Can't disagree, Mike. Not the first time, of course, but a bit of a pity nonetheless.

Thanks for your help, btw. Irrespective of getting a satisfactory conclusion one of the good...

With respect, Mike, that's steering away from what I originally asked.

In my original post, I recognised that there are workarounds potentially available. However, I asked for help in how to...

A good call, but sadly I already found a post elsewhere on t'interweb about that. I can confirm the box is set to UK and British English throughout, and that...

You're a steely-eyed missile man, sir. Much appreciated.

Thanks, all

OK, I've done a bit of checking and the browsers I've tried using for downloads (Edge, Firefox, Chrome) are all set to en-GB, although changing to de-DE doesn't change...

Gary Varga (5/12/2016)

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majorbloodnock (5/23/2012)

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...Indispensable equals risk, and companies don't like that, so will attempt to reduce the risk so it's manageable. If that means reducing their capabilities in the process,...

Eric M Russell (5/11/2016)

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Because they grew up in an era without cubicles, the younger wave of IT recruits are (generally) more socially adept than those of us with gray hair;...

Well done on a good introductory article.

From my point of view, what's really important is that R and RStudio now offer a comprehensive suite of statistical tools that can be...

Gary Varga (12/8/2015)

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Over four...

LightVader (7/9/2014)

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Dalkeith (7/9/2014)

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I must admit I like to give users an opportunity to attempt to solve their own problems as I see this as having several benefits..

1)They quickly get a...

Gary Varga (7/8/2014)

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I thought that it was more of a motivational style then lecturing. Some love it, some don't. Personally, I take from editorials of this style the anecdotal knowledge...

The one major thing I see missing in the article is the question of whether there needs to be a solution. Businesses evolve quicker than we realise, and quite often...

Jim Youmans-439383 (12/19/2013)

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At my last job, we had a use it or lose it policy. If you did not use your two weeks, then you lost it. The...

Sound advice, but I'd like to add a related issue from the other side. I'm lucky that everyone in my team is highly motivated, but that has its challenges as...

Well, I'm relieved to say that, now I've reread the thread, I still stand by my original comments.

However, there is one point I didn't make then that perhaps I should...