Archive for September 2009

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SMTP failure in Thunderbird using Hotmail? Wacky solution!

First Follow the steps here. I found that no matter how hard I tried to fix “Sending” emailing using my hotmail account did not solve the issue. I tried a wacky step and it solved my problem:
In Thunderbird goto:
Edit->Account Settings->Outgoing Server (SMTP)
and select your hotmail server (smtp.live.com) and click edit
Now just UNCHECK the “Use name [...]

What about “moral debt” or the “moral backlog”? (Tales from an agile managerie)

We have backlogs in Agile and we have technical debt, but what about “moral debt”?
What I am refering to is the phenomenon of things, actions, people, decisions which lead to a bad moral outcome. A bad moral outcome could be something that”de-moralizes” team members, or it could be “ethically immoral” or anything else that makes [...]

How to replace a file in a JAR file – Java Archive

While the answer seems to be very elusive it appears to be quite simple. The java jar tool is required (part of the jdk I believe) and it can be used like this:
jar uf myJarFile.jar com\vsoft\servlet\myServlet.class
This will replace the class myServlet.class inside the myJarFile.jar with a new one located in com\vsoft\servlet\myServlet.class
You may open the jar [...]