Goodbye IT World !

Today, I am going to leave the IT world and entering another field.

Many great things has come to me in the IT world, I also enjoy great relationship with many friends during my days in the IT world. But things change, I am going to pursue another things outside the IT world.

I will be entering "silent" mode in blogging. You may not see new blog from me. I will try my best to write a blog entry whenever I can.

I wish you all the best of luck and have a great life.

When You Believe

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood

Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
So swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

They don't always happen when you ask
(Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears
(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight throught the rain
Small but still, resilient voice
Says love is very near
(Ohhh)

There can be miracles
(Miracles)
When you believe
(Lord, when you believe)
Though hope is frail
(Though hope is frail)
It's hard to kill
(Hard to kill, Ohhh)
Who know what miracles,you can achieve
When you believe,somehow you will(somehow,somehow)
somehow you will
You will when you believe

You will when you believe
You will when you believe
Just believe...just believe
You will when you believe

Source : Whey You Believe - Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

I Will Win, I Will Lose

In the dreams I dreamed as a child
I lived my life as a king
My days were filled with sunshine
And there was never any pains

I will win, I will lose
I will live my life
I will have to make my way on my own
I will win, I will lose
I will create my own path
I will play the game of life

I've had brief moments of joy
Endless moments of boredom
I've had days full of sunshine
I know what pain is...

I will win, I will lose
I will live my life
I will know how to continue on my own
I will win, I will lose
Now I know my path
But I'll play the game of life on my own

A king, I will certainly not be
And yet, I'll live...

I will win, I will lose
I will have light and shadow
But alone I'll have to go on
I will win, I will lose
My life will be
like a long journey to make

I will win, I will lose
I will live my life
I will have to make my way on my own
I will win, I will lose
Now I know my path...
I will win, I will lose
I will play the game...
I will win, I will lose
But alone...

from :
MARIO FRANGOULIS
Vincerò, Perderò
Lyrics: Luisa Zappa Branduardi
Music: Steve Wood

Upgrading TrueCrypt

On March 19, 2007, TrueCrypt version 4.3 is released. There are many new features, improvements and bug fixes in this release, so I think it is the time to upgrade my installation.

I downloaded the TrueCrypt package, but they only provide for OpenSUSE 10.2 system. Last time I used the RPM version, it complained about kernel mismatch. But this time it didn't complain.

Unfortunately, I already have TrueCrypt installed from source package. So I need to remove that first before I install the newer version. To make matter worse, the TrueCrypt package doesn't come with uninstaller, I need to read the installer script and reverse the installation process to create an uninstallation script. This uninstalation script is very simple : it will remove three files that have been installed by the installation script.

Without further talk, you can download the uninstaller script here.

To remove your previous TrueCrypt that you compile yourself, just type the following command :

# ./remove-truecrypt.sh

And you're done.

Computer Virtualization in Java

Researchers at Oxford have built an x86 emulator that runs purely on Java, making it ideal for security researchers who want to analyze and archive viruses, host honeypots and defend themselves against buggy or malicious software without hosing their machines. The JPC also emulates a host of other environments, giving technophiles the ability to play Asteroids and other software that's sat on shelves for years collecting dust.

Here are several key features of JPC :

• Cross-Platform

JPC is completely implemented in Java, so it works seamlessly across all major computing platforms, including Windows, Linux and MacOS. JPC even works on non-x86 based hardware like ARM and SPARC.

• Secure

JPC comes with the assured security of being run entirely within the Java sandbox. This means that the emulated hardware is completely isolated from the underlying hardware and cannot damage or interfere with it in any way.

• Flexible

With JPC, you have complete configuration control with virtual peripherals and software libraries. And if you mess up, you only mess up your virtual PC. Just delete your disk images and start again.