For those on Facebook - A Reminder

Just sharing reminders - Very important message, please read to the END. It's a good reminder even though we may know (or not) all this about Facebook.  One other good practice is about Instant Personalization: The New Face Book Privacy setting called "Instant Personalization" goes into effect. The new setting shares your data with non-Facebook websites & it is automatically set to "Enabled". Go to Account > Privacy Settings > Apps & Websites > Instant Personalization >edit settings & uncheck "Enable". BTW If your friends don't do this, they will be sharing info about you as well. Please copy and repost FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON FACE BOOK - BEWARE!    Please spare a few minutes to read this...It’s an eye opener.   "The information people give out on Facebook, when linked up with other information freely available on the internet, is an absolute goldmine for criminals," the Daily Mail quoted Michael Fraser, a reformed burglar who presents the BBC's 'Beat The Burglar' programme, as saying. "One year, you might have a party and give out your address. A while later, you might tell everyone that it is your 30th birthday. "So, if you've accepted me as a friend of a friend, I know your name, your address and your birth date. "From that, I can go to 192.com or 192.com usa and on there I can find out what you do for a living, how much your home is worth - and whether you're likely to be worth burgling. "I might have already made up my mind because you've posted party pictures on Facebook and I can see what kind of valuables you have in the house - and which rooms they're in. Then you go and tell your Facebook friends how much you're looking forward to going on holiday next Tuesday. "I can go on to Google Street View and see actual photographs of your home. I can see if you have a burglar alarm, or whether there are any bushes in the garden to hide in. And I can see all the alleyways I can escape down. And, of course, I know you won't be at home. "Once you accept a stranger into your Facebook account, they can begin what we call social engineering - delicately asking questions to build up information about you,' said Jason Hart, senior vice president of CRYPTOCard Network Security. "And that can cause havoc. Let's say they got your email address, then they could go to your email account pretending to be you and saying you have forgotten your password. "Once they have that secret information, the email account will let them in. And once they are in there, they can find lots of sensitive information, such as your Amazon and eBay account history. "They can then go to those sites pretending to be you and saying you have lost your passwords, and guess what happens then? "Those sites send the passwords to your email account - the one that they have already conned their way into. "Crooks who do this usually use the credit card details you have stored there to buy online gift vouchers that can be traded on the internet. It is a form of instant ­currency. "Even worse, if you have a PayPal account and have credit in it, your so-called friend could clean it out.  "Effectively, they have become an electronic version of you, they can change all your passwords and begin stealing from you.

The world is a dangerous place not because of people who do evil, but because of good people 

who look on and do nothing about it. 

-- Albert Einstein

In Malaysia, Sex Is The Trump Card

I think it's already the talk of the country and maybe some part of the world. The timely release of a porn video to coincide with the Sarawak Election do rock the country's political scenario. While the Sodomy II is still waiting for the conclusion, another sub-plot rises. I think Malaysia politics are centred around sex. A few politician falls due to the haunting word "sex" and some came back. Is "sex" the only and successful way to topple or assassinate someone in Malaysia? So far it seems that's the way after the success of Tun M using it as his trump card in late 90s.

Will pornographic material be allowed in Malaysia if it is for a good cause? This is what the Ministers in the Prime minister's Department (whose son's hot pic were circulated over the internet sometimes ago) “It depends on what the purpose is. They wanted to show proof that Anwar had sex with this woman, not to make a pornographic video,” said the minister in the prime minister's department.

Malaysian's especially Malays, are so obsessed with sex that if one want to sell any medicine or concoction, just add the sentence 'menguatkan tenaga bathin', or 'meningkatkan daya kelalakian'. 

Today I received an email from a friend analysing the authenticity of the pornographic release. I copy and paste the email forwarded to me under the subject: Datuk T sex video – technical insights and rationale (Look like a HOAX ?)below:

(Last two days ‘Datuk T’s’ pornographic video showing a look-alike of Anwar Ibrahim is a hoax.) Interesting read on.......

Datuk T sex video – technical insights and rationale

Written by  Kim Quek - Thursday, 24 March 2011 14:52

 

This article was actually written yesterday, but upon completing the article, I was stunned by the explosive news of the sudden appearance of the trio behind the sex video. Concerned that my article might have been overtaken by this sudden turn of events, I withheld its release yesterday.  However, upon a review of the latest events, I find that the technical insights and rationale put forward therein are still valid and pertinent to the issue at hand.  I hence present my following article with the hope that it will add to the understanding of this fast evolving drama.

There is one simple way to find out whether ‘Datuk T’s’ pornographic video showing a look-alike of Anwar Ibrahim is a hoax, and that is to go to Anwar’s face book from your own face book account and look for his entries at the time when the video was supposed to be recorded, which is 10:23pm to 10:45pm on Feb 21, 2011.

I just did that, and I found that anwar made entries on that day at The fact that Anwar was actually posting messages in face book at the relevant time clearly10:40pm, 10:49pm, 10:50pm, for which he received 9 comments, 17 comments, 8 comments respectively.  And thereafter, he made another 7 entries, up till 11:028pm. indicates that Anwar couldn’t have been doing what was indicated in the video.

As jokingly exclaimed by Anwar during the press conference on Mar 21, hours after the exposure of the video: How could he be carrying out the sex act and typing on his computer at the same time?  Obviously, ‘Datuk T’ had neglected to look up Anwar’s face book before he launched his pornographic piece.

QUESTIONABLE TIME FRAME

Purely on a technical level, another question that puzzled me was: How could so many acts be compressed into the purported duration of 22 minutes as indicated in the video?  Journalists who had viewed the video said that the love-making part lasted 17 minutes.  This means that within the remaining 5 minutes, the following events had to be completed:

Pre-sex act:

• Anwar look-alike (Mr. X) walked into the room with the conductor who gave instruction to the prostitute who was already waiting there. The conductor left the room.
• The couple undressed.
• Woman went into the bathroom and took a bath, which should include wiping dry with a towel (the undressing and bathroom part of the video was skipped by ‘Datuk T’, but he said the woman took a bath).

Post-sex act:

• Mr.X wiped his lower part with tissue, and went into the bathroom to clean himself, which presumably included washing and wiping dry with a towel.
• Mr. X came out from the bathroom, dressed himself and walked off the room.

It should be obvious that when one tallies up the reasonable time allowed for completing each of these events, the total will far exceed 5 minutes.   This conflict of time frames further undermines the credibility of the video clip.

PLOT IMPLAUSIBLE

‘Datuk T’ said that the sex romp took place in a Spa which provides sex in Kuala Lumpur.

Will anyone believe that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim – who has been subjected incessantly to all sorts of cruel and unjust political persecution for the past 13 years, branded as enemy number one, for which the ruling power has been desperate to see that he is politically annihilated – would even condescend to walk into a place of such disrepute at the peak hours, where he would be instantly recognized by almost everyone present there, not to mention having sex with a prostitute in the same place?  Haven’t ‘Datuk T’ and the plotters behind him overstretched their imagination, if they think the people would swallow such a story?

‘Datuk T’ also claimed that Anwar sent him to the room to look for his lost watch.

If Anwar had patronized a prostitute in the room, would he be so foolish as to send someone to the room to look for his watch?  Wouldn’t that stupid act amount to a virtual confession to others what misdeed he had done there?  And wouldn’t that confession spell the end of his political career?  Who will believe that Anwar would value the watch more than his family, his political career and the destiny of his country and his people?

Despite the indefatigable effort of the ruling power to fix Anwar all these years, has it produced an iota of evidence of his political or moral misconduct, such as corruption, abuse of power, religious or moral sins?

If Anwar has shown none of these weaknesses, why should Malaysians believe ‘Datuk T’ in preference over Anwar, when what the former has displayed so far is nothing but crass acts of character assassination that serves the evil design of his political masters?

Publish Your Blog As A Book

Do you know that there is a service for bloggers to publish his posting and keep it as a book?

It is called the blog2print. If you go to your dashboard, you'll find the advertisement about this matter.

This is a sample from the publisher.

I want to wait for this service from a Malaysian company and I think it will be cheaper.

Missing My Loved Ones

It is fated and everyone has to accept that missing their loved ones can never be fended off. Everybody will at one time or another will have have to face the fact that he or she has to go. 

The saddest moment in life is to accept that he or she passed away. 

My family is made up of 6 siblings and now I am the only one left. I was born after my elder brother and two sisters passed away and that didn't make it as my saddest moments. But two of my younger brothers was called by Allah and that leaves me alone with my aged parents (mother and mother). Although I am not depending on both of them for a living but to have lost them is a fact I have to accept. Being young doesn't mean one will not die soon. 

I lost my youngest brother on 17th November 2007 due to Acute Myiocardial Infarction at the Kedah Medical Centre. That was too bad I could not see his remains for the last time because those who arrange the funeral did not wait for me to arrive eventhough I was just an hour away after rushing back from Kuala Lumpur. They  just buried him and when I arrived at the cemetry, the talkin is being read by the Imams. He was laid to rest at the Mesjid Al Huda Cemetry, Kg. Lubok Air, Air Hitam Kedah 

To my brother Allahyarham Mohd Shukri bin Hj Baharum, Al Fatihah to you. 

1964 - 2007

May your soul Rest In Peace

This year again I lost another brother also due to illness. He was diagnosed as having Advanced Colon Cancer and Peritonial Metastasis 

He passed away peacefully at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital at 11.40 am on 17th Mac 2011 with all the family at his hospital bedside. Thank god, I was able to make my way back to Alor Setar and even though I have no opportunity to speak to him from the time of my arrival (about 4.00am) till his last breath, I was present at that critical moment.  He was laid to rest at the Mesjid Al Ghufran Cementry, Akar Peluru, Persiaran Sultan Abdul Hamid, Alor Setar. Dear brother, Mohd Zahir bin Hj Baharum, Al Fatihah to you. 1957 - 2011

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my Facebook friends, my friends and well wishers who prayed for his health while he was warded from 3rd Mac 2011 until the moment of his demise. Also to those who convey their condolences to our bereaved family. 

I also convey our family's deepest thanks to all the staff of Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar,  who took care of him and the surgeon and his staff for all their effort to save his live. However Allah is more Powerful and Invincible. 

Again, AL FATIHAH TO BOTH  MY LATE BROTHERS. 

My Samsung Tab Has Battery Problem?

I think its confirm that the battery of my Samsung Tab has a problem. It was fully charged last night at about 12.00 pm. I wanted to test whether the problem persist and leave it overnight on standby with the cables pulled off. When I woke up at 7.00 this morning, and upon checking, found out that the battery symbol is blinking and when I switch it on, it remind me to plug the charger and only 1% of power left. 

It means that on standby, the battery can't even stand half a day comparing to the products review I read on the internet. I pick part of the review here. So, how about that battery life? It's pretty good. After periodically surfing the web and reading on the Tab for about a day and a half with just 3G on, the battery is at about 20 percent. On our taxing video rundown test, which loops a standard definition video at about 65 percent brightness and 3G off, but WiFi on, the Tab's 4000mAh battery lasted for 6 hours and 9 minutes. That's around the same as some of the other Android tablet's we've tested, but not as long as the iPad's 9 hours and 33 minutes.


Another review HERE says "The battery life is expected to last an impressive 7 hours of continuous video playback".

My Tab can't even run for an hour after a full charge and when the battery show 50%, in about less than 5 minutes the message asking me to plug in the charger pops up. I think I have to charge the battery with some Tongkat Ali power or Gambir Sarawak, to maintain its erection, err.. I mean power and prevent it from premature ejaculation.  


I tried recalibrating the battery by letting it drain totally and recharged but there is no significance change. 

I an going to take it back to the dealer........

Bonding Family Ties

I went back to Sabah end of February. Its the second time I travel to Sabah within three months. I was in Kota Kinabalu last December and lectured at the Naval base in Sapangar. It was my first lecture on asset management since all the past fourteen years I concentrated on Sports Science especially Sports Philosophy. I might write in detail on this matter on my sports blog.

In December I just had a brief visit to Kota Marudu, a rural town on the Northern part of Sabah where I start my career in the second half of the 70s.

This second visit was more memorable where I had the opportunity to bring back all my five kids and son in law and four grandchildren. It was a very momentuous moment to foster a closer tie between my family and the rest who stay in Kota Marudu. It was an objective achieved where my family member and those in Sabah get along well, especially the kids who will be the next generation of our big family. At least I had done ny part to close up the ranks and let then get to know each other, something that is eroding among family members. At least the family ties bonded and they know who their relatives are.

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