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Hello Gentlemen(mostly gurus), i'm currently developing software for structural analysis and design (engineering stuff) and i've gone a long way into developing the software in java before realizing oracle's sneaky licensing agreements; and the software is enterprise - to be sold commercially.
now i'm thinking of converting over 3000 lines of code to Qt and C++ in order to avoid Oracle's future paycheck; but before then, i wana make sure i'm not wasting my precious time at that. so i'm asking if anyone understands oracle's licensing terms so much that they can shed more light on this topic. your help will be really appreciated Sirs!

DanielTheGeek:
But before then, I have a simple question.. I don't need to see code; just logical reasoning..
(Taken from an interview of a company I worked for)

In a co-ordinate plane, a line segment is drawn from the origin to a point A(x,y). With great efficiency, find the number of cells the line passes through Assuming X and Y are ints...

Google may not be of too much help, this is largely theoretical.

Mod: let's have more of this kind of questions as the ones involving code can easily be Googled or outsourced.. This tests the fundamental knowledge of computer science.. Programming is more of thinking than coding

step distance can be derived by
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x' = x2 - (x1 + ni)
y' = y2 - (y1 + nj)
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where ni and nj are loop controls for ni < x2 and nj < y2 respectively.
{(x', y')} should be a proper set of all steps from (x, y) to A(x,y) or (x2, y2)

dhtml118:
It can come back to life, if we want it back to life. This is the first really interesting topic in a long while.

I move the motion that we bring this board to life - what do you say guys?

told you you wouldn't last long without nairaland!

iamJ:
[color=#59576F] finally the savior to the poor

Still not buying, i enjoy my dstv catch up and my glo 4g mifi thank you very much


Cowbell can try but it will never be peak milk [/color]


#No Filter Attitude

Common Bro lets help Nigeria by buying Nigerian Products. Imagine how much Tv sub prices will drop if tstv works out as a major competitor to dstv?

OP, you are blessed! and i pray more power and glory be given to you by Our Lord Jesus!

[quote author=effico post=61654820]75 BIBLICAL REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK ALCOHOL 1) Genesis 9:20-26 - Noah became drunk; the result was immorality and family trouble. 2) Genesis 19:30-38 - Lot was so drunk he did not know what he was doing; this led to immorality 3) Leviticus 10:9-11 - God commanded priests not to drink so that they could tell the difference between the holy and the unholy. 4) Numbers 6:3 - The Nazarites were told to eat or drink nothing from the grape vine. 5) Deuteronomy 21:20 - A drunken son was stubborn and rebellious. 6) Deuteronomy 29:5-6 - God gave no grape juice to Israel nor did they have intoxicating drink in the wilderness. 7) Deuteronomy 32:33 - Intoxicating wine is like the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps. Judges 13:4, 7, 14 - Samson was to be a Nazarite for life. His mother was told not to drink wine or strong drink. 9) 1 Samuel 1:14-15 - Accused, Hannah said she drank no wine. 10) 1 Samuel 25:32-38 - Nabal died after a drunke

Decryptor:
Congrats AY...but truth be told...that your "Trip to Jamaica" movie with Funke Akindele is the most wackest movie i have ever watched in my entire life. It was so wack that i had to sit on my television and watch the couch.

you would make a great entertainer sir! ROTFL

LordeCalifornia:
Cool. I would do just that when I power on my pc. Thanks.

to make a much more robust app, put your casting into exceptions.

originalKsp:
A friend of mine that kept the "afro" hairstyle had a similar experience a year ago. He had to go to a barber nearby - and he only came along with d ..exact cost of transport.

Na miracle he take reach home that day.
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I will create explainer video like this one for
chikini money.
Dm me here olusola@samimath.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgl25VCrGAk&feature=youtu.be

please send 2 your best videos to me via mail. Thanks

ahh...good ol days, when i used to make web apps with over 40 html files, 7 js scripts.
i remember the day i saw a piece c++ of code i wrote 7 years ago, i didnt know when i started laughing loud(created multi dimen array in a loop)!

OP, the best programmers are those who read very little and do a lot. yes they may be bad coders at first, but whatever they learn sticks to their heads and their logic capacity is dope! pcguru1 has given you all the advice needed.

Interesting Topic. remaining unknown to google's data centers isnt too difficult.
you only need to sacrifice your real identity for a guy that doesnt exist.
avoid using Android OS completely.
make tor your default browser.

...or, just avoid the internet all together.

PROPHETmichael:
I'm a very good developer and i don't have a github account. Also, the fact that i don't use my social media to advertise my work, does that mean am a scammer?

no sir, it doesn't.

talk2hb1:
I case you consult on classified project that you are not allowed to post in your portfolio, what do you do?

okay

hm, Nigerian "developers". Atleast, try buying a domain name biko, ehn?.

OP spoke completely out of sentiment!

there are only four things required of a very good software developer:

1. an active github account
2. a well designed website with traceable client reviews and ratings
3. three active social media channels
4. a popular communication service account. i.e whatsapp, email


anything other than these is pointless. a client with the OP's mindset can never afford the services of a good developer.

Desyner:
@phainix,
I will try it out even though i found what looks like the java version of the solution. Thanks for the PHP solution, it uses less memory compared java. I will explore it also.

I don't know exactly how you want to interact with the data, but check PhantomJs http://phantomjs.org

chukzyfcbb:
I can give you two audios that you will listen to and change your perspective on how you view sales.
- How to build value and
- How to ask the right questions
E book can be tiring to read, but with audio. U can listen to it at your own convenient time. drop your email if you need it

i'm literally on my knees begging you right now. alphageek@southernwellslimited.com
. Thank sire

losprince:
i will post it back on github when I get it

alright bro, kindly update me as it goes. thanks

DanielTheGeek:
All what you said isn't new to me, I am aware of all these vulnerabilities..q2a was the base of my development, forked for my purpose...most of the vulnerabilities known to me have been taken care of except some from 3rd party plugins I may not have knowledge of..
Besides I can boast of Rock solid security against majority of attacks which can land heavy blows on me....the connection is TLS encrypted over SSL and a TLS handshake is carried out before transferring data so it's almost impossible to sniff or steal data through a man-in-the-middle attack or through sniffing which is why you haven't been able to hack an account there yet, but keep trying tho...

About being rude, I'm sorry...mistook you for yahoofak... accept my apologies.

tsk tsk tsk, u just dont get it! injection vulnerabilities have nothing to do with secured connection or MITM attacks. i guess u nid to go back to your ebooks daniel
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BTW, your apologies meets me well. thank you.

DanielTheGeek:
Common shut up, number one rule as a hacker is to remain silent and create a back door.

normally i would be mad at you and reply you with heavy insults...but i won't, cos you're just a kid and being a child.
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by the way i'm not your enemy either; that cms you're using is called question2answer written by scott.
the cms runs atleast 40 database queries on every question posted.
your site has atleast 50 deadly vulnerabilities, most of which exist in its core scripts e.g qa-user.php under your qa-include folder.
among the vulnerabilities is the ability to post a question without registeration or verification. several xss and post injection holes in the search script among others. also, some scripts in you qa-plugin/ domain are betraying you.
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learn not to insult people on social media, especially when your full name and picture is available.
BTW kid, you only need a backdoor when you fear you may loose access!

Ibbaba:
Cool ,may I have your number or email contact please

i guess you got your issues solved?

DanielTheGeek:
I'm understanding you better now, but while card Tokenization and encryption aren't related the "random chars" have to be generated using some hashing algorithms. It's believed that anything that can be encrypted can be decrypted but anything hashed can't be unhashed....
But if you were paid by a security firm to have a bank customers account?

And kudos to the person that tried carrying out an XSS attack on one of the websites in my signature...I hope you're not disappointed it didn't work...:

http://www.example.com/malicious-code.js\x3e\x3c/script\x3e

xss? that was all you could detect? *grins* eh eh eh.
well, thank glo for their incompetence;
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imagine me having full mtn 4G?
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just see that as me saying hi and to caution your big mouth eh? .
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its a wild world out here pal, not your localhost k?
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an adage says "a silent fox will live longer and eat fatter than a roaring lion."

DanielTheGeek:
Awesome, what I've been waiting for since!
Give me some time. Away from my PC at the moment. Will be back, If successful I will post with your account on this board saying "DanielTheGeek hacked me"

good!! get on with it already! too much talk without action on this board jawe

DanielTheGeek:
To laymen:
What this means in one sentence is:
If you reply to this thread or carry out any (POST, PATCH, PUT, GET) action on NL while I'm on the inside, I can login to your account. (You know what that means right?).....but I won't, so feel free to reply.

And Seun, I must not get banned!

you're a toothless script kiddy. that free vulnerability scanner you're using is fooling you.

hack my account to proof, i give you full permission

i cant seem to understand why these LATAMA guys are using the term "discovered an obstruction"?
what happened to preliminary reconaissance? and route investigation?
which engineer selected the route map for the project? that person needs some querying.

i am totally in support of this!! i can't imagine the amazing solutions that will come from crunching nairaland's data. i have bots on standby to learn from this data.
the data from the politics section is platinum!! so much research juice!!

losprince:
sorry bro I deleted the repository when someone showed interest in buying the script but i will try to re-open it

i'd really appreciate if you could make the app opensource.
it doesnt stop you from selling the script, you could sell a better version of it with support and release a free version on github without any support. i'm pretty sure lots of people would pay you just to change the design, fix issues, add more security and more features.
also, consider the fact that making it opensource will enable people(like me) to actively work on the script and even make it way better than your intention.
take sometime to think about it.

donsheddy1:
Did u see how the image is been echoed? I was expecting you to use the code provided to further explain your point thanks

oh okay, i get it.

i'm sorry bro, bt...i just don't feel like checking that link.
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if you post the problem snippet here, i'll gladly help you adapt the solution given to it.