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mark merrens wrote: The agent is an idiot for not confirming it
True
mark merrens wrote: you are also culpable here - you should have ensured it was written into your contract prior to signing
True - I assumed it was in writing already so that would be ok.
mark merrens wrote: The employer is also being an arse and not showing you any respect.
I'm inclined to believe that they didn't agree it actually, but I can't be 100% sure. Agents tend to lie a lot.
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Then you should insist that agent pays the difference and should inform the employer if they say no. Most employers will not want to deal with agencies that are screwing over the employee.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Worth a try, thanks 
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The agent didn't get the deal in writing?
I now have a red mark on my forehead from a series of painful face/palms.
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My bad for assuming that they did, but no, apparently they didn't think about it.
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Any way you can get the two of them in the same room / conference call so you can hear them lie in front of one another? It's hard to blame the "other guy" when the other guy is right there.
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Alas, not that easy. Even if it were, it's their word against HR.
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You're gonna need a bigger boat room.
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Ray Harryhausen[^] who kindled my love of special effects leading to my secret hobby as 3D modeller has just passed away. Damn, but I still love films like Jason and the Argonauts, precisely because of his work.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I still love films like Jason and the Argonauts
Great film: still fun even the fx are a bit tired they still work.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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The way the skeletons move in Jason makes them creepier than modern film versions.
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I am sure the funeral will be very moving.
Slowly.
One tiny bit at a time.
I loved the Harryhausen films, and yes, no matter how many times they remake Jason and the Argonauts, his will always be the definite article.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
CCC Link[ ^]
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Dalek Dave wrote: I am sure the funeral will be very moving.
Slowly.
One tiny bit
at a time.
That is very funny but I would be worried that the coffin will pop open and a skeleton hop out!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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5!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
CCC Link[ ^]
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x2!
“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction - but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed”
“One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated”
Sir Thomas More (1478 – 1535)
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It's not the coffin opening that worries me, it's the skeletons popping out of the ground in the graveyard.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: my secret hobby as 3D modeller
Pics?
I remember seeing a TV program about his work on Jason &c and longed to be able to do that myself.
Years later I produced a TV show (PC TV - not widely watched, I admit!) and managed to score a copy of 3D Studio for use in the show.
Show suffered because of all the time I spent playing with 3DS rather than organising and writing the show!
It just occurred to me that I may still have the broadcast tapes in storage - I wonder if I could get them digitised and YouTubed - if only to give you guys a laugh at what I was like 20 years ago 
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_Maxxx_ wrote:
Pics?
Yes, exactly my thinking, bring the pics !
Josh has some great stuff, but I did not know about Pete ...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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R.I.P. I loved all those old movies and never knew who was behind it all.
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A bit inspired by the CP@Android thread below : From my experience, a lot of sites have actually a better mobile version than the corresponding app -- that they certainly felt compelled to develop at some point of time. Example : Yahoo!, especially their mail; or the Youtube app is a PITA compared to the mobile version.
I understand that sites with functionalities (social networks, banks, ...) develop applications, but to me, reading the online paper can be made from the mobile site and does not necessarily require a dedicated application.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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My favorites are the 'mobile only' sites, that render 200 pixels wide on my 24" flat panel  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Veni, vidi, vici.
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Rage wrote: reading the online paper can be made from the mobile site and does not necessarily require a dedicated application.
My wife does web development, always ends up bringing this up when I talk about learning apps.
"What for? So your sight will work on the phone, like it does perfectly fine the way I built it?"
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Mobile apps are better because the programmer is constrained to limited resources - screen space, bandwidth, processing power, memory. It's like the amazing things people could do with an 8K Apple II or Commodore PET, or a 64K PC or C64. But nooo, if you're developing a desktop-based web app, it's all bloat, bloat, bloat.
A lesson is to be learned here.
 Now where did I put my 6502 assembly language programming book???
Marc
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