March 6, 2010
I have been commuting from Margao to Bambolim for work every day, and I have to say that the road construction that is going on near Verna is driving me crazy. It has been four days since they started digging up the road, but I don’t see any progress. What’s worse, they seem to have no regard for the peak hours of traffic on that route. They start their work at around 9:30 am and continue till late evening, causing massive jams and delays for everyone.
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February 23, 2010
The point of using encryption and other cryptographic methods isn’t to create a 100-percent foolproof, uncrackable system. The only positively unhackable system is a computer that’s turned off, and even that isn’t a guarantee because someone might be able to physically walk up to it, turn it on, and hack it. The point of all this work is to make it so difficult to get at sensitive data that hackers don’t even try, or they move on after a few failed attempts.
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February 20, 2010
Many people wonder if college is a good investment for their future. They may have heard stories of graduates who struggle to find jobs or pay off their student loans. They may also have doubts about the quality and relevance of the education they receive in college. Is college really worth it?
The answer is not simple. College can be a valuable experience for some people, but it can also be an overinvestment for others.
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November 15, 2009
Dealing with Change
…my friend told me we were going through too many changes in our lives. I felt overwhelmed and confused by his words. So I did something silly and reverted my fb profile picture to an old one. I guess I was trying to hold on to something familiar and stable. But I don’t think that really helped me cope with change. Maybe I need to find a better way to embrace it.
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November 13, 2009
Google came up with a new programming language called Go, which is supposed to be super fast and awesome and stuff.
But do we really need another language? I mean, come on. It’s hard enough to keep up with the ones we already have.
Go has some cool things going on, like goroutines, channels and interfaces. But it also has some weird things, like no generics, no exceptions and no inheritance.
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October 9, 2009
As a CMS developer, I have learned some valuable lessons over the years. Here are some of the most important ones that I want to share with you:
Never use the Root directory for your website; “forward” requests to a secondary directory. This will make your website more secure and easier to manage. You can use .htaccess files or other methods to redirect requests from the root directory to a subdirectory where your CMS files are located.
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October 4, 2009
Scheduled for November 3rd, 2009, the new release of Mandriva Linux 2010 offers exceptional innovations. As simple to use as usual, you will find applications such as: KDE 4.3.1, GNOME 2.28, kernel 2.6.31.1, Xorg 1.6.4 RC 1 with the last driver for Intel graphical card. Moblin 2 can be tested on the new Mandriva’s distribution.
October 1, 2009
Basic Software Development Process:
Defining the requirements. Approval. Template designs. Template approval. Coding. Internal release. Testing. Alpha release. Beta release. Project goes live. This is the process I follow.
August 6, 2009
SALES & DISTRIBUTION # (SD) # Table of Contents # Definition of Sales & Distribution. 2 Enterprise Structure. 3 Client 5 Company. 5 Company Code. 6 Create a Fiscal Year Variant 7 Maintain Fiscal Year Variant 7 Assign Company Code to Fiscal Year Variant 8 Posting Periods. 9 Define Variants for Open Posting Periods. 9 Open and Close Posting Periods. 9 Assign Variants to Company Code. 10 Define Document Number Ranges.
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August 2, 2009