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Executing a MySQL Script through JDBC 31 Jul 2013 | 01:26 am
There’s no way to execute a MySQL script through JDBC, and most of the tools (including SimpleJdbcTestUtils) have weird requirements for the script and/or a bunch of overhead to do what you want to do...
Open Source Announcement: CleanSweep 26 Mar 2013 | 07:22 pm
I just knocked out a generic implementation of a sweeper that leverages Java’s concurrency structures to provide a very pluggable background replacement for finalize(), which we all know is evil. It a...
Happy Armistice Day from Smedley Butler! 11 Nov 2012 | 08:38 pm
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits ...
“The devil has always quoted scriptures.” — Gandhi 11 Oct 2012 | 06:02 am
Untouchability is not a sanction of religion, it is a device of Satan. The devil has always quoted scriptures. But scriptures cannot transcend reason and truth. They are intended to purify reason and ...
Morality and Probability 1 Oct 2012 | 06:33 am
I’ve been noodling around with a response to Robert about god-less morality for a while now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that a large part of my problem is that the subject is so large, that conde...
What My Pacifism is NOT 30 Sep 2012 | 07:48 am
There are a lot of people out there who want to tell you what pacifism is. This is a noble and constructive project, but it’s not the one that I need most often. Most often, I need a good explanation ...
Where I Will Be… 30 Sep 2012 | 04:39 am
So, I’ve just booked my next couple of months. Here’s the plan, for those of you who are curious. Infusion Festival (Dragon Hills Retreat Center, GA) — November 2–4. Holy City Blues Exchange (Charlest...
I am a pacifist because I can’t sit by and do nothing while people suffer 29 Sep 2012 | 05:57 am
I am a pacifist. I am a pacifist because it means actively opposing the cycle of violence instead of passively participating within it. I am a pacifist because the moral high ground is not just a nice...
Choose Your 9/11 11 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
Each year, when 9/11 rolls around, we are given a choice between two 9/11s. One is a 9/11 which is borne on and fuels hatred and division in our world. The hatred and division of September 11th expres...
Christianity’s Pharisee Problem 11 Sep 2012 | 07:34 am
Fellow Christians, we need to talk. We have a Pharisee problem, and we need to do something about it. The problem starts in the gospels. The driving plot within the gospels—becoming more prominent as ...
