Daily Archives: September 1, 2006

This itching! It’s driving me crazy!

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

I’m showing my age again. That title line is from a commercial from my callow youth, when I didn’t know what “Preparation H” was for and so I wondered why the hell he didn’t just scratch it, then. It seemed … Continue reading →

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Java Barbie says “kill -3 [pid] is my new best friend”

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Paul Tomblin

The same problem I mentioned in Rants and Revelations » Java Thread Locking cropped up again. This time it was quite random, but repeatable. I dreaded going through the crap I went through last time to find where the lockup … Continue reading →

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