Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • The Bug

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    Ellen Ullman, the author of Close to the Machine has written a new book, The Bug.  If it is even ¼ as good as the first book, it will be well, well worth reading.  The review in the IEEE Spectrum, November issue was positive.  I will follow-up at a later time when I have read…

  • Name calling

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    via email from Martha Clark, Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:07:31 -0500

  • Handwritten sign found on the wall of Mother Teresa’s room:

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    People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered – forgive them anywayIf you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies – be successful anywayIf you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives – be kind anywayIf you are honest and frank, people may cheat you – be…

  • Forrest Gump goes to Heaven

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    The day finally arrived: Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven.  He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself.  St. Peter says, "Well, Forrest, it’s certainly good to see you.  We have heard a lot about you.  I must inform you that the place is filling up fast, and we’ve been administering…

  • How Google actually does it.

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    How does Google rank pages?  It turns out that it uses a technology called Pigeon Rank to actually do the work.

  • Definitions

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    Google has added a new prefix to the search that allows you to search for the definition of a term.  This is useful when you are looking for this sort of result and don’t want all the pages that contain the term.  Check this out, Google for define:rigor or try Dictionary.com for the same search.

  • Bitter EJB

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    There is an interesting article reviewing the book “Bitter EJB” in the December issue of Software Development. That gives anti-patterns and solutions for problems encountered during EJB development projects.