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[@167] Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD. The Copy/Paste Detector. Making Java Objects Comparable. Sometimes how objects relate to each other is as imp…

Minor Update It never fails. Each time you release a new or updated piece of software, within a couple days (or even a couple hours), you'll discover a probl…

Happy Thanksgiving! On November 22, 1963 U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally w…

Trivia With which country is the Negev desert most associated? He is one of the Select Five--the first five men voted into the Hall of Fame. He was a pitcher…

This Day in History 1808 At Harvard University, the first college orchestra was founded. 1836 The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army…

Short reviews of every movie I saw from 2000 to 2002.