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Random Integers (J2ME)
So, I'm studying J2ME, and for some reason (maybe the wrong version of CLDC?) I can't use random.getNext(n). I can't specify the range of the random number. What a pain.I wanted to avoid doing floating...
View ArticleAll Your Applications Are Belong to Us
The Glassfish server includes a Ruby and Rails implementation.There's a Java Python that's well established.The PHP implementation is not a Sun project. It's called Caucho, and it runs PHP quickly,...
View ArticleCheapskate Developers Mobile Phone Tips
I feel lame when it comes to mobile phone hacking because I'm so far behind the state of the art, by at least five or more years. The only good thing about this is that, generally, only games have...
View ArticleNutty Hack - Dojo Javascript Front End to OpenOffice.org through Servlets
This is weird. The authors turn OpenOffice.org into a spreadsheet server -- and then create a front end in Dojo with Javascript, and tunnel events from the front end to the OOo spreadsheet via a Tomcat...
View ArticleStrict Typing Seems So Important
I'm relearning Java, and strict typing now seems so important.It's absurd because large systems have been created with minimalist typing. Most systems don't really need many types: references, strings,...
View ArticleSo much "stuff" in Java
So, the tokenizer's done, and the parser's code is written but not tested. The standard testing system included with NetBeans is JUnit. JUnit is a better way to try out code than the usual thing where...
View ArticleBedrock, Google, and Patent 5893120
A story about Google losing a patent lawsuit against Bedrock, an East Texas "patent troll" has been making the media rounds, but I haven't yet seen an analysis of the patent. All I see is talk about...
View ArticleComparison Shopping for Toilet Paper, in multiple computer languages.
It's hard to concentrate when you're tired and cranky, so I wasted some time writing a simple calculator in several different languages. This is a simple calculation of the cost-per-sheet for toilet...
View ArticleThe difference between pets and meat, in Java
enum Pet { DOG, CAT, PIG, RAT, FISH, COW, CHICKEN } enum Meat { DOG, CAT, PIG, RAT, FISH, COW, CHICKEN } class animals { public static void main(String[] args) { Pet pet = Pet.PIG; Meat meat =...
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TPCalc for Android
A while back, I made a little program called TPCalc to do one of my favorite mundane activities, which is to determine the best price for toilet paper at the discount store, using a toy program written...
View ArticleNovice's Notebook
This is a repository of "novice" articles, written with the intent of driving more traffic to the site, and getting more ad clicks. It's pretty crass, I know, but the information may be very useful....
View ArticleCode Generation, Frameworks, App Servers (not only PHP)
Here's a list of things to check out.PHP Frameworks comparison site.J2EE TutorialCakePHPQcodoRuby on RailsFuseboxAOL Server (TCL app server)OK Web ServerCodeigniterWACTCatalystPython Frameworks.Java...
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