Dr Wingnut

Month: November 2003

  • 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.

  • There is no such thing as try

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    There is no such thing as can’t, only won’t.  If you’re qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change.  Go forward, go backward.  Whatever it takes!  But you can’t blame other people or society in general.  It all comes from your mind.  When we do the impossible we realize…