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	<title>The Weblog of Titus Barik</title>
	<link>http://www.barik.net</link>
	<description>Work hard. Laugh often. Keep your honor.</description>
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		<title>Ruby Tool Configuration in UltraEdit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To configure Ruby from within UltraEdit, use the following settings under Tool Configuration: Command Line should be C:\Ruby191\bin\ruby.exe "%f". Set Working Directory to %p. Note that there are no quotes. Under the Options, set Program Type to DOS Program. Set Output to Capture Output, and tweak your preferences as desired. Don&#8217;t forget to also download [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/08/20/180156/</link>
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		<title>CSS Substring Selectors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can use CSS 3 Selectors to change properties of elements (such as for links) without having to write dynamic PHP code: ul.lectures a[href $=".ppt"] { background:url(../images/icons/icon_ppt.gif) center right no-repeat; padding-left:20px; } The example above will display a Microsoft PowerPoint icon for file names ending in &#8220;.ppt&#8221;.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/08/17/155243/</link>
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		<title>NetBeans 6.8 IDE Fails to Uninstall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NetBeans 6.8 fails to uninstall correctly on my system. Instead, I am faced with the following error message: The specified target component - nb-base/6.8.0.0 was not found in the registry. The installer can continue as if the target component was not specified. Click Yes to continue, No to exist the installer. I have already posted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/07/28/113134/</link>
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		<title>Raleigh, NC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. My new address is: Titus Barik 5601 SORRELL CROSSING DR RALEIGH NC 27617-8301]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/07/16/153632/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix, Arizona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in Phoenix, Arizona for the week of June 7 and the week of June 14. I&#8217;m commissioning a distribution center for Philosophy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/06/07/160610/</link>
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		<title>Portland, Oregon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be in Portland, Oregon from Thursday, April 29 through Sunday, May 2 at UPS.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/27/192137/</link>
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		<title>My PC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I built a computer sometime in 2006 and then subsequently upgraded several times along the way. Here are the specifications: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ 2.01 Ghz ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Motherboard CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) TWINX2048-3200C2 Western Digital Caviar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/25/195626/</link>
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		<title>Python Input/Output Idioms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlike the C programming language, Python assignments are statements, not expressions. Therefore the common C idiom of: while (line = fgets(f)) { /* do something with the line */ } is not possible to implement directly. However, effbot.org provides several alternatives using iterators or the while True idiom. I recently discovered the built-in iter() function [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/24/115029/</link>
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		<title>Popcount in Python</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While working a problem from the Waterloo Programming Contents, I found that the sample solution used the GCC internal function used the GCC internal function __builtin_popcount(unsigned int x). This function returns the number of 1-bits in x, and we can emulate a similar operation in Python 2.6 (PEP 3127) or above using the quick and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/23/165251/</link>
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		<title>Command-Line Arguments in IDLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you want to be able to run a script through the interactive Python Shell that comes with IDLE, but using a different text editor (such as UltraEdit). In this case, you want to run IDLE from another program. To do so: idle.py -r scriptname.py or idle.pyw -r scriptname.py Strangely, the -r command-line argument doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/19/181621/</link>
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		<title>NetBeans 6.8 and Python 3 Unit Tests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the NetBeans IDE is unable to do unit tests if you are developing your code using a Python 3 interpreter. You&#8217;ll hit the following wall when trying to run a test: File "C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.8\python\ \nb_test_runner.py", line 216 except ValueError, e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Finished in 0.0 seconds. 0 tests, 0 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/18/202922/</link>
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		<title>MySQL Manually Remove Service Instance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you manually remove a MySQL Server Instance? I have MySQL Server 7.0 listed as one of the server instances when running the MySQL Server Instance Configuration Wizard.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/16/090237/</link>
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		<title>HP C3180 and Envelope Printing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a standard Size 10 envelope (4 1/8 x 9 1/2 in). I can&#8217;t get it to work, and the text on the envelope always appears to be shifted. Changing the margins appears to be of no consequence.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/15/150816/</link>
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		<title>Cisco VPN Client Download</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can download the Cisco VPN Client without registration here. The version on the site is 5.0.06.0160. The latest actual released version on the Cisco site is 5.0.07.0290, having a file name of vpnclient-win-msi-5.0.07.0290-k9.exe. This file is available on RapidShare.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/04/13/104119/</link>
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		<title>Los Angeles, California</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in Los Angeles, California from March 8 through March 21 on business. I am commissioning an IPTI pick-to-light system for DHL at the LAX airport.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/03/08/151446/</link>
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		<title>MQSeries Q Program Library Error</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are using the IBM WebSphere MQ Q Program, also known as MA01, you may receive the following errors on Windows or Linux: Error loading MQ library RC(11) Error loading MQ library RC(126) For both Windows and Linux, you simply have to download one of the appropriate WebSphere MQ V6.0 Clients (MQC6) or WebSphere [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/03/05/092647/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I turned 27 today.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/03/04/140344/</link>
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		<title>Booting RHEL/CentOS from USB</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are installing CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux on a machine without a DVD or CD drive, then your best option is to create a bootable USB drive. The Red Hat manual provides instructions for Linux, and it is simple to translate these instructions for Windows: Download dd for Windows, as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/02/23/140428/</link>
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		<title>REBOL/View without X in Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to write a command-line, windowless Linux application, but need to use the extended features of REBOL/View, such as DLL access, then you are unfortunately out of luck. Attempting to run REBOL in a console results in the following error: [root@dot ~]# ./rebol -ivwt ** User Error: Bad face in screen pane! ** [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/02/10/180553/</link>
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		<title>Backup and Restore a Single Table with mysqldump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is sometimes useful to backup a single table from a MySQL database and re-load it on a different database. You can do so with the following operations: To backup: mysqldump original_db table_name &#62; table.sql To restore: mysql new_db &#60; table.sql]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/02/02/170929/</link>
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		<title>MySQL Cluster Watchdog Warning Under VMWare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure why I&#8217;m getting this from within a VMWare session when running MySQL Cluster: WARNING: timerHandlingLab now: 4194521 sent: 4194399 diff: 122 2010-02-01 18:05:14 [ndbd] INFO -- Watchdog: User time: 7 System time: 52 2010-02-01 18:05:14 [ndbd] WARNING -- Watchdog: Warning overslept 227 ms, expected 100 ms. How can I increase the watchdog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/02/01/181959/</link>
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		<title>Duncan, South Carolina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be in Duncan, South Carolina again next week on a business project. It should be my last week at Duncan for final acceptance.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/01/17/153431/</link>
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		<title>Red Hat Enterprise Linux Derivatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the following derivatives are available and actively maintained: CentOS Oracle Enterprise Linux Scientific Linux My personal preference is CentOS, since it&#8217;s as close as you can get to the real thing, including the bugs that come with RHEL.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/01/14/220032/</link>
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		<title>How to Remove Rockwell Activation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are using the disk-based activation (evmode) with Rockwell and AB software, you can remove all licenses from your machine by deleting the hidden evrsi.sys file on your computer: attrib c:\evrsi.sys -S -H -R -A del c:\evrsi.sys This will delete all evmode activations currently on the system, without affecting the newer FactoryTalk activation system.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/01/09/214210/</link>
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		<title>Brother MFC-6490CW Default Password</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are setting up a Brother MFC-6490CW using the PC Remote Setup software, the default password is &#8220;access&#8221;.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2010/01/06/101642/</link>
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		<title>Game Maker 8.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Game Maker 8.0 was just recently released by YoYo Games. I&#8217;m anxious to spend a day or two exploring the new features as I prepare my course materials for SGD 112, Simulation and Game Development Design I.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2009/12/29/171647/</link>
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		<title>Quicken 2010 Bypass Registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want Quicken 2010 to stop prompting you to register your software, you can do the following: Press and hold the Ctrl + Shift keys on the left side of your keyboard, and select Tools, then One Step Update. When the message &#8220;You will no longer be prompted for registration&#8221; appears, click OK.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2009/12/28/194947/</link>
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		<title>Independence of the Seas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Laurel and I went on a week long cruise to the Western Caribbean on the Royal Caribbean ship Independence of the Seas. It was a wonderful and relaxing way to spend Christmas.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2009/12/26/165848/</link>
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		<title>Jasper, Indiana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be in Jasper, Indiana this Monday and Tuesday, returning Wednesday. The project is for Indiana Furniture. After this trip, I will be on vacation until the first week of January 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2009/12/13/163035/</link>
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		<title>How to Install man Pages on FreeBSD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I did a minimal installation of FreeBSD a long time ago. At the time, I did not install manual pages. To later install these man pages, I should be able to do the following: Run sysinstall. Select Distributions. Select man. Pick an FTP mirror and install. Unfortunately, I received the following error message: Warning: Can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.barik.net/archive/2009/12/11/124806/</link>
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