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by dmoo 14y ago
For those that might be, have a look at http://www.hercules-390.org/
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by dmoo 14y ago
Also BBC does not have ad breaks so if it is a popular program all the tea making demand takes place at once unlike the more commercial channels which have 4-5 ad breaks per hour.
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by dmoo 14y ago
Ireland has converted mostly to the metric system, we switched to kilometers for speed limits in 2005. To be honest you get used to it pretty quickly. There are a number of items, particularly those that are traded with our neighbours in th
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by dmoo 14y ago
It's hard to be sure, are trees for paper simply a crop that takes a long time to grow. My understanding is that the majority of trees used are conifers, so if these trees are not required for paper what else would be planted in their place
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by dmoo 14y ago
I'm Irish so I guess we just understand that you just forget what you know about how things are pronounced in English and go from there. You could try http://www.forvo.com/languages/ga/
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by dmoo 14y ago
Just for the record a table showing comparative tax rates in Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_of_Europe Ireland is low but not the lowest. The 12.5% in Ireland is a tax on profits, a corporation would typically pay other taxe
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by dmoo 14y ago
the Taoiseach (prime minister) is pronounced something like "Teshar" (with a kind of 'gutural' r at the end) Try tee-shock and you will be pretty close to the standard.
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by dmoo 14y ago
I guess that the size of the country and the talent pool would be an issue but it's worth remembering that Ireland also has state help for new firms with Enterprise Ireland. The banks are pretty conservative organisations but their current
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by dmoo 14y ago
also of VSFTPD fame
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by dmoo 14y ago
Eircom, the largest teleco in Ireland shipped routers for ages where the wep key was easily derived from the ssid. There are 3 of these on the street where I live.
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by dmoo 14y ago
I don't live in the US so was tempted to be snarky about abroad being a big place etc. but I think it's better to put a more constructive reply with some context. On a visit to Kilmainham Jail I had a chance to read some of the letters writ
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by dmoo 14y ago
www.Thersa.org I particularly like the animate items
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by dmoo 14y ago
I don't think that Betty Williams or Mairead Maguire could be described as extremists, John Hume and David Trimble were not at the extreme end of their respective sides in the conflict either. 'Folk dancers', well if you feel happy about th
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by dmoo 15y ago
The Government in Ireland is currently in the process of introducing postcodes http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Postal/Postcodes.htm
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by dmoo 15y ago
And if like me you are in Ireland, well I won't hold my breath...
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by dmoo 15y ago
Exactly, why not out the companies who ask for this, preferably on Facebook. Then anyone who still wants to work for these companies can be prepared, or have a fake profile ready to go.
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by dmoo 15y ago
Store electricity like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turlough_Hill - pump the water uphill during daylight and let it flow down when needed.
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by dmoo 15y ago
I'm guessing that most of the lag is in decrypting the broadcast stream on the fly from nagra 3 or whatever the current version is. For sure in Ireland there was a big business in selling 'dodgy' boxes which could decrypt all channels when
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by dmoo 15y ago
Some good ones as part of the Bruce Perens open series to add from here http://www.informit.com/promotions/promotion.aspx?promo=1355...
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by dmoo 15y ago
I've an Icelandic kick going on at the moment, some really great music coming out of there. Try Johan johannsson http://www.ausersmanual.org/stage/ which is good but also with extra hacker kudos given the topic Also Olafur Arnalds http:
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Government Minister responsible for Irish 'SOPA' foisted on own petard (sites.google.com)
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by dmoo 15y ago
As this is Ireland I've got to assume there is also an element of trying to reduce the numbers who are technically unemployed and so make things look better. It sounds very familiar to the community employment schemes etc. from the '80s whe
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by dmoo 16y ago
exactly: legal != moral
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by dmoo 16y ago
Opera has a built in mail client, I just browse with opera on occasion and mails are downloaded in the background.
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by dmoo 16y ago
To be honest your kids can usually figure out if they are smart or not pretty quickly once they enter the school system. The thing is there are lots of smart people out there. As you progress through the education system you usually meet pe
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by dmoo 16y ago
It's Irish for 'Soldiers of Destiny'
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by dmoo 16y ago
Some arguments as to why end of the euro would be bad for Germany. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,731798,00....
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by dmoo 16y ago
obligatory http://xkcd.com/810/
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by dmoo 18y ago
yes, but Germany has had re-unification costs and an ageing population to contend with.
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by dmoo 18y ago
If you browse with opera try view-style and select the option that suits your needs.

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