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Matthew Dennis wrote: Shouldn't Clients be in there somewhere. Users != Clients.
The client is always right! 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Their level of "right" depends on how much they're willing to pay.
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Too big, too soon.
Basically if you 10 projects with a budget of $.5m you will get more than if you try one big project for $5m.
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Is it time to give up the work a day world and start your own consulting business? Experts weigh-in on the pros of cons of going your own way. "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
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Not for me.
"A man's gotta know his limitations." -- Harry
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Google has now opened up the archive download service and will allow you to download your Internet search history in a couple easy steps. Why was I searching for 'rash elephant' again?
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There was a very frank question pegged towards Slashdot readers a few months back, which I happened to stumble upon just by chance during some Googling. By broken he means, "Why don't they accept every feature request/submitted patch?"
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Gatekeeping gone wrong. Sure. It's an old story. Not just in open source.
There is StackExchange, for example. A gazillion users and hardly any votes. I've given up on contributing myself because of the gatekeepers. Same goes for Wikipedia and friends.
Still, they do well without most of us. So, thank you all for the effort.
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Franc Morales wrote: I've given up on contributing myself because of the gatekeepers.
They can be soooooo annoying at StackOverflow, especially.
I mean I understand moderating, but I've contributed content I've really put time into and then some moderator comes along and, "oh, this isn't quite this or that and this answer doesn't belong here...blah, blah, yada yada" 
Whatever!
I'm out! 
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Funnily enough, this is one of the prime reasons I stopped contributing to StackOverflow (that and the continual belittling of noobs).
I worry that we're in danger of going that way here with people abusing the ability to close questions and so on.
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Beginning this summer, Microsoft will begin offering free Windows 10 upgrades to hundreds of millions of PCs. A recent Windows Update contains details about how the Get Windows 10 (GWX) program will work. More details to tide you over until July
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On the website for the HTTPS-Only "Standard", there is a statement that 'there is no such thing as insensitive web traffic' -- yet there is. Due to many institutions having policies against FTP and peer-to-peer protocols, HTTP has become the de facto standard in sharing scientific data.
HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2; it's all greek to me.
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Microsoft has announced Azure Service Fabric, a new cloud platform for developers and ISVs to build scalable cloud services.
Pile more services onto the cloud until it can't handle the weight.
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Be prepared for a fall in traffic if your site isn't 'mobile-friendly' and you get a lot of traffic through Google's mobile users. "It's a small world, after all"
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Sacrifices must be made. Down with pinch-to-zoom on mobile websites.
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In March of 2013, Tesla was in a dire situation: the company was nearly bankrupt, its electric vehicles failing to connect with buyers. But according to a new report from Bloomberg today, Elon Musk had a contingency plan: cash out with Google. High-speed, autonomous cars, full of explosive battery packs. Win!
Yes, all cars are potentially explosive. Thank you for informing me.
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Docker, Puppet, LibreOffice, and the Go language are the latest additions to the Open Invention Network's extensive patent nonaggression umbrella "I'd like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand"
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An international team of researchers led by Japan's Riken research institute propose blasting an estimated 3,000 tons of space junk out of orbit with a fiber optic laser mounted on the International Space Station. Asteroids: ISS edition (just watch for that flying saucer)
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How hard was it for them to keep a straight face while proposing that?
I'd be grinning like a gibbon if I was proposing that, possibly with a slightly wild and excited look in my eyes.
There probably would have been a "no" in the reply somewhere.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Sharks with head-mounted lasers!
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According to AMD's CEO, Microsoft is looking to launch the Windows 10 operating system by the end of July. " We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
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Windows 7 still has a lot of wear left, think I'll wait a while before upgrading.
I wonder if they'll give pre-order discounts like they did with 7?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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Well, they're still saying it will be free, so I don't think you'll get a discount 
But yeah, Service Pack 3 as is SOP.
TTFN - Kent
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I had heard that but don't know if I believe it or not and if it is free shirley it won't be for the Pro version?
Any time I hear free I start to wonder what the catch will be.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site.
When you are dead you don't know it, it's only difficult for others.
It's the same when you're stupid.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Any time I hear free I start to wonder what the catch will be.
Remember, if it's free, then you're the product!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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