Source is the new Microsoft?   54   Who pays for unemployment?   12   The Story of the Blob   5   MS Access Indexes   50   Good News for American Programmers???   16   The Swen Virus, and a new harsh reality of Securit   31   What tool do you miss?   12   Potential new business: Lowball quotes   9   Tool for monitoring bandwith uses   7   XML forms definition 22 Sep 2003  11   Off-shoring question   19   Small business smoke and mirrors-- phones   14   End of the world - April 2000   7   Unit testing a database app   41   Standardizing a Development Team   15   Sun really loves Linux   10   Most depressing thing: False starts and restarts..   1   Joel: Any pics of new office   54   Linux Profitability   5   Pointers to Swing examples   9   MS SQL Server vs. Oracle missconception?   6   billing question   2   Saw this on uk.consultants newsgroup   14   Days when you love your job 21 Sep 2003  6   Dual Boot or Virtual OS?   35   How do we shut down pirate sites in China?   11   Style of XML tags and attributes   19   UI Design Question   23   Norton Personal FireWall   3   Bill Gate - A Former Mac Lover   8   knowledge base software ???   2   Perspective 20 Sep 2003  30   Portability: rougue meme or virus? 19 Sep 2003  7   J2EE/JAVA Framework   6   Learning Smalltalk / Squeak?   4   Oddpost - Your opinion on this Web-based email sys   16   Interview Question   24   Hidden costs of offshoring   11   Do you bill for lunch?   20   Book on Design Patterns   3   sql server docs for oracle user   15   Question on Dell's Warranty   3   Unit Testing the Design   9   Computer at home   10   Request: suggestions for web research editor   13   Export data to Excel headaches?   14   Who Killed Apple Computer?   6   Bulk Renaming on Remote FTP Site   11   MFC Annoyance 18 Sep 2003  10   CVS vs. Subversion   4   Draco.NET vs. CruiseControl.NET   10   Joel. You still doing the strict 9-5 thing?   23   C++ OO question   4   keane Inc as an employer   24   Computer Wallpaper   10   Cool UI   10   Wireless LAN question...   1   SQL Server -> Access 2000 Linking   32   Construction sorrows...   17   Dell and Purchasing a Notebook   49   Gov't employee acting crazy.   25   Cross Platform UI toolkit, take two...   19   CPST: Outlook for IT professionals in USA grim   11   How to get info from client?   1   Books on Change (aka Configuration) Management   8   Windows install snapshot taker?   3   webputty - anyone knows this devenv?   6   Multi-player Flash Games   4   Book about maintaining a production system?   3   sshd for win32? 17 Sep 2003  30   Oracle complaints?   34   Did Microsoft really rip off the GUI from Apple?   11   Borlands C++ builder X   18   Paperless Office   21   Understaffed   25   Books on Sodftware Development   25   Sun's Marketing Problem   11   Howto:"Fallover" recovery for Windows application?   7   Obscure Javascript problem   10   What is Change Management?   6   Resetting Oracle Cursors   6   Can too so nyahh.   23   Organizing random notes   11   Access 2.0 came back to haunt me   2   Trouble with using SetWindowPos   12   Oracle turnaround   6   Query on CityDesk 16 Sep 2003  29   chasm analysis for citydesk   14   How to capture Real Video oto my Hard Drive?   12   Suggestions for screen capture & annotation sw?   5   Extracting Exchange Info   9   interviews but no jobs   20   Area wide Active Noise Suppression for Consumers?   12   So this is where the job market is heading!   1   Flash interaction with Delphi   9   Database Search   24   Smart, get things done, too much appreciated?   12   Java Printing questions   9   Superstars   31   How Secure?   6   What are your thoughts on SAP   3   Liability, Accidents and Security   4   ping - puzzling behavior 15 Sep 2003  13   Measuring Performance   15   turned off because of "old" style GUI   31   When did it end?   7   pink spotted screen of death   6   Virus Of The Mind (The Book)   15   Motor giant Ford to move to Linux   4   testing automation tool for web applications   10   basic economics   8   General Alexander Haig   7   Mozilla XUL for new application UI.   28   Anyone else aghast getters/Setters discussion?   5   Someone said Oracle frustrations?   2   Best Online Software Development "E-zines"   27   How to handle dodgy work ethics   4   errors--gone in a blink   8   search word from a list in files   4   Technology News Sites   46   Best OS For Home Use?   25   Static variables - good, bad, or just plain ugly?   11   speaker phones   9   How to deal with team members' mistakes 14 Sep 2003  6   Simple ASP Question   4   Outsorcing, CIO.com, good articles   12   Speed Reading Techniques   23   Doctor Dobbs Journal   7   Software Configuration Management in Organizations   20   Best Anti-Spam & Anti Pop up tools   50   Unit-testing   12   The Making of Oracle Database 10g  13 Sep 2003  18   Do home users use Outlook?   15   Techies that talk too much   16   Web page watcher?   4   program manager vs. product manager   2   Functional spec vs. product requirement doc   17   MySQL Installation & Configuration   19   Overcoming Procrastination (HELP!)   8   Adjusting requested salary?   4   what type of company is fog creek?   20   What's your latest project?   5   IP rights again -demos   2   ocr to ms word testing software   7   security question 12 Sep 2003  20   Decoupling Request and Response   18   europe outsource to india   23   hosting service that doesn't suck...   2   Web browsing problem   2   Is there a need for an XML search engine?   1   moving files on server 2003 preserving author   28   ot: brain parsing of language   20   Job References Dilemma   5   Other priority things   5   Localisation of ASP on IIS via VB Components   6   Server protocols   21   Why outsourcing often fails   9   Source of different versions of a web application   29   Artcile on the evils of getter/setter methods...   6   Is Windows Installer a support nightmare?   8   Whining Enineers 11 Sep 2003  25   Carts that Crash and the Coders who love them   32   Trying to be C++ const correct!   12   Designing Rich Thin Clients - DHTML, Applets   16   FTP mode (passive or not) for application?   16   Optimizing a query   1   RFB Playback   4   Winsock server with a dynamic IP   6   C# books?   25   Am I damaged for good?   2   Star Team to CVS conversion?   32   demo violates IP agreement?   12   Here we go again   13   Scary...   31   Smallest exe ?   15   Am i choosing the ladder or the Snake ?   14   Text based browser???   8   Remote Control   5   C++ -> VC++ 10 Sep 2003  11   Socket communication on WAN/Internet   24   Critique of Eclipse IDE?   3   Missing Link to a thread on this forum   8   Comment and Question on RSS   9   Project Management - Microsoft PM 2000   2   Building a VB project in Developer Studio?   14   Security in your developer workplace   21   Are Developers just complainers?   45   who will do the UI ?   9   Friendster.com's algorithm   14   More features = more Training = less ease of use? 09 Sep 2003  50   Can credit bring an economy to it's knees?   21   huge spam messages a problem   5   Detecting Memory Leaks in Shared Libraries   4   Online Forms   11   Dot Com sites that are still around   6   What Makes a Good Director of IT?   20   US Economy - Are these Problems?   17   Outsourcing encourages theft?   70   Another take on American education   26   Interesting:  Bill Joy leaving Sun...   4   .NET No-Touch Deployment   4   Make sure your contract protects your IP   17   Open Folder Dialog for Windows 08 Sep 2003  8   Sun, JDK, PATH:A few years later...   12   Any free XDrive like services out there anymore?   21   Code snippet of tedious GUI programming with SDK?   24   Win32 hosted DHCP server?   12   make a general product or target a market?   10   Distribute Tests Across Dev Tean PCs; Good or Bad?   10   STQE Magazine   19   Feedback from Website Redesign   31   Honors Major in Computer Science   5   Cool CityDesk movie   12   Loading session values - best practice?   133   Conformity in platforms   37   A new company name   20   California: Eating the Valley's seed corn   14   Charge by hour   8   Good mailing list tool?   12   Excruciatingly frustrating stupid html question 07 Sep 2003  11   Remember Six Degrees?   24   Why would one need an XML database?   1   Metrology package in Java   15   Currencies in On-line Store 06 Sep 2003  8   Recommendation Advice Needed for Book   4   Newsletter with difference.   6   Database table design suggestions??   8   CityDesk development/testing question   11   #JoS IRC Channel? 05 Sep 2003  12   Decision makers that don't trust their judgement   9   Excel crashes on saving template   15   Questions and Comments   16   Design Advice Needed - For Generating Graphics   7   Build scripts: explicit or implicit?   32   Localization question   14   clipart   3   Anybody use P.A.D. here?   25   Do you know the world is round?   4   What happened to Windows debug kernel?   27   OODB: Are they viable?   59   Why Johnny can't reed gud   13   CMS   16   The Ultimate Business Plan?   8   CVS question   38   Computers, and black Jack Simulations   5   Cancelling an Asynchronous Query in ADO   12   Rebooting after install 04 Sep 2003  19   Project Management and MBAs   6   New book recommendation..   42   It's about results.   45   Prices ending in 9, 99 or 999 :(   11   Why didn't SOBIG affect me?   4   Oracle Exchange   21   To interchange or not to interchange (programmers)   4   SFTP client   7   Help downloading MS VBA security patch   27   Interview Questions From Left Field   23   How much do Technical Book Authors make?   11   RSS Feed for Virus Alerts?   26   technical books   42   Contract Negotiations   47   the open source business model   31   Linux stabilization - 2   12   Crystal Reports Deployment 03 Sep 2003  1   DelvDr32.exe task manager problems   9   fave RSS feed?   9   Engineers vs. craftsmen/women   43   How to Dress?   3   win XP directory update triggers event   9   Laptop/Desktop Synchronization...   11   web site syncing/management software   28   Best self-defence when...   2   Yahoo!SiteBuilder similar to cityDesk?   11   PDF Generator for .NET   38   Linux stabilization   9   You might as well stop programming now...   15   Requirements Creation/Management Software 02 Sep 2003  19   dynamic form generation in .NET   24   Teekid vs Stupid-Lazy Computer People   49   Rant on Linux on the Desktop   4   Alternatives to Vistaprint   6   Cannot Access Tools>Internet Options in IE6   2   WSAD and VSS   3   How do Search Engines Stored Index Pages?   24   RSS - How useful, and how easy to use?   8   business logic   8   Preserving HTML formatting can be done   27   What happened to MS's keyboards?   14   Database Triggers - Good, Bad, Ugly?   33   Database Stored Procedures - Good, Bad, Ugly? 01 Sep 2003  41   My imperfect world   23   Extreme Programming   8   How do "Diff" software work?   32   Our software on a crack site   15   Stupid Arrogant Programmers Redux   4   EMBED the one you're with   11   The importance of the Quick Start   18   IM Licence to print more money   23   Multiple return points in VC++ 31 Aug 2003  9   Strewth   22   home computers configuration   8   Quick, dumb question   44   Sympathy for teekid?   26   REALLY "low end" content management systems?   2   Automatic background color for input element.   4   IS there a way to clone Windows...   3   "Send to E-mail" Corrupted   14   Interesting...   3   Check this out... 30 Aug 2003  3   how to delete linux loader?   6   tech support   7   CMM and XP   2   Searching on JoS forums.   10   Searching for version control system.   4   Seeing outsourcing as an opportunity   9   Customer Reviews at Amazon   14   Syntax highlighter?   25   Software Naming and Pricing   13   anybody still uses VC 6 ?   13   Google uses Linux Component computers   8   Recommend vendor for MSDN Universal 29 Aug 2003  14   A company selling your software and giving a cut   11   Wrapping an existing C API in ActiveX   13   Unknown file...   18   50 Indian Software firms with CMM5   1   Simple Click   23   80$ per/hr access programmer - 2 year contract   3   Good .NET book suggestions?   25   A Kinder, Gentler Time to Learn CS   5   Pagemaker Software   9   Help authoring mistake   13   throw() in C++ function specifier   19   how to make photo album   28   fixed price contract   39   Citidesk v2.0 critiqued... 28 Aug 2003  6   Learning EJB and Struts - what are they in .NET   10   Should we maintain multiply product binaries?   15   Need a good, blind cover letter   7   Hiring a lawyer   23   agreement to not work for competitors   13   How does MS do market research?   7   Subversion   85   Developers in Suits and Ties   2   Developing on 2003 Server   9   Joel, Seek of Spam? ashkiuyekjha ? :-)   121   A Stupid Response   5   FTP problem in IE   15   Temporarily disabling system restore   12   Licensing Legalities 27 Aug 2003  26   The greatest software company in the world   4   Google Toolbar   22   To cookie or not to cookie...   4   Refering data in two seperate schemas/databases   13   Job hopping in India?   4   Restaurant billing software   17   Job market & Pay - WTF?   17   Automated build system   9   My new job rocks   2   Screenshot of CityClerk Software Demo?   9   XML Digital Signatures & InfoPath beta   5   NASA - Columbia Report   2   windows server with synchronisation feature?   18   Philo oughta write a book   6   Question About Latest Virus   4   Leaky abstractions and the ASP.NET LinkButton 1.1 26 Aug 2003  9   Conectix Virtual PC   22   Heterogenous environment idea   16   Java guide for C++ code jockeys?   12   Lawyers, EULA, and Civil Engineers   27   Hiding website email address from spammers?   6   Looking for credit card processing tools   8   Decent data grid in VB6?   14   NASA culture key to Columbia shuttle disaster   6   Excel Add-in code security   14   Painless Software Project Software?   18   www/Why did client-side apps lose steam?   6   Linking Visual Studio 6.0 and Latest MSDN   33   What do you do when you have low energy?   4   Not all of Google's servers give the same results 25 Aug 2003  3   Follow-up re: Advice: Small to Big Corp   13   Sinding Large Image files - what is the best metho   12   In Search of... Pointless Self-Promotion   16   Things really starting to pick up?   6   Application Architecture for .Net   17   Smoothwall for web servers   8   Difficulty tracing IE 6.0 bugs, tools?   18   Click on a....   40   Safety in India   12   Technical: MD5 Sums   24   Product Liability and Certified Software?   5   google interference?   16   from textbook to real programming   14   Poor poor me, the appendix   26   Recent article in the Washington Post 24 Aug 2003  14   How are Usenet newsgroup posts stored? 23 Aug 2003  5   Licensing schemes for embedded software   36   Waking up thread blocked on recv or WSARecv 22 Aug 2003  34   XML - the only practical use for XML is RSS?   15   In Search of Stupidity : bonehead programmers   7   Design question II   31   Individual JOs Statistics   14   Browser "User Agent"   85   How Long Will Kids Live?   10   Voting system for new funcions   18   transport mechanism   27   Contracting, Permament, Unemployment, oh my!   10   svchost   11   Goliath vs David   13   Mozilla use rising?   5   POI- How to pop up the Excel sheet   33   Code reviews and formal processes   2   Best place/position to read e-books with laptop   6   autonumber again..   7   Any net admins? or InterVLAN routing for security   10   Best screen locking utility   4   Technical Documentation 21 Aug 2003  23   Python or Ruby?   17   Peer 1   8   Good job boards?   23   The Coming Job Boom   6   Script Editor Design Question   4   Any ideas on how Google indexes images?   30   US doesn't have an ambitious space program anymore   27   Outsourcing to India is not a long term threat   1   Designing for disabled..   19   Adobe Acrobat 6.0   4   news flash from a loyal Alabama reader   7   alternatives to sharepoint   4   Enterprise security question   30   Decline and Fall (seriously)   4   RSS feed lagging behind web site   1   Programming Industrial Strength Windows: on amazon   35   Nuclear Power Plant Slammed by Worm   23   Google calculator   18   Dynamic Website on a CD: Any Ideas? 20 Aug 2003  44   What'd you do with unlimited money and influence?   10   Best place/position to read technical books?   15   Deadlines   17   Technical College Degree   21   Yugo   14   Request for Printer Recommendations   18   freeware UML software   5   Switching Programming Paradigms   11   Best Game Industrie job ads   7   Data Structure Algorithms   11   mayo   36   Dynamic Languages and Enterprise Applications   36   #define PRIVATE static   1   Here's the question:   20   Managers get fired too   7   Performance appraisal 19 Aug 2003  10   "Good" worm causes havoc. Duh.   7   google in manhattan   26   Poor poor me, the final chapter   33   Awesome article by Eric Sink   41   Carpal Tunnel   17   Installers which will try to download from Web..   15   Agile/XP programming and Offshoring   11   Don't you malloc() me...   16   PhD in Computer Science/Engineering   25   "Good" worm?   18   Diversity = security?   18   Job (and life) Advice   18   freeware lightweight image editor (windows)? 18 Aug 2003  19