Monthly Archives: March 2008

What is a dollar worth in China?

Posted on March 15, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: What is our dollar worth in US cents in China? I don’t want the dollar versus yen. For example, $1 = .75 in China. Is there a website out there to give comparisons to other countries? … Continue reading →

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Outlook Express on a home network

Posted on March 13, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: Does anybody know how to link all the outlook express in a network? We currently have 2 computers and a laptop in our network. We have a combo wired and wireless network if that makes any … Continue reading →

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QuickBooks and the pains of growth

Posted on March 10, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: Why is quick books so slow? I run my entire company with quick books and it seems that it is getting slower everyday. If one of my people are doing a report, none of the other … Continue reading →

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Multiple deletes with PHP and MySQL

Posted on March 8, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: The code below only seems to delete one record, and does not work when trying to do an array delete.. What the heck is wrong with the code? // ===QueryString=== // delete.php?q=169|170|171| $arr = explode(‘|’, $q); … Continue reading →

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The cons to globalization

Posted on March 8, 2008 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What are the cons to globalization? Especially how globalization affects the average american. Well, your question is ambiguous.  The average American actually benefits from globalization; the cons fall squarely on a small segment of American … Continue reading →

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Of healthcare and profits

Posted on March 5, 2008 by NC

A question from Yahoo! Answers: “Let’s take profits OUT of healthcare”, an oft-heard argument? I’d like to hear your general thoughts on this sentiment as well as any commentary you might have on the following idea. What if the government … Continue reading →

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The best distribution of Linux?

Posted on March 4, 2008 by NC

A question from Askville: What is the BEST version of Linux ever made? Is it Ubuntu? Xandros? Linspire? or other version that is USER friendly, and doesn’t require you to be a computer programmer geek to get it to even … Continue reading →

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