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Comment on The US Legal System and the Ten Commandments by Josh Freeman

Josh Freeman — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:40:04 +0000

I just couldn’t help but laugh at some of your commentary on these!

Comment on Losing Faith… in Humanity by Abraham

Abraham — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:10:37 +0000

I think you’ve left out the brand of Agnosticism that concedes the likelihood of the existence of (a) God(s), and simply states that if there is/are such (a) person(s)/thing(s), it’s impossible for us to comprehend its/their nature. As well as “empirical agnosticism” which simply says, “I personally have yet to arrive at a conclusion. Not that it’s a priority for me.”

Comment on Glassfish, Flash, and Web Services by m

Tue, 25 May 2010 16:53:20 +0000

Was this ever resolved? Have you since tried and had success with other web services with flash (as2)?

Comment on DyDL - Part 3: Dynamic Binding with mysqli in PHP by Paul

Paul — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:34:04 +0000

I am personally having trouble getting this to work. I have managed to get bind params to work, but the bind results just will not give me what I need. If I run this it works:

mysqli_bind_result($stmt, $page_id, $page_name);

while(mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt))
{
echo $page_name;
}

but when I try it dynamically I have no luck:

$rows[] = &$page_id;
$rows[] = &$page_name;
call_user_func_array(array($stmt, ‘bind_result’), $rows);

while(mysqli_stmt_fetch($stmt))
{
echo $page_name;
}

I would apprciate any help to resolve this.

Thanks Paul.

Comment on DyDL - Part 3: Dynamic Binding with mysqli in PHP by arjuna

arjuna — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:37:21 +0000

I am reading my field names and data from a csv file, and my code inserts this into a mysql db. I need the prepared statement to do the insert. I have 155 fields. Many of the data values are null. In the case of null values, will this code assign the types correctly?

Are prepared statements worth the trouble?

I dont think so, i have only seen ugly work arounds to get about this parameter and type passing issues. Code can fail if we have null values and types are assigned based on these, making it completely unreliable.

given this one is forced to use regular statements rather than prepared statements. In this case the question becomes, how does one minimize the threat of sql injection attacks without using prepared statements.

Any ideas?

or suggestions will be much appreciated….

Comment on Glassfish, Flash, and Web Services by Karl

Karl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:50:32 +0000

Auto-generated anything usually isn’t the best. I would hand-tune the auto-generated WSDL and have GF use that. I use Spring, which makes anything Java EE insanely easier:
- Why Contract First?: http://static.springsource.org/spring-ws/sites/1.5/reference/html/why-contract-first.html
- Writing Contract-First Web Services: http://static.springsource.org/spring-ws/sites/1.5/reference/html/tutorial.html

Comment on My horrible IRS experience… Part 1 by Karl

Karl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:45:48 +0000

Lawyer-time. The law biz is in the crapper right now (some law firms have lawyers doing paralegal stuff), so I bet you could find some tax-wiz who would help you out for a 10-20% cut.

Things start moving along much faster once Legal is involved. I bet your file will get to the top of “Jimmy”’s pile as soon as Legal calls.

P.S. Haven’t seen you in a while! How you doin’? Sounds like you’re rockin’ life (minus the tax trouble).
P.S.S. If you are still a Integration Analyst at Strong, I’m jealous cuz you have my dream job. :)

Comment on My horrible IRS experience… Part 1 by dave

dave — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:03:03 +0000

heh. a minor technicality that might work. ill try it next time i call.

Comment on My horrible IRS experience… Part 1 by Elliot

Elliot — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:49:18 +0000

Right, I understand.

You just said that the IRS wouldn’t consider your situation Financial Hardship unless you were in debt… and you are. You’re just not having any trouble *currently* making your debt payments.

This all really sucks, I pray it gets straightened out in time.

Comment on My horrible IRS experience… Part 1 by dave

dave — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:38:07 +0000

Debt is money that you owe. Yes, I owe money. However, most of the money I owe is standard stuff (CC bills [paid off each month], Electric, Gas, Insurances, etc.) I have student loans, yes, in fact this is the first month I will be out of deferment.

Money I “owe” for: Mortgage, Cars (mine and jess), and Roof. The roof is the one thats causing me trouble because our budget did not account for it going this long. Are we screwed? no. I have a good enough job we can afford it, but it makes things tighter, especially having a baby now.

If the IRS was to deliver - as it was supposed to - in the 6-8 weeks they stated, we’d be golden. However, since they haven’t, I have to continue taking a bunch outta each paycheck to pay for that loan. Which makes us tap into savings for the CC.

Again, I have my finances in pretty good shape right now, and in fact, great shape. My issue is still with the IRS fucking up enough to make things more difficult for me and my family.