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Google Adwords not running and cards keep being declined

2009-01-28T19:07:00.000-08:00

It's has been two weeks already that my Google Ads did not run. Campaign is still active but with 0 impression and 0 click means there is no ads running. Even no ads means no charge but i had lost many possible prospects and will reflect my future income from the business.

I've tried to update my billing account but now the card keep being declined. I've tried my other credit cards but same error occured. I've called the bank and they said there is no problem means the problem is from Google.

I've tried to contact Google but all i got are pre-build help templates and e-mail from their robot. I've checked all the support forum and there are many people suffering the same problem like me but there is still no solution.

I've very bad impression toward Google now. They have big advertisement business but their support is so bad. I'm thinking to delete my Adwords account and create a new one. Time to change my major ads platform (YSM/FB?)

Asteroid is coming on Friday 13th?

2009-01-05T05:16:00.000-08:00

I just found this while reading about events regarding Friday 13th. The upcoming event is a big thing that will coming to earth in 2036. I'm too lazy to write it so i just copy & paste it, keep reading:

99942 Apophis (pronounced /əˈpɒfɪs/, previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a significant probability (up to 2.7%) that it would strike the Earth in 2029. Additional observations provided improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an impact on Earth or the Moon in 2029. However, a possibility remained that during the 2029 close encounter with Earth, Apophis would pass through a gravitational keyhole, a precise region in space no more than about 600 meters across, that would set up a future impact on April 13, 2036. This possibility kept the asteroid at Level 1 on the Torino impact hazard scale until August 2006. It broke the record for the highest level on the Torino Scale, being, for only a short time, a level 2, before it was lowered.

I know this will not be the end of the world. What i know is in the future is sun will become supernova (expand until earth, explode and then become a black hole). This had been written in the holy Quran and proven by scientific research. However, man may not live in earth anymore when the thing happen (or maybe it's the doomsday for all mankind). Ok, that's the different story (you can read it elsewhere or i might write it later).

Back to the topic.

Get the picture?

Further reading for this nasty Apophis asteroid:
Wikipedia
Predicting Apophis' Earth Encounters in 2029 and 2036
Earth Impact Risk Summary
How Big is Apophis?
Youtube (some maybe fake thou)
99942 Apophis 2004 MN4 impact countdown clock

Apophis

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li trailer

2009-01-02T23:08:00.000-08:00

This is the 1st trailer from the movie. The trailer is in Japanese but the film is in English. Don't get too much hope yet. At least the trailer looks better than DOA: Dead or Alive. Expected in cinema in April 2009.

Reasons to watch this are:

Street Fighter hard fan
Krintin Kreuk in there

Link: Japanese Official Street Fighter Movie Website

Wordpress or Blogger?

2008-12-29T20:36:00.000-08:00

I've decided to switch back to Blogger after 2 days played with Wordpress. Wordpress is great, and my blog have been index with google just within one day. Wordpress have very impressive cool engine but I will use Blogger just to test it both.

visit http://alelorati.wordpress.com

Please visit this blog again since I may update it more than my Wordpress blog. Thanks.

Free Symbian Applications

2008-12-29T07:30:00.000-08:00

Free Symbian Software

Well, i have nothing to update...

I bet you knew this already...If you have symbian phone, you can grab FREE symbian softwares here:
http://www.s60.com/life/application/displayApplications.do
http://www.freesymbiansoft.com/

Free Smartphone Software

Space Siege: Alternate Ending

2008-12-29T05:27:00.000-08:00

Space Siege

Alternate Human Ending

Well, nobody really care about this since this game is really bad especially the gameplay. The storyline also very short and only kids will like this game. It deserve it's low rating.

I even can't believe i'd played this game twice just to see the 100% human ending. The alternate human ending is also the same (only extra a kissing scene). You lose many abilities if you be 100% human. You also can't use cyborg chaingun and cyborg gauss rifle. The only get 2 extras for being human; Inspiration (increase chance for critical attack) and Decipline (reduce damage received) that will affect both of you and HR-V.

: The same ending video, duh...only dialog is different...zzz

The total are 3 endings which is:

if you use cybernatics part (even one) and choose to fight againts Pilot.
if you use cybernatics part (even one) and choose to allied with Pilot.
if you are 100% human and choose to fight againts Pilot.

For those who didn't play this yet, you better don't! If you had bought it, sell it back! If you ignore my advise, you will be disappointed with it same like me after ignored other reviews and rating of this game. If you hope it's similar with Dungeon Siege. it's not. Thankfully that i'd played this game using trainer (twice).

Space Siege

Crysis - Can't Play Crysis 64bit

2008-12-17T04:54:00.000-08:00

To make things short, you can't play Crysis 64bit if you don't have the original DVD or you are using the drive emulation tool. You may get blank screen or totally can't run it if you try to play the 64bit version but running fine with 32bit version. But...keep reading...

Things you need to know

Crysis64.exe is to execute the 64bit game and is actually unprotected.
Crysis.exe in the Bin64 folder is to check the present of original DVD in the physical optical drive.
Crysis.exe in the Bin32 folder is to play the game but still will check the original DVD.
Crysis.exe in Bin32 and Bin64 is totally the different file.

After you update the game

Crysis.exe in Bin32 and Crysis64.exe in Bin64 will be patched.
Crysis.exe in Bin64 will remain the same.

Here's the different between Crysis.exe in Bin32 and Bin64

Crysis.exe in Bin32 Crysis.exe in Bin64

Notice that I've update the game so the file version for Crysis.exe in Bin32 might be different from yours but the file version and size for Crysis.exe in Bin64 should be the same.

Get the idea?
There is no problem to play Crysis 32bit if you have the fixed exe for Crysis.exe in Bin32. You can't just simply copy and paste the fixed Crysis.exe in Bin32 to Bin64 to play Crysis 64bit since it's different file. Crysis64.exe will check the Crysis.exe in Bin64 first before the game run.

Then how to play the 64bit version of Crysis?
The main culprit here is Crysis.exe in Bin64. You won't need to fix the Crysis64.exe since it is unprotected instead fix the Crysis.exe in Bin64.

Overwrite the Crysis.exe in Bin64 with the corrent fixed exe.
Launch the game via Games Folder if you have Windows Vista.

You won't need to find the new fixed exe to play the 64bit version after you update the game. However you still need a new fixed exe for 32bit version after apply the update patch for the game.

Final note: You will not get better performance in 64bit mode instead the game will play better in 32bit mode. What a worthless effort.

Format your Mobile Phone!

2008-12-14T07:53:00.000-08:00

How to Format your Phone?
I think everyone already knew this but I'll post it anyway as I've seen still many people doesn't know it yet. I'm not sure if this is only for Nokia phone but you can try it yourself.

FIRST: BACKUP YOUR PHONE (files, contacts, pictures, everything)!!!
howto backup? just copy all from your phone to your PC/memory card or by using the phone suite (i.e. Nokia PC Suite).

Then,

The EASIEST method is: Dial *#7370# and then enter the pin ("12345").

OR

Other method:

Turn OFF your phone.
Press and HOLD "*" + "3" + "Green or Call Button".
Turn ON the phone and KEEP HOLDING those 3 buttons.

Both method will lead you to choose the country and then the other settings.

The title might be misleading, it's not actually format your phone instead restore it back to the factory default and wipe all your saved information, settings and files inside the internal memory.

However you still can reset your phone without losing the data and files by using code *#7780#.

How to Format your phone's Memory Card?
The above method will not format your memory card.

FIRST: BACKUP YOUR MEMORY CARD (files, contacts, pictures, everything)!!!
howto backup? just copy all from your memory card to your PC/internal memory (if enough) or by using the phone suite (i.e. Nokia PC Suite).

To format your memory card:

via phone: Go to memory settings or management, then choose format memory card.
via PC: By using card reader or USB cable, just format is as you format a normal disk (choose the disk -> right click -> format -> choose FAT and "Start") or use your favorite formatting software.
OR you can do both.

Why you want to format your phone?

Your phone goes crazy.
You have mess up with the phone which you can't revert it back.
Some nasty virus inside the internal phone memory.
You need it to function like the way you just bought it.

Then why need to format memory card?

There is phone virus inside your memory card.
You want to permanent delete some secure data.
You just want to make your memory card look clean.
You're getting annoyed with something in the memory card and just want to get rid of it.

If you looking for how to flash your phone, that's the different story. I'll write it later.
If you concern about phone virus being transferred to PC, I'll write it next.

C&C3: Tiberium Wars - NOD Mission; Can't build Shredder Turret

2008-12-11T09:48:00.000-08:00

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Can't build Shredder Turret at Nod Mission 5: Washington DC

I think this only happen if you update your game with the latest game patch (for me it's v1.09). The problem happen because you only have Crane instead of Contruction Yard. To solve it, just build a War Factory and then MCV. Navigate to the 2nd tab of your "Defense" construction and you should see the Shredder Turret like the picture below.

Link:
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars update patches

Hellgate: London - Install Both 64bit and 32bit Version

2008-12-04T07:02:00.000-08:00

Why you want this?

You have Windows XP/Vista 64bit
You want to cheat easily in 32bit
You want to use your character for both version easily
You want to update the game

First of all, the game setup will automatically choose the version need to be installed depending on your windows environment (32bit or 64bit). However you can installed the different version by execute the installer you want in the game DVD but you will have problem to update it later. You also can copy and paste the game folder in the DVD to your hard disk but you will have the same problem to update the game. You can't install both via installer in the DVD since it will detect the previous installation and will be terminate.

So, how?
You may installed it both if you have multiboot windows let say Windows XP for 32bit and Windows Vista for 64bit but it will be a tedious job to switch the operating system.

Solution:

Install VMWare Player and use EasyVMX to create vmx file
Install Windows XP via VMWare Player
Install Hellgate: London in your both physical OS and virtual OS using normal setup.
Install Hellgate: London patch v1.2 in both OS
Copy SP_x86 and MP_x86 folder from VMware into your physical drive (or USB drive)
Paste SP_x86 and MP_x86 into Hellgate London directory
You may delete the file VMWare files now

Now you have both version of Hellgate: London with the latest update patch

Launch Hellgate: London 32bit by execute the file in the SP_x86 folder (not from launcher, create a shortcut for your convenience)
Launch Hellgate: London 64bit by execute in from the Vista Game directory.

Now you can play both. ENJOY!

Note: The exe for 64bit is unprotected if you update it to v1.2. Means you can copy directly the original game from hard disk and paste it elsewhere (such as portable hard disk) and play it. However you can do the same thing with 32bit version but you need the fix exe for it.

Update: Now you can play free online before the server shutdown next year. Register now at http://hellgate.iahgames.com/

F.A.Q
There is no cinematic video in the game. Isn't this a RPG game and suppose to have story?
This is because you'd bought the ripped copy of the game to make it fix in 4.5GB DVD. The full game should be in the DVD9 format.

I got error "Launcher could not find language.dat".

Just copy language.dat into folder "..Flagship Studios\Hellgate London\Data".

I get "Error: Failed to find Hellgate: London".

Normally due to wrong installation or registry broken. You still can play the game without launcher. Just make sure you install the correct version in the correct system.

Where is 64bit fixed exe / nocd?
64bit exe is unprotected. No need CD to play it. You can play it straight away!

Why need all these stuff? I can just copy, paste and play!
Yes you can. This guide is just intent for those who has Windows 64bit to play with updated 32bit version of Hellgate London.

Where to download ...?
Hellgate: London update patch
VMware Player
EasyVMX

Nokia Suite

2008-12-03T08:36:00.000-08:00

Nokia PC Suite or Nokia Nseries PC Suite or Nokia Ovi Suite?

Hard to choose?
Nokia PC Suite 7.0 - Recommended: If you want a stable suite and no hassle. Best for person having many type of Nokia phones.

Nokia Nseries PC Suite 2.0 - Not Recommended: Slow and buggy. Better get off even for Nseries users.

Nokia Ovi Suite 1.1 - The latest suite from Nokia and Ovi. Better get this over Nseries Suite since Ovi Suite has all the bundles from Nseries Suite. Get this if you want to try new things and familiar with Nokia PC Suite.

Nokia Software Updater? - This is totally the different piece of software. Get this if you want to update your phone's firmware. It's included in all Nokia Suite.

Currently I'm using Nokia Ovi Suite. This might be the replacement suite for Nseries Suite but the suite is still slow as Nseries Suite. Don't forget to update the suite via it's updater once you have installed it since the latest build is not always at the download site.

Download Links:
Nokia PC Suite
Nokia Nseries PC Suite
Nokia Ovi Suite

Nokia Suite

*#06# is code to check phone's origin?

2008-11-22T19:45:00.000-08:00

I've just received an e-mail from my buddy this morning. The forwarded mail tells you to key-in *#06# code to your mobile phone to check its origin. Well, it's half true.

When you press *#06#, A code with 15 digits will appear. This is the number of IMEI (International Mobile Equipement Identity) for your phone.

TRUE
If your phone was made during 2002 till 31st March 2004.
The 1st till 6th number is TAC (Type Approval Code)
The 7th and 8th number is the FAC (Final Assembly Code)
The 7th and 8th referring to the country that assembled it..
Well, it doesn't tells you the phone is original or not!

FALSE
If your phone was made from 1st April 2004 (April Fool?) and after.
The TAC is known as Type Allocation Code and has occupied 7th and 8th code for FAC to become 8 digits code.
Don't be outdated!

You can check your phone IMEI with this website:
www.numberingplans.com

Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMEI

But, if your phone is a refurbish one, the IMEI may not be genuine any more (it's maybe from the other phone!)

My Phone: Nokia N82

2008-11-22T19:43:00.000-08:00

Nokia N82

I bought it in February 2008. It is not the phone I want to buy at that time. Actually I want to buy a good camera phone. I've reviewed all the 5MP camera phones at that time, Samsung SGH-G800, LG Viewty and Sony Ericsson K850i. Nokia was totally out of my mind since I've used Nokia phone before (Nokia 3530) and I want to try another branded phone. Even Nokia ICs were made from the manufacturing plant that i'm working for; STMicroelectronics. But after checked all the pictures taken by various phone, i'd decided to go with Nokia N82; the best all round smart camera phone at that time. Next, i bought it for RM2200 from Zitron.

What you need to know about N82:

HSDPA
MicroSD
Automatic screen rotation
5 megapixel camera
Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens
Xenon flash
TV-out
GPS
WLAN (802.11 b/g)

That's what i want!

Maybe 82 is my birth year, that's why i bought it?

Detail Specs and Features:
General
Operating Frequency

WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
Automatic switching between bands and modes

Dimensions

Volume: 90 cc
Weight: 114 g
Length (max): 112 mm
Width (max): 50.2 mm
Thickness (max): 17.3 mm

Memory Functions

Up to 100MB internal dynamic memory* for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications
Hot swappable microSD memory card slot

* Dynamic memory means that the available memory is shared between dynamic memory functions. When any of these functions is used, there is less available memory for other functions which are also dependent on dynamic memory.

Power Management*

Battery: Nokia Battery (BP-6MT) 1050mAh
Talk time: up to 190 min (WCDMA), up to 260 min (GSM)
Stand-by time: up to 210 hours (WCDMA), up to 225 hours (GSM)
Still images: up to 290 pictures (with flash)
Video capture: up to 110 minutes (VGA, 30 fps)
Video call: up to 120 minutes
Video playback: up to 200 minutes (VGA, 30 fps)
Music playback: up to 10 hours (offline mode)

* Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Display

2.4" LCD QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT color display with up to 16.7 million colors

User Interface

Operating system:Symbian OS
User Interface: S60 3rd edition
Automatic screen rotation

Call Management

Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
Voice dialing (with Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)) and voice commands
Nokia Push to talk (PoC)

Messaging

E-mail (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS

Data Transfer*

WCDMA HSDPA 2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s
GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107 / 64.2 kbits/s

Imaging
Imaging and Video

Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
Direct connection to compatible TV via TV-out or wireless LAN/UPnP
Front camera, CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony
Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
Integrated xenon flash
Slideshow from gallery
One-click upload of photos & videos to web
Nokia XpressPrint: direct printing via USB (PictBridge), Bluetooth connectivity (BPP), and WLAN (UPnP) or via online printing

Mobile Video

Video resolutions: up to VGA (640 x 480 pixels) at 30 fps
Recording indicator
Audio recording: AAC (AMR for MMS)
Digital video stabilization
Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
White balance, scene and color tone setting
Zoom: Digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)
Front camera: CIF (352 x 288 pixels) sensor for video telephony
On-device video editing

Mobile Photography

Image resolution: up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944 pixels)
Auto focus
Amber colored auto focus assist light and recording indicator
Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
Auto exposure - center weighted
Exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Scene: automatic, user, close-up, portrait, landscape, sports, night, night portrait
Color tone: normal, sepia, black & white, negative, vivid
Zoom: digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)
Xenon flash
On-device photo editing

Camera Specifications

Sensor: CMOS, 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944)
Carl Zeiss Optics: Tessar™ lens
F number/Aperture: F2.8
Focal length 5.6 mm
Focus range 10 cm ~ infinity
Macro focus distance 10-50 cm

Music
Music Features

Digital music player - supports MP3/AAC/eAAC/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists
OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for music
Integrated stereo hands-free speaker
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz)
Nokia Stereo Headset HS-43 in-box
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP Stereo audio

Explore
Navigation

Integrated Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS)
Pre-installed Nokia Maps application and free downloadable maps*

E-mail

Easy-to-use e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard SU-8W (sold separately)

Browsing

Full web browser support (HTML)

Digital home

Play video, music and photos on home media network - compatible TV, stereo and PC over WLAN/UPnP

Java Applications

Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 (Connected Limited Device Configuration (J2ME))
Over-the-air download of Java-based applications and games

Other Applications

Personal Information Management (PIM)
Advanced S60 PIM features including calendar, contacts, to-do list, and PIM printing
Settings wizard for easy configuration of e-mail, push to talk and video sharing
Data transfer application for transfer of PIM information from other compatible Nokia devices WLAN wizard

Connectivity

Integrated WLAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP
Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP stereo audio
USB 2.0 via Micro USB interface and mass storage class support to support drag and drop functionality
3.5 mm stereo headphone plug (Nokia AV Connector) and TV out support (PAL/NTSC)
Nokia Nseries PC Suite connectivity with USB, and Bluetooth wireless technology
Local synchronization of contacts and calendar to a compatible PC using compatible connection
Remote over-the-air synchronization
Send and receive images, video clips, graphics, and business cards via Bluetooth wireless technology

Video
Video Features

Video player - supports MPEG4, AVC/H.264, H.264, H.263, RV
OMA DRM 2.0/1.0 & WMDRM support for video
Resolution: MPEG4 VGA @ up to 30 fps scaled to QVGA on device or VGA in TV-out mode
Transfer your videos from compatible PC: Windows Media Player, USB mass-storage file transfer or Nokia Nseries PC Suite using full-speed USB 2.0 connectivity

Video Center

Pre-configured video services and dynamic expansion with new services
Video podcasting: find, subscribe, download, view with mobile device

RealPlayer media player

Full-screen video playback to view downloaded, streamed or recorded video clips
Supported video formats: MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/3GPP, RealVideo 8/9/10

Package Contents
Standard Sales Package Contents

Nokia N82
Nokia Battery BP-6MT
Nokia Travel Charger AC-5
Nokia Music Headset HS-43
Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U
Nokia 2GB microSD Card MU-37

Further details:
http://www.nseries.com/products/n82/#l=products,n82
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N82

Nokia N82