HYDROFUEL

NTV7’s Edisi 7 interviews Dr Halim Ali, inventor of the Hydrofuel system (I noticed the Hydroxene name is not used anymore). He says 5 liters of water lasts about 2,000km.

He claims over 79,000 (multiplied by RM1,300 that’s about RM102.7 million in sales!) bookings so far for the system and plans to expand the Hydrofuel dealer network up to 600 dealers nationwide. The first Hydrofuel units will be installed into customer vehicles in about 2 weeks time, and installation could take anywhere between 45 minutes to 3 hours.

He said that although he has received offers to sell the technology, some offers amounting to US$26mil (RM95.7mil), he had no intention of letting foreign parties get hold of it.

“There are only 12 people in the world who know how hydroxene works and even then they only know 70% of the technology,” he said, adding that the core aspects of the technology remained with him.


OK LAH BRO MAMAT TADI PUNYE INVENTION WA KASI LAWAN DGN INI....

AMACAM ADA BERANI?

Hackers launch attack code for DNS flaw

Hackers have released attack code for the flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) software that sends messages between computers on the internet.

The code was created by the developers behind the Metasploit hacking toolkit and internet security experts warn it may give criminals a way to launch virtually undetectable phishing attacks against internet users whose ISPs have not installed the latest DNS server patches. 

Attackers could also use the code to silently redirect users to fake software update servers in order to install malicious software on their computers, said Zulfikar Ramizan, a technical director with security vendor Symantec.

More on this http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=13826

Pelajar histeria setiap tengah hari sejak Mei

KUANTAN 24 Julai – Sebuah sekolah menengah di sini diselubungi kejadian misteri apabila sebilangan pelajar perempuannya diserang histeria hampir setiap hari terutama menjelang waktu tengah hari sejak Mei lalu.

Lebih memburukkan keadaan, pada waktu rehat segelintir pelajar perempuan dikatakan mengalami sakit sendi hingga terpaksa berjalan terbongkok-bongkok seperti orang tua yang uzur dan kejadian itu dipercayai turut dialami segelintir guru wanita sekolah berkenaan.

Khuatir proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran semakin terganggu, pelbagai usaha dilakukan oleh pengurusan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tanjung Lumpur termasuk memanggil pengamal perubatan tradisional selain mengadakan sesi perjumpaan bersama ibu bapa pelajar terbabit di sekolah itu hari ini.

Matjem:....Tingat aku kisah seorg pemain ragbi terkenal batch kita diserang makhluk halus kat Lendu....hehehehe...

Selangor exco may get Toyota Camry

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government is now hinting that it may choose the Toyota Camry as the official cars for its state executive councillors.

State executive councillor for Local Government, Studies and Research Ronnie Liu said the choice was appropriate as the price of the car was reasonable and maintenance cost not high.

“Personally, I feel the Toyota Camry is the best choice and have made the suggestion to the Mentri Besar (Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim).

“However, he has not made a decision. But I feel there won’t be any objection as the Toyota Camry is much cheaper than the Mercedes,” he told reporters here yesterday. – Bernama

Matjem: Peh ni sapa nak keta baru baik join politik.

Wall Street 'mabuk'

WASHINGTON - Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS), George W. Bush mempunyai penjelasan berhubung penurunan pasaran hartanah yang menyebabkan ekonomi global menjadi kacau-bilau iaitu bursa saham Wall Street menjadi 'mabuk.'

Komen itu terbongkar pada Selasa lalu selepas laman web popular di internet YouTube menyiarkan kenyataan Bush dalam satu majlis tertutup. 

Ucapan Bush itu dirakamkan menerusi telefon bimbit berkamera sebelum dihantar ke laman web tersebut.

"Tidak ada persoalan mengenainya (kejatuhan harga hartanah)," kata Bush dalam satu majlis tertutup di Houston pada Jumaat lalu.

"Ia menjadi mabuk dan kini menghidap sakit pening kepala.

"Persoalan sekarang adalah berapa lama ia tidak akan mabuk dan tidak cuba untuk melakukan semua khayalan peralatan kewangan yang luar biasa? soalnya."

"Kita kini mendapat isu perumahan," kata Bush.

"Bukan di Houston, buktinya tidak di Dallas kerana Laura (isteri Bush) cuba untuk membeli sebuah rumah," katanya.

Bush menjelaskan bahawa isterinya tidak lagi berminat untuk tinggal di kawasan luar bandar Crawford di Texas.

Bush yang kini berumur 62 tahun pernah ditangkap kerana memandu dalam keadaan mabuk ketika beliau berusia 30 tahun. - Reuters

Rakyat lebih suka MB naik Kancil - Adnan

KUANTAN 24 Julai - Semua keputusan di peringkat kerajaan negeri yang melibatkan jumlah wang yang besar perlu dibuat berdasarkan kehendak rakyat dan situasi semasa, kata Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob.

Sambil merujuk kepada kes pembelian 14 kereta Mercedes E200 Kompressor untuk kegunaan Menteri Besar, Exco dan para pegawai kanan kerajaan negeri Terengganu, beliau berkata, selepas kenaikan harga minyak bulan lalu, rakyat lebih gemar melihat pemimpin mereka mengamalkan sikap merendah diri.

Matjem:...Pakai le kancil....sedangkan Rasulullah boleh tido beralaskan pelepah tamar.....knp korang tak leh?

Financial weekly highlight.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects a poorer global economic outlook for the 2nd half of 2008 compared to the first half of the year as recent weaker economy indicators for the US, Euro area, Japan and emerging and developing countries suggest a further deceleration of activity in the 2nd half. Besides, the financial sector also remain elevated as rising losses are putting strain on balance sheets and compounding the crisis in the credit markets. The financial problems are spreading from U.S to other countries such as Europe and Japan.

IMF forecasts 4.1% global growth for this year, U.S 1.3%, Euro area 1.7%, Japan 1.5%, China 9.7%, ASEAN 5.6% and overall emerging and developing economies by 7%.

Inflation pressure remain intense for the rest of the year, due to high energy, commodity and food prices. For advanced economies, CPI for the full year 2008 is projected to increase by 3.4% (earlier estimated 2.6%). For emerging and developing economies, CPI is expected to increase by 9.1% (earlier estimated 7.4%)

Govt are now having a tough task of trying to curb inflation without jeopardising economic growth. Stronger monetary policies, greater fiscal restraint and more flexible exchange rate system in some cases are needed to cool down the economy, especially for economies which are experiencing above-trend growth, such as China.

Untuk renungan suma...Give it a thought.....

A man eats two eggs each morning for
breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he
pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last
a week he normally buys two dozens at a time. One
day while buying eggs he notices that the price
has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys
groceries, eggs are 76 cents a dozen.

When asked to explain the price of eggs the store
owner says, "The price has gone up and I have to
raise my price accordingly". These store buys 100
dozen eggs a day. He checked around for a better
price and all the distributors have raised their
prices. The distributors have begun to buy from
the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have
been driven out of business. The huge egg farms
sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to
distributors. With no competition, they can set
the price as they see fit. The distributors then
have to raise their prices to t he grocery stores. And on and on and on.

As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg
trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He
checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000
dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had
changed but the price of eggs.

Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a
dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and
was told, "Cakes and baking for the
holiday". The huge egg farmers know there will
be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be
used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect
the same thing at Christmas and other times when
family cooking, baking, etc. happen.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is
2.00 a dozen. The man says, "There must be
something we can do about the price of eggs".

He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop
buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs.

Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a
day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two
eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in
his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe
wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge
egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs
would not need any for at least two weeks.

At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve
the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy
the eggs at a lower price.

The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^*&% eggs
even if they were free". T he distributor told
the grocery store owner that he would lower the
price of the eggs if the store would start buying again.

The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room
for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or
3 eggs at a time. Now if you were to drop the
price of eggs back down to the original price,
the customers would start buying by the dozen again".

The distributors sent that proposal to the huge
egg farmers but the egg farmers liked the price
they were getting for their eggs but, those
chickens just kept on laying. Fin ally, the egg
farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few cents.

The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time.
They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to
where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The
distributors had to slash their prices to make
room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers.

The egg farmers cut their prices because the
distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than
they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full
warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.

And those chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing
away eggs they couldn't sell.

The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to
where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.

And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.

What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled
to the pump? The dealer's tanks would stay semi
full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have
room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms.
The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas
coming from the refining plants. And the refining
plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off
loaded from the huge tankers coming from the oil fiends.

Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it
up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come
down.

Think about it.

As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas
that leaves my tank a little under quarter full.
The way prices are jumping around, you can buy
gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning
it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of
$2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas.
You might not understand the economics of only
buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy
cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.

Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station;
don't give them any more of your hard earned
money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down..."

just think of this concept for a while.


 
 Posted by SHAH.

The Trouble with Terabytes

by John C. Dvorak

I filled a terabyte drive with crap; now I need another terabyte drive. That means within the last few years I've accumulated 3 to 4 terabytes of data, much of it redundant from sloppy backup procedures and paranoia.

About a year ago one of my 500GB USB drives blew up, so now I'm backing up everything on both a second drive and DVDs. I've moved to dual-layer DVD+R disks: 8GB, which isn't enough for anything. I need 30GB Blu-ray or something bigger.

One of the problems everyone has is that since hard disks began to double in capacity every 12 months, we've become complacent with the knowledge that we'll never fill them up. But multimedia files and other downloads chew up space quickly, especially since everyone has gotten on the high-quality bandwagon. Downloading a movie? It has to be HD. Downloading an MP3? It has to be at a high bit rate.

My downloaded movies consist mostly of files off the Comcast DVR where I keep recording old classics from TCM. They build up, so I burn them on the DVD recorder before transferring them to a hard disk using HandBrake, the excellent video ripper. Then I watch the movies on a laptop when I travel. Of course I never watch anything, and they start to accumulate. 

On top of this useless collection of crap are my digital photos. I've upgraded to the 10MP Olympus 520, which offers me the opportunity to shoot RAW and JPEG formats at the exact same time. So instead of accumulating thousands of shots just mildly compressed with JPEG, I now save that exact same JPEG along with a huge RAW file. This will worsen when I eventually move to 12-, 14-, and 16-megapixel cameras. 

The worst aspect of this photography hobby is that the longer you do it the more likely you are to take numerous redundant shots. Instead of one cool pic of the street corner you take two, three, four…just in case you wiggled a little. I can easily shoot 300 to 400 shots on this camera before the battery drops dead. So I may as well shoot 300 to 400 pics. I promise myself that I'll sort them out later. And I eventually will, but in the meantime they chew up hard disk space like nothing else.

Right now the best solution for backup is a second hard disk. It's the cheapest way to do it. But things get complicated when you overflow a terabyte drive with junk.

M'sia inflation hits 7.7%, a 26-year high

MALAYSIA'S annual inflation rate jumped to a 26-year high of 7.7 per cent in June due to a substantial rise in fuel rices, according to official data released on Wednesday.


Tan Seri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, second finance minister, had already said that a 41 per cent hike in subsidised fuel prices last month was set to boost inflation in June and July.

The figure came as something of a surprise as economists had predicted June inflation of 6.6 per cent. -- AFP