Have Cracking Password

Have Cracking Password

Web Etiquette and finding a suitable webbing name for blogging and browsing.

See below for passwords, a short new entry.
I searched over 100 web pages to find my web entry (accidental) on a blog site and what I discovered was something I should write here and is important for several reasons.
It is remarkable that several tendencies of the SMS age is evident.
1. Most of them were blogging for fun and only a very few for humor or satire.
The world without humor for me is not worth living and boring.
I like the subtle humour as opposed to crude humor where one has to tickle one's arm pit to initiate the process, almost self induced.

Humor has to be infectious and spontaneous.

The modern age of computing it it is noteworthy of its lack.
The worst of satire in Linux terms is flamming which I am opposed to.
I was brought up in a age of discussion and discrete disagreement and not infighting but that is what one sees today.
2. Second observation I notice was one does not know how to use a pseudonym or what editors call the screen or newspaper adopted name for acting and freelance writing.
The problem with this is that one wants to search for self to see how one fares in the Wild Web as opposed to Wild West of yesteryear is that the pseudonym does not appear when Googling and often to the disappointment to many. 
That is the topic here but I should state one more of my observations before getting into that topic.
3. Most of the young ones start blogging after some personal grieve (not death) and disappointment. 
Often break up of love affairs.
I often think breakups are good for many to learn real life situation before getting into serious commitments which most of them are not yet ready.
It should be of positive dynamics rather than negative, so to speak.
So blogging is not a bad thing to pass over the tide but I found a serious impediment there.
It is like this if one is attending a a diabetic clinic for the young and fall in love with a diabetic.
In noway I am going to encourage that.
Two bad genes and you (the two) end up with many diabetic children as parents. 
Getting to know another diabetic is a good for one's soul to learn to cope with but not to get married, for heaven sake.
My observation confirms that there was unhealthy pairing.
Two emotionally labile getting together leads to disaster.
Falling from ditch to a very deep pit which is worse than two diabetics getting together where on can treat the other with insulin injection.


This is sure recipe for more disappointments and even suicide.
At that stage what you need is a sympathetic friend (not a lover) and a very good counsellor with adult stature.


Back to pseudonym, coining a suitable pseudonym has to be done with care.
It is often trial and error.
I will come out with a story.
I went abroad for a short holiday and the idea was to buy a laptop without an operating system and to boot it at the airport with a Linux CD while waiting for the plane before check in call.
I actually did that.
When I went to several places knowing that I was foreigner they wanted to sell me (more profit) always with an operating system.
Eventually, it ends up almost with a fight but I did not cave in.
For my liking at last I found a very nice charming salesgirl who quoted me  a very reasonable price without an operating system (boss did not want it that way).
I had to show the guy I was not a stupid foreigner and pulled out a Puppy Linux from my front shirt pocket and booted up and in with the Internet and typed Linux and my Christian name.


Presto!
There were 20 of my entries including Gonbas, Gembas and Gambase in Linux.


My friend who was residing in that country too was amazed and he was a computer guy.
He helped me to go to the correct warehouse of course.
Without much a do we closed the deal.
Irony was the word Linux.
It is very little used in the web and my Christian name was very, very common.
It was all fortuitous but worked for me.
If one has a common name like Sara or David one can still work with it without adding numericals.
I change paradox to parafox and it is the name I use here.
Then I start using not prefix or suffix like in English.
Tailing words combined.
1. Saralive or seralive or sierralove
2. Davidknock, Davidcook or Davidcock and the vagary is almost limitless.
The word is not a English, Name or a English Word and it will hit the top of Google engine in no time.
For French it is very easy.
Just combine se, le, la to make one word.
Presto.
Only nearest word that came near my parafox was in fact French.
I use fox to fox the foxes live, like the Channel 4.
I hope you got the onions and foxes right by now.
Hope, you and your pseudonym, rise to the top in the web of antonymous.
Edited on 02-08-2013
Passwords
I wanted to write about password for sometime and kept postponing it for valid reason.
If I bear them here the hackers will use it to decode it.
So I do it free of charge on personnel basis not out in the open.
But one trick is easy to do.
In good old days, before computers and zip codes and bar coeds came in every shop had a code name with 10 letters.
Each letter represented numbers 1 to 10 in serial order.
Marked price is written in letters and not in numbers.
Same trick to remember the 25 letters in the alphabet/keyboard,
Quick Fox Runs,
12345, 678, 9,0,10,11
The mark price for 1000 = is nuu
The mark price for 1010 = is nn
For example Pig on my back or pin on my back
123, 45, 67, 89010
Password could be pi3on67bac10
One can use any combination of this and one has to remember the catch phrase only once.
Please do not use the above since the hackers may have already put the code in their search engine to crack passwords.
But one may use
Runs Fox Quick OR
Back my pin,on
Use your imagination for the catch phrase and use the numbers in reverse order.
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0
I use a different trick for my password and they come from Linux Code and only a Linux guy with lot of determination will crack it to find there is nothing valid in my emails which has not been published already in my blog sites.

Linux Experience in a Nutshell

My first Tamil and Sinhala New year Resolution is to have a long sleep after posting this.

My next new year resolution is related to the incident I discovered today.

Just today I went to drop a friend of mine to the airport and being new year we arrived at the friend's place in good time. Since I did not have a good night sleep yesterday (I was looking for various Linux gamers to download for the new year) I had a bath and had a little snooze on the arm chair.

I usually carry a book and gossip is not my pastime; I forgot the wine making book I fished out from a secondhand bookshop, unfortunately.

We had lunch and tea and all that but my friend and wife were taking an unusually long time getting ready and I was bit bored dropped into their daughters room to say hello, and found a computer and sat in front of it.

There was a glaring message saying that the hard disk is at risk and blah, blah.

Then she came in with another cup of tea before leaving and she told me that it is giving trouble and could not connect it to Internet.

I Looked at the router it was OK looking form outside (no evidence of hit by lightening) but not blinking properly and the outer panels were open pulled out the hard disk and the cable and she had another hard disk and fixed it as the slave and booted a Linux live CD (Peppermint with Google utilities) I had given him earlier.

It took a little time to configure first but in less than ten minutes with 256 RAM, I was up and running the Chromium browser and typed asokaplus and parafox.

So router part is OK and my friend was still not ready, I decided to boot the computer (XP, I believe a pirated copy vendor had installed) without the Internet cable not plugged in and I could not find any (I had given her Medi Linux disk, too but did not use it for virus check) problem and it was running well.

I booted again with Peppermint, to show how to use it, this time it quickly configured and it was up and running.

My diagnosis Microsoft secretly spying on pirated copies and infecting the hard disk and giving instructions not to recognize the router with the message I did not care to read.

Router is above the operating system and Microsoft has no right to fiddle it at that level but they are doing it on unsuspecting Sri-Lankans who are using pirated copies.

So my solution is get hold of a Linux live CD and boot it with it and go to Internet.

When using XP (pirated copies of course pull the Internet wire out, a very simple remedy).

I prefer DSL (Damn Small Linux-that is what I have given my wife) with less than 50 MiB which boots fast.

If you have enough RAM go for any Live CD I have listed in Linux 100.
The second message is to say do not use Microsoft for Internet.
Third resolution is to promote Sinhala Linux for the next 3 months and go into full hibernation so that Microsoft would not be be able to find a trace of me or my old testicles which are still producing enough testosterone to fight any villain against Linux.

If you have any brain take a few (5 enough) minutes a day and learn bit of Linux from a Live CD. It does not do any harm to your computer since it is running on RAM and there are enough forums to guide you through the early phase.

Down below is a note I sent to a Young newbie.

2 GiB is enough (not for graphic intensive windows games) for Linux except for games.

I have only one (1) GiB (4 GIB in my laptop which I use only for testing occasionally).

It is a waste of money going for more RAM with very slow Internet in Sri-Lanka.
I only use K-Torrents now and it is currently downloading at less than 5 KB/sec .
Solution is for having at least two computers.
1. For games and videos

2. Simple secondhand computer with Linux for Internet (can share with your sister or brother and family members).

3. Netbook with Android when you enter University (not now).
I have fallen out with Newtbooks and Tablets now.

Except my laptop and my daughters netbook all the computers at home are very good secondhand IBM computers (cost less than 20,000 with few updates with RAM but not graphic cards).

Secondhand desktops are good buys if you understand the hardware and look at inside before buying.

I test them with my Linux CD/DVDs before buying and there are lot of Linux utilities to test and Linux will work day and night for 10 years.

None of my computers broke down after I started using Linux (before that 3 new ones on Windows) except few graphic cards and RAM in the learning stage.

They work 24/7 schedule and the UPS battery is very important.
This is one reason I promote Linux and I do not fear viruses now.

Only down side is Games with Linux which I will probably concentrate when I retire and nothing else to do.

I have two game DVDs but I will not give it to anybody since Linux is for real and serious computing and not for games and leisure!

Never buy a secondhand laptop or netbook (I have written about secondhand laptops in my blog site).

Wait till new models come and with long battery life and you need it in the university and the government is unable to pay dons and do not expect them to help you with computers (not in Singapore though) when you eventually enter University.

Learning Linux is easy if you take one step at a time.

When I started there was nobody to guide me.
I used to read books (This is where English is important) and fast.

That is a technique (reading fast and also digesting the material) I developed on my own.

Give me any big book I will read (not from cover to cover) only what I want to solve a problem (in this case installing Linux) and pick up the important things in 3 to 4 days.

This is something essential in higher studies. One does not read for the sake of reading in science (reading in other fields including philosophy is different).

One focus on why one reads this or that and make one's own personal assessment in the course of the reading.

Early days I used to get bogged down in two or three days without any progress.

Then I take a break and think about the problem deep and somehow get to the point (D.I.Y- Do It Yourself) where I want to make progress.

It naturally comes.

We all have this natural ability but examinations do not make us better but show where we are weak.

After every examination we have to go for a higher level and a more difficult level.

Even though A Level is difficult we make life easy after the 1st year Examination.

Unfortunately 1st year examination is the most difficult for all and problem with English compounding the disability.

This is especially so in maths and IT.

Maths is difficult if one is not in it.

I was very good in my maths including applied mathematics and used to beat all in my class.

Then one day I decided to go for biology in particular (with my reading talent and the fast speed was a bonus) and without any help covered the syllabus myself (D.I.Y).

Rest was history and I never felt big but looked for the next challenge.

When you get bogged down in a mathematical problem do not try to solve it by somehow.

Think, analyze and look at the problem in a different way.

There is always several ways of solving problems and try to grasp the concept.

What I find in my teaching in the University is students struggle to grasp key points an concepts.

Not like our time.

I do not know why?

Other problem is they cannot read a manual and follow instructions according to the manual and instructions.

This is where reading is important.

So concentrate on your mathematics and English.

Rest will follow.

Linux take as a problem and a hobby to take a break from your studies.

Do not make it your first interest.

But keep trying and look at where you go wrong.

This talent is essential in IT.

There is something called fixing bugs.

This is where both mathematical concepts and programming merge.

Even though I do not write programs, I am good looking at bugs.

That probably has come from my analytical skills learnt from pathology.

Try to be a problem analyst.

The term in IT is system analyst.

If a server breaks down one has to find where and when and what has gone wrong?

Without trying to spoon feed I have given you a list or methods that I have used to solve my problem with Linux.

You try all and decide what is good for you.

One is enough at an examination but in teaching (as a teacher I have to cater for different type of students) one has to look at the global picture and focus on different aspects of a problem.

That is the difference between a student and a teacher.

It is sometimes very hard to become a good teacher.

If am given a chance I prefer to be a student.

That is where I always enjoyed.

But having to teach a brighter student is a blessing.

Linus Torvald, I like him the most because he showed that his professor was wrong.

There are many ways to solve a given problem.

Not one professors given method.

This is how the business world operate and there are Teams and not Lords

How I use my computer as a heater to warm me

How I use my computer as a heater to warm me
Internet is down to snail pace and I decided to test my computer CPUs working capacity and the memory use.
All CPUs are running currently at 25-35% capacity.
Memory use was only 30% and I have to wait one solid hour to transfer my hard disk files including films to the USB stick of 16 GiBs.
The reason being to transfer them to my laptop running Debian 10.1.0 smoothly.
In case of electricity failure I could fiddle my fingers and twist my brain to write something tangible and not political, with election heating up.
Now one of those CPUs were heating up to 50 degrees and was not to my liking.
Running a simple job of transferring files consumes electricity. 
It is all right on a cold day but on a hot day your computer is a fire hazard.
I thought of fiddling with the processor use or speed but decided against knowing very well Linux will automatically correct the scenario.
This is the advantage of having four or more processors.
Unfortunately Microsoft cannot handle this type of work which Linux does in the background.
Time for you to learn Linux and change over to Linux if you a heavy user of your computer gadgets. 
It runs for 10 years without breaking down if correctly configured.
Then I may have kicked the bucket but you can buy a new machine for your liking from the saving you have made using Linux 24/7 routine.
I have decided not to buy anymore gadgets including tablets but buy the cheapest new cellphone (in my case to play tiny games) on the market when down to half price.
But that won't warm me up but my laptop on the lap would keep me warm.
 

Debian on a USB Stick

Debian on a USB Stick

Making a Bootable USB stick (USB 2) with Debian 9.8.0 is humanly impossible.
1. I tried it with the latest DVD (First out of the 3 DVDs).
2. It has enormous amount of packages and does not fit in with a 16 GiB stick.
3. Writing took nearly four (4) hours and aborted with failure to install software.
4. I tired to (thinking that it might help to revover).
It did not (probably no space left) write a Grub file.
5. I could mount Debian on a USB 3 64 GiB stick (no installing) with MultiSystem Software.
6. I tried UnetBootIn and failed.
7. Now Linux does not support writing a Grub file on a USB stick.
My advice is to use SSD external drives.
I have several and discarding all OLD USB sticks.
Alternative is to try other Linux distributions on USB sticks.
AVLinux supports booting from a USB stick.
I do not know whether Peppermint, ElementaryOs or PinguyOS support USB booting.



It is time to say Good Bye to USB 2 sticks, except for data writing.
I am not sure one needs a swap partition for SSDs but all the same reserve some space for swap.
SSD does not support Master Boot record and one cannot install a second Linux distribution.
I have Debian on my Mater SSD but the reserved (for a second distribution) JFS partition is unusable.
New technology does not support OLD but very productive methodology.
My old turntable drives with terrabyte capacity have three or four distributions installed with over 500 GiB left for my data (films, photos, books and record of my Document Files).
One does not need cloud to store data, especially if your Internet connection and supply is pretty slow.
It is true in my case and I work only past midnight.
The technicalities behind it are tricky, but MBR is constrained by the capacity and limited number of its sectors—only 32 bits are available to represent logical sectors. You can find out more on Microsoft’s TechNet blog, but it means that MBR can only use up to 2TB of storage space. Anything larger than that, and the extra disk space is marked as unallocated and unusable.
GPT allows for 64 bits, which means that the storage limitation is 9.4ZB. That’s a zettabyte, which is one sextillion bytes or a trillion gigabytes. In practice, what it really means is that GPT has no real-world limit. You can buy any capacity drive and GPT will be able to use all of the space.
In short: MBR can support up to 2TB; GPT handles up to 9.4ZB.

Cats and Dogs

Cats and Dogs

I never run short of ideas to write.

I hate this.

Tell this to a paper editor he will have a heart attack

I prefer to be a thinker than a talker.

I was a talker of a very elegant but difficult medical field and I could not make a student to follow my steps.

I won’t consider that as a failure on my part but the failure of the education system to screen top notch (management term) students.

I have written about this in details elsewhere.

Suffice is to say, don of a particular field should have a say in selection with some safeguards to negate nepotism.

World and human behaviour is not perfect but we should try to find an equitable entry point to higher education even though it a high ask.

There should be a “viva vose” at entry as in Oxford University, well before advanced level and give them a target to aim at.

There should be at least hundred candidates (60 would be enough if the entry examination is stream lined).

That makes the Professor or selection panel’s chief to have a heart attack (he should not die but retire with grace) at the end of the interview and create a vacancy, so that that young guy can enter in his prime not decades later when he/she is in moribund state.

Thanks to Bertrand Russell and Edward De Bone I have stopped being a talker and a writer but a thinker mostly due to lateral thinking strategy of the latter.

Reading Bertrand Russell is pretty difficult and that made me to improve my English (not English English but what I call the academic or technical English) as a child.

I am still searching for the book “Why I am not a Christian”.

That book I read in pieces was lost when my father died and I was in UK.

His books vanished before the 5^th day, well before Dhana so, I was told.

I came for the funeral (getting an air ticket was pretty difficult within 10 days), just half an hour before the final rights were bestowed.

My father was not a thinker but man with lot of reading including astrology (I destroyed his astrology beliefs with only one stroke) not astronomy.

It took a long time for me to wean my mother off sooth tellers.

Thankfully Abraham T Koover was at his height.

I became a scientist (keen observer) and adept at reading astronomy at a distance including event horizon.

Coming back to cats and dogs.

I love dogs.

I hate cats.

Reasoning as follows but I posit only the key points.

1. Cats steal food even well fed.

The cat who vandalize our neighbourhood eats the food given to the little pup next door.

2. Cats kill and eat unlucky beings including cockroaches and geckos, whom I begin to relate as my evolutionary cousins.

3. All cat lovers are all spiteful and jealous people.

They have similar genes exposed.

4, Cats kill their kind not necessarily due to territorial disputes.

If you look at the sexual behaviour (just like our politicians) of cats, you do understand the pecking order.

Not like birds.

That is why I hate politicians and love only birds.

Having said that I have saved two cats (Ginger and Banti) from the predators.

5. They eat their own young when hungry.

I should not enlarge any more fearing heart attacks for cat lovers.

In summary dogs are the opposite of the cats.

They never eat their young.

They love you unreservedly more than your spouse.

That is why Americans have more than one dog, one for each spouse to learn to love fellow beings, especially of foreign descent.

Coming to the next door neighbours pup, I told the elderly gent at his age he should train him early less he would find difficult to manage running after her.

The pup has learnt to whimper but raise its tone to a little higher pitch and give up altogether.

She is not boisterous annoying the neighbor.

I give an empathic glance to tell her she is not alone.

She goes and hide in her cage.

I have of course not have another dog.

Only the dog I named Lone Ranger in the campus could be transferred to another master.

He was left out by a don in its early age and learned to adapt to rapid change of personnel at Peradeniya University.

His owner would have become a bad and selfish professor.

Having said that, one of the Professors of clinical faculties was crying with his pet dog in his lap, I was told.

Who says doctors do not cry.

Yes they cry when their favorite patient dies not because of sympathy but due to loss of future substance in excess of his/her needs.

What is the difference between Linux and Java?

What is the difference between Linux and Java?

Java is a programming environment  platform independent.

What it means is, it can be ported to many operating systems.
Due to this loose meaning of its interoperability it has many bugs (depending on the system).

Linux try to use it sparingly due its buggy nature, whereas Windows use it heavily.

Java is not the only programing language in this world and Linux, it has Python, Ruby, Perl C and C++ and many more tightly integrated.

Github is its known parent form maintained by Linus himself.


Linux is an operating system based on C language (developed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie) and is basically a very long -long text file with millions of lines and code with bug  tracking capability.
It has many other programming languages embedded and integrated within its running and the Kernel's job is to make complex jobs seem simple in operation.
It has modules and Libraries that are dynamically linked when needed.
There are both streamlined and parallel programs running together to make it a very stable environment unlike Windows.
It is not a one man or one team's job but the effort of collaborative community with Linus at top conducting the massive Opera.