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jwh

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    Comment #2442709

    Why spend money when you don't have to? Go direct to the relevant UK authority at http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ , read the guidance notes carefully and incorporate away. Pay sp…

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    Comment #2369850

    Thanks for the downvotes, I'll take them on board

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    Comment #2346082

    Did you not RTFA? The article is about a PHP hosting company that is getting merc'd because of the security flaws inherent in PHP that lead to their design decision to use Amazon E…

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    Comment #2221053

    Have you tried NetBeans? Whilst I couldn't find a way to automatically include header files, once they're added NetBeans automagically switches on autocomplete and finds documentat…

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    Comment #2197435

    Whilst I don't think a profitable business like Groupon will 'burst', I think it will slowly deflate. Why? Does anyone remember the company from over a decade ago, backed by Paul A…

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    Comment #2134853

    "...if you have to raise thirty million to start your business, its probably not a good business (at least for me)." I've lost count of the number of articles I've read saying "Sta…

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    Comment #2095922

    "The growing use of Ruby on Rails, a Web application framework, in recent years has created developer shortages everywhere, said Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson...Many devel…

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    Comment #2075244

    What about the effect of bad students? Isn't education a two-way process involving a supplier and a consumer? I got my highest grades in subjects I enjoyed (Business and Mathematic…

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    Comment #2016260

    As other comments have drawn attention to, it's a shame that the first things to go in any government austerity drive are sciences and things too complicated for the average, TV-ed…

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    Comment #2016215

    I agree. It's a fact that men far outnumber women in I.T. for a variety of reasons ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women,_girls_and_information_te... ). One interesting point from t…

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    Comment #2012716

    The problem is the 'rich guys' are using the average Joes money, often lent to/invested with them by banks and pensions funds to try and secure the largest return possible. Even if…

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    Comment #2006763

    The video shows perfectly why unwritten/verbal/implied contracts are to be avoided at all cost. Against my better judgement I recently completed some work without a written contrac…

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    Comment #1992070

    Part of that slow GDP growth can be attributed to having to absorb an entire communist country (East Germany) into a capitalistic society (West Germany).