Trainy day
where has my internet gone ?
Categories: WTF global warning
Do you wonder if your internet is being sieved somewhere along the line ? People have been working on this subject and this question lead me to a few sites like OpenNet Initiative, You canget some gathered information on per country basis and more. Herdict is another site that I that met thanks to the previously mentioned site allows you to report a blocked site and view other's reports.
I also did a whois on a random IP that posted a spam comment, the "remarks" sections was quite explicit:
% Information related to '212.138.113.0 - 212.138.113.255'
...
remarks: ------------------------------------------------------
remarks: Part of this IP block has been used for proxy/cache
remarks: service at the National level in Saudi Arabia. All
remarks: Saudi Arabia web traffic will come from this IP block.
And this led me to this page which has more details..
Other ideas are to publish parts of censored material all over the internet to play ball with the filter "guys". More concise information and more at irrepressible.info.
windows without walls
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux consumeriste
I don't really like Microsofts system but i admire their sense of humour.. :]
i found a few things on this subject:
Of course I did not get a mac
fooding
Category: Photography New photos.. at last... this time the theme is "food"... link to the album
pay for drivers.. .
Category: consumeriste
in the "computer" world a driver is a software that "drives" hardware, if you want to take your mouse to the left you tell it to do so and it does so. it's like a human driver, you instruct the driver to make the car go places, the driver is the one who knows how to do it and actually does it.
now, you do pay the driver right ..? so why not pay for your software driver ? i mean it runs around those circuits and stuff, making lefts and rights on demand and this without flinching.. .
i didn't think this was possible, maybe i'm living in software communism, but i have never heard of paying for drivers...
We need a new navigator
Categories: WTF GNU-Linux
Mozilla and Co. have been providing a nice and free and open web surfing tool since a while now.. blah blah bla blah. .. ... . I am looking for another free (as in freedom of speech) web browser with some of the same features without all the crap they have been putting in there... Let me explain just one part of the problem..
Today I tried to connect to something like http://server:22 and to my biggest surprise I was told "Port Restricted for Security Reasons". I figure "wow, that's almost nice, now where is the "Thanks for the warning but I know what I'm doing" button.. . and then i realize what had happened. .
I and many others it seems, have become so dependant on this "ONE and ONLY" (usable) web browser that now they can do things like that without risking vriots.. . I'm sure there are many other "features" that have become problems for various users with different requirements and different usages etc etc.. . Apart from going into the "about:config" menu it's impossible to go around that.. . It seems to me that Firefox is becoming a thin corridor with thick walls (and so many features and plugins to hang up on those walls).. .
if you know of a good fork or an usable alternative browser tell me about it...
DISS updated
Category: GNU-Linux DISS updated, now with apache suexec and a few settings here and there to make things a bit more secure (or a bit less insecure, your pick).. . Goto diss.manurevah.com download page
It's Drum and Pray
Category: WTF
Maybe if things where really like this i'd become a jesus worshipper
My real problem is that there are more of these
Animal and Moreno - Fever
attache moi !!
Category: WTF
The economy is so bad that people can not afford a bike, many still attach their locks, as if it where a ritual to remember the good old days
