Why does it always happen that you have a quiet period and then all of a sudden, many clients want urgent changes?
I think this is related to the “caterpillar” effect of traffic on a highway. The vehicles bunch up for a short distance, and then spread out and things flow smoothly for a while.
I need to research the “caterpillar” effect some more, and train my clients to behave 
by John - Published: January 21st, 2006
by John - Published: January 11th, 2006
I program mostly using “Clarion For Windows” from softvelocity.
A client today requested, as a matter of urgency, that I add the feature of printing a complex window, that sometimes has a scrolling list box. This would have been a time consuming task (well, about two hours to develop and test).
I recalled seeing a utility tool being announced within some programming forums and in Clarion Magazine. So today I went and bought the template code tool. Within about 20 minutes, I had been able to build the print out report of the screen just as the customer wanted. Wow, he was impressed.
Thanks to Jorge at Huenuleufu Development for building the tool.
Griffo.
by John - Published: January 11th, 2006
Taxes are not the same the world over. But every one I know thinks that they would be better off in another country, where they “know” that taxes are less.
Not so.
I know about UK, USA and Australia.
Of these three, I would say that the combined taxes (Income, Capital Gains, VAT/Sales/GST, LocalCounty, School, Property) that you incur earning, and spending, are highest in the UK.
Next highest would come the USA. The lowest combined taxes would be in Australia (But do not let the Aussie politicians know this!).
Then there is the voluntary taxes. What – I hear you say? Voluntary Taxation?
Yes. This usually goes by the innocuous name of “LOTTO”. This is where you are goaded into purchasing a ticket where you have 1 in 99 billion (or so) chances of striking it rich.
Profits from Lotto go to subsidizing education, health, and other social programs that would normally be funded from forced taxation.
I think it is great that so many people contribute to this voluntary taxation, as it reduces the amount that the rest of us need to pay.
Griffo.
