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by jkent 16y ago
SAP own the free DBMS MaxDB - so aren't exactly dependent, although Sybase have a much more diverse product range. Interesting developments in the enterprise space.
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by jkent 17y ago
The Darwin Awards just got a whole lot more competitive.
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by jkent 17y ago
You can get Excel to run SQL queries already, although it's more painful than your method. See e.g. bottom of http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/697... I could see a lot of one-off usage (for occasional Excel users)
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by jkent 17y ago
The links at the bottom seem to refer to SourceForge's privacy/terms and digitalfortress.co.uk. I don't get how the front page comparing different device categories' openness is useful. I find an index more useful with like-for-like items.
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by jkent 17y ago
Disclaimer: Consult an IP lawyer or patent attorney Scope typically applies to specific industries. To the original poster, you do risk legal action - even if you have a registered trademark and they don't. They probably have a common law t
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by jkent 17y ago
At least from my perspective, teachers don't pay for anything. Most of the education IT market here targets schools (in the UK), with price points to match. I agree most solutions are fairly complicated (dashboard, moodle). A lot of UK scho
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by jkent 17y ago
I wasn't persuaded to enter my email at that point. Secret URL - how am I going to remember it? Nice design. It's a good idea for notes. You might want a quick sharing bar.
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by jkent 17y ago
Online or electronic publications or uses, including web pages to a maximum image size of 800 x 600 pixels... is covered by the Standard License ( http://www.istockphoto.com/license_comparison.php ) The impression count is seemingly for off
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by jkent 17y ago
In the UK my understanding is that this would be illegal. The short version is you cannot publicly offer (or advertise) to buy or sell shares - unless the company is listed on a stock exchange.
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by jkent 17y ago
This is not true with my UK insurance - I self insure my mum's car through Elephant - and declare it as such.
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by jkent 17y ago
The dickensurl site itself becomes ... http://dickensurl.com/25/I_am_the_only_child_of_parents_who_... . That seems to defy the point in url shorterning?
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by jkent 17y ago
The short - if you are absolutely set on being an entrepreneur, are properly depressed, or don't care about high incomes, then drop out. If you hate school that is. Not completing high school does narrow your options in life. Most people sa
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by jkent 18y ago
HSBC in Australia will allow you to open a USD bank account. This is likely the easiest way to keep money in USD. http://www.hsbc.com.au/1/2/personal/savings/foreign-currency
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by jkent 18y ago
For a UK view of salaries (based on job postings) look at http://www.jobstats.co.uk/jobstats.d/Rates.html It indicates that 75% of postings are 23% cheaper than a year ago. There is a big change in postings, as per the front page of the s
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by jkent 18y ago
Can you justify that claim?
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by jkent 18y ago
I wonder what proportion of Vista users think it needs fixing? I don't understand the new Microsoft PC adverts either. What does having glasses have to do with anything?
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by jkent 18y ago
I am concerned that you'll place me in a group with 19 other YC men who are similar to me. I can do that at a hacker meetup!
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by jkent 18y ago
Usually for food writers/reviewers they can expense everything. Almost always +1 too. Having a restaurant journalist friend is great. They don't tell the restaurant they are reviewing it until after paying for the meal if at all - only to s
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by jkent 18y ago
I explained this as: Take a number, e.g. 5. Then take a small number, like 0.1. Add 0.1 to itself, and repeat, you'll eventually reach 5. But if you take 0, and keep adding 0 to it, you'll never reach 5. So no amount of 0's will go in to
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by jkent 18y ago
Isn't it illegal to sell life-sized colour prints of a $100 bill? Quality aside...
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by jkent 18y ago
Taking in to account the unpleasant working conditions and hours they face, it does seem like union pressure could be pushing that up high. Ultimately any cost savings could be passed back to the taxpayers.
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by jkent 18y ago
In the UK, Cancer Research commissioned an ARG competition. Proposals were taken and the winner got £1k to develop their ARG. The person behind the idea runs a small ARG consultancy, http://www.sixtostart.com/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/t
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by jkent 18y ago
PerplexCity was great - an ARG that gave away $500,000 if you found the prize. They paid for that by selling game cards (difficulty: 30min crossword to a proof of the Riemann Hypothesis). However, the VC-backed company didn't deliver the se
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by jkent 18y ago
I wouldn't recognise Steve Ballmer if I walked by him on the street. Unless he was begging..
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by jkent 18y ago
I've been using Syncplicity, which offers similar functionality, and that works too. Clearly, their PR isn't as good - it's been launched for some time.
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by jkent 18y ago
Regulation is not the same as ownership rights. If you can own, make exclusive use of and trade that ownership, it should deliver an efficient outcome - at least from an Economics lens.
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by jkent 18y ago
Are we assuming the avian variety of bird? It makes a whole lot more sense if we don't.
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Biggest brands in UK - how many do you recognise?(superbrands.uk.com)
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Entrepreneurs seen as unmanageable? Change your job title.(hrmagazine.co.uk)
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by jkent 18y ago
Joined. My real name is James Kent.

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