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When I watched Discovery channel about the Atomic Bomb dropped in Hiroshima which some of the scene have been cut. I continue watch in Youtube and read some articles. A review of history 101. Hehehe.. :D Somehow, I found the letter of Albert Einstein about the creation of the Atomic bomb using Uranium-235 and was introduce to President Roosevelt in US. The letter shown below...

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My Opinion: It was such a destruction but I believe if the U.S. didn't stop such war against Japan, more and more lives will be taken from that war. Not to mention here in the Philippines, Japanese rapes Filipinas and Filipinos killed by torture. Because of that, Japanese learn about their mistake attacking Pearl Harbor. Reference:

• http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/atomic_bomb.htm
• http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/atomic_bomb_2.htm

I'm having curiosity about retrieving SMS from Phone to my PC and including sending SMS from PC via Mobile Phone as GSM modem. So I decide to research about it. And I found the Nokia PC Connectivity API. Somehow using the API needs an extensive knowledge of Programming in .Net studio. So if your beginner to Visual C#, try to study more before taking this step. :) Download Nokia_PC_Connectivity_API_3.2.zip Download PC_Suite_Connectivity_API_1.1.zip What’s in the Nokia PC Connectivity API tool package? The Nokia PC Connectivity API tool package contains the PC Connectivity API headers, API documentation, and sample applications. The latest version of the tool includes updates to the Device Management, File System, and Content Access APIs, as well as support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. For more information, visit the Nokia PC Connectivity API features page » All I can say about this new area since I'm a web developer, its like HELL! hahahahaa...

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By the way, Nokia Connectivity API documentation is limited and no enough sample resources. There are very few samples or let me say no enough sample in the internet so far. That's why its like hell. :P

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Reference:

1. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38705/Send-and-Read-SMS-through-a-GSM-Modem-using-AT-Com
2. http://www.sourcecodester.com/visual-basic/sending-sms-using-commands-gsm-modemgsm-phone-receiving-sms-updated.html
3. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19023/Sending-SMS-using-NET
4. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20420/How-To-Send-and-Receive-SMS-using-GSM-Modem

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Finally, I saw the thing that I wanna see worn by her. ...And that's the sunglass! :D A birthday present last November 17, 2008.

This competition was conducted by XT3 or http://www.xt3.com. The 'best' photos will be collated in an album and sent as a present to Pope Benedict. [nggallery id=2] And one of my photo won.. :) The Candle Lighting during the vigil (last night of WYD08).

Plot [caption id="attachment_39" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Turtles Can Fly"][/caption] The film is set in a Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq. Thirteen-year-old Satellite (Soran Ebrahim) is known for his installation of dishes and antennae for local villages who are looking for news of Saddam Hussein and for his limited knowledge of English. He is the dynamic, but manipulative leader of the children, organizing the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields. The industrious Satellite arranges trade-ins for unexploded mines. He falls for an orphan named Agrin (Avaz Latif), a sad-faced girl traveling with her disabled, but smart brother Henkov, who appears to have the gift of clairvoyance. The siblings care for a toddler, whose connection to the pair is discovered as harsh truths are revealed. My Comment It was a very nice movie, an heart felt situation in Turkish-Iraqi border. The most striking part was when I noticed Agrin fed her baby (as what Henkov called the toddler) and Henkov by papers which actually they eat everyday. Can you imagine eating a paper everyday? That's not healthy for the kids. Somehow, being at the war is just like a hell. I can't imagine myself at the situation. What also I can't understand is why Agrin want to kill the toddler? Puzzling...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="207" caption="DBP Interisland RORO Race 2008"][/caption] From Bohol, Cebu, Tacloban-Leyte, Samar, Sorsogon, Masbate, Camarines Sur, Lucena, Quezon and Makati-Manila... In 6 days race... Amazing? Yeah! It was amazing! As Bea Saw said, "Wow!" DBP Interisland RORO Race, it was like an ultimate and unforgettable experience. Meeting new friends from different places and meeting celebrities from ABS-CBN and GMA. It's like a 6 days bonding but somehow it binds us tightly. After the race, November 12, 2008 10:00pm, all RORO racers and staff had a party in FIAMA and it was fun. Because of late night sleep, my partner, Kyna Mori Flores and I were unable to catch our flight at 11:10am. Bea Saw woke up at 10:00am which she promised that she will drive us to the airport. Then we're extended... By the way, thanks to Development Bank of the Philippines and Oakley for our travel bags... :D

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This is a basic installation tutorial for the CentOS operating system for dedicated server duties. CentOS is a free white label distro of RedHat Enterprise with all the bells and whistles, and is the OS of choice for many web hosting companies Installing the OS using ‘Text Mode’ : 1 - Insert the first Linux installation CD-ROM (disc 1) in the CD-ROM drive of your server and restart the server. 2 - At the boot: prompt, type text and press the Enter key. This starts the installation process. 3 - On the Language Selection screen, select English as the language that you want to run the installation program in, then click OK. 4 - On the Keyboard Selection screen, select the keyboard attached to your server, then click OK. 5 - On the Mouse Selection screen, select the mouse attached to your server, then click OK. 6 - On the Welcome screen, review the installation information, then click OK. 7 - On the Installation Type screen, select Custom, then click OK. 8 - On the Disk Partitioning Setup screen, select Disk Druid. Quote: - If your disk has existing partitions, select each partition and click Delete. 9 - Create the following disk partitions:

The following partitions are recommended prior to installing cPanel: **1 GB / *50 MB /boot (No seperate /boot for FreeBSD) **1 GB /tmp *10 GB /usr **7 GB /var **1 GB swap (swap should be 2x RAM) Remaining space to /home

Note: The above partitioning scheme is assuming a 40 GB hard drive. If you have a larger hard drive, you should increment /usr & /var accordingly. To create the / partition ‘root’: * On the Partitioning screen (see step 8 ) , click New. * In the Mount Point field, type / . * For the Filesystem type select ext3. * In the Size (MB) field, type 1024, then click OK. To create the /boot partition: Quote: * On the Partitioning screen (see step 8 ) , click New. * In the Mount Point field, type /boot. * For the Filesystem type select ext3. * In the Size (MB) field, type 50, then click OK. To create the /tmp partition : Quote: * On the Partitioning screen (see step 8 ) , click New. * In the Mount Point field, type /tmp . * For the Filesystem type select ext3. * In the Size (MB) field, type 1024, then click OK. To create the /usr partition : Quote: * On the Partitioning screen (see step 8 ) , click New. * In the Mount Point field, type /usr . * For the Filesystem type select ext3. * In the Size (MB) field, type 10240, then click OK. To create the /var partition : Quote: * On the Partitioning screen (see step 8 ) , click New. * In the Mount Point field, type /var . * For the Filesystem type select ext3. * In the Size (MB) field, type 7168, then click OK. To create the swap partition: Quote: * On the Partitioning screen (see step , click New. * For the Filesystem type field, select swap. * In the Size (MB) field, enter a number that is twice the current RAM (1024 If you are using 512 MB Ram), then click OK. To create the /home partition: Quote: * On the Partitioning screen (see step , click New. * In the Mount Point field, type /home. * For the Filesystem type select ext3. * In the Size (MB) field, select Fill all available space, then click OK. 10 - When finished, Click OK. 11 - On the Boot Loader Configuration screen, select LILO Boot Loader, then click OK. 12 - On each of the following three screens, click OK. 13 - On the Network Configuration screen, clear Use bootp/dhcp, enter your server network configuration, then click OK. 14 - On the Hostname Configuration screen, enter the fully qualified host name of your server, then click OK. 15 - On the Firewall Configuration screen, select No firewall, then click OK. 16 - On the Language Support screen, select English (USA), then click OK. 17 - On the Time Zone Selection screen, select the location, then click OK. 18 - On the Root Password screen, enter in the root password for your server, re-enter the password to confirm it, then click OK. 19 - If you want to create an account that you can use to remotely log on to your server using SSH or FTP, click Add. *** Provide the login name and password, then click OK. 20 - Review the information on the User Account Setup screen, then click OK. 21 - Review the information on the Authentication Configuration screen, then click OK. 22 - On the Package Group Selection screen, verify that only the following packages are selected. Clear all other check boxes. . Network Support . Messaging and Web Tools . DNS Name Server . Network Managed Workstation . Software Development 23 - Click OK. 24 - Review the Installation to begin screen, then click OK. 25 - Insert the second/third installation CD-ROM when notified to, then click OK. 26 - To create a boot disk, click Yes. Otherwise, click No. 27 - When done, the installation complete screen displays. 28 - Click OK, then press Enter to restart. [2] Checking the host name and network settings : After your first boot, you must check your system’s host name and network configuration to ensure that they are correct. To check your system’s host name and network configuration: - Log on to the system as the root user. - Type vi /etc/hosts to open the host file and modify the contents. - Verify that the file is in the following format: - Verify that the loopback entry (127.0.0.1) appears in the file. A correctly configured file should look like this: Note : The IP addresses used here are for illustration purposes only; they are not valid values. # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.1.1.1 myhost.mydomain.com myhost - Modify the file as needed. - Type :wq to close the file. - Type vi /etc/sysconfig/network to open the network sysconfig file and modify the contents. - Verify the host name. A correctly configured file should look like this: Note : The IP addresses used here are for illustration purposes only; they are not valid values.

NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=myserver.mydomain.com GATEWAY=10.100.0.1 - Modify the file as needed. - Type :wq to close the file. - Type vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to open the network scripts file and modify the contents. - Verify that network information. A correctly configured file should look like this: Note : The IP addresses used here are for illustration purposes only; they are not valid values.

DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static BROADCAST=10.1.1.1 IPADDR=10.1.1.1 NETMASK=255.255.0.0 NETWORK=10.1.0.0 ONBOOT=yes - Modify the file as needed. - To make these changes active, restart the system by typing:

shutdown -r now [3]cPanel Installation Instructions:

Important : You must have a valid cPanel license. If you do not have a valid cPanel license, please contact one of cPanel distributors listed at http://www.cpanel.net/dist.htm or buy a license directly from cPanel at http://www.cpanel.net/store/. cPanel now uses a universal install script which can be found at http://layer1.cpanel.net/. You can use the following commands in the root shell to download and start the installation script:

mkdir /home/cpins cd /home/cpins wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest sh latest

At this point the installation has started and may take anywhere from 30 - 60 minutes to complete. At no point during the installation should you be prompted for user input. You will know the cPanel installation has been completed by the screen output coming to a stop & the statement “Done.” is printed on your screen. You should then hit “ctrl c”† to continue. Note: You must be on a stable connection to install cPanel. If your shell session disconnects during a cPanel install the cPanel installation will be aborted. You can restart the cPanel installation by completing “sh cpanel-*”† again, however it is recommended that you reformat your machine & start over to ensure a clean slate before placing the machine into production. [4]cPanel/WHM Configuration: Following a successful install you should setup cPanel/WHM as soon as possible. In order to complete this process you will need to log into your machine using its main (eth0/fxp0) IP address; you should input something similar to this into your browser:

https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:2087

Note: you should replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with your actual IP address. Further to that, you will be prompted about a self signed SSL certificate; ignore this by clicking on “Yes”. A self signed certificate is generated by cPanel/WHM to ensure a secure/encrypted communication with your server. You will now be prompted with a few questions related to how you would like your installation of cPanel/WHM customized. You can walk through the wizard by clicking on “Next Step” or if you are an experienced user feel free to click on “Finish” to skip to the end. For a complete user guide on how to access cPanel/WHM and/or use any of the functions within cPanel/WHM, please visit cPanel do*****ents section at http://www.cpanel.net/docs.htm That’s all for now .. Just keep in mind, this is not the all-in-one package for server installaion, you’ll have to secure the server, update your kernel, install a firewall, configure SSH, apply patches …. etc.

 

Reference:

• www.zimbio.com
• mike.holownych.com

When I learn PHP last September 2005, I was little bit confuse in PHP if-else statement... especially a statement contains with ? and : but somehow, I got it right. I post this cause somebody ask again what's the difference. So told him, its all the same and its just a shortcuts. <?php $authenticated = true; // [1] standard if-else statement if ($authenticated) {      echo 'YES'; } else {       echo 'NO'; } // same with [1] :P if ($authenticated) { echo 'YES'; } else { echo 'NO'; } // [2] lil bit shortcut if ($authenticated)       echo 'YES'; else       echo 'NO'; // [3] the shortcut echo $result = ($authenticated) ? 'YES' : 'NO'; ?> Or let me say its an evolution of if-else statement... Hahaha.. or maybe the laziness of the programmer. :P So got it? hehehehe..

I would like to share this script to all since most of my friends ask how to create an upload script using PHP. Download the PHP script at;

1. Main Download: simple_upload.zip
2. Mirror 1: simple_upload.zip

Upload File Demo: http://www.cable21.net/camilord/simple_upload/index.html Modification according to your preferred setup Its default upload directory is uploads/ and to change this, just change the line 19; // set upload destination $uploaddir = "uploads/"; In the script, it is capable to validate allowed file types. As default, images files are only allowed to be uploaded. To change this, just edit the upload.php at line 37. // allowed file types $validMIME = array('jpg','jpeg','bmp','png','gif'); Just add any file extension you want to allow... Sample; // allowed file types $validMIME = array('jpg','jpeg','bmp','png','gif','doc','zip','pdf'); So I just allowed Document, Zip and PDF files... That's all.. I think everything is understandable.. hehehe.. Please read also the comments.

Because programs such as Partition Magic don’t work on Windows Vista, some of you may be wondering how to resize partitions without losing any data. The good news is that you probably won’t be needing those programs because Windows Vista can manage your partition resizing. To resize a partition with Windows Vista, follow these steps: Be sure to back up any valuable information, because there is a slight chance that data can be lost when dealing with partitions. 1) Click on the Start menu 2) Right click on Computer and click on Manage

3) You may get a User Account Control dialog here; just click Continue 4) In the left pane, open up the Storage category and click on Disk Management

5) Here, you will find your partitions for your disks. Right click on the partition you’d like to modify.

6) Click on Extend Volume or Shrink Volume to extend or shrink the selected partition.

Reference: http://www.vistarewired.com

Here’s my pictures with the RORO Racers 2008…

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Thanks to Rupert Tandoc and Williamson Nocom for their great pictures. :)

[caption id="attachment_24" align="alignleft" width="156" caption="Charee Pineda"][/caption] Charee Pineda is one of the celebrity participant of "Ready, Set, RORO!" DBP Interisland Race 2008 - Year 3. As I conclude, she's a beautiful, simple and demure girl. She's just like an angel after all... :) Unluckily, I was unable to talk to her much during the Race. Their team were eliminated in Cebu Leg. However, she still show up herself at the awarding night, November 12, 2008, at DBP Makati Head Office. That was the last moment I saw her. :(

Subject: HATE LETTER This is a very disturbing open E-mail letter  to all Filipinos around the world; specially here in North America !, from a man who has the power to reach million of people. (he's a radio talk host) Please read on.............. This is an open letter email by Art Bell, a radio talk show host in Nevada (more info in the email itself). Here is yet another person who has taken advantage of his power and priv ilege to use hateful words and racial stereotypes that breed further ignorance and intolerance in our society. Art Bell is a talk radio host who has two shows that he broadcasts from his home in Nevada , that is rebroadcast by 400 stations across the country. He's written 2 books. He lived in Okinawa , Japan for some years and had a radio program on the English station here. And, though it's hard to believe after reading the following letter from him, he actually has been to the Philippines (he's traveled fairly extensively around the world). Check out his website listed at the end to get a who's spreading this hateful ignorance. And letter is so degrading, I think it's really important that everybody read this and not attack him, but respond to him in a civilized manner because otherwise his thoughts will be reaffirmed. Understand that not everyone has a viewpoint like we do, and that this is an opinion of someone who hopefully can be changed only by civil actions. - May Munoz ............................................... Filipinos.....*make me puke* (Art Bell) As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have begun to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive involvement in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities all Filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis. You can see this clearly by studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans. Origins of Pinoys/Pinays: Are they really Asian? Well we've come to accept the fact the Filipinos come from a part of the world known as South East Asia . But the term ' Asia ' is used in the wrong way. You may notice that contemporary Filipino Americans try very hard to associ ate themselves with groups that we know as Asian. I cannot count the number of times I have seen a ' Third World ' Filipino try to connect themselves to the Chinese or Japanese people. There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a Third World country. Nothing respectable has EVER been created by Filipino people during our entire human history. Young Filipino men in America have become obsessed with 'import racing'. They have an enormously perverted affection for Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these Filipinos somehow believe that they are Asian and that it somehow connects them to Japanese people and Japanese cars. They often take credit for the ingenuity of Japanese people and say how it's an 'Asian thing'. This term...'Asian thing' derived directly from African American slang 'blackthang'. 'It's a black thang.' 'It's an asian thang.' You can see the connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan , Filipinos are heavily discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live successfully in Japan are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most Filipino people no matter where they live in the world. Now we've come down to this fact...and it is a fact. Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as Asian. They have no architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY way, asian. Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan , Korea , and China there is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands. This assault by filipino americans to connect themselves with the great peoples of North East Asia is foul and disgusting. Try visiting a young filipino's web site too. You'll see something called the 'Asian IRC Ring'. It has to do with the chatrooms. The most horrible thing about this is that these TRASHY people are trying to associate themselves with Asia again!! People in Asia don't act like, this at all. What we are seeing here is the natural Filipino in it's element with full access to technology and this is how they act! You will consistently see this behavior over and over again. Another interesting thing is that these 'thirdworld' people also frequent RC chatrooms such as #chinese #japan and #asian. They must believe that they are some how related racially or culturally to North Asians. But it's completely WRONG! There might have  been some distant contact With China and even less with Japan during World War II, butthese people are actually more closely related to african americans and Mexican americans. Do the parents of these young filipinos know what's going on? Would they accept this? I believe that they would and do. This is the natural 'Trash' element in filipinos manifesting itself. Nothing good has ever come from Philippines and I don't believe anything good ever will. Recognizing your Roots (A Message to Filipinos) To all filipino people: Please recognize your ROOTS! You come from the Third World ! You country is a disgusting and filthy place. Most people there live in poverty! Your culture has MUCH MORE SPANISH influence than chinese, and absolutely no JAPANESE influence whatsoever. People in Japan and China , do not act like you. They do not constantly talk about sex and they have a MUCH HIGHER level of RESPECT for each other. There is NO WAY that you can connect yourself to Asia other than location. Your culture and technological advancement does not even come CLOSE to What Chinese, people have done in the past and what Japanese and Korean people are doing now! Everything you do is distinctly filipino. You cannot take credit for Japanese cars, video games, or Hentai! It's not an 'asian thing' it's, an 'American thing'. You have no concept of culture...no concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy! Can you demonstrate how you use Confucianism or Taoism in you everyday life?? You can't. And you will NEVER be able to. I understand that you are trying to create an identity for yourselves as young people... but it is NOT related to Asia . Your Identity is Filipino. That's all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means.... Sincerely, Art ------------------------------------------ I find this funny, he is right in some ways where we, as Filipinos dont actually have an 'Identity'. I think this is due to the confusion of our mixed races from Hispanic, Chinese, American and Malay origins. I see it in malls, imagine young generations wearing ski caps and ski goggles in a tropical country, baggy low rise pants like that of African Americans living in th e Bronx of New York, not to mention endless whitening products being sold at department stores and drug stores. But his ignorance also blinds him from the other truth. That while we may glorify Anime shows and Japanese Internet gaming, he is not aware that a nameless Filipino may be responsible for some technical aspects of some Japanese software. He is not aware of our contribution to the the society in general .Technological advancements that may have aided post war navigations and landing on the moon. That the antibiotic Erythromycin was discovered by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar from Iloilo creating the brand 'Ilosone'. Thomas Edison may have discovered the electric light bulb and the fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the fluorescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebuano named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island , according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a Filipino scientist. Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develo p it for worldwide commerce.

That the personal physician of former U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton is Eleanor 'Connie' Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy. A Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin,Greek, German, French and Chinese. Or that a Filipino genius was responsible for the near hiatus in the PENTAGON and White HOuse nearly infiltrating their closely guarded secrets with the 'ILOVEYOU' bug. Nuisance maybe, but still one heck of a 'beautiful mind'...not to be underestimated.The list goes on and on, but who cares right? Certainly not Mr. Art Bell...Boy, I'm not surprised. Perhaps Art Bell does not know that although we consider ourselves ASIAN because we are strategically located in the Southeast asian region of which our nearest neighbors are Malays, ASIA does not mean only Chinese and Japanese race of people. Then maybe it is his connotation that 'Asia' meant only our economically successful, paler brothers and he considers Malays such as Thais, Malaysians, Indonesians, and ourselves as a ' Third World ' race. Then it is 'his' ignonimity that would make a civilized person of whatever race puke. Imagine literally connecting Chinese, Koreans and Japanese to the Philippine Islands which is archipelagos away from the countries he has mentioned. I also wonder where he got the impression that we aspire to be Japanese(???) Hispanics maybe but not the Japanese. But even Hispanics today do not mind sharing their 'surnames' to their Asian brothers who they have colonized for 3 centuries. Another sad reality that although most Filipinos working overseas are domestic helpers and prostitutes, who does he think educates the toddlers of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Tokyo? Parents of these countries rarely have time spent with their children, leaving them to their Filipino nannies. And with regards to prostitution. Filipinos are not the only ones working as one. I HARDLY SEE FILIPINOS STARRING IN PORN MOVIES. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW FILIPINOS WE HAVEN'T SEEN , BUT MOST ARE FROM MR. ART BELL'S RACE. He also mentioned that we have no concept of culture..no concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy. How can we demonstrate Confucianism or Taoism in a Christian nation? IS HE INFORMED THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE ONLY PREDOMINANTLY CHRISTIAN/CATHOLIC NATION IN ASIA ?! YOU HAVE TO USE COMMON SENSE IN A LOT OF THINGS SOMETIMES... We do not need to create an identity for ourselves. We are who we are. Our identity stems from the anonymity we live in this world. How we contribute silent ly towards the progress of the world and not just one country. Although the Filipino blood may be tainted with malice, corruption, poverty and prostitution, it is not a perfect race... But so are the others. Maybe Mr. Art Bell needs to think about this. WE MAY NOT BE PERFECT MR. BELL BUT AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE VALUES. FOR ONE THING WE DONT PUT OUR AGING PARENTS IN NURSING HOMES BECAUSE 'THEY'RE SIMPLY OLD AND WORTHLESS'. WE DONT HAVE AS MUCH NUMBERS OF SINGLE MOTHERS WHO GET PREGNANT IN THEIR VERY EARLY TEENS AND EVENTUALLY BECOME PARASITES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. YES...WE CAME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO WORK, TO EARN DECENT MONEY (HALF OF WHICH BY THE WAY GOES TO TAXES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY SOCIAL PARASITES FROM YOUR RACE).AND BY THE WAY, MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH DONT COME FROM YOUR RACE... THEY'RE ACTUALLY IMMIGRANTS TOO. AND THOSE EDUCATED ONES DO NOT ACT LIKE YOU DO, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE REALLY BEEN WELL EDUCATED..AFTER ALL THAT'S SAID... WHO IS THE IGNORANT ONCE AGAIN?! - May Munoz

I have a current project that connects to a remote database server using Visual C# as client window application. So before I started my project, I tested it if it is possible to connect and the result, it does connect. For those does who failed to solve this problem, here's my tutorial/guide. Test Project Requirements:

• VMware Workstation 5.5
• CentOS 4.4
• Visual C# Express Edition
• MySQL Data Connector .Net v1.0.7

Scenario: The client's OS is MS Windows XP and the server is CentOS Linux. The client will connect to the Linux server to query and process some transaction. But in the sample code, it demonstrate only how to connect remotely in the server. My server's IP address is 192.168.10.117 and a MySQL port of 3306 (default port). Screenshots:

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Step 1: Setup the Linux server, be sure you already installed MySQL server. In our case, we use VMware and a CentOS 4.4 is installed. For installation help, google it! :P The first thing to do is configure your IP tables by using iptables command. see illustration below;

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If your configuration does not allow foreign connection to your MySQL, then change that and allow it. In real scenario if your server is public, I recommend that you must have a new server which can only be access through local network. Or if cannot afford, just setup well the IP tables that only local connections are allowed. Anyway, here's my new IP tables setup in my server;

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In MySQL CLI, create a user that can access everywhere. To do this, see sample below; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to 'beasaw'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'qwerty'; Explained: the command shown above is to allow user, beasaw, to access anywhere using a password qwerty. That's it... server setup completed. :D Step 2: Before you create a new project in VCS, test first the connection using the command; C:\> mysql\bin\mysql --host=192.168.10.117 --port=3306 --user=beasaw --password=qwerty See image below;

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Step 3:

1. Open your Visual C# and create a new project, name it to remoteMySQL.
2. In Form1.cs, layout just like the screenshot above.
3. Add a reference, MySql.Data.dll (assumed that you already installed the MySQL data connector .Net v1.0.7)
4. Add mysql to the project: using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
5. Begin your codes, see sample code (download link below)... :P

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That's it... You can create as many applications you want with this method. Like Ticketing System, connecting 10 terminals to the servers simultaneously and etc. And of course, connection varies also to your MySQL server setup. :D Download: » mysqlremote_public.zip

I'm not into baking, cooking or something but I just learn this by watching my friends, Kyna Mori Flores and Cherry Oh, making this thing. Hehehe.. :) Because its yummy, so I tried to make one at home by my self. So far, I did it! Horay! :D Recipe:

• 1 crushed graham pack (crust)
• 1/4 cup of butter (crust)
• 2 tease spoon of sugar (crust)
• 2 all purpose cream
• 2 knox gelatin
• 1 blueberry can (you can use smackers brand)
• 2 cream cheese
• 1/4 cup of sugar

Procedure:

1. Crust: Pour the crushed graham and the 2 tease spoon of sugar into the bowl and mixed it. While mixing, melt the butter also (you can use your Microwave). Then pour the melted butter into the bowl and mixed them together until the all properly mixed. :)
2. Using the cheesecake pan, floor the crust into the pan and level it properly or evenly.
3. Get a new big bowl for the cheesecake procedure. Put the 2 all purpose cream, 2 cream cheese, and 1/4 cup of sugar into the big bowl. Then mix it with a mixer.
4. While mixing the step 3, get a cup and pour some water and warm it. Enough warm to melt the gelatin. Then pour the 2 knox gelatin into the cup and mix it well. Remember, mix it well. :P
5. As the gelatin is ready, pour it into the big bowl with the cheesecake. Mix it properly as well. Be sure everything is mixed properly.
6. Pour slowly the cheesecake from the bowl to the cheesecake pan (where the crust is already set). Then refrigerate it within 36 hours (enough to freeze the gelatin).
7. After 36 hours, remove the cheesecake from the pan to a cheesecake tray then place the blueberries as toppings.
8. Refrigerate it again about 8 hours. Then that's it... Yummy blueberry cheesecake is ready to serve.. :)

[gallery] When my friend's Card Reader goes something wrong, I tried to fix it and found that the wires are pulled out. So I found the solution (shown below) to resold the wires back into its position.

When I first encountered this error, I thought something wrong with my apache-php integration. Thank God it's not the one I thought. This PHP Fatal error message will be encountered if your PHP script memory requirements exceed the default 8MB limit. Somehow, you can overcome this by doing two methods. 1. Set Resource Limits in /etc/php.ini ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Resource Limits ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; max_execution_time = 45 ; Maximum execution time of each script max_input_time = 60 ; Maximum amount may spend parsing request data memory_limit = 12M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB) 2. Initiate a function to set the Resources Limit ini_set("memory_limit","12M"); Why so serious?!? that's it... your done! :)

Last December 24 and 25, 2008, I loaded twice with 100 Pesos and register twice for SULITXT 15 but they still deduct every text messages I sent. It is so unfair for every subscriber because we are paying as what they ask for but in return, they don't even do good to their services. I think they have to rehabilitate their system. I've been using Globe since 2001 with my first Nokia 7110 mobile phone. So If this blog will be read by the Globe staff, hope they will take action of this case. And I think I'm not the only experiencing this problem they have. It really sucks!

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Beatriz "Bea" Saw"][/caption] Having a celebrity friend is not easy... especially giving a gift on her birthday. Because we all know she can afford everything. I was having difficulty looking a gift. I ask few suggestions from my friends, Toni and Edz and somehow it helps. Honestly, I am not capable of choosing a good gift for women. Bea's gift? It was my first ever gift that cost much. Asking? (I won't tell! Hahahahaha...) Hope she'll like it. There were two items, one item was taken from Edz suggestion and the other was my own instinct. And it's not about how expensive my gift is, but the effort choosing that gift and trying to send on time. And most of all, come from my heart. (Hahaha! O.A.!) Somehow, my gift was still late due to fortuitous event. Hoping to see her wearing my gift on TV... Teehee!