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Forex Target Time In Malaysia

2009-06-05T12:00:00.002+08:00

For GBP/JPY and GBP/USD are start from around 11pm - 1am Malaysia time because the market will be active during that time.

Return of the Jedi

2007-02-14T18:32:00.000+08:00

Hoho... after about 6 months not writing in my own blog. Now i'm return. But is this effect others life? Who knows...

Ok from now on i'll be focusing more on contributing something to open source field. Not to mention that i was also completing MySurfGuard project which was developed while i was in previous company.

Those words really catch my attention (from Eric S. Raymond who wrote The Cathedral and the Bazaar and founder of fetchmail).

1. Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.
2. Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
3. If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.

I suggest to all of you to read this book. It was really interesting to help us clarify what is the meaning of open source. Really. Think about the phrases above and you will know what it's means.

The Wilderness of Brontok

2006-05-26T10:18:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer: I will not responsible any damage done to your computer. Just do it if you are confident with this instructions.

What? What is this folder icon? How can it be the same name? Let's try to click it. Then the whole system was infected by brontok. *Sigh* This is what happen when we usually do the automatically clicking procedure. We were illussioned by human tricky mistakes.

So how can we cure our system back to normal? Ok follow this step and you'll be safe.

1. First and important step is if you're in network, disconnect your pc and disable any file sharing to prevent the worm from spreading. After that, download your preferred antivirus program such as AVG and their latest update using any clean pc.

Also download UnHookExec.inf from Symantec. We will use this file to enable registry back to normal. Later on i will teach you how to use it. Transfer all the necessary file to your thumb drive or writable cd and put it on the infected pc. Make sure you thumb drive is set to read mode only.

2. Then disable System Restore to ensure that the worm will not be brought back to your system. You can turn it on later after you eliminate the worm.

3. According to trendmicro site, the worm will automatically close or terminate any program with the following name: Registry, Command Prompt, System Configuration, Anti-virus programs (etc: AVG, Avast, Trendmicro) and other specific names including Process Explorer. This means we can't use the Process Explorer to kill the worm.

So alternative to that third-party software is Complete Process Manager (CPM). It's a shareware software which means you must pay to get full version. It's up to you whether to buy or not but you can use the full features in trial version.

4. Once you install the CPM, run it and search for the process that run with the name: crss.exe, inetinfo.exe, lsass.exe, services.exe, smss.exe, and winlogon.exe. Make sure it's not run by the System because you can't terminate process that run by the System. You can only kill/terminate the process that only run by yourself.

After you kill that process, kill the main worm process identified with a letter and number (%Windir%\j[RANDOM].exe and %Windir%\o[RANDOM].exe). In example, j0128237.exe or o218230.exe. Usually it has two process running in background.

5. Run the UnHookExec.inf file by right-clicking on it and choose install. Now you can access the Registry Editor. Go to Start->Run and type regedit. This will open Registry Editor program.

6. Follow this step to remove the worm entry in Registry Editor. You can find the key/subkey by using the search function from that editor.

Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run
In the right pane, delete the value:
"f3444Adm" = ""%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\dv[RANDOM]0x\yesbron.com""

Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
In the right pane, delete the value:
"f3444Adm" = ""%System%\s[RANDOM]\zh59[RANDOM].exe""

Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run
In the right pane, delete the value:
"N7593c" = "%Windir%\_default[RANDOM].pif"

Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run
In the right pane, delete the value:
"N7593c" = "%Windir%\j[RANDOM].exe"
Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot
In the right pane, delete the value:
"AlternateShell" = "c_[RANDOM]k.com"
Navigate and delete the subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BrontokNavigate to the subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
In the right pane, reset the value:
"Userinit" = "%System%\userinit.exe,%Windir%\j[RANDOM].exe" "Shell" = "Explorer.exe "%Windir%\o[RANDOM].exe""To
"Userinit" = "%System%\userinit.exe" "Shell" = "Explorer.exe"Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In the right pane, reset the values to their original values if known:
"Hidden" = "0" "HideFileExt" = "1" "ShowSuperHidden" = "0"
Navigate to the subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
In the right pane, reset the values to their original values if known:
"DisableRegistryTools" = "1"
7. After you done editing the registry value, now it's time to install and update your antivirus. When update complete, scan the whole system for any infected file and delete it. You can also move it to the vault if the file is important for further investigations. After the full scan is complete, reboot your computer.

8. If your windows was successfully loaded without any unnessary black dos window or something like that and when you check in your folder there's nothing duplicated directories, congratulations your pc is clean from the wilderness of brontok!

9. Do a full scan again if you suspect any malicious activity and don't forget to update your antivirus frequently.

That's all. I hope this removal instructions can help you remove that worm. If you got any comments and suggestion, do not hesitate to comment this article. Thanks.

Reference:
1. Symantec Removal Instructions
2. MyCERT Special Alert - W32.Brontok Worm

PS3 Run On Linux

2006-04-07T11:06:00.000+08:00

Linuxdevices.com today confirmed that the Playstation 3 console will ship with linux as its operating system, and will not only be a gaming console but a productivity console as well! Think of your Playstation 3 console now as a router, storage device, and maybe even your Folding@Home machine ;) Hopefully they won't follow Linksys' footsteps by shying away from Linux in their v5 WRT54G wireless routers.

Taken from lowyat.net

Using a Single DHCP Server to Serve Multiple Networks

2006-04-05T18:02:00.000+08:00

As stated before, DHCP clients send their requests for IP addresses to a broadcast address which is limited to the local LAN. This would imply that a DHCP server is required on each subnet. Not so. It is possible to configure routers to forward DHCP requests to a DHCP server many hops away. This is done by inserting the IP address of the router's interface on the DHCP client's network into the forwarded packet. To the DHCP server, the non-blank router IP address field takes precedence over the broadcast address and it uses this value to provide a DHCP address that is meaningful to the client. The DHCP server replies with a broadcast packet, and the router, which has kept track of the initial forwarded request, forwards it back towards the client. You can configure this feature on Cisco devices by using the ip helper-address command on all the interfaces on which DHCP clients reside. Here is a configuration sample that points to a DHCP server with the IP address 192.168.36.25:

interface FastEthernet 2/1
 ip address 192.168.1.30 255.255.255.0
 ip helper-address 192.168.36.25

That's all. Taken from linuxhomenetworking.com

How to sign RPM Package

2006-02-23T18:07:00.000+08:00

If you use gpg to sign rpm package for Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 AS, add this file macros at /etc/rpm like this:

# vi /etc/rpm/macros
add lines in macros file (in vi editor)
%_signature gpg
%_gpg_path ~/.gnupg
%_gpgbin /usr/bin/gpg
%_gpg_name Sazarul Izam Md. Saad (Chromium)
%vendor Sazarul Izam Md. Saad http://vectorzx.blogspot.com
%packager Sazarul Izam Md. Saad http://vectorzx.blogspot.com
%distribution Sazarul Izam Md. Saad http://vectorzx.blogspot.com

Make sure %_gpg_name is same as your name in your pgp key. If not during signing package it will fail. Then:

# rpmbuild -ba --sign package.spec
you'll be asked to enter passphrase, and enter it.

After signing the package, you can check it by using:

#rpm -K package-xx.xx-xx.rpm

and it will show

package-xx.xx-xx.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK

meaning the package was signing by you.
If the message is not ok, you must import your pgp key first to your rpm pubkey. To doing that, just type:

# rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-name

To see what's in your rpm pubkey, type this command:

#rpm -q gpg-pubkey*

To see more detail about the pgp key, type this command:

#rpm -qi gpg-pubkey-version-release

To delete the imported key, just type:

# rpm -e gpg-pubkey-version-release

That's all. Hope this can help you to manage rpm and pgp keys.

Mood: >_> (tired)

PGP For All

2006-02-22T13:01:00.000+08:00

PGP ni direka oleh Philip Zemmermann pada awal tahun 1990. PGP penting utk mengesahkan identiti kita dan mengesahkan perkara2 lain mcm dokumen, pakej, surat dll. Ok la disebabkan PGP dh gune IDEA dan IDEA ni telah dipatenkan maka kite tak leh gune pgp yg asal. Aku sages korg gune GnuPGP sbb:

GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. Because it does not use the patented IDEA algorithm, it can be used without any restrictions. GnuPG is a RFC2440 (OpenPGP) compliant application.

Ok cara nk install gnupg ni kt gentoo senang je. Memula ko taip ni:

# emerge -va gnupg
pastu tekan 'y' utk install pakej ni

Bila dh install gnupg. Maka bole la korg generate key utk identiti korg. Koman dia mudah je, taip ni:

#gpg --gen-key
pastu pilih no 1 utk DSA and ElGamal,
amik keysize 1024. atau korg bole letak 2048 utk lebih sekuriti,
pilih 0 utk valid forever. maknenye key takkan expired,
pastu masukkan nama, e-mel dan komen,
dan masukkan bende penting iaitu passphrase. passphrase ni mcm password.

Ok skang korg dh pgp sendiri. utk upload ke pgp server, korg boleh upload dlm btk binari atau ascii armored. utk dptkn dlm btk binari taip koman nih:

# gpg --output identiti.gpg --export emel@korang.com

atau dlm format ascii armor, taip ni:

# gpg --output identiti.asc --armor --export emel@korang.com

sebelum upload ke pgp server, tgk dulu hex code utk pgp key korg, taip ni utk tgk pgp key in hex code:

# gpg --edit-key emel@korang.com
tgk kt bhgian pub kt situ ade hex code nye (perkataan dlm bold)
pub 1024D/5E82CF73 created: 2006-02-22 expires: never usage: CS
Command> quit

then korg leh upload ke pgp server. aku sages letak kt pgp.mit.edu sbb kebykan pgp key ade kt situ. jgn takut sbb nnt pgp server akan saling forward pgp key korg ke pgp server yg lain.

# gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-key 0x5E82CF73

lepas dh upload. bole la korg blagak sket dh ade pgp key ngan attach pgp signature kt emel korg. byk emel client yg sapot pgp nih mcm thunderbird, outlook dan lain-lain lagi. Enjoy!

Mood: ^_^ (cayala!)

Enlightenment: iBar/Engage

2006-02-15T16:31:00.000+08:00

How to edit icon in Enlightenment? This is how to do it in manual way

Now let's go through the traditional way, in other words customizing the menu etc by using configuration files. You will need to make a simple text file with the name ".order" in a certain location. The directories are as follows:

E17 menu --> ~/.e/e/applications/favourite
IBar --> ~/.e/e/applications/bar
Engage --> ~/.e/e/applications/engage

You can also place a ".order" text file to ~/.e/e/applications/startup to specify what applications are started automatically every time you start E17. The file itself is a normal text file with the EAP filenames in the order in which you want them to be displayed (and if the file is used to specify startup applications, it's the order in which they start). Here is an example:

firefox.eap
mozilla.eap
xmms.eap
bmp.eap
evidence.eap
entice.eap

This would add the above icons in the order specified. For the menu, you may also create submenus. To do this you need to create directories within ~/.e/e/applications/favourite and then create ".order" files in the directories. It follows the same logic except that you can also add directories. For example if you made a directory called ~/.e/e/applications/favourite/multimedia you could have a ".order" file in ~/.e/e/applications/favourite that looks like this:

firefox.eap
mozilla.eap
irc.eap
multimedia

This would create a menu with the three above icons and a submenu called multimedia. To specify what icons are displayed in the submenu, you'll need to create a ".order" file there too. It's also possible to create submenus within submenus. The directory options in the menu have no icon by default. You can add an icon for them by placing an icon file called ".directory.eap" within the directory in question. The ".directory.eap" file should contain no other data except an icon file and an application name, which can be anything you want - the application name will be the name of the menu option and the icon will be what's shown in the menu in addition to name.

For example, let's check the previous example. If you wanted to create an icon for the "multimedia" option in the menu, you would have to place a ".directory.eap" in ~/.e/e/applications/favourite/multimedia. In this case the application name for this icon could be "multimedia" for example. It could also be anything else you want. In other words the menu directory option name (application name) in the ".directory.eap" does not have to be anything specific, nor does it have to match the directory. For more examples, download a tarball of HandyAndE's (E17 dev/Engage author) ~/.e/e/applications/ directory from http://andy.elcock.org/Files/_files/applications.tar.gz.

And how to edit eap files? This is the manual way

For example if you already have an EAP file that includes the application execute line "evidence -T rephormed" you could change it to "evidence -T tosh" with:

$ enlightenment_eapp -set-exe "evidence -T tosh" /path/to/evidence.eap

All info was taken from enlightenment site itself. You can view more information at here.

Mood: >_> (a bit lousy)

Installing Separate Kernel Modules

2006-02-10T09:38:00.000+08:00

Configuring the Modules

You should list the modules you want automatically loaded in one of the relevant files listed below. You can add extra options to the modules too if you want.

/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 - Kernel 2.4 only
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 - Kernel 2.6 only
/etc/modules.autoload - All Kernels

Therefore, if you have a kernel module that you want to load -- which is common to both 2.4 and 2.6, then place it in /etc/modules.autoload. Otherwise it can be placed in the appropriate file.

To view all available modules, run the following find command. Don't forget to substitute "" with the version of the kernel you just compiled:

# find /lib/modules/kernel-version/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko'

For instance, to automatically load the 3c59x.o module, edit the appropriate file and enter the module name in it.

# nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4

This can be also done in a one-liner:

# echo '3c59x' >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4

Taken from Gentoo Linux Documentation.

Komen: chapter ni penting utk kita load modules masa boot. means tak yah gune coldplug utk detect hardware kita. modules ni mcm driver hardware la bagi pengguna windows.

Mood: >.<

Lazy and Dumb

2006-01-25T19:08:00.000+08:00

Hahaha... very funny when i read this blog entry. Read it here.
I'll post something later.

I'm lazy now :P.

Mood: :P

Flyff Newbie's Guide

2006-01-18T20:01:00.000+08:00

Ok this post for flyff player. I'll refer this guide before playing this game. For your information, this Flyff is MMORPG like Ragnarok Online, R.O.S.E and Gate To Heaven. I like this game bcoz i think it's cute and fun to play. LOL :P.

1. 5 Steps For Newbies
2. Mercenary Q&A
3. General Quests

Ok have fun guys :).

Mood: >_<

DotA - Hero's Attribute

2006-01-03T16:18:00.000+08:00

Primary Attribute
Each hero has a primary attribute depending on the Hero's type (i.e. Paladin, Archmage), the first will give a privilege to the Strength while the second will get a bonus thanks his Intelligence. Each point added to the Hero's Primary Attribute also grants him a '1 damage point' bonus (aside of the other bonuses described below).

Strength
Strength is the measure of the physical power of the Hero.

Hit Points: 1 point of Strength = 25 increase in hit points.
Total HP is calculated from the formula 100 + 25 * Hero's STR

Hit Point Regeneration: 1 point of Strength = .05 hit points regenerated per a second

Intelligence
Intellect relates to how well the Hero can control magical forces.

Mana Capacity: 1 point of Intelligence = 15 increase in Mana.
Total Mana Capacity is calculated from the formula 15 * Hero's INT.

Mana Regeneration: 1 point of Intelligence = .05 points of Mana regenerated per second.

Agility
Agility defines a Hero's ability to avoid attacks and attack more quickly.

Defense:1 point of Agility = 0.3 increase in armor
Total Armor = -2 (Base Armor) + 0.3 * Hero's AGI

Attack Rate: 1 point of Agility = 2% increase in Attack Rate

Put on Your Salary Cap

2005-12-24T15:14:00.000+08:00

Employers are asking for applicants' expected salary and even their salary history. But what should you write down?

Surfing this link to know about this >> Hatchmagazine
>> Pacepros

PHP: Get First & Last Name

2005-12-02T11:50:00.000+08:00

This function was purposely used to get first and last name. The name was commonly used in malaysia.

Example:
1. "Sazarul Izam Bin Md. Saad" will return $mod[0] = "Sazarul Izam" and $mod[1] = "Md. Saad"

2. "Arumugam A/P Maniam" will return $mod[0] = "Arumugam" and $mod[1] = "Maniam"

Mood: ;))

Kahwin Programmer

2005-11-29T14:38:00.000+08:00

Kawan Kawan, Sebelum anda memutuskan untuk berkahwin dengan seorang "programmer" anda perlu pikir dengan semasak-masaknya dulu sebelum anda menyesal dikemudian hari. Ini adalah contoh daripada seorang isteri yang mengadu pada mengenai hubungan dia dan si suami, seorang PROGRAMMER setiap hari.

Suami : (Setelah balik lewat dari pejabat) "Selamat malam sayang, sekarang saya logged in."

Isteri : Abang ada beli tak barang yang saya pesan tadi?
Suami : Bad command or filename.

Isteri : Tapi kan ke saya dah call abang pagi tadi kat pejabat suruh abang beli!
Suami : Errorneous syntax. Abort?

Isteri : Ish. Abang nih, takkan itu pon tak ingat? Hahaa..... Abang kata tadi dalam telefon nak beli tv? Mana dia?
Suami : Variable not found...

Isteri : Abang nih memang tak bole harap la. Bak kad kredit abang. Biar saya pergi belikan dan shopping barang dapur sekali.
Suami : Sharing Violation. Access denied...

Isteri : Abang ni tak sayang saya ke? abang lebih sayang komputer abang tu dari saya. Saya tak tahan la kalau macam ni selalu.
Suami : Too many parameters...

Isteri : Saya menyesal pilih abang sebagai suami saya. Harapkan muka je hensem.
Suami : Data type mismatch.

Isteri : Abang nih memang betul-betul tak berguna la.
Suami : It's by Default.

Isteri : Macamana pula dengan gaji abang?
Suami : File in use ... Try later.

Isteri : Kalau begitu, apa peranan saya disisi abang sebagai seorang isteri?
Suami : Unknown Virus.

Salam Aidilfitri

2005-11-09T13:55:00.000+08:00

"Berlalulah sudah ramadhan, sebulan berpuasa. Tiba syawal kita rayakan, dengan rasa gembira. Anak muda di rantauan, semuanya pulang ke desa. Ibu dan ayah keriangan, bersyukur tak terkira.

Bertukar senyuman dan salam, ziarah-menziarahi. Tutur dan kata yang sopan, saling memaafi. Suasana hari raya, walau di mana pun jua, memberikan ketenangan dan mententeramkan jiwa.

Kuih dan muih beraneka macam, makanlah jangan hanya dipandang. Ketupat, rendang sila nikmati kawan, penat memasak malam ke pagi.

Wajik dan dodol, jangan lupakan peninggalan nenek zaman berzaman. Asyik bersembang, pakcik dan makcik hai duit raya lupa nak diberi ;)."
- Anuar & Ellina: Suasana Hari Raya -

selamat ari raye. maaf zahir batin kiranya ade salah dan silap sepanjang kita kawan. kira 0-0 la ni ok. emm.. mkn ketupat, rendang tu jgn la smpai tak igt dunia. kang sakit sape yg susah? korg ngan keluarga korg jugak... hohohoho ;). k la chalos!

Konvokesyen

2005-09-02T10:26:00.000+08:00

Konvokesyen UTM yg ke-35

Kepada sesape membe2 aku yg nk tgk gamba konvokesyen kitorg digicam versi ambok ngan mat bole la tgk kt sini http://vectorzx.multiply.com. Kt situ ade lebih kurang 100 gamba kitorg ngan bebudak yg dtg mase ari konvo 29 Ogos 2005. Antara shot menarik aku adalah (jeng jeng jeng...)

Kalo nk tgk digicam versi o-are bole tgk kt yahoo fotopages dia. tp kena mintak permisi dia dulu la. korg bole emel dia kt oare_rj at yahoo dot com (combinekn utk dpt emel o-are tuh). ok la beb selamat melihat gamba. chiow!

Mood: >_<

Disable Genuine Windows Validation

2005-09-01T22:39:00.000+08:00

Microsoft "Genuine Advantage" cracked in 24h:

AV sez, "This week, Microsoft started requiring users to verifiy their serial number before using Windows Update. This effort to force users to either buy XP or tell them where you got the illegal copy is called 'Genuine Advantage.' It was cracked within 24 hours."

Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the
address bar and press enter:
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

It turns off the trigger for the key check.

Taken from BoingBoing.net

Komen: hohoho... tu la micro$oft asyik nk protect je dia punye brg. kn dah jumpe hole tak sampai dlm mase 24 jam wakakaka. senang sket nk update pasni takyah validate genuine windows. nk wat camne kan nk beli brg ori tak mampu terpaksa la gune cara nih. hmm... tp kalo taknak gune cara nih bole gune cara Automatic Update sbb dia tak cek mase proses auto tuh.

Mood: '_' in da house!

Ekspo Sumber Terbuka

2005-08-24T20:29:00.000+08:00

Ekspo Sumber Terbuka & Pertandingan
Menggodam Kebangsaan 2005

Tarikh:
26 - 28 Ogos 2005

Tempat:
Dewan Seri Budiman & Dewan Annexe, UiTM Shah Alam,
Selangor Darul Ehsan

Anjuran:
Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat Dan Sains Kuantitatif
dan Jabatan Teknologi Komputer & Perangkaian
Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat Dan Sains Kuantitatif

Blogger: Archive

2005-08-05T12:03:00.000+08:00

Ok sini aku nak bagitau camne nk tuka archive yg list sebagai month. Pada asalnya archive ni disusun dari yg lama ke yg baru. Skang kita nk tuka jadi dari yg baru ke yg lama. Simple je kod dia just gune javascript.

Apa yang berlaku ialah archive ni akan disimpan dalam array archives dan dipaparkan pada browser mengikut archive yg baru ke archive yg lama. Senang kan hehe :).

Mood: ;)

Kos dan Prestasi OSS

2005-08-05T10:54:00.000+08:00

KAJIAN oleh Evans Data, syarikat penyelidikan pasaran teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT), mendapati faktor kos bukan penyebab utama mengapa perisian sumber terbuka (OSS) kini semakin popular di kalangan perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS).

Ketua Pegawai Operasi Evans Data, John Andrews, berkata walaupun faktor kos yang rendah adalah penting, namun ia bukannya faktor utama bagi PKS memilih OSS, kerana ada beberapa perkara yang menjadi pertimbangan ketika membuat keputusan untuk menggunakan OSS.

“Antaranya mereka mahukan nilai bagi setiap wang yang dilaburkan untuk membeli dan menggunakan perisian. Mereka rela membayar bagi perkhidmatan dan sokongan teknikal berbanding membayar hanya semata-mata untuk perisian berkenaan,” katanya.

Berdasarkan tinjauan yang dijalankan mendapati PKS berpendapat kos perisian hanya sebahagian kecil daripada keseluruhan perbelanjaan ICT tetapi sebahagian besar daripada perbelanjaan ICT untuk kakitangan bukannya perisian.

Pemilihan OSS bukan saja membabitkan penggunaan sistem operasi semata-mata tetapi pengguna turut melihat kepada perkakasan yang dimanfaatkan, kestabilan dan juga prestasi. Ada yang tertarik kepada OSS kerana menawarkan kelebihan yang tidak dapat diberikan oleh perisian komersial.

Sementara itu, Malaysia perlu membangunkan kemampuannya dalam perisian sumber terbuka (OSS), termasuk mewujudkan industri dalam bidang berkenaan bagi memastikan kedaulatan negara tidak terancam oleh mereka yang hendak mengambil kesempatan terhadap kelemahan sesebuah negara, terutamanya dalam bidang teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT).

Ini kerana perisian yang ada di pasaran ketika ini tidak membolehkan mana-mana pakar komputer di negara ini ‘melihat’ kod sumber (source code) perisian berkenaan.

Komen: Biar betul mamat ni cakap. Aku rasa dah ada pakar kat negara kita ni yg boleh baca/interpret kod sumber perisian ni. Hmm... Sepatutnya ayat ni diperbetulkan supaya tidak memandang rendah pakar yang ada di negara kita ni.

Sebaliknya hanya pakar yang berkhidmat dengan syarikat yang mengeluarkan perisian berkenaan saja yang boleh berbuat demikian.

Menerusi cara ini, ia terdedah kepada manipulasi kuasa besar atau mereka yang mempunyai kepentingan dalam sesuatu perkara, terutama bagi mendapatkan rahsia dan maklumat sulit negara.

Dengan ini, mereka bebas untuk berbuat apa saja, termasuk memasukkan apa saja program yang mampu untuk mencuri maklumat sensitif kerajaan secara rahsia dan menghantar balik maklumat berkenaan kepada musuh negara terbabit.

Selain Malaysia, China juga sudah mengambil inisiatif bagi membangunkan sistem operasinya yang dikenali sebagai Red Flag menggunakan sistem perisian sumber terbuka sebagai asasnya. Secara tidak langsung, China sedang membangunkan modal insannya dalam industri ICT.

Perkara yang sama juga sedang berlaku di Korea Selatan, apabila kerajaannya melaksanakan projek OSS dengan membangunkan Sistem Maklumat Pendidikan (NEIS) bagi merangkaikan 10,000 sekolah.

Bagi projek perintis NEIS, sebanyak 190 sekolah di bandar raya Seoul terbabit menggunakan Linux versi Korea yang dikenali sebagai Buyeo.

Presiden Agensi Promosi IT Korea Selatan (KIPA), Jin Ko Hyun, berkata projek berkenaan sudah berjalan selama dua tahun dan maklumat yang disimpan atau terkumpul akan di hantar ke sekolah jika murid berpindah atau memasuki universiti.

“Fasa seterusnya ialah melaksanakan projek itu ke semua sekolah di seluruh negara. Langkah KIPA bertujuan membangunkan keupayaan tempatan dalam industri ICT serta memastikan keselamatan dan perbelanjaan dapat dijimatkan,” katanya.

Berita ini diambil dari Berita Harian

Komen: Bagi aku kenyataan yg diberikan adalah betul di mana OSS bukan sahaja digunakan kerana murah tapi kerana tahap prestasi yang lebih baik berbanding perisian lain. Walaupun ada kalanya OSS meremehkan tapi dengan pemahaman dan latihan yang lebih akan dapat membolehkan kita menguasai perisian tersebut.

P/S: Pergh.. apsal aku gune ayat skema nih? Lantok aa...

Mood: 8)

Phrack

2005-08-02T12:47:00.000+08:00

An anonymous reader writes "The final issue of Phrack has been released. From the introduction: 'For 20 years PHRACK magazine has been the most technical, most original, the most Hacker magazine in the world. The last five of those years have been under the guidance of the current editorial team. Over that time, many new techniques, new bugs and new attacks have been published in PHRACK. We enjoyed every single moment working on the magazine.'" Despite earlier reports to the contrary, though, "this is NOT to be the end of Phrack." All straight?

Taken from Slashdot.org

Komen: Hohoho... abih aa pasni aku baca artikel ni plak. Tapi gunakan ke arah kebaikan la jgn buat jahat. Tak baik woo... Yg penting jgn jadi script-kiddie suda.

Mood: -_-

Mp3 Kasihnya Laila

2005-07-29T17:23:00.000+08:00

Best pulak bile denga lagu nih bile balik umah semlm. Walaupun aku tau lagu nih da 2-3 bulan jugak kt radio, tp bile denga semlm kt radio best plak. Ok la ni lirik lagu tu:

Artis : JINBARA
Lagu : Kasihnya Laila

Seisi alam menagih kasihnya laila
Dibalik selendang sembunyi nurkasihmu

Bagai mimpi..
Kau ku temu..
Gadis yang ku dambakan terserlah ayu
Terbit kasihku namun tertunduk malu
Kerna ku tahu bezanya kau dan aku

Kau menjelma..
Bak cahaya..
Suluhku yang terabadi dalam dada
Assalamualaikum hulur bersama
Bersama kita mencipta bahagia

Dibalik selendang sembunyi nurkasihmu
Tersimpul hatimu hatiku satu
Persis si majnun menagih kasihnya laila
Terbelah dunia tetap bersama

(Giutar solo)

Dibalik selendang sembunyi nurkasihmu
Tersimpul hatimu hatiku satu
Persis si majnun menagih kasihnya laila
Terbelah dunia tetap bersama

Bawaku bersamamu gapai sejahtera
Dikenangi kau aku suci
Titisan kasih

Seisi alam pun pastikan merestui
Moga kasih lailaku kan kekal abadi

Ok kalo nk donlod lagu ni aku da letak kt freewebs hosting aku. Pasni abih la bandwidth aku hehe. Takpe² sedut jgn tak sedut. Bukan kena baya pun free je. Download Here. Enjoy!

Mood: Pagi tadi bosan... tetiba bile denga lagu ni ceria balik. Huahuahua ;)

Windows Vista

2005-07-29T11:27:00.000+08:00

Redmond (WA) - A brief video message published by Microsoft on Friday revealed the official name of Microsoft next consumer operating system: Longhorn will be called "Windows Vista". The first beta of the software is scheduled to be released on August 3.

Microsoft's next-gen operating system shed its codename early Friday when Microsoft posted a 68-second video message on its website that had the sole purpose of introducing the name of the final product: The software will be called "Windows Vista".
Microsoft associates the terms "clear", "confident" and "connected" with the new operating system, hinting to various new features of the software - including a new graphics engine, more multimedia capabilities, improved organization of information, more security, and easier to use networking features for various devices around the house.

The first beta version of the software is heading towards IT professionals and developers on August 3, according to Microsoft. The final product will be released in the Summer 2006 timeframe, which will be preceded by at least one release candidate (RC) and a second beta, which is rumored to become available sometime in November of this year.

According to Microsoft, the video message was taped at a recent briefing for the firm's global sales and marketing staff.

Taken from: Tom's Hardware

Komen: Hmm... nak kuar baru lagi M$ nih. Selalunye barang² baru ni byk hole. Maksud aku byk kelemahan yg boleh menyebabkan produk nih kena attack ngan hackers. So new hole = new patch. Lebih² lagi barang M$. hohohoho....

Mood: Bosan sket aa ari nih >_>

Surfing the Net

2005-07-27T17:38:00.000+08:00

Hi again...
Kali ni aku nk cite sket pasal web yg aku tgk intersting. menang anugerah tu web nih tp dah lama la anugerah taun 2001 kot tak silap aku. Org yg wat web ni mmg kreatif dan inovatif: Omar AL Zabir namanya. kalo nk tgk site dia klik gamba kt bwh ni.

Rupe da mcm M$ Windows dah. Siap ade start button lagi :P. Yg bestnye bile start nk masuk page tu siap buat detection cam linux plak aku tgk. kreatif².

Satu lagi aku nak cite pasal site utk modify korgnye blog. i mean this blogger la. bole tuka template mane yg menarik ikut pilihan korg tp masih limited lagi la. kt site ni jugak korg leh tgk cara camne nk buang NavBar blogger nih. hohoho template ni pun aku amik dr sane :). Ni dia linknya -> Blogger Templates. ok tu saje dulu nnt kalo ade tips² yg menarik aku share lagi k. chalos!

Mood: `_` (chinese style <- aik cam sepet lak aku tgk)

Programmer ?!

2005-07-17T05:00:00.000+08:00

You Might Be A Programmer If:

1. You immediately complain that this should be subscripted as zero.
2. Most people say "Go To Hell," but you tell people to redirect to /dev/null.
3. By the time you've gotten here in the document, you've run Tidy or a similar app to check my X/HTML skills.

4. The statement (0x2b!0x2b) makes sense to you.
5. You find 4 funny.
6. You note with disgust that it always evaluates to true, since 0x2b != 0.
7. Point 6 disgusts you, because under other languages than C++(Java, per se), it would throw an exception, runtime error, etc.

8. Both points 6 and 7 disgust you, because (0x2b!0x2b) isn't a statement.
9. You wonder why there's so much religious debate. After all,can't they just type man life?
10. When you think of Blowfish, the stuff described on http://www.blowfish.com/ has no relation to what comes to mind.

11. You can write formal grammar statements for C, C++, C#, Java,Perl, Python, PHP, HTML, any XML schema, Assembly, Obj-C, QBASIC, XBASIC, OO.o BASIC, StarMath, and just about anything else I could throw at you, and yet the question, "Is our children learning?" raises no red flags.

12.You quit drinking coffee; caffeine I/Vs are easier.
13.Your root@localhost password is the chemical formula for caffeine.
14.You didn't know that there was a war in Iraq: too busy preparing for the next gcc compiler release.

15.You wrote the GPL.

Disclaimer:
This joke was obtained from the FSF's email archives of the GNUProject. The Free Software Foundation claims no copyrights on this joke.

$Id: programmer.txt,v 1.1 2003/09/22 01:23:40 sinuhe Exp $

Komen: wakaka terasa lawak plak joke programmer nih. so kepada sape² yg terasa programmer tu mantap²kn la skill tu supaya keje lebih dasat dan cepat. bende ni aku jumpe mase aku surf tenet pastu jumpe virtual directory dia. so aku poskn kt blog aku utk tatapan sume.

Mood: -_- ngantuk nih zZz.

Woah.. PS3!

2005-07-15T12:07:00.000+08:00

When will PS3 come out?
At the end of a promotional video played during the PlayStation 3 launch event, the words “Spring 2006” were displayed on the screen – thus implying the console will be released sometime during this period. When exactly, and to which countries, is currently unknown. The rumors, however, point to a worldwide launch in March 2006.

How powerful will the PS3 be?
On paper, the PS3 is 2x more powerful than the Xbox 360 and 15x more powerful than the Nintendo Revolution. It has a processing capacity of 2.18 TFLOPS, which is put into context when you realise the FASTEST computers in existence can only do 36 Terraflops. It is said to be 35x more powerful than the PlayStation 2 is.

What will PS3 look like?
The PS3 design was unveiled at Sony’s E3 conference. It has an “outward feel” compared to the Xbox360’s “inward feel”. The console is approximately 13.5 inches in length and 3.5 inches wide as reported by IGN. This in contrast to the PS2 design is much larger and is closer in size to the original Xbox in size. The console’s “outward” design gives it a larger footprint for the console to stand vertically on its own without an add-on stand. The drive bay sits on the right side like the PS2 but instead of using a tray the discs slide into the drive much like a car CD player. Also the drive sits slightly back in the design giving the console a reminiscent look to the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Finally the console has the words “Playstation3” across the side in a font that is very close to the font used in Sony Pictures’ Spiderman movie.

Komen: hohoho mesti best punye la main game camni. spec dah tahap super computer dah. tak tahan aku nak tunggu tahun depan. tp mesti mahal punye kalo baru kuar.

Mood: (:

Javascript Common Mistakes

2005-07-11T10:32:00.001+08:00

haha saje je aku nak tulis pasal javascript nih. sebenanya javascript nih tak susah pun. same je macam java tapi lagi simplified. ok la tak nak cite panjang2 terus g kat common programming mistakes yg selalu terjadi bile aku nak tulis kod javascript nih.

1. Array mistake
mistake ni selalu terjadi bile kite nak baca kandungan array yang salah. contohnya kita declare kat form nama radiobutton 'rd01' tapi kita baca array tu sebagai 'rd00'. bile kite try baca mmg value dia tak akan kuar. yg kuar adalah 'undefined' sbb array yg kite baca adalah salah.

contoh coding:
< type="radio" name="rd01" value="1">
< type="radio" name="rd01" value="2">
< type="radio" name="rd01" value="3">

javascript salah:
< language="javascript">
for(i=0; i<3; i++) {
if(Frm.elements['rd00'][i].checked)
alert('checked'); //error berlaku di sini -> undefined
}
< /script>

javascript betul:
< language="javascript">
for(i=0; i<3; i++) {
if(Frm.elements['rd01'][i].checked)
alert('checked'); //hanya betulkan 'rd01'
}
< /script >

ok itu saje dulu untuk javascript common mistakes. nnt aku bagi tips lagi untuk javascript nih. cya blogs ;).

p/s: kalo korang nak lebih paham array lagi try tgk link utk post nih. aku ade include skali dalam post nih.

mood: hepi ^_^

huh?

2004-12-04T01:30:00.000+08:00

whoa so long not update my blog aa? hmm... i wonder what will happen if no blog exists in our internet system. ppl will be using old wordpad or that oldest diary to keep what happen in their recent life. so thanks to the inventor of blog. two thumbs up for them.

mood: 50-50 o_o

waazaa... knight builds.

2004-10-22T04:07:00.000+08:00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two Handed Sword build
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Increase HP recovery level 10
One handed sword mastery level 1
Two handed sword mastery level 10
Bash level 5
Magnum break level 3
Bash level 9
Provoke level 5
Endure level 1
Convert to Knight
Bash level 10
Two handed quicken level 10
Pecopeco Riding level 1
Cavalier Mastery level 5
Counter Attack level 5
Bowling Bash level 10

Str: 20
Dex: 20
Agi: 50
Str: 30
Dex: 25
Agi: 70
Str: 50
Dex: 31
Str: 60
Luk: 3
Agi: 80
Str: 80
Agi: 99
Str: 92

mwahahahaha RO again

2004-10-19T02:40:00.000+08:00

i start this game back because of the new server [PK Server]. just wanna try it out. maybe interesting. i'll be following this stat from Forever-Zero:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
THE HYBRID HUNTER
=================
More agi/dex
--------------
This build is the one I use, this does not mean it is the best but itdoes mean that I have had experience with it and know it works. Likeall hybrid builds, it takes the power of 2 important skills and cutseach in half to give you a bit of both. In this build, I put in moreAGI/DEX then Falcon. Here is the build for the hybrid Hunter:

20 DEX
20 AGI
30 DEX
35 AGI
20 LUK
40 DEX
20 INT
50 AGI
19 LUK
50 DEX
9 INT
65 AGI
70 DEX
80 AGI
80 DEX
90 AGI
90 DEX

Your final stats at level 99 should be: (Note your equipment will improve greatly on many of these stats. This also assumes you have owl'seye level 10)

1 STR
90 AGI
1 VIT
29 INT
90 DEX
39 LUK
------
Base Crit: 14
Hit: 200
Flee: 189
Cast Time: 32.6%
Lucky Dodge: 4
ASPD: 178.44 (fist) 167.66 (bow)
Min MATK: 45
Max MATK: 54
SP: 510
SP Regem: 49 minutes 28 seconds, 10.3 SP per minute
Auto Blitz Chance: 12.7%

Note that you don't need to follow this exactly. You may choose not toadd LUK/INT or you may chose to slot in DEX/AGI while you are addingLUK/INT. You can mold it to your liking. The same goes with the otherbuilds.

Here is the skill build I use:
==============================
Owl's Eye lvl 3
Vulture's Eye lvl 10
Owl's Eye lvl 10
Double Strafe lvl 10
Rest into Arrow Shower or Improve Concentration

Falcon Skill build:
===================
Beast Bane level 1
Falcon Mastery level 1
Blitzbeat level 5
Steal Crow level 10
Skid Trap level 1
Ankel Snare level 5
Flasher level 1
Shockwave Trap level 1
Freezing Trap level 1
Sandman level 1
Land Mine level 1 (note all these level 1 traps are just requirements)
Blast Mine level 1 (for Blastmine and Claymore Trap)
Claymore Trap level 5
Blastmine level 5
Freezing Trap level 5
Skid Trap level 5
[3 skill points left, do whatever you want. Maybe get talkie box ]

From http://www.roempire.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4074&highlight=hunter+guide

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
cya blog.

mood: cheerful (weh matahari atas kepala tuh) o.o

weh sahur weh

2004-10-16T14:06:00.000+08:00

"peh... best gile sahur kt utm. macam kt luar negara plak." itulah kate2 yg aku dengar masa aku sahur hari pertama tahun ni kt utm (final year lak tu). mane taknye sahur kt destina (projet). first2 ingat nak g mkn kt safiah tp pergh mcm sadin kt kedai tu. byk gile org sbb mase kitorg pegi tu pun dh time2 kritikal (waktu dah nak abis sahur dlm kul 4.30 pg). pastu g ayub pun same gak. alih2 last skali g destina la jawabnye. kt situ aku mkn megi tomyam ngan roti. sib baik kenyang. kalo tak susah gak esok nak pose. ape2 hal pun setel gak sahur.

minggu lepas kitorg wat gathering budak2 dck kat danga bay. gempak gak la gath ni siap ade live band lagi tu. tp band dr dck gak. sempoi beb. ah nanti bile2 nanti aku upload la sket gambar letak kt sini. mane la tau org nak tgk kan. tapi kalo nak dr website lain ade gak. tp website temporary je la. rafiq punye website (http://siswa.utm.my/~ac000365/). bleh tahan gak mamat nih punye site. ok la blog chalos. nanti wa kontek lu lagi.

ops lupa lak pasal fantasy minggu ni. aku ingat minggu depan aku nak tuka osman ngan routledge la. tu pun tak tentu lagi. ok la chalos.

mood: hepi ;)

Whoosh snap

2004-09-19T03:02:00.000+08:00

hmm... what a long time not publish in my own blog. nothing more to say just want to put this listing about my next players for fantasy premier league.

ronaldo -> okocha
osman -> ljungberg
baros -> pederson
reyes -> anelka

but there's a limit in this transfer. i'll thinking about it first. cya blog

Mood: a little blur :\

2003-09-16T13:41:00.000+08:00

hi watsup! this is my new updates...

12/9 (Fri) - DSS: try to run the server with playing the movie in playlist - problem: can't run the movies but mp3 can be played with winamp - solution: play the streaming files using quicktime with proxy-enabled

15/9 (Mon) - maintaining mrs. nazalina's pc from material department - downgrading
her xp to win 2000 because maximo can't function well in xp
16/9 (Tue) - DSS: try to figure out the problems using proxy technique

2003-09-11T14:29:00.000+08:00

21/7 (Mon) - PR Project: having problem with odbc connection - can't connect to MAXIMO database - solution: add Microsoft ActiveX Data Object 2.5 Library to main project
22/7 (Tue) - PR Project: completing search routines/functions for employee ID
23/7 (Wed) - PR Project: using datagrid object to make a simple report program
24/7 (Thu) - PR Project: implementing security functions
25/7 (Fri) - PR Project: implementing more advance security functions - five level of security

28/7 (Mon) - PR Project: make my program look nice
29/7 (Tue) - PR Project: testing the program to make sure the program is bug-free
30/7 (Wed) - completing my PR assignment - handling over my assignment to En. Hamid - briefing about STAR LRT's customer profile survey - the survey will start on 31st july to 8 august
31/7 (Thu) - make a survey on Chempaka station
1/8 (Fri) - same as above

4/8 (Mon) - same as above
5/8 (Tue) - make a survey on Masjid Jamek station
6/8 (Wed) - same as above
7/8 (Thu) - same as above
8/8 (Fri) - same as above - handling my survey papers to Pn. Sharifah (Marketing Dept.)

11/8 (Mon) - key in my survey data
12/8 (Tue) - got a fever, medical checkup (MC)
13/8 (Wed) - medical checkup (MC)
14/8 (Thu) - medical checkup (MC)
15/8 (Fri) - Drive Searcher: continue my visual c++ (vc) project - attend the Quality Control Circles (QCC) Convention

18/8 (Mon) - Drive Searcher: make a research on internet and books
19/8 (Tue) - Drive Searcher: implementing the search function
20/8 (Wed) - Drive Searcher: debug process
21/8 (Thu) - completing my Drive Searcher project
22/8 (Fri) - Internet Checker: continue this project using visual basic

25/8 (Mon) - Internet Checker: searching codes and trying to understand how it works
26/8 (Tue) - Internet Checker: implementing PING command
27/8 (Wed) - Internet Checker: trying to establish connection using my partner computer - done
28/8 (Thu) - Internet Checker: make sure the program is bug-free
29/8 (Fri) - finishing all the works and the Internet Checker program is complete.

1/9 (Mon) - make a simple program that can read email
2/9 (Tue) - implementing POP and SMTP protocol to that program
3/9 (Wed) - pc maintanence
4/9 (Thu) - running up a simple snort server on Intel Pentium 150Mhz with 16Mb RAM
5/9 (Fri) - maintain and setting up the server

8/9 (Mon) - pre-registration subjects at UTM Skudai
9/9 (Thu) - same as above
10/9 (Wed) - starting new project based on Darwin Streaming Server (DSS)
11/9 (Thu) - DSS: the mp3 and movie playlist can't be played - solution: upgrade my Red Hat 8.0 to 9.0 - done

mood: fuhh... what a long story :|

2003-07-18T10:29:00.001+08:00

3/7 (Thu) - preparing search drive function
4/7 (Fri) - starting vc project for the above statement

7/7 (Mon) - searching the main function using google website
8/7 (Tue) - completing the above project
9/7 (Wed) - assigned two new sub-project - (1) checking internet connection - (2)trying to figure out SMTP protocol and how it work
10/7 (Thu) - studying the first sub-project
11/7 (Fri) - studying the second sub-project

14/7 (Mon) - helping shima completing her progress bar
15/7 (Tue) - working with en. hamid to make an application for purchase requisition (PR) - using vb and odbc database
16/7 (Wed) - make a simple sub-program to figure out maximum value in database
17/7 (Thu) - make a report sub-program for the PR project
18/7 (Fri) - make a search routine for the PR project

mood: feeling ok :|

2003-07-02T21:54:00.000+08:00

walaweii... today i've done nothing but playing too much at office. hmm... if mr. hamid know... for sure he will smile :). he was a kind man that always help me to settle my problem. but i'm not playing too much, sometimes i'm looking back at my assignment. i've been assign to settle the cms project, working on grouping user and login page. i think i must settle it all tomorrow cause i wanna make it quick. then... i'll go to my next assignment. using MS Visual C++ 6.0 to make search application. ok laa... esok esok aku tulih lagi ye.. chalos amigos!

note: cms=content management system

mood: feeling orait ;).

2003-06-17T10:50:00.000+08:00

Edit my template to make it look interesting...
Hmm... this look nice. what am i doing now? just browse the internet and looking something that can attract me. today, i've been invited by mr. farid to attend juzt-reboot session. it kind of cool stuff that can restore your own pc back to normal if ur pc was attacked by unknown virus, malicious setting or other change to ur system. sigh... i know this product long time ago when i hanging out with my friend at pc fair that was held at pwtc, kl. however... it'll help u to save alot of ur time from formatting ur hard disk causing by virus. ewah ewah ewah promote nampak brg nih. kikiki... ;). cya later blog.

2003-06-17T09:52:00.000+08:00

Just testing the interface...