If you haven't noticed yet, I've added a "Support Haiti" widget to the right, so visitors can click the link and send money to help the Red Cross.

In terms of hacking, my blog post about hacking is still being worked on. It's a BIG post, and I didn't want to split it up into parts because I don't want visitors to have to navigate to different posts to read one article.

Here's a sample of what I have so far:

Hacking can be ILLEGAL, but only if you break into unwanted areas, such as websites that are not yours, computers that are not yours, you get the point. It's like robbing; it's illegal only when you steal/break in from somebody else.


There are hundreds of different things to hack, and there are hundreds of ways to hack them. Here are the basics:
  • Exploiting/Injection - Using problems or holes/faults in the victim to gain access.
  • Flooding/DoS/DDoS - Using programs or multiple computers to send trillions of bytes to one location in an attempt to overload it.
  • Brute Forcing - Using programs to try to access protected areas by guessing the password from a list or by words in the alphabet thousands of times a second. 
  • Cracking -  Changing code inside the victim to gain access.
  • Phishing - Tricking victims into entering personal data about themselves.
  • RATing - Using programs called RATs to gain access to a victim's computer through a back door and control it.
That's a small small part of what I've written, and when I'm done it'll be epic.  I'll make sure to provide lots of picture guides too.



I'd also like to note that all those "FACEBOOK WATCHER", "PROFILE SPY", and "KEEP THE GOV. FROM WATCHING YOUR PROFILE!" groups are ALL false. ALL of them. The reasons why are:

 There is NO way selecting all your friends to invite to a group can activate a Facebook Application. The instructions say:
You Should :
1- Join this group.

2-Invite "all" your friends to this group. .(wont work unless all friends are invited)

3- 30min after %75 of your friends joined this group, the application profile watcher will be activated and when ever somebody visits your profile a notification will be left telling who it was.

This will only work if all your friends are invited!!!

Hi Guys When U Press Invite People To Join, Copy And Paste This Link Into The Address Bar:

javascript:elms=document.getElementById('friends').getElementsByTagName('li');for(var fid in elms){if(typeof elms[fid] === 'object'){fs.click(elms[fid]);}}

It Selects All Ur Friends Then Press Invite
 The blue highlighted text is false, it will never work, whether you invite 1 or +1000 friends, no application can detect that.

The red highlighted text is false, having friends join the group WON'T "activate" the application because the application needs to get your approval before it can ever detect that it's YOUR friends that joined.

The yellow highlighted text is JavaScript text that selects all your friends on the invite window. No magic that could "activate" an application here.
Sorry for the shortage in posts lately, Finals are tomorrow and I've been studying for them like crazy. Plus, I've been really stressed. 

I'm running into a bit of blogger's block right now, so I'm going to talk about something completely random.

I recently downloaded this EPIC (and I mean, completely awesomely EPIC) screensaver that generates fake rain on your screen, complete with wind, sound, and lightning. You can customize the wind velocity, rain physics, lighting color, and more in the free version of it.
What it does is it takes a screenshot of your desktop, and portrays rain on it, as if your desktop is actually getting wet (it made we want to wipe my screen when I first used it).

Download link

It's so fun to watch and listen to when I'm bored.... I'll just sit there and imagine that it's real rain.
I just finished a giant project for English. This feels so good to just sit in my chair and type about how good this feels.

Since I'm in a good mood, I'm going to band my head on my keyboard and see what comes up.

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HBGTFD
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I feel crappy... probably because I've been playing MW2 all day...lol. I get Dorito cravings at night when I'm bored, and I'm feeling it now...MUST...RESIST...SPICY NACHO

By the way, in case you haven't heard it yet, I'm working on a Troll Detector that analyzes text and gives you a percentage of possibility of that text being written by a troll. It's going very nicely (much easier than I thought!) so I hope to be done with it soon.  If you would like to help, just email me or send me a message through Facebook.

I also accept requests for computer info. If you want some information on a specific computer topic, ask me and I can write a post on it for you.


 Common Windows Hotkeys
This is a guide to basic hotkeys you can use on your PC.
  • Ctrl + Escape or Win: Display start menu. 
  • Shift + F10 or AppsKey: Display context menu. 
  • Win + E: Open Windows Explorer. 
  • Win + R: Open Run dialog.
  • Win + M: Minimize all windows.
  • Win + Shift + M: Undo minimize all windows.
  • Win + D: Toggle minimize all windows.
  • Win + B (XP only): Activate system tray. Arrow keys select, Enter double-clicks, and AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
  • Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
  • Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
  • Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
  • Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
  • Win + F1: Open Windows help.
  • Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
  • Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
  • Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
  • Alt + Tab: Display CoolSwitch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
  • Alt + Shift + Tab: Display CoolSwitch; go in reverse.
  • Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
  • Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
  • Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
  • Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
  • Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Escape (XP Only): Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
  • Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
  • Alt + Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
  • Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OSes other than XP.
  • Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
Here are some hotkeys for the Firefox browser:

Add Bookmark
Ctrl + D
Back
Alt + Left Arrow
Bookmarks List
Ctrl + B
Ctrl + I

Caret Browsing
F7
Close Tab
Ctrl + W
Ctrl + F4

Close Window
Ctrl + Shift + W
Alt + F4

Open previously closed tab
Ctrl + Shift + T
Copy
Ctrl + C
Cut
Ctrl + X
Decrease Text Size
Ctrl + -
Delete
Delete
Delete Autocomplete Entry
Shift + Delete
Downloads List
Ctrl + J
Find Again
F3
Ctrl + G

Find Link As You Type
'
Find Text As You Type
/
Find Previous
Shift + F3
Find in This Page
Ctrl + F
Forward
Shift + Backspace
Alt + Right Arrow

Full Screen
F11
History List
Ctrl + H
Home
Alt + Home
Increase Text Size
Ctrl + +
Move to Next Frame
F6
Move to Previous Frame
Shift + F6
Bottom of Page
End
Top of Page
Home
New Tab
Ctrl + T
Next Tab
Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + PageDown

New Window
Ctrl + N
Open File
Ctrl + O
Open Address in New Tab
Ctrl + Enter
Open Address in New Window
Shift + Enter
Page Source
Ctrl + U
Paste
Ctrl + V
Previous Tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Ctrl + Page Up

Print
Ctrl + P
Redo
Ctrl + Y
Ctrl + Shift + Z

Reload
F5
Ctrl + R

Reload Override Cache
Ctrl + F5
Ctrl + Shift + R

Restore Text Size
Ctrl + O
Save Page As
Ctrl + S
Select All
Ctrl + A
Select Location Bar
Alt + D
F6
Ctrl + L

Select Tab (1 to 9)
Ctrl + (1 to 9)
Stop
Esc
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Web Search
Ctrl + E
Ctrl + K

 

Image Filetypes
This is a guide to commonly used image file types.

There are 4 main image file formats used most, and they are:
  • JPEG
  • GIF
  • PNG
  • BMP
Each has their own good and bad features.
  • JPEG is used mostly in photos, but it can have lower quality than others because of it's compression type, lossy. Lossy and Lossless are compression algorithms that tell the photo whether it should keep the high quality or lose it to keep the file size low. Lossy picture compression decreases the quality of the photo, but not too evidently. It can lower the file size. Lossless picture compression is used for whenever you care more about the quality than the file size.
  • GIF is used for simple graphics since it can only use 256 colors, but it can be used for animations which are widely used on the internet. (Example animated GIF on the left, I found it on 4chan.... lol)
  • PNG can use 16 million colors and are great for high definition/quality pictures and photos. I try to save most of my pictures in this format because it's so reliable and the quality is great.
  • BMP is a very simple file type that is typically uncompressed, and is usually used in Microsoft's Paint application. (Example BMP pixel art created by me below)


The file types mentioned about are known as raster images, because they are made of thousands of colored pixels. The SVG file type is a vector image that doesn't use pixels, but shapes.

  • SVG stands for scaleable vector graphics. Vector graphics are, as apposed to raster (examples are mentioned above), made by rendering, or creating, shapes that can be sized and won't lose quality, no matter how big you zoom in on it. Raster images are made by thousands of pixels of colors that can lose quality when zoomed in. (Example at right, vector is on the left and raster is on the right)
Yesterday, a junior by the name of Michael (this guy rocks!) told me one of the most hilarious jokes I had ever heard of this month.

Ever heard of mindf***s? They're pictures that seem normal, but upon closer look, you see something scary. Example at right (the mindf**k in this pic is the guy in the window) ->
They're known to have the subtitle, "When you'll see it, you'll s**t bricks".
Michael revealed to me another version of this that made me laugh so hard, I did nearly s**t bricks: The gentleman's way. "When thou has viewed it, thou shalt eject bricks from thy rectum."
If you don't get it, that's OK. You don't need to.



My talk about computers today will be using your TV as a monitor for your computer, which could be useful for showing PowerPoints on your HDTV, or possibly watching that cool movie you have on your comp.

Whenever I want to do this, I use an HDMI cable.
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.
Or in other words, it's a device/cable that can transmit digital data, like TV, computers, etc.  If this sounds like a really cool and helpful tool, congratulations! You're correct!
To use such a helpful tool, one must have these items:
  • An HDMI compatible computer (one that has a port that looks similar to this)
  • An HDMI compatible TV (most relatively new TVs have HDMI ports)
  • An HDMI cable (Be careful, some can be really really expensive)
It's extremely easy to do:

  1. Plug cord into both computer and TV.
  2. Configure settings in your TV to view the port used on your TV (if you used port HDMI5, for example, change your input to HDMI5 or however you do it on your TV)
  3. Press the CRT/LCD button on your computer (if it has it, it may not)
  4. You can now switch between having the screen on the TV only, on the computer only, or both at the same time. However, please note that it isn't a monitor and cannot be used to extend your desktop, but just project it onto your TV.


I have sucessfully done it on my TV, but for some reason the screen doesn't fit exactly to my TV, and that is because my computer screen size does not match my TV (1800 x 800 VS 2000 x 3000), so the TV just projects the screen the biggest it can without stretching it and causing the image to get distorted. Luckily, my TV has the option to zoom in, making the screen easier to see but also cutting off the screen a little.

HDMI. There are good sides and down sides to it, but it's fast, easy, and the best in quality.
Or so I hope. After starting my first blog on Blogger, and then switching to LiveJournal, and then back, I've concluded that I will no longer be blogging about my life. It's a complete bore, and I can barely think of anything to write on it, so I decided to make a blog about one of the most important parts of my life: computers.

It may sound even more boring, but I assure you it will be much more interesting than my previous failed blogs. However, I will mostly be talking about PCs; sorry Mac users.

Now, on to computers!

Just a couple basics:
- DO NOT use Internet Explorer. Imagine riding a bicycle without wheels. That is IE. It fails speed tests, compatibility tests, safety tests, etc.; for a more reliable browser use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Firefox is great for customization with looks, addons, and layout; Chrome is incredibly fast and is one of the only browsers to fully support all web elements.

- XP is the most reliable Microsoft Operating System (OS) out now. Vista can be very difficult at times because of it's compatibility issues with older programs and games and it's slow speed. Windows 7, the newest OS that claims it has all the Vista problems fixed, still has bugs that we hope will be fixed in the future.
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