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The power of mathematics in government

Posted on May 25, 2017 by DocDock

DEBT This is a word that you rarely hear mentioned much by politicians especially if they are campaigning for office.  Oh, sure you might hear something about how they will fix the deficit.  The deficit that the other guys have allowed … Continue reading →

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… and because perception matters

Posted on May 20, 2017 by DocDock

“I am from the government and i am here to help”                                             Ronald Reagan It has certainly been a while … Continue reading →

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professionalism in IT … at the movies

Posted on May 17, 2017 by DocDock

My first boss was a real ball-breaker.  He had a very good idea of what was possible with computers, what the users might need and how to achieve that.   He could have literally done it all himself except there were … Continue reading →

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Is Agile development the Emperors new clothes

Posted on May 9, 2017 by DocDock

I had the opportunity to take a class on Agile development recently, Scrum, and it was a fascinating way of doing development. I have been pretty lucky over my career that I have not been dragged through a lot of … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – 360 degree of restful client

Posted on May 3, 2017 by DocDock

Always try and use the most appropriate tool for the task.  The Apache HTTP server or web server is a program for serving the html web pages to the client who requests them. Tomcat is a application server that is actually … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – 360 degree of restful server

Posted on April 26, 2017 by DocDock

This is the blog final entry for a restful service web server.  I have attempted to create more than your typical “foo” “bar” type example program. My final blog on restful services will be a fairly complete service that could … Continue reading →

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command line fun – unlimited command line length

Posted on April 20, 2017 by DocDock

While looking into another problem, plethora of shells, I was initially afraid that some of my fooling around was causing some odd side effects.  While investigating I ended up with a different solution that was actually overkill but it help … Continue reading →

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Gentlemen’s vandal

Posted on April 14, 2017 by DocDock

We were watching the BBC world news a few days back and it must have been a slow news day. The reporter was speaking with someone whose face was hidden. It turned out that this particular vigilante defaced buildings and … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – client and server

Posted on April 9, 2017 by DocDock

My previous restful client example and server example were perfect, well, not exactly.  They worked but they pretty much assuming a perfect world.  That is to say that there is never a communication error or a server error. This small … Continue reading →

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Restful services in Java – simple client example

Posted on March 30, 2017 by DocDock

I suppose that a restful server isn’t all that useful unless there is a way to query this information back and use it in some useful way. It is easy enough to test this out the server from the command … Continue reading →

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