md75, You need to be clearer about just what your goal is before anyone can make a recommendation really suited to you. If you're relatively new to Java and...
I would also consider volunteering on an Open Source project on something marketable for you. Projects from Apache, Eclipse, GlassFish, perhaps. There is...
Jeff, I appreciate your suggestions but my intent is neither be a professional Java programmer nor to get a Java related IT job. My only intent is to learn...
The company that I last worked for, infoReliance, is claiming that I was issued a laptop when I began work there and is threatening legal action if I don't...
Hi David, I am really confused why this should happen in the first instance. To the best of my knowledge, all the companies I have worked for (permanent and...
David, I second arygn's sentiments. Furthermore, enlisting counsel at this point could tip them in to legal action that were not initially intending. I would...
It can be important to create a paper trail. I've seen people drag out cases for a while on paper work alone. One option would be to write a letter to the...
David, Do you by chance still have the document you signed? Does it not have a property tag ID or laptop serial # they could use to help trace the laptop ...
Pablo, If the intent is to provide a hosted mail service where people will have email accounts and they can connect to it via POP3, IMAP, SMTP etc. AND it must...
Ask them for records of the SPECIFIC laptop they "gave" you. Serial, ID #, make, model. Since they never gave you a specific laptop and probably only have ...
Hey Dave, do not panic, it happens. You can write email to: Nana Babington She is the best attorney from my experience (last 3 years). Her email is:...
Dave, out of curiosity, did you voluntarily sign the paper to check out the laptop, or were you *required* upon joining the company to sign the form and take...
Or... you could buy some cheap laptop from ebay, and try returning it to your company... just for grins.. This would probably be cheaper than hiring an...
Dave, Balance the equation !!! In my opinion its seems a little bit odd that a company that has been trusted to provide mission-critical large-scale...
Dennis, Sorry to interrupt this good thread about protecting yourself from false claims, but if Dave doesn't want to take the Sinclair ZX (if the IT guys are...
I have been going through the Sun JAXB tutorial: http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/1.6/tutorial/doc/index.html and using xjc.sh to compile the sample po.xsd...
The Enterprise Group meets on the Second Tuesday of every month. Location: IMC Reston Directions: http://www.imc.com/content.aspx?content_id=5 Enterprise Java...
Am I missing something here?? Why are you sending news of a July 25 meeting on August 8? ... We will be having our regularly scheduled meeting of the Core...
As you can see from your own quotations, you are replying to an email that was sent on July 24th. The email for tonights meeting went out this morning at 8:22...
Hello Group Admin, It was good presentation about WebWorks. I am looking forward to the presentation zip. I hope you will post it asap. Keep Rocking, Thanks, ...
All - When using generics in your 1.5 code, how do you deal with nongeneric collections returned from external libraries? Do you cast them when you know their...
So you doing this: - your app code is using JDK 1.5 style generics (brand new code or revamping old existing code), - you are using sun's library for generic...