January 2010
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“We are living in a far from perfect world. Despite the progress of civilization,...”
– Message to the Pakistan Scouts on 22nd December, 1947 by Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Ruby on Rails failed support for Windows Platform
I recently started working with Ruby on Rails and the biggest issue I encountered was the lack of support for it on the Windows platform and since I work with .NET and a lot of other tools which are windows only a switch to Linux or Mac was out of the question.
I went to great lengths to setup an Ubuntu server running inside of VirtualBox with port forwarding’s between the Gust and Host OS for...
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Destroying perfectly good retail merchandise
A lot of people are talking about this story, which condemns H&M and Wal-Mart for destroying unsold clothing rather than donating it to a charity or simply throwing it away unharmed to accommodate dumpster-divers.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone who has worked in a retail store.
Many stores have arrangements to return any unsold or outdated merchandise to their suppliers for credit. With this...