Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Which OS Poll Results
I had been running this for quite a while and this is the final result before I put it offline:
10 Ways to (Get Hacked By) Getting the Most Out of Technology
Reference:
10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/technology/personaltech/30basics.html?_r=1
This is my first angry post of the year. The above article is probably the most retarded advice someone (who claim he is technical) can give (to someone who probably know nothing much about technology). People can hacked everyday, you know why? Because they listen to dumb advice like these!
Ok, maybe I am being a bit extreme since the article said nothing about security... It is PURELY just do it (and I do not care if you get hacked). So. let me explain to you WTF is wrong with the article.
GET A SMARTPHONE
Yes, it is almost like a fucking invitation to get hacked. Mobile hacking usually relies on technology too. Phone that cannot run applications has lower risk. Phone that doesn't even have bluetooth cannot received files from other people. And this article is telling people who is probably not too highly technical judging from the tone. Highly technical people probably already know what they are doing with a smartphone. Let me introduce you to Mobile Spy:
http://www.mobile-spy.com/
This is a commercial spyware that can be use to trace SMS logs, GPS location, call details whatever. And it works on all smartphones. Yeah. Now we know why mobile phone (amateur) porn is on the rise.
STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER
Yes, wise ass. It is still ok when they ask people to switch to Google, which has issue with privacy since it tracks you, but thats another (long) story altogether. But guess what? They have to introduce FireFox to replace IE. Now, tell me how many high or critical vulnerabilities were fixed in 2010? You don't know. Neither do I cos I had lose count. There are tons each update. In my opinion, Firefox has lost is somewhere although they started off trying to make security right. Now, they are just another poorly written open source cheese for the taking. Ok, this may be personal, but at least IE bugs get fixed.
UPLOAD PHOTOS TO THE CLOUD
Yes, and get it circulated around. Once anything goes onto the cloud, it is out of your control. And you wonder how leaked (nude) photos works. While it is good to have it off site, just randomly choosing a cloud provider and post all your personal photos there is one fucking way to invite trouble. For a start, there may be fine prints that clearly indicate that any photo uploaded is copyright by the provider (and no longer yours). This was and probably still is the case with Facebook. So if they choose to use your half naked holiday photo to be the cover for PlayGirl, don't come crying at your lawyer. Consider using a local HDD to backup and pass it to your parents. The old fashion way is probably better unless your folks has the habit of showing off your photos to their neighbors etc.
GET MUSIC OFF YOUR COMPUTER
Similar issue as above. And to make it 1000% more fucking retarded, they choose to use Apple as the example. Just WTF is wrong with them? Doesn't they know what Apple is one of the most selfish device even invented? You CANNOT copy files off your iPod / iPhone because they are broken into chunks and stored in a real confusing way due to something they call DRM. The main purpose is to prevent you from playing and copying the music out? What is the talk about freeing the imprisoned music? Go get yourself a fucking made-in-(South)Korea player that is too cheap to support DRM and we are talking freedom then. Oh yes, don't forget they even ask you to install a REMOTE APP to control you Apple device! Yeah, save me the fucking trouble to install a rootkit on your Apple!
BACK UP YOUR DATA
Oh, this type of advice could never go wrong. Unless they advice you to backup your data with another 3rd party online in the cloud again. Not only is the whole procedure dangerous (especially if its not using HTTPS since its slow and most provider just can't fucking afford a SSL cert). If a hacker is able to tap into any part of the network in between the backup server and the user, its like doing a fucking backup straight to the hacker's hard disk. Now isn't that cool (for the hacker)? Again, I am not slamming online backup, but do ensure it is a trusted one and they take the business of protecting your data seriously. The recommended sosbackup.com (FREE) uses the most fucking safe way to do your backup possible. Wait, let me quote this:
"Backup through FTP (File Transfer Protocol)"
http://sosbackup.com/sos-free.asp
and yes, this too:
"Control by e-mail"
Even my grandma can hack this (if she is still alive anyway).
GET FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
Normally, this is so awesome. FREE Antivirus software. And for once, the recommended one is not as bad. Avast. Well, at least they did not try to sell Rising (China AV company that also created spyware - No, I did not typo. Its SPYWARE, not ANTI-SPYWARE) which had a good headlines:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=288773
But again, if the article is used to educate not so technical people, at least give them good warning that almost 90% of the so call FREE Antivirus are truly Viruses themselves. Ya, that includes all the Super Antivirus 2011, Total Win 7 Security, PC-Clean Pro and whatever fuck they can come up with. See this list for a good start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rogue_security_software
Although I do not work for Microsoft, I will add that I would recommend Windows Security Essential as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
SET UP A FILE-SHARING SERVICE
Again, online security and privacy cannot be stressed. Most of the leaked information come from some sort of share service. Its online 24x7 and can be accessed anywhere in the world with the right credentials. So can the hacker once he managed to guess your password, which I know is usually sent by email at some point of time and is likely the same password for your Yahoo or Google account etc. Application errors and faults also often gives you access to other people's data sometimes, intentionally or not. I remembered I used to have a link to (open) my ex-college's Lotus emails due to a gitch. No, don't email me and ask me how I did it. I won't tell.
GET A BETTER DEAL FROM YOUR CABLE, PHONE AND NET PROVIDER
OK, I do not even want to debate on this one. Maybe they got this one right. But always bare in mind that usually they over promise. And be careful of what they give you, especially free service for a limited amount of trial period. Forget to cancel it and you pay for more than you asked for.
CALIBRATE YOUR HDTV
Yes, its probably a good idea. But seriously, do you need to even to mention this? Who doesn't tune their TV when they first got it? And calibrating it is never a right or wrong, it all depends on what you like.
BUY A LOT OF CHARGING CABLES
Yes, this is probably a good idea, until they suggest you get some cheap oem ones. These are one way tickets to burn down the house, especially if you decided to charge stuff over night when you sleep. Charging heats up the cables and put it to stress test. If they are of poor quality, they may melt and catch fire. Well, maybe you can afford to leave these in office and use it in day time. Always get good reliable cables when you are doing it in the night.
Well, it feels a lot better to get that off my mind. The above article had been published in so many places that I am sure misleads quite a big bunch. Sorry if I had to slam some providers here, but face it, if you are not up to it, then you are not.
Last piece of advice, DO NOT TRUST EVERYTHING you read from the internet. Yes, maybe not even this article I wrote because I wrote it and food to me may fucking be poison to others. Thats especially true when it comes to Browsers etc. I hate Firefox, but you don't need to (but you can).
10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/technology/personaltech/30basics.html?_r=1
This is my first angry post of the year. The above article is probably the most retarded advice someone (who claim he is technical) can give (to someone who probably know nothing much about technology). People can hacked everyday, you know why? Because they listen to dumb advice like these!
Ok, maybe I am being a bit extreme since the article said nothing about security... It is PURELY just do it (and I do not care if you get hacked). So. let me explain to you WTF is wrong with the article.
GET A SMARTPHONE
Yes, it is almost like a fucking invitation to get hacked. Mobile hacking usually relies on technology too. Phone that cannot run applications has lower risk. Phone that doesn't even have bluetooth cannot received files from other people. And this article is telling people who is probably not too highly technical judging from the tone. Highly technical people probably already know what they are doing with a smartphone. Let me introduce you to Mobile Spy:
http://www.mobile-spy.com/
This is a commercial spyware that can be use to trace SMS logs, GPS location, call details whatever. And it works on all smartphones. Yeah. Now we know why mobile phone (amateur) porn is on the rise.
STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER
Yes, wise ass. It is still ok when they ask people to switch to Google, which has issue with privacy since it tracks you, but thats another (long) story altogether. But guess what? They have to introduce FireFox to replace IE. Now, tell me how many high or critical vulnerabilities were fixed in 2010? You don't know. Neither do I cos I had lose count. There are tons each update. In my opinion, Firefox has lost is somewhere although they started off trying to make security right. Now, they are just another poorly written open source cheese for the taking. Ok, this may be personal, but at least IE bugs get fixed.
UPLOAD PHOTOS TO THE CLOUD
Yes, and get it circulated around. Once anything goes onto the cloud, it is out of your control. And you wonder how leaked (nude) photos works. While it is good to have it off site, just randomly choosing a cloud provider and post all your personal photos there is one fucking way to invite trouble. For a start, there may be fine prints that clearly indicate that any photo uploaded is copyright by the provider (and no longer yours). This was and probably still is the case with Facebook. So if they choose to use your half naked holiday photo to be the cover for PlayGirl, don't come crying at your lawyer. Consider using a local HDD to backup and pass it to your parents. The old fashion way is probably better unless your folks has the habit of showing off your photos to their neighbors etc.
GET MUSIC OFF YOUR COMPUTER
Similar issue as above. And to make it 1000% more fucking retarded, they choose to use Apple as the example. Just WTF is wrong with them? Doesn't they know what Apple is one of the most selfish device even invented? You CANNOT copy files off your iPod / iPhone because they are broken into chunks and stored in a real confusing way due to something they call DRM. The main purpose is to prevent you from playing and copying the music out? What is the talk about freeing the imprisoned music? Go get yourself a fucking made-in-(South)Korea player that is too cheap to support DRM and we are talking freedom then. Oh yes, don't forget they even ask you to install a REMOTE APP to control you Apple device! Yeah, save me the fucking trouble to install a rootkit on your Apple!
BACK UP YOUR DATA
Oh, this type of advice could never go wrong. Unless they advice you to backup your data with another 3rd party online in the cloud again. Not only is the whole procedure dangerous (especially if its not using HTTPS since its slow and most provider just can't fucking afford a SSL cert). If a hacker is able to tap into any part of the network in between the backup server and the user, its like doing a fucking backup straight to the hacker's hard disk. Now isn't that cool (for the hacker)? Again, I am not slamming online backup, but do ensure it is a trusted one and they take the business of protecting your data seriously. The recommended sosbackup.com (FREE) uses the most fucking safe way to do your backup possible. Wait, let me quote this:
"Backup through FTP (File Transfer Protocol)"
http://sosbackup.com/sos-free.asp
and yes, this too:
"Control by e-mail"
Even my grandma can hack this (if she is still alive anyway).
GET FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
Normally, this is so awesome. FREE Antivirus software. And for once, the recommended one is not as bad. Avast. Well, at least they did not try to sell Rising (China AV company that also created spyware - No, I did not typo. Its SPYWARE, not ANTI-SPYWARE) which had a good headlines:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=288773
But again, if the article is used to educate not so technical people, at least give them good warning that almost 90% of the so call FREE Antivirus are truly Viruses themselves. Ya, that includes all the Super Antivirus 2011, Total Win 7 Security, PC-Clean Pro and whatever fuck they can come up with. See this list for a good start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rogue_security_software
Although I do not work for Microsoft, I will add that I would recommend Windows Security Essential as well:
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
SET UP A FILE-SHARING SERVICE
Again, online security and privacy cannot be stressed. Most of the leaked information come from some sort of share service. Its online 24x7 and can be accessed anywhere in the world with the right credentials. So can the hacker once he managed to guess your password, which I know is usually sent by email at some point of time and is likely the same password for your Yahoo or Google account etc. Application errors and faults also often gives you access to other people's data sometimes, intentionally or not. I remembered I used to have a link to (open) my ex-college's Lotus emails due to a gitch. No, don't email me and ask me how I did it. I won't tell.
GET A BETTER DEAL FROM YOUR CABLE, PHONE AND NET PROVIDER
OK, I do not even want to debate on this one. Maybe they got this one right. But always bare in mind that usually they over promise. And be careful of what they give you, especially free service for a limited amount of trial period. Forget to cancel it and you pay for more than you asked for.
CALIBRATE YOUR HDTV
Yes, its probably a good idea. But seriously, do you need to even to mention this? Who doesn't tune their TV when they first got it? And calibrating it is never a right or wrong, it all depends on what you like.
BUY A LOT OF CHARGING CABLES
Yes, this is probably a good idea, until they suggest you get some cheap oem ones. These are one way tickets to burn down the house, especially if you decided to charge stuff over night when you sleep. Charging heats up the cables and put it to stress test. If they are of poor quality, they may melt and catch fire. Well, maybe you can afford to leave these in office and use it in day time. Always get good reliable cables when you are doing it in the night.
Well, it feels a lot better to get that off my mind. The above article had been published in so many places that I am sure misleads quite a big bunch. Sorry if I had to slam some providers here, but face it, if you are not up to it, then you are not.
Last piece of advice, DO NOT TRUST EVERYTHING you read from the internet. Yes, maybe not even this article I wrote because I wrote it and food to me may fucking be poison to others. Thats especially true when it comes to Browsers etc. I hate Firefox, but you don't need to (but you can).
Sunday, January 02, 2011
PS3 MD5 PSHasher v0.1
Features:
1. Show you the MD5 of the .pup file you chose.
2. Show you which firmware is in the .pup file.
3. Tell you if the firmware is Jailbreakable or downgradeable.
4. Built-in updater.
http://www.fileserve.com/file/UXms5q5
1. Show you the MD5 of the .pup file you chose.
2. Show you which firmware is in the .pup file.
3. Tell you if the firmware is Jailbreakable or downgradeable.
4. Built-in updater.
http://www.fileserve.com/file/UXms5q5
Friday, December 31, 2010
PS3 Device ID Key Generator
We all know that the PS3 is now broken into and the Master is know. Here is a small program which uses the Master Key and with a given Device ID (0x????), will generator the Device ID Key.
This is the linux version, so just untar zxvf to extract and run the ELF binary.
http://www.fileserve.com/file/E7Ek2nK
If you like the Fileserve service, you can sign up via:
SignUp
This is the linux version, so just untar zxvf
http://www.fileserve.com/file/E7Ek2nK
If you like the Fileserve service, you can sign up via:
SignUp
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Uninstall Apple Crapware
At some point of time, I must be mad to install that Apple iTunes which is 300MB... Then I decided to remove it. And the crap it left haunts me till today. Every so and then, Apply Software Update still pops up, trying to connect to the Internet which my firewall had blocked. Why is there still Apple Update when Quicktime, iTunes and all other crap from Apple had been removed? Are they sending some information to Apple or downloading some adware to my PC. Its up to your imagination. To me, it is a total nuisance.
It does not pops up all the time shows that it is a scheduled task. Opening Scheduler will reveal a whole tab for Apple. Well, its simple enough to disable it here. But for my case, I want it out and clean from my PC. So, you should go look at the Program Features and locate the 2 Apple crapware. Use the search with "Apple" and you will find it. One of them is the Apple Software Update obviously and other Apple Support . Both should go to trash immediate (without passing recycled bin or collecting $100).
Some more unfortunate people I heard had problem removing them because the uninstallation of Apple iTunes or Quicktime had screwed up and left the installation in a unclean state. In that case, we can always try Microsoft Windows Installer Cleanup at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
You should double check on your Scheduler to see if the Apple task had been removed.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
You should double check on your Scheduler to see if the Apple task had been removed.
Autocomplete in Windows 7
It is sometimes so often that we forgotten the good stuff in Windows 7. UNTIL some other application decided to cripple it. Among those are the antivirus and the privacy tools. One of the very useful feature, well at least for a home PC, is the autocomplete. It certainly save time and typing to locate files and avoid typos.
Recently, I had one of my machine locked down to the state that this feature is actually gone. You won't miss it until you no longer have it. So poking around, I found a solution to re-enable it.
Simply open regedit (UAC prompt) and do this:
Simple enable one or both of the option to turn Autocomplete back on.
Recently, I had one of my machine locked down to the state that this feature is actually gone. You won't miss it until you no longer have it. So poking around, I found a solution to re-enable it.
Simply open regedit (UAC prompt) and do this:
- Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > AutoComplete
- On the right, you will see 2 obvious options. But here is the explanation anyway...
- Append Completion set to “yes” will automatically append or complete the file name as you type, if there is a file that match.
- AutoSuggest set to “yes” will automatically suggest a list of files in the folder that match what you had typed so far in Save As Dialog box.
Simple enable one or both of the option to turn Autocomplete back on.
Friday, December 03, 2010
One Night In Tampines
Yesterday, I went to Tampines, which I had not been to for quite a while. There were many changes that I did not know...
Firstly, my favorite beef noodle is not cooked by different aunties. I used to be able to get lots of beanstalk in an extra bowl of soup, but obviously the aunties cooking now are different and it is just the normal stuff. Not that it is not nice or anything, just nothing special. I did not try the prata there which I used to because I was quite full after the beef noodle and there were lots of people queuing for the prata. It looks like they made it big now.
I knew that Popeye Chicken is there in Century Square, but now even Texas Chicken had opened in Tampines Mall. This is something new to me. Looks like there is going to be competition. OF course, along the way, I had to get through a crowd with the 3 Pokemon stuff life size mascot. There were cute, but I did not have a camera to capture that moment. I took a quick visit to the Pet Lover Center in the basement and it had grow larger in space or at least they organize stocks in a much better way. I enjoyed my short stay, but did not buy anything because I could not find a suitable bath sand for Onee. However, I did saw quite some pudding for sale now. Looks like there are a big quantity of them now. I wonder if it would be the same in PetStation.
I tried to go to Old Chang Kee to see if they have my favorite Yam K8 snack, but if had already been sold out by the time I got there. I remember I need some of those microwave container and I managed to find them at Cold Storage. However, I guess I was unlucky to be on a queue with a trainee cashier. There were problem with a previous customer as there is no barcode and price. Then she had problem sweeping my card. Well, lesson learn, you cannot sweep it too fast. In any case, I finally got my stuff and made quite a few enemes behind me.
I proceed to PetStation in Tampines One and sure enough, quite some pudding and winter white. They were cute of course. I took a quick look as time was critical and managed to buy the Delikate Snow White Sand. I can't wait to give some to Onee this weekend. Also, I pick up a packet of Delikate snack since I do not see them often outside. I hope he love it since I had not given him soft and sweet snack for a while.
On my way back, I saw TS playing Detective Dee and the Mysterious Flame in Cantonese... Oh man, I wished I had waited. But it is a great show. I went to the "hidden" food court there and pick up a pack of prawn noodle to pack back home. Of course, my sister took some of it. Poor thing to have wisdom tooth extraction. I already went through that luckily.
Firstly, my favorite beef noodle is not cooked by different aunties. I used to be able to get lots of beanstalk in an extra bowl of soup, but obviously the aunties cooking now are different and it is just the normal stuff. Not that it is not nice or anything, just nothing special. I did not try the prata there which I used to because I was quite full after the beef noodle and there were lots of people queuing for the prata. It looks like they made it big now.
I knew that Popeye Chicken is there in Century Square, but now even Texas Chicken had opened in Tampines Mall. This is something new to me. Looks like there is going to be competition. OF course, along the way, I had to get through a crowd with the 3 Pokemon stuff life size mascot. There were cute, but I did not have a camera to capture that moment. I took a quick visit to the Pet Lover Center in the basement and it had grow larger in space or at least they organize stocks in a much better way. I enjoyed my short stay, but did not buy anything because I could not find a suitable bath sand for Onee. However, I did saw quite some pudding for sale now. Looks like there are a big quantity of them now. I wonder if it would be the same in PetStation.
I tried to go to Old Chang Kee to see if they have my favorite Yam K8 snack, but if had already been sold out by the time I got there. I remember I need some of those microwave container and I managed to find them at Cold Storage. However, I guess I was unlucky to be on a queue with a trainee cashier. There were problem with a previous customer as there is no barcode and price. Then she had problem sweeping my card. Well, lesson learn, you cannot sweep it too fast. In any case, I finally got my stuff and made quite a few enemes behind me.
I proceed to PetStation in Tampines One and sure enough, quite some pudding and winter white. They were cute of course. I took a quick look as time was critical and managed to buy the Delikate Snow White Sand. I can't wait to give some to Onee this weekend. Also, I pick up a packet of Delikate snack since I do not see them often outside. I hope he love it since I had not given him soft and sweet snack for a while.
On my way back, I saw TS playing Detective Dee and the Mysterious Flame in Cantonese... Oh man, I wished I had waited. But it is a great show. I went to the "hidden" food court there and pick up a pack of prawn noodle to pack back home. Of course, my sister took some of it. Poor thing to have wisdom tooth extraction. I already went through that luckily.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Ship from US and UK to Anywhere
So Amazon won't ship to you or some sites simply doesn't send stuff to your location. Well, that worry is over, at least for US and UK. If they ship there, then you can get your item via this mail forwarding service.
http://www.thechicfashionista.com/mail-forwarding-service.html
How good is it? I don't know yet. And I am also not encouraging you to ship illegal stuff since its illegal, its illegal anyway you ship it. Full stop. But maybe this will help you save some hair tearing woes for your Xmas shopping. Now, you do realized that Playboy just recently release a pretty good looking HDD...
http://www.thechicfashionista.com/mail-forwarding-service.html
How good is it? I don't know yet. And I am also not encouraging you to ship illegal stuff since its illegal, its illegal anyway you ship it. Full stop. But maybe this will help you save some hair tearing woes for your Xmas shopping. Now, you do realized that Playboy just recently release a pretty good looking HDD...
http://www.playboyarchive.com/shop/HardDrive.htm
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Alternative Route of Getting Home
Ya, for a while, maybe I should stop blogging tech. Anyway, I used what I learned from a recent class and ask myself some questions about how I used to get home. Actually I had tried pretty much all possible routes. OK, wrong assumption again, its more like pretty lots of routes.
Here are some of them:
1. Take company bus (Additional $0.80) to HarbourFront. The bus is fast as it is direct, non-stop. But it starts to jam at Pasir Panjang sometimes and by the time I reach HF MRT, its already 30 minutes gone. Then I have to take MRT to Outram Park and change another MRT to Bedok.
2. Same as above, but instead of company bus, take a public transport. But I will have to walk down a long flight of stairs and it is not the greatest idea in the thunderstorm as there are huge tall tree along this area. On the plus side, I save a bit on $$ because of the rebates.
3. Same as aboves, but instead of changing MRT at Outram, I change at Dohby Ghaut to Circle Line and change again at Paya Lebar to Bedok. I will probably get to sit a bit on this because Dohby Ghaut is the first stop on Circle Line. The down side is a lot of changing of train and of course a lot of waiting for train.
4. Another way is by bus only. I can try to take 30e Express which is about 20 minutes each. It takes about 55 minutes to reach Bedok. That is provided it doesn't get stuck in a jam on ECP. Which usually does if I am late.
5. Another yet even more stupid method is to take the normal 30 bus. Being non-express means more stop, the driver will drive slower etc. Take a long time to reach home. Only good point, I get to sleep all the way. If lucky, I can catch another 1.5 hrs of sleep. But do you really want to sleep on the bus, especially after work?
6. There are other routes to go further west, for example to Bukit Batok and then the super fast 506 Express... The cost and time is probably not worth it.'
I did not tried one of the methods which involve taking bus 200 to Buona Vista MRT. Well, that totally slip my mind and I always thought since Buona Vista is 5 stop further west than Outram Park, it will never be possible to be faster. I was wrong. And I question myself : why not? So I tried. And bus 200 is a super long wait if you missed it, but if you do catch it, the whole journey from 300 at LPxx (LampPost?) to my front door takes only about 1 hour.
Yes, that is amazing and all it takes was to ask myself : Why not? Just because I took a bus to a stop further West, does not mean I would reach my place later in the East. The secret is because of the jam. Taking 200 avoids all that and it is just a few stops to Buona Vista. Further more, I will no longer need to even change any train once I get on to Buona Vista. That save times. Both walking and waiting.
So, moral of the story. Ask youself : Why NOT? And try it. Hopefully you will find a better solution than me.
Here are some of them:
1. Take company bus (Additional $0.80) to HarbourFront. The bus is fast as it is direct, non-stop. But it starts to jam at Pasir Panjang sometimes and by the time I reach HF MRT, its already 30 minutes gone. Then I have to take MRT to Outram Park and change another MRT to Bedok.
2. Same as above, but instead of company bus, take a public transport. But I will have to walk down a long flight of stairs and it is not the greatest idea in the thunderstorm as there are huge tall tree along this area. On the plus side, I save a bit on $$ because of the rebates.
3. Same as aboves, but instead of changing MRT at Outram, I change at Dohby Ghaut to Circle Line and change again at Paya Lebar to Bedok. I will probably get to sit a bit on this because Dohby Ghaut is the first stop on Circle Line. The down side is a lot of changing of train and of course a lot of waiting for train.
4. Another way is by bus only. I can try to take 30e Express which is about 20 minutes each. It takes about 55 minutes to reach Bedok. That is provided it doesn't get stuck in a jam on ECP. Which usually does if I am late.
5. Another yet even more stupid method is to take the normal 30 bus. Being non-express means more stop, the driver will drive slower etc. Take a long time to reach home. Only good point, I get to sleep all the way. If lucky, I can catch another 1.5 hrs of sleep. But do you really want to sleep on the bus, especially after work?
6. There are other routes to go further west, for example to Bukit Batok and then the super fast 506 Express... The cost and time is probably not worth it.'
I did not tried one of the methods which involve taking bus 200 to Buona Vista MRT. Well, that totally slip my mind and I always thought since Buona Vista is 5 stop further west than Outram Park, it will never be possible to be faster. I was wrong. And I question myself : why not? So I tried. And bus 200 is a super long wait if you missed it, but if you do catch it, the whole journey from 300 at LPxx (LampPost?) to my front door takes only about 1 hour.
Yes, that is amazing and all it takes was to ask myself : Why not? Just because I took a bus to a stop further West, does not mean I would reach my place later in the East. The secret is because of the jam. Taking 200 avoids all that and it is just a few stops to Buona Vista. Further more, I will no longer need to even change any train once I get on to Buona Vista. That save times. Both walking and waiting.
So, moral of the story. Ask youself : Why NOT? And try it. Hopefully you will find a better solution than me.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
BackTrack 4 R2 is released
BackTrack 4 R2 had been out for a week. I heard good news and great review of it. For those who do not know what BackTrack is, basically its THE distro to load when you are doing hacking, penetration test etc using Linux tools such as Metasploit etc.
Its 2GB in size for both favors of ISO or VMWare. VMWare had some shortcoming in Wifi testing obviously...
Grab it:
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/
Its 2GB in size for both favors of ISO or VMWare. VMWare had some shortcoming in Wifi testing obviously...
Grab it:
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/
Sunday, November 28, 2010
義海豪情 (電視劇 "巾幗梟雄之義海豪情" 主題曲) ~ 古巨基
古巨基 - 義海豪情 (電視劇 "巾幗梟雄之義海豪情" 主題曲)
作曲：鄧智偉／葉肇中
填詞：陳詩慧
編曲：Johnny Yim
監製：鄧智偉
未懼身上被子彈留痕 維護妳我卻甘於捨身
站在風浪下對抗黑暗 而為妳 是毫無疑問
烈火熊熊升起 圍牆徐徐倒地
嗅著漫遍夜空血鏽味
蝴蝶長埋土地 情愫長留於天地
亂世中煙火 摧毀不了傳奇
漫天的炮火混亂地湧起 處身危城可不理
為只要捍衛 驚恐的妳 就是未怕死
*
未懼身上被子彈留痕 維護妳我卻甘於捨身
就讓天下在見證足印 誰為愛活過而無憾
*
漫天的炮火混亂地湧起 染污無瑕的手臂
在這裡抱著 驚恐的妳 就是未怕死
Repeat*
遇著苦難亦堅守同盟 情義不會淡 即使地陷
就讓天下在見證足印 誰為愛活過而無憾
作曲：鄧智偉／葉肇中
填詞：陳詩慧
編曲：Johnny Yim
監製：鄧智偉
未懼身上被子彈留痕 維護妳我卻甘於捨身
站在風浪下對抗黑暗 而為妳 是毫無疑問
烈火熊熊升起 圍牆徐徐倒地
嗅著漫遍夜空血鏽味
蝴蝶長埋土地 情愫長留於天地
亂世中煙火 摧毀不了傳奇
漫天的炮火混亂地湧起 處身危城可不理
為只要捍衛 驚恐的妳 就是未怕死
*
未懼身上被子彈留痕 維護妳我卻甘於捨身
就讓天下在見證足印 誰為愛活過而無憾
*
漫天的炮火混亂地湧起 染污無瑕的手臂
在這裡抱著 驚恐的妳 就是未怕死
Repeat*
遇著苦難亦堅守同盟 情義不會淡 即使地陷
就讓天下在見證足印 誰為愛活過而無憾
Friday, November 26, 2010
Drive Extender Technology will be gone for newer Microsoft Server OS
And you read right... And we all thought that was what brought WHS to its heights. And *poof* its gone. That includes the upcoming "Vail" aka WHS : The Next Generation.
Read about this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20101125/tc_zd/257392?
Read about this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20101125/tc_zd/257392?
Adobe Reader X Finally With a Sandbox But Turn OFF Your Antivirus???
Adobe had tried pretty hard to improve their security image with the new Adobe Reader X (now with kinda sandbox). But take a look at this...
Its a bit small, but the line highlighted in yellows says "You may have to temporarily disable your antivirus software". Suddenly I feel so safe... Don't you? Why would a software like Adobe Reader requires the user to turn off their Antivirus? This is only typical for installation of malwares!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Manual Update of Flash
As much as Flash is very vulnerable, we probably still needs it around for a while. But that doesn't mean that there is nothing we can do about it. At least, we can update it regularly to ensure we have a updated copy.
However, the update process often fails due to network, firewall, proxies etc And it becomes very frustrating to keep doing it over and over again especially in IE where the download manager is some kind of ActiveX. But there is a easier way, and you wonder why Adobe wants to complicates a simple solution.
Download Flash manually from the following URL and run it for update.
Firefox:
http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
Internet Explore:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie
And if you need for whatever reason, the Uninstaller:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
However, the update process often fails due to network, firewall, proxies etc And it becomes very frustrating to keep doing it over and over again especially in IE where the download manager is some kind of ActiveX. But there is a easier way, and you wonder why Adobe wants to complicates a simple solution.
Download Flash manually from the following URL and run it for update.
Firefox:
http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe
Internet Explore:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/full_flashplayer_win_ie
And if you need for whatever reason, the Uninstaller:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player.exe
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Trend Micro Titanium Internet Suite 2011 1 Year Trial
Yes, there exist a 1 year trial by courtesy of some China promotion. Simply grab the file from:
32 and 64 bits:
32 bits only
http://www.fileserve.com/file/VmmZzUT
The catch is that the interface is in Chinese though. If you want interested to change the interface to other languages, do this:
Right click tray icon. Exit (Last option).
Open UIProfile.cfg from\Trend Micro\UniClient\UiFrmwrk\
Patch : Line 75, 85
"ZH-CN" --> "EN-US"
32 and 64 bits:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/VmmZzUT
32 bits only
http://www.fileserve.com/file/VmmZzUT
The catch is that the interface is in Chinese though. If you want interested to change the interface to other languages, do this:
Right click tray icon. Exit (Last option).
Open UIProfile.cfg from
Patch : Line 75, 85
"ZH-CN" --> "EN-US"
Sunday, November 14, 2010
PSP 5.50 Prometheus 3 v2
This had been released for a while and I had tested it with a PSP Slim. With no new firmware, sticking to 5.50 will means you cannot play many games which requires 6.x firmware. This is where the Prometheus patch comes in. It enable the 5.50 Firmware to run 6.x required games.
Prometheus 3 v2 fixes some bug with the XMB return. Just copy my archive to the root of your PSP memory stick and execute the patch from XMB. You most likely needs a reboot.
Grab it from:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/8EPmXeh
Prometheus 3 v2 fixes some bug with the XMB return. Just copy my archive to the root of your PSP memory stick and execute the patch from XMB. You most likely needs a reboot.
Grab it from:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/8EPmXeh
Monday, November 08, 2010
A brief history of XCP and Sony / BMG DRM Rootkit
I found an article which details the whole incident from the start:
That turns out to be a pretty good read and therefore I am recommending you go take a look and understand what the big fuss it was all about and why we should not allow companies like Sony install rootkit on our PC.
Most classic quote:
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" Sony BMG's Hesse
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