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    Send Sms Free To Thailand

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    There are a lot of VOIP offers today, it just depends on your need. I use Betamax services for few reasons:

    -they are cheaper than Skype for the destinations I need to call. I cost me more or less 30 euros/year.

    -call quality is better from Thailand with my True DSL line (I got disconnected several times with Skype)

    -they use open source protocol (SIPE), Skype uses proprietary one. That's an important difference, because I can place call with any software on Linux (or any OS) and also can use any hardware. There are now great dual band GSM-WLAN mobile phones that let you call using any WIFI spot or can automatically switch to GSM network. You can develop your own app/tools, buy phones from any manufacturers. With Skype you are stuck and must rely on their own softwares and hardwares.

    -I'm highly allergic to any proprietary format!

    Send Sms Free To Thailand

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    I just found the easiest way to send SMS without the need of cookies, so here it is.

    Posting an SMS should follow that rule:

    https ://myaccount.AAA.com/clx/sendsms.php?username=BBB&password=CCC&from=DDD&to=EEE&text=FFF

    Where:

    -AAA: the website where you opened your account. Can be 'voipbuster', 'voipdiscount' and probably 'voipcheap', 'justvoip', 'netappel', 'voipstunt' ...

    -BBB: your user name

    -CCC: your password

    -DDD: your ID. it must match the one you'll see in the webform. If you didn't register your phone number, it must be your user name (otherwise your SMS won't be sent)

    -EEE: recipient phone number, international format (eg for Thailande: 66xxxxxxxxx)

    -FFF: SMS text, less than 160 characters, non-ASCII char hex encoded preferably (eg: space should be %20)

    The result is returned in a simple XML file UTF-8 encoded:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <SmsResponse>

    <version>A</version>

    <result>B</result>

    <resultstring>C</resultstring>

    <description>D</description>

    <endcause></endcause>

    </SmsResponse>

    Where:

    -A: version number (no need to care about)

    -B: boolean result ('0'=failure, '1'=success)

    -C: string result ('failure' or 'success')

    -D: error description (eg: 'The parameter password is missing'). This field is empty if success

    Again, no need for cookies or to log in/open a session before, you can just send from your browser, perl/bash script or whatever.

    Send Sms Free To Thailand

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    At the beginning, they did a lot of changes without informing anyone but now things are OK. I'm using them for 3 years and they are more serious than they were. Don't forget they have users in many different countries and it's a bit hard to please them all and, most important, to match each country laws to avoid getting into troubles.

    For SMS, i use them for my servers, each alert being sent to me on my mobile here in Thailand. Nothing simpler than a perl script, sending login and password, fetching the cookie and sending it back with the POST data to the SMS form :o

    Linux On Wince Pocketpc

    in Linux

    Posted

    I found yesterday my 5 years old iPAQ 1940. Never used it simply because of the terribly slow and ugly OS: WinCE

    But I just installed Linux and now it rocks :D

    Here's some screenshots.

    Note that you can also run Linux from a SD card, just like a good "Live CD".

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    Last but not least: as this guy did, you can also run MacOS with Basilisk emulator in Linux on a WinCE PocketPC :o

    macki0.jpg

    For more info, check here: http://handhelds.org/

    Iphone Bug

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    Then that's quite a nasty and critical vulnerability :D

    Anyone hacking a SMS gateway could send huge amount of DTAC-like SMS to random AT&T numbers and screw up over 1 million iPhone!

    Don't know the structure of a DTAC SMS but should be quite easy to find out how to do such a nasty joke :o

    Mainstreaming Of Linux

    in Linux

    Posted

    That's just a question of habits: whatever OS you use, when you use it for 10 years it's always hard to switch from Windows to Mac or to Linux. I always used Linux, and last time I helped a friend with his XP computer (I didn't touch/see any windows Pc for something like 4 years) I was thinking: how the hel_l can he work and waste his time on such a bad OS and how comes he even paid for that? He boots his 5 years old OS in 45 seconds, I boot my latest distro in less than 30s with twice more services loaded. I have over 25,000 programs available with one click, he must find and download overbloated sharewares that will put 10 more icons on his desktop and systray and a nagscreen reminding him he must pay for that. I upgrade my kernel by downloading 30Mb, he will soon need to download a full DVD for his service pack. I really never understood how people can work with that :o

    The most important is to buy a computer that is compatible with your OS. Every distros I tried worked right out the box. Same for a printer or any device, I always ensure they are compatible before buying.

    And about the future, I really don't see any changes, computers will be sold with Windows, MAC will do their best to avoid any compatibily with other hardwares/softwares, Windows users will have no reason to switch to Linux, Mac users will have no reason to switch to Windows, and Linux users don't care because they can run their favorite distro on PC or MAC .

    Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Out

    in Linux

    Posted

    Regarding the display the first thing I noticed is that Xorg 7.3 is much better and faster. With version 7.04, glxgears gave me 1700FPS with a lot of tweakings, but now I get 2000FPS right out of the box with all compiz-fusion pluggins running. I might get 100FPs more with some tweaking.

    My laptop video card is ATI 128MB and screen 1400x1050.

    True 2mbit

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    I have True 2.5Mbit in Ladprao and it's OK, could be better, but for a country like Thailand it is really acceptable and price isn't that bad as well.

    Right now, 9:20PM, google ping is 78/79 ms.

    My Sad Story...

    in Linux

    Posted

    Looks like your boot.ini doesn't point to the correct partition after all the changes done.

    You have to boot on your win CD then get to the recovery console/prompt and type "fixboot". Windows is dumb but will be able to retrieve its own partition :o

    How To Open Bank Account In Hongkong

    in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments

    Posted

    You cannot open anymore a saving or current account if you are not a HK resident.

    They will ask you for a HK ID card + proof of address (phone bill etc..). I have several accounts and HSBC is the best, specially for online account, can transfer money everywhere without any problem.

    By the way, there aren't any debit cards, all banks give EPS card that you can use just like a debit card in any shop, but only in HK and not for online shopping.

    Setting Up True Adsl On A Mac

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    I had the same problem when I opened my True account. I told them not to bring me any of their useless USB modems because I was using Linux. 3 days later the guy came with that modem + a Windows CD and even wanted to install a 400Mb windows games on my Debian box :o

    I bought a router in Pantip (+/- 900 bath) and it works perfectly.

    I also had to pay 3,000 baht to the condo to turn the switch on.

    Ubuntu 7 Success!

    in Linux

    Posted

    On all debian-based systems, including debian 4.0, you cannot login as root by default. By that doens't mean you cannot at all.

    Linux is getting more and more popular and therefore there are a lot of newbies who started using it lately and since they don't know too much how to use it, it's better that way.

    Just think about all those windows xp users who are always logged in as administrator. Each time they get a virus, it will get the administrator privileges, turn their PC into zombies and spread the world with spams.

    In linux, when you are not root, the virus will sit in your /tmp directory (anyone can read/write/execute in /tmp), and will try with no luck at all to open your firewall. Then it will be deleted after next reboot. But if you are root, it could mess up with your system just like those millions windows zombies.

    And of course I'm not even talking about the fact that root can do anything, from the best to the worst...

    Now if you want to be able to log in as root, just click System/Administration/Login Window and... you'll have to find the rest yourself :o But read the above lines 100 times before doing so.

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