Date: 05/14/05     Keywords: web, google

Some people have started preaching/scolding the web developers for using HTTP GET in non-idempotent manner. In other words GET is often used to change the state of the system, when it shouldn't be. And when it does, Google Web Accelerator does all unmentionable things to the web application like pre-fetching delete links, creating new records [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/http-get-versus-post-controvery-in-light-of-web-accelerator-fiasco-and-how-google-can-solve-it/

Date: 05/13/05     Keywords: mysql, database, sql

Note: My WordPress database name is wordpress. I will use it in the example below. It will work for any MySQL database. (The procedure below will work with any version of WordPress too) Backup: mysqldump --opt wordpress | gzip -9 > wordpress.sql.gz Restore: gunzip wordpress.sql.gz mysql -u rootusername -p **** wordpress < wordpress.sql For detailed usage of mysqldump and mysql commands refer to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/note-to-self-backup-restore-procedure-for-mysql-database-for-wordpress-etc/

Date: 05/13/05     Keywords: technology

Finding the GNU General Public License (GPL) too restrictive with regard to derived works, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai is working on an alternative license that will allow people to take commercial benefit from work derived from an open-source program. Finally someone has taken the lead to break from the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/iit-mumbai-professor-proposes-alternative-to-open-source-license/

Date: 05/12/05     Keywords: java

Dr. Stallman in his article Free but shackled - Java Trap expresses his concern that Java developers may be unknowingly falling into an expensive trap. In his own words: If you develop a Java program on Sun's Java platform, you are liable to use Sun-only features without even noticing. By the time you find this out, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dr-richard-stallman-is-talking-nonsense-a-look-into-java-trap/

Date: 05/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

A discussion on the update and how to install it.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-patches-critical-security-vulnerabilities-in-104/

Date: 05/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Someone won't leave you alone? Give them "your" number: 212-479-7990 The official New York Rejection Line!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-reject-someone-without-suffering-introducing-the-official-rejection-line/

Date: 05/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

Every Tom, Dick, Steve and Harry have an opinion on who should be the next Indian Cricket Team's coach. So why shouldn't I? It is a respected position and it is very high paying. The three top contenders are: 1. Tom Moody - Not much of an ex-player. Got top coach (level 4 whatever) certification in coaching. 2. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/who-should-be-next-indian-cricket-team-coach/

Date: 05/11/05     Keywords: php

What would happen when a GWA user uses phpMyAdmin?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/thought-experiment-google-web-accelerator-and-phpmyadmin-combo/

Date: 05/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

An attempt to demonstrate how such brain-dead schemes gets approved in a corporate setting looking to maximize shareholder values.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/reverse-engineering-google-thought-process-in-developing-google-web-accelerator/

Date: 05/11/05     Keywords: php

WordPress has unique plugin architecture. Plugins are simply php files which are included (and executed) before any php pages which renders the content, whether it is your blog page or syndication feed or even administrative functions. The plugins can do anything that is allowed by php code, including trashing your hard-disk to sending your bank [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/at-the-mercy-of-wordpress-plugins-and-how-to-fight-back/

Date: 05/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

Scientists at University of Florida discovers that beta-blockers are not suitable for certain group of patients, which can be determined by their genetic makeup. In fact for this group beta-blocker therapy actually worsens the heart enlargement problem.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/research-discovers-response-to-beta-blocker-therapy-genetically-pre-determined-must-read-if-you-are-on-beta-blocker-therapy/

Date: 05/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

It slowed my Firefox considerably. Whenever I opened a new tab, closed one there would be a delay of 10-12 seconds! It is that bad. Even loading a page at some point stops everything else. Firefox would frequently consume 95-100% of the CPU and appear to be hung. It almost made me think to go back [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/beware-of-firefox-tabmix-2-extension/

Date: 05/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Oscarbot(aka Doyorg), an windows only Trojan, continued to spread on Monday among America Online instant messaging clients. It installs backdoor on the infected PC when users click on a link within lines like "hey check out this" or "i thought youd wanna see this" from a buddy on their AIM contact list. Following the hyperlink results [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/trojan-targets-aim/

Date: 05/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Discussion of the vulnerabilities and how to temporarily fix them before FireFox comes up with 1.04 update.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/two-extremely-critical-bugs-found-in-firefox/

Date: 05/09/05     Keywords: web, google

Discussion on the current coma of Google Web Accelerator...

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/google-web-accelerator-closed-for-good/

Date: 05/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Which JVM do you want to use today?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/open-source-j2se-is-an-absolute-must-for-java-developersall-hail-apache-harmony/

Date: 05/08/05     Keywords: java

An all time dumb question: Person A. Duh... in what language should we program? Person B. Wake up and smell the Java you IDIOT!!! Source: Oracle/Java FAQ

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/an-all-time-dumb-question-on-programming-languages/

Date: 05/08/05     Keywords: no keywords

First there was this newborn child. Her mother accidentally gave birth in the toilet of a running train. And the child slipped from her and fell down the toilet tube in between the railway tracks (from a train moving at full speed). The train was stopped and he was found alive on the track 25 [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mysteriously-children-are-getting-saved-from-near-death-in-bengal/

Date: 05/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

A nice Flash animation of timeline; innovative ;)

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/watch-your-life-passing-by/

Date: 05/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) Announces Positive Interim Results From Phase 2 Clinical Study For KRX-101 (Sulodexide Gelcaps) For Treatment Of Diabetic Nephropathy. Around 40% of diabetic patients progress to diabetic nephropathy. So far the progression can be delayed by tight blood sugar control etc. However there is no known cure. In the Phase II study, 24 percent of [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/keryx-announces-positive-interim-results-for-mid-stage-trial-drug-for-diabetic-nephropathy-treatment/