Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Too hot in here…

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    This exchange of email occurred on the struts-user mailing list as an off-topic posting.  In America developers are increasingly the target of losing their jobs to offshore dev-farms in India and ChinaHa! You Americans are funny.Over here everything is very high tech. We even have a special gizmo thatgives us the power to control office…

  • Software tools

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    Tools I ran across at the Multi-Edit site which will be include in version 9.1 Scooter Software – Beyond Compare and Flashbulb Studios – Trita Code Formatter (Pretty Printer).  And, an unrelated item, a framework covered in Software Development magazine that seems very promising for Java development, the Keel Framework.

  • Looks like Java developers chasing the latest JCP fad….

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    The EconomistsFrom: Shane Mingins [mailto:shane.NOSPAMmingins@assurenospaminternational.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:21 PMI especially like the way they wiggle when the numbers go below zero.Dr. Wingnut

  • How to Umpire the Game

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    I once had someone explain to me that the way you could tell the difference between a young umpire, an experienced umpire and an old umpire was that the young umpire would say, “I call them as I see them.”  And the middle-aged umpire would say, “It’s not a ball or a strike until I…

  • The Daily Mislead

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    Check out this new Web site from MoveOn.org — www.misleader.orgIt has daily dispatches of President Bush’s false statements with a "Just the Facts, Ma’am" approach — no rhetoric, just a couple of paragraphs to you by 9 am EST.via email from Nat Forbes, Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:51:11 +0800

  • My Heart

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    Johnny was at his first day of school.  The teacher advised the class to start the day with the pledge of allegiance, and instructed them to put their right hands over their hearts and repeat after him.He looked around the room as he started the recitation, “I pledge allegiance to the flag…”  When his eyes…

  • Firewall

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    Use the command netstat -en to show ports. Look for those that are listening. Make sure your firewall is blocking those ports for which you know no service should be answering. The IANA Assigned Port numbers tell which ports are assigned globally.