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Regular Expressions in Java
I was wondering why the gnu.regexp package exists, when Java already includes libraries for it. One thing I can think of is the fact that they’ve been added only in 1.4. During searching around I found some surprising facts about the built-in regex libraries (the site goes up and and down, so here is the…
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Mixed links
From the “Things that make you go hmmm” blog: Do most people vote on five star ratings in extremes? [analysis, MySQL queries] – interesting look, however I’m not sure how much value there is in such analysis. I don’t really feel an urge to “please the public”, however on some more technical posts (“how to”…
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The disadvantages of cloud based scanning
My fellow blogger Kurt has written a post about the benefits of scanning in the cloud. While I mostly agree with it, there are some disadvantages which also needs mentioning: The need to be always connected – how will such a system deal with the disconnected scenario? As much as we are used to being…
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Will Morro continue to innovate?
Rich Mogull thinks that Morro (the free AV from Microsoft) will lead more innovation. However I think that the issue is not so clear-cut: Morro will be forced to innovate like any AV vendor due to the external pressures of the extensive user base of existing AV solutions, changing threats/attacks, and continued pressure from third…
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Suspicious domain – or not?
I was forwarded a link to primariaclujnapoca.ro, and (although I was 99% sure that the site is legit) decided to check it out with domaintools. To my amazement I found the WHOIS information to be severely lacking. This, coupled with the fact that it is hosted on a shared server raised my suspicion. In the…
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Join the World Community Grid!
Via Userfriendly: join the World Community Grid and help save lives – effortlessly. Do I sound like a late-night TV commercial? Now with no added sugar! 🙂 All jokes aside: WCG is a cool community project which dedicates idle CPU time to things like cancer research. While I don’t recommend that you leave on computers…
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Tweaking the design
It seems that changing site-designs periodically isn’t a rare phenomenon. I’m not really a designer, however I like to tweak ready-made designs for usability/functionality reasons. For example recently I went from a two-monitor 19″ setup to a one-monitor 22″ (wide) setup. Comparing the two I arrived to the same conclusion I’ve heard from many sources…
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Mixed links
The guys over Jupiter Broadcasting (is it a sign of networking geekdom if I kept typing Juniper broadcasting? :-)) reviewed boxee. It is very cool to find out that the product is based on an open-source program (XBMC). Also, AFAIK it is only available on Mac and Linux currently and because of this I couldn’t…
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If you don’t know English, …
Scott Hanselman thinks that I’m linkbaiting. Just wanted to let everyone know, I stand 100% behind my affirmation that If you don’t know English you are not a programmer. I personally think that the following commenter (also cited in the blog) nailed it: It would *seem* (totally non-scientific sampling) that the non-English speakers (as a…