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You can start here:

http://www.wilmott.com/categories.cfm?catid=38

I parsed the heading ok, but I agree it should technically be hyphenated: 'first-time-in-a-startup '

Good points well made. I heard a similar differentiation when moving from investment banking to a hedge fund years ago. It's all about adding tangible value.

In terms of mispriced expectations, it's unprecedented for 1/3 of the world population (<2bn people - India & China) to smoothly transition from 3rd/2nd to 1st world economies without massive internal 'social unrest' (&/or war). Yet that is what we appear to expect... Hope it's the first time.

Thanks waqf - I didn't know it was on youtube, otherwise I would have posted your link.

Reading between the lines, I guess you are alluding to the specific example jacquesm & swombat refer to - but as a straight answer to the question, I'd say twitter's 'fail whale' was a fun way to take the edge off their frequent early downtime.

There was a coalition formed without election during WWII, as an election could not easily have been held. It worked quite well, perhaps partly because nobody wanted to be the one who exacerbated the crisis, and partly the gravity of the situation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_Government_1940%E2%80...

True - with VAT at 17.5%, £700 is roughly £600 + tax

This looks like the same idea as the hub:

http://kingscross.the-hub.net

It's a little more expensive, but that's London for you...

Spotify responded that these figures were way out (without giving the true numbers). If I remember correctly, the low figure was for a short period & related only to the Swedish market AND for only the Swedish co-writer's royalty - i.e. it was half of the Swedish royalties for a few months, not the full worldwide royalties for a calender year. Here's one report:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/7590782/Spotify-reject...

I think South Park may have been alluding to this sad story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7112929.stm

Yes, my favourite:

"In essence, transactional memory allows threads to ask for forgiveness instead of permission."

The (excellent Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman) film is available legally & free to watch online until Saturday 10th April 2010 if you're in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007bw8d/Papillon/

Thanks for the updated link (no idea why it was moved). I tried to edit, but couldn't - I guess it times out.

Good suggestion - I like their higher size limit of 1Gb. I'll check this out, thanks.

I found this helps when collaborating remotely, to send big files around - and there are other companies offering a similar service:

http://free.mailbigfile.com/index.php

And consider the time value of money - if the LTV is $50 over 2 years, you need to calculate the net present value of that cashflow to you in today's dollars (which will always be less than $50).

A Leo Strauss-style variation of the argument is here:

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/05...

The short answer is no - unless they depend on Italian cusomers (or bank via Italy). The longer answer depends on Italy's relative sway with the EU versus your 'home' nation & the significance of what you're doing, but is a qualified 'no'.

I've had no problems with paypal, selling mostly in the UK; I charge £12.50 & get £11.87 from them. Overseas customers see whatever the paypal converted cost is in their currency. But if you're taking recurring payments (say monthly) then definitely look into setting up direct debits - zero or tiny transaction costs. The downside of this is that you'll have to get signed paper mandates until your bank sponsors you to automate this.

so if someone includes the word 'specialist' in an email to you, you would never see it. spe cialis t

Yes, of course, but I don't have his email address & even if I did, if it was hosted at the same place it might also be down.

Here's an example (from literature): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Original_of_Laura

I believe the BBC DRM allows this to be played worldwide, but can't verify that from here in the UK. Interview is the first 9 minutes of audio.

It appears that Gladwell wasn't in error - 'his webmaster' fesses up here (sorry for the horribly long url): http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2009/11/letting-igon...

There are some good free resources, like this one:

http://www.classiccmp.org/transputer/finengineer/

But there's probably also lots of information available on your intranet - there's bound to be a wiki with some good information. And if your company subscribes to the ISDA library (about £11k pa) you can get a userid & dig out stuff there. What I found most useful was to get a copy of trade confirms & read them until I understood - plus copy some modelling spreadsheets & tinker with the inputs to see what effect they have on the outputs. For really heavy financial maths subscribe (for free) to Willmott & search around there. Good luck.

For architecture I found 'A History of Architecture' by Bannister Fletcher to be a good start, but my copy is very old (1943 edition) - so try elsewhere if you want to include modernism from the outset. I'm told it's a classic.

Brown's text was longer, but he credits it as Forer's idea originally (in his book 'Tricks of the Mind' p322)

Or rather, pitch your idea - but be aware that the person to whom you are pitching may be primarily assessing you.

I don't write TripAdvisor or Amazon reviews, but they can inform my choices (both +ve & -ve) if I'm considering a purchase.