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# make rails 1.2.x work with Ruby >= 1.8.7
unless '1.9'.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
  String.class_eval do
    begin
      remove_method :chars
    rescue NameError
      # OK
    end
  end
end

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# or simply:
'foobar'.tr 'A-Za-z','N-ZA-Mn-za-m'


# rot(x)
class String
  def rot(num = 13)
    return self.split("").collect { |ch|
      if /^[a-z]$/ === ch
	((ch[0] + num - 'a'[0]) % 26 + 'a'[0]).chr

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# via http://www.viget.com/extend/html-sanitization-in-rails-that-actually-works
#
# $Id: sanitize.rb 3 2005-04-05 12:51:14Z dwight $
#
# Copyright (c) 2005 Dwight Shih
# A derived work of the Perl version:
# Copyright (c) 2002 Brad Choate, bradchoate.com
# 
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to
# any person obtaining a copy of this software and

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#!/bin/sh
#
#   This file echoes a bunch of color codes to the 
#   terminal to demonstrate what's available.  Each 
#   line is the color code of one forground color,
#   out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a 
#   test use of that color on all nine background 
#   colors (default + 8 escapes).
#

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#!/bin/sh      

# Creates a self-signed certificate and configuration files for 
# rails-SSL-development (with Apache/Passenger)
                                                                         
# !!! Important !!!
# Some files will be created and deleted in the current working directory
# perhaps it is a good idea to execute this in a dedicated tmp-dir.
                   
# see the instructions this scripts echos on howto integrate into your system

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# File        : s3-post-commit.rb
# Description : A program to create svn backups using the
#               Amazons S3 storage service
# Copyright   : (c) 2007 Maximilian Schoefmann
# License     : MIT, see the file MIT-LICENSE
# Modified    : Richard Woeber
# 
# Usage
# copty to svnserver:/path/to/svnrepo/hooks/post-commit and change the following constants 

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# by courtesy of
# - http://www.slashdotdash.net/2007/12/03/rails-2-upgrade-notes/
# - http://marklunds.com/articles/one/409

MOVE_COMMAND = "git mv"  

desc "Checks your app and gently warns you if you are using deprecated code."
task :deprecated => :environment do
  deprecated = {
    '@params'    => 'Use params[] instead',

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>org.mongodb.mongod</string>
  <key>UserName</key>
  <string>mongod</string>
  <key>GroupName</key>
  <string>mongod</string>         

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.postgresql.dbms</string>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>postgres</string>
    <key>GroupName</key>
    <string>postgres</string>

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# Solution to PragProg Magazine 8 Quiz
# (added Comment into the first line)

quiz8 = %q{
-- Vqnbg nm qhg
qstgq xhmtunsm Vqneg(uvlu) 
  qstgq wvojsmov = ""  
  qstgq hovw = ouwnmc.hjjvw(uvlu) 
  qstgq hovwSwnc = hovw 
  -- wgmrsfqk ovqvtuvr wvjqnvo nx ms avkiswro