The Hong Kong server has been under heavy fire from hackers using a Denial of Service attack. This basically means that someone somewhere managed to flood the server with useless packets, thereby filling it & rendering the computer useless. If you want to see YOUR packets, click on “Local Area Connections” while connected, and you [...]
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China Internet and Communications Crash
Posted: 28th December 2006 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Earthquake, IT, Taiwan
Well, there you have it. Those of us stuck inside the Great Firewall are now even more stuck, as the Taiwan strait that linked China’s internet to the outside world has been severed by a massive earthquake. Shanghai Daily & CCTV (Central China Television) reported that it could be down for up to three weeks. [...]
Today marks my first step toward migrating to Linux. I’ve tried a few times to download/burn a copy of Ubuntu but to no avail (basically because Chinese blank disks are no better than frisbees.) This weekend, Greg got me a copy and I did my install today on the D-drive of my desktop computer. First [...]
Google Adsense: The Damage has been Done
Posted: 1st November 2006 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: IT, Media
With most of my online website endeavors, with the exception of JinanLIVE, who actually has paid advertisers, Google ads are what brings me the money. They’re nothing to get rich on, and nothing I’m going to retire on anytime soon, but regardless, the money I make on these things is enough for my wife & [...]
Once again, the geniuses behind the company web presence is scrambling & I come in to save the day. Only one problem… I don’t know jack shit about Windows Servers, and thanks to the wonderful world of Spam filters, Technical Help email just isn’t going through to their inboxes. I have my share of spam [...]
Just an addendum to a previous story I posted awhile back on China Censorship. The new Google China supposedly has some chilling differences in its display of searches for the Chinese market. From the weblog of Tim Self (Self-Centered in 中国): Google.CN Everyone else’s Google Some of this is actually blocked here in china. If [...]
