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Apache Ant

What is Apache Ant? Apache Ant (or simply Ant) is an XML-based build scripting language used heavily by the Open Source community. This is specially handy when it come is to automating the build process. Also Ant is infamous for … Continue reading

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Intersection and Set-Difference in MySQL (A workaround for EXCEPT)

The INTERSECT and EXCEPT operators of SQL are not supported in MySQL. So there there seems a workaround, you use a join with all corresponding attributes equated in place of an intersection. For instance, to get the intersection of R(a,b) … Continue reading

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Save Electricity

Hi All, Saving Electricity is very important. So please read this doc & see whether we can do that. Then forward as much as possible.

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Thunderbird & Lightning – Its my calender

Lightning is the working project name for an extension to tightly integrate calendar functionality (scheduling, tasks, etc.) into Thunderbird. Lightning brings the Sunbird calendar to the popular email client, Mozilla Thunderbird. Since it's an extension, Lightning is tightly integrated with … Continue reading

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What shall we do on Computer Security Day?

Only a few of us are aware that today is Computer Security Day, (http://www.computersecurityday.org/) which had lost its prominence in the global arena, but its still vital to remember something about computer/information security on this day. Some of you might … Continue reading

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