Failed Attempt - Protest Against Taib Mahmud??

Photo Credits to Zulhaidah.com- Planned Protest Against CM

Is it true that Sarawakian has different attitude from the Western Malaysia?  This is in terms of political propaganda.  It will take another 30 years for a real protest to occur?  

This is a real spoken words from the grassroots leader when asked to comment on the Sunday planned protest.   He did not want his name to be mentioned.

"Sarawakian is a peaceful citizen and will never get involved and be foolish enough to commit such act in public.  They have learnt  during the Ming Court Incident and nobody dares when it involves  anything that has go to do with the Chief Minister of Sarawak!!!"

It is a kind of respect for the CM since he has been working all his life to put us (Sarawak) where we are right now!  We cannot get immediate development or the others in the suburb would be left behind forever.

When being asked about the date of the election he commented that only CM will let them know, but all he could say is that BN is far ready than ever to face the coming Sarawak General Election!

Planned Taib protest a no show, says police

Posted BERNAMA, February 21, 2011

KUCHING - An alleged planned protest against Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud did not take place at Padang Merdeka, Kuching today, police said.

Padang Merdeka was quiet and peaceful, just like on any Sunday afternoon. Several tourists were spotted walking across the field while a few police MPVs were seen being driven around, apparently monitoring the area.

Kuching police chief ACP Mun Kock Keong said police monitored the area, but there was nothing unusual to report.

“It was good when nobody showed up for the protest,” he told Bernama.

A circulating short messaging service (SMS) stated that a protest against the Sarawak chief minister had been arranged for 2pm today at Padang Merdeka and asked recipients to “either join in or avoid the area due to expected traffic congestion”.

It was not known who was behind the sending of the SMS or the alleged planned protest.

Yesterday, the Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS) chief Francis Siah denied that the movement was behind any such protest. – Bernama

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UMNO Gains Root In Sarawak??!!

There is another breakthrough story happening in Miri.  As we all know, the Prime Minister meets the ADUN, while political secretary has another hidden agenda.  It is believed that below minutes were taking place at that particular moments.

• To identify the Malay PBB assemblymen or assemblywomen who could be roped into the pro-UMNO PBB group 
• To identify the Malay-majority constituencies which pro-UMNO PBB candidates could be fielded to replace the incumbents who are certain to resist any efforts to join the group; and
• To find ways to create frictions or tensions among all political parties in the State BN of which when the situation has become chaotic, UMNO would be coming into Sarawak as the God-sent saviour

Read more of this event at  Sebanaku-Sarawak

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Motorola Xoom Launched in February!

The Motorola Xoom has super-fast dual-core processor running on Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). It contained powerful Google developed software specifically designed for tablet market. It has front 2MP and rear facing 5 MP camera, a camcoder with Adobe Flash Player mounted on an 10.1 inches widescreen HD display.  

Motorola Xoom is the first tablet running with Honeycomb.  Way much better than Samsung Tablet with Android Froyo.  Google has tweaked the interface giving tab browsing capability, comparable with a small monitor PC with flash enabled.  It is equipped with mini USB and HDMI-port along with Wifi and 3G connectivity.  I bet what would the iPad boss feels when this ultra sensation hits town right after Valentine.  It will be Xoom fever all over.  Maybe BlackBerry Playbook can cure this sickness?

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Fix 1013 iTunes Error When Upgrading to iOS 4.2.1

I am sure many people have tried to update to the latest version of iOS 4.2.1 which apple has released and some of iphone 4 users have encountered  some problem while updating to latest ios 4.2.1 version. so if you are one of theme then here is one of the solution for you.


if you are updating your idevice via itune then you still get 1013,1611 error still there is no proper solution available for it and apple has not announced anything for it but you can try this step to avoid error code.

 

How to Fix Error Code 1013:

Mac OS X:


Step 1 : Go to your “Applications” folder
Step 2 : Go to your “Utilities” folder
Step 3 : Launch “Terminal”
Step 4 : Type “sudo nano /etc/hosts” (without quotes) and hit return
Step 5 : Enter your password
Step 6 : Use the down arrow key to find the “gs.apple.com” entries. Once the cursor is in front, make sure you comment out the line(s) by entering “#” (no quotes) in front of the text.
Step 7 : Save the file by pressing CONTROL+O on the keyboard
Step 8 : Exit the nano editor by pressing CONTROL+X on the keyboard
Step 9 : Restore your iDevice


Windows:
Step 1. Start –> Programs –> Accessories
Step 2. Run Notepad or WordPad
Step 3. Click “Open..” from File menu.
Step 4. Browse to Windows/System32/drivers/etc
Step 5. In “files of type:” select all documents
Step 6. Open “hosts”
Step 7. Delete all line that has “gs.apple.com” or something like that
Step 8. Hit Save
Step 9. Restore your device.

Well most website doesn't say this but you must authorize the desktop and login to iTunes.  What I did is to allow iTunes to connect with my account and after that I start to upgrade the iOS.

For Celcom users, carrier upgrade will be asked upon complete boot up. This will remove the MY before the Celcom!!

Stay tune with us for more tips and how to guide for iphone, ipad and ipod touch.

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Agong Hits Mach Inside Sukhoi

Agong survived the Sukhoi.  He flew on the most advanced superjet in Malaysia.  It must be really exciting to get on one of those superjet.   Based on his smile and expressions I believed he really enjoyed being flown on the Sukohoi.  It was indeed a grace to be flown with the Agong inside.  Asghar, the pilot, must be excited and thrilled at the same time flying with the most important man in Malaysia and throttling the most expensive jets in Malaysia!!

Have a nice flight Sukhoi!!!

Sukhoi (Flanker-C) SU-30MKM 

A derivative of the India-Russian MKI, the MKM is a highly specialized version for Royal Malaysian Air Force (M is for 'Malaysia' ). It includes Thrust Vectoring Control (TVC) and canards but with avionics from various countries. It will feature head-up displays (HUD), navigational forward-looking IR system (NAVFLIR) and Damocles Laser Designation pod (LDP) from Thales Group of France, MAW-300 missile approach warning sensor (MAWS), RWS-50 RWR and laser warning sensor (LWS) from SAAB AVITRONICS (South Africa) as well as the Russian NIIP N011M BARS PESA radar, electronic warfare (EW) system, optical-location system (OLS) and a glass cockpit.  ..wikipedia

Agong Mizan giving thumbs up

 Agong Flown On Sukhoi Fighter Jet

BUTTERWORTH: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin was today flown on a Sukhoi SU-30MKM fighter jet in conjunction with his visit at the air force base here.

The aircraft, piloted by Squadron Commanding Officer II Lt-Col Mohd Asghar Khan Gauriman Khan, flew in a supersonic speed over Langkawi, Kedah and Penang and landed back 45 minutes later.

It was accompanied by another fighter jet, the FA/18D Hornet.

Royal Malaysian Air Force commander Gen Tan Sri Rodzali Daud told reporters Tuanku Mizan was happy and thrilled by the experience.

Earlier, Tuanku Mizan arrived at the base and greeted by Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Chief of Defence Forces Gen Tan Sri Azizan Ariffin and Rodzali.

He then inspected a guard-of-honour and was later briefed on the Sukhoi SU-30MKM fighter jet.

He also visited the fighter jet simulation and a static display of the aircraft before ending his visit at 2pm. -- BERNAMA

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SimplyMEPIS for Old Hardware

SimplyMEPIS Logon

Pentium III 20GB HDD 256 MB RAM with OpenGL

This week I have been working on IBM Net Vista. I got it from my friends who won it from an auction.   He told me it was too old, ( Pentium III) with an OpenGL graphic card. He wanted to dispose it because he told me it was too slow with 256 MB RAM.  20GB HDD and CD ROM.

Details and package versions

SimplyMepis is based on a mix of Debian Sarge and Sid. 

• Kernels 2.4.26 and 2.6.7
• KDE 3.2.3
• OpenOffice.org 1.1.2
• Gimp 2.0.4
• Mozilla 1.7.2
• Skype 1.0
• Quanta 3.2
• K3B 0.11.14
• Audacity 1.2

I told him just give it to me so that I will try to hack it with linux. I had difficult times getting the working linux for this old system.  Luckily I came across simplyMEPIS debian based ubuntu type distro.  Most of the website gave excellent rating for it.  I used to play with Mandrake, Mandriva, Knoppix and this is another challenge for me.  

I burnt the iso from a nearby mirror site.  http://mepis.idrepo.or.id/mepis/released/ 

Burnt it using Nero and walla I had to give it a try.

The problem I encountered was installing the distro to the hard disk via a CD ROM.  After getting through the Net Vista Boot Sequence I still faced the CD ROM won't read or boot up the distro disc.  I opened up the CD ROM and swapped it with my mate's CD ROM and it start to boot up just like any other Live Linux on CD distro.   

All I can say is that the old IBM Net Vista is now able to run online with mozilla firefox and konqueror.  It has preconfigured KDE able to housed 4 separate desktop. 

I put it in my living room and my guest now can access the internet.  I did hook up usb keyboard and usb apple keyboard to replace the old IBM keyboard.  It is neat.  

It is indeed 20/20 for SimplyMepis.  No need to install driver. Just plug the internet cable and etch0 is automatically connected. 

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Jailbreak iOS4.2.1 UNTETHERED using greenpois0n on Window Now!!!

Untethered Jailbreak for Windows is finally here.  It was announced by Redmondpie earlier.  Now iPhone4 with iOS 4.2.1 can start enjoying their holiday and festive season by jailbreaking their iGadgets.

What a lovely angpow this year with the new release by Chronic Dev Team.  It has been the long wait since the last jailbreak for window platform.  What I can say is MARVELOUS!

I am updating my iOS as this thesis is being written. Saw this announcement through rockmelt from twitter account.   Those that wishes to follow me may do so @semicyber on twitter.

For clear methods and guideline to jailbreak just read through from the link provided below or watch the video.  Don't worry jailbreaking is not illegal and you won't want to isolate fun from iPhone4 by jailbreaking??

GreenPois0n RC5 iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak for Windows Now Available for Download
Redmondpie,com By Taimur Asad | February 6th, 2011

 

 

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