A turtle family went on a picnic.. The turtles, being naturally slow about things, took seven years to prepare for their outings.Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place. During the second year of their journey they found it. For about six months theycleaned up the area, unpacked the picnic basket, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lessons’
Don’t depend on others for everything
Posted in Fun-and-morals, tagged funs, lessons, morals on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Who should help poors?
Posted in Fun-and-morals, Lessons I have learnt, tagged lessons, morals on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once there was a king who told some of his workers to dig a pond. Once the pond was dug, the king made an announcement to his people saying that one person from each household has to bring a glass of milk during the night and pour it into the pond. So, the pond should [...]
I can’t follow you everywhere….Avoid using mobile while driving….
Posted in Fun-and-morals, tagged lessons on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Leadership in Action
Posted in Fun-and-morals, tagged funs, lessons, morals on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A young executive had made some bad decisions that cost the company several million dollars. He was summoned to Watson’s office (Tom Watson Jr., CEO of IBM between 1956 and 1971) , fully expecting to be dismissed. As he entered the office, the young executive said, “I suppose after that set of mistakes you will [...]
Other side of death…..
Posted in Fun-and-morals, tagged god, lessons, morals on January 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A sick man turned to his doctor, as the doctor was preparing to leave the room … …and said, “Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.” Very quietly, the doctor said, “I don’t know.” “You don’t know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the [...]
If you try to please everyone…….
Posted in Fun-and-morals, tagged funs, lessons, morals on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was an old man, a boy and a donkey. They were going to town and it was decided that the boy should ride. As they went along they passed some people who thought that it was a shame for the boy to ride and the old man to walk. The man and boy decided [...]
Why java is both interpreted and compiled language?
Posted in Java, tagged Java, lessons on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Java is a compiled language because the source code is converted into byte code. This byte code is not a machine code. Java is an interpreted language because the byte code is interpreted by a virtual machine. The virtual machine allows the java code to be run on any platform. This route was chosen by [...]
Static and Dynamic Libraries
Posted in Java, tagged lessons, programming on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Static Libraries Historically, libraries could only be static. A static library, also known as an archive, consists of a set of routines which are copied into a target application by the compiler, linker, or binder, producing object files and a stand-alone executable file. This process, and the stand-alone executable file, are known as a static [...]
Compiler and Interpreter
Posted in Java, tagged lessons, programming on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Compiler A compiler is a computer program (or set of programs) that transforms source code written in a computer language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language, often having a binary form known as object code). The most common reason for wanting to transform source code is to create an executable program. [...]
Rails Freeze
Posted in Ruby on Rails, tagged lessons, Ruby on Rails on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To Freeze to your installed version of rails: rake rails:freeze:gems Freeze to edge rails (latest version, probably not a good idea as rails has had some radical changes lately. If you want to do RESTful, then go for it). rake rails:freeze:edge Freeze to a specific version, eg 1.2.3: rake rails:freeze:edge TAG=rel_1-2-3