Woot ! Its 2 am. I have presentation tommorow. I haev assignment to hand in tommorow. And the toast of the day, I have Computer Graphics Test tommorow !
Forget it. My mood changed after I read the following .....
"The government decided in 2004 to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in major cities with the purpose of curbing snatch thefts. Local councils have until September 18 to install the cameras at public spaces such as bridges, light rail transportation or bus stations, night markets and dark lanes. CCTV systems will be connected to district police stations where images will be monitored. Some critics assert that CCTV could be used not only against snatch thieves but also to spot and nab courting couples caught on camera displaying affection in public, which is not allowed in Malaysian society."
Man, I dont remember reading this in the news, I just wonder how does the International Privacy Organisation knows about this ? I was doing a research about online privacy and cyberlaw when I came across this. I mean, WTF ? Government spying on us now ? Why am I the last to know, ;p
For hackers, beware, if you think that Malaysia has no cyberlaw ...
"In January 2001, following a high profile hack into the Parliament's web site, it was reported that the government may extend the ISA to hackers of government web sites."
Other intersting things that you could read about includes the criticism of several Malaysia Act's, and stuffs. Basically, it explains alot about the rights that of Malaysians, and the limitations to it. (Note: I really love the part they mention about Malaysia and freedom of speech, ^.^)
You can read other interesting things about Malaysia, Malaysian, the government and privacy here. Definately a must read for all Malaysian. The question is, how come they know so much about Malaysia, while we (me atleast) as Malaysians are so ignorant ?
P/S For ISA wannabe scanning this, I'm only reading the article .......
http://renyi.kicks-ass.org
Jun 16, 2005
Jun 9, 2005
Interesting things I read today.
World's biggest hacker held
This one's real interesting, lol. This guy claimed that he hacked into the US military computers to prove that US military is covering up UFO landings on Earth. That's two of the biggest conspiracy on Earth, hacking into one of the most secure computers on the planet, and UFO existence ? Man, what are people getting into, lol. However, the sad thing is that his tricks aren't new, he got a break from weak passwords used by the military personnel, haha. Oh, BTW, he's British, so England got the best hacker now ? ^.^
$80bn Google takes top media spot
A short while back, I made an e-commerce report about the rapid growth of Google, how they grew 4 times since 2003. Oh, that was last week. What surprised me was that, man, now they're at the to spot ? This is truly phenomenon, I mean, IT industry is one of the fastest growing in the world now, but this is crazy. Microsoft took over the world's computers by offering cheap OS (the first few versions anyway ....), Amazon and E-Bay became huge companies overnight selling nothing at all (not really nothing ), and now Google, became huge by offering free search service (forget the ad-sense stuffs, let me be paranoid a lil) ? Is making money from the Internet this easy ? People are coming up with new crazy ways. I'll graduated in 1 month (hopefully), maybe I'm gonna try something on the Internet, lol. (Hold your laughters ppl, my comments stops here, ;p)
polymorphic worms, metamorphic worms, and worms that make use of entry-point obscuration
Omg, I can't even pronounce some of these words, Internet worms are evolving ! This continue to shows how hackers are some how always ahead of security experts. Simple worms are now embedded with email servers, http servers, and the latest one, a backdoor IRC channel ? Hacker's have moved from hobbyist to a profession. OMFG, what has the world come to. Back in the good old days, hacking is usually done to show ur friends what you can do, as a hobby out of curiosity. Hackers today, are selling unknown exploits (0-day exploits) to blackmarkets, sell vulnerable servers to spammers an d phisher, and what else will happen next ? Aren't this illegal ? Talking about illegal, I wonder how the security companies get all this stats, and them monitoring the world's network traffic "ok" while the rest of the world are crying foul to their ISPs monitoring their networks ? So I guess now the question is, what about cyberlaw? Who should police the Internet ? What are the borders and jurisdictions of the laws ?
This one's real interesting, lol. This guy claimed that he hacked into the US military computers to prove that US military is covering up UFO landings on Earth. That's two of the biggest conspiracy on Earth, hacking into one of the most secure computers on the planet, and UFO existence ? Man, what are people getting into, lol. However, the sad thing is that his tricks aren't new, he got a break from weak passwords used by the military personnel, haha. Oh, BTW, he's British, so England got the best hacker now ? ^.^
$80bn Google takes top media spot
A short while back, I made an e-commerce report about the rapid growth of Google, how they grew 4 times since 2003. Oh, that was last week. What surprised me was that, man, now they're at the to spot ? This is truly phenomenon, I mean, IT industry is one of the fastest growing in the world now, but this is crazy. Microsoft took over the world's computers by offering cheap OS (the first few versions anyway ....), Amazon and E-Bay became huge companies overnight selling nothing at all (not really nothing ), and now Google, became huge by offering free search service (forget the ad-sense stuffs, let me be paranoid a lil) ? Is making money from the Internet this easy ? People are coming up with new crazy ways. I'll graduated in 1 month (hopefully), maybe I'm gonna try something on the Internet, lol. (Hold your laughters ppl, my comments stops here, ;p)
polymorphic worms, metamorphic worms, and worms that make use of entry-point obscuration
Omg, I can't even pronounce some of these words, Internet worms are evolving ! This continue to shows how hackers are some how always ahead of security experts. Simple worms are now embedded with email servers, http servers, and the latest one, a backdoor IRC channel ? Hacker's have moved from hobbyist to a profession. OMFG, what has the world come to. Back in the good old days, hacking is usually done to show ur friends what you can do, as a hobby out of curiosity. Hackers today, are selling unknown exploits (0-day exploits) to blackmarkets, sell vulnerable servers to spammers an d phisher, and what else will happen next ? Aren't this illegal ? Talking about illegal, I wonder how the security companies get all this stats, and them monitoring the world's network traffic "ok" while the rest of the world are crying foul to their ISPs monitoring their networks ? So I guess now the question is, what about cyberlaw? Who should police the Internet ? What are the borders and jurisdictions of the laws ?
Java, Bluetooth and JSR082 troubles
I picked my final year project, decided to code it in Java. JSR82, a Java specification for Bluetooth makes everything sound so simple. It is simple, its just that not all the profiles and Bluetooth goodies are implemented. And for implementation, even the mobile phone makers are giving me trouble, only high-spec expensive phones are JSR82 compliant, and that's not even 100% compliant. Most doesn't support OBEX :/
My project is simple, a server to transfer files between a personal computer and a mobile phone. The trouble. Bluetooth stacks, Java Bluetooth stacks, Bluetooth sticks, yadaa yadda. Nothing is simple. Microsoft only fully supports Bluetooth after the release of SP2. And before that, the whole world is using WIDCOMM stacks. The USB stick that I bought, only suppports WIDCOMM stacks. And the worst thing, the Java stack I was using, only supports Ms Bluetooth stacks.
I got fed up, did what most people did, and turned to open source. Now I'm using Avetana as my Bluetooth stack. Its free for Linux atleast. This is because the c library is modified from a GPLed code. And it works with Bluez. Linux isn't so bad, with the help of Eclipse, the best IDE out there, for Java atleast. Java codes are easily made portable, so the server isn't really platform dependent.
Or so I thought. While coding, JSR82 specifications doesn't support file transfer, or even object transfers ! What I did, was I check some samples from Sun's WTK. There is an example for image transfer. If it works on image, it should work on other files. I studied the code. Well, it isn't so bad. If u can't transfer files as objects or files, what do you do ? Send them as byte arrays. Low-level APIs. Great. Now my documentation will look 1337.
I've done the server part now. Its 3am. I need to get some sleep. I'll do the client part tomoro. Yea, the part where you take the bytes and put them back into files >.<
That is not even the end of my troubles yet. I need to test it on a real working environment, and I have yet to borrow a JSR82 compliant phone.
Bahhhh, final year projects don't get worst than this, I hope.
P/S Bleach 35 is translated !!!!!!! Woohooo
My project is simple, a server to transfer files between a personal computer and a mobile phone. The trouble. Bluetooth stacks, Java Bluetooth stacks, Bluetooth sticks, yadaa yadda. Nothing is simple. Microsoft only fully supports Bluetooth after the release of SP2. And before that, the whole world is using WIDCOMM stacks. The USB stick that I bought, only suppports WIDCOMM stacks. And the worst thing, the Java stack I was using, only supports Ms Bluetooth stacks.
I got fed up, did what most people did, and turned to open source. Now I'm using Avetana as my Bluetooth stack. Its free for Linux atleast. This is because the c library is modified from a GPLed code. And it works with Bluez. Linux isn't so bad, with the help of Eclipse, the best IDE out there, for Java atleast. Java codes are easily made portable, so the server isn't really platform dependent.
Or so I thought. While coding, JSR82 specifications doesn't support file transfer, or even object transfers ! What I did, was I check some samples from Sun's WTK. There is an example for image transfer. If it works on image, it should work on other files. I studied the code. Well, it isn't so bad. If u can't transfer files as objects or files, what do you do ? Send them as byte arrays. Low-level APIs. Great. Now my documentation will look 1337.
I've done the server part now. Its 3am. I need to get some sleep. I'll do the client part tomoro. Yea, the part where you take the bytes and put them back into files >.<
That is not even the end of my troubles yet. I need to test it on a real working environment, and I have yet to borrow a JSR82 compliant phone.
Bahhhh, final year projects don't get worst than this, I hope.
P/S Bleach 35 is translated !!!!!!! Woohooo
Jun 3, 2005
Busy Busy Busy
It's been forever since my last mumbling, but still, dont expect much, haha. It's almost 4am in the morning, and I'm doing grammar checking for Vampire Yan, >.<.
I've been really bz in school lately. Final year project, assignments, more projects, all due end of the month. I have 3 weeks to complete 3 projects and 3 assignments, while working on the final year project ! Sometimes I think the guys who plan the semester are crazy :/
The coding phase of my final year project is nearly complete. I've done most of the server coding, just need a small method to transfer the files to the client. The client, well, I found a template, and hadn't really did anything to it yet, ;p I need some dedicated coding time ! (Dota Mode : OFF, Yumchar mode: OFF). Java and Bluetooth work well together, but the mobile devices and OSs are the problem. They make Java/Bluetooth soooo unportable (means more headache for me). I'm gonna try a few tricks this weekend to solve the problem, hopefully, I can get it done.
My latest baby, the Motorola e680 got a new partner in crime, the e680i. The good news is, I found a site that posted a tutorial and utilities nessecery to do the illegal upgrade, ;p F**k the warranty. I'm gonna flash it after I graduate next month. (Project viva is end of this month also, *sob *sob)
Hmmm, what else have I done since my last post, I upgraded my Linux kernel, sync my gentoo to the latest packages, and found new toys for my PDA, Sony CLIE NX70V, ^.^ Gonna try them our during class break this week, maybe next. I hardly have time to breath now, haha. I still need to get the CLIE CF WIFI card ! I can't find a good deal yet. I found out something thou, CLIE CF WIFI Card = INTEL 2011B LAN CF Card, ^.^ Ganbade Sony.
Also, I found several 3D games and "good" java games for my e680. Now all I need to do is find an illegal copy of piscel viewer for the new Motorola A1000. Piscel viewer can read pics, Ms docs, PDFs and more on e680. This is high priority on my TODO list, as I'm gonna retire my CLIE from PDA to mp3 player + wannabe psp.
Todo list for tomoro. Scout for nice 2nd hand phone, HCI project meeting, proposal for e-commerce assignment, + coding (with Frenzy Mode = ON)
http://renyi.kicks-ass.org
I've been really bz in school lately. Final year project, assignments, more projects, all due end of the month. I have 3 weeks to complete 3 projects and 3 assignments, while working on the final year project ! Sometimes I think the guys who plan the semester are crazy :/
The coding phase of my final year project is nearly complete. I've done most of the server coding, just need a small method to transfer the files to the client. The client, well, I found a template, and hadn't really did anything to it yet, ;p I need some dedicated coding time ! (Dota Mode : OFF, Yumchar mode: OFF). Java and Bluetooth work well together, but the mobile devices and OSs are the problem. They make Java/Bluetooth soooo unportable (means more headache for me). I'm gonna try a few tricks this weekend to solve the problem, hopefully, I can get it done.
My latest baby, the Motorola e680 got a new partner in crime, the e680i. The good news is, I found a site that posted a tutorial and utilities nessecery to do the illegal upgrade, ;p F**k the warranty. I'm gonna flash it after I graduate next month. (Project viva is end of this month also, *sob *sob)
Hmmm, what else have I done since my last post, I upgraded my Linux kernel, sync my gentoo to the latest packages, and found new toys for my PDA, Sony CLIE NX70V, ^.^ Gonna try them our during class break this week, maybe next. I hardly have time to breath now, haha. I still need to get the CLIE CF WIFI card ! I can't find a good deal yet. I found out something thou, CLIE CF WIFI Card = INTEL 2011B LAN CF Card, ^.^ Ganbade Sony.
Also, I found several 3D games and "good" java games for my e680. Now all I need to do is find an illegal copy of piscel viewer for the new Motorola A1000. Piscel viewer can read pics, Ms docs, PDFs and more on e680. This is high priority on my TODO list, as I'm gonna retire my CLIE from PDA to mp3 player + wannabe psp.
Todo list for tomoro. Scout for nice 2nd hand phone, HCI project meeting, proposal for e-commerce assignment, + coding (with Frenzy Mode = ON)
http://renyi.kicks-ass.org
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