Syntux the geek

The former owner decided to quit programming and advocacy and we saw the potential of this blog to grow so we arranged for a good deal with him and now it’s under new management!

We will keep blogging about the same topics but probably will expand the theme and there will be more frequent updates.

If you have this blog on official/professional aggregator please remove it [ or keep it] as it doesn’t belong to the same owner any more.

Tags: frequent updates, new management, aggregator, advocacy, blog

I got my first ADSL back in 2001 and had 3gigs download cap and once you reach the cap they get you down to 64k speed instead of the 256k at that time.

With the promises and plans to make the Kingdom an IT rock star in Middle East we got the 1024k and 2048k ADSL but yet the download cap is ridicules, for 1024 you get 11gig of download and then they downgrade you to 128k and with 2048k you get 12gig (What an upgrade!) which means they are providing you with a faster mean to consume your cap, that’s it. To add salt to injury they offer no extra bandwidth plans and if they do then be sure it will cost you enormous amount of money.

This kind of restriction is pain and very unfair especially when we pay around $70 a month to get that capped ADSL.

Now with the information boom especially in the era of online videos and TVs; and podcasts you could consume your 10gig in a day watching Google I/O, Techtalks, Ubuntu Developer channel on youtube and many other technical video cast, not to mention the online TV shows or podcasts. This is unfair especially when you know that most of the capital Amman is covered with fiber and the Kingdom is being covered, so none of our ISPs nor Jordan Telecoms have an excuse for such restriction.

In the last two months we heard many rumors and got many insider about giant Internet companies considering the Kingdom as potential place for their regional business which supposedly should help in making the Kingdom a better Internet place.

NOTE: This post was blogged with 128k connection after bandwidth drop from 1024 due to the sin the author made which was watching Google I/O sessions and some other normal Internet activities.

In Jordan you don’t need to be a Cisco certified professional to get your hands on ADSL. Though the faster upload speeds that accompany ADSL might lend you to the core fundamentals of the 646-204 exam – you’d find that using a credit card and plugging in is easier than real exams or trying to pass the Cisco 642-901 questions and answers.

Tags: 2048 adsl, capital amman, google, potential place, giant internet, internet place, internet companies, last two months, techtalk, regional business, 256k, amount of money, rock star, restriction, isps, excuse, tv shows, tvs, boom, promises

Hilarious game that is available in universe/games, I found about it while reading the Ubuntu Certified Professional manual, actually first I thought by xbill package they are referring to personal billing management package that runs under X but hey! it’s a fantastic game that managed to draw my attention from studying into playing and making HIGH scores.

Yet again, the fate of the world rests in your hands! An evil computer hacker, known only by his handle Bill, has created the ultimate c omputer viruts. A virus so powerful that it has the power to transmute an ordinary computer into a toaster oven. (oooh!) Bill has cloned himself into a billion-jillion micro-Bills. Their sole purpose is to deliver the nefarious virus, which has been cleverly diguised as a popular operating system.

As System Administrator/Extreminator, your job is to keep Bill from succeeding at his task

This game is fun and reminds me of Ubuntu Bug #1, argh!! (or shall I say xargs ? ) back to the manual…

Tags: nefarious virus, popular operating system, fate of the world, personal billing, hilarious game, computer hacker, toaster , ven, , evil computer, jillion , billing management, computer, management package, high scores, sole purpose, system administrator, universe, job, games

un·for·tu·nate (n-fôrch-nt)
adj.

1. Characterized by undeserved bad luck; unlucky.
2. Causing misfortune; disastrous.
3. Regrettable; deplorable: an unfortunate lack of good manners.

n.
A victim of bad luck.
un·fortu·nate·ly adv.
A proper prefix and suffix when talking about Microsoft.

Tags: prefix and suffix, ly adv, good manners, unfortunate lack, bad luck, misfortune, nate, microsoft

Couple of days a friend of mine asked me to recommend a Linux distribution that would play nicely with his old laptop so as usual I recommended Ubuntu to him but I told him to wait couple of days until they release Feisty and that because he have 256 ADSL line but now with this tip he can get it now and sync it later!

Thanks to ubuntu blog for their nice tips and tricks.

UPDATE: Ok, Ubuntu blog removed that post because excessive load caused by rsyncing users would kill the rsync server

Tags: adsl line, old laptop, rsync server, excessive load, image tags, linux distribution, couple of days, tips and tricks, sync, linux, blog