From my mail bag:
Where can I get free interactive access to HP-UX or Linux distro or UNIX shell access? Here!

You can simply grab and try out any Linux / BSD / Solaris Live CD. However, some time you cannot install and use particular UNIX like os. So, if you want to try the latest […]

This article is a tribute for my friend “DDP”(we can call him “The king of Computer and Bayesan Networks”, he just got last title on 2007/19/12). He always explained me a problem about java releases: “How can I create an installation file? What can I do when the final user doesn’t have a JRE? […]

We are studying for Computer Networks exam… So…
If you need to calculate subnet under Linux use an IP Netmask/broadcast calculator called. You can calculate IPv4 or IPv6 address. Supported features:
=> Multiple address and netmask input formats.
=> Retrieving of address information from interfaces.
=> Classfull and CIDR output.
=> Multiple address and netmask output formats (dotted quad, […]

Background:
In today’s enterprise applications their is a big requirement for dynamic generation of PDF documents. These applications range from telecom companies generating phone bills, airlines producing e-tickets, banks generating customer statements for e-mail delivery to readers, book sellers selling books in pdf format.
What is PDF:
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created […]

I read an article named The Future of Software Development by Alex Iskold. He predicts a future where only a few high quality software engineers will be able to serve the world’s need of computer systems.
With a bit of discipline and a ton of passion, high quality engineers are able to put together systems […]

My friends know that Berkeley is my dream!
I have recently known that this University has published its lectures online on YouTube.
Lectures are here.
What do you think?

Maybe some of you have already wondered what this is.
JAR File
A JAR file is a Java Archive based on the popular ZIP file specification from PKWARE. If a JAR file includes a META-INF directory, the contents will be interpreted by the JVM.
META-INF/MAINFEST.MF
The MANIFEST.MF is used to define extensions and package information for the JAR […]

With this post, I wanna explain the correct, “clear” definition of Reverse Engineering.
If you surf the Net you could read a lot about it, but almost all sites do a wrong use of it. In fact there are a lot of so called hackers (or crackers maybe… simply newbies) which modify existing softwares and […]

After GSS Exam (28/30), we can talk about some SW metaphors…
Software Development as Engineering

Heavy focus on estimation techniques
Fixes made in planning are less expensive than after “construction” has started.
Highest project management priority is being “in control”.
Software development as a science, e.g. objective, measurable.
Belief that Software Development is an immature or imprecise version of engineering.

Software […]

Eclipse 3.4M2 is now available for download. There’s a set of enhancements in PDE and a number of additions to JDT as well. You can download Windows , Linux or Mac OS X variants of the SDK, as well as other other platforms and packages .

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Why you should use Subversion?
There are many reasons:
• Atomic commits: Commits are truly atomic which means either your commits succeed completely or fail completely; you will never be in inconsistent state.
• File and Directory rename without losing history: You can happily rename your files without losing history at all.
• Copy and Move: Restructure your directory anytime you […]