last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:06 UK time JOS Statistics - Top 100 Monthly Items Jun 2004 | May 2004 | Apr 2004    Number Of Comments U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences   143 Americans rejoice. Indian IT are in trouble   105 Lots of free time, plus sand   88 Massive Windows Pain and Hatred   88 Sasser   78 Norrick Throws In the Towel; Goes Out of Business   77 Becoming a C _developer_   68 To Dubai or not to Dubai   65 French Words/expression used in English   62 my gripes with Office, & my solution (LaTex, LyX)   62 Are there any .Net client-side applications?   62 Indian economy   62 Hiring the Best   62 Should I retire?   61 Math library question   60 My tech crystall ball reveals 10 years into the fu   55 Where is the Ask Joel forum?   55 Outsource workers who ask how to do their job   55 Screw math...   52 Future of desktop development   47 The last time you used recursion at work   46 Tom Friedman: Globalization and the deprived   46 What examples to teach recursion with?   46 Paul Graham's "Why Nerds are Unpopular" - the best   45 What another awsome day! (spoilers)   45 How many LOC per day?   44 Any suggestions for management difficulty?   43 Dig thy own grave, diggler!   41 Is it worth building my own?   40 Explain why emacs is popular? (Not a troll)   39 Programmers not people savvy.  Why?   38 Compatibility and Operating Systems   38 Why Do We Need Generics?   37 And so it begins   37 Are you a less productive programmer since married   36 IEEE: Japanese best, Americans worst at coding   36 Women in IT   36 Coding is language!   36 Why do fax machines still exist?   36 kibibytes, methodologies and other stories   35 The developing in free time employee's dilemma   35 Why does everyone think they can write software?   35 Effects of "Anti-GMail" bill?   34 Chris Stone on Open/closed source   34 Anyone use 'My Documents'?   34 Company I work on won't do offsite backups   32 Where are all of the good jobs?   32 Free but good UML tool?   32 Does commissioning a study really indicate bias?   32 Open Sourcers: What's with the naming convention?   32 Not really being honest about software working   31 Ternary Operators and Readability   30 RIP Ask Joel   30 Tech work a "special little ghetto"   29 MS Office Moving Backwards   29 Multi-monitor laptops?   29 Tips & Tricks to provide DB concurrency?   28 How long is too long?   28 Would a Wiki Work?   28 Opening my mind   27 Book recommendations for leading a software team   27 Help me come up with a name!   27 If business is so ...   26 When you have to be really quick   26 Offshoring: Real or overated?   26 interview situation   26 Design Skills are Worthless.   26 Job Title for future career   26 Is it unprofessional of me to ask the rate?   26 Cost of living in NY too much to handle?   25 Engineering failures - Charles de Gaulle   25 insomnia   25 Tired of getting ripped off   25 Physically separate networks   25 Extensible Programming for the 21st Century   25 Must I worry?   25 Rising Oil Prices. What is the effect on IT?   25 What sort of professional recognition would mean t   25 Joel's post today: Coder To Developer   25 Google & Microsoft   24 .NET Rocks   24 Absolute Confusion with Windows 2000   24 A Reg Hack to Make windows red for RUNAS   23 C on windows?   23 Lots and lots of free time...   23 Why doesn't Opera get more attention?   23 Witty   23 Boy shouts "missed a spot", gets standing ovation   23 How to negotiate with broker   23 Writing to registry from web app   23 Build/buy a quiet PC   23 Should I stay or should I go?   22 teach Procedural or OO   22 Magazines on line, great idea!   22 FUD: it's not just for breakfast anymore.   22 Moral conundrum   22 Unexpected results in Open Source SE   22 A few random ideas   22 irreversible   22 Google pop-up blocker failing   22 This chart contains items that have been commented on in this month. Items that have not been commented on yet will not appear.