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Slashdot.org blocked by US Military

Slashdot.org one of the popular tech website is banned from being accessed from US Military network. Why is slashdot being banned by US Military? Does it contains dangerous/harmful information to its personnel?

The real reason for it being banned is unclear, but from an article in Newsforge, it is understood that the ban is caused by Slashdot.org being miscategorized as Newsgroups by Blue Coat, a standard web proxy tool used by the US Military.

Well to me, this is not the first thing happened with web filtering software miscategorizing websites. I had tons of problem with annoying softwares that banned unnecessary websites mostly because they use broad keyword match to ban a website, *sigh*.

I rather wait for my pc to be back online again, rather than to use a pc with annoying web filtering software/proxy.

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My trusty personal computer/workstation died last night

Bad news for me (or to those who frequented this blog), my personal computer just died last night. Its final SDRAM stick just fails, I don’t have SDRAM spares anymore and perhaps this is it. I’m going to shop for a new motherboard that supports the more common and better DDR-RAM and of course a new motherboard.

I may not have enough budget to spend for a new processor though one of AMD CPU cross my mind. Hopefully I can settle for a price that I can afford since not having my own workstation really drags me out because I can’t realise my creativity and thinking to its fullest potential.

To readers who frequented my blog, please bear with me while I’m reviving my workstation. I might post an update or two here but it may not be as juicy as the usual post. :p

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Introducing my new cooperative blog – #fakap community speaks

Introducing #fakap community blog, a blog that does not focus on a single topic but rather as a medium to voice out opinions and feelings of #fakap online community.

The blog also doubles as a news website that is frequently updated by a team of bloggers from #fakap community. #fakap community is mainly consist of frequent irc users in webchat.org and dal.net irc networks. Most of them are regular pc end-users , which makes the blog more interesting since we are reading what an average end-user would say about a particular product.

You may find that #fakap community speaks is a bit harsher than the usual blog that I maintain because it is designed to make people think of the harsher reality of lives. I wish to snap people out from their dream, out from wasting their valueable money to giant corporations, I’ll try to snap them out from it, *only* if they would help themselves.
So, hope that you enjoy reading #fakap community blog as I’m one of the bloggers there :p

#fakap community blog
the fakap project page

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Solution to libctiny and wcrt – LNK2001 unresolved external symbol __chkstk

I’m not sure if any of you ever use libctiny or wcrt, they are both meant to be use with Microsoft Visual Studio so that your resulting binary won’t use the default Microsoft run-time library which slightly bloats the exe.

By using one of these libraries, you can greatly reduce your resulting binary from an average of 20KB to 7KB, depending on your application.

The chkstk problem

The problem arises when the application you just compiled fails to link with an error message: “LNK2001 : unresolved external symbol __chkstk” .


libctiny wcrt chkstk link error

This got to do with the “Ignore all default libraries” option which you’ve to check when using this library. Apparently one library which is required by a routine inserted by the Microsoft tools (chkstk) was excluded from linking as well.

Solution to the problem

Manually include the library! The routine/function is included in an object file named “chkstk.obj”, just put it in the link dialog box beside libctiny/wcrt, and the problem will be settled.

wga fakap #2 chkstk libctiny

I hope that this will solve your problem !

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Download OpenBSD 3.9 ISO

OpenBSD 3.9 was released May 1st, 2006! I know it has been two weeks since its release, but I want to share with you the openbsd cd iso that I use to install it.

OpenBSD is a nice BSD-variant operating system that strongly emphasis on security and free software (according to their definition). You can download the custom made OpenBSD 3.9 ISO via bittorrent from http://torrent.fakap.net.

If you like OpenBSD, then please consider giving donations to keep the project alive !

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Urgent – Kerja kosong

Iklan Jawatan Kosong

Gading Kencana Sdn Bhd (GKSB) is looking for a suitable candidate :

Location : Shah Alam, Selangor
Closing Date : 30 June 2006

Sales Engineer

Qualification
* Degree holder in any Mechanical/Electrical/Electronic Engineering field
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Willing to work in Kuala Lumpur and/or Selangor
* Familiar with computer applications
* Posses own transport
* Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply

 

Interested candidates are invited to send your detailed resume stating current & expected salary, contact number, and e-mail to sales@gadingkencana.com.my

Phone: (60)3-7845 2864
Fax: (60)3-7845 2069