On Technology and Faith

Entries missing in pom.xml after appfuse:fullsource

thomas — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:33:17 +0000

3.1.0
3.0.5.RELEASE
2.0.3
1.6.10
1.3
2.6
1.4
2.3.1
2.4.3
2.2.0
3.1
1.1.2
2.3.3
2.4.2
2.0-cr-1
1.6.1
3.6.1.Final
1.4
1.8.3
1.2.16
2.0.3

Train Runs over Crazy Kid probably indian

thomas — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:26:28 +0000

Just saw this video of a kid lying down between railway tracks and a train speeds over him. The scene looks very Indian however I am not able to confirm that.
This guy would probably lie low with the crackdown on the train surfing kids in Mumbai anyway this video is worth a watch.
Saw this video first on Break.com but got a youtube version from freakapedia.com

Low cost Tatoo Removal

thomas — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:57:54 +0000

I do not know what motivates people to put a permanent mark based on a relationship that is very dynamic. Just saw this video of a person who got the tattoo of his ex-girlfriend removed (the hard way).
Watch this video only if you must. It got me squirming in my seat.

Insane Tattoo Removal – Watch more Funny Videos

Open Reports JXLS and Column Alias

thomas — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:16:41 +0000

Recently I tried doing a report in Open Reports using JXLS. In my query I had used alias for columns and these columns would just not appear in the result.

After digging in the sourceforge forums I found this thread

http://sourceforge.net/projects/oreports/forums/forum/187722/topic/1913461

It tells us that it is a problem with mysql connector and we should use “?useOldAliasMetadataBehavior=true” after the jdbc url

This is what is mentioned in the post.

Most likely you must be using MySQL Connector/J 5.1.x and it must be due to some upgrade issues http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connector-j-installing-upgrading.html#connector-j-installing-upgrading-5-1 , but it worked for me when I put ?useOldAliasMetadataBehavior=true at the end of connection url in DataSources, so when you specify connection url for datasources it should look like jdbc:mysql://serverName:3306/databaseName?useOldAliasMetadataBehavior=true

Finally it works.

Maven Install

thomas — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:50:49 +0000

In Case you do not have a perticular Library in you maven repository the command to install is as foll:
mvn install:install-file \n
-DgroupId= \n
-DartifactId= \n
-Dversion= \n
-Dpackaging= \n
-Dfile=/path/to/file

Example:

mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=apache-discovery -DartifactId=commons-discovery -Dversion=0.2 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

Javascript to retrieve Password

thomas — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:19:46 +0000

Below is the javascript required to retrieve a password from a page.
If the page displays a field marked with ******* in one of the fields copy the below javascript, delete the contents in the address bar paste the javascript and hit enter. As simple as that.



javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = ""; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j

Technology! Blackberry’s not working.

thomas — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:26:58 +0000

50L prize for proof of Ghosts

thomas — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:09:10 +0000

Humanist Rationalist Association, Godhra, has offered a prize of Rs. 50 Lakhs to anyone who can prove that gosts exist. According to Times of India.

This group of persons from Godhra has spent the Kali Chaudas night in a crematorium, carried out the funeral procession of a ghost and even cremated it. All this not for tantric or black magic rituals that many perform on the night, but to spread awareness that ghosts and black magic do not exist.

This year, the group has thrown a challenge to persons in Godhra by announcing a prize of Rs 50 lakh for anybody who proves that ghosts do exist. The group has also put up banners in this regard in various areas of the town.

This shows how rationalists are making themselves seen in India.

Stoning of Women

thomas — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:06:14 +0000

We think that we have moved on from the stone ages and are more civilized these days. I was very dissapointed when I heard that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani execution could be imminent. International Committee against Stoning in one of their articles states

According to news received by the International Committee against Stoning and International Committee against Execution on 1 November 2010, the authorities in Tehran have given the go ahead to Tabriz prison for the execution of Iran stoning case Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It has been reported that she is to be executed this Wednesday 3 November.

The whole article can be found here

Very Spiritual Not Religious

thomas — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:36:03 +0000

A Video I found that was very spiritual but not at all religious. Well compiled.