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Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Server Casing

virtual — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:32:37 +0800

Hi there,
I saw your pricelist for Enlight's 1U casing and it costs RM 1600. Is there any other brand which is cheaper? Thanks.

Bittorrent with Secure-Tunnel

virtual — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:13:08 +0800

Come guys, I'm curious with the statistics.

[JAVA] Code to check command line argument

virtual — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:49:42 +0800

The program should print the syntax if wrong command line argument is supplied. The syntax is roughly like this...

CODE

C:\java cmd 1 2
Syntax : java CmdLine [option] [file]
Example : java CmdLine -enc dummy.txt
Information.
-enc -> encrypt file
-dec -> decrypt file
file -> ASCII text file.

I'll list my common approach first.

CODE

public class CmdLine {
public static void main(String[] args) {
if (args.length==2) {
if (args[0].equals("-enc")) {
//perform encryption
} else if (args[1].equals("-dec")) {
//perform decryption
} else {
displaySyntax();
}
} else {
displaySyntax();
}
}

private static void displaySyntax() {
System.out.println("Syntax : java CmdLine [option] [file]");
System.out.println("Example : java CmdLine -enc dummy.txt");
System.out.println("Information.");
System.out.println("option -> -enc for encrypt, -dec for decrypt");
System.out.println("file -> ASCII text file.");
}
}

Is there any better way? Please post your approaches

SMS service center number

virtual — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:03:14 +0800

I want to know the specification of SMS service center number? Anyone knows? Usually it is 5 digits such as for tracking saman 'SAMAN <Nombor I/C>' to 32244.

Evertonians and Kopites

virtual — Thu, 04 May 2006 11:25:28 +0800

THREE EVERTON FANS AND THREE LIVERPOOL FANS ARE TRAVELLING BY TRAIN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE F.A.CUP TIES IN LONDON.

AT THE STATION, THE THREE REDS BUY A TICKET AND WATCH AS THE THREE EVERTONIANS BUY JUST ONE TICKET BETWEEN THEM.

"HOW ARE THE THREE OF YOU GOING TO TRAVEL ON ONLY ONE TICKET?" ASKS ONE OF THE KOPITES.

"WATCH AND LEARN." ANSWERS ONE OF THE BLUE NOSES. THEY ALL BOARD THE TRAIN. THE KOPITES TAKE THEIR RESPECTIVE SEATS BUT ALL THREE EVERTONIANS CRAM INTO A TOILET AND CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND THEM.

SHOTLY AFTER THE CONDUCTOR COMES AROUND COLLECTING TICKETS. HE KNOCKS ON THE TOILET DOOR AND SAYS, "TICKETS PLEASE." THE DOOR OPENS AND A SINGLE ARM EMERGES WITH A TICKET IN HAND. THE CONDUCTOR TAKES IT AND MOVES ON.

THE KOPITES SEE THIS AND AGREE IT WAS QUITE A CLEVER IDEA. SO AFTER THE GAME, THEY DECIDE TO COPY THE EVERTON FANS ON THE RETURN TRIP AND SAVE SOME MONEY (BEING CLEVER WITH MONEY AND ALL THAT)
WHEN THEY GET TO THE STATION, THEY BUY SINGLE TICKET FOR THE RETURN TRIP. TO THEIR ASTONISHMENT, THE EVERTONIANS DON'T BUY A TICKET AT ALL.

"HOW ARE ALL YOU GOING TO TRAVEL WITHOUT ANY TICKET?" SAYS ONE PERPLEXED RED. " WATCH AND LEARN," ANSWERS A BLUENOSE.

WHEN THEY BOARD THE TRAIN THE THREE KOPITES CRAM INTO A TOILET AND SOON AFTER THE THREE EVERTON FANS CRAM INTO ANOTHER NEARBY. THE TRAIN DEPARTS.

SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, ONE OF THE EVERTONIANS LEAVES THE TOILET AND WALKS OVER TO THE TOILET WHERE THE KOPITES ARE HIDING. HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND SAYS, "TICKET PLEASE."

Please don't shoot me, i just copy paste the entire story. It'd take some time to convert all those CAPS.

French words

virtual — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:11:41 +0800

A French teacher was explaining to her class that in French, unlike
English,
nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

"House" is feminine - "la maison"

"Pencil" is masculine - "le crayon".

A student asked "What gender is 'computer'?"
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two
groups: male and female. And asked them to decide for themselves
whether
"computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was
asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the
feminine gender ("la computer"), because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is
incomprehensible to everyone else

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for
possible
later review

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending
half
your salary on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be
masculine ("le computer"), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on.

2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves.

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they
ARE
the problem, and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a
little
longer, you could have got a better model.

The women won.