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June 28th, 2007 | andre

Narcotics - just another enterprise

An interesting article in The Ecomist - drug dealing analyzed just as any regular industry. More entertainment, than a real business case. more »
June 19th, 2007 | andre

C++

I am quite disappointed with the knowledge demonstrated by wannabe C++ programmers today. Hardly anyone knows what more »
June 19th, 2007 | andre

Budget 2007 - full speech

If you are really interested, here is the full 2007 budget speech, given by Gordon Brown on 21st of March 2007 In this my eleventh Budget, my report to the country is of rising employment and rising investment; continuing low inflation, and low interest and mortgage rates; and this is a Budget to expand prosperity and fairness for Britain's families - and it is built on the foundation of the … more »
June 7th, 2007 | andre

Burstsort - a faster sorting algorithm for strings

Have a look at the new project - Burstsort . Quoting from Wikipedia: Burstsort and its variants are cache-efficient algorithms for sorting strings and are faster than quicksort and radix sort for large data sets. If you have any experience with the new library - please share your opinion with the general public. more »
May 21st, 2007 | andre

Wow! Microsoft buying Aquantive for $6,000,000,000

The sums are getting bigger and bigger . more »
May 13th, 2007 | andre

Another pint please!

If we want to be more environmentally friendly, we should consider reusing our glasses in pubs. When you order the same type of beer/wine/whatever, there is no need to use another container for your drink - simply handle over the empty one to the bartender and ask him/her to refill. This will save quite a lot of resources, wasted on dish washing, and your health won't be compromised. more »
May 12th, 2007 | andre

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May 12th, 2007 | andre

Another Nick Leeson

A friend of mine told me an interesting story. A trader in bank X tried to make a profit, building a private portfolio with some new financial product and using bank's money. Apparently, he abused his position and connections within the firm in order to do so. The sad part of the story is, that he ended up playing against bank Y and loosing half of the cash. Obviously, he … more »
May 9th, 2007 | andre

Time to buy shares?

Apparently, JD Whetherspoon shares fell , after the company issued a profits warning. The pub management firm is worried, that the smoking ban, to be introduced in Britain this summer, will reduce earnings in the short run. I think it's probably a great opportunity to buy, since Whetherspoon's pubs are extremely popular and the ban will apply to all, so their pubs won't suffer more than others. And as long … more »
May 7th, 2007 | andre

Cassini - web server in .NET

Some time ago Microsoft released a free sample - an HTTP server, written completely in .NET and able to host ASP.NET applications. It has been extended and improved by some other company, which now makes it available for download . The new server will be most useful for demonstrations or embedding, but probably won't be deployed in environments, where speed and stability are required. more »
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