We do not spam!

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Ok so I woke up today to find my inbox FLOODED with well over 4000 messages saying “Mail Returned” after looking at about 50 of them I came to a conclusion. Someone set a botnet to use OUR domain name. This spam is not coming from us and I promise I would never spam anyone myself. I dont like spam and I dont think anyone else does. However I do feel that if 4000+ emails got returned to me then there are a hell of a lot more out there that made it to the unsuspecting inboxes of people that may fall victim to the spammers game and buy what they are offering. If you happen to read this I suggest you DO NOT DO IT!

If you are receiving the spam from this botnet please post a comment below. I am notifying the proper legal agencies to try and get this resolved.

Here is a copy of the the header showing why I think its a botnet…

Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: (qmail 9638 invoked from network); 25 May 2009 16:13:10 -0000
Received: from dynamic-ip-18681250169.cable.net.co (186.81.250.169)
  by 0 with SMTP; 25 May 2009 16:13:10 -0000
Message-ID: <000d01c9dd5b$44c5b5a0$6400a8c0@mascarassw96>
From: "Hlth Koch" <[email protected]>

Ok and just because I can here is one more

Received: (qmail 23661 invoked from network); 25 May 2009 16:10:16 -0000
Received: from 213.red-79-157-98.dynamicip.rima-tde.net (79.157.98.213)
  by sitehostpro.com with SMTP; 25 May 2009 16:10:16 -0000
Message-ID: <000d01c9dd5e$ca710a80$6400a8c0@eventfulcwb14>
From: "Lindsay Norris" <[email protected]>

I assure you I am looking into what is causing this and if it is even possible to block it. If you have any questions please click HERE to contact us.

Oh and a tip for anyone else out there….Dont turn on catch all email ๐Ÿ˜›

-Tracker

Can you die from not getting any sleep?

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I have been known to go a day or 2 with out sleep just like a lot of the people reading this have done I am sure. However there has been a study done with some rats has shown that sleep deprivation can actually be deadly in rats atleast. However from what they are stating it is possible that the same can happen in all mammals. This is kind of creepy if you ask me.

So now I ask you…What time are you going to bed? ๐Ÿ˜›

[Source: Slashdot]

-Tracker

Win a xbox 360!

Ok guys so heres the deal. I am getting an xbox that will be modded and given away. The mods that will be done to it will include a custom paint job. Some different led mods and a few other tricks possibly ;).

However as we are all aware an Xbox costs money. Thus leaving it to the sponsor site to pay for it. That means that the terms and conditions are all on MagniRack and in order to win you have to be a customer. However it does not matter if you spend $5 or $500 you are still entered in the contest!

So if you are looking for a gameserver or even a teamspeak server and want a chance to win a tricked out xbox 360 I suggest checking it out.

Oh ya almost forgot…There will also be a second and 3rd prize in the form of cash in your account that can be used for services with magnirack so the chances are good that you will get something.

[Full Details: MagniRack GiveAway]

-Tracker

Fan Mail!

First of all me [Dark] and Tracker work hard on making original posts as often as we can. Today Tracker has sent me a rather awesome piece of mail from a user who likes our posts. We [Dark & Tracker] would love to thank this user for his or her support! And I want everyone to understand that this site is not run by one person, but by two people with very busy lives. All we want is to push hardware and software to new limits and get as much for our money as we can! Without further adieu I present to you this very awesome letter:

Hello TheModShop,

An email has been sent from djakku. Here's the message:

   I've added your site to my bookmarks a while ago, back when
the eeepc701 was really new and not on the market on europe/usa yet.
You had a really nice resolution hack for the small screen.
Anyways, since then frankly whenever I opened my
{Tech/Mods} bookmarks in tabs, I always found sad that you
didn't really update you blog often.
Yet each of your update was significant, you weren't rambling about nothing
new to report.
I'm an computer studend and I've visited various scenes, mostly homebrew.
I really respect the effort/time motivated people who seriously take the
responsability, or the goal, to keep a site up to date.
Yes, writing to mainstream site is great, of course, but beyond that,
the personnal touch, the expressions or ideas about
general programs or mods, is more honnestly expressed
via 'underground scenes' site like yours.
I just wanted to tell you that since you said that your site will
be more often updated, i refresh my browser more often,
and I'm glad to read your articles.
Keep them coming!

We here at the TMS would like to thank the writer for his praise! Me [Dark] and Tracker are very surprised and are happy to have the honor of the sender. So Keep on moddin’!

-DarkWarrior

[From Tracker]

I am glad that the eeepc mods brought you to TMS. However sadly the eeepc has no new stuff that can be done to it that I know of. [Thinks for a second] Well maybe not… ;). Anyway as I type this I have a server sitting next to me getting a new OS install done on it and I am going to do a os load to another server I have here at home and I am getting 2 more in tomorrow. As soon as I get them in I will be working on them. What are all these gonna do? Well I am going to mod them to do new things! So hopefully we can keep you in your seat checking the site every day.

I am pleased to get this kind of mail from people and welcome it from all we love this kind of mail even tho it is rarely sent. Well rather than rant on and on about random stuff now I am going to end this post.

-Tracker

[P.S. If you would like to send us an email feel free to click the Contact Us link in the side. From there you can fill out the form and it will get sent directly to both inboxes [Mine and Dark’s] we may post your fan mail on the site. If it is a mod idea or a mod that you did and posted to your own blog we might post that as well. If you want just email us to say “Hi” we like hearing from you guys]

I want to know…What do you carry with you at all times? [Comment!]

As the title implies I want to know what you have on or near you at all times. My list is perhaps a little longer than most would be….

  • Laptop
  • Power Inverter
  • Wireless Router
  • Assorted USB cables
  • 2 5ft cat5 cables
  • Portable media player [I have a couple]
  • 2x HeadPhones [1 for normal use 1 is noise canceling]
  • Assorted SD cards totaling 16gb
  • Digital Camera
  • Tripod [Mini]
  • Batteries [AA and AAA]
  • USB Drive with backtrack3 loaded on it
  • USB Drive with encrypted documents [Truecrypt ftw!]
  • Cell Phone
  • Keys
  • Wallet [Duh]

Thats just about it.

So what do you have on or near your person at all times? Tell us in the comments!

-Tracker

New Dev Servers!

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Ok so a friend of mine posted a thread on FWS about selling some of his old servers that he had colocated in the US [he is from the UK]. The servers although not that powerful were super cheap and I could not resist getting them. Now you may be asking yourself one of 2 things.

  1. What is the use of 2 more computers that you have
  2. Why the fuck do I care.

To answer #1 these new servers can be used to demonistrate many different tips tricks and mods that can be done. Such as home VPN servers (if you don’t know what is a VPN by now, Google it bro), Media servers, Home Web Servers, Proxy Servers, Clustered computing,…ect..ect..ect..ect.

To answer #2 it will allow me to get mods done on a topic that everyone can do. I mean come on we all have that old closet pc that does nothing right?

The new servers specs are as follows.

  • Dual AMD 2800+
    2GB of Ram
    250GB HDD
  • Buzz – 301
    Dual AMD 2000
    3GB of Ram
    2x 80GB HDD

*Both are rackmount servers not normal mid tower pc’s*

Not the best but about average for your home closet pc. Now I am going to be able to show different things on a whole range of different hardware. Because on top of those 2 I also have some other hardware that I will be able to use.

  • P4 2.4 Ghz
    1gb ram
    120gb harddrive
    *Tower*
  • P4 3.2Ghz HT
    NEEDS RAM
    250gb HardDrive
    *Tower*
  • P3 650Mhz
    512MB Ram
    20gb HardDrive
    *RackMount*
  • Dual P3 800Mhz
    1GB Ram
    2x 9.8GB SCSI Drive
    *RackMount*

So I have hardware in a range of ram and processor configurations not to mention the ability to run anything in a VM on this wonderful Phenom I have :).

As of right now the servers are still in a holding position. They should get shipped out sometime today from the datacenter and if they do get shipped today on time then they will arrive to me on the 29th. Then I get the fun task of getting all of the computers on the same network playing nice and not sounding like a jet is sitting in my office area. Pictures soon!

-Tracker

[I am taking ideas for stuff to do with this hardware other than trash it. Submit them to me HERE]