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A blog where I write anything that comes to mind.JDBC: Communications link failure
This bugged me for a while. I wanted to connect to a mysql server via a java app with the jdbc connector. I kept getting this error: "com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure" and then some reflection got into my stack...
Gravatars enabled…
Just a quicky. I enabled the gravatars here on the site. Gravatars are actually avatars globaly recognized in all gravatar-enabled sites. It is nothing very big just a nice add on. So, if you don't have a gravatar already go on and signup and get one!
“File not accessible” when mounting a .bin!
Here is a quickie. I downloaded an image as a bin file. When trying to mount it with Daemon tools i got this error "Unable to mount image. File not accessible!". This got me confused. I tried alot of stuff and then i figured out that it was that the filename of the...
Steganography and bitmap files for hardcores or… masochists!
Nowadays, security of our data has become a must that hunts us all. Many many ways are availiable on protecting our private data and hiding our files from others. The way everybody thinks about, when talking about security, is cryptography. But do you know that it is...
Hex & Binary read / write in Java
The flexibility of this language is just outstanding. In it's own organized way, you can read binary files and get the hex code or even the binary code. Then you can also write your data back to a binary file. Here is how... To read in binary, you need to use the...
Christ has risen!
Yes, today is the holiest day for all Christianity. Christ has risen giving us the good news. I wish you all a happy Easter period and may you all be overwelmed by love from all of those around you. Happy easter!
Mesh… Is it going to be a success or a complete mess?
Today, reading several news i read about this one in slashdot here. It realy stroke me out. Actually, Mesh, is a product by Microsoft. According to the developers, what it does is it synchronizes all your devices (hard disks, portables etc etc) with your online...
Holy Easter
The holiest days of the year approach. I wish you all a happy easter period and may you all be blessed with health and the love of those close to you.
One more (i hope the last) theme change…
I warned you already 🙂 The theme that i had was not something that realy made my day. I found this one, with some cool effects too (try dragging the widgets on the right nice huh?) and i thought i'd change, hoping to be the last time i do so. Guys, bare with me....
Samba protocol sneak attempt
I was thinking for weeks that the next article on the hardcores or masochists series should be an article on the samba protocol. I know it is complicated but, i thought that, if i posted some info on the protocol, just some hints on how it works then i would be happy...