Chaosplay

I translated this poem in my freshman year for my English class:

This is world of miracles for you.
But for me this is the world of accidents.

The world of fantasies is poor.
But poorer is the world of birth and death.

It is no wonder that your sight will change everything.
The world of possibilities is calling you.

I found it in one of my backup, I figure I will repost on new blog.

I took these steps to set up Pentaho BI on Windows Box.

1. Download Pentaho BI Pre-Configured Installation from http://www.pentaho.org/download/ga.php
2. Install JDK5.
3. Open C:\pentaho-demo\pentaho-solutions\system\publisher_config.xml. Add a password for publishing reports between password
4. Delete all folders expect reporting under C:\pentaho-demo\pentaho-solutions\samples.
5. Delete all .xaction and .properties files under reporting.
6. Copy JDBC driver for your database under C:\pentaho-demo\jboss\server\default\lib. I used Oracle 10g driver, it is called ojdbc.jar.
7. Edit .jsp file to change the look of default Pentaho website under C:\pentaho-demo\jboss\server\default\deploy\pentaho.war\jsp\.
8. Add path to your JDK directory in start-pentaho.bat located under C:\pentaho-demo. For example: set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_11
9. Double click on start-pentaho.bat.
10. Go back to C:\pentaho-demo\jboss\server\default\deploy\pentaho.war\WEB-INFââ?¬Â and open web.xml. Search for base-url and add your server’s ip. For example,

base-url

http://0.0.0.0:8080/pentaho/

1. Now you should be able to publish reports to Pentaho using Report Wizard or Report Designer.
2. Once you publish report, you will need to go to C:\pentaho-demo\jboss\server\default\deploy and open newly created data source file named something like ???????-ds.xml.
3. If your database is Oracle you will need to change driver class property to <driver-class>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
4. And your newly published report should be accessible via Pentaho now.
5. Good Luck!

I was,
And I am.
So shall I be, to the end of time,
For I am without end.

I have cleft the vast spaces of the infinite, and
taken flight in the world of fantasy, and drawn nigh
to the circle of light on high.
Yet behold me a captive of matter.
I have hearkened to the teachings of Confucius,
and listened to the wisdom of Brahma, and sat
beside the Buddha beneath the tree of knowledge.
Behold me now contending with ignorance and
unbelieving.

I was upon Sinai when the Lord showed Himself
to Moses. By the Jordan I beheld the Nazarene’s
miracles. In Medina I heard the words of the
Apostle of Arabia.

Behold me now a prisoner of doubt.
I have seen Babylon’s strength and Egypt’s glory
and the greatness of Greece. My eyes cease not
upon the smallness and poverty of their works.
I have sat with the witch of Endor and the priests
of Assyria and the prophets of Palestine, and I cease
not to chant the truth.

I have learned the wisdom that descended on
India, and gained mastery over poetry that welled
from the Arabian’s heart, and hearkened to the
music of people from the West.
Yet am I blind and see not; my ears are stopped
and I do not hear.

I have borne the harshness of unsatiable
conquerors, and felt the oppression of tyrants and the
bondage of the powerful.
Yet am I strong to do battle with the days.
All this have I heard and seen, and I am yet a
child. In truth shall I hear and see the deeds of
youth, and grow old and attain perfection and
return to God.

I was,
And I am.
So shall I be, to the end of time,
For I am without end.

…so I was talking to this guy who is really religious and takes religion literally. His religion says that the earth is flat and he actually believes it. He was trying to convince me that the earth is flat. So this is what he said:

“I know the earth is round but its like the coin. We say coin is round but if you look at coin from the side, its flat. Therefore, the earth is flat.”

I couldn’t say anything else.

So easy to ping in .net…

using System.Net.NetworkInformation;

private string pingHost(String hostip)
{
Ping pingSender = new Ping();
PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(hostip);
String str;
if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
{
str = “”. Host is up”";
str += “”, Address: “” + reply.Address.ToString();
str += “”, RoundTrip time: “” + reply.RoundtripTime + “” ms.”";
}
else
str = “”. Host is down.”";
return str;
}