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GIT: ! [remote rejected] master -> master (n/a (unpacker error))

I’m working on multiple machines under multiple accounts on the same project and using git to sync between the codebases. The program by its nature has to run under root account, so no wonder at some point permissions got screwed up and I’ve got stuck with this error:

! [remote…

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Uploading OPA rulesets to Determinations Server

Oracle Policy Automation is a great tool for maintaining all your business logic in a word file instead of the app source code. In one of my projects I needed a business-analyst-friendly interface for changing business logic in a business process. Regular Oracle Business Rules work fine for up to…

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Default passwords for Oracle weblogic keystores

weblogic comes with default demo keystore called DemoTrust.jks with the password “DemoTrustKeyStorePassPhrase”. The standard Java keystore’s password is “changeit”. The passwords are used to check the keystore integrity when you modify it.

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Fixing Oracle SOA suite email drive pop3 problem: “PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target”

I just spent quite some time fixing pop3 for UMS email driver in Oracle SOA suite. The problem was with the Human Task actionable emails. I was receiving the emails just fine, but when I was hitting reply no action was being taken on the sever side. Quick glance at…

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Moving Oracle BAM reports between environments

Recently I was in need to move Oracle BAM configuration from one environment to another. Here are a few helpful commands:
On the source machine

> locate icommand # where icommand lives depends on your installation. Make sure find-utils are installed and updatedb had been ran.

This will export your report

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Surprised why X11 forwarding no longer works with MacOS. Here is the solution.

I actually ran into this problem after upgrading to Mountain Lion )(I think Lion has the same issue) and trying to run xterm on remote machine using ssh tunneling. No matter what I did the command always failed with

Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by…

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Verizon blocks port 25. Wow!

I have just spent several hours narrowing down the problem, 30 useless minutes with someone in Verizon chat support and 20 min on the phone line. All the time was wasted just to find out that Verizon is blocking outgoing connections to port 25. That basically means that you can’t…

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Clicktale injects Amazon ads on websites?!

Have you seen something like this ad block on a website recently? Even though the site might not be a part of an advertising program and you don’t have any advertising plugin in your browser, that things pups up in a totally inappropriate place and screws the design of the…

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GMail Spam Filter: Why it’s Evil and How to Disable It

I’ve lost an important email recently. Some internet beast in the mail food chain swallowed it silently and never released. After some investigation I found that the party responsible for this evil act was in gmail. And 15 more minutes invested into reasearch revealed a few interesting facts about how…

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Using Amazon.com for product ratings? Read this!

If you’re an online shopper like me you probably use this massive amount of product feedback on Amazon.com for your own good. Sometimes other stores provide better prices, sometimes you need an item urgently so you will buy it offline. But no matter if I’m going to buy from amazon…

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Posted in Hardware How To Other

Controlling RGB LED using PICAXE-08: Basics of software PWM

I’m working on a new RTFMs episode that involves packing an RGB LED and a microcontroller into a very tight space. The microcontroller I decided to use is PICAXE-08. I chose it for three reasons:
– I had one in the box
– I had no other plans for it as it…

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