Glad to see the majority agree with "manual maths".

Both I and my children referred to in the earlier post were first taught in traditional English private schools some thirty odd...

......Users come to you with a "How do I change this in this application" query and you delve into the database with Enterprise manager to find the table and field...

My 14 year old daughter is celebrating at the start of this new school year because she will never have another IT lesson now she's started her GCSEs and IT...

When I worked in a local college, old PCs were offerred to the students cheaply. Not only was it an easy solution but they were a group on low incomes...

I also hadn't heard the abbreviation - interviewers and job description writers need to be more careful in assuming that their abbreviation is the norm. For my present job the...

I thought with America's Gun Laws (or rather lack thereof) and crime levels it was dangerous going out to lunch there anyway! At least, that's what we're told overseas.

...... but since it is a government secure site laptops and modems and data capture devices (even mobile phones with cameras) are not allowed on site!!

I a previous job, passwords used to be written sown, put in a sealed envelope, signed across the flap and stored in the fireproof safe in the personnel department, along...

Here in Britain we are just as uninformed and susceptible. Bank phishing mail is an everyday occurrence - only yesterday I received one supposedly from Barclays Bank which was extremely...

In England (the laws are different in Scotland) the estate agents market our houses for us, but we have a lot more restrictions on their self interest which has to be...

You're lucky to get 50% after tax. In Britain a decent wage earner loses 40% to the government in tax, then another 10% in national insurance (health service etc) before...

You've obviously got British roots - the weather is the most common topic of conversation here!!

My children would be so jealous - winters have been so mild recently they haven't...

It's already 1984 in the British Civil Service. On my desktop PC the USB ports are disabled, the CD drive is only available to a network administrator and the C drive...

Sport is for doing not watching!

What's baseball anyway? Haven't seen it in the Olympics.