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    Lets be honest website designers....

    Dencher, Well, the factor that you seem not to take into consideration is that most people do web design on a part-time basis, not so much for the extra income but because it is, after all, a very enjoyable activity that let's one be a bit more creative. Lastly, if one does wish to work in...
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    Government drink driving campaign underway

    Just my two cents, but research would suggest that location isn't the main issue because the biggest issue would be peer pressure as most people involved in drink driving accidents are also people with a higher propensity to seek external validation and are more prone to "following the herd"...
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    Ask me anything about Bitcoin

    Hello @GlennDrake and thank you very much for your valuable post. It touches on the business side of bitcoin, which we haven't really discussed, and I think you're right that it could in many cases be quite useful to many retailers to add the bitcoin option, in that if the advice on this thread...
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    Happy Chinese New Year !

    I've been surprised not to see any threads on the Chinese New Year / Spring Festival despite there being a fair number of Chinese nationals around, so, yes, here it is. This is that special time of the year when Chinese clients and partners will gift you small presents (and you might want to...
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    Weekend Articles

    Hello there. I bumped into this funny gem over at Nature, on "weather forecasting for black holes" and, on a more serious note, this (very) timely backgrounder on emerging markets currency crises from the Council on Foreign Affairs, a useful reading given the current mess, a really interesting...
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    Ribbon

    Hello there. Just wanted to share a recent e-commerce development, that Ribbon is expanding from its initial focus as a tool for being able to sell easier both on your website as well as on social networks (despite the Twitter issues) into payments, with an actually interesting value...
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    court notice for non paying a bill

    Hello Tire, First of all, I'm not a legal professional and whatever seems like legal advice in my post, you should take with a pinch of salt. That said, having been in your situation, it really depends on the size of their company, how exposed they are and what sort of person you are. You...
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    Ask me anything about Bitcoin

    Hello @Knugs , Well, The Economist agrees with you, in that others will rise from Bitcoin's ashes, although part of the fascination with crypocurrencies comes from an economist's joy of monetary dynamics suddenly being trendy. It gets an economist's tail to wag, so to speak. A list of other...
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    The 'soon to be' biggest list of citation sources in the UK (2014)

    Hello Zigojacko, Thank you very much, I'm sure it will be useful to many people here.
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    UPGRADING forum

    Hello Beasty, My understanding is that it's built on XenForo, meaning you're looking at a PHP developer, possibly with Zend Studio experience, which is fairly common. @ryedale might be able to offer more in-depth advice on how to properly implement it, the price depending on the degree of...
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    PPC etc

    Hello again Beasty, Well, first of all, take any advice from me with a pinch of salt because I'm not a professional in the field and most of my knowledge is received wisdom. Now, I'd recommend going through this tutorial, which is actually quite insightful (if you don't want to purchase the...
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    Ask me anything about Bitcoin

    Well, fair enough, you've seen the risk warnings and your expectations are realistic, so this might be useful. Best of luck Will.
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    Ask me anything about Bitcoin

    When something is trading on sentiment, this will be next to this all of the time, with one opinion saying it's heading for USD10 but it is anybody's guess. Anyway, you can get more recent prices from here.
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    Ask me anything about Bitcoin

    Hello again John and welcome back First off, there was no flame war, everybody was very polite and courteous to each other so don't worry about “igniting a flame war”. Secondly, nobody really argued against bitcoins, it is regarding bitcoin investing which you're advocating. I can see now...
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    A big Hello from a Coaching Psychologist

    Ms Neal, Welcome to the forum, I am certain you'll find plenty of people in dire need of your skills :)