last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:07 UK time JOS Statistics - Top 100 Monthly Items Sep 2003 | Aug 2003 | Jul 2003    Number Of Comments A Stupid Response   121 What *is* that icon on the home page today?   101 Developers in Suits and Ties   85 How Long Will Kids Live?   85 C++ Test - Questions 6 thru 10   70 Age discrimination in high tech   56 should I begin the process of firing her?   55 Joel Test Number Eight (Office)   54 Joel on Outsourcing to Asia   52 Web Worm Hits Windows, Crashes Computers Worldwide   48 S-Q-L or SeQueL?   48 C++ References   46 Joel: "you can't have it both ways"   46 Technological discrimination based on culture?   45 Sympathy for teekid?   44 What'd you do with unlimited money and influence?   44 Carpal Tunnel   41 Safety in India   40 Microsoft Millionaires   40 Citidesk v2.0 critiqued...   39 Is anyone else completely hosed by MSBlaster?   37 Waking up thread blocked on recv or WSARecv   36 #define PRIVATE static   36 Dynamic Languages and Enterprise Applications   36 Oh, no!  Monoculture in jeapardy   36 Nuclear Power Plant Slammed by Worm   35 XML - the only practical use for XML is RSS?   34 Technologists, Managers and the Blackout of '03   34 MSBlast - I don't understand what the fuss is!   34 What do you do when you have low energy?   33 Code reviews and formal processes   33 Awesome article by Eric Sink   33 Why whine?   32 Netscape had it's problems, sorry.   32 Space Shuttle Disaster (Boeing)   32 Individual JOs Statistics   31 Disk space   31 Joel's market mistake   31 Decline and Fall (seriously)   30 US doesn't have an ambitious space program anymore   30 Bigger than Munich (china decision)   30 What are your values in life?   30 GNU Cash (What Went Wrong) !?   30 They Just Fired the QA Guy   29 fixed price contract   28 Development Paltforms - none J2EE or .NET centric   28 Winning the Cookie argument   28 Do senior people have to be managers?   28 "Bob" the Useless Tester   28 what does it take for linux to beat ms?   28 Hiding website email address from spammers?   27 Contracting, Permament, Unemployment, oh my!   27 Outsourcing to India is not a long term threat   27 Database Programming   27 Equity distribution in a start-up environment...   27 Guns,Germs,and Steel:The Fates of Human Societies   27 REALLY "low end" content management systems?   26 The greatest software company in the world   26 Recent article in the Washington Post   26 Poor poor me, the final chapter   26 Does "vendor lock-in" really exist?   26 CityDesk profitable?   26 "Jobs are moving off-shore"   26 Do firms even hire longterm "consultants" anymore   26 Software Naming and Pricing   25 A Kinder, Gentler Time to Learn CS   25 "Good" worm?   25 Which Language for Web Text Editor?   25 Blaster conclusions   25 Recommend Hardware Firewall?   25 When you can't find qualified applicants ...   25 Product Liability and Certified Software?   24 Design question   24 coworkers as enemies   24 Is This Code style/Standard Useful?   24 80$ per/hr access programmer - 2 year contract   23 agreement to not work for competitors   23 Google calculator   23 Python or Ruby?   23 The Coming Job Boom   23 question on Joel test #11   23 Advice: Small to Big corp?   23 Implementing Joel Test From Scratch   23 home computers configuration   22 To cookie or not to cookie...   22 Heterogenous environment idea   22 Financial Realities   22 Ship Mode   22 Where to store the DB schema?   22 Yugo   21 Half of Windows crashes not our fault, says MS   21 Managers get fired too   20 Web Critics Welcome - Part II   20 Eureka Moments   20 Why does Microsoft keep changing the interface?   20 switch to *nix - not why you think   20 Non-technical Management   20 Is the Amiga in Chapman's Book?   20 how to make photo album   19 Adobe Acrobat 6.0   19 This chart contains items that have been commented on in this month. Items that have not been commented on yet will not appear.