Re: [Hampshire] [OT] data.gov.uk

2010-01-21 Thread Damian Brasher
Sean Gibbins wrote: > Browsing the BBC's tech news today I spotted this article: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8470797.stm > > Reading past the bit about Sir Tim Berners-Lee's involvement, I notice a > Southampton Uni professor - Professor Nigel Shadbolt - was involved too. Not just th

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] ebook review free offer - re-post

2010-01-21 Thread Damian Brasher
[Re-post to clarify a request I posted earlier, based on some feedback.] A free copy of my new ebook "Walking With the Elephants" is available in return for a short review, anywhere between 4 - about 60 words. If you do, please do blog your review if you want to, I may not use your review or may e

Re: [Hampshire] 06 February at IBM Hursley

2010-01-21 Thread Damian Brasher
Anton Piatek wrote: > Absolutely! We have an auditorium with an enormous projector and > wireless microphones! Super, I will use a projector. This will make a nice change from being a BaB meeting facilitator. > Shall I put you down for this talk? (can you remind me again what the > book is about

Re: [Hampshire] 06 February at IBM Hursley

2010-01-21 Thread Anton Piatek
2010/1/21 Damian Brasher : > Adam Trickett wrote: > >> We have again been invited to IBM and so our next meeting on the 6th of >> February will be at IBM Hursley Labs. As with last time entrance and exit >> times will be "less flexible" than a Southampton meeting but I hope this is >> offset by the

Re: [Hampshire] 06 February at IBM Hursley

2010-01-21 Thread Damian Brasher
Adam Trickett wrote: > We have again been invited to IBM and so our next meeting on the 6th of > February will be at IBM Hursley Labs. As with last time entrance and exit > times will be "less flexible" than a Southampton meeting but I hope this is > offset by the excellent meeting that will take

Re: [Hampshire] Python multiplicaton

2010-01-21 Thread Stephen Pelc
> Hugo Mills wrote: > >Another alternative would be to use the decimal module[1] for all > > your numbers. > > > >Hugo. > > > > [1] http://docs.python.org/library/decimal.html > > > That works perfectly for me - thanks As a side note to this, I'm involved in a construction planning app

[Hampshire] [OT] data.gov.uk

2010-01-21 Thread Sean Gibbins
Browsing the BBC's tech news today I spotted this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8470797.stm Reading past the bit about Sir Tim Berners-Lee's involvement, I notice a Southampton Uni professor - Professor Nigel Shadbolt - was involved too. In a nutshell, data that is 'owned' by t