General19 Feb 2005 5:04 pm
w00t! This blog is now on the new WordPress v1.5.
If you haven’t notice by now, I’ve also changed the layout a bit. There’s still a bit of construction and refining work on this blog. So please bear with the noise and potholes until it is done. Let me know if you stumble into any bugs.
February 20th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
What’s the difference from v1.2? As far as I can see, it’s only the back-room stuff (admin page, etc.) that’s different. Or did I miss something? Please enlighten. Thanks.
Please check out this site to see how he handles archive and links. Very neat. Waiting for the plug-in to be released.
http://www.richardsnotes.org/
February 20th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Thus far, just some minor improvements. Upgrade from 1.2 to 1.5 is not necessary for the time being. I’ll help you upgrade it once it matures
February 22nd, 2005 at 9:25 pm
Why mine still with WP1.2 one… Heh..
February 23rd, 2005 at 1:10 am
CheeV: upgrade from WP 1.2 to WP 1.5 will cost you RM 5,000 per half hour of work. Minimum charge: 1 hour
February 27th, 2005 at 6:30 am
aww.. poor cheeV kena bully..
i got him to upgrade for me for free k..
just bug him EVERYDAY..
February 28th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
Hi there, sorry keluar tajuk sikit. But since you describe yourself as ‘very passionate in IT’ - I can’t help, but get tempted to ask this ’sinful question’. Do you, by any chance, have the knowledge/source/skill to crack DRM (digital right manager) coding? (I’ve been searching the entire net for more than a month, and still couldn’t find a solution). I do aware that cracking DRM is illegal in some countries (and can be prosecuted), but guess it should be fine in Malaysia. Iya kerr? I agak-agak jer la.
If you find this request inappropriate, don’t feel obliged to respond. TQ.
February 28th, 2005 at 4:01 pm
Kelakar lar kau ni, senang aje kau relate my passion for IT dengan cracking DRM (btw, DRM is Digital Rights Management, bukan manager).
Sorry ler, kalau nak dengar muzik, nak tengok wayang, belilah yang ori, kalau tak leh beli ori, beli lar edisi cetak rompak. Janji support ekonomi Malaysia, okay?
February 28th, 2005 at 4:36 pm
damn… this site supports piracy…
February 28th, 2005 at 4:42 pm
no matthew, you read it wrongly, this site supports affordability
February 28th, 2005 at 5:41 pm
Auyong, err.. sorry.. yes, ‘management’. Err.. kita ni penyokong yang original tau! I don’t believe in piracy, trust me.
My issue with DRM is.. with some US-based sites that provide online entertainment. I subscribe to this partcular site, and the silly thing is… I can only access the contents/movies through a single machine (apparently, the license is issued under the ip of my PC!). Eventhough I can download the movies into CD, I couldn’t play it anywhere else (because of the stupid DRM la!). It HAS TO BE in my PC at home. Can it be sillier than that? I can’t carry my bulky PC to travel around, can I? Sia-sia saja bayar £27 per-month for that service.
Err.. err.. ok la. Just leave it there. Jadi luahan perasan pula. Ha ha ha! But believe me.. it’s pointless to support DRM when it comes to online entertainment. That’s one of the many mechanisms - how the giant Microsoft.. mengukuhkan lagi monopoli dunia IT. Sooner or later, we all leave with no choice. So, before it’s too late, let’s crack the DRM.. ha ha ha ha!
February 28th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Rem, you need to seek professional help. Apparently you’re not concerned about your willingness to pay £27/month for the service but not agreeing to their business model to begin with.
And then you wanna get all worked-up and want to crack the DRM system they’re using. Something don’t sound right here? Why bother with all the trouble? Just stop paying for the service, take your business elsewhere if you think you’re not getting your end of the bargain. Simple as that.
You seriously need help.
February 28th, 2005 at 7:42 pm
I don’t agree with the way you look at this problem.
That is a very ‘old-fashioned Malaysian’ attitude, to say the least. ‘Kalau tak suka, just terminate. Don’t fight for your right. Go somewhere else’ - this kind of attitude. But well, everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. Some people are just naturally born with low expection - and we can’t help that, can we?
DRM is legally right, but is not ethically appropriate. It’s not merely my £27/month that I’m worrying about. It’s about the customer’s right in general. Yes, I have the option and choice to go somewhere else - but how long we have to keep limiting ourselves only to certain choices? That’s my point, just in case you have problem to read between the lines. Thanks a lot, I do appreciate your 5 cents advice - but sorry, I don’t take your unnecessary sarcasm easily. Yes, I need help - but ‘a serious help’.. and not.. er.. err.. ’seriously need help’.
And if you read my post correctly - “I was politely asking for opinion with no obligation”. I neither did ask you or anyone TO JUDGE me. Seems that someone here desperately needs to enrol for some courses on communication skills. TQ. I rest my case.
February 28th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Wordpress 1.5 nice nice nice nice..
February 28th, 2005 at 8:46 pm
Rem, when I said that you should seek help, I should’ve enclosed it in a sarcasm tag, since you took me literally. I’m sorry for that.
Anyway, I didn’t mean that you should pay and shut up about the DRM, or refuse to pay for the service either. I’m really confused at your course of action (not trying to judge you here), since your intention is to crack the DRM due to your displeasure about the DRM restrictions.
To me, that’s unethical, to you, well, it’s up to your belief and beyond my rights or needs to judge on that.
And by the way, I have been taking this request of yours with a pinch of salt, and I think you should to. Just don’t take it all too seriously. If you’re concerned about the public display of this matter, you should’ve contacted me via e-mail or any other private messaging means instead.
Let’s move on, shall we?
February 28th, 2005 at 8:53 pm
LOL. A thief will always find ways to justify his thievery.
February 28th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
“an invitation to treat” - this is the essence of all business models out there on this planet.
If you don’t agree to a service, you can’t bitch about it. Because you were given CONSUMER RIGHTS TO CHOOSE. Not to accept a deal and bitch about it later. Period.
*think before you speak/type*
February 28th, 2005 at 11:06 pm
rem - http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/
February 28th, 2005 at 11:43 pm
First of all, I don’t take anything here too seriously.
I’m just trying to stimulate some ’spicy’ discussions. Alaa.. kasi ada perencah sikit, tak kan tak buleh kut?
Quoting Michaelooi, “If you don’t agree to a service, you can’t bitch about it. Because you were given CONSUMER RIGHTS TO CHOOSE. Not to accept a deal and bitch about it later. Period.”
First of all, nobody is bitching around here. Speaking your mind doesn’t necessarily mean you want to bitch.
As Jeff Ooi put it, ‘thinking ALOUD, thinking ALLOWED’. Consumer has the right to choose - yes. That’s the LOWEST form (read as ‘basic’) of consumer’s right. The higher level ones are including - customer’s rights to argue, to complain, to demand for better service… or even to CHALLENGE the service (or as some of you put it, ‘to bitch around about the service’). I don’t see anything wrong with that. Accepting a deal doesn’t mean that you have to shut up, and just plainly accept everything as it comes. Well, you can do that if you choose to. Of course you have the right to exercise the lowest form of your right, if you’re happy with it.
March 1st, 2005 at 12:42 am
Bukan tak boleh, tapi kitaorang ni tak guna perencah, monosodium glutamate (MSG) kitaorang tak main…
Okay this is getting stale…
First, don’t throw names here, I’ve very much respect to Jeff Ooi and you should’ve commented in Jeff’s blog if you want to think aloud and have your thinking allowed, this is just not the right domain for that, your blog could very well also be your domain for that thinking.
My final words about your concern as a consumer to fight for the rights of service, to challenge the service: the service being provided to you by the site you mentioned, has to provide it in a way that protects its own services from abuse. As such, the use of DRM. Whether it is appropriate to use DRM to restrict the use of the services is beyond the scope of my concern, but that’s what employed by the site to prevent abuse.
I know you don’t see why you shouldn’t challenge the site for its restriction, but I don’t see how your exercise of rights should allow you and other users the capabilities to abuse and exploit (even if it’s not of your intention) the services. Consumer rights is one thing, but what about copyrights and intellectual property (IP) rights?
As the owner of this blog, I shall have the final say on this matter (no, this is not a blog for the people). I consider the discussion of this matter over. Rem, you’re welcomed to comment on other stuff on this blog, but please, no more about this matter, okay? Please don’t make me exercise my rights to remove newer postings from you regarding this matter. Thank you.
Move along now, nothing to see…
March 1st, 2005 at 12:52 am
People should learn not to shit on private properties, LMAO!!!