Eclipse vs Netbeans

No I am not writing any big technical comparison, enough is written already. I have always been a fan of netbeans - simple and elegant. I have been using (or asked to use sortta) eclipse for past few months. Good must say. Easy to configure the debugger specially the web applications and also lots of industry support. What I like about netbeans is its' simplicity in creating new projects. Easy to add (mount) jars in the classpath. Its all possible in eclipse too but netbeans wins in usability in this area though. The problem with netbeans is somehow the companies are not relating it with the opensource industry. If everything is opensourced then the IDE must be eclipse - certainly not the right frame of understanding but buoy its true. Netbeans5 is a big thing, yes I liked it and hope it wins or atleast changes it's perception.

Will you buy a free product?

A legitimate question isn't it? A free product with good manuals with the confidence of can do it, and why would I pay for any services? Unless the companies revisit their cost structure, with google as the unlimited source of manuals foundations like Apache or jBoss or logicBlaze are going to kill them. Can you hear this song already? "Get up stand up, Stand up for your right!"

When broncos run..

When Broncos run no one stops them!

$200M for dust

Seven years and $200 millions for the dust! Its' worth it if it can reveal the secrets of our solar system.

A tale of $20 bill

I usually don't keep any cash with me but withdrew $20s from the bank's ATM to pay for a few things. While at work I tried to pay my lunch by cash but oooph! my $20 bill was missing. I must have dropped it somewhere while taking out my keys. Damn! I thought. I didn't pay for my drinks in the evening either which I had with my friend at a local coffee place. I felt bad and was so missing my $20 bill. I searched my house if I had dropped it somewhere but to no avail. If I had dropped it outside it was too windy to find it, I thought. BTW, in my regular hush-hush to work today I found it right infront of my door. I usually go through my other door but today I took the main gate as if my $20 was as missing me as much as I was.

Ford is back!

Ford is back!

 
 
Engine Type:
     
DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder, supercharged V-8
    
    
     
Engine Displacement (L):
     
5.4
    
    
     
Bore/Stroke (mm):
     
90.2x105.8
    
    
     
Displacement (cu in/cc):
     
330/5409
    
    
     
Compression Ratio (in/mm):
     
8.4:1
    
    
     
Material:
     
Aluminum block
    
    
     
Horsepower @ RPM:
     
550@6,500
    
    
     
Torque @ RPM (lb ft):
     
500@3,750
    
    
     
Horsepower Specific Output (hp/liter):
     
101.9
    
    
     
Torque Specific Output (lb ft/liter):
     
92.6
 
 

Churchill was insanely stupid

Read the new revelation that Churcill wanted Gandhi to be starved to death if he had gone to hunger strike on the issue of WWII. I always thought Churchill to be a hero of the WWII but this story proves he was insanely stupid. Churchill was pursuaded to not to do it coz the then British administration didn't want Gandhi to die a martyr. Now I have nothing to say on it coz history is infront of all of us. I couldn't believe Churchill to be that blind to under estimate Gandhi's affect and his aura. In the country of hundreds of religious beliefs Gandhi was one figure who was close to the sainthood and not just for one community. And BTW, Gandhi did not go on a hunger strike on the issue of WWII and later asked Indian forces to instead assist the British army. Wasn't that a political slap on Churchil's face?