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“We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Greetings,
That quote is from a Treasury spokeswoman, quoted by Forbes, on why the bank bailout will need $700 billion. A spokeswoman who probably has joined the unemployed today.
There’s a lot of people suggesting that we should let them all die (including me, in a fit of deep fury, when the bailout first was proposed). Others [...]

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recent JBidwatcher changes

Make table extraction recursive so it recognizes tables within tables, so the high bidder recognition code can work properly with eBay's slightly revamped winning bidder pages.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/util/html/JHTML.java Make table extraction recursive so it recognizes tables within tables, so the high bidder recognition code can work properly with eBay's slightly revamped winning bidder pages. Hopefully multiple ticket resolutions will work... [#1025 state:resolved tagged:committed] [#1030 state:resolved tagged:committed] [#10 […]
Make the credentials XML element an empty element.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/my/MyJBidwatcher.java Make the credentials XML element an empty element. […]
Tweak a few settings, send the credentials as a child of the snipe/cancel operation, and allow Gixen sync even if general listing sync is disabled.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/my/MyJBidwatcher.java Tweak a few settings, send the credentials as a child of the snipe/cancel operation, and allow Gixen sync even if general listing sync is disabled. […]
Add Gixen support into the configuration display.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/ui/config/JConfigMyJBidwatcherTab.java Add Gixen support into the configuration display. […]
I forgot that the Ruby utilities also refer to JConfig for canonical paths; fixed that to point to platform.Path.
m lib/jbidwatcher/utilities.rb I forgot that the Ruby utilities also refer to JConfig for canonical paths; fixed that to point to platform.Path. […]
Add SNIPE and CANCEL actions to the My JBidwatcher queue, which allows that information to be submitted to Gixen should the user have chosen to do so. Retrieve a snipe queue from my.jbidwatcher.com and send the credentials to it.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/my/MyJBidwatcher.java Add SNIPE and CANCEL actions to the My JBidwatcher queue, which allows that information to be submitted to Gixen should the user have chosen to do so. Retrieve a snipe queue from my.jbidwatcher.com and send the credentials to it. Don't create the main 'My JBidwatcher' queue until we've at least […]
Improve logging, allowing it to be paused (log messages will not be saved to the file while it's paused), closed and reopened with the same log file.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/util/config/ErrorManagement.java m src/com/jbidwatcher/util/config/LoggerInterface.java m src/com/jbidwatcher/util/config/NullLogger.java Improve logging, allowing it to be paused (log messages will not be saved to the file while it's paused), closed and reopened with the same log file. […]
Make uploading the log file not cause a new, 'fresh' log file to be created.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/my/MyJBidwatcher.java Make uploading the log file not cause a new, 'fresh' log file to be created. […]
Enqueue some 'My JBidwatcher' actions on setting and cancelling a snipe.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/auction/server/ebay/ebayServer.java Enqueue some 'My JBidwatcher' actions on setting and cancelling a snipe. […]
Minor debugging; note the URL being loaded when JHTML.loadPage gets an exception.
m src/com/jbidwatcher/util/html/JHTML.java Minor debugging; note the URL being loaded when JHTML.loadPage gets an exception. […]