Thursday, December 29, 2005

More Firefox Extensions

Due to it being a very slow work day, I've been on the hunt for some new Firefox extensions, and have found these two, which are pretty cool...

  • IETab - which opens an Internet Explorer window from within Firefox - very cool!
  • IEView - not so cool, but allows opening of a link in Firefox, using the Internet Explorer API...

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Who writes these things???

Just sitting down at work, to run through an online training module, and the first screen mandates the following:

Navigating through DWiT requires the following skills:

  • The ability to use a web link
  • The ability to close a browser window
  • The ability to use the Back and Forward buttons on a web browser.

What sort of genius writes these training materials, and given it is online, web based training, how the hell did I manage to get to this particular screen if I don't have the above abilities?

Stupid Hackers...

Got the following in an email from one of the guys at work. It's a really good example of how stupid some of the script kiddies who call themselves "Hackers" truly are...

######checker (~java@euirc-a97f9137.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
* ######checker (~java@euirc-61a2169c.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #stopHipHop
<######checker> why do you kick me
<######checker> can't you discus normally
<######checker> answer!
we didn't kick you
you had a ping timeout: * ######checker (~java@euirc-a97f9137.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
<######checker> what ping man
<######checker> the timing of my pc is right
<######checker> i even have dst
<######checker> you banned me
<######checker> amit it you son of a ######
LOL
s**t you're stupid, DST^^
<######checker> shut your mouth WE HAVE DST!
<######checker> for two weaks already
<######checker> when you start your pc there is a message from windows that DST is applied.
You're a real computer expert
<######checker> shut up i hack you
ok, i'm quiet, hope you don't show us how good a hacker you are ^^
<######checker> tell me your network number man then you're dead
Eh, it's 129.0.0.1
or maybe 127.0.0.1
yes exactly that's it: 127.0.0.1 I'm waiting for you great attack
<######checker> in five minutes your hard drive is deleted
Now I'm frightened
<######checker> shut up you'll be gone
<######checker> i have a program where i enter your ip and you're dead
<######checker> say goodbye
to whom?
<######checker> to you man
<######checker> buy buy
I'm shivering thinking about such great Hack0rs like you
* ######checker (~java@euirc-61a2169c.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)

What happened is clear: That guy entered his own IP-Adress in his almighty Hack-Tool and crashed his own PC. thus the attack on my PC was a total failure. I was already starting to think that I did not have to worry, but a good hacker never calls it a day. Two minutes later he returned.

QUOTE
* ######checker (~java@euirc-b5cd558e.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #stopHipHop
<######checker> dude be happy my pc crashed otherwise you'd be gone
lol
######checker: Then try hacking me again... I still have the same IP: 127.0.0.1
<######checker> you're so stupid man
<######checker> say buy buy
ah, p**s off
<######checker> buy buy anarchist
* ######checker (~java@euirc-b5cd558e.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)

There was a tension in the room... Would he manage, after these two failures, to crash my PC? I waited. Nothing happened. I felt relieve... Six minutes passed by until he prepared the next wave of attack. Being a Hacker, who usually cracks whole data centers, he knew what his problem was now.

QUOTE
· ######checker (~java@euirc-9ff3c180.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #stopHipHop
<######checker> anarchsit you son of a ######
######checker how old are you?
What's up ######checker?
<######checker> you have a frie wal
<######checker> fire wall
maybe, i don't know
<######checker> i'm 26
such behaviour at 26?
how did you find out that I have a firewall?
tststs this is not very nice missy
<######checker> because your gay fire wall directed my turn off signal back to me
<######checker> be a man turn that s**t off
cool, didn't know this was possible.
<######checker> thn my virus destroys your pc man
are you hacking yourselves?
yes ######checker is trying to hack me
he ######checker if you're a hacker you have to get around a firewall even i can do that
<######checker> yes man i hack the anarch but the sucker has a fire wall the
what firewall do you have?
<######checker> like a girl
firewall is normal a normal hacker has to be able to get past it...you girl^^
###### give yourself a jackson and chill you're letting them provoce you and give those little girls new material all the time
<######checker> turn the firewall off then i send you a virus
Noo
he ######checker why turn it off, you should turn it off
<######checker> you're afraid
<######checker> i don't wanna hack like this if he hides like a girl behind a fire wall
<######checker> anathsti turn off your ###### wall!
i wanted to say something about this, do you know the definition of hacking??? if he turns of the firewall that's an invitation and that has nothing to do with hacking
<######checker> shut up
lol
<######checker> my grandma surfs with fire wall
<######checker> and you suckers think you're cool and don't dare going into the internet without a fire wall

He calls me girly and says only his grandma would use a firewall. I know that elder people are much more intelligent then younger, but I couldn't let that rest. To see whether he really is a good hacker I waited to see what happens next.

QUOTE
######checker, a friend showed me how to turn the firewall off. Now you can try again
######hacker can't hack
> nice play on words ^^
<######checker> wort man
######checker: I'm still waiting for your attack!
how many times again he is no hacker
<######checker> man do you want a virus
<######checker> tell me your ip and it deletes your hard drive
lol ne give it up i'm a hacker myself and i know how hackers behave and i can tell you 100.00% you're no hacker..^^
127.0.0.1
it's easy
<######checker> lolololol you so stupid man you'll be gone
<######checker> and are the first files being deleted
moment….
i'll take a look

Just to check I started up Firefox Had I underestimated him? No…

QUOTE
<######checker> don't need to rescue you can't son of a ######
that's bad
<######checker> anarchist you idiout your hard drive g: is deleted
yes, there's nothing i can do about it
<######checker> and in 20 seconds f: is gone

Yes, true, G: and F: were gone. Did I ever have them? No… but how did this remtard come to such a conclusion?, I did not have time to think, I was scared. ######checker was advising me on my music choices..completely random….

QUOTE
<######checker> tupac rules
<######checker> anarchist you son of a ###### your f: is gone and e: too

Drive E:? Oh my god... All the games are there! And all my work, I instantly take a look. Everything still there. But the mastermind hacker said it was deleted....

QUOTE
<######checker> and d: is at 45% you idiot lolololol
why doesn't meta say anything
he's probably rolling on the floor laughing
> ^^
<######checker> your d: is gone
go on ######

The guy is good: My CD-drive is supposedly deleted! ######checker turned my CD-ROM into a burner! But how did he do this? I'll have to ask him. Some encourage him. He himself is giving advice how to avoid the disaster on my hard drives.

QUOTE
<######checker> anarchist man you're so stupid never give your ip on the internet
<######checker> i'm already at c: 30 percent

Should I tell him he's not attacking my computer? Should I burst his bubble of psychotic delusion?

QUOTE
* ######checker (~java@euirc-9ff3c180.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)

Too late... It's 20:22 when we get the last message of our hacker with the AKA "######checker". We see that he has a "Ping timeout". We haven't seen him since then...
He also threatened me with his amazing language talents

QUOTE
<######checker> shut up man i have advanced german

BookmarksHome

Just sifting through Mozdev, and came across BookmarksHome, a plugin for Firefox...



Makes your bookmarks browseable, and has RSS support as well... NICE!

Monday, December 26, 2005

Geek Stuff

The blog will now automatically resize to the browser size...

I was getting sick of having to scroll side to side if the entry was larger than the browser...

We're now working on percentages of available browser space...

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Rexmas...


Today was the WRX Club Christmas (Rexmas) party.

The gorilla suit came in handy again, for marshalling traffic at the Knox City Shopping Centre at the meeting point.


Once again, there were some mixed reactions from kids, as well as the adults.

A few reckoned it was gold, the others again, declared me an idiot! :-)

The cruise for the event ended up at Red Hill, at the oval, where Santa (Alex) arrived in a Mustang, accompanied by a gorilla, and an elf (Carlee)

Again, a great day had by all. The gorilla won the raffle prize of a hamper of Black Magic car cleaning products... Gotta be loving that! :-)

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Zoo Christmas Party


Work threw the Christmas Part at the Werribee Zoo this year. There was a fancy dress competition, so Rob and I decided to hire a couple of suits to get right into the spirit!

The reaction was kind of mixed... Most folks called us idiots, which is partly correct, given the heat... Some of the kids loved it, others hated it...





We went on the bus safari, where the gorillas had a chance to relax a bit, and take in the animals in the park.


The animals the bus occupants saw included Hippos, Bison, Giraffes and Rhinos.