Venue: Padang in front of Amcorp Mall, next to A&W Restaurant, Petaling Jaya (Google Map) Time: 8pm Date: Every Sunday Come one, come all. Please bring along your own candles (red & yellow) & wear your RPK t-shirts. T-shirts will be available for sale on-site subject to stock availability. Let’s show our support ...

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Hindraf has been declared Illegal and a threat to nasional security!!

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Bernama) — The Hindu Rights Actions Force (Hindraf) has been declared an illegal organisation from today, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

In a statement issued here, Syed Hamid said the decision to declare Hindraf as an illegal organisation was made following the ministry being satisfied with facts and evidence that showed Hindraf had and was being used for unlawful purposes and posed a threat to public order and morality.

“Based on powers vested under Section 5(1) of the Societies Act, Hindraf from today is declared an illegal organisation,” he said.

He said the order was being made as a result of monitoring and investigation on the organisation’s activities by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and Home Ministry, since Hindraf’s inception.

Syed Hamid said if left unchecked, Hindraf would continue to pose a threat to public order, the security and sovereignty of the country as well as the prevailing racial harmony.

I wrote a article about Sun Tzu’s Art of war concept of nip it in the bud. This is a age old tactic of crisis management which is expired in my view, the Home ministry obviously doesn’t seem to feel the same way about it

Source : The Star | Mkini

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Hindraf is Officialy Illegal

The banning of Hindraf by the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hamid Albar must be deplored in the strongest possible terms. It is a retrogressive, vindictive and petty step which will hamper the nation-building healing process vital for Malaysians to feel one and united people again. Instead of reaching out to the Malaysian Indian community to resolve [...]

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou’s latest album, “Capricorn” (魔杰座), is officially released today (Oct 15) across Asia. Cool album cover; and his first promotional track “Fragrance of Rice” (稻香) sounds pretty nice (music video after the pics)…

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我所在的部门共有五个人，从副理到平面设计就我一个女的，四男分别是副理胡子、很会吃的大卫王、很细心的龙哥和全部门年纪最小但是已经当爸爸的小帅爸爸。每天吃饭时间都是我们五个，加刚刚调去楼下客户服务部的一个小女孩。

自从怀孕了在家里就被双喜爸捧着，回到公司就被四位男同事看（kan1）着，怎么呢？比如刚怀上的时候刚好碰上办公室位置乾坤大挪移，四男的就趁我周末休假的时候大搬特搬了，等星期一回到办公室一切安好开工。

后来因为桌上的布告板歪了，想着很简单的事，就找出钉枪想把板打好。大卫王看见我找钉枪，很紧张的：“做什么？你找钉枪做什么？你想打什么？”我说找钉枪还能杀人不成，布告板歪了。他抓着钉枪：“那里？”我伸手要拿钉枪：“这里，我自己打可以了。”他抓着钉枪避开我伸过去的手不放：“去、去、去，大肚子那里可以做这些事。”然后就哒、哒、哒的把布告板弄正了。

吃饭的时候……“龙眼海底椰。”龙哥瞪起双眼：“你刚才吃饭才吃了凉瓜，想在又吃海底椰！不可以，太凉了。”

第二天吃饭……“哇，今天有萝卜汤！！！”勺了一饭碗的萝卜准备大开杀戒……“白萝卜很凉，不可以吃！”小帅爸爸说。

下午吃点心……“你做么你做么？” “什么？” “黄梨塔是你可以吃的吗？吃饼干！” 什么日子哦？

“哈！沙葛！” “不可以！凉。”

“大白菜好吃。” “不可以，凉。”

“哇！咖啡冰淇淋！” “No，咖啡因。”

“哦也，咖喱羊肉。” “No、no、no、怀孕不可以吃羊肉。”

工作的时候……打印机出了问题，我“操！”了一声，胡子说：“嘘，胎教，注意胎教。”

大卫王（大胃王）很关心的问：“你想吃什么？你想吃我们就去吃。”是你自己附近的吃腻了想出去吃好不好，不要把帐算在我肚子上。好吧，“我想吃那个你常常说很好吃的咖喱面。” “好，我们去吃。”

怀孕真好。

The first thing Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did as Defence Minister was to announce on 26th September that the Defence Ministry has agreed to acquire new helicopters from European helicopter manufacturer, the Eurocopter, to replace the Nuri. This RM2 billion deal lacks accountability and integrity. Four helicopters had been “short-listed” by the Ministry [...]

Here at security.org.my we always try to highlight breaches of privacy and personal data, especially on Malaysian government websites. Needless to say, there have been a lot of cases where government websites leaked personal data such as MyKad ID number, home and email addresses. Not only that, a few websites have weak security protection of these data. However, the leak of 36 million personal information of school children by Indonesia's Ministry of Education tops them all. 36 million! All

Character :16 yr old , face made up, black singlet and pink shorts ( good results in the PMR examinations ) Bengbeng: Surprised to see you here. Shouldn’t you be in school or something? Jane : Not in the mood today. It is all my mother’s fault. I have been so busy with my job. ( part-time [...]

Here are the hot news in Malaysia as of 12:00pm today. One of the hottest news today is about the reduction of the fuel price. The Malaysian government have reduced the fuel price following the trend of the global fuel price. Starting today, the RON 97 has dropped from RM 2.45 to RM 2.30 per [...]

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Another government website, this time eSILAv2 , especially the HLP (Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan), has directory indexing turned on, and supposedly protected directories containing private information open to the world. Here are some screenshots: A web directory with indexing turned on. Yo, Options -Indexes will fix that. A SQL dump file. Yo, limit access to sensitive files using htaccess. This is the most interesting

1. Sewaan Helikopter. Pada pertengahan tahun 2007, Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri telah diarahkan oleh Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri untuk menyewa 34 buah helikopter daripada syarikat Asiacopter selama 30 tahun. Anggaran kos penyewaan ini ialah RM20 billion. Cadangan PDRM kepada kerajaan di bawah Rancangan Malaysia Ke-9 ialah membeli 8 buah helikopter dengan peruntukan [...]

Junket to Taiwan, what have BN BBC learned? Revise the obsolete 2009 Budget (Post and Video) HSBB - High Speed BroadBand, why subsidy to Tm Net? Why no open access? (Post and video) Eurocopter adding to the collection of defense purchase scandals; Scorpene Submarine, Sukhoi Jet (post and video) Police Helicopter Purchase and E-Police (Post and Video) Utusan again (Post and Video)

M. Bakri Musa Book Review: Islam And The Secular State: Negotiating The Future of Shari’a, by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 324 pp, Indexed, US $35.00, 2008. Every so often I would read a book that would profoundly affect me. I have yet however, to get two such books written by the [...]

I just stumbled on a site that is able to make free calls from PC to phone. Perhaps there are other better site or method to make calls from PC to phone, but this is something I just happen to know when checking out some forums and thought of sharing it with all of you.

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I’ve tested calling my land line and even my cellphone, both rang!

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Dear Abang Azman,

The Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) is a media institution that trains journalists for the country.

Your CEO, Chamil Wariya, is a seasoned writer who 'nomaded' from Utusan Melayu Group to TV3 and then to journalistic oblivion, often times due to circumstances forced by political masters who assumed and/or vacated the political musical chair. I must also say that many in the media circle do believe he also ghost-writes Dr Khir Toyo's biography once upon a time when vitamins M ran low.

To be frank, that MPI picks him up as the chief to train our journalists is not a bad thing. Being fed years on Umno's life support system over extended years and judging from his experience in producing news, Chamil is a deft hand in spinning news if situation warrants it. Which is not a bad thing, really, as there are already tycoons who do journalism as a hobby.

What is bad is when he writes a short story (cerpen) in an Umno-owned paper that spits venom. The most recent incident was last Sunday, in Mingguan Malaysia (October 12, 2008). Chamil has never been known as a cerpen auteur, let alone a polkished dark humourist.

The cerpen is titled 'Politik Baru YB J'. The stinger is embedded in the epitaph:

YB Josephine adalah ancaman terhadap keharmonian. Lebih baik riwayatnya ditamatkan supaya masyarakat berbilang kaum boleh tinggal aman damai di negara bertuah ini. Saya berkorban untuk masa depan.

YB Josephine was shot dead -- suicide-killer style -- in a Malaysian setting. But, who is this YB Josephine or YB J among us Honourable Members of Parliament?

I have strong reasons to believe that Chamil Wariya was targetting YB Teresa Kok, as the the premise-setting of his story resembles the recent life story of the affable YB. I will showcase these resemblance for you top understand the graphical details.

But I also believe Chamil was targetting DAP, or Parti Tindakan Demokratik, of which Teresa Kok is a member -- a member from the Pembangkang.

Chamil Wariya made a freudian slip when, by refering to Parti Orang Melayu as POM, he referred to Parti Orang Cina (POC) as Parti Bertindak Rakyat
, where 'tindakan' or 'bertindak' is to insinuate one of the root words for DAP as a political party.

How wrong was Chamil because in Malaysia, the real POC -- the race-based Chinese-centric political by constitution and by composition -- is none other than the MCA.

There rest of Chamil's cerpen has racist tone repeated and regurgitated throughout the story, which ended for a call for suicide-assassin to take care of the YB's life, like this, where Teresa Kok swims and floats throughout the wordy imagery:

1. PAGI itu resah YB Josephine, yang lebih mesra dengan panggilan YB J sukar dikawal. Sepanjang perjalanan menuju ke Dewan Perhimpunan Warga Cha di ibu kota, fikirannya terganggu. Tuduhan bahawa dia anti-Islam dan anti-Melayu sungguh-sungguh menghantui perasaannya sejak malam tadi lagi.

2. ...walaupun dilihat anti- Melayu, anti-Islam sebagai hak asasi tinggal dalam sebuah negara demokrasi. Bukankah kebebasan asasi itu dijamin oleh Perkara 5 hingga Perkara 13 Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Tetapi YB J akui demokrasi ada yang tidak sempurna dan kerap disalahgunakan oleh pihak yang berkuasa. Tetapi hakikat itu tidak menghalang rakyat menempatkan pembangkang di Dewan Rakyat. YB Josephine adalah salah seorang daripadanya.

3. Ah, tudahan dia anti-Islam, anti-Melayu tuduhan yang melulu bentak YB J seolah-olah mahu menyedapkan dirinya.. Ia juga tuduhan yang tidak berasas, hati kecilnya bersuara lagi. Dia meyakinkan dirinya bahawa kenyataankenyataan yang dibuatnya atas nama pelbagai kaum untuk memperjuangkan kepentingan kaumnya, bukan sesuatu yang rasis. Amensty International, organisasi hak asasi antarabangsa akan menyetujuinya. Begitu juga dengan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu. Ketua Pembangkang, di Parlimen pun tidak pernah menganggapnya rasis. Yang menganggapnya rasis hanya orang Melayu di dalam Parti Orang Melayu (POM).

4. “Aku juga bukan anti-Islam. Aku bukan anti Melayu,” pujuk hati YB J yang sudah dua penggal bergelar YB itu, mewakili Parti Bertindak Rakyat.

5. Kata hatinya lagi: “Aku sekadar memperjuangkan kepentingan kaum aku, sama seperti pemimpin Melayu dalam POM memperjuangkan kepentingan bangsanya, sama seperti pemimpin Parti Orang Islam (POI) berjuang untuk bangsa menggunakan wajah Islamnya.”

6. Apa yang membanggakan dia adalah perjuangan yang dianggap anti-Melayu dan anti-Islam itu kini turut disokong pengundi-pengundi Melayu di kawasan pilihan rayanya itu. Pada mulanya dia sendiri terkejut apabila dimaklumkan sebahagian besar pengundi Melayu yang merupakan 20 peratus keseluruhan pemilihan berdaftar dalam kawasan Parlimen Alam Maya telah memangkahnya.

7. POM sendiri sedang menghadapi pergolakan yang hebat berkait dengan kepimpinannya. Pertarungan kepentingan puak-puak di dalam parti sedang mengambil tempatnya. Kalaulah tidak kerana kedudukan politik kerajaan agak lemah selepas kehilangan majoriti dua pertiga, sudah lama Operasi Lalang, seperti yang pernah dibuat pada 1987, dilaksanakan, agaknya. Mungkin juga tidak kerana di bawah kepimpinan sekarang, kerajaan mengambil sikap yang lebih liberal terhadap para pengkritiknya.

8. ...mungkin perasaan YB J terganggu dengan tindakan kalangan yang tidak diketahui siapa mereka melempar bom petrol ke rumah keluarga ahli Parlimen Sepohon Beringin, Su Lan. Barangkali, fikir [...], YB J, bimbang kejadian yang sama boleh menimpa diri atau keluarganya.

9. Mana tahu selepas keluarga Su Lan, bosnya YB J pula yang menjadi mangsa. Dan yang dilempar itu bom betul-betul. Meletup pula.

10. Tetapi fikir [...], amaran kalau tidak diendahkan berbahaya. Dia teringat apa yang diceritakan berlaku pada 13 Mei 1969. Bapanya menceritakan dalam tragedi selepas pilihan raya umum pada 10 Mei itu, orang Cina dan Melayu berbunuh-bunuhan. Perjuangan yang mahu menafikan hak-hak istimewa orang Melayu dan kaum bumiputera lain yang dijamin oleh Perlembagaan Persekutuan, tidak dapat diterima oleh mereka. Kata-kata kesat dan menghina orang Melayu oleh para penyokong parti-parti pembangkang sewaktu berarak meraikan kemenangan besar di Kuala Lumpur dan bandar-bandar utama lain pada pilihan raya 1969 itu tidak dapat ditelan oleh orang Melayu. Parang yang terbiar tumpul selama ini diasah tajam. Dalam keadaan itu tercetuslah pergaduhan yang dahsyat menyebabkan Parlimen digantung dan pemerintahan darurat diisytiharkan.

11. “Mat, saya ni anti-Melayu dan anti-Islam ke?,” YB J secara mendadak mengulang semula pertanyaannya apabila tiada jawapan daripada pemandunya.

12. " Ini soal persepsi YB. Persepsinya begitulah. Hakikatnya YB tidak membenci Melayu tidak juga membenci Islam. YB sekadar memperjuangkan kepentingan kaum YB. Tidak salah YB berbuat demikian. Kalau YB tidak memperjuangkan kepentingan kaum YB sendiri, siapa lagi. Tetapi cara YB itu barangkali disalahertikannya.”

13. “...YB mahu menghapuskan tulisan jawi dan ganti dengan tulisan Cina . Bagi mereka itu bukan perjuangan pelbagai kaum. Ia perjuangan satu kaum. Kalau benar pelbagai kaum, YB patut mempertahankan tulisan jawi.” [...]

Coming to a crescendo over the POM-POC polemic, and then came the suicide killing.

Apabila YB J bangun untuk menuju ke rostrum ucapan, seorang anak muda dari belakang pentas berjalan tenang menuju ke arahnya. YB J tersenyum kepadanya. Dia menyangka anak muda seketurunan dengannya ingin mengiringinya ke rostrum atau bersalaman dengannya.

YB J menghulurkan tangan. Tiba-tiba YB J tergaman dan berdiri kaku. Dia tidak percaya dengan apa yang dilihatnya. Tergenggam erat pada tangan anak muda yang seolah-olah mahu membalas salam tangan yang dihulur itu ialah sepucuk pistol jenis Revolver yang betul-betul diajukan ke arah dada YB J.

Tanpa berkata apa-apa, anak muda itu melepaskan beberapa das tembakan. Salah satu daripadanya tepat mengenai jantung YB J. Dia rebah ke lantai. [...]

Apabila pihak polis tiba di tempat kejadian, kedua-dua mereka - YB J dan anak muda yang berpakaian kemas itu, sudah tidak lagi bernyawa.

Sewaktu pemeriksaan dibuat ke atas mayat anak muda yang tidak dikenali itu, terselit sehelai nota yang ditaip rapi, ditulis dalam bahasa Kebangsaan.

And here comes the epilogue for YB J, in plain Malay:

YB Josephine adalah ancaman terhadap keharmonian. Lebih baik riwayatnya ditamatkan supaya masyarakat berbilang kaum boleh tinggal aman damai di negara bertuah ini. Saya berkorban untuk masa depan.

It's no April's Fool joke of Kee Thuan Chye-kind, as the Star Editor might be the next target:

Dia teringat buku Kee Thuan Chye yang berjudul 8 Mac The Day Malaysian Woke Up. Momentum rakyat Malaysia atau lebih tepat lagi warga bukan Melayu Malaysia yang sudah jaga dari lena itu mesti ditingkatkan. Pagi itu dia berazam untuk berbuat demikian.

Abang Azman, is this the message MPI is sending out to Malaysian journalists that you train?

Best regards
YB J (YB Jeff)

pybroccoli is a Python binding for Broccoli, the Bro communication library. It is only available for Bro 1.4 version, and is bundled with the Bro 1.4 pre-release version. You can also get the latest development version from Robin's svn tree. In this post, I am installing it from bro 1.4 pre-release version. Here are the steps: [root@bro-server /home/mel/bro-1.4.prerelease.1]# pwd /home/mel/bro-1.4.prerelease.1 [root@bro-server /home/mel/bro-1.4.prerelease.1]# cd

We haven’t really been to Sentul all that often recently, but no doubt there have been quite a few happenings there in terms of property watching. Although not as ‘hot’ as Mont’Kiara or Damansara Somewhere, Sentul is basically an old established neighbourhood that is slowly (but surely) catching up with the times. Some of our associates that have lived and grown up in Sentul can attest to it being a nice place to live, but of course a little bit overcrowded like most parts of KL.

But many people living out Sentul may not know that about a decade ago, there were some big plans by a few developers (YTL and Bintai Kindenko being a couple of them) to carry out large scale development in the area, which includes re-developing old areas and some KTM land. But post-financial crisis (the 1997, not the one we’re facing now) these plans had to been rescaled, and in some cases, scrapped altogether (YTL is one who survived the crunch to launch their masterplan).

These days, smaller developers are working of any available small land in this area, going for condo since most of the plots are that size. 1Sentul is located just along Jalan Sentul, the thoroughfare that has is an integral linkway in the city since the 60’s. It is very near a few well-known schools, folks using this stretch of Jalan Sentul would be well aware of the congestion during school peak hours. The plot of land is right beside the chinese temple and there is also an old wooden house beside it. The sales people have told us that the wooden house will be demolished by another developer who has acquired the land. But of course, there is also a possibility nothing will happen since the developer isn’t the one who owns that piece of land.

The sales people also mentioned the proposed DUKE highway will also benefit the condo since the planned Sentul Pasar interchange is very near here.

Across the road from 1Sentul is the Sri Suajaya which has been around for a good many years. In this area the are quite a few other condos, ranging from the Pelangi condo and Alampuri, to the more upmarket YTL’s Saffron in Sentul East, Casa Idaman and the Rivercity, the latter two located along Jalan Ipoh. Sentul East is not apples to apples comparison here though, that is a massive development with all the features of a mixed development compared to 1Sentul.

But coming back to 1Sentul, there are two identical towers built on a common podium that almost squarish in shape. There are no basement parking floors, from the ground floor up until the 4th floor are parking levels for the tenants. The fifth floor is the where the common facilities are located. With the space constraint of a small land like 1Sentul, it is understandable that the facilities are not extraordinary, only what you would expect fron this price structure.

Each block has 4 wings arranged orthogonally like the points of a compass (but the alignment is slightly off north) and each wing has two conjoined units giving a total of 8 units per floor. This is one of their main selling points - each unit is a so-called “corner unit”. Definitely it has its benefits - more privacy, better ventilation and more window space, and fewer units per floor. There are only two types of units available, and each floor has 4 of each type. The smaller unit is 1,081sq. ft. while the larger is at a generous 2,709sq. ft. Ath 1,081sq.ft. the unit is quite large, and this makes the unit price more substantial due to the price per square foot. They’ve eschewed the idea of providing a few smaller units (usually about 800sq.ft.) on the lower floors to attract entry level purchasers. From this we can see that the target market are family units and investors. Both unit types are quite similar, with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.

Currently the developers are offering 2 parking bays for every unit, and are also throwing in some freebies like kitchen cabinet per unit, but please check with the salespeople for the latest details.

We mentioned the price per square foot earlier, it is at an average of RM280psf. The price of the units start from RM305,800 up to RM903,800, bulked up because of the large build up.

Bottomline - do we like the condo? We okay with it, its more suitable for people looking to stay or invest in the area. Outsiders may not be comfortable with the pricing or surroundings, but its actually a decent buy.

Project Name	1Sentul
Location	Jalan Sentul, Kuala Lumpur
Description	Residential condominium
Land type	Freehold
Development size	2.6 acre
Encumbrance	EON Bank
Price	RM305,800 - RM903,800 (on the average about RM280psf
Unit size	1,081 - 2,709sq. ft.
No of units	284
Launch Date	now available
Expected Completion	Jan 2011
Developer	Sentul Perdana Sdn. Bhd.
Contact	03 – 4022 3813
Website	www.1sentul.com.my

Joost, the FREE online IP TV company announced the moved to full Flash-based player which we are now download free. If you are an already signed up user, you just need to type in www.joost.com and login to watch a video. Well, the new Flash web-based version allows a deeper social experience to all users bringing closer gap in the social nature of video into the online world. The video content in Joost has been doubled up and Joost is currently offerring 46,000 professionally-produced videos and more than 8,000 hours of video entertainment.

I am excited after reading this news and quickly login to Joost. The experience is totally different now. I don’t need to worry about installing the Joost beta player like previous into all the PCs or laptops whenever I want to watch video. Just open your favourite browser. Type in www.joost.com and you can start watching video now. I am watching CSI New York now (please see screen shot above). This is much simpler that the previous version of Joost. Try and feel the difference now with Joost.

This is just to share a simple script - “How to find out VM guest MAC address for each VMware ESX” server as below:

## Script START here

#!/bin/bash
#
# Get VM Guest Mac Address - getmacadd.sh
#
# The getmacadd.sh script must run as root on VMware ESX server.
#
# This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution
#
# Change Log:
# 15 Oct 2008 - version 0.1
#

export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

id_check() {

if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]
then
echo “You must be root to run this script!”
exit
fi
}

id_check

for COUNT in $(vmware-cmd -l); do
echo `echo $COUNT|awk -F’/’ ‘{print $6}’`
echo ” “`echo $COUNT`
echo ” “`cat $COUNT|grep “displayName”`
#MAC Address may refer to “Address” instead of “generatedAddress”
echo ” “`cat $COUNT|grep “generatedAddress”`
echo
done

## Script END here

Result Example:

KULVMSLES01.vmx
/vmfs/volumes/4827fff4-c35f1a3e-299c-002aa0288d45/KULVMSLES01/KULVMSLES01.vmx
displayName = “KULVMSLES01″
ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:50:56:8a:54:c1″

KULVMWIN2K8.vmx
/vmfs/volumes/47da2ced-93f44308-e601-0025171a435a/KULVMWIN2K8/KULVMWIN2K8.vmx
displayName = “KULVMWIN2K8″
ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:50:57:8a:6f:be”

Anyway, you can get Linux MAC Address by running command:
/sbin/ifconfig -a | grep “HWaddr” | cut -d ” ” -f 11

Example:
KULVMSLES01:# ifconfig -a | grep “HWaddr” | cut -d ” ” -f 11
00:1A:A0:2C:CA:C1

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This are the steps that I follow to install Bro 1.4 pre-release version on FreeBSD 7. Add the user bro to your system. Bro will run as this user Download Bro 1.4 pre-release version here . fetch http://www.icir.org/robin/tmp/bro-1.4.prerelease.1.tar.gz . tar xzvf bro-1.4.prerelease.1.tar.gz && cd bro-1.4.prerelease.1 && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bro14 && make && make install make install-brolite . Unlike previous versions, make install-brolite does

Despite everyone saying that our Malaysian online advertising network, Advertlets are not paying, I still gave them a try and accumulated the minimum payment of RM100. This is because I still see some prominent blogger who promotes their service. My payment is now 2 and a half months due from the day I ask for my payment.

Here is what I have copied out from the FAQ, it seems that they do have the intention not paying or delaying the payment indefinitely because there is no mention of the processing time taken (I though I recall seeing some processing time)

When will I receive my money after I request a cashout?

By default we pay all publishers by check. After your account has accumulated exactly or more than RM100, you will see a cashout button. Once you’ve requested a cashout, we will send your check via mail for Malaysian publishers and Air mail for our Intern

As of today, Oct 15,2008, my payment status remains unpaid.

Did erase my username and shorten the bar so that it could be inserted on this blog easily.

I would guess that they will claim that I have click fraud and it is under investigation therefore it is slow (this is what I have read from other blog comments).

The good thing is that I have switch to other advertisements network after I got my minimum RM100 because of all the rumours. I guess I am not going back then.

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Lol. But How thirsty can you get when the waterfall is just few steps away. I guess he likes his own pee better than the unfiltered artificial waterfall water.

I never knew how on earth you read a barcode and since there has been so much drama bout stuff that are made in China being dangerous etc etc…This is a useful tip to know where a product is made by simply checking out the first 3 digits of a barcode.

Since piracy is a very prevalent problem here and i was wondering how difficult would it be to change from made in China to made in Italy for instance?? Bar codes may be the next level of our checking process.

Look out for the first 3 digits and if they are of a certain number, they are from a certain country :

Malaysia - 955

China - 690 - 695

Singapore - 888

Mongolia - 865

And the full list is HERE

So the next time you have got to buy some food stuff and want to be very sure of its country of origin, print the list and take it along!! Can never be too sure

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The growing giant that is Apple has launched a new line of laptops. I own a Macbook myself and I must say that although I’m quite happy with it, the new version looks pretty enticing. Let’s stack them up against each other and Dell’s counterpart of the same specs.

My Macbook (bought January 2007 for USD999 w/ student discount)
Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger
1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (bought separately for USD89)
60GB HDD
Graphics: Intel GM 950 64MB VRAM
13.3″ screen

The New Macbook (launched 10/14/2008 priced at USD1299 w/o discount)
Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard
2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 1066MHz DDR3 Memory
160GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
13.3″ screen

Dell Inspiron 13 (currently priced at USD649)
Windows Vista Home Premium
1.86Mhz Pentium Dual Core
1GB DDR2 RAM
160GB HDD
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
13.3″ screen

To summarize the specs, Dell’s Inspiron 13 easily beats Apple in the price combat; add $100 to it and you get even better specs.

As for my Macbook, it is only lacking in a good graphics card and HDD space. What about the operating system? To tell you the truth, I really like OSX. If Leopard has not been made available yet, I’m completely satisfied and content with Tiger.

So what is exactly that you are paying for if you buy the new Macbook? Aside from Leopard, which is currently the undisputed champion in the OS world (in terms of functionality), you have an array of new features.

An Aluminum body enclosure
LED Backlit display
Advanced NVIDIA graphics
New glass trackpad
Environmentally friendly aspects
And lets not forget: an awesome design

Perhaps I have missed out some other brand new features, but these are the highlights. It seems to me that you are forking out cash for bells and whistles that you can certainly live without. As for putting up with the bloated Windows Vista if you buy a Dell, there is a remedy.

So what is my final verdict? If you currently own a Macbook, don’t by the new one unless yours is really old (think OSX 10.2 or 10.3). If you live in a shoebox and don’t have a laptop yet, get the Dell. If you light cigars with dollar bills, then you’ll be fine with the latest lowest-end Macbook Pro for USD1999 as your only computer.

Additional note: I don’t care who you are, I recommend you try a Mac. Its operating system alone is enough to turn the other cheek. The learning curve is not as steep as many would think. Don’t take my word for it, Google reviews of Vista and Leopard.

伟哥哪里看到这个“十二星座的第一名”，虽然一向来不很相信星座，但是这个……都及神准的嚄。

水瓶座 (20/1 - 19/2)
好奇第一名，好学第一名，创意第一名，另类第一名，创造力第一名。

双鱼座 (20/2 - 20/3)
心软第一名，敏感第一名，多疑第一名，爱作梦第一名，胡思乱想第一名。

牡羊座 (21/3 - 20/4)
冲动第一名，做事后悔第一名，火气大第一名，大胆第一名，敢爱敢恨第一名。

金牛座 (21/4 - 20/5)
稳重第一名，节俭第一名，贪财第一名，可靠第一名，吃苦耐劳第一名。

双子座 (21/5 - 21/6)
八卦第一名，聪慧第一名，Crazy第一名，幽默第一名，多话第一名。

巨蟹座 (22/6 - 22/7)
体贴第一名，爱吃第一名，爱家第一名，孝顺第一名，多愁善感第一名。

狮子座 (23/7 - 22/8)
自信第一名，爱现第一名，要面子第一名，品味第一名，风度第一名。

处女座 (23/8 - 22/9)
细心第一名，挑剃第一名，爱乾净第一名，小题大做第一名，吃醋第一名。

天秤座 (23/9 - 22/10)
爱美第一名，犹豫第一名，懒惰第一名，善辩第一名，公正第一名。

天蝎座 (23/10 - 21/11)
痴情第一名，扮酷第一名，魅力第一名，冷冰冰第一名，理智第一名。

射手座 (22/11 - 21/12)
贪玩第一名，糊涂第一名，可爱第一名，勇於尝试第一名，心无城府第一名。

摩羯座 (22/12 - 19/1)
严肃第一名，镇定第一名，忍耐第一名，认真第一名，保守第一名。

Another great news from Asus!

Asus has launched a 15.6in touchscreen desktop PC, dubbed the Eee Top.

It’s come with 1GB of memory, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 160GB hard disk, built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam, a set of stereo speakers, wired keyboard, mouse, Sun Microsystem’s Star Office and Microsoft Windows XP.

The Asus Eee All-In-One touchscreen is available for pre-order now on Play.com for £399.99 with free delivery, and is due for release on 20 November.

At least once a week, I have people telling me they liked my Blogspot more than NoktahHitam.  Of course, it was in simple English, a few word twister, WAH LA,.. a post. Damn!

If I were given a chance to choose, I’ll stick with the old me. Unfortunately, everybody matures, like cheese and wine. Damn!

I guess everyone I know is reading NH, including my clients and family. I had to play it a key lower. Damn!

It could also be complacency. I’m no longer mad at the world. Damn!

Perhaps I’m earning twice as much as I used too. Big bucks, bigger ego. Damn!

Or because people know who I am. I have to be polite no matter what. Damn!

I’ve stated repetitively, I want to marry a doctor. I can’t be the-boy-your-daddy-warned-you-about anymore. Damn!

In search of fame and followers, I sold myself. Damn!

I think I messed up. Damn!

In short, Damn!

ps: Replace Damn with Babilah.

pss: *Babilah is a bad word. Don’t address it to others but yourself.

psss: With this post, I declare “babilah” as my shared trademark. Anyone caught using it as their blog title will be hacked.

Well the cat is out of the bag ,the new Microsoft OS which is due to be launched in a couple of years time. But why is it called Windows 7? There were all kinds of theories of the naming. Some very very bizarre justification but some were practical . Now the VISTA Blog’s Mike Nash explained the justification behind the the naming of the much anticipated OS.

The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, the third Windows 3.0.

Here’s where things get a little more complicated.  Following Windows 3.0 was Windows NT which was code versioned as Windows 3.1. Then came Windows 95, which was code versioned as Windows 4.0.  Then, Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Millennium each shipped as 4.0.1998, 4.10.2222, and 4.90.3000, respectively. So we’re counting all 9x versions as being 4.0.

Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1, even though it was a major release we didn’t’ want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility.

That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0.  So we see Windows 7 as our next logical significant release and 7^th in the family of Windows releases.

So there you have it it was a simple numbering system with the OS’s that were launched which ultimately equated to the new OS being the 7th version hence WINDOWS 7

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In The Magician there is a character that goes around telling everybody that there is no magic. That all practioners in different fields just have different bodies of knowledge with which they build insitutions around to make themselvse feel more important.

Hardly insightful.

True. It's a pretty old and repeated theme, often in science related circles. It extends to other fields as well. An English teacher once said to me, "The more you learn English, the less others understand you". Followed by, "People also use language for power by using these words (jargon)".

This isn't the only cause of jargon. They also exist to simplify communications for complicated concepts. I'm lucky I didn't go through the Malaysian education system which shoehorns Arts and Science students into streams. If you study different fields it'll help you see what's common across different areas of study, and be able to better understand and apply what's being worked on in one field in another.

An example of this is the design process. We were taught to:

• Work through dozenss if possible of rough sketches and concepts first, possibly as a team, brainstorming different ideas, sometimes working apart to come out with radically different approaches.
• Pick a few of the best, but different approaches and work on a bit detailed concepts.
• Involve the clients early to show the initial concepts, get feedback, refine one or two of the best approaches.
• Get back to client again for further feedback.
• Create full scale mockup (if 3D) or detailed rendering.
• Get more feedback.
• Work on final prototype.

...

Sound familiar? Agile development, Editorial workflow, Scientific process.. etc. Jargon for similar concepts.

There is no magic.

You'll see that most good developers know a few programming languages also. It's important to take a step back sometimes and observe how other people in fields do things. Quite often, they're working on different sort magic, but underneath it, they're often trying to achieve solutions to similar problems in a different way that you can learn from. In my final year, I studied with a physics student. Common language was mathematical models, though mine were far simpler. I also studied with friends doing IT, CS, linguistics, anthropology and philosophy. This has helped immensely, even if it was not obvious then. For example on the topic of Quality, it's philosophical even. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one such book that may help to better understand issues that effect all of us. When you struggle to define something, such as "What Makes A Senior (Devleoper)" then, maybe you can learn a lot from fields of study that have had to grapple with trying to understand something that's hard to define.

Other random notes:

• Paul Krugman won this year's Nobel Economics prize. Here's an autobiographical article on how he works: http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/howiwork.html
• The stuff I'm working on that people love to hate, runs sites like this: http://nasascience.nasa.gov

American born idol Leah Dizon, 22, who makes her fame in Japan, shocked her fans at the end of a concert in Shibuya on Tuesday (Oct 14) with the announcement of her marriage and pregnancy [via Tokyograph]

Leah’s wedding was held last Friday at Hilton Tokyo Hotel in Shinjuku. Her husband is a Japanese stylist (in his 20s) whom she first met around a year ago while working on a CD cover. The couple should be expecting their baby around March 2009.

Check out the video of Leah making the announcement at the concert [thanks to bb]

Enjoy your wedding life Leah and have a healthy baby.

Leah Dizon is married and pregnant by YeinJee

Mahathir Mohamad And Mohd Najib Abdul Razak Meet I Often Wonder Why Is It So Difficult For Both To Meet For The Benefit Of Party, Coalition, Government, And Country 11:59 PM Siapa Pencorak Kepemimpinan Tertinggi Negara? Author: Zubli Zainordin At Combined Forces Of Malaysian Bloggers, I recently wrote: Sehingga kini Mohd Najib Abdul Razak dirasakan tidak belajar sepenuhnya perihal menang PRU dari Mahathir Mohamad, dan dia masih junior [...]

Continued from Flying Dragon at Genting Highlands Outdoor Theme Park

Oh no… The dinosaurs escaped from the cage. Run for your life!!! He… He… No need to worry about dinosaurs in Genting Highlands. Dinosaurland at Genting Highlands Outdoor Theme Park is a ride for all the family. Even small kids are allowed to ride it. So no worry. Basically, it travels you back to the age of the dinosaurs on an educational ride and learns more about a lost primitive world.

Dinosaurland at Genting Highlands Outdoor Theme Park

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Your target of this game is to move the three miners to their door. Shirt to change miners, ‘z’ to jump.
‘R’ if you are stuck and wants restart.

Play Mine Game

The world faces on of the worst financial crisis its ever seened. Super powers of the world have rung the alarm bells to take precautions in anticipation of a crisis that could have a huge impact on the worlds economy and its ocupants. Singapore has declared recession but the government of Malaysia seems oblivious to this ugly wave that is hitting the world.

In a strage scenario, after a month and a half break at the parliament the law makers made their way back to the parliament to get straight into business. The weird thing was none of the ministers, deputy ministers were there! The opposition were calling for a review of the budget which was tabled before the Ramadhan break to be reviewed as it became obsolete since the current world economic situation. In all honesty we definitely need a new or improved budget to ensure we are not hit that hard by this crisis.

The pakatan MP’s were basically having a concersation between themselves and the speaker while the backbenchers club were mere spectators. Im shocked at this news!! Seriously, are the government serious about the rakyat or are they just too confident of their abilities??

The Pakatan law makers were not interested in politickling but to join forces with the government to come up with the best ossible solution in handling this crisis which the world is facing??

Is the UMNO elections more important than the economy and the well being of the rakyat? Please stop messing with our future and get back to work! You folks earn a healthy sallary and the rakyat have trusted you with leading the nation but we do not have room for arrogance,ignorance and ego!!

Watch the parliamentary sessions which was pretty much a sneak peak of what a new governemnt might look like(minus the seating arrangement)

Source : LKS | Mkini

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