Sunday, September 30, 2012

Teachers' Board: Examinee's Viewpoint


I went to the place of examination 2-hour before the said time, wearing a white polo shirt,  and having me my transparent long envelope with brown envelop containing the application stub, receipt of payment, 2 pcs mongol#2 pencil, and a black ballpen.  It is still dark and we are just 6 who came very early. We are standing in front of the gate of Bagay Elementary School, Tuguegarao City, and waiting for the places of the school be seen by our eyes.


As 2 young fat men just arrived carrying their "Jollibee's Baon", I noticed that they didn't follow what is in the guidelines. Few minutes before 6AM, tricycles are buzzing and many of the examiners are coming. I stayed in the school's stage where chairs are available and light reaches the place. There were few examiners who are wearing the required dress.

At 6:30AM as scheduled, almost all of the rooms were opened. I go inside my room where I was assigned. There were still a quarter of us who are not yet present. Some are bowing their heads and having personal prayers. Some are having casual communication to get know each others. Most are just too quiet, and maybe because they are "first timers" like me.


It's about 10 minutes before 8AM where all of us were already present.  Later than 6:30AM arrival is not true or maybe because we have a proctor who is very considerate. Examinees who are not in proper dress code (white shirt w/ collar) is also not true.


Now, our requirements (admission tab, payment official receipt, window envelop with stamp) were checked including our calculators. I observed that the proctors have a master list of calculator's name (brand/model) which are allowed to use in the examination especially in the mathematics part. Two of our room mates' calculator were confiscated because their calculators are not found in the list. With this, I wonder if my standard calculator (I bought in the "baratilyo") in their list. Well, I am sure it's not listed but it is obviously not a programmable calculator.


At exactly 8AM, the bell rang, and it is the signal that the exam started. We actually started at 8:10AM in our room because we are the last who receives the examination questionnaires even we are in Room #1. We filled out forms for which we are asked to write some personal details (date of graduation should be noted prior to examination) and we took our pledge by copying the paragraphs which is about the security of the contents of the examination questionnaires.


We have received the 1st part of the exam and the last page of our answer sheets which is for the General Education. We are strictly instructed that we should avoid skipping items without answer and having erasures especially with left mark. After 2 hrs, most of us finish the General Education and some are having trouble with the Mathematics portion which I'm sure of.


We return the answer sheets to the proctor, and we are given another answer sheet which is for Professional Education. At 1PM, all of us were given a breaktime and we are advised to return at 2PM for the part 2 of the exam. Luckily, I finished it at 12 noon and I have still time to get out of the venue and to have a necessity.


My overall point of view of the exam is below average difficulty but I am not too confident to win it because of limited time of preparation for this kind of exam. If you are planning to take the LET exam, you should read Things You should Know during LET Exam.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

iPhone 5's fever




Courtesy: Doug Gross, CNN

(CNN) -- Thousands of die-hard fans of Apple's iconic smartphone endured long overnight lines outside Apple retail stores around the world to be among the first Friday to buy the new iPhone 5.

Near the front of a line of about 200 people Friday morning, Horton said he got about an hour's worth of sleep while meeting new friends from what he called "the iPhone family."  Follow story HERE.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Wow! Wifi inside your processor?

[caption id="attachment_630" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The "Moore's Law Radio" chip[/caption]

arstechnica.com | At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner unveiled a pair of technologies coming out of Intel Labs that will overcome many of the size and power limits that have stood in the way of integrating radio technology more tightly with computers and other digital devices. The first, what Intel calls the "Moore's Law Radio," is a complete WiFi transceiver on a 32-nanometer scale silicon chip; the second, called Rosepoint, is a complete system-on-a-chip that integrates two Atom processor cores with a digital WiFi transceiver.  Read FULL story HERE.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

AMD Blog Site Hacked

Advanced Micro Devices is the latest major company to be victimized by hackers, shutting down its blog site Aug. 19 after a group calling itself r00tbeer apparently defaced the site and stole a database containing information of AMD staff.

The attackers reportedly announced the hack on its Twitter account after putting their logo and a link to the Twitter account on the site.

The chip maker has since shut down the site, initially saying it was being taken offline for “routine maintenance,” then posting a message that said its blog site “is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. This area will be back online as soon as possible.”

Read the FULL story HERE.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Neil Armstrong passes at age 82

Neil Armstrong onboard Apollo 11's return to Earth by NASA

arstechnica.com | At 10:56pm EDT on July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human being to ever step foot on any extraterrestrial body. His initial words of "that's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" were heard around the world and have echoed through time ever since. Earlier today—43 years after his historic mission, a few weeks after he turned 82 years old and underwent heart surgery to relieve blocked arteries—Neil Armstrong passed away.

After his historic mission, Armstrong continued on at NASA as a manager in Washington, DC. Once he left the agency, he taught engineering at the University of Cincinnati and served on numerous corporate boards. He was part of the NASA panel that investigated both the Apollo 13 disaster and the Challenger disaster many years later.

Read the FULL STORY.

A hero for all mankind: Pioneer and NASA legend will be remembered for his legendary step.


5 Most Popular Linux Distro

And the most popular of all is ...

It's hard to say what the most popular Linux distributions are. There are no good surveys. But, these are the ones that have been getting the most buzz in recent months.

These conclusions are not from a formal survey. Why?

IDG and Gartner figures only look at pre-installed server operating systems, and Web browser surveys -- such as StatCounter and NetMarketShare -- don't drill down far enough to say which Linux desktop distributions are the most popular.

1. Mint Linux      2. Mageia    3. Ubuntu    4. Fedora    5. Debian

Click HERE to read the Full Story.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

How to get MID and RTN for all Pag-IBIG members

All transactions now will be based on Pag-IBIG Membership Identification Number (MID). But for the information of everyone, you cannot get your MID number if you will not have a Registration Tracking Number (RTN).

To get the RTN, you may go online at Pag-IBIG eServices and select "Membership Registration".


Please take note while you are filling out the online registration form that the options on inputting the residential address and the like, you might need assistance where it seems there is no note on how to input the address. To fix this, click "Get ZIP code" in order to get the town/city together with the province.



The inputting of information of address by clicking the HyperLink after it is the same with the occupation, and employer's address. After completing all the required fields in the form, it is advisable that you should review it by clicking the "Review" button. Once you are decided, click "Submit" and you will be redirected to the "Successful Registration Page" which giving you additional instructions for you to take note and it is mandatory that you should print the file or hit "File>Save As>" to save it in your USB flashdrives and have it printed later. Take note again of this (click picture to enlarge):



While waiting for your MID number, you need this Printed Form in your transactions to Pag-IBIG fund. You will receive also an SMS message from Pag-IBIG about your successful registration.

Note: 

  • Before going through Online Application, you should know your TIN# and (SSS/GSIS Number).

  • If you are cyberphobic (Afraid of using computer), you need to accomplish a form in any branch of Pag-IBIG fund.

  • All of the members (old and new), including those who have already their Pag-IBIG number are required to apply for the MID number.

Monday, September 10, 2012

How to Fix Corrupted Files?

** How to fix corrupted files in XP **


/ Introduction //
This tutorial has been made so people that are having problems with corrupted files, can learn how to fix them easy.


// Required //
+ Windows XP operating system
+ Windows XP cd


// Right to the tutorial //
+ Place the xp cd in your cd/dvd drive
+ Go to start
+ run
+ type in 'sfc /scannow' (without the ')


Now it should all load, and fix all your corrupted file on windows XP :)


Note: The author does not take any responsibility for your actions and not responsible for any damage caused by this tutorial. Thanks to H|LLJD00


 


 

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Cant See Secure Sites?

Cant See Secure Sites?


Problem with seeing secure sites such as banks and online stores? I found this very useful to me at my teaching work.

By the way, what u need to do is create a new NOTEPAD file and write in it the following DLL's.. just copy-paste the following lines:

regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL
regsvr32 WINTRUST.DLL
regsvr32 INITPKI.DLL
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll


and save it as > all file types, and make it something like fixsecurity.bat.

Lastly, run the file that you created and nothing to worry 'bout visiting those secured websites.



Note: The author does not take any responsibility for your actions and not responsible for any damage caused by this tutorial.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Another Hack into Spy Cameras

Hi! Please read first my first article about SpyCam hacking before going into this article.

By the way, thanks to console cowboy. Here we go again, another information of a camera named TrendNet cameras which are vulnerable for network hacking. Yes, it was just the same scenario in which a camera's firmware is intentionally left by the manufacturer unupdated so as people around the world could access it online.

Okay, so much for the introduction. This TrendNet camera's root access for viewing has the URL path "/anony/mjpg.cgi". And with this information, we just use google again by keying in the keyword inurl: "/anony/mjpg.cgi".  Now, look for the result w/ a static IP address instead of a domain. Be patient on looking of all the searches. Here's some on the list:



Are you having hard time looking for such results? Maybe it's time to visit Shodan and search there "netcam" and you'll have dozens of results. Enjoy! Until next time for hacking. ;-) You may try the IP addresses as shown above the screenshot.



 

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Free Domain for your Website

How to have a FREE premium domain


1. Visit www.co.cc



2. Input your desired domain in the textbox (www.__________.co.cc) example: jaydelacruz
3. Click "Check Availability".
4. You should get this message "is available - One year domain registration for $0", else search for another.
5. Click "Continue to Registration"
6. Fill out the form to register. Take note of your active email address, username, and password.

For these steps, you should have already a hosting account. If you haven't, please buy a hosting and proceed to step #7.
7. Click "Manage Domain". Please login first using your email as username.
8. Select your domain you want to manage
9. Select "Nameservers"
10. Input the nameservers given by your hosting. It is usually comes in pair. (example: ns1.hostscripter.com, ns2.hostscripter.com).
11. Lastly, click update.
Note: You will wait for a maximum of 48 hrs for the domain and hosting to be connected.