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"In no way whatsoever do I consider myself to be an elite seller (tho I was in the 80's - what a game!). I see no reason to be thankful for getting offers. If I wasn't getting offers I would review what I'm offering. The thing about eBay is that you can literally sell anything, and if your minimum price is reasonable it will sell. It's the greatest example of worth being driven by what people are willing to pay." - Stuart Dallas

"It's also probably the most used API in the world, which would massively skew the results of such an analysis." - Stuart Dallas

"It's also probably the most used API in the world, which would massively skew the results of such an analysis." - Stuart Dallas

"In PHP5, yes. PHP 4? No." - Stuart Dallas

"In PHP5, yes. PHP 4? No." - Stuart Dallas

"Hi Tim. The type of database is irrelevant. Take a close look at steps 2 and 4 in the post. The update call in step 2 grabs the next available job. I've not come across a DB where this statement would not be atomic, so we're guaranteed that only one row will be updated with our PID. Step 4 then does a select call to get the row that was updated. Essentially the atomicity of individual statements ensures that a job is only ever picked up once." - Stuart Dallas

"Hi Tim. The type of database is irrelevant. Take a close look at steps 2 and 4 in the post. The update call in step 2 grabs the next available job. I've not come across a DB where this statement would not be atomic, so we're guaranteed that only one row will be updated with our PID. Step 4 then does a select call to get the row that was updated. Essentially the atomicity of individual statements ensures that a job is only ever picked up once." - Stuart Dallas

"Good point, thanks. Fixed in the post." - Stuart Dallas

"Good point, thanks. Fixed in the post." - Stuart Dallas

"Good point, thanks. Fixed in the post." - Stuart Dallas

"Good point, thanks. Fixed in the post." - Stuart Dallas

"Good point, thanks. Fixed in the post." - Stuart Dallas

"And it will be until *I* find the time to package up the code and release it. I'm sorry it's taking me a while to get around to it but it's really not a high priority for me." - Stuart Dallas

"And it will be until *I* find the time to package up the code and release it. I'm sorry it's taking me a while to get around to it but it's really not a high priority for me." - Stuart Dallas

"And it will be until *I* find the time to package up the code and release it. I'm sorry it's taking me a while to get around to it but it's really not a high priority for me." - Stuart Dallas

"I've disabled your account Chris." - Stuart Dallas

"I've disabled your account Chris." - Stuart Dallas

"I've disabled your account Chris." - Stuart Dallas

"What's your Twitter username? I'll disable your account." - Stuart Dallas

"What's your Twitter username? I'll disable your account." - Stuart Dallas

"What's your Twitter username? I'll disable your account." - Stuart Dallas

"You and me both ;)" - Stuart Dallas

"You and me both ;)" - Stuart Dallas

"You and me both ;)" - Stuart Dallas

"No." - Stuart Dallas

"No." - Stuart Dallas

"No." - Stuart Dallas

"When I actually shut down the service itself I'll simply delete the database and everything will stop working. No action is needed from users." - Stuart Dallas

"When I actually shut down the service itself I'll simply delete the database and everything will stop working. No action is needed from users." - Stuart Dallas

"When I actually shut down the service itself I'll simply delete the database and everything will stop working. No action is needed from users." - Stuart Dallas