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I am a Derby County fan, I have been all my life, I blame my dad.
This summer we* have spent 20 million quid on new players, nearly more than we ever have put together before.
And last night we were bought outright by Mel Morris, who had been one of a group of owners before hand, and who had personally funded the summer spending.
Mel is a local Derby boy.
He is also a software developer who made money from a number of ideas and ventures throughout his career, then last year made half a billion quid when King was floated on the stock market. He had put up the startup cash for King back in 2003.
King are the company behind Candy Crush, amongst many other games.
So, to all you Candy Crushers out there, thank you for helping to fund our increased sense of hope and expectation that is currently far outstripping our performances and results, and will no doubt end in disappointment again next May.
Mel Morris - a long read about his life in the business[^]
I'm just one good idea away from being a half billionaire.
*we is used even though I am not a part of the organisation partly to annoy those whose use it will annoy
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: This summer we* have spent 20 million quid on new players, nearly more than we ever have put together before.
Blimey! Where'd did you and your dad come across that amount of money. 
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Quote: *we is used even though I am not a part of the organisation partly to annoy those whose use it will annoy
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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What is this soccer you're talking about? It's football!
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Rugby football? American football? Australian rules football? Canadian football? Gaelic football? 
Oh, you mean Association Football like what they talk about on Soccer AM (Sky TV UK)!
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Beat me to it 
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Soccer is a corruption of Association Football that was invented by the English to save themselves having to keep saying Association Football.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: What is this soccer you're talking about? It's football Wendyball!
FTFY! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Toeball!
veni bibi saltavi
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Would never date a Wendy with balls.
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Chocolates and flowers generally work better, yes.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's nothing, Everton broke all their previous records splashing out a reported 17 quid and a double Kit-Kat for Aaron Lennon!
veni bibi saltavi
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I bought myself a beer to watch the last hour of Transfer Deadline and ended up spending more than Arsene Wenger.
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I bought myself a beer to watch the last hour of Transfer Deadline and ended up spending more than Arsene Wenger.
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You'll spend more then Wenger just going to the loo!
veni bibi saltavi
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Is it the time of year when students need to start the final-year projects they have chosen? Or is this the time they need to decide if a project is one they want to do? I'm seeing a lot of "How do I <do some high-level complicated project>" questions. Is that what people do these days? Start a degree but want someone else to do their work? If so why become a developer? Do they think that a development job is going to be the same gig, they'll just find someone else online to do their work for them?
I wish people would choose degree subjects they were interested in and had an aptitude for rather than something they think will earn them the most money. Are medical forums plagued with questions like "How to do heart transplant? Plz its urgent".
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I think, the solution is much easier ...
They got teached that everything is allready writen and existing. Most of them do not learn something about the "Background". I see it often on my work.
Sometimes it goes a way like this : I need a door, so why not derive from roof and try to build the missing parts around.
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Ralf Meier wrote: I need a door, so why not derive from roof and try to build the missing parts around
 
Software Zen: delete this;
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In fairness, I doubt that many of these questions are coming from degree students, at least not those for whom computer sciences of one kind or another is the major. I've given up answering questions these days but I remember (with horror) this kind of enquiry spilling out in hordes from high school (6th form in UK) students who either had been forced by circumstance, bad advice or parental pressure to take a computing course or simply had very poor teachers.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: Is it the time of year when students need to start the final-year projects they have chosen?
They just started classes here, two weeks ago the roads were quiet. Now they are about four times as many cares plus the plague of mopeds and bicycles, neither of which follow the law or the speed limits but that is a different rant.
So likely yes, lots of students returning and deciding what they will be doing this year.
F-ES Sitecore wrote: "How to do heart transplant? Plz its urgent".
I'm glad I had set my coffee down. The vision of some resident gowned up, half covered in blood, typing wildly on the computer while behind them was a patient completely cracked open was too much.
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Starting next month, our company has decided to implement the "reverse parking" in out parking lot. As of now opinion are split saying that this does not reduce the risk of accident.
One argument is that it is difficult to navigate backwards into a narrow space rather than drive back in a wider space. Other say it reduces the accident of hitting the pedestrian walking.
Well I have no problem in parking either way but I tend to park in the same direction as my adjacent car is parked. So what about you guys? You park in a specific direction or just decide on a whim?
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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You can't just narrow it down to those two options! 
You have to take the number of female drivers[^] into account! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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If there is a lot of room I tend to go in front-wise as I'm lazy. Otherwise I reverse in. I tend to prefer to reverse if I know it'll be busy when I need to leave like public car parks, supermarkets etc.
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I have an app that decides for me based on the phase of the moon and the rain fall in Santiago during the previous 37 hours.
veni bibi saltavi
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: the rain fall in Santiago during the previous 37 hours
Is that Santiago de Chile or Santiago de Compostela? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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