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Links for Oracle Portal Development

balaraj — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:52:57 GMT

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10464_03/portal.904/b13922/toc.htm

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/portal/getstart/1014/handson/view.htm

http://home.c2i.net/toreingolf/oracle/portal/my_first_java_portlet.htm

http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe_as_10g/portal/bld_portlet_jpdk/portlet_jpdk.html#jdev%20wizard

http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/tech/webcenter/files/owcs_10132_consume_viewlet.html

http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B32110_01/webcenter.1013/b31072/tt_portlets.htm#CIHGFBAG

Amazing Striped Icebergs

balaraj — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:56:49 GMT

Amazing striped icebergs

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by

layers of snow that react to different conditions.

Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet

fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can

freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a

green stripe.

Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked ...

Superb Bill Gates comments

Admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:40:23 GMT

This should be posted in all schools and work places

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

World Organizations...

lester.noronha — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:28:52 GMT

Please use this post to discuss world organizations such as NATO, etc. The organization classification includes military, economical, etc. Just attach any web links that explain that organization structure and what it does.

Airlift - Airport Transfer Services

chupa_rustam — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:47:43 GMT

Airlift - Airport Transfer Services

We are starting a Airport Transfer Service for Bangalore. Since the New airport is far from the city and we feel that Airport Transfers will become very expensive for the Passengers and there will be a definite problem to commute to and from the New Airport. We are introducing our service to make airport Transfers less expensive and still provide the required luxury while taking customers to and from the airport. We will pick up the customers from the ...

Informative sites

lester.noronha — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:17:35 GMT

Good sites showcasing lot of articles/stubs on a variety of subjects:

http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.about.com/

http://www.answers.com/

Topic of the Week...

lester.noronha — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:15:44 GMT

Let us use this topic to discuss some economical terms. We can have a topic per week to discuss on...

Servlets and HTTP Sessions...

lester.noronha — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:08:44 GMT

Let us use this topic to have a discussion on servlets and sessions

KOLAKATA-BANGALORE Air ticket in Rs.3000 only..

chupa_rustam — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:46:23 GMT

Hi, all.

I have a Flight ticket from Kolkata to bangalore on 7th july...for Rs.3000.

If anyone intersted then plz let me know!!!!!!

Thanks

Articles on technologies...

lester.noronha — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:23:02 GMT

Please use this topic to post any links listing articles on any of the technologies

Found month wise article list at the Oreillys:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/articles

CIVIL ENGINEER FROM PUNJAB UNIVERSITY...

Admin — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:23:18 GMT

Learn Configuring Hibernate, Spring and MyFaces (JSF) with an sample application.

venkateshdorai — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:54:34 GMT

Tutorial presented here at the below link discusses the steps to configure Hibernate, Spring and MyFaces to use MySQL Database to build real world User registration and login application. This is a sample user registration and login application where new user can create an account with the system. Existing users can access the website by providing their user name and password.

So, to start developing Login and Registration application using Hibernate, Spring and MyFaces. click the below provided ...

Does drinking ice water burn calories?

Admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:03:19 GMT

Does drinking ice water burn calories?

For anyone trying to lose weight, this question is an exciting one! If you simply want to know if your body burns calories warming up the water, the answer is yes. But if you want to know if drinking a lot of ice water can help you lose weight, or keep weight off, this "yes" needs to be qualified with some calculations.

Digital Vision/Getty Images

While you definitely shouldn't depend on ice water consumption to replace exercise or a healthy diet, ...

20 Everyday Activities and the Calories They Burn

Admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:52:37 GMT

20 Everyday Activities and the Calories They Burn

The simple truth of weight loss, no matter what the latest trendy diet says, is that you have to use more calories than you consume. The good news is that you don't have to spend all your waking hours at the gym attached to some complicated, beeping hunk of metal because everything you do burns calories. Check out the following activities and the number of calories they burn. (Note: Calories are based on a 150-pound person. A heavier person ...

Is a lack of sleep making me fat?

Admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:36:39 GMT

Is a lack of sleep making me fat?

With an ever-increasing number of studies finding a direct connection between sleep deprivation and weight gain, it's difficult to deny the cause-and-effect relationship. People who get at least seven hours of sleep per night tend to have less body fat than people who don't. There are, of course, other factors involved in determining who becomes overweight and who doesn't, like food intake, exercise and genes. But sleep is a more integral of the process than ...

When we lose weight, where does the lost weight go?

Admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:30:21 GMT

When we lose weight, where does the lost weight go?

After weeks of trimming a few calories here, exercising a little more there, you put on a pair of jeans, and like magic, the waist has grown. You button them up to behold a welcome space between your belly and the fabric. How did that happen?

With 66 percent of the adult American population either overweight or obese [source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], a lot of people are trying to drop some pounds. Through dieting, ...

How Stuff Works...

lester.noronha — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:32:01 GMT

Ever wondered how the following work:-

--> Fax, Laptop, PDA, TeleConferencing

--> Venture Capital, Con Artists, Wages

--> Speech Recognition, DreamCast, HD-DVD

The exlalanation of all these and many other complex processes for the layman are posted at the following site :-

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

You are just a few clicks away from learning complex working processes.

How monetary policy works?

lester.noronha — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:24:48 GMT

Ever wondered how the changes in the interest rates from the government bank effects the common man. One of the link explaining this phenomenon is attached below:-

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetarypolicy/how.htm

This article explains how the changes in the lending rate from the Bank of England effects inflation, spending, lending and borrowing.

Petrol pump fraud!!!!!!!!!

chupa_rustam — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:46:32 GMT

GUYS BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

EVEN I FACED THE SAME AT AGARA PETROL PUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear ALL,

I would like to bring to your kind attention the "Great Indian Petrol Pump Fraud" happening all over Bangalore (and I believe all over India ) .

Today in the morning ,I saw the fuel gauge of my car touching the "Empty" sign,so I thought that while on my way to office , I will fill petrol worth 1000 Rs in my car.When I reached the petrol pump at 9:30 Am today(24th ...

PUZZLES...

lester.noronha — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:06:44 GMT

Hi Guys,

Here is a logic puzzle. Let us see if someone can get a solution to this puzzle:-

PUZZLE 19-1:

In a far away land, it was known that if you drank poison, the only way to save yourself is to drink a stronger poison, which neutralizes the weaker poison. The king that ruled the land wanted to make sure that he possessed the strongest poison in the kingdom, in order to ensure his survival, in any situation. So the king called the kingdom's pharmacist and the kingdom's treasurer, ...

Few Recipes

Admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:48:53 GMT

http://coloursofnomadiclife.blogspot.com/

SPARTANS register their first victory..

chupa_rustam — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:29:15 GMT

Hi, all ...as you are all aware that there is Volleybol tournament going inside CGI..

Here is the update.........

SPARTANS from Michelin Team Registered there first victory against 10 dudes...in the Opening match of the Volleybol tournament going on at naganathpura office!!!!!!!!!

Object Orientation...

lester.noronha — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:20:58 GMT

For many of us programmers, it is tough to get into object oreinted programming from structural/procedural programming. Let us use this thread to discuss the very basic concepts of OO.

OO Design Principle roundup...

lester.noronha — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:26:11 GMT

I have listed a set of key design principles here for OO.

Design Principle: A design principle is a basic tool or technique that can be applied to designing and writing code to make that code more maintainable, flexible or extensible.

Principle #1: The Open-Closed Principle(OCP)

Classes should be open for extension but closed for modification.

Google treasure hunt...

ujjwal.khare — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:00:23 GMT

Google Australia is runnin� an online treasure hunt for all yer geeks out there. [b]Two[/b] problems have already been posted!

Check it out, as lots o� cool stuff to be won�

http://treasurehunt.appspot.com/

Commencement of new Bengaluru International airport

Admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:48:59 GMT

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that the BIAL airport,

Devanahalli, will commence operations with effect from Friday, May 23,

2008. Please note,

1. All flights scheduled to depart after 0001 hours local time on Friday,

May 23, 2008 will operate from the new BIAL airport.

2. All flights that have a departure until 2359 hours of Thursday, May 22,

2008 will operate out of HAL airport.

USER DEVT FEE (UDF)

During the period between May 23, 2008 - June 30, 2008, a UDF of ...

Regarding Salary increment!!

chupa_rustam — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:11:23 GMT

Do you guys feel that we have been cheated by CGI in this year's salary increment!!!!!!!!

India's Highest paid CEOs...

lester.noronha — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:04:10 GMT

Check out this article

http://specials.rediff.com//money/2008/may/19ceo1.htm

Better Programming with Java EE...

lester.noronha — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:09:04 GMT

Better Programming with Java EE: A conversation with Java champion Adam Bein

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/community/bien_qa.html

Becoming a Better Programmer: A Conversation With Java Champion Heinz Kabutz

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/community/kabutz_qa.html

Java Champions

https://java-champions.dev.java.net/

Java Champion Geert Bevin and His Work With JavaScript

http://developers.sun.com/champions/bevin.html

Is the commercialization of Indian cricket good?

lester.noronha — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:52:55 GMT

Hi All,

We have heard a lot about IPL and 20-20 matches and related stuff. We all also know the amount of commenrcialization that has happened to indian cricket.

Do you think this is good in the long run for Indian cricket?

Lets fight it over.

Regards,

Lester.

An Introduction to the Java EE 5 Platform...

lester.noronha — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:47:06 GMT

Please find an introduction to Java EE 5.0 here

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/intro_ee5/index.html

Regards,

Lester.

Collections, Lists and Sets...

lester.noronha — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:22:59 GMT

Hi All,

Java provides a variety of sets, maps and collections. Let us discuss the advantages/disadvantages of some of these over the others.

Regards,

Lester.

What Is an AntiPattern?

ujjwal.khare — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:46:27 GMT

Lets discuss something about AntiPatterns........

Codd rules???

lester.noronha — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:51 GMT

Hi,

Does anybody have a list of the Codd rules that relational db's have to follow? Please could someone post em here?

Regards,

Lester.

A List of JDBC Drivers

Mohit Sharma — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:25:12 GMT

If you need to access a database with Java, you need a driver. This is a list of the drivers available, what database they can access, who makes it, and how to contact them.

IBM DB2

jdbc:db2://:/

COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver

JDBC-ODBC Bridge

jdbc:odbc:

sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

Microsoft SQL Server

jdbc:weblogic:mssqlserver4:@:

weblogic.jdbc.mssqlserver4.Driver

Oracle Thin

jdbc:oracle:thin:@::

oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

PointBase Embedded Server

jdbc:pointbase://embedded[:]/

com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver ...

Starting a URL from a windows application in C# or VB...

lester.noronha — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:56:21 GMT

Hi,

Please find a URL below which lists some code used to start a URL in IE from a windows dot net application in VB/C#:-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/53ezey2s.aspx

Regards,

Lester.

Creation of a new section called dot Net...

lester.noronha — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:21:23 GMT

Admin,

MS technologies is a very broad topic. Please can we have a topic called dot Net under this category or at the same level of this category to post dot Net related stuff?

Regards,

Lester.

Currency Exchange calculator...

lester.noronha — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:14:48 GMT

Hi,

Please find below a site that dedicated to currency exchange.

http://www.xrate.com/

Regards,

Lester.

Free Download eBooks

Admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:33:21 GMT

You can get all type of books to download here...

http://www.ebookee.com/

One of the Best Ads

balaraj — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:38:54 GMT

Object class equals() and hashcode() methods...

lester.noronha — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:18:19 GMT

Hi guys,

Lets discuss a bit about the equals() and hashcode() methods in the Object class of java. Why are these provided and how are they related?

What is the default implementation of the equals() method in the Object class and how do we override it in subclasses?

HINT: 1) When do we say that two objects are equal?

2) How do we compare two string objects?

Let the discussions roll.

Regards,

Lester

Maria Sharapova

balaraj — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:33:18 GMT

Ramya

Admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:23:35 GMT

Jessica Alba

balaraj — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:41:59 GMT

Katherine Heigl

balaraj — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:40:12 GMT

Ana Ivanovic

balaraj — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:35:44 GMT

Anna Chakvetadze

balaraj — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:34:53 GMT

Mandira's new look

Admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:30:29 GMT

The Last Lear

Admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:28:15 GMT

Anushka Sharma opposite SRK

Admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:27:17 GMT

Anushka Sharma of Bangalore is starring opposite King Khan in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi...