September 24, 2006
Moving on
It’s been a while since i’ve visited every single page that i’ve booked marked. Technically they are categorized into E-mails, Forums, Car, Work, Studies, News, Action Figures, Pic spam (normally meme and edited picures used for flaming in the forums), Gaming, Quick search, Flesh and Misc.
Since i’m quite free, i’ve decided to take some time to organize my expanding bookmarks. Then i’ve came across leet tech.
Previously i’ve blogged about leet tech.org which is a site/blog for PC noobs. Though i don’t count myself a noob, no doubt that there’s things that i’ve not heard about and it makes a good place to start evolving into a leet PC user.
Anyhow, the link that i’ve bookmarked is dead. In fact, the whole dot org is removed. Normally i don’t give a damn since dead links are quite common in the internet. but seeing that, leet tech was founded by a friend who deligently update his blog and also leet tech, i find it unusual for him to abandon the project just like that.
i’ven’t talked to him yet since he’s off line now and that i’ve just found out about it (that site could be down for a year as far as i know). will ask about it the very moment he pop up in my msn.
oh btw, my maid finally arrived. and it’s about time too. cleaning is no fun at all.
September 19, 2006
Living in a world of irony
This has got to be the fifth time I spent RM12 on a car wash only to have it rain the moment I drive out of the car wash. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!!!
I could’ve sworn that the sky was clear and blue when I drove into Eneos at 1U in all 5 times and yet it rained when my car hit the road. Yes I’m feeling mighty frustrated right now.
Back in the good old days of my beat up Kembara, it never rain right after a car wash. Well, not that I’m too bothered about it since it is reaching its golden years and going to meet it’s maker soon, still, it never suffer the ironic twist that what my new car is facing right now.
If I’m starting to sound like a spoilt rich kid, that’s most probably true (the spoilt part). Having benefited from the previous economic boom and a diversity of friends form multiple ethnic and background, I really do take things for granted and that tolerance and sensitivity (taking into heart before saying anything) being permanently soldered into our young Malaysian minds. And yet we have fucktards like AAB’s son in law instigating racial sentiments in his already fractured party. He might be unifying his party together, but through hate? That’s the EXACT same step taken by Hitler eons ago. Guess we humans will never learn and yet we still go to school. Ironic isn’t it that smart graduate from Oxford
repeating STOOPID mistakes.
September 16, 2006
The worlds worst hacker.., a must read!
This is a transcript of the worlds dummest hacker on an IRC channel.
Via http://www.crisscross.com/jp/forum/Worlds_…m_422436/tm.htm
The comments are not mine, they belong to the original poster of the dialogue.
* b****checker (~java@euirc-a97f9137.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
* b****checker (~java@euirc-61a2169c.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #stopHipHop
<b****checker> why do you kick me
<b****checker> can’t you discus normally
<b****checker> answer!
<Elch> we didn’t kick you
<Elch> you had a ping timeout: * b****checker (~java@euirc-a97f9137.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
<b****checker> what ping man
<b****checker> the timing of my pc is right
<b****checker> i even have dst
<b****checker> you banned me
<b****checker> amit it you son of a b****
<HopperHunter|afk> LOL
<HopperHunter|afk> shit you’re stupid, DST^^
<b****checker> shut your mouth WE HAVE DST!
<b****checker> for two weaks already
<b****checker> when you start your pc there is a message from windows that DST is applied.
<Elch> You’re a real computer expert
<b****checker> shut up i hack you
<Elch> ok, i’m quiet, hope you don’t show us how good a hacker you are ^^
<b****checker> tell me your network number man then you’re dead
<Elch> Eh, it’s 129.0.0.1
<Elch> or maybe 127.0.0.1
<Elch> yes exactly that’s it: 127.0.0.1 I’m waiting for you great attack
<b****checker> in five minutes your hard drive is deleted
<Elch> Now I’m frightened
<b****checker> shut up you’ll be gone
<b****checker> i have a program where i enter your ip and you’re dead
<b****checker> say goodbye
<Elch> to whom?
<b****checker> to you man
<b****checker> buy buy
<Elch> I’m shivering thinking about such great Hack0rs like you
* b****checker (~java@euirc-61a2169c.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)[/QUOTE]
What
happened is clear: That guy entered his own IP-Adress in his mighty
Hack-Tool and crashed his own PC. This way, the attack on my PC was a
failure. I was already starting to think that I did not have to worry,
but a good hacker never calls it a day. Two minutes later he returned.
* b****checker (~java@euirc-b5cd558e.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #stopHipHop
<b****checker> dude be happy my pc crashed otherwise you’d be gone
<Metanot> lol
<Elch> b****checker: Then try hacking me again… I still have the same IP: 127.0.0.1
<b****checker> you’re so stupid man
<b****checker> say buy buy
<Metanot> ah, [Please control your cussing] off
<b****checker> buy buy elch
* b****checker (~java@euirc-b5cd558e.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
There
was a tension in the room… Would he manage, after these two failures,
to crash my PC? I waited. Nothing happened. I felt relieve… Six
minutes passed by until he prepared the next wave of attack. Being a
Hacker, who usually cracks whole data centers, he knew what his problem
was now.
* b****checker (~java@euirc-9ff3c180.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #stopHipHop
<b****checker> elch you son of a b****
<Metanot> b****checker how old are you?
<Elch> What’s up b****checker?
<b****checker> you have a frie wal
<b****checker> fire wall
<Elch> maybe, i don’t know
<b****checker> i’m 26
<Metanot> such behaviour with 26?
<Elch> how did you find out that I have a firewall?
<Metanot> tststs this is not very nice missy
<b****checker> because your gay fire wall directed my turn off signal back to me
<b****checker> be a man turn that shit off
<Elch> cool, didn’t know this was possible.
<b****checker> thn my virus destroys your pc man
<Metanot> are you hacking yourselves?
<Elch> yes b****checker is trying to hack me
<Metanot> he b****checker if you’re a hacker you have to get around a firewall even i can do that
<b****checker> yes man i hack the elch but the sucker has a fire wall the
<Metanot> what firewall do you have?
<b****checker> like a girl
<Metanot> firewall is normal a normal hacker has to be able to get past it…you girl^^
<He> b**** give yourself a jackson and chill you’re letting them
provoce you and give those little girls new material all the time
<b****checker> turn the firewall off then i send you a virus [Please control your cussing]er
<Elch> Noo
<Metanot> he b****checker why turn it off, you should turn it off
<b****checker> you’re afraid
<b****checker> i don’t wanna hack like this if he hides like a girl behind a fire wall
<b****checker> elch turn off your shit wall!
<Metanot> i wanted to say something about this, do you know the
definition of hacking??? if he turns of the firewall that’s an
invitation and that has nothing to do with hacking
<b****checker> shut up
<Metanot> lol
<b****checker> my grandma surfs with fire wall
<b****checker> and you suckers think you’re cool and don’t dare going into the internet without a fire wall
He
calls me girly and says only his grandma would use a firewall. I know
that elder people are much more intelligent then younger, but I
couldn’t let that rest. To see whether he really is a good hacker I lie
and let everything as it is. I don’t have a firewall at all, only my
router.
<Elch> b****checker, a collegue showed me how to turn the firewall off. Now you can try again
<Metanot> b****hacker can’t hack
<Black<TdV>> nice play on words ^^
<b****checker> wort man
<Elch> b****checker: I’m still waiting for your attack!
<Metanot> how many times again he is no hacker
<b****checker> man do you want a virus
<b****checker> tell me your ip and it deletes your hard drive
<Metanot>
lol ne give it up i’m a hacker myself and i know how hackers behave and
i can tell you 100.00% you’re no hacker..^^
<Elch> 127.0.0.1
<Elch> it’s easy
<b****checker> lolololol you so stupid man you’ll be gone
<b****checker> and are the first files being deleted
<Elch> mom…
<Elch> i’ll take a look
In panic I started the Windows Explorer, my heart beating faster. Had I under-estimated him?
<b****checker> don’t need to rescue you can’t son of a b****
<Elch> that’s bad
<b****checker> elch you idiout your hard drive g: is deleted
<Elch> yes, there’s nothing i can do about it
<b****checker> and in 20 seconds f: is gone
Yes,
true, G: and F: were gone. Did I ever have them? Doesn’t matter, I did
not have time to think, I was scared. b****checker was comforting me
with a music tip.
<b****checker> tupac rules
<b****checker> elch you son of a b**** your f: is gone and e: too
Drive
E:? Oh my god… All the games are there! And the vacation pictures! I
instantly take a look. Everything still there. But the hacker said it
was deleted….
Or isn’t it happening on my computer?
<b****checker> and d: is at 45% you idiot lolololol
<He> why doesn’t meta say anything
<Elch> he’s probably rolling on the floor laughing
<Black<TdV>> ^^
<b****checker> your d: is gone
<He> go on b****
The
guy is good: My CD-drive is allegedly deleted! b****checker turned my
ancient disk sucker into a burner! But how did he do this? I’ll have to
ask him. Some encourage him. He himself is giving advice how to avoid
the disaster on my hard drives.
<b****checker> elch man you’re so stupid never give your ip on the internet
<b****checker> i’m already at c: 30 percent
Should I tell him he’s not attacking my computer?
* b****checker (~java@euirc-9ff3c180.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
Too
late… It’s 20:22 when we get the last message of our hacker with the
alias "b****checker". We see that he has a "Ping timeout". We haven’t
seen him since then… must be the Daylight Saving Time.
<============ my notes =============>
Boy, i’ve never had a GOOD laugh in a VERY long time. 127.0.0.1 is localhost IP which bluntly means, yourself.
September 14, 2006
Back to nature
It’s been almost a year since my close encounter with mother nature. Last year I was at Tasek Bera conducting a research for my Thesis (which i scored a B for it). And three weeks ago (1st Sept 06), I had the opportunity to visit a mangrove swamp on the context of assignment-project for a course that I’m taking (the ecology of insect and forest, management). so, here’s a pictorial journal of my ordeal adventure.
we were suppose to leave at 7.30am sharp. apparently, we live in Malaysia and "Malaysian time" is applied in any given situation, ESPECIALLY when it’s a Malaysian that’s making the appointment.
We left at 9am.
Footnote: Malaysian time refers to the "never in time" attitude of most Malaysians. Sometimes up to an hour late.
Updated 15 Sept 06. It appears that there was a mess up during the vehicle booking process. Our dear lecturer booked the vehicle starting Sept 1, 9am. That explains why the 4 4 X 4 and 2 vans didn’t turn up until later that morning at 9am.
Fast forward, and here we are, at the Klang Rakan Muda Sports Complex. It’s a HUGE government run facility that’s equip with almost all the sporting field/arena/court. it has its own wall climbing and bicycle/skateboard/Rollerblade arena for X-games. (refer to bottom pic).
Did i mention how big it was?
The boys room. Here’s where i call ‘home’ for the next 3 days in Klang. Room for 10. big and spacious. The only trouble with this room is that it’s scarcely furnished. no desk or chairs.
There’s little time to rest. The moment we arrived, we were only given an hour to unpack and prepare for the filed. During the journey here, our lecturer (together with 2 facilitators and 2 experienced lab assistant) was stranded when her vehicle broke down on the way to the sports complex. So, without a leader telling us what to do, we carried on our own and did what we thought was right. Unfortunately, we weren’t even close to our objective which was later briefed to us when the vehicle ferrying our "master and commander" arrived which was 1pm. So 3 hours of work gone down the drain, "yippie". what a "wonderful" start.
My team members, Lian Chee and Larvanya mapping a fishing village. No, they are not lost (although they looked like they are). Physical stress really wear a person down.
Our work is continuous. It’s 7pm in the evening of day 1 and we are still at the field. This time they are setting up light traps to capture nocturnal insets (note the equipment).
This is what i look like after a hard days work, all sweaty and smelly. It’s 11pm and that’s it for today. More work tomorrow.
Day 2 (Sept 2), back in the mangrove forest/swamp. Here’s Lian Chee again, taking pictures of the surrounding forest.
This is what she was taking (i guess). A forest gap (empty space in the middle of a forest) was located which served as a border of a research plot for a specific plant species(which I’ve forgotten what’s it called) we were conducting the research on.
This was the fishing village that I was talking about. Nice folks here, really friendly.
Our mode of transport. This is the best part of the entire research, driving into jungles sitting on the roof of a 20 year old 4 X 4. For some unknown reasons, my K750i was out of focus. all 3 pictures taken were blur. and no, it was not in macro mode.
Here’s my workbench/desk. With no decent furniture in my brightly lit room, i was forced to draw maps at the patio. Nope, no rest even when the sun is down.
Day 3 (Sept 3). There’s not much pictures taken on this day as it was the last day of our research. everybody is homesick and was eager to leave. The only picture taken that day was this cat, which seems to be fond of me since the day i got here. We left at 7pm.
Behind those smiling faces
I wouldn’t count this research a 100% success. There’s some success allright. Firstly is a more accurate map of the region all thanks to the effort and hard work of my teammates (Angelina. Bong, Lian Chee, Larvanya and Sau Leng). Research zones were mapped and so were the placement of traps. Other teams also sacrifices sweat and blood in flower collecting, insect collecting/sorting and cataloging. However 3 days for the amount of work given to us is not enough. There are many objectives that were not covered plus not to mention the strain that was put onto us under the scorching sun, getting stuck in knee deep mud and the never ending attacks by mosquito. Good leadership and morale boost could help ease the burden, but nnooooooo…….. "she" just had to demand this and that in the comfort of her air condition room. What’s worse is that there’s a speculation/rumor that "she’s" writing a paper on this research. Personally, I’m a "if you want things done right, do it yourself" person. And i don’t see it fair for "her" to use our work without giving credit or worse, without even informing us of the true purpose of our project and why is it so important that everything has to be accurate. I feel that it’s wrong that general degree students are used for research work of an associate professor as they lack the skill. plus not to mention probable sabotage by those who aren’t too happy being pushed around.
Rants aside, being in a mangrove forest is quite an adventure and experience well gained. I wouldn’t mind trekking a mangrove forest again for leisure purposes.
