Morten's Blog

Spam in a can

Lately I’ve received a number of messages from bots using other people’s hacked MSN accounts. The link they were pushing was basically an email confirmation link, clicking it would have told them that my e-mail address was valid, and surely landed me in some spammer’s e-mail lists. So instead i decided to try and mess around a little, and thus this little Python program was written.

It generates random fake e-mails, from three text lists, and sends them to the spammer using their own validator link, trough the Tor proxy network; making it harder to block  or locate you.

Download it here . Use it at your own risk or don’t use it at all, read the disclaimer in the source. Feel free to do whatever the heck you want with it, just don’t come back crying if you make a booboo.

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This is a Python spoof logo i’ve made based on the nVidia game logo.

I remember my first meeting with a personal computer. I think it was in 87-88 so i was about 7 or 8 years old, and the beauty was a C64. Man, did i love that computer. A few of my friends also got it, and we were all hooked.

But there was one friend. We visited him one day, and he had a strange thing called an Amiga 500. And it literally blew us away.

Of course, being kids, we didn’t want to be friends with him anymore, and started our own C64 “club”. Of course excluding our Amiga owning friend. But the sight and experience of the Amiga was stirring something inside us all. And pretty quickly, one after another, we defected over to this newfound source of power.

It took quite a while for me to get an A500, but one day my brother and i managed to buy a used one from a friend of my brother. Needles to say, and please bear in mind i was still a selfish kid, my younger brother didn’t get to enjoy it that much.

Commodore Amiga 1200

Then we all got wind that there was something new and wonderful, gleaming in our childish digital horizons. The Amiga 1200! This baby had it all! And suddenly the A500 didn’t fill our needs.

There was Protracker, 3D rendering, Demos, BBS’, CD-ROMs, accelerator cards, and seemingly endless possibilities! And, the almighty craving of a kid hooked on computer games, the AGA graphic. Bringing us graphics in games we had never dared to dream of before.

There was something magic about the A1200, something almost spiritual. It was so small, so powerful, and such a delight to use that it was impossible not to be mesmerized by it’s electronic beauty.

I remember the best time was when i set up my own BBS, using something called MaxBBS i think, on a single 14.4 modem. My parents didn’t approve much of me hogging the phone line at nights, to put it mildly. So i remember many a night having to strip wire with my teeth and twisting on some phone line plugs. And, with the stealth skills of a ninja, running the line from the basement to the kitchen where the phone line outlet was, so that people could dial in.

And, ah, the music! While others were listening and discussing the latest pop artists, we were collecting modules and listening to them with an almost religious attention. I mean, who would ever need more than four channels!? Come on!

And the endless debates in the school halls about the great Amiga VS PC controversy, i am sure you all remember those. The ugly dos/windows compared to the beauty and force of the Workbench!? Man, how we laughed at those poor schmoes.

But as time went by, we started to get a little worried. The PC was beginning to steamroll the Amiga in power. (at least the power of the hardware we could afford). And as years went by our laughter started to silence, and we all slowly defected over to the enemy’s side.

But there was something missing, the magic was not there. And the wonderful world that is found in and around the Amiga, never really let go in our hearts.

Sure, i can emulate an Amiga on my lightning fast PC, more powerful than any Amiga I’ve ever owned. But the great magical feeling; it’s just not there on the PC, and it can’t be emulated.

But as i said, the Amiga never really let go of our hearts, and we could never bring ourselves to throw away or sell the Amigas. So nowadays we sit down in front of it, and marvel at the fun it can still bring us. And the memories that it triggers.

Ah, those were the days!

You assume that a stranger on the street who smiles at or greets you is:
a) drunk.
b) insane.
c) an American.
d) All of the above.

You vigorously defend whaling and enjoy consuming whale meat.

You enjoy the taste of lutefisk (jelly-like, bad-smelling fish) and cod prepared in any way, including fried cod tongues.

You can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it.

You don’t question the habit of always preparing a “matpakke” (sandwich in paper).

You have two cars, a cabin and a boat, if not more.

You think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

It feels natural to wear sport clothes and backpack everywhere, including the cinema, bowling alley, and to church.

You think it’s weird if a house isn’t wooden.

You know at least five different words for describing different textures of snow.

You don’t fall when walking on ice.

You earn more than you spend.

You associate Easter with cross-country skiing with friends and family in the familys mountain cabin.

You are shocked if it’s not 2 months of snow every year, at least!

You can see mountains and the ocean, no matter where you are.

You expect all dinner parties and meetings to start precisely on time, if not before.

You fall 3 meters, and don’t get hurt. If you do, you’re not worried at all.

You haven’t heard of “fast-food”.

You can’t understand why foreigners haven’t heard about Bjørn Dæhlie.

You’re proud to be Norwegian – and you pass these jokes on to all your Norwegian friends!

- Unknown Author

I was bored tonight, and came across this test that would, supposedly, tell me what kind of Christian I am. And as it turns out, I am a Jerry Falwell.

Jerry Falwell Christian
(a.k.a. “Historicist” or “Literalist”)
You view the Bible as historically accurate and divinely inspired. You go to church every Sunday, with the Good Book in a Bible cover, and Wednesday night for Bible study. You’ve read at least one of the books in the apocalyptic “Left Behind” series, prefer your iced tea very sweet, and suspect Bill Clinton has murdered somebody somewhere in Arkansas. You watch “Touched by an Angel,” even though you think it’s not Christian enough. You may watch Mother Angelica’s Eternal Word Television Network, and you adore Dr. Laura, Chuck Colson, James Dobson, and Rush Limbaugh. If you’re Catholic, you go to Latin Mass and weekly confession, though you don’t have much to confess. You think homosexuals are sinful but try periodically to love them. You think the surrounding culture is so polluted that you shop at Christian bookstores, listen only to Christian radio and send your kids to Christian or parochial schools–or homeschool them. You give generously to your church and Christian charities. The Bible provides you not only a direct connection to God but a roadmap for how to lead your life.

But there must be a few mistakes in the test…

• I do not go to church.
• I do not have the “Left Behind” books, and have never read them. (May have seen the movie(s) though)
• I do not think Bill Clinton killed someone.
• I may have watched “Touched by an Angel”, but I can’t remember.
• Who are Mother Angelica, Dr. Laura, Chuck Colson, James Dobson and Rush Limbaugh?!
• I’m not Catholic and I have quite a few confessions to make.
• I shop mostly online.
• I listen to all kinds of radio (in rare occasions)
• I do not give money to any churches or charities, but to the ones that need it.

So i may be a “literalist”…But I’m not Jerry Falwell ;)

Har funnet en side hvor man kan få prøvd seg som hacker/cracker. Den har forskjellige levels som stiger i vanskelighetsgrad. Jeg har kommet til level 4, men der står jeg også helt fast da mine Java kunnskaper ikke strekker til. Prøv selv her : www.try2hack.nl

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