Status: Half-excited, half-worrying
BGM: I cant get over your best smile - Kotoko
Ever wonder how great is the 'affection' of MMORPG?
Well, to tell the truth, it is soo great.
Too great until I could hardly resist them.
I remember that I've sworn not to get addicted to any online games anymore, and yet everytime I does that, there will be an online game out there that is seducing me. Ah crap.
One of the fun part about the online game is not just only the gameplay. The gameplay does count, yes, but it's the atmosphere that makes u get addicted.
1 of the main reason i get addicted is not just because of the uber nice graphic the game has, it is the way I enjoy gaming with other gamers that count. Talk about enjoying chatting while getting your character level up. It's just fun. So fun that words could hardly describe the feeling.
Since this is still on the closed beta stage, I could still have some control over my time of gameplay.
Yet I wonder how far would I go for it once the full-time open beta goes online.
Let's just hope I wont go as far as forgotting all of my college assignments. Meh.
Monday, February 25, 2008
How Pakistan knocked Youtube offline... LOL!
Status: Overactive
BGM: Endless Story - Yuna Ito
Apparently, Youtube got knocked out from the global internet for like, 2 hours.
And how the hell did that happens?
Well, it seems like an order issued from the Pakistani Government to block the site has been given out to the main ISP provider in Pakistan, the Pakistan Telecom.
And by accident or design, the Pakistan Telecom gone as far as claiming the IP of Youtube, claiming themselves to be the legitimate destination for anyone who is trying to reach Youtube range of websites.
And that causes quite an uproar. According to one of the employee of PCCW, the Service Provider that provides internet link to Pakistan Telecom, they have recieved a flurry of phone calls from global ISPs wondering what is going wrong. A call from Youtube representative was also recieved. And the most suprising part is, even Pakistan Telecom contacted PCCW.
It's seems like even the culprit doesn't know what they have done. Wow. Seems like they have accidentally knocked Youtube offline... brilliant.
Youtube responded with countermeasures within minutes after the incident begans, as their traffic-tracking system picked up something abnormal. They initially try to reclaim their network by narrowing the broadcast from 1024 to 256. 11 minutes later, YouTube goes on a more specific additional broadcast, claiming just 64 address, which is more specific under the Border Gateway Protocol, overruling the Pakistani one.
And after 2 hours of the initial false broadcast, the mayhem is finally stopped.
The whole thing wouldn't be happen if A technology like Secure Border Gateway Protocol was used. Yet it was hardly used because the modems that usually recognize this are pretty costly.
Maybe this would act as a speed-up catalyst for the use of this technology.
Security in the world of Internet is like unexisting for the moment being. Anything could happen, so best watch ur back.
BGM: Endless Story - Yuna Ito
Apparently, Youtube got knocked out from the global internet for like, 2 hours.
And how the hell did that happens?
Well, it seems like an order issued from the Pakistani Government to block the site has been given out to the main ISP provider in Pakistan, the Pakistan Telecom.
And by accident or design, the Pakistan Telecom gone as far as claiming the IP of Youtube, claiming themselves to be the legitimate destination for anyone who is trying to reach Youtube range of websites.
And that causes quite an uproar. According to one of the employee of PCCW, the Service Provider that provides internet link to Pakistan Telecom, they have recieved a flurry of phone calls from global ISPs wondering what is going wrong. A call from Youtube representative was also recieved. And the most suprising part is, even Pakistan Telecom contacted PCCW.
It's seems like even the culprit doesn't know what they have done. Wow. Seems like they have accidentally knocked Youtube offline... brilliant.
Youtube responded with countermeasures within minutes after the incident begans, as their traffic-tracking system picked up something abnormal. They initially try to reclaim their network by narrowing the broadcast from 1024 to 256. 11 minutes later, YouTube goes on a more specific additional broadcast, claiming just 64 address, which is more specific under the Border Gateway Protocol, overruling the Pakistani one.
And after 2 hours of the initial false broadcast, the mayhem is finally stopped.
The whole thing wouldn't be happen if A technology like Secure Border Gateway Protocol was used. Yet it was hardly used because the modems that usually recognize this are pretty costly.
Maybe this would act as a speed-up catalyst for the use of this technology.
Security in the world of Internet is like unexisting for the moment being. Anything could happen, so best watch ur back.
Software is dead; long live software
Status: Feeling Cool
BGM: Death of Titanic - Royal Britannia Orchestra
When is the last time u choose Google Docs and Spreadsheet over Microsoft Words and Excel?
Well, maybe we havent advance into that stage yet, but seriously, changes are going around us now.
Maybe in the next 10 or 20 years Microsoft Office will rarely be use by home user.
Web appliences might be taking over their position, as they might just be easier to use, and the good thing about it is u could access it in almost anywhere with a web connection.
Well, it's easier to say than to be done. Consider what will happen when there's no web connections or web connections went down like last time when the earthquake hit the sea and broken all the optic fiber cables, leaving us unable to connect to the outer world.
And before anyone says software is dead, let's have a look at Microsoft's Sales Figure. Microsoft Office 2007 is a big hit, increases in a rate of almost doubling it's predecessor, Microsoft Office 2003. Now what? Software is dead?
There's still a long way to go for software, at least for this century, probably. Software is dead? Maybe not yet.
BGM: Death of Titanic - Royal Britannia Orchestra
When is the last time u choose Google Docs and Spreadsheet over Microsoft Words and Excel?
Well, maybe we havent advance into that stage yet, but seriously, changes are going around us now.
Maybe in the next 10 or 20 years Microsoft Office will rarely be use by home user.
Web appliences might be taking over their position, as they might just be easier to use, and the good thing about it is u could access it in almost anywhere with a web connection.
Well, it's easier to say than to be done. Consider what will happen when there's no web connections or web connections went down like last time when the earthquake hit the sea and broken all the optic fiber cables, leaving us unable to connect to the outer world.
And before anyone says software is dead, let's have a look at Microsoft's Sales Figure. Microsoft Office 2007 is a big hit, increases in a rate of almost doubling it's predecessor, Microsoft Office 2003. Now what? Software is dead?
There's still a long way to go for software, at least for this century, probably. Software is dead? Maybe not yet.
Downfall of Conventional Media Storage
Status: Less motivated
BGM: Ash Like Snow - The Brilliant Green
There's a prediction to this: In the next 10 or 20 years, DVD, tapes and similiar media will be gone from the world.
Why?
Because there's gonna be a new way for us to get the latest movie and musics.
By downloading them to our computer! No more CD, DVD or Blu-Ray.
Maybe it'll be replace with microchips like SD card.
They are much more stable compare to Conventional Disc.
And it's painfull when a new media format is released, u're gonna change all ur favorite movies format by buying them again.
And that sucks.
Well now, that would happens no more. Maybe u'll juz to convert the video into new format or exchange ur old format ones with the new format ones.
Now that's an easier and less painful way. Just let's not talk about what will happens when a hard disk or a storage device get corrupted or go bonkers.
What will the world be in the future?
BGM: Ash Like Snow - The Brilliant Green
There's a prediction to this: In the next 10 or 20 years, DVD, tapes and similiar media will be gone from the world.
Why?
Because there's gonna be a new way for us to get the latest movie and musics.
By downloading them to our computer! No more CD, DVD or Blu-Ray.
Maybe it'll be replace with microchips like SD card.
They are much more stable compare to Conventional Disc.
And it's painfull when a new media format is released, u're gonna change all ur favorite movies format by buying them again.
And that sucks.
Well now, that would happens no more. Maybe u'll juz to convert the video into new format or exchange ur old format ones with the new format ones.
Now that's an easier and less painful way. Just let's not talk about what will happens when a hard disk or a storage device get corrupted or go bonkers.
What will the world be in the future?
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