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# tested on an EL5 based platform

yum -y install perl-Archive-Zip ant bison flex pam-devel cups-devel gperf libxslt-devel openldap-devel gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel db4-devel unixODBC-devel xalan-j2 boost-devel unixODBC-devel qt-devel subversion autoconf automake gtk2-devel gcc-c++ gnome-vfs2-devel rpm-build expat-devel python-devel curl-devel gcc gcc-c++ java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel libIDL-devel libXaw-devel bison 
wget https://raw.github.com/gist/1247669/88133c7c8da53d257c38ff73b161d116aed18c13/dot-screenrc -O ~/.screenrc
wget http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_src_core.tar.bz2
wget http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_src_system.tar.bz2
tar xjf OOo_3.3.0_src_core.tar.bz2 
tar xjf OOo_3.3.0_src_system.tar.bz2
cd ~/OOO330_m20/
wget http://tools.openoffice.org/unowinreg_prebuild/680/unowinreg.dll -O ./external/unowinreg/unowinreg.dll

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Pre-requisite:

1. RVM is used
2. In the version of ruby that is used, bundler gem is installed [ implied that it is global]

Steps:

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# source: http://patshaughnessy.net/2012/1/4/never-create-ruby-strings-longer-than-23-characters

# Observation:Not all strings are created equal in Ruby 1.9.3.


# Ruby actually uses three different types of string values:
# - Heap Strings,
# - Shared Strings, and
# - Embedded Strings

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class Object
  def method_missing m, *args
    Object.respond_to?(m, true) ? Object.send(m, self, *args) : super
  end
end

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  Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
    profile = Selenium::WebDriver::Firefox::Profile.new
    profile.assume_untrusted_certificate_issuer = true #false  # <-- This is 'The Configuration Line'
  end

# Links to untrusted connection issue in different browsers:
# http://code.google.com/p/threadfix/wiki/GettingStartedThreadfixPrivateBeta1
# http://twitpic.com/94zk8t in Chrome Untrusted Connection
# http://twitpic.com/94zl3i in Firefox Untrusted Connection
# http://twitpic.com/94zlje in IE Untrusted Connection

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class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one user_profile, :dependent => :destroy

  def admin?
    user.user_profile.type.titleize == "Admin"
  end

  def exhibition_curator?
    user.user_profile.type.titleize == "Exhibition Curator"
  end

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class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one user_profile, :dependent => :destroy

  delegate :admin?, :artist?, :collector?, :estate?, :exhibition_curator?, :to => :user_profile_type

  def user_profile_type
    user.user_profile.type.downcase.inquiry
  end
end

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In a perfect world, where things are done well, not just quickly, I would expect to find the following when joining the company:

Documentation

• Accurate / up-to-date systems architecture diagram

• Accurate / up-to-date network diagram

• Out-of-hours support plan

• Incident management plan

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Once you have your own instance of copycopter-server running, you need to do the following:

1. Create a new project and take note of its hostname and api key

2. Make sure you are on the latest version of the copycopter_client gem, at the time of this writing it is 2.0.0

3. Export the latest version of your published drafts:

  $ RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake copycopter:export

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I'm puzzled by the behavior of take_while and drop_while when called without
a block. They return enumerators -- that part I understand -- but I'm not
understanding how those enumerators behave. 

Here's what I mean:

>> enum = [1,2,3,4,5].take_while
=> #<Enumerator: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]:take_while>
>> enum.next
=> 1