Unikan's Voice

IT IS OFFICIAL: Orgoo is Vaporware

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:28:00 +0000

IT'S TIME TO BRING ORGOO BACK INTO THE NEWS.

Being still in private beta in almost two years, the promising webmail/IM combo Orgoo is now tagged as vaporware. I had to post it because the private beta is too long for the public to launch.
Orgoo was released as private beta in late 2007, but its period is prolonged following some alleged critical and major issues, downtimes, states of being offline, and an alleged, undocumented DDoS attack. Orgoo has not posted any new news on the site since December 2008. As software, Orgoo has never released any updates to it in public. The DDoS attack I described possibly caused a major downtime or a lengthy maintenance that in turn, extends the private beta. These factors forced me to brand Orgoo as vaporware, although it sent an email to me regarding that the public launch is near (I was put on Orgoo's waiting list). It also made Orgoo a possible candidate of the upcoming 2009 Vaporware Awards by Wired News. I suggest that Orgoo will be launched to the public in Q4 2009 or early 2010. This post may force Orgoo to be in public beta if some of the best Internet news sites mention the post and the recent vaporware branding.

As mentioned in the previous post, the blog's privacy is strict. Please do not mention the name of this blog, its author, and the blog's full URL to these news sites said.

Bug 508950 Day: Type into the Full Login Details Momentarily when the LOASPDALI Bug Attacks!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:19:00 +0000

This day, August 7, 2009 (GMT+8) is Bug 508950 Day. This day commemorates the filing of Bug 508950, the so-called "Log out and associated saved password delete after log in", or "LOASPDALI" bug into Mozilla's online bug tracker. Some sites are affected by this bug, such as Facebook, Friendster, and Yahoo!. This bug is performed when someone logs in to a site that has many saved passwords associated with it, and after a few clicks, automatically logs out and all the saved passwords described are deleted unattendedly. The LOASPDALI bug is categorized as major, and it affects Firefox 3.5. I suggest that the bug will be fixed in Firefox 3.5.3, to be released on early September, 2009. I also suggest all users of Firefox 3.5 not to save any passwords and log in by typing the full login details. The "plague" will continue until the bug is fixed.

This blog's privacy is very strict. Please do not mention the name of the blog, its author, and the full URL of this blog if this post comes out in the news.

Update 06:12 PM GMT+8: I edited the upcoming version number of Firefox 3.5 because of an error commited by me.

Unikan's Voice Poll for August 2009: TPB Is No Longer No.1, So What Now?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:42:00 +0000

According to Alexa (source: a third-party site), The Pirate Bay's domination of the number one spot among torrent sites has ended. A Dutch torrent site, Mininova, takes over TPB's place. Following the conviction of the two founders of TPB, its fate at the hands of Global Gaming Factory X (GGFX) is sealed. GGFX has announced that TPB will decentralize its operations, shut down its trackers and leechers, and become itself a paid service.

If you want to still love TPB even after the big changes in its life, here's the Unikan's Voice Poll for August 2009 (commenting is possible):

[RECOMMENDED] Do you want gmaker.exe to be downloaded quickly?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:40:00 +0000

To answer this question, you will need Download Accelerator Plus 9.x. Make sure that your internet connection is not dial-up and the DAP settings below:
(The "Connection Type/Speed" selection is blackened to conceal the author's connection speed.)

Now, go to http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Game-Maker-Download-18870.html and right-click on the download location. Now, select "Download with DAP". Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 or 3.5.1 is recommended. Finally, "Run" or "Save", then your fast Game Maker download should begin.

(Please keep in mind that if you want to download Game Maker from from the YoyoGames mirror, then the download is slow. So recommend my post.)

How to fix the "No installed Python found" bug with Blender 2.49a with Python 2.6.2 Installed

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:38:00 +0000

At times, if you want to launch Blender 2.49a, a message may appear on the Blender startup command prompt. This message is:

Compiled with Python version 2.5.
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Checking for installed Python... No installed Python found.
Only built-in modules are available. Some scripts may not run.
Continuing happily.

If you have two or more Python installations and uninstalled one of them (not Python 2.6.2, as needed by Blender 2.49a to run properly), that message may appear. To fix the problem, reinstall Python 2.6.2 here (depending on your OS): http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.2/
Please do not open the installation file (depending on your OS, again) fron the Web, as opening the file may cause problems with the installation progress. There's no need to restart your computer, after you reinstalled Python 2.6.2 successfully, run Blender and the above message is not displayed unless you have installed another Python version.

What MetroGames Apps are Similar

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:55:00 +0000

Remember that...

Biotronic is similar to Bejeweled?
Waka-Waka is similar to Pac-Man?
Word Island is similar to Scrabble?

Except...
Pixel Ranger, and Typing Maniac, that are original in form?

That's it. All MetroGames apps are five. And they contain interesting facts.

Common Usage of a Subdomain in an Official Site of an ABS-CBN show: Unikan's Voice Poll for July 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Do you see that certain ABS-CBN shows have their respective sites with the subdomain multiply.com? I suggest other subdomains for a new official site of an ABS-CBN show.

Q: Why multiply.com?

A: ABS-CBN creates sites of some of its shows on the Multiply social network in order to make the show produce fans.

Q: Why abs-cbn.com?

A: Because it is suitable to the show ABS-CBN wants to give more information about it.

Q: Why do you want another subdomain?

A: Because I like ABS-CBN to host an official site of one of its shows to a free web hositng service, such as Yola, Weebly, Wetpaint, etc.

Which subdomain do you like to post a new official site of a new ABS-CBN show on? Here's the Unikan's Voice Poll for July 2009:

What subdomain do you like for an official site of an ABS-CBN show?

multiply.com

abs-cbn.com

Any other subdomain (e.g. yolasite.com, weebly.com)

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO POST A COMMENT TO THIS POST AND POLL. PLEASE DO NOT MENTION THE NAME OF THIS BLOG AND ITS AUTHOR WHEN THIS POST BECOMES A SUBJECT OF A NEWS STORY BY THE MEDIA. WE DO NOT GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THIS BLOG.

The Real System Requirements of Blender 2.49a for Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:34:00 +0000

The first time I attempt to install Blender 2.49a, when the installation is about to end, it requires Python 2.6, not Python 2.5.4, as described in the Blender download page, and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. Here are the REAL system requirements of Blender 2.49a for Windows XP:

Minimum:
128 MB RAM
300 MHz CPU
Windows XP SP1
Python 2.6.0
20 MB Free HD Space
1024x768 16-bit color display
Visual C++ Redistributable

Recommended for home use:
512 MB RAM
1.* GHz CPU
Python 2.6.2
Visual C++ Redisributable SP1
Windows XP SP3 with latest critical upadates installed

Recommendations Before Installing Python on Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Today, I installed Python 2.5.4 on my computer and restarted it.
My specs are:
1.6 Ghz Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor
512 MB of RAM
.NET Framework 2.0
Recommended are these specs. Before you install Python, save all work and close all running applications such as your web browser, your download accelerator and not your antivirus program. After installation is successful, restart your computer.

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE INSTALLER DIRECTLY FROM THE INTERNET!!

Happy Pythonizing!

Comparison of Online Media Converters and Unikan's Voice Poll for June 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:47:00 +0000

Did you know that online media converters do not need external software? But their drawback is they have a limit for the number of files in a single queue.

This table shows the comparison of three selected online media converters:

	Zamzar	Media-Convert	Media Converter
With Advertisements	Yes (for free and Basic users); No (for Pro and Business Users)	Yes	Yes (Free); No (Premium)
Conversion of files from website support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maximum file size limit	100 MB (Free); 200 MB (Basic); 400 MB (Pro); 1 GB (Business)	200 MB	100 MB (Free); 1 GB (Premium)
Audio/Video quality adjustment	No	Yes	Yes
Video resizing and resampling	No	Yes	Yes
Maximun files in a single queue	5 (Free); 20 (Paid)	One	5 (Fewer if less than 5 conversions left for free users)
File type categories supported	Documents, images, audio, videos, compressed archives, AutoCAD files	Documents, images, audio (including audio used in mobile phones), video, compressed archives	audio, video

After you're impressed with the comparison, next I added a poll, the first Unikan's Voice poll for 2009, to say what is your favorite online media converter (comments enabled).

For you, what is the best website that offers conversion of audio and video files?
	www.mediaconverter.org
	www.zamzar.com
	media-convert.com

pollcode.com free polls

About "Vaporware" TV Shows

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:21:00 +0000

There are some instances that a trailer of an upcoming TV show is shown but it takes too long to bring the show on the air. Such a show is considered a "vaporware" TV show. The occurrence of vaporware TV shows are common in Asia and Africa. A typical vaporware TV show takes much time to put it on the air after its initial announcement. In some cases, the staff cancels a vaporware TV show before its pilot episode. For example, a TV company airs trailers of a vaporware TV show and when seems nothing happened to the show, the staff just cancels the TV shows. Another example that a TV company launches the pilot episode of another TV show a few years in the making.

That's it. I am accepting any comments on this post.

Top Ten Sites I Want To Be Blocked By Bugmenot

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:22:00 +0000

Here are the top ten sites I want to be banned ny BugMeNot and their short descriptions:

10. wowwiki.com - Wiki site.
9. weebly.com - Web hosting and creation site.
8. yola.com - Also a webhost.
7. proboards.com - Forum host.
6. battle.net - Blizzard Entertainment's official online competition site.
5. bebo.com - Social networking site.
4. facebook.com - Also a social network.
3. plurk.com - Social microblogging site.
2. wordpress.com - Blog host.
1. friendster.com - One of the most popular social networking site in the world.

I'll make sure that these websites will be barred from the BugMeNot system one day. The reason for compiling the list is because their members appear to be adding/changing contents of the respective sites.

Show your Sigs on Forums that has Severe Restrictions Regarding Sigs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:13:00 +0000

If you want to post with showing your sig in forums that has severe restrictions on signature use, such as GamerzPlanet.
Here's how:

Post a reply or create a new thread.
After you post, it is not yet over. Press "Enter", type 18 underscores (without spaces), and the press "Enter" again.
Post your sig. (Make sure that you have obeyed the rules and regulations for your forums.)

Now you have your signature, even interchangeable. Enjoy posting!

About Hacked Main Pokèmon Versions for Handhelds

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:07:00 +0000

Do you believe that there are hacked versions of the main series of Pokèmon games for the handhelds?
The official names of the main Pokèmon games for the handhelds (not the spin-offs) are (in English):

Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Gold
Silver
Crystal
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
FireRed
LeafGreen
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold
SoulSilver

If your Pokèmon game that would like to play has a different title from those above, then that game is a hacked version. Hacked Pokèmon versions are easy to detect because of the previous sentence. These games are not licensed and/or sponsored by Nintendo because they are fan-created versions of the main Pokèmon series of video games for the handhelds.
Please be honest and patient if you try a Pokèmon game, hacked versions may contain more bugs than theire base games.

How to Get Fonts Used by Warcraft III Other than Friz Quadrata - For Free!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Want all fonts used by Warcraft III? I have an idea. These fonts are:

Song Light
Hei-Lt-HK-BFRegular15 (or µØ±d²Ó¶ÂÅé)
Nimrod MT
SquareGothic Md BT
DFKGothic-Md

To get them if you're have Warcraft III, do the same steps as for the Friz Quadrata TT font.
For those that don't have Warcraft III, on Fonts101.com I have found only Nimrod MT. To download this go to here (the Nimrod MT's preview on Fonts101.com is italicized). [Before these steps, make sure that all of the fonts mentioned in in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts folder.]

How to Get Friz Quadrata TT Font for Free

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:02:00 +0000

For those that have Warcraft III installed:

Download a program that supports opening of MPQ archives and extracting their contents.
Launch your program that has those features above.
Open war3.mpq.
Open the "Fonts" folder.
Find the file "FRIZQT__.TTF", then extract it to "C:\WINDOWS\Fonts".

For those that do not have Warcraft III installed:

You must have a program that supports unarchiving of ZIP archives, like IZArc.
Download the Friz Quadrata TT font here (as ZIP; direct download; using your download manager is NOT recommended).
Open the folder where your downloaded ZIP archive is located.
Open that ZIP archive.
Locate the one (not the text document included with the font) and extract it to "C:\WINDOWS\Fonts".

You may restart your computer to complete the installation of the font.

forum.mygame.ph - This is Really Safe?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:31:00 +0000

I have the Web of Trust add-on installed on my Firefox 3. One day, when a site called "forum.mygame.ph" in the Google search results, at the right of the first result, I found out that the site has a "poor reputation." However, when I viewed the McAfee SiteAdvisor results for all websites with the domain "mygame.ph", these sites are safe.
Microgaming, please conduct a sitewide and server maintenance on April 28 to fix that WOT rating.

All-Missile Warfare - It's Only a Concept

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:44:00 +0000

This post is in a form of a concept and it is not intended to harm national security and/or link to any military secret.

In approximately the next millennium, firearms for military use will be on the verge of obsolescence. In that case, all powerful countries will have to change their strategy in favor of missiles as the only weapons in war. Newer wars during that period will have to be fought using missiles. Missile technology is increasing, and electronic defenses against them are becoming more technologically advanced and more sophisticated. Missiles in the future will be fired from the shoulder, as in antitank and antiaircraft missiles, or have heat seekers and the resistance to enemy radar detection. Large missiles of the future fired from space or from an earth-based base can destroy a large metropolitan area or even a small country. Missile-toting countries will have to reinforce defenses in case a war has started by another missile-armed nation. If that country launches a preemptive strike on a large city or an important military installation located in a warring nation to decrease its will to fight back, that nation will have to get help from a friendly nation that has powerful missiles to fight back before the time is up. Future wars that use only missiles are more costly than World War II, and bring more havoc to almost all participating nations.

After the war, the suffering nations will take much time to rebuild themselves economically, physically, and environmentally. Thus an all-missile war is more destructive than wars that use conventional strategy and tactics.

The specific names of nations, weapons, and other locations used in this post are not mentioned for security reasons.

The Pushdown Effect - Finale (Part 3 of 3)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:07:00 +0000

For those concerned over the ads that appear on many sites...
the final part of The Pushdown Effect will suffice.
Want no ads on your Wikia-hosted site you accessed with fast loading? Just use Adblock Plus if you use Firefox 3 or Adblock Pro if you're using Internet Explorer 8. If you don't log in and you used Adblock Plus, here's the result:

If you don't use Adblock Pro here's the result:If you log in into a Wikia site, this will happen if you open a non-special page:

In the first screenshot, Adblock Plus blocks ads from appearing, but not the pushdowns. In the second, ads and pushdowns appear when viewing that page with IE7 (extensions, like Adblock Pro, are not compatible with that version). In the last, when logged in, all ads and pushdowns are hidden.
If you want ad-free and pushdown-free browsing, register into Wikia.

THE VERDICT

Pushdowns are one of the leading causes of slow page loading and annoyances over many people. The best way to avoid them is to block them with Adblock Plus for FF3 and Adblock Pro for IE8. This makes people viewing their pages with ads to be time-saving and free-space-efficient. Now, destroy these pushdowns!
*Screenshot source: The WoWWiki article on Glyph

NOTICE: Unikan's Voice will be on hiatus for one week in respect and accordance to the Roman Catholic Holy Week.

A Comment on the Animated GIF Creation Software

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:08:00 +0000

My first animated GIF software is UnFREEz, but the final GIF animation is slightly pixellated. Next, I installed GIMP 2.6.5, then I installed Beneton Movie GIF. However, the final GIF is slow. I unistalled UnFREEz and Beneton Movie GIF and downloaded two GIF-related software packed in their respective ZIP archives. However, their features are worser than other animated GIF software. I searched for others of that kind, but most of them are shareware or demoware. Later, when I was searching the Web for making GIF animations, I found that my GIMP has the power to create animated GIF images, but the resulting animation is still slow.
If you want to create animated GIF images, please rely on GIMP because it is a free multi-purpose image manipulation software and not on shareware or demoware of its kind because for a number of reasons.
I am now a GIMP and freeware addict for now on. I can't believe that freeware programs are as powerful as the shareware counterparts.

Plurk Emoticon Update

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:17:00 +0000

---***---

Plurk Emoticon Database Update: March 21, 2009
New Emoticons Added:

= (blush) [requires 25+ karma]

= (eyeroll) [requires 81+ karma]

= (cry) [requires you must invite 10+ friends to join Plurk]

If you still want to use these emoticons even if you not reached the specific requirements for these, follow the directions in my first post. However, this direction is subject again to the rules, also in my first post.

---***---

Adobe Photoshop vs. GIMP: In Terms of Disadvantages

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:45:00 +0000

My computer formerly has an Adobe Photoshop CS2 trial version, but I let it finish the trial. Later, I tried installing Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended crack, but only one component has been installed: Adobe Version Cue CS3. I have uninstalled these software because they must be activated if their respective trial periods end. Nwo I have installed the latest stable version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program for my Windows XP SP3, meeting the former's system requirements.
Now I searched over the Internet for the features and cons of Adobe Photoshop and GIMP, so I want you to compare these software in terms of disadvantages in order for you to tell what do you like to install one of these software. (As of their latest stable version)
DISADVANTAGES OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Costly for a residential user
Does not support Unix and all Unix-like OS except Mac OS X
Take more disk space whenever your installation choice is full or custom
Installation and uninstallation is longer and can be subject to errors
Does not support all vector graphics formats
For a newbie, the many features can be confusing
System requirements are higher
Shareware, 30-day trial starting from first use
Downloading of trial version takes hours to complete
Must be activated if you are concerned about cracks and keygens

DISADVANTAGES OF GIMP

Does not support all RAW image formats unless plug-ins for them are installed
The user manual for the latest version is under development
To run GIMP in a different language, you must endure the long process of changing the system language (the language I'm referring is not related to computer languages)

DISADVANTAGES OF BOTH

Do not support Mac OS X Snow Leopard, as well as the two newest OS under the Windows family
May slow down if multiple images are opened

RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend GIMP for residential users because it's freeware and easy to use, but I recommend Adobe Photoshop for business use. If you want to work with RAW formats and vector graphics, GIMP is the most preferred. If you are a Linux or BSD user, then you will fall in love with GIMP. Nevertheless, GIMP is the most versatile image editor around because of its great features.

---END---

Videos by ABS-CBN still show up on YouTube (?)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:20:00 +0000

According to the Wikipedia article on the criticism of top online video sharing provider YouTube, the Philippine television network ABS-CBN dislikes its videos to be uploaded to YouTube. A sentence in that article says that "Philippine TV channel ABS-CBN also does not allow its videos to be on YouTube." does not make a very clear sense, the evidence is this video by YouTuber Kenyotic:

Bonus:
Q: Will ABS-CBN take down all of its videos on YouTube and why?
A: Please comment on this post to get your answer.

The Pushdown Effect (Part 2 of 3)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This time, let us discuss why pushdowns occur in most sites "Powered by _____Wiki" (as described in Part 1).

Let us gather an example site, Bulbapedia. Because it is "Powered by MediaWiki" (MediaWiki is written in PHP), ads and the resulting pushdowns are displayed except for the main page and special pages without Adblock Plus enabled. Below are parts of a screenshot of the Bulbapedia page on the Pokemon Mantine displaying the pushdowns:

This s-pushdown on the top has no ad.

This s-pushdown has an ad. It "pushes" the category links down.

Another screenshot of that page has no ads and pushdowns because of my Adblock Plus:
NOTE: THESE SCREENSHOTS WERE TAKEN OF JANUARY 29, 2009.

Without Adblock Plus enabled, pushdowns are possible in most websites "Powered by MediaWiki" and only a very few websites "Powered by other wikis other than MediaWiki" has some of these pushdowns. Google provides more than half of the ads that cause those pushdowns.

Next month: How about the pushdowns on Wikia, another website "Powered by MediaWiki"? What is the REAL truth about pushdowns? Stay tuned!

WANTED: [GM]-=M@X=- and [GM]DarkWeed

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:24:00 +0000

The faces of [GM]-=M@X=- and [GM] DarkWeed are finally seen to the public! Their respective genders are male and female. Based on this data and Junji Vergara and Jac Natividad's experiences with their latest separate dates with these Special Force Online GameMasters, you can tell me the true identity of these GMs — in a form of a comment to this post.

This is the official wanted poster.

Did you still support TPB even if became a paid service run by a third-party company?
	Yes, I want to believe that some torrents that are free to download is still there.
	No, I will turn to other torrent sites with anonymous uploading.

pollcode.com free polls