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Enable auto-complete in shell (command prompt) in Windows 2003 server

mgorecki — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:31:53 +0000

Out of the box, command prompt (cmd) in Windows 2003 Server has the auto-complete (tab-complete) feature disabled. To fix the problem open regedit and create following DWORD keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
“CompletionChar”=dword:00000009
“PathCompletionChar”=dword:00000009

Open new command window and your TAB completion is working!

Ultimate Scrambled Eggs for Geeks

mgorecki — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:47:36 +0000

I just invented An Ultimate Scrambled Eggs. Here comes the recipe:
1/2 red grilled pepper
1 slice of ham
100g of king prawns
Green Jalapeño peppers
1/2 lrg red onion
1 lrg carrot
1 lrg tomato
2 eggs.
Chop veggies and ham and fry with prawns and three drops of Tabasco until carrot is tender. Add eggs and fry a bit more.

Enjoy!

Does Agile really suck?

mgorecki — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:54:14 +0000

I just got a link to a digital edition of NT Insider, paper I used to read during my university studies (it seems pretty hard core stuff now…). Since then I forgot all about IRQs and kernel level debugging, but I remember I always loved “Peter Pontificates”.

See “Pros & Cons of Agile SW Development Methodology” to understand why agile is a temple of stupidity and was designed strictly for idiots, who wouldn’t do anything properly anyhow. Or maybe not? Peter at his best
Here’s a direct link to pdf file.

Looking for investors

mgorecki — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:07:40 +0000

This Big Nate comic strip just made my day:

Kindle store now open in UK! And it works with iPad :)

mgorecki — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:09:13 +0000

And it finally happened! Amazon started UK edition of Kindle Store!. If you have been using US version of Kindle Store, you need to transfer your account, which takes just two clicks. And that’s all.

The new Kindle Store works perfectly with iPad, the prices I checked were are almost exactly the same as in US store. Just check Free Bestsellers list and test for yourself

Export Oracle Database to SQL

mgorecki — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:40:44 +0000

For those of us who have some experience with MySQL exporting the data to sql just just a normal way of working. No big fuss, just start phpmyadmin, select export and it’s done. With Oracle is not as easy – you can create dump using exp and import it using imp. Which is useless if you need to modify some data in between.
Google suggests many shareware tools to do the export, which will cost you at least $49. I, on the other hand, suggest using Free and supported SQL Developer from Oracle. It has tons of great features, one of which is Database Export. Just follow a simple creator and you’re done!

Dassault CAD & PLM in action

mgorecki — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:48:05 +0000

Dassault Systems prepared a very nice video showing simplified version of PLM – from requirements through design, manufacturing tooling preparation to final product. Impressive!

Problem starting Oracle Database Control Service

mgorecki — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:59:40 +0000

Today I run into problem running Oracle Database Control Service on Windows 2003 Server. When I was trying to run it using Administrative Tools->Services I got an error:
“Windows could not start the OracleDBConsoleWIND on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 2″.

Quick look in the Event Viewer proved it usless:
The OracleDBConsoleWIND service terminated with service-specific error 2 (0×2).

The solution came when I tried to run the service using console:
set ORACLE_SID=wind C:\ptc\PDMLink>emctl start dbconsole OC4J Configuration issue. C:\oracle\ora102/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_winddev1_wind not found.
Gotcha!
In C:\oracle\ora102/oc4j/j2ee/ directory I had only:
OC4J_DBConsole_winddev1.devintl.com_wind

After some network reconfiguration the host started to appear using only host name, not fully qualified host name. Fair enough, I had just copied the folder to match current host name and the console is working again:
C:\ptc\PDMLink>emctl start dbconsole Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control Release 10.2.0.1.0 Copyright (c) 1996, 2005 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.


http://winddev1.devintl.com:1158/em/console/aboutApplication

Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Database Control ...The OracleDBConsoleWI ND service is starting............... The OracleDBConsoleWIND service was started successfully.

Youtube: Embedding disabled by request

mgorecki — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:05:30 +0000

This post was supposed to be be about a really great song I’m listening to on youtube. But it won’t be, because I can’t embed it – youtube says “Embedding disabled by request”. If starting to be fed up with this all copyright management. Youtube recognizes my location in UK by IP and it removes or disables most of music videos (they play without a problem from other countries I visit).

I’m using a free Spotify version currently. I thought that it might be a good idea to buy premium account, but they have only about half of tunes I like. Other record labels haven’t agreed to join, so I gave up.

Hej, fat cats in music industry: wake up! We have a XXI century!

I’ll have an android with ipad, please. Mix it well…

mgorecki — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:04:32 +0000

Wouldn’t it be great to have a mobile OS with proper UX? Just imagine:
- smooth scrolling and scalling like ipad
- android’s keyboard, ideally hardware one like the one in Droid
- arrow keys (I’ll buy a kebab to anyone who will tell me why ipad don’t have one)
- email client that looks like the one from ipad, but works like android’s one (and let’s you save an attachment…)
- hardware “back” button
- notification area
- spellchecker that underlines errors, not midifies your text
- ability to play any media format

I see now, what I really want Windows With a smooth touch UI