IPv6! Now what the #$%! is that?

Well, for all those who just woke up, we are ushering in that era of the much awaited/debated version of ….

 IPv6!

Technically, the IPv6 or Internet Protocol version 6 is nothing but ….

“a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) intended to succeed IPv4, which is the communications protocol currently used to direct almost all Internet traffic. IPv6 will allow the Internet to support many more devices by greatly increasing the number of possible addresses.

 

Now, if you are a tech-nerd, this is easy to understand.

BUT for the common day to day user, it may be news that if you are on the internet using any computer or other access device, you ARE assigned an IP address in order to communicate.

The below should help multilevel users of the internet, understand the IPv6 need factor and the transition intricacies better -

Why IPv6?

<…That ladies and gentlemen was Vint Cerf, who is the ‘Chief Internet Evangelist at Google’, and …. a founding father of the Internet.

In there, he discussed the next version of the Internet, IPv6. Now that’s what I call straight from the horse’s mouth! >

Until recently, IPv4 has been scaling smartly WRT the expanding Internet and networked devices.

IPv4 “allows 32 bits for an IP address, and therefore has 2³² (4 294 967 296) possible addresses. IPv6, which was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to deal with this long-anticipated IPv4 address exhaustion, uses 128-bit addresses, allowing 2¹²⁸ (approximately 3.4×10³⁸) addresses. This expansion can accommodate vastly more devices and users on the internet as well as providing greater flexibility in allocating addresses and efficiency for routing traffic. It also eliminates the primary need for network address translation (NAT), which has gained widespread deployment as an effort to alleviate IPv4 address exhaustion.

IPv6 is everything IPv4 is and more. In addition to the increase in addresses, IPv6 also

“…simplifies aspects of address assignment (stateless address auto-configuration), network renumbering and router announcements when changing network connectivity providers. The IPv6 subnet size has been standardized by fixing the size of the host identifier portion of an address to 64 bits to facilitate an automatic mechanism for forming the host identifier from link-layer media addressing information (MAC address). Network security is also integrated into the design of the IPv6 architecture, including the option of IPsec.

Now, in order to switch or gracefully merge in IPv6, everything connected to the Internet need to update to the IPv6 protocol.

If you want to get an idea about the update in address techniques, which IPv6 will necessitate, head over to the Wikipedia link for the same.

Technorati Tags: IPv6 Vint,Cerf,2012,IPv4,Google,subnet

Addendum – Head here for the Google Tech-Know on IPv6

HowTo - Lock system while playing video (aka. make Windows toddler proof!)

 

Necessity is, quite rightly, the mother of all inventions (and… discoveries!).

Before my son came along, I never felt the need to even search or test for this kind of software!

But now, searching for something which could protect my Laptop and let him carry on watching Shaun the sheep, led me on to KeyFreeze.

This is a great application which..

“blocks your keyboard and mouse without "locking" the screen. So your kids can safely watch a cartoon or have a videochat with their grandparents and bang the keyboard all they want.”

And not only children, this can be used for pesky pets too (who love toeing on your keyboard) !

Moreover, like all good things, this is Free!

(Note: Needs .net framework to run!)

Checkout KeyFreeze at http://keyfreeze.com/

(If you need something with more options, like blocking selective keys etc.. consider Toddler Keys and Kid-Key-Lock, although I haven't tested them though!)

Technorati Tags: HowTo,Lock,system,Windows,Laptop,Shaun,sheep,KeyFreeze,cartoon,grandparents,Toddler

If you actually want to bring it to notice…

Yes, the Blog Never Seconds actually teaches you how to bring that much needed change, no matter how trivial or how major it could actually be!

This is a blog of a 9-year-old girl, Martha Payne's, where-in she describes how her school serves up some exotic hair laden dishes (yuck!)

Martha provides a full categorized ranking of her daily diet too, which is sampled as under

…
Pol Elia's ratings are,
Food-o-meter- 7/10
Health Rating- 5/10
Price- €2.06, which is £1.64
Pices of hair- 1
…

And as expected, the school has taken steps to reduce the hair amount and increase the health value of their food!

I wish her edible hair-free food times ahead!

(Images courtesy: NeverSeconds)

How-to - Hacking flash game high-scores!

 

Before I begin, a gentle piece of advice:

Use the below for you education only, and not for any personal gains (except maybe to inflate your own ego!)

Anyways what-ever you do, I am not responsible for the outcomes (viz. if your deeds get you caught/banned online) !

Well here goes –

1. Get Firefox! (yes, only Firefox is supported in the current solution!);

2. Install tamper-data add-on – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tamper-data/

3. Start Tamper-Data from Firefox –

Tools –> Tamper-data

4. Try to open a new session in Firefox (or only the desired flash URL in your browser or you will have a hell of a time tackling submit requests in Tamper!)

5. Fire up your flash game. (this can be done after the above step too)

6. Play and loose, or die or what-ever, just finish the DARN thing!

7. Wait till you reach the high-score window/dialog in the game;

8. Hold it, don’t submit yet!

9. Ok, now just start your Tamper process by choosing start Tamper in Tamper window.

10. Now click submit, and wait till Tamper data takes over.

11. The dialog appears asking you to tamper the current server post values;

12. Pay attention now!

a. Remember, first Un-select the checkbox of continue tampering;

b. Then choose the Tamper button.

13. In the new ‘Tamper Popup’ window which opens, check the parameters in the right panel;

14. You will find the parameters user name (whatever you types as user name) and the ‘not so high’ score you managed to get!

15. Manipulate both, and select submit/ok.

Check your score now in high scores!

Enjoy!

Technorati Tags: Firefox,tamper,high,score,flash,add-on,session,Play,cheat

Know Java? Know primitives!

Well, this may not be news for the most of you java gurus out there, but many a times, the primitives DO need a revisit.

Primitives refer to the base types offered ‘out-of-the-box’ by the Java programming gamut.

The base need of primitives arose due to the advertising and popularity of Java as a compile once – run anywhere paradigm.

Anyways, the below table should be a harmless refresher for that primitive coder in you ;-)

Data Type	Size (in bits)	Default Value (for fields)
byte	8	0
short	16	0
int	32	0
long	64	0L
float	32	0.0f
double	64 (yes, same as long :-) )	0.0d
char	16	'\u0000'
boolean	1	FALSE

Hope this gives some quick help to someone out there!

Hmm.. The S3 is out… now what?

After the release of the S3, a lot of speculation was laid to rest. But what next? Does it actually live up to the hype it created?

Decide for yourself.

Go through these -

S3 - The first look and…review

S3 – The revisit review – hmm… feels a bit better now?

Vs.

The HTC X vs The S3 – Beast Vs. Beast (or as the page says AVP!)

In the end, its what you want as your next phone. Like everything else in life, its what you want from it.

Only that matters.

:Drumroll: Here it comes…

 

Samsung Unpacked 2012, May 3 2012, London

LINK

Stand out from the sheep, you non-wannabe-sheep!

Samsung Unpacked 2012, May 3 2012, London

Now, let’s see if the wait was ACTUALLY worth it, yeah, actually.

So Near, yet so far (unknown)….

Yes, the day is near now. On May 3 we stand for the next GREAT Galaxy handset.

The mighty S3.

Here for the wired overview.

Official announcement here (BLOG) and here (twitter)

HERE for GSMArena take.

Now bow to your latest Galaxy overlord.

On your knees.

Why am I waiting for the Galaxy S3?

 

Being seen with my dated but faithful (and fully exploited ;-) ) N70, I have been hammered with constant ridicule and sympathetic glances.

And being an android fan since long, I often had a techno-urge, countless times last year, to jump on the Galaxy S2 bandwagon. But I had been restraining myself after hearing about what the coming future (read S3) would be bringing as the latest technology (under-the-hood).

Going with the specifications and speculations around the web, it appears that S3 is going to be big; perhaps one of the all time best Android smartphones that could see the light of the day.

Some [constantly updated and ground-breaking] specifications include -

• 4.7 / 4.8-inch full HD 1080P resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio. [DISPUTED with 720P]
• 1.5GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor. [all in consensus]
• Front facing 2 MP camera for video calling and an 12 or 8 MP rear camera. [news WRT 12 MP is more rampant]
• Hosts Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. [Ok]
• Ceramic case with [probably] inductive charging support [and that too out of the box!]

So, this son of a beast is expected in mid 2012 [some say early May] and in time for the iPhone / Android show-down too.

Lets hope, my decision to wait for something better than an S2, actually turns out right.

This could very well be technological history in creation. Lets see.

And seriously, now is the worst time ever to buy an android phone!

Sources:

- Samsung Galaxy S3 release date, news and rumors
- Can the Galaxy S3 bring Samsung the first 50 million+ quarter?

Technorati Tags: S3,Galaxy,specifications,Android,quad core,Samsung,Exynos

Please do this NOW - How to remove your Google Web History

On March 1 Google's new unified privacy policy is to be in-force. This means ALL your Google Web History will be shared among all of the Google products you use.

Be kind to yourself and do this to avoid embarrassment later -

HIT the URL - https://www.google.com/history/

If all is good, ‘No Thanks’ should be already selected.

ELSE refer below image (select the Remove all Web History link) -

Further details are here - http://howto.cnet.com/how-to-remove-your-google-web-history/8301-11310_39-57382925-285.html

The privacy policy details are here - Google's new privacy policy

Technorati Tags: REMOVE,Google,History,1st,March,privacy,policy

Brainwashing – This is how our society is controlled by the medium.

 

Although something which seems out of a sci-fi novel, Brainwashing is very real and very common.

As per Wikipedia, “Mind control or brainwashing / coercive persuasion / mind abuse / thought control etc. refers to a process in which a group or individual "systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator(s), often to the detriment of the person being manipulated"

This post at life-hacker tells us about Brainwashing Techniques You Encounter Every Day (and How to Avoid Them)

Now you know why people you loathe, generally always succeed (in politics or whatever else).

Technorati Tags: Wikipedia,Mind,control,politics,brainwash