I got tired of having to beg people for raid times so I took the incentive to cheat a bit, I wrote a LUA script that uses a (illegal) sniff of packets to pull out raid info, the info it pulls is just the second raid becomes active it sets the default g15 countdown mod to run for 1hr 30m meaning that the countdown is never more than a few seconds off if even that. The way it works is you sit in dome when raid is about to start, when the red light turns on it starts the timer and loops the same timer every time previous ends, this means that you will have raid time on LCD at all times in game and out, but once the server crashes or restarts, anything to reset the raid timer, you will need to be in dome for it to resync and get new time.

This mod is not completely finished, in fact its barely even working, so far all that works is a script i wrote to pull the info from timer, the LCD display timer is actually off by about 3 minutes, which means somewhere its getting delayed, however the mod I wrote itself is fetching the data instantly and my text script is working perfect. Once I get the bugs fixed and have everything set (as well as send to a few friends to test and make sure I didnt miss anything), I will edit this post and have the download for the mod in the Downloads section of this site.

Look forward to seeing people spamming raid timer in city chat, save me the trouble

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In the last month or so the IRC Network @ Akensai.net has really grown, went from 20 users the past few months to now sitting on around 60-70 at any given time, not to mention we no longer have 1 trashy shell for the entire network, as of yet we have 6 active client servers, full services, a ton of security features, and a multitude of custom modules and scripts that other networks will never have.

I would like to say I'm surprised about the amount of people using the network but I'm really not, I expected at least 200 way sooner from some different gaming communities I know and a few I helped build, but nobody wants to be associated with Japsclan.

In any case I'd rather have people like Japs on my network than random gaming communities, most of what I learned with coding, design and the internet in general can be traced back to my roots in Japs. Funny how people everyone see's as kiddies is actually collaboratively more intelligent than any other community I have ever been in.

Come check us out! irc.akensai.net or use the Web Client

Lets take a look at the stats shall we? Checkout Akensai.net/stats.php for full stats.

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That actually worked but the autoplay was driving me crazy so I removed it.

Oh wow, that worked entirely the way I wanted it too! Well then, I suppose that means you will be seeing an "Embed" feature on SoundRoam within a short time, not sure how hard it will be to create the embed code on it though, so we'll see.

Other than that, the song of choice for this experiment is solely in regards to my belief that the 60's was the best decade in history, everyone had a goal by the time they could walk, it was possible to achieve said goals, and the economy was at least somewhat likeable, not to mention everyone was friendly, instead of the times we live in now in which your best friend, your brother, or even your parents will screw you over as long as it benefits themselves. So yes, I would trade anything to be born in the 50's so I could live as a teenager in the 60's. The world as we know it is trash, whatever happened to Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll? All we have now is AIDS, Crack, and Techno.

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This would not be complete without the lyrics:

Some say ya' troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?

And the kunts won't talk to you
Cause you kissed St. Rollox adieu
Cause you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
As you walk on the mean
Well the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
Yeah we're all blessed

Up now and get um boy
Up now and get um boy
Drink to the devil and death to the doctors!
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
well Five thousand users fed today
As you feed us wont you Lead us
to be blessed

So we stole and drank champagne
On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
"I never feel pain, won't you hit me again?"
"I need a bit of black and blue to be in rotation"

In my blood I felt bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist, an eyebrow burst
You've a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fall to the floor, fainting at the sight of blood

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
You turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdalen at Virgin you've already been
You've already been we've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
To be blessed

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...

So I'm sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name

So they say you're troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word, the word is 'destroy'
I break this bottle, think of you fondly

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel
Or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It's not a jag in the arm
It's a nail in the beam
On this barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdelan or Virgin
You've already been
and you've already seen...

wahoo! wahoo! wahoo!

Yeah! You've already been,
you've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Oh if you judge us
We're all damned.

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You know

The most important thing about being a web-developer of any sort is the ability to care about your users, most websites really don't care who you are or what you want, just the money you bring them, a good web admin will take the time to read every email and reply to every user that sends one. The first idea to a leading website is to know your user base, know the age and agenda of the general area of its users by watching what they use on your site, and what they like. You take this knowledge from watching to add to the sites content, if somebody really likes movies then you give them a search function to find more, they like it so much they tell their friends and net you even more users, this process repeats over and over and will end with a large user base.

The "carry yourself" rule, one of the biggest roles of every web admin is to interact with their users, if your running a forum you need to be active in it otherwise people will have no idea who you are and just see the site as a little void of the internet, so get in those discussions and talk with people, let them know about some aspects of your life, maybe even your real name, I've gotten feedback on many of my creations about how much of a team player I am from simply replying to people, helping them with their own problems and being an ear to talk to. A good example of an interactive social network where you can speak to owners and employee's is FunAdvice, the owner himself will answer your question if you ask him and he's running a 200,000 user website! So keep yourself in the loop with what your users are talking about, and be a part of the discussion.

At this point your probably wondering where you could possibly get the first users of your site from, well that's easy, tell your friends! Advertising really is not all that necessary as long as you have the content people are looking for, something addictive or something of major use, Dazik fits into the usage category by offering its members something you generally cannot find anywhere else, that alone is all the advertising Dazik needs to live on. To get started find other websites with some sort of tie to your own, a common factor. If your website is all about a video game, or a gaming console, then you want to find gamers to tell about how awesome your site is, tell them what they can do on your site that they probably cant anywhere else to drag them in, get them addicted and they will have friends coming in no time.

Now, on top of all that you also need to be prepared for Search Engine Optimization, SEO for short. The one thing you need to make sure of is that each page has its own meta such as description and keywords, even title. That way when search engines like Google or Yahoo come crawling your site everything will be organized and ready for them to index, Google is your friend use it to your advantage!

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An update to the previous article on the Obama administration cracking down on piracy, it seems they have already started.

Adding some swashbuckling to its tough talk on fighting piracy, the federal government on Wednesday seized several websites that had offered downloads of pirated movies such as "Toy Story 3" and "Iron Man 2" within hours of their release in theaters.

Federal authorities announced that they had seized domain names from nine websites engaged in the "criminal theft of American movies and television." The websites include TVShack.net, PlanetMoviez.com, ThePirateCity.org and Ninjavideo.net. Combined, the sites drew 6.7 million visitors a month, authorities said.

Officials also seized assets from 15 bank, investment and advertising accounts and executed residential search warrants in North Carolina, New York, New Jersey and Washington, according to a statement from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which coordinated its investigation with the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies.

The crackdown, which involved 100 agents working in 11 states and the Netherlands, was part of a renewed campaign dubbed Operation in Our Sites by federal authorities to curb Internet counterfeiting and piracy. The announcement comes a week after the Obama administration unveiled a detailed plan on how to tackle global piracy, including targeting illegal websites.

ICE chief John Morton, speaking at a Walt Disney Studios sound stage where he was joined by movie studio executives and union representatives, trumpeted the bust as the beginning of a "long-term effort to turn the tables on these thieves." The targeted websites, he added, are "run by people who have no respect for creativity and innovation."

The studios say they lose hundreds of millions annually to piracy.

Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that the actions were necessary to protect the jobs and livelihoods of "ordinary working people" and warned others engaged in similar websites.

"If your business model is piracy, your story will not have a happy ending," Bharara said.

Source: L.A. Times

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I decided this needs to be put here, original source is DailyTech

"It's smash and grab, no different than a guy walking down Fifth Avenue and smashing the window at Tiffany's and reaching in and grabbing what's in the window." -- U.S. VP Joe Biden

While they may never be able to truly defeat piracy and drive it from the lurking depths of the internet, copyright protection attack-dog organizations like the RIAA and MPAA have long dreamed of the day when they would no longer have to pay for their own copyright enforcement.  Now that dream is on the verge of coming true, thanks to the Obama administration.

After countless lobbyist dollars from the music and film industry and a brief "public review", the administration rolled out its vision to fight piracy yesterday afternoon.  U.S. Vice President Joe Biden -- whose blunt speech has sometime left him in trouble -- did not mince words.

He states, "This is theft, clear and simple.  It's smash and grab, no different than a guy walking down Fifth Avenue and smashing the window at Tiffany's and reaching in and grabbing what's in the window."

The sound-byte comparing downloads to stealing jewels from New York City's finest jeweler quickly lit up the web.  Bob Pisano, interim chief executive officer at the MotionPicture Association of America praised the VP, "It is especially critical that the United States has an effective framework for protecting creative content online and enforcing intellectual property rights in the digital environment."

According to the Obama administration, the RIAA, and MPAA, the world economy is pretty much doomed if we don't start prosecuting pirates at home and abroad.  Without such a crackdown, businesses will go bankrupt the coalition argues.  Biden states, "Piracy hurts, it hurts our economy."

Interestingly, the statements seem to fly in the face of a recent Government Accountability Office study released to U.S. Congress earlier this year, which concluded that there is virtually no evidence for the claimed million dollar losses by the entertainment industry. That study suggested that piracy could even benefit the economy.

Another noteworthy study from three years back notes that virtually every citizen violates intellectual property laws in some way on a daily basis.

The White House press release was full of buzz phrases, but short on details.  It did however indicate that the U.S. government may increasingly monitor filesharing networks and BitTorrent sites and assist media groups in their prosecution/threat letter efforts.  It speaks of improved "law enforcement efforts at the Federal, state and local level."

The biggest effort, though, will be devoted to cracking down on piracy websites in the U.S. and overseas.  The administration was short on details of how exactly it would convince piracy-loving nations like Chinato change their ways, but it did say it would try to do so by "being as public as we possibly can" about infringement.

The press release states, "As we shine the spotlight on foreign governments that have rogue actors doing illicit business within their borders, it's the government's responsibility to respond."

Such efforts have shown mild success.  After lots of threats against the Swedish government by the U.S., the European Union nation finally tried admins with the nation's largest torrent site The Pirate Bay last year and found them guilty.  The trial was later exposed to be a perversion of the justice system, with the judge who gave the verdict have multiple ties to copyright protection organizations.  The verdict -- $3M USD in damages and a year of hard prison time for the admins -- is currently being appealed.

The White House's vision is perhaps a prelude to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which will go before Congress later this year.  The bill would make P2P or BitTorrent client development a criminal offense if the distributed software was used for infringement.  It also implements an interesting provision called "imminent infringement", which allows the government to charge people who they think might be about to infringe with a civil offense (for example if you searched "torrent daft punk").  This is among the first official "thought crime" provisions to be proposed by the U.S. government.  The bill also makes it a criminal offense to bypass DRM.

Ultimately, it should be interesting to see how American taxpayers react to President Obama's decision to spend their money on efforts to prosecute them and try to choke out piracy at home and abroad, particularly when the current evidence is inconclusive of its effects.  One thing's for sure, though.  Top politicians on both sides of the aisle are firmly behind the music and movie industry anti-piracy and money-collection efforts.

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Other than my intense hatred of social awareness, I have to say my life has been great. Slowly all the little puzzle pieces come together. I've been getting job offers from all over the world for amazing pay, I just wish I could hold my breath long enough to try and move away to see how it works. Unfortunately I've never been a gambler, I'd rather wait for an opportunity that I absolutely know will not fall through comes along, until then my plan is to finish school, go get some more certifications for networking and systems administration, and try for a local job at the least.

Love life you say!? Of course, I love Katya with all my heart, sometimes she does some pretty retarded things but I can forgive that, its almost cute the way she does it. She's probably going to be the death of me one day, and I would have it no other way, I can legitimately say I would jump off a cliff for that girl, she does everything for me and I try my best to do everything for her, but lets just leave it at, I'm not quite as good as care-taking as she is, I cant even make a simple meal without starting a fire, cereal is complicated. But hey, I'm good with my hands, I can fix things, I can build things and I'm talented enough to make her smile with a simple face. So I'll give it all I got and see if she can handle me for much longer, 2 years already and it only seems like 2 months.

Well, I suppose thats it for now, So I will leave you with something amazing.

Beastie Boys Remixed
SoundRoam: The Hood Internet - Good Ol' Fashion Rump Shaker

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SoundRoam: Music Search Engine

Current Stage:

• Search for virtually any song
• Dynamic routing of multiple sources
• Listen to some songs
• Download some songs

Future:

• Download any song
• Listen to any song
• Add more sources

At the moment you may find that some searches will result in "listen" links that do not work, I am currently working on this and it should be fixed within a few days. I've said it before and I'll say it again, any feedback is appreciated.

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LEGAL

PlainGoogle simply uses the Google API, and AdSense for search, its purpose isn't so much as to make money from ad's rather than provide myself and a few select friends with a search engine that is simple, all there is to it. The Google name and logo's are property of Google.com and I have no interest in stealing Google's thunder, if anyone has any problem, feel free to contact me and I will surely sort everything out.

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