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aaronrc

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    Comment #2694590

    Anyone know if this update applies to Google Voice? And whether it will now be possible to initiate a standard RTP stream via XMPP? That would make SIP interoperability with Google…

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    Comment #2476368

    Yeah you are right about that http://www.abc.net.au/tv/watchnow/?id=doctorwho . But the good thing about Doctor Who in Oz is that the ABC put most of their shows up on their iview …

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    Comment #2469644

    Rails devs are a dime a dozen so unless you are attempting to entice one to join your company you shouldn't pay a high rate. There's no reason you couldn't find a good dev on elanc…

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    Do long in the tooth programmers get drawn to neuroscience?

    I've been a professional programmer for 13 years and studied electronic engineering at uni. In the last few years I've developed this urge to learn more about the brain and neurosc…

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    Comment #2461735

    "10:00pm – .... You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow." Is there free beer provided after 10pm?

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    Comment #2461268

    You really want them to be able to show you some reference sites and get them to talk you through how those sites operate at a high level. If what they saying doesn't make sense th…

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    Comment #2431641

    I know it's been said over and over but why don't all these YC and now YC rejects just get on with it. Build their products, start their businesses and make some money. Why the obs…

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    Comment #2431279

    What about HTML5, C++, REST, SQL, IOS, MS-DOS, ASM, CP/M, PDP, VAX? I think you should at least add those to the criteria to make sure you get the right person. I just wish I was q…

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    Comment #2422654

    Last place I worked had a guy who viewed C as the enemy and would not code in anything put Fortran - it was a production system running a totaliser. However it's a silly assertion.…

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    Comment #2418303

    Nope I haven't. Guess I'll just keep pressing my one step VS.Net publish button in blissful ignorance :).

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    Comment #2418203

    Didn't really understand what's wrong with msdeploy? Deploying can't get much easier than clicking a single button in VS.Net... Rolling back IS an issue but it can be mitigated by …

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    Comment #2409948

    You should take into account where your users are located. I've found that PayPal is good for selling to US customers, only a small number of complaints about no alternative. Where…

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    Comment #2338727

    For application layer servers the 5 9's redundancy can be achieved by deploying multiple servers. Deploying a multiple server redundant database is a difficult problem which distra…

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    Are there any five nines hosted database services?

    There are a few hosted database services around but the ones I've looked at cater for web apps. My app is a VoIP/telecoms one and I need a five nines SLA, are there any that meet t…

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    Comment #2313140

    Very nice. Now if you could email transcriptions of the recordings and use voice recognition to identify the call participants you'd be onto a winner :).

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    Comment #2304514

    Likewise. I can remember using WinSock at UTAS. I've got a mate that works opposite Peter's office in Bellerive and upon spying the office it almost felt like some sort of pilgrima…

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    Comment #2303403

    It's tough earning contract programming dollars in Hobart so be generous :).

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    Comment #2303394

    " it may complicate existing and future legal matters" Hope that's not going to be one of those "I invented the CD" type legal cases...