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A SAS Tutorial for Programmers
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Who should read this tutorial?
This tutorial is for people with considerable experience in at least one programming language,
be it C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, etc.
What is SAS?
SAS is short for Statistical Analysis System. It was designed by . It's been around since 19...[more] |
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A Not-So-Short SAS Tutorial
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What is SAS
SAS is short for statistical analysis system. SAS is widely used in
statistics research and especially industry. For a brief introduction
of the SAS software system, refer to A SAS Tutorial for Programmers.
In that short tutorial, you'll see that a SAS prog...[more] |
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A Piano Tutorial for Scientists
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Who should read this tutorial?
This is a piano tutorial for people with science and engineering background. Music jargon has been tranlated
into engineering or science terms, and the tutorial is organized to fit a scientist's way of thinking.
How is this tutorial organized? &...[more] |
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Caesar
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Caesar was born between 102 or 100 BC. His family has noble roots but is neither rich or influencial when he was born.
In 85 BC, his father died when he was about 15. In about 79 BC, at the age of 22, he was a soldier and fought a few battles and received
honors for handling difficult s...[more] |
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Hannibal
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The Life of Hannibal
Hannibal (247 BC- Bithynia 182 BCE) was a Carthaginian general,
and a military genius. Today he was known for his talented efforts in
the second Punic war, the decisive war between the Carthage and the never-before-defeated Roman Republic
from...[more] |
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Posters: The Echo of Times
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Posters: The Echo of Times
1930s-1940s: The Second Sino-Japanese War
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Most Frequently
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java
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Introduction
Java is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. Similar to C++, Java was originated from the C programming language and it has C-style
grammar. Different from C++, Java is a strict object-oriented programming language (not 100% though), while C++ is compatib...[more] |
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sleepwalk
Walk while you were sleeping
knee-jerk
Or patellar reflex, means striking the patellar tendon with a tendon hammer just below the patella stretches the quadriceps tendon, and causing your leg to involuntarily kick.
Prohibit vs forbid
Forb...[more] |
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struts
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Struts is an open source framework for building Java-based web applications. It is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.
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The Structs framework features the MVC architecture where "Model" (data) and "View" (data presentation) are completely separated by a "Co...[more] |
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outdoors
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Outdoor Survival Skills
Hiking
Biking
Camping
Backpacking
Sports
Travel
Volunteer
Gardening
GPS Trail Maps
Links
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persistence
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| Introduction
Persistent is the opposite of transient. In a Java application,
there are classes that come and go: you create them, use them, and discard them.
Some other classes such as database related classes, will not go away after you quit the application,
they (or their data)...[more] |
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object-oriented programming
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| Introduction
In traditional procedural programming, a program is composed of data and a bunch of procedures,
each of which carries out a subtask for data-processing. Object-oriented programming or OOP, however,
breaks down this architecture and intertwined relatively-independent piec...[more] |
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laptop
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| This is a laptop (or notebook) buying guide.
Configurations
When eveluating laptops, basically you need to consider the following aspects:
Battery
The more cells, the better. For example, a 6-cell battery might last 3 hours at
regular workload(browing, etc), and a 12-ce...[more] |
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log4j
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Logging and Programming
Many programmers use logging or print statement to debug programs. First, it works. Second, it's handy. And third,
debuggers may not be available. The flip side is: it may pollute the code if not properly handled,
and also there will be a performance dra...[more] |
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jboss
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A famous Java application server
A Hello World example with Jboss and Eclipse
Install and
Install
In eclipse create a new project by selecting new->Project->Web project->dynamic web project, say the project name is demo. The project should have a demo\...[more] |
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postgresql
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| PostgreSQL, or Postgres, is an open-source database system licensed under BSD style license.
History
This all goes back to last century when people at the University of California at Berkeley developed
a database system called Ingres (1977-1985). Later, Ingres branched into a few dif...[more] |
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screen master faq
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Please note that this version of the FAQ may be obsolete,
for the latest version, please go to
General
What is screenmaster?
Screenmaster is a tool for capturing snapshots and video information from your display.
How much is it?
Screenmaster is 100%...[more] |
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Recent Updates
iphone
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| How to unlock IPhone
How do I use tethering with an IPhone?
How to sync up gmail contacts with iPhone?
Use
How do I remove sim card?
The sim card holder is located at the top of your phone, between earplug socket and power switch:
Chinese support on iPhone?
To input Chinese: Settings->General->Keyboard->International Keyboards
To change to Chinese interface: settings->General->International
How do I turn of...[more] |
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Mac
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| objective-c
iPhone
How do I enable root account
Go->Utilities->Directory Utility->Edit menu->Enable root user
How do I mount an NTFS disk in read/write mode?
By default, mac mounts ntfs drives (such as your typical USB drive on windows) in read-only mode. To...[more] |
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Alaska
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When is the best time to visit Alaska
Best time is early July, any time between May and Sep should be OK.. During summer, daytime temperatures range from 60-80degrees, nighttime goes from 40-50s.
Alaska-Specific Gears
# Professional binocular, for wildlife
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National Parks
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| Top Ten National Parks
As of 01-29-2004, there are 388 national parks in the US, according to nps.gov.
Glacier (MT)
Mt. Rainier (WA)
Rocky Mountain (CO)
Yosemite (CA)
Denali (AK)
Grand Canyon (AZ)
Zion (UT)
Olympic (WA)
Sequoia (CA)
Yellowstone (I...[more] |
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Travel
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| Introduction
Literally, travel means "to pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places .
Therefore, travel is about "outdoors", and it is about going from one place to another. The purpose of travel could be sightseeing, but it doesnot have to be.
As mo...[more] |
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Android
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Development Environment Setup
Prepare your MAC system:
Install the XCode version 2.4 or later from http://developer.apple.com
Install MacPorts, and do a port selfupdate
sudo port install gmake; ln -s gmake /opt/local/bin/make
sudo port install libsdl
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Windows
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Basic vs Dynamic Disks
A basic disk
is the traditional disk you've been having since win98 times: on each disk, you may have up to four primary partitions,
or three primary partition and one extended partiion with unlimited logical drives. All the tricks are done in the MBR (ma...[more] |
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API Testing
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| What is the difference between API testing and unit testing
Who: unit testing is usually done by development team, while API testing is usually done by QA
Scale: unit testing usually doesn't consider too much about system level testing, like what impacts other methods may hav...[more] |
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Testing
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| Whitebox vs blackbox testing
Whitebox testing tests a program against what the soure code intends to do, while blackbox testing tests a program against its spec. Blackbox testing doesn't care about how a program is implemented, it only cares about if the program does what it's intended to do...[more] |
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Auto
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| OBD II
serpentine belt (drivebelt)
This applies to 1998 Mustang, it should work with other cars, but please check your manual to make sure.
Do you need a new serpentine belt?
The easiest way to identify whether you need a new serpentine belt is to follow the manufacture...[more] |
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