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• Include Problem with Objective-C++ and OpenGL

  - by Stephen Furlani

  Hello, I feel silly asking this but I've searched for 'include problems' and have only come up with basic stuff. I'm working with an API that includes/imports in their header files (ARGH! HATE ANGER DESTRUCTION). One of these Obj-C files #import "OpenGL/CGLMacros.h" which #define's things like glMatrixMode(...); In my code I need the glMatrixMode(...); from #include "OpenGL/gl.h" but it won't access it! I can't edit the headers from the (poorly) coded API to put the includes in their definition files. What can I do? If the CGLMacros.h file starts out like /* Copyright: (c) 1999 by Apple Computer, Inc., all rights reserved. */ #ifndef _CGLMACRO_H #define _CGLMACRO_H Can I put a #define _CGLMACRO_H before I include the offending API header file? -Stephen

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• UPK Breakfast Event: "Getting It Done Right" - Independence, Ohio - November 8th

  - by Karen Rihs

  Join us for a UPK “Getting It Done Right” Breakfast Briefing Come for Breakfast. Leave Full of Knowledge. Join Oracle and Synaptis for a breakfast briefing event before you begin your day, and leave full with knowledge on how to reduce risk and increase user productivity. Oracle’s User Productivity Kit (UPK) can provide your organization with a single tool to provide learning and best practices for each area of the business and help ensure you’re “Getting It Done Right.”Learn from Deb Brown, Senior Solutions Consultant, Oracle, as she shows the UPK tool that can save project teams thousands of hours through automation as well as provide greater visibility into application rollouts and business processes. Also hear from a UPK Customer as they share their company’s success with Oracle UPK.  Learn how UPK insures rapid user adoption; significantly lowers development, system testing, and user enablement time and costs; and mitigates project risk. Finally, Pat Tierney, Oracle Practice Director - Synaptis and Jordan Collard, VP Sales - Synaptis, will conclude with an outline of their success as a UPK implementation partner. Register Now Thursday,November 8, 20127:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Embassy Suites Cleveland – Rockside5800 Rockside Woods BoulevardIndependence, OH 44131Directions Agenda 7:30 a.m. Event Arrival / Registration. Breakfast Served. 8:00 a.m. Deb Brown, Senior Solutions Consultant, Oracle Oracle UPK – A Closer Look at Getting It Done, Right. Ensure End User Adoption. 8:40 a.m. UPK Customer Success Story 9:30 a.m. Pat Tierney, Oracle Practice Director - Synaptis and Jordan Collard, VP Sales - Synaptis – Implementation Partner - Using Oracle UPK Before, During and After Application Rollouts 9:50 a.m. Wrap Up   Don’t miss this special Breakfast Briefing and get a jump start on Oracle UPK technology. Please call 1.800.820.5592 ext. 11030 or Click here to RSVP for this exclusive event! Sponsored bySynaptisSynaptis is an Oracle Gold Partner, providing UPK training, implementation, content creation and post go-live support for organizations since 1999.     If you are an employee or official of a government organization, please click here for important ethics information regarding this event.  

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• Dynamically load .asmx web-service

  - by Tierney

  I have an .aspx page that can perform a number of functions. The type of function is determined at run-time depending on which button the user clicks. This makes makes a web-service call to an .asmx method. The web-service call returns html and javascript which then become part of the original page. This new content has javascript events attached to button clicks, data validation etc. In turn these events then call their own web-service methods in another .asmx file. The main page does not know about these other .asmx files when the page loads. So, is there any way of dynamically loading these .asmx files on demand?

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• Calculating odds distribution with 6-sided dice

  - by Stephen

  I'm trying to calculate the odds distribution of a changing number of 6-sided die rolls. For example, 3d6 ranges from 3 to 18 as follows: 3:1, 4:3, 5:6, 6:10, 7:15, 8:21, 9:25, 10:27, 11:27, 12:25, 13:21, 14:15, 15:10, 16:6, 17:3, 18:1 I wrote this php program to calculate it: function distributionCalc($numberDice,$sides=6) { for ( $i=0; $i<pow($sides,$numberDice); $i++) { $sum=0; for ($j=0; $j<$numberDice; $j++) { $sum+=(1+(floor($i/pow($sides,$j))) % $sides); } $distribution[$sum]++; } return $distribution; } The inner $j for-loop uses the magic of the floor and modulus functions to create a base-6 counting sequence with the number of digits being the number of dice, so 3d6 would count as: 111,112,113,114,115,116,121,122,123,124,125,126,131,etc. The function takes the sum of each, so it would read as: 3,4,5,6,7,8,4,5,6,7,8,9,5,etc. It plows through all 3^6 possible results and adds 1 to the corresponding slot in the $distribution array between 3 and 18. Pretty straightforward. However, it only works until about 8d6, afterward i get server time-outs because it's now doing billions of calculations. But I don't think it's necessary because die probability follows a sweet bell-curve distribution. I'm wondering if there's a way to skip the number crunching and go straight to the curve itself. Is there a way to do this, so, for example, with 80d6 (80-480)? Can the distribution be projected without doing 6^80 calculations? I'm not a professional coder and probability is still new to me, so thanks for all the help! Stephen

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• OpenGL/Carbon/Cocoa Memory Management Autorelease issue

  - by Stephen Furlani

  Hoooboy, I've got another doozy of a memory problem. I'm creating a Carbon (AGL) Window, in C++ and it's telling me that I'm autorelease-ing it without a pool in place. uh... what? I thought Carbon existed outside of the NSAutoreleasePool... When I call glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D) to do some stuff, it gives me a EXC_BAD_ACCESS warning - but if the AGL Window is never getting release'd, then shouldn't it exist? Setting set objc-non-blocking-mode at (gdb) doesn't make the problem go away. So I guess my question is WHAT IS UP WITH CARBON/COCOA/NSAutoreleasePool? And... are there any resources for Objective-C++? Because crap like this keeps happening to me. Thanks, -Stephen --- CODE --- Test Draw Function void Channel::frameDraw( const uint32_t frameID) { eq::Channel::frameDraw( frameID ); getWindow()->makeCurrent(false); glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D); // Throws Error Here } Make Current (Equalizer API from Eyescale) void Window::makeCurrent( const bool useCache ) const { if( useCache && getPipe()->isCurrent( this )) return; _osWindow->makeCurrent(); } void AGLWindow::makeCurrent() const { aglSetCurrentContext( _aglContext ); AGLWindowIF::makeCurrent(); if( _aglContext ) { EQ_GL_ERROR( "After aglSetCurrentContext" ); } } _aglContext is a valid memory location (i.e. not NULL) when I step through. -S!

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• mocking collection behavior with Moq

  - by Stephen Patten

  Hello, I've read through some of the discussions on the Moq user group and have failed to find an example and have been so far unable to find the scenario that I have. Here is my question and code: // 6 periods var schedule = new List<PaymentPlanPeriod>() { new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(1).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(2).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(3).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(4).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(5).ToString()) }; // Now the proxy is correct with the schedule helper.Setup(h => h.GetPlanPeriods(It.IsAny<String>(), schedule)); Then in my tests I use Periods but the Mocked _PaymentPlanHelper never populates the collection, see below for usage: public IEnumerable<PaymentPlanPeriod> Periods { get { if (CanCalculateExpression()) _PaymentPlanHelper.GetPlanPeriods(this.ToString(), _PaymentSchedule); return _PaymentSchedule; } } Now if I change the mocked object to use another overloaded method of GetPlanPeriods that returns a List like so : var schedule = new List<PaymentPlanPeriod>() { new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(1).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(2).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(3).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(4).ToString()), new PaymentPlanPeriod(1000m, args.MinDate.Value.AddMonths(5).ToString()) }; helper.Setup(h => h.GetPlanPeriods(It.IsAny<String>())).Returns(new List<PaymentPlanPeriod>(schedule)); List<PaymentPlanPeriod> result = new _PaymentPlanHelper.GetPlanPeriods(this.ToString()); This works as expected. Any pointers would be awesome, as long as you don't bash my architecture... :) Thank you, Stephen

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• 12.04 Unity 3D Not working where as Unity 2D works fine

  - by Stephen Martin

  I updated from 11.10 to 12.04 using the distribution upgrade, after that I couldn't log into using the Unity 3D desktop after logging in I would either never get unity's launcher or I would get the launcher and once I tried to do anything the windows lost their decoration and nothing would respond. If I use Unity 2D it works fine and in fact I'm using it to type this. I managed to get some info out of dmesg that looks like it's the route of whats happening. dmesg: [ 109.160165] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung [ 109.160180] [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state [ 109.167587] [drm:i915_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_wait_request returns -11 (awaiting 1226 at 1218, next 1227) [ 109.672273] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* Failed to reset chip. output of lspci | grep vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) output of /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p IN 12.04 OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300) OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Not software rendered: no Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: no The same command in 11.10: stephenm@mcr-ubu1:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes stephenm@mcr-ubu1:~$ output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 11.971] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 307 [ 11.971] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: [ 11.971] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 69.30 1280 1328 1360 1405 800 803 809 822 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz) [ 12.770] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 2176x800 stride 8704, tiled [ 15.087] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 307 [ 15.087] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: [ 15.087] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 69.30 1280 1328 1360 1405 800 803 809 822 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz) [ 33.310] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-93A39E9580D1D5B855D779F4595485C2CC66E0CF.xkm [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 41.519] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 512 to prevent dropped events. [ 42.079] (EE) intel(0): Detected a hung GPU, disabling acceleration. [ 42.079] (EE) intel(0): When reporting this, please include i915_error_state from debugfs and the full dmesg. [ 42.598] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 307 [ 42.598] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: [ 42.598] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 69.30 1280 1328 1360 1405 800 803 809 822 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz) [ 51.052] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch I know im using the beta version so I'm not expecting it to work but does any one know what the problem may be or even why they Unity compatibility test is describing my video card as vmware when its an intel i915 and Ubuntu is running on the metal not virtualised. Unity 3D worked fine in 11.10

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• Unity 3D Not working where as Unity 2D works fine [closed]

  - by Stephen Martin

  I updated from 11.10 to 12.04 using the distribution upgrade, after that I couldn't log into using the Unity 3D desktop after logging in I would either never get unity's launcher or I would get the launcher and once I tried to do anything the windows lost their decoration and nothing would respond. If I use Unity 2D it works fine and in fact I'm using it to type this. I managed to get some info out of dmesg that looks like it's the route of whats happening. dmesg: [ 109.160165] [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung [ 109.160180] [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state [ 109.167587] [drm:i915_wait_request] *ERROR* i915_wait_request returns -11 (awaiting 1226 at 1218, next 1227) [ 109.672273] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* Failed to reset chip. output of lspci | grep vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) output of /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p IN 12.04 OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x300) OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Not software rendered: no Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: no The same command in 11.10: stephenm@mcr-ubu1:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes stephenm@mcr-ubu1:~$ output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 11.971] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 307 [ 11.971] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: [ 11.971] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 69.30 1280 1328 1360 1405 800 803 809 822 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz) [ 12.770] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 2176x800 stride 8704, tiled [ 15.087] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 307 [ 15.087] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: [ 15.087] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 69.30 1280 1328 1360 1405 800 803 809 822 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz) [ 33.310] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-93A39E9580D1D5B855D779F4595485C2CC66E0CF.xkm [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.900] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.913] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 34.926] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): flip queue failed: Invalid argument [ 35.501] (WW) intel(0): Page flip failed: Invalid argument [ 41.519] [mi] Increasing EQ size to 512 to prevent dropped events. [ 42.079] (EE) intel(0): Detected a hung GPU, disabling acceleration. [ 42.079] (EE) intel(0): When reporting this, please include i915_error_state from debugfs and the full dmesg. [ 42.598] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LPL", prod id 307 [ 42.598] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines: [ 42.598] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 69.30 1280 1328 1360 1405 800 803 809 822 -hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz) [ 51.052] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch I know im using the beta version so I'm not expecting it to work but does any one know what the problem may be or even why they Unity compatibility test is describing my video card as vmware when its an intel i915 and Ubuntu is running on the metal not virtualised. Unity 3D worked fine in 11.10

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• Envista: Coordinating Utilities with Oracle Spatial 11g

  - by stephen.garth

  It's annoying when the same streets seem to be perpetually dug up for utility construction or maintenance by your water or sewer department, electric utility, gas company or telephone company. Can't they do a better job of coordinating these activities? In this podcast, Marc Fagan, Executive VP of Product Management from Envista describes a Software-as-a-Service solution that Envista provides for utilities and public works departments to coordinate upcoming construction work, using Oracle Database 11g with Oracle Spatial. Each participating utility enters key data into the Web-based application, including when and where their work is to take place, and who to contact for more information. The data is then available on a common base map, enabling all participants to coordinate their activities, save money, and minimize inconvenience to their customers. Listen to the podcast Find out more about Oracle Spatial 11g var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-13185312-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

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• Free Webinar Featuring Oracle Spatial and MapViewer, Oracle Business Intelligence, and Oracle Utilities

  - by stephen.garth

  Maps, BI and Network Management: Together At Last Date: Thursday, January 20 | Time: 11:00 a.m. PDT | 2:00 p.m. EDT | Duration: 1 hour Cost: FREE For years, utilities have wrestled with the challenge of providing executive management and other decision makers with maps and business intelligence during outages without compromising the performance of their real-time network operations and control systems. Join experts from Directions Media, Oracle and ThinkHuddle in this webinar for a discussion on how Oracle has addressed this challenge by incorporating Oracle Spatial data and the dashboard capabilities of Oracle Business Intelligence into a new application, Oracle Utilities Advanced Spatial Outage Analytics. Jim Steiner, Vice President of Spatial Product Management at Oracle, will provide an overview of Oracle's spatial and location technology, including Oracle Spatial 11g and Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer, and describe how Oracle is using this technology to spatially-enable many of its own enterprise applications. Brad Williams, Vice President of Oracle Utilities, will describe why and how the company developed Oracle Utilities Advanced Spatial Outage Analytics, how it works with Oracle Utilities Network Management System, and how this can deliver improved decision support and operational benefits to utilities. Steve Pierce, Spatial Systems Consultant with ThinkHuddle, will discuss architectural aspects and best practices in the integration of Oracle's spatial and BI technology. Following the presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to engage the panelists in a live Q&A session. Who Should Attend Executives, decision makers and analysts from IT, customer service, operations, engineering and marketing - especially in utilities, but also any business where location is important. Don't miss this webinar - Register Now. Find out more: Oracle Spatial on oracle.com More technical information on Oracle Technology Network Information on Oracle Utilities applications var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-13185312-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

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• OTN Developer Day: Oracle Database 11g Application Development

  - by stephen.garth

  When and Where: Tuesday June 15, 2010 from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston VA This full-day FREE event offers a great learning and networking opportunity. With support from Oracle database application development experts, you'll get valuable hands-on experience developing database-backed apps with the latest Oracle tools and frameworks. Oh yeah, you get to use your own notebook and download some cool and very useful materials. Find out more and register here. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-13185312-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

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• Architects overcoming challenges in the cloud

  - by stephen.g.bennett

  Computerworld has released an article based on an Silver Clouds, Dark Linings : A Concise Guide to Cloud Computing. This exceprt is from the roadmap chapter of the book. The book highlights common techniques in building roadmaps such as current reality, future vision, gap analysis, roadmap but also goes into detail in identifying the type of organization you are and what the common challenges you will need to address within your roadmap. In addition over at ArchBeat they have released a four part interview dicussing the book. Have a happy holiday

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• Going For Gold: AngloGold Ashanti and Oracle Spatial 11g

  - by stephen.garth

  Save The Date: May 6 at 11:00am Pacific time Attend this free Directions Media live webinar to find out how AngloGold Ashanti is using Oracle Database 11g with a unique geospatial infrastructure based on Oracle Spatial 11g to support worldwide gold exploration and mining operations. Terence Harbort, Exploration Systems Architect at AngloGold Ashanti, will discuss how the company is addressing challenges including management of large volumes of highly varied mapping and image data, 3D visualization, and geospatial analysis. Viewers can paricipate in a live Q&A session at the end of the webinar. Date: May 6, 2010 Time: 11:00am PDT Register here

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• Oracle Supply Chain builds momentum in the Press

  - by [email protected]

  SCM coverage in early '10 was dominated by major product announcements. The release of Oracle Global Trade Management and Oracle Transportation Management 6.1 garnered ten unique articles. SearchOracle.com and Supply Chain Management Review primarily focused on the compliance aspect of the announcement while Managing Automation concentrated on the new trade management capabilities. Elsewhere, there was a lot of interest around the new 'Green Dashboard' as reported by Modern Materials Handling, Environmental Leader and TMCnet. Other SCM news included the announced integration of Oracle Hyperion Planning and Demantra S&OP as reported by Database Trends and Applications and Treasury & Risk.

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• Type Casting variables in PHP: Is there a practical example?

  - by Stephen

  PHP, as most of us know, has weak typing. For those who don't, PHP.net says: PHP does not require (or support) explicit type definition in variable declaration; a variable's type is determined by the context in which the variable is used. Love it or hate it, PHP re-casts variables on-the-fly. So, the following code is valid: $var = "10"; $value = 10 + $var; var_dump($value); // int(20) PHP also alows you to explicitly cast a variable, like so: $var = "10"; $value = 10 + $var; $value = (string)$value; var_dump($value); // string(2) "20" That's all cool... but, for the life of me, I cannot conceive of a practical reason for doing this. I don't have a problem with strong typing in languages that support it, like Java. That's fine, and I completely understand it. Also, I'm aware of—and fully understand the usefulness of—type hinting in function parameters. The problem I have with type casting is explained by the above quote. If PHP can swap types at-will, it can do so even after you force cast a type; and it can do so on-the-fly when you need a certain type in an operation. That makes the following valid: $var = "10"; $value = (int)$var; $value = $value . ' TaDa!'; var_dump($value); // string(8) "10 TaDa!" So what's the point? Can anyone show me a practical application or example of type casting—one that would fail if type casting were not involved? I ask this here instead of SO because I figure practicality is too subjective. Edit in response to Chris' comment Take this theoretical example of a world where user-defined type casting makes sense in PHP: You force cast variable $foo as int -- (int)$foo. You attempt to store a string value in the variable $foo. PHP throws an exception!! <--- That would make sense. Suddenly the reason for user defined type casting exists! The fact that PHP will switch things around as needed makes the point of user defined type casting vague. For example, the following two code samples are equivalent: // example 1 $foo = 0; $foo = (string)$foo; $foo = '# of Reasons for the programmer to type cast $foo as a string: ' . $foo; // example 2 $foo = 0; $foo = (int)$foo; $foo = '# of Reasons for the programmer to type cast $foo as a string: ' . $foo; UPDATE Guess who found himself using typecasting in a practical environment? Yours Truly. The requirement was to display money values on a website for a restaurant menu. The design of the site required that trailing zeros be trimmed, so that the display looked something like the following: Menu Item 1 .............. $ 4 Menu Item 2 .............. $ 7.5 Menu Item 3 .............. $ 3 The best way I found to do that wast to cast the variable as a float: $price = '7.50'; // a string from the database layer. echo 'Menu Item 2 .............. $ ' . (float)$price; PHP trims the float's trailing zeros, and then recasts the float as a string for concatenation.

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• VMware Player 4.04 on Ubuntu 12.04 will not compile

  - by stephen mew

  I installed VMware-Player-4.0.4-744019.i386.bundle onto Ubuntu 11.10. This worked fine. I then upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 The upgrade appeared to be successful. I then tried to start VMware Player and I got a popup "VMware Kernel Module Updater" I accept the process (click Install) The updater process runs, the output of which is; Stopping VMWare Services [green tick] Virtual Machine Monitor [RED exclamation mark] Virtual Network Device [green tick] VMware Blocking Filesystem [green tick] Virtual Machine Communication Interface [green tick] VMCI Sockets Error popup; Unable to start services See log file /tmp/vmware-root/modconfig-11912.log" Looking in the log file It seems that these are the complaints. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.829Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h 2012-07-11T15:35:19.829Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed version test: /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h 2012-07-11T15:35:49.683Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed to compile module vmnet! I tried the patch for 4.0.3 and it did not work. Can anyone point me in the right direction here ? log file; 2012-07-11T15:35:18.618Z| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=11912 version=8.0.4 build=build-744019 option=Release 2012-07-11T15:35:18.618Z| vthread-3| I120: The process is 32-bit. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.618Z| vthread-3| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8 2012-07-11T15:35:18.618Z| vthread-3| I120: Host is Linux 3.2.0-26-generic Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 2012-07-11T15:35:18.616Z| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset: 2012-07-11T15:35:18.616Z| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.616Z| vthread-3| I120: ---------------------------------------- 2012-07-11T15:35:18.616Z| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset: 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: ---------------------------------------- 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset: 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: ---------------------------------------- 2012-07-11T15:35:18.617Z| vthread-3| I120: PREF Failed to load user preferences. 2012-07-11T15:35:18.618Z| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/modconfig-11912.log 2012-07-11T15:35:19.054Z| vthread-3| I120: modconf query interface initialized 2012-07-11T15:35:19.056Z| vthread-3| I120: modconf library initialized 2012-07-11T15:35:19.158Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.168Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/preferred/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.168Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h 2012-07-11T15:35:19.168Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed version test: /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h not found. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.168Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.175Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.201Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.291Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.292Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.296Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.326Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.417Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.480Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.489Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.498Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.507Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.517Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.566Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.575Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.584Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.593Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.602Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.606Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/preferred/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.606Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h 2012-07-11T15:35:19.606Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed version test: /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h not found. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.606Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.611Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.635Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.741Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.787Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.796Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.805Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.814Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.824Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.829Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/preferred/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.829Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h 2012-07-11T15:35:19.829Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed version test: /lib/modules/preferred/build/include/linux/version.h not found. 2012-07-11T15:35:19.829Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:19.834Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.857Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:19.945Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:25.503Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:25.514Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:25.523Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:25.533Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:25.542Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:26.338Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:26.338Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:26.343Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:26.368Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:26.455Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:26.455Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module vmmon. 2012-07-11T15:35:26.455Z| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. 2012-07-11T15:35:26.484Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:35.469Z| vthread-3| I120: Installing module vmmon from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon.o to /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc. 2012-07-11T15:35:35.470Z| vthread-3| I120: Registering file: /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.0/vmware-installer --register-file vmware-vmx regular /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc/vmmon.ko 2012-07-11T15:35:39.713Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:39.713Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:39.719Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:39.753Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:39.845Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:39.845Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module vmnet. 2012-07-11T15:35:39.846Z| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vmnet module. 2012-07-11T15:35:39.913Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:49.683Z| vthread-3| I120: Failed to compile module vmnet! 2012-07-11T15:35:49.704Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:35:49.705Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:35:49.729Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:49.874Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:49.961Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:35:49.961Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module vmblock. 2012-07-11T15:35:49.961Z| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vmblock module. 2012-07-11T15:35:50.159Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6 2012-07-11T15:35:59.283Z| vthread-3| I120: Installing module vmblock from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock.o to /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc. 2012-07-11T15:35:59.284Z| vthread-3| I120: Registering file: /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.0/vmware-installer --register-file vmware-vmx regular /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc/vmblock.ko 2012-07-11T15:36:04.318Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:36:04.319Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:36:04.324Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:04.344Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:04.427Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:36:04.427Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module vmci. 2012-07-11T15:36:04.428Z| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vmci module. 2012-07-11T15:36:04.456Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:15.728Z| vthread-3| I120: Installing module vmci from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci.o to /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc. 2012-07-11T15:36:15.730Z| vthread-3| I120: Registering file: /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.0/vmware-installer --register-file vmware-vmx regular /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc/vmci.ko 2012-07-11T15:36:20.349Z| vthread-3| I120: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-26-generic. 2012-07-11T15:36:20.350Z| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic 2012-07-11T15:36:20.355Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:20.378Z| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:20.464Z| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-26-generic is valid. 2012-07-11T15:36:20.464Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module vmci. 2012-07-11T15:36:20.464Z| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vmci module. 2012-07-11T15:36:20.514Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:22.732Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module vsock. 2012-07-11T15:36:22.732Z| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vsock module. 2012-07-11T15:36:22.783Z| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6 2012-07-11T15:36:33.825Z| vthread-3| I120: Installing module vsock from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock.o to /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc. 2012-07-11T15:36:33.826Z| vthread-3| I120: Registering file: /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.0/vmware-installer --register-file vmware-vmx regular /lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/misc/vsock.ko

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• Oracle Spatial User Conference, Directions, and the US Census

  - by stephen.garth

  This year's Oracle Spatial User Conference should be a winner, featuring new workshops and case studies presented by Oracle Spatial customers on applications as diverse as natural resource management, gold mining, the growing of wine grapes, and the United States Census. This podcast by Directions Media, official media sponsor of the Oracle Spatial User Conference, provides a glimpse of what's in store at the conference. In the podcast, Directions interviewed senior cartographers from the US Census Bureau to explore the enormous challenges of database management, mapping and spatial analysis associated with the 2010 US Census. The Oracle Spatial User Conference is in Phoenix, AZ on April 29, held in conjunction with the GITA Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. Register for the Oracle Spatial User Conference Listen to the Directions podcast on the 2010 US Census Find out more about Oracle Spatial var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-13185312-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}

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• Type Casting variables in PHP: Is there a practical example?

  - by Stephen

  PHP, as most of us know, has weak typing. For those who don't, PHP.net says: PHP does not require (or support) explicit type definition in variable declaration; a variable's type is determined by the context in which the variable is used. Love it or hate it, PHP re-casts variables on-the-fly. So, the following code is valid: $var = "10"; $value = 10 + $var; var_dump($value); // int(20) PHP also alows you to explicitly cast a variable, like so: $var = "10"; $value = 10 + $var; $value = (string)$value; var_dump($value); // string(2) "20" That's all cool... but, for the life of me, I cannot conceive of a practical reason for doing this. I don't have a problem with strong typing in languages that support it, like Java. That's fine, and I completely understand it. Also, I'm aware of—and fully understand the usefulness of—type hinting in function parameters. The problem I have with type casting is explained by the above quote. If PHP can swap types at-will, it can do so even after you force cast a type; and it can do so on-the-fly when you need a certain type in an operation. That makes the following valid: $var = "10"; $value = (int)$var; $value = $value . ' TaDa!'; var_dump($value); // string(8) "10 TaDa!" So what's the point? Can anyone show me a practical application or example of type casting—one that would fail if type casting were not involved? I ask this here instead of SO because I figure practicality is too subjective. Edit in response to Chris' comment Take this theoretical example of a world where user-defined type casting makes sense in PHP: You force cast variable $foo as int -- (int)$foo. You attempt to store a string value in the variable $foo. PHP throws an exception!! <--- That would make sense. Suddenly the reason for user defined type casting exists! The fact that PHP will switch things around as needed makes the point of user defined type casting vague. For example, the following two code samples are equivalent: // example 1 $foo = 0; $foo = (string)$foo; $foo = '# of Reasons for the programmer to type cast $foo as a string: ' . $foo; // example 2 $foo = 0; $foo = (int)$foo; $foo = '# of Reasons for the programmer to type cast $foo as a string: ' . $foo;

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• Bajaj Electical Lites up India with Oracle SCM Apps!

  - by [email protected]

  The Executive Team from Bajaj Electricals/India did a fantastic job of summarizing their Oracle Experience in a 5 minute clip below. Their Chairman, Mr Baja, along with Ram/GM and several other business leaders highlighted the decision to select Oracle and Oracle consulting to connect thier business applications to meet the needs of a growing country.  Its a clip worth listening to and provides keen insight into both the vision and results. http://www.oracle.com/pls/ebn/live_viewer.main?p_direct=yes&p_shows_id=8226860

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• How can I transition from being a "9-5er" to being self-employed?

  - by Stephen Furlani

  Hey, I posted this question last fall about moonlighting, and I feel like I've got a strong case to make to start transitioning from being a Full-Time Employee to being self-employed. So much so, that I find it hard to concentrate at work on the things I'm supposed to be doing. However, self-employment comes with things like no health benefits or guaranteed income... so I don't feel like I can just quit. (At least not in this economy with a house and family). I'm already working 40hrs/wk on my main job, going to school to get my MS, and trying to freelance on weekends and evenings, but I want to give it more time. If I can't take LWOP or just work less than 40hrs/wk I feel like I have to give up self-employment because I just can't give my day job all my best. Would it be reasonable to ask my employer if they can cut my hours (and pay)? Is there something else I can/should do? Has anyone done this transition and had it turn out well? or bad? I am in the USA and I understand answers are not legal advice. Thanks!

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• Real or False Recovery? Economic 'tea-leaves'

  - by [email protected]

  "Information-technology is allowing the city's economy to speak to us in lots of different ways," Mr. Egan said. "We just need to find new ways of listening." Source: "New Way to Read Economy" WSJ_ARTICLE  April 8th, Carli Tuna, Blog by ARC's Steve Banker Apr 12, 2010 Alan Greenspan used cardboard box purchases and other 'source-commodity' indicators. The Carli Tuna WSJ article said that truck diesel fuel sales are a reliable indicator. What factor do you and your company use as future forward indicators? .. is it quotes, perhaps calls into the call center or sales activity?  Is your business moving to the internet and your supply chain driven by your iStore?  How do your distributors, retailers and supply chain partners provide the 'side-line' signals to you to either ramp up or contract production? With competition being only one click away, organizations need to know with higher degrees of certainty, what the econmic 'tea-leaves' are telling us and how firms need to react with production and shipping forecasts.  Firms using the latest forecasting and supply chain analytical (Bus.Intelligence) tools and technologies appear to be leading their markets "Had we been aware of that data in 2008," Mr. Leamer said, "we would have made a different call." .        

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• Why do we keep using CSV?

  - by Stephen

  Why do we keep using CSV? I recently made a shift to working the health domain and despite the wonderful work in data transfer standards, all data transfer is in CSV, both for reporting to external organisations, and for data migrations when implementing new systems. Unfortunately the use of CSV is the cause of the endless repetition of the same stupid errors, with the same waste of developer time. (bad escaping, failing to handle null fields etc.) I know we can do better, and anything between JSON and XML (depending on the instance) would be fine. (Most of the time this is data going from one MS SQLserver 2005 to another!) I feel as if each time I see this happening I am literally watching one developer waste anothers time. So why do we keep shafting each other? When will we stop?

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• Out-of-the-Box Spatial Dashboards Improve Utility Outage Decisions

  - by stephen.garth

  Oracle Utilities Advanced Spatial Outage Analytics leverages the capabilities of Oracle Business Intelligence with map visualization and geospatial analysis of outage data from utility network management systems, providing BI dashboards to support utility executives and other decision makers throughout the enterprise. This excellent article by Oracle's Guerry Waters, published by Directions Media, gives details. Read the article here. Get more information: - Oracle Spatial - Oracle Utilities - Oracle Business Intelligence

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• Welch's Juices-up Its Inventory Management with Oracle Supply Chain

  - by [email protected]

  Supply & Demand Chain Executive published recently a great success story about Welch's implementation of "Take Supply Chain and G.SI to work with Oracle Process Manufacturing". The company says it's been able to improve operational control, inventory accuracy, visibility and order fulfillment by automating its processes across three production/warehousing locations nationwide. Improving warehouse and inventory management operations creates efficiencies across a high-velocity nationwide supply chain Welch's production facilities were collecting more information than ever before on the flow of materials and inventory, but the company needed an effective and accurate method to organize and manage these data.   Article found at: http://www.sdcexec.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=12256&pageNum=2     

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• Welch's Juices-up Its Inventory Management with Oracle Supply Chain

  - by [email protected]

  Supply & Demand Chain Executive published recently a great success story about Welch's implementation of "Take Supply Chain and G.SI to work with Oracle Process Manufacturing". The company says it's been able to improve operational control, inventory accuracy, visibility and order fulfillment by automating its processes across three production/warehousing locations nationwide. Improving warehouse and inventory management operations creates efficiencies across a high-velocity nationwide supply chain Welch's production facilities were collecting more information than ever before on the flow of materials and inventory, but the company needed an effective and accurate method to organize and manage these data.   Article found at: http://www.sdcexec.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=12256&pageNum=2     

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