A word on business

How to understand business:
- it makes money so it must be right -

Best value for money : did a friend tell you? no ? ignore it.
We care about our customers : they care about their profits.
Save on x this weekend limited offer : no it's not. you don't save on anything at all. They make a product, estimate sales, estimate profit, in case all fails, workers get fired, company profits via "limited extra deals" "special offers" "exclusive deals" "anything that at least returns investment"
New and improved: more shiny/better engineered to keep returning revenue.
24/7 tech support: maybe, but how competent ? did a friend tell you ? no? prolly not worth it.
Testimonials : did a friend tell you ? you know what to do.
Ease of use : should be "dumbed down". they know you are stupid. they profit from it.
Modern look: you fall for stereotypes. They're counting on it.
Free: no it's not. anything free - you're the payment. You get to provide statistic information gender/date of birth/email/etc. They make serious money from gathering data, masquerading it by giving you a "free" product. Even if you don't tell them anything they can still gather data. You have to take possession of the free goods, they will log it. Worse case scenario, they feed you crumbs one time, you'll shake your tail forever.
 - the list goes on. They make sure of it every time they need money. which is 24/7

Doesn't even have to come as advertised. You claim reimbursement, they have the EULA.

Remember: You are greedy. They know.
Remember: You are cheap. They know as well.
In fact they're so competent at researching it, they use it against you on a daily basis.

You think you're smart. They know. While you're making them money they can even throw a bonus diploma to make you feel better.

Also Remember:
Small time punks make it big.
Small time punks make money. Dream money. See money.
They do.
Precisely because they're not "educated". (more on this later. those quotes are not by accident)
They don't care about the what-ifs. they don't even consider them.
They aim and shoot.
Most do well.
Some make it big.
Their business expands.
Their mentality remains constant.
It worked for them so it must be right. It will keep on working.

You don't care: They approve.
You keep buying. They keep lying.
They made money so it must be right.

You want a job. They offer -opportunities-
You make money: Not even close to what they make on your ass.
You like it.
So do they.

You settle and you think you're good ? They think you're perfect.
Congratulations, you are an "educated" human being.
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On "education":
What is education as a concept: acquiring skills necessary to survive, evolve and thrive.
What is education today: a very good business in itself.
How did modern education came to be ? Industrialization needed to train monkeys to read/write, perform basic math such as conversion between certain units of measurement, understand workflows, coordinate assembly line production for maximum profit.
I mean efficiency.
How is education today: most graduates confirm lack of employment. Inability to join an assembly line.
Doesn't even provide what it was engineered to: true, it evolved.
Why is it still around in the same old formula ? - it's become a very successful business in itself: vast amounts of money are required to cover expenses during basic education from start to finish not to mention college and higher.
What does it actually do to the average joe ?
Prepare him for shifts that he will probably find hard to find.
(average joes complete basic education and instruct offspring to follow same path)
What does it actually do to the gifted joe ? 
Prepare him for setting up shifts for average joes.
(small time punks fit here, usually for a while then dropout)
What does it actually do to the genius joe ?
Start Armageddon.

ps: business is not evil. it's just seen too little genius joes.
but, but.. don't they care ?
no

so, my 2 cents on internet censorship:

Before i begin, let's talk about the real reason why kennedy was shot(it's relevant here). Dollars failed to have intrinsic value and he was shot cause he re-instated intrinsic value on the dollar.

as in this black/white scan of a dollar bill that was printed at the time ->

(this is an example bank note). note the inscription at the bottom (middle) "one silver dollar payable to the bearer on demand"
That means you take the piece of paper, go to the bank, get your silver's worth and make a ring with it or smth.
Right after he was shot the dollar is as is today a -legal tender- and nothing more.

like this color one here-> 

Note it says in the upper left it'a s legal tender. basically a worthless piece of paper who'se value is dictated by who-the-fuck-knows-who. the federal reserve prolly but that's besides the point.

Now what does this have to do with internet censorship ?
well, take a look at this: https://btc-e.com/ and if u want to see how electronic money flows live and without hindrance look at this and click on the green buttons. you'll see some considerable ammounts of money flowing around unchecked by any bank authority: https://blockchain.info/





Now, take theese guys called the FTC. stands for federal trade commision. basically they're kinda like money police; k, but serving whom ? ;)
Now, bitcoin traffic is already getting big.
Copyright infringement/Hollywood&media losing money over internet piracy ? oh come on. the laws they would have our -beloved- governments pass are made for controlling the digital flow of information that this currency is 100% consistent of. Currency that grew wings and took such flight that it scares the shit out of them. You know, all the traffic filtering done at internet service provider level and all that stuff that a lot (even mainstream) news media websites are talking about for a couple of years now. acta/sopa/pipa/cispa and who knows what others.

-Comment or get drunk.
P.S.: original bitcoin creators are anonymous - no, not the group, not officially anyway, tho who knows ? it could be.

how to install glastopf on centos 6 in a couple of minutes, no hassle

Edited on 04'th of March 2013 to reflect latest glastopf changes.
 
If you're wondering WTF is glastopf, well -> that's the bugger !
Some words before we begin:
Installing glastopf on Centos 6.3 32bit/64bit can be a pain especially if you break your already in place python setup. That's because glastopf needs 2.7 :) cute :>
First python version 2.7 needs to be installed without breaking the default 2.6 install (this would mess up yum and other tools that depend on python 2.6) *you want to stay away from that.
Ok, so how you set your OS up is up to you. you can get iso's, burn em and install in a physical machine, or virtualise using virtualbox/openvz/xen/vmware whatever you wish, the point is, you must have a fresh install(preferably) and a login prompt. 
Also, this was adapted from this ubuntu guide:the marvelous ubuntu guide. Once you're at a login prompt or at the shell, read on: 


All commands issued by root. If you must use sudo then do. I encourage it.
Setup the 'mess'(build) dir if you prefer but you can install python from anywhere.
Prepare the environment:
Prequisites from rpms

# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
# yum install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel ncurses-devel sqlite-devel readline-devel tk-devel php-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel atlas atlas-devel gcc-gfortran g++ git php php-devel wget screen mysql mysql-server mysql-devel libevent-headers

- accept all deps. 
- You need some of those things to have a not-only-barely-functional python interpreter. 
- from this point on it is recommended to perform all your work in screen. if you're not familiar with screen here's a good tutorial: the mighty screen. Basically it's a virtual terminal that keeps whatever stuff you do in it running even if your ssh session fails due to leet-isp-skills or alien crashes severing your fiber channels. Then when you reconnect you can re-attach to it and voila. it's as if you never left.

# mkdir -p /usr/local/build/

Python installation: cd to previously created dir, then:

# wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2
# tar xjf Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2
# cd Python-2.7.3
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
# make && make altinstall

(the red word is very important)

Prequisites for pip (if you don't like distribute feel free to use your favourite):

# cd /usr/local/build/ 
# curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
# python2.7 distribute_setup.py

Pip installation:

# cd /usr/local/build/  
# curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
# python2.7 get-pip.py

Proceed to prequisites for glastopf:

• pymongo:

# pip-2.7 install --upgrade pymongo

• numpy and other deps:

# pip-2.7 install numpy
# pip-2.7 install chardet sqlalchemy lxml beautifulsoup pyOpenSSL requests MySQL-python
# pip-2.7 install scipy (be warned: pip installs software from alpha centauri so expect *some* delays. also compiling can take a while.)

• antlr:

# cd /usr/local/build/
# wget http://www.antlr3.org/download/antlr-3.1.3.tar.gz
# tar xzf antlr-3.1.3.tar.gz
# cd antlr-3.1.3/runtime/Python
# python2.7 setup.py install

• SKLearn:

# cd /usr/local/build/
# git clone git://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn.git
# cd scikit-learn
# python2.7 setup.py install

• evnet:

# cd /usr/local/build/
# git clone git://github.com/rep/evnet.git
# cd evnet
# python2.7 setup.py install

Install and configure the php sandbox

# cd /usr/local/build/
# git clone git://github.com/glastopf/BFR.git
# cd BFR
# phpize
# ./configure --enable-bfr
# make && make install

take a look at your architecture and add this line to php.ini accordingly:

zend_extension = /usr/lib/php/modules/bfr.so

or

zend_extension = /usr/lib64/php/modules/bfr.so

Proceed with glastopf 

# cd /usr/local/build
# git clone https://github.com/glastopf/glastopf.git
# cd glastopf
# python2.7 setup.py install

if for some weird reason this doesnt work retry last command - i had issues due to some weird network problems or mirror issues. 

Create a directory that will serve as your glastopf honeypot root. anywhere you want. For example /usr/local:

# mkdir /usr/local/honeypot 
# cd /usr/local/honeypot

AND THEN : 

# glastopf-runner.py

but wait. it fails. that's because in the glastopf.cfg file that it sets up in this directory the group id doesn't exist. it may on debiant/ubuntu but not on centos. so change it to nobody and adjust other settings and you're set.

# screen glastopf-runner.py

It should look like something similar to this with the last line being Glastopf started and privileges dropped:

:D enjoy

Lucid horror

A prince from a far away kingdom was having a spiritual conversation with the love of his life, a princess from a far away land, thus spiritually debating life, death and purpose at his royal estate near his royal palace contemplating his royal kingdom through his vast royal windows that were open wide by his mentor, servant and most distinguished royal butler.

Lucian, his esteemed name was, while holding his beloved, sipping his wine asked her about freedom and it's meaning. after a moment, her hand slowly raised his chin and pointed towards the evening star.

Smiling, he thought to himself that one time too many have they debated over the beautiful things in life, for theirs was beautiful indeed, thus he felt an unstoppable urge to raise a whole different kind of question on which both of them could meditate upon.

So sudden were his thoughts that his beloved lady couldn't help but notice a quick to fade grin on her beloved's face.
Thus he asks: What is horror? What is so horrible to a mind that it shuts it's doors and windows or forces it to superhuman will in order to escape ?

They knew not all kingdoms fared as well as theirs and not all lands were as welcoming to the feet and they knew not all people were as kind and wise and welcoming as theirs. So they threw thought over distant seas to the barbaric nations, a mixture of kin and faith heard of only in old men's stories or dusty decaying books. She thought such places cannot be, for without order and knowledge like those found within the kingdom, what hope is there for any realm to prosper and see reason become fact ?

He however knew better. He remembers still being woken by his chains... The tall man, tied in chains, his hands scarred and painted, his face covered, that the royal guards were once moving though the palace courtyard into the cellars. His butler used to tell him stories regarding the barbarian and his far away lands. Stories of blood, famine, death and suffering.
His commitment to the night's proposed question that he himself proposed was too great, and he would not let her denial get in the way. Philosophy was, as he knew all too well, the one living gift he had the obligation to grow and develop. So he thought and thought he did, for when meeting eyes with his beloved he saw the evening star dimly shining within them.
And remembered freedom.

And in the blink he turned facing the star. And it was free, for it was not of earth. And he knew he was free, for he was not of those barbaric far reaches. For what if he had been ? A mind such as his, touching the heavens as it was, chained among beasts and savages, his delicate feet left to walk the edgy rocks, his philosophies met by heavy fists to his teeth ?
Her grace, the princess let slip the glass of wine, hands fisted to her mouth, eyes wide, throat silent, for she had seen for the first time in her life her beloved's face turn white, his smile erased and cheeks teared.

Pater noster, Pater imon, Padre nuestro, Our father. For ever and ever

Oh Thou Cosmic Birther, from whom the breath of life is originated,
Who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.
Let us experience Your splendor within the core of our being.
Let your heavenly domain be within us.
Let Your will come true in all the universes and on this earth
Give us guidance and wisdom for our daily growth,
Release us from the bonds of error
As we release others from the bonds of guilt.
Let us not be lost in superficial things
But free us from that which keeps us away from our true purpose.
From You comes the all-working will, the strength to act,
the song that beautifies all and renews all from age to age.
Sealed in trust, faith and truth, I confirm it with my entire being. 

Amen

this is not mine. i found it on the internet and i really like it.

We bored, but we coool

Since it's trendy to be 12 and bored, why not add a little coolness and put some misogyny or misandry on top ?
It sure beats being emo, doesn't it ?
It doesn't matter that you're a delicate totally clueless little bitch with social issues, but it sure teaches those *bastards* how real-cool-kids do battle, eh ?
Because, if you're a 12y old girlie you certainly know everything there is to know about men, you've met more than enough and had *long-lasting-relationships* with intense levels-of-communication and all them bastards let you down, the *fact* that your *men* are nothing more than freshly hatched pups is nothing but a minor and insignificant little detail.
Or, if you're a young know-it-all douche making momma proud, there's definitely enough knowledge in your vast spiritual essence to fill libraries whole on women-related topics. Who would even *ask* about your couple-months(at best) old *dead-serious-relationships* with kittens so fresh their pubes are having a hard time deciding to take a peek at the vast outdoors ?
Nah, of course you know. You know it all. So knowing and wise you are that you even decided to help others less fortunate than your *great* self, by placing labels here and there: that one sucks, this one blows, that one's worthless, but why should you stop here ?
Because it's *such* a time-saver to just label them all : Girls are worthless! Boys are worthless !
They do of course fall in your wisely devised categories and given your excessive experience there's no room for error.

Put that wisdom and knowledge to good use and answer this
"What's your excuse for not growing the f* up?"

Why this? because i'm bored of all the status messages i'm seeing lately.

the the

I left high school in 2004. As I look back on my life since then, I realize that some things gave changes, and some things have stayed the same. Let me start by telling you about some of the changes… I used to spend the time at home, didn't go out much, there was little or no social life in my picture. I preferred computer games.. Yes, they had their purpose i guess. Otherwise they wouldn't have happened.     

I'm not that much into games nowadays. Not computer games anyway. I don't remember what i used to do and still do and it's not something i could write about at the flip of a switch. Maybe it works for others, not me.

I can write about what changed. I changed. i got out of the house and into the open.I got a job, i grew up, I've fallen in love, i got hurt, i moved on.

What don't I do ? I don't know. Probably things i consider bad. Really bad. Given a really desperate situation i wouldn't be so sure though.

Sometimes I think about anything small to big, big to small, it never matters, not for me anyway, perhaps I think too much and do too little about it.But I'm sure that will change too, perhaps it's already changing. Most of the time I'm trying to make sense of it. It being everything. Kind of a big job.Maybe a few eternities away i'll see it done.

    But usually I just hope and pray for the best. God bless.