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, …
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 …
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 …
GMail MIDLet
Google allow you to install a Java MIDLet (a small Java application for mobile platforms), which gives you access to your GMail account. Current …
Hedge funds no longer effective
Heiko Ebens, a Merrill Lynch director, claimed , that hedge fund industry has ceased to deliver higher than average returns and can be mostly replaced …
Google documents
As some of you probably know, Google provides an “on-line office” - AJAX-based web application, which allows you to edit formatted text …
Berkeley DB .NET wrapper
There is an open source .NET wrapper for (former) SleepyCat Berkeley DB file database system - you can find it on SourceForge .
Bank of England - 5.5 rate possible
The chances for another interest rate rise this month are not very high, but still possible, according to Reuters . The house prices are growing, and …
Even lap dancers have to pay their own VAT
An article on Reuters, lap dancers have to pay their own VAT, similar to other self-employed.
"Const-ness" in C++
In C++ you can declare class methods as
const. The idea is that a
constmethod does not …