A Java Syntax Quirk

This is legal, compilable Java:

public class Oddity
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
http://blog.uncommons.org
System.out.println("Why is the URL allowed above?");
}
}

why?

thisIsALabel://And this is a comment.
 System.out.println("So it's all fine.");

MySQL: Change Default Port Under Linux / UNIX

Q.I'm using MySQL 5 under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. How do I change default mysql server port (tcp port 3306) under Linux or UNIX operating systems?

A. MySQL server and client uses a file called my.cnf. You need to open /etc/my.cnf (Global mysqld configuration file) to specify new port.

MySQL Change Default Port

Open /etc/my.cnf file:
# vi /etc/my.cnf
Set new port 5123:
port=5123
Here is is my sample /etc/my.cnf file:

[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
port=5123
old_passwords=1
bind = 10.10.29.66
key_buffer = 500M
 table_cache = 4000
sort_buffer_size = 3M
read_buffer_size = 2M
read_rnd_buffer_size = 8M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
max_connections = 400
query_cache_type = 1
query_cache_limit = 1M
query_cache_size = 100M
 
max_allowed_packet = 1M
thread_cache_size = 8

# Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
thread_concurrency = 4
local-infile=0

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqld_safe]
 log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

Save and close the file. Restart mysqld:
# service mysqld restart

Linux: Check Ram Speed and Type

Q. How do I check RAM speed and type (line DDR or DDR2) without opening my computer? I need to purchase RAM and I need to know the exact speed and type installed. How do I find out ram information from a shell prompt?

A. You need to use biosdecode command line utility. Dmidecode is a tool or dumping a computer's DMI (some say SMBIOS) table contents in a human-readable format. The output contains a description of the system's hardware components, as well as other useful pieces of information such as serial numbers and BIOS revision. This command works under Linux, UNIX and BSD computers.
Open a shell prompt and type the following command:
$ sudo dmidecode --type 17
OR
$ sudo dmidecode --type 17 | more
Sample output:

# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0018, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x0017
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 64 bits
         Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 2048 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: J6H1
        Bank Locator: CHAN A DIMM 0
        Type: DDR2
         Type Detail: Synchronous
        Speed: 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
        Manufacturer: 0x2CFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
        Serial Number: 0x00000000
        Asset Tag: Unknown
         Part Number: 0x5A494F4E203830302D3247422D413131382D

Handle 0x001A, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x0017
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: Unknown
         Data Width: Unknown
        Size: No Module Installed
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: J6H2
        Bank Locator: CHAN A DIMM 1
        Type: DDR2
        Type Detail: None
         Speed: Unknown
        Manufacturer: NO DIMM
        Serial Number: NO DIMM
        Asset Tag: NO DIMM
        Part Number: NO DIMM