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Having a tooth pulled out under general anaesthetic
I think you're right. The doctors called it sedation and not general anaesthesia; also I remember pretty much everything that happened during and after the operation. -
Having a tooth pulled out under general anaesthetic
Had 2 wisdom teeth removed under general anaesthetic - I didn't even notice when it happened, overall sensation was similar to being completely drunk. Don't expect to be able to do anything productive for the rest of that day. -
The number is up for Sudoku
Or alternatively Write a backtracking solver (takes about 15 mins). Plug in any sudoku. Receive an answer in <1s. :smokin: -
Useful software
Cygwin - Linux tools and environment on a Windows desktop. -
Grand designs - Kent
They also don't serve compressed pages - if they did, the whitespace would be irrelevant: Accept-Ranges: bytes Cache-Control: max-age=939 Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:06:53 GMT Server: Apache X-Powered-By: Servlet/2.4 JSP/2.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 X-Cache-Info: cached 200 OK -
What gadget can't you live without?
It's certainly possible to live without any gadgets, humans have done it successfully for 1,000,000 years. However I would be inconvenienced without: A mobile - being able to call and receive calls from any location is quite useful. A GPS navigator in the car. -
Financial crisis
Times are tough: http://www.jobserve.com/W329CEDBE067541FB.jsjob -
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Which web authoring tool?
There is no best answer I believe. From my experience it's usually like this: the designer produces a layout in Photoshop then the developer implements it in a text editor as it's the only way to ensure good accessibility and w3c compliance. However this process is a bit more expensive than... -
Daft Question - PCG
Pardon me if I'm wrong, but why are you not allowed to claim the subscription fee as an expense? AFAIR claiming it as an expense is fine, but you cannot offset it against corp tax. -
How long before it is all over?
I'm surprised noone picked up this from the article: I hope he didn't just take those £2,000 from the business account... -
Fake jobs on Jobserve
Ah right, those Contract/Permanent 'roles', looking at one right now. -
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Fake jobs on Jobserve
I spotted a couple job ads which have a very similar wording as what I saw 1.5 years ago when I was looking for a contract. Even the agent name is the same :rollin: I can see a plan B idea - an archive of Jobserve ads to make it easier to spot fakes.
