takizo, not takezo

Silly thing to know that MCMC instructed Malaysia’s monopoly ISP, TMNet to block off malaysia-today.net website through DNS null routing. Below is the result we found through TMNET’s DNS Servers;

dig @202.188.1.5 www.malaysia-today.net

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2 <<>> @202.188.1.5 www.malaysia-today.net
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 55057
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.malaysia-today.net. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
malaysia-today.net. 3600 IN SOA ns1.blocked. blocked.tm.net.my. 1 900 600 86400 3600

For your information It’s not exactly blocking, but DNS null route blocking.

How Does DNS Null Route Works?

In DNS world, human being can’t remember IP Addresses all the time, that’s why DNS existed to translate a domain name to an IP address.

For example when you access to malaysia-today.net it will translate to 72.47.236.85, 202.71.97.141 or 202.75.62.114. Those who are using TM Net DNS, it will translate malaysia-today.net to 127.0.0.1 (localhost your machine local IP Address).

Further that, malaysia-today.net still able to access through IP Addresses list below;

72.47.236.85
202.71.97.141
202.75.62.114

No Censorship on Internet? My Foot!

No censorship on internet? F*** ME.. It’s now happened in Malaysia. Besides, I strongly suggest user switch over to opendns for better surfing. Visit the website for more info. It seem like Tun Mahathir’s effort of bringing up Cyberjaya (MSC) is drown by the government. No Censorship? Ahem…

Last but… not least… Soon or later I think MCMC will block chedet.com too So watch out Tun, your MSC has soon become MSCC (Multimedia Super Censorship Corridor!)

At Home Screen (aka Idle Screen) :

press * and dont release will enable/disable bluetooth

press # and dont release will switch between silent/general profile

press 0 and dont release will launch web browser

Shortcut keys for mark/unmark :

Function key + down/up to mark multiple or Function key + enter key to mark single item

At Browser :

Function key + u = zoom in

Function key + j = zoom out

Function key + t = search

Misc. :

how to find out MAC address - *#62209526#

how to restore factory default - *#7370#

assign IP manually : Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > Access Points > *Highlight Access Point* > Options > Edit > Options > Advanced settings > IPv4 settings

Typically, by running the below command would upgrade the distribution :

1. apt-get update
2. apt-get upgrade
3. apt-get dist-upgrade

Occasionally there would be errors like “The following packages have been kept back”. A quick solution to it is :

1. apt-get upgrade
2. apt-get dist-upgrade
3. apt-get install <package, not packages kept back>

then :

apt-get upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

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Apple launches iPhone 3G in Hong Kong last month, but when is it going to launch in Malaysia?

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By default, the OS X only does application window switching instead of active window switching with the short cut key Apple + Tab.

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