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Mauricebranagh
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Comment #27526350
Doesn't seem to work for CEO pay :-)
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Comment #27526338
Betting on the horses is a very Irish thing to do grin You'd rather have illegal off course betting ala Peaky Blinders or like IRL my Great Great Great Uncle ran in Birmingham (doe…
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Comment #27518509
Perfectly legal gaming operations outside of the USA have been considered illicit and had employees arrested. The US does seem to have a lot of puritan hang-ups not helped by local…
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Comment #27518056
I thought they where Ubuntu running on mac hardware.
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Comment #27513196
I know Sainsburys was trialing back then, I knew one of the developers on the project at BT. One of our team members was an alpha tester, and one delivery he got was a pallet of sa…
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Comment #27512889
So your running a non standard OS what do you expect
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Comment #27512692
The limit of 5000 might be a bit low for larger sites is this pages or URLS? I am thinking ecomerce and classified ads sites
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Comment #27512547
Not initially anyway its not all about money
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Comment #27505171
Sniper rifles in ww1 where custom conversions of the standard infantry rifles or in the early war actual hunting rifles.
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Comment #27505143
Shotguns where more for trench raiding along with improvised clubs etc
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Comment #27504958
"I assert diplomatic immunity "
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Comment #27504754
I did when my previous place made me redundant, I didn't need to jump into the first job and I could claim unemployment whist waiting to. It well be more experienced people though …
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Comment #27504723
Seconded one of my regrets was not really going for a place on a round the world boat race a few years ago and taking a sabbatical to do the whole thing. Id just been diagnosed whi…
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Comment #27504661
Its "class" we are talking about here and it does exist in the US compare Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs and Woz.
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Comment #27504622
And technically upper class is doesn't need to work and can live of investments / property. Its a bit more complex in the UK ABc1 is middle but their are social distinctions depend…
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Comment #27502315
Its pretty common for ordinary middle class kids - and remember in the UK a degree is three years not the US four years (or even longer in Europe) Bit harder now post Brexit though…
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Comment #27501026
Yes standing exposed on top would expose you to fire from the support trenches.
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Comment #27473415
I am pretty sure I got nocked back for a job at EBAY because I have an atypical career path.
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Comment #27473342
Video cameras maybe or sensors that detect products of burning :-) I would hope that they do audit people in and out so i case of accidents you can account for everyone. Oh and the…
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Comment #27473302
That was my point and large industrial sites quiet often have their own internal fire service.
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Comment #27470760
Bit surprising that they didn't override this as there was no fire and take the hit from the over temp. Also they didn't have breathing gear (and trained staff) so you could go in …
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Comment #27470709
Good luck getting past the gate keepers for most companies then.
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Comment #27470421
Or maybe someone at amazon tipped the SEC off
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Comment #27470318
Depends did Papa go to ENA with the right people. Why do you think that serious white collar crime shouldn't involve jail time.
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Comment #27460518
Yeh Back in 94 I and another developer got flown up to Edinburg and delivered using RAD/DSDM in a month what a another traditional team said would take 2 years. One of the other id…