Windows uptime

1.  Go to "Start" -> "Run".

2.  Write "CMD" and press on "Enter" key.

3.  Write the command "net statistics server" and press on "Enter" key.

4.  The line that start with "Statistics since …" provides the time that the server was up from.

The command "net stats srv" can be use instead.

Taken from: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555737

Other possibility: the command systeminfo

And another: net statistics workstation.

How to Initialise a static Map in Java

private static final Map<String, String> channelTypes =
    new HashMap<String, String>();
static {
        channelTypes.put("I", "Incremental");
        channelTypes.put("N", "Instrument");
        channelTypes.put("S", "Snapshot");
}

private static final Map<String, String> channelTypes =
     new HashMap<String, String>() {
     {
                    put("I", "Incremental");
                    put("N", "Instrument");
                    put("S", "Snapshot");
      }
};

MP3 tagging with Perl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use MP3::Tag;
use File::Basename;

my $Directory = ".";

while (<$Directory/*.mp3>) {
my ($FileName) = basename($_, '.mp3');

my $Mp3 = MP3::Tag->new($_);

$Mp3->title_set($FileName);
$Mp3->artist_set('Artist');
$Mp3->album_set('Album');
$Mp3->year_set('2012');

$Mp3->update_tags();

print "Filename: $_\n";
print "Artist: " . $Mp3->artist . "\n";
print "Title: " . $Mp3->title . "\n";
print "Album: " . $Mp3->album . "\n";
print "Year: " . $Mp3->year . "\n";
print "Genre: " . $Mp3->genre . "\n";

$Mp3->close();
}

__END__

How do I add the Bloomberg Excel Add-in to Excel?

1. Open Excel
2. Go to Tools menu
3. Select Addins, then Browse
4. Select: C:\blp\API\Office Tools\BloombergUI.xla
5. After selecting the add-in the Bloomberg Excel tools should appear checked in your add-ins list. Close the add-ins and the toolbar should appear.

Taken from: http://answers.businesslibrary.uflib.ufl.edu/a.php?qid=7595

Five Fridays in July every 823 years == false

package pkg5fridaysinjuly;

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {

    private static final int NUMBER_OF_YEARS = 823;

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar();

        int firstYear = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int lastYear = firstYear - NUMBER_OF_YEARS;

        c.set(firstYear, Calendar.JULY, 1);

        System.out.println("Initial: " + firstYear);
        System.out.println("Last: " + lastYear);

        for (int y = firstYear; y >= lastYear; y--) {

            c.set(y, Calendar.JULY, 1);

            if (c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) == Calendar.FRIDAY) {

                System.out.println(y + " Found!");
            }
        }
    }
}

Configuring Logging in Glassfish

Calls to System.out.println are logged at the INFO level using the logger name javax.enterprise.system.stream.out. Calls to System.err.println are logged at the WARNING level using the logger name javax.enterprise.system.stream.err. To turn off the logs from these sources, specify the logger name with the value OFF in the Additional Properties area.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19747-01/819-0076/logging.html

The World's Greatest Solvable Problem

The price tag for solving hunger is also less than you may realise:

- US 20 cents: the cost of one super-healthy ration of Plumpy’Sup for a small child, less than the cost of a US postage stamp
- US $10: the costs to feed a boy in a Kenya refugee camp for 3 weeks, less than the cost of a lipstick bought in Manhattan
- US $50: the cost to feed a schoolgirl for one year, roughly the same price for an iPod shuffle

Taken from freerice.com site.