Comments for CodeHead in the desert http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com Random thoughts of a coder Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Ruby, ActiveMessaging and ActiveMQ by Ritu Shishir http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/ruby-activemessaging-and-activemq/#comment-23 Ritu Shishir Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:59:38 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-23 I am also facing the first problem as you described. I have one AMQ server which has two different pollers running in two different machines. It's working well with one poller in first machine but giving problem for the second other poller running in second machine.The poller stops getting messages after only 10/15 minutes and I have to restart the poller again to consume the remaining message. What's the problem? The fact that it is working in one machine has added more confusion about the side where the problem lies. If it's in AMQ then it should not work in first machine also. So, I am trying to find out something in client side i.e. in stomp client. Do you have any suggestion on this? Thanks a lot in advance. I am also facing the first problem as you described. I have one AMQ server which has two different pollers running in two different machines. It’s working well with one poller in first machine but giving problem for the second other poller running in second machine.The poller stops getting messages after only 10/15 minutes and I have to restart the poller again to consume the remaining message. What’s the problem? The fact that it is working in one machine has added more confusion about the side where the problem lies. If it’s in AMQ then it should not work in first machine also. So, I am trying to find out something in client side i.e. in stomp client.

Do you have any suggestion on this? Thanks a lot in advance.

]]> Comment on Palm Pre ‘hard close shutoff’ fix… by Scott_A http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/palm-pre-hard-close-shutoff-fix/#comment-20 Scott_A Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:36:51 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-20 I'll be purchasing a Pre later today (currently have a Treo 755p). I've always kept a folded $20 bill in my battery compartment (comes in handy more often than I should admit.) I'm actually glad to see that there will still be room for my "secret" emergency stash) I’ll be purchasing a Pre later today (currently have a Treo 755p).

I’ve always kept a folded $20 bill in my battery compartment (comes in handy more often than I should admit.) I’m actually glad to see that there will still be room for my “secret” emergency stash)

]]> Comment on Palm Pre ‘hard close shutoff’ fix… by wolpert http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/palm-pre-hard-close-shutoff-fix/#comment-19 wolpert Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:12:57 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-19 I totally understand the pain of these devices... but I have to say for a first generation implementation of the palm os isn't that bad. Two hardware issues with the pre has been the battery and the fact that the sliding keyboard does get looser with usage. (According to Sprint, its by design, but who knows if that is true) At this point, the Pre combined with the cheap price of sprint's service (especially with the CostCo 23% discount for members) its worth it to me. Of course, that's just me. But all of these providers do, well, suck. Each in their own way. I totally understand the pain of these devices… but I have to say for a first generation implementation of the palm os isn’t that bad. Two hardware issues with the pre has been the battery and the fact that the sliding keyboard does get looser with usage. (According to Sprint, its by design, but who knows if that is true)

At this point, the Pre combined with the cheap price of sprint’s service (especially with the CostCo 23% discount for members) its worth it to me. Of course, that’s just me. But all of these providers do, well, suck. Each in their own way.

]]> Comment on Palm Pre ‘hard close shutoff’ fix… by Charles O'Neill http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/palm-pre-hard-close-shutoff-fix/#comment-16 Charles O'Neill Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:55:00 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-16 Had the same problem you described. I inserted a small piece of a business card up near the battery removal tab. We'll see if that works. Other than this issue --which for me is a fatal flaw--the Pre is a great little device. But I do not have the patience to go through the same experience I endured with my last Sprint-provided device, the Blackberry Pearl, with its nasty, sticky little trackball, Java software failures and random acts of stupidity. I am giving this thing Zero more chances. Palm, RIMM and all the rest should not sell devices they have not tested thoroughly in the real work. And Sprint and other carriers should not offer these devices until and unless they are proven to work as advertised. Had the same problem you described. I inserted a small piece of a business card up near the battery removal tab. We’ll see if that works. Other than this issue –which for me is a fatal flaw–the Pre is a great little device. But I do not have the patience to go through the same experience I endured with my last Sprint-provided device, the Blackberry Pearl, with its nasty, sticky little trackball, Java software failures and random acts of stupidity. I am giving this thing Zero more chances. Palm, RIMM and all the rest should not sell devices they have not tested thoroughly in the real work. And Sprint and other carriers should not offer these devices until and unless they are proven to work as advertised.

]]> Comment on Palm Pre ‘hard close shutoff’ fix… by Palm Pre User http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/palm-pre-hard-close-shutoff-fix/#comment-14 Palm Pre User Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:08:11 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-14 Thank for the suggestion. My pre shut off every time I close it hard. I hope your fix eliminate the problem. Thank for the suggestion. My pre shut off every time I close it hard. I hope your fix eliminate the problem.

]]> Comment on Palm Pre… day one by Vijay http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/palm-pre-day-one/#comment-13 Vijay Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:13:45 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-13 Nice!!! I should check it out at the next poker game... The first cellphone I had in 2000 was a Sprint Samsung phone... Their service pretty much sucked bigtime.... The company I worked for did billing for Sprint and I used to get a good discount, so used them for a while... But after moving to GSM phones, the whole TDMA / CDMA stuff seemed lame.... I like the ability to just buy phones off of ebay / craigslist and have also donated / given some old phones to folks back in India... Nice!!! I should check it out at the next poker game…

The first cellphone I had in 2000 was a Sprint Samsung phone… Their service pretty much sucked bigtime…. The company I worked for did billing for Sprint and I used to get a good discount, so used them for a while…

But after moving to GSM phones, the whole TDMA / CDMA stuff seemed lame…. I like the ability to just buy phones off of ebay / craigslist and have also donated / given some old phones to folks back in India…

]]> Comment on Mercurial… by keramida http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/mercurial/#comment-11 keramida Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:16:19 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-11 <em>But in reality, everyday usage of either git or mercurial becomes just ‘the standard’. Once you’re using it, you don’t think about it.</em> That's the most wonderful bit :) But in reality, everyday usage of either git or mercurial becomes just ‘the standard’. Once you’re using it, you don’t think about it.

That’s the most wonderful bit :)

]]> Comment on Git versus mercurial… by Jakub Narebski http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/git-versus-mercurial/#comment-10 Jakub Narebski Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:54:20 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-10 Actually commits in Git are also immutable. What you can do instead (note the "<i>can</i>" here, as you are not required to use this feature) is to rewrite history, and then prune old version of history. The rule of thumb is that you should not change published history. I find correcting last commit to be very useful (as far as I know you can do this by undoing and redoing last commit in Mercurial). I think that git-rebase was created to better deal with patch+email based workflows, to be able to create patch series which would apply cleanly on top of current version (equivalent functionality can be found in Mercurial by using Transplant extension, and in Bazaar-NG by using Grafts extension/plugin). git-filter-branch (and formerly cg-admin-rewrite-hist in Cogito) has its uses for example to purge accidentally comitted file from the whole history. By the way, you are talking at beginning about <b>tags</b>, how it was one of stronger points of CVS, and how Subversion (because of misguided "copy is cheap" branching as directory approach) didn't quite get it right... but then when talking about distributed version control systems, comparing Marcurial and Git (BTW. what about <a href="http://bazaar-vcs.org" rel="nofollow">Bazaar-NG</a>?) you forgot about this issue. I think that Git got tagging right, with tags which are unversioned and propagatable (transferable), and Mercurial didn't: it looks like tagging was added as afterthought (and therefore for example must use a lot of special casing, special treatment for .hgtags). Git additionally allow for annotated tags, and annotated tags can be also PGP-signed. git-describe command for example makes heavy use of tags, with output like v1.6.0.2-534-g053e24a describing how many commits we are since last tag. By default tags are auto-followed, meaning that if you get commits you also get all tags which points to those commits. Actually commits in Git are also immutable. What you can do instead (note the “can” here, as you are not required to use this feature) is to rewrite history, and then prune old version of history. The rule of thumb is that you should not change published history.

I find correcting last commit to be very useful (as far as I know you can do this by undoing and redoing last commit in Mercurial). I think that git-rebase was created to better deal with patch+email based workflows, to be able to create patch series which would apply cleanly on top of current version (equivalent functionality can be found in Mercurial by using Transplant extension, and in Bazaar-NG by using Grafts extension/plugin). git-filter-branch (and formerly cg-admin-rewrite-hist in Cogito) has its uses for example to purge accidentally comitted file from the whole history.

By the way, you are talking at beginning about tags, how it was one of stronger points of CVS, and how Subversion (because of misguided “copy is cheap” branching as directory approach) didn’t quite get it right… but then when talking about distributed version control systems, comparing Marcurial and Git (BTW. what about Bazaar-NG?) you forgot about this issue. I think that Git got tagging right, with tags which are unversioned and propagatable (transferable), and Mercurial didn’t: it looks like tagging was added as afterthought (and therefore for example must use a lot of special casing, special treatment for .hgtags). Git additionally allow for annotated tags, and annotated tags can be also PGP-signed. git-describe command for example makes heavy use of tags, with output like v1.6.0.2-534-g053e24a describing how many commits we are since last tag. By default tags are auto-followed, meaning that if you get commits you also get all tags which points to those commits.

]]> Comment on Taxes and failed US Economy by Robert http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/taxes-and-failed-us-economy/#comment-4 Robert Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:08:46 +0000 http://codeheadsystems.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-4 Yearly tax rebate? Don't tell me you give the government an interest free loan of your money! Use your Turbo Tax to help you adjust your deductions so your neutral year to year, and use that money as you get it. I don't think people get "interest only" loans for the tax deduction, I think they get it so they can buy a house they really can't afford. They have bought into the idea that their house is going to appreciate like crazy, so what's the harm. Yearly tax rebate? Don’t tell me you give the government an interest free loan of your money! Use your Turbo Tax to help you adjust your deductions so your neutral year to year, and use that money as you get it.

I don’t think people get “interest only” loans for the tax deduction, I think they get it so they can buy a house they really can’t afford. They have bought into the idea that their house is going to appreciate like crazy, so what’s the harm.

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