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Strategy Analytics can predict the future, with pinpoint accuracty

Oct 6th, 2005   10:18 pm

ENN are reporting :

Though Microsoft is likely to benefit from being the first of the three games console makers to release its next-generation console, a recent report by Strategy Analytics suggests that Sony’s PlayStation 3 will win 61 percent of the next-generation console market by 2012. The report predicts that Sony will sell 122 million PS3s worldwide, Microsoft will sell 59 million Xbox 360s, while Nintendo’s Revolution will trail the pack, selling just under 18 million units globally by 2012.

It’s not surprising for ENN to publish such gibberish but, I mean, doesn’t predicting the number of consoles to be sold worldwide over the next 7 years push the credibility of such a report? Who do Strategy Analytics actually expect to believe them?

1 java.util.ConcurrentModificationException on Tomcat startup

Oct 6th, 2005   2:58 am

If, like me, you’ve been putting this exception off because it only happens once in every few startups, well don’t, because it’s a simple fix! For me, I get it just after the INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8088 lines in my Tomcat v5.0.x (Windows) log. The problem is highlighted in this bug report, and the fix is simply to:

  • Download “JMX 1.2.1 Reference Implementation” from the Sun Download page.
  • Shutdown Tomcat
  • Delete the existing $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/jmx.jar
  • Extract lib/jmxri.jar, from the zip, and put it in your $TOMCAT_HOME/bin directory, renaming it jmx.jar
  • Restart Tomcat, and have one less problem!

$TOMCAT_HOME, is your Tomcat intsallation directory (the folder that contains the folders bin, common, conf, etc.).

3 An Post vs GLS for US inbound parcels

Sep 29th, 2005   4:59 pm

So regular readers of Boards.ie will know that GLS Ireland have a pretty damning negative reputation, if such a thing exists. Vast amounts of user experiences including lost parcels, failure to show, weeks of “Out for delivery” status, impossible to contact, no calls back when promised, and the list goes on.
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Restarting a crashed Apple Remote Desktop

Sep 16th, 2005   6:37 pm

Using VNC from a Windows box, I sometimes find that Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) crashes, and I can’t reconnect. So, I came across a nugget[*] that restarts ARD for me, so that I can reconnect.
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