Edinburger

I saw a documentary about the UK Police a year or so ago and was interested to see them challenging suspicious-looking people who were using public telephones. Their theory was that most suspicious-looking people have mobile phones these days so if they are using a payphone they are often actively up to no good!

One short stay shouldn't have any negative impact in future. Most people understand sometimes things don't work out or you get an offer you can't refuse (in a good way). If you had, say, three short stays in a row, future employers might get nervous.

I would go where you think you'll be happiest where 'happiness' is a linear equation comprising money, interesting work, nice colleagues and whatever else matters to you.

A word of caution: make sure nobody at your current company finds out you're talking to the new company until you have an offer on the table.

Good luck.

> these are exactly the types of people you don't want to hire

Depends on your budget and appetite for risk. If you have the budget and want to reduce your risk, IMHO there's no better indicator of future performance than past performance.

Can you elaborate on the PayPal isuses? Have you looked at PayPal Authorization & Capture? I am launching an equipment rental site and planning to use PayPal Authorization & Capture to help me take deposits.

Very nice. I would like to be able to see more results at once.

I don't know how I will tell my father. He hasn't upgraded to the internet yet!

Very sad. When I read the headline I thought they might be going after _real_ pirates like the ones off the coast of Somalia. Seems like that would be a more worthwhile use of taxpayer's money.

It would be good if he illustrated his point with an example of an ad optimized for the 84%. Brand awareness? Advertising online to bring people in-store rather than simply driving clicks? What are good examples?

I didn't read it that way, I read it that because he set things up in the way he did, "Effectively, no one could now pay a bribe."