A nice report about radio station from the NPR website

Dear readers ;

Here is a nice article regarding mysterious radio stations all over the world ( from here and here)

In the shadowy corners of the shortwave radio spectrum, you can often find mysterious mechanical voices counting off endless strings of numbers — in English, Czech, Russian and German … even Morse code. But who's listening?

The voices are coming from what are known as "numbers stations," and they've long been thought to be part of international espionage operations. In fact, the Russian spies recently captured here in the U.S. may have been getting orders from Moscow via a shortwave numbers station.

These broadcasts have been heard for at least 40 years. The signals are powerful, but they contain no information about location of the transmitter or the intended audience. Most listeners linger for a short time, then tune away, utterly baffled.

Starting in the mid-70's the "Numbers Stations" began to pique the curiosity of a small group of listeners. Numbers enthusiasts began using new receivers with digital readouts to better track these stations. Some, like Simon Mason and Hugh Stegman, spent hours hunting for and recording these stations. They compiled schedules through reverse engineering.

Another point of view come from Dxing.com :

Even though they do not operate on any fixed schedule or frequencies known to the public, numbers stations are really very easy to hear. Just tune outside the established shortwave broadcasting or ham radio bands and you'll hear several with patient tuning. While numbers stations can be heard any time on any frequencies, most seem to be heard in North America during the evening and night hours on frequencies from 3 to 12 MHz.

Most numbers stations heard in North America transmit in Spanish. Other languages often heard include English, German, and scattered other languages such as Chinese and Russian. Almost all will use a woman's voice, although on rare occasions a man's voice might be used. You will quickly notice that the numbers you hear sound much like the "intercept" messages used by telephone companies to give out new numbers when you dial a discontinued number, and a similar technology is obviously in use to generate numbers messages.

Five-digit Spanish stations are the most frequently heard variety. They begin transmissions with something like "atención 341 67" repeated for several minutes. The three-digit group is believed to the identifier of the recipient of the message, while the second number is the number of five-digit groups in the message. Sometimes as many as three different messages may be sent in the same transmission. Transmissions usually conclude with the words "fínal, fínal." Almost all of these stations use AM.

What is your opinion ?

Trial report : I-doser

Dear readers ;

The 30 minute I download from the internet call Gate of Hades are now my third doses. Including two free dose from The I-doser when I download the player. There are Alcohol and Content.

First lets try the Content. Give a moderate sedative effect of 20 minutes of play, they explain it when you open the dose. For the first 2 minutes, my ears only hear a mid tone and buzz. I try to listen for 10 minutes more. But no sedative effect even come closer to me. Maybe because the room I choose to listening the dose is not a relaxing one. My three daughters walk around and chat around me. So my conclusion so far : the dose had no effect if you are not at relaxing mood in the first time.

And then the Alcohol . Much much more noise and disturbing my ears. They call it recreational ( moderate ). They claim someone went drunken when hearing this dose. I can only hold it for 5 minutes. I don't like it. I better come back to my Tiesto or Armind Van B collections to grab a recreational stage.

The Gates of Hades is the worst for me. Listening to the old Sepultura or Kreator is better.

Closing statement : Some said that stereo headphones are required to listen to the dose. Closing your eyes with your body laydown in a bed at night is also suggested along with listen to it to the full dose, not only part of it. And there are groups of people who is fully imunned or half immuned to the dose ( no or very small effect ). Maybe I was one of this group.

Cheers...

I-dosing, what the hell is it ?

Dear readers ;

A new term of addiction is found. After the term " dosing " for drug related addict, there are I-dosing for addiction for something you heard via internet streaming. What ? Hearing something can addict you ? Yes, at least what the website call I-Doser claim. ( Visit here ).

The website first description about I-doser is : I-Doser for the PC is the most advanced computer application available to achieve a simulated mood or experience through the use of binaural beats. Use I-Doser to play doses purchased through the I-Doser Store. Each dose is scientifically designed to give you the optimal measure of pure beats safely and effectively to induce state. Every download of the I-Doser application includes two free doses. ( read all the FAQ here )

The term they us is The Internet Recreational Drug. Wiki said that recreational drug is the us of psychoactive substance with intention of creating or enhancing recreational experience ( from Wikipedia ) They also claim that it really works and absolutely safe. Safe with a note : highly advisable not to operate heavy machine or drive. So, better hear Lady Gaga when you are at your Saturday night drive.

What is really I hear when listen to the Doser ?: only hisses and beeps. They call it binaural beats. And it can be use only with headphones and at soft pleasing level of volume. Computer, I-Phone, I-Pod and others gadget that can play MP3 is good for I-doser.

When you go their store ( here ), you need to download the software that already certified by cnet at download.com. I try to download this little application ( merely 7 MB ). While waiting, I browse the category and found a wide range of very appealing category. Such as sexual with sub category like aphrodisiac , orgasm or multipleO. And spiritual with sub category like lucid dream and chakra.

And their best sellers also very attractive and somehow disturbing : Orgasm, Marijuana, Ecstasy, Cocaine. A guide book is also available with 40 pages of manual.

Interesting thing that right now a total of 250 guests and 7 members are visiting the website. And this website

Many authorities warn parents about the effect of this I-dosing. Example from the city of Oklahoma : Oklahoma’s Mustang Public School district isn’t taking the threat lightly, and sent out a letter to parents warning them of the new craze. The educators have gone so far as to ban iPods at school, in hopes of preventing honor students from becoming cyber-drug fiends, News 9 reports.

And also : “Kids are going to flock to these sites just to see what it is about and it can lead them to other places,” Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman Mark Woodward told News 9.

I-dosing involves donning headphones and listening to “music” — largely a droning noise — which the sites peddling the sounds promise will get you high. Teens are listening to such tracks as “Gates of Hades,” which is available on YouTube gratis (yes, the first one is always free).

Well, I already finish my IDoser player download and also will download the first free dose that call " Gate of Hades " ( ouch it's a big file , nearly 35 MB ).

The report will be tomorrow.

Cheers ....

Tiger attack at Sumatera

Dear readers ;

Yesterday , a man named Cut Hasan ( 48 y.o ) died after being attack by Sumatera's Tiger ( Panthera Tigris Sumatera ). Hasan was a resident of Pucok Village Geumpang at city of Pidie Nangore Aceh Darusallam ( the western most tip of Sumatera island ).

This poor guy was on the way home at Lam Jreu Mountain Sloop from two days ago. Not arriving home, the fellow family search for him and found the dead body left by the tiger. All the meat and skin are no longer left. Only the bone and the full head that not eaten by the tiger.

This attack remind us about the same attack on 21st of March. When one Illegal Logging Crew named Damilus ( 25 y.o ) was attacked by tiger while sleeping in the hut inside the jungle of Barbak Jambi National Park. Damilus also found dead with terrible condition. Only 11 days before the attack, one anonymous man also being attacked by tiger in nearby Jambi area. Lucky for him, the fellow crews was be able to scared away the beast and he only had minor injuries.

Not only single victim, tiger attacks at Sumatera Island sometimes take multiple victims. Last year at 22 February , two man ( Ali 50 y.o and Deri 18 y.o ) killed at Lampung Province inside the River Gelang Ujung Pompa jungle. The third man manage to run away from the hut when the tiger attack and survive.

Many environmental analyst said that the attack happened when human are pushing their border line of life to enter the tigers habitat. Or lack of food that forced tigers to hunt more downhill that they used to.

A few tips to avoid the attack :

1. Avoid their habitat. Listen to locals about the tiger path or they customs.

2. Basically they are rarely attack people, unless they are too ill to hunt their normal preys.

3. Some tribe avoid the attack by wearing a face mask on the back of their heads. Tiger prefers to attack from behind and will think twice when they see the face.

One Fun fact from Wiki :

" Tiger are striped through and through. If you were to shave a tiger, and few ever have, you would see the stripes on the skin "

After 7 months of silent

Dear readers....

After 7 months of silent period, finally I become strong enough to re-blog.

Work loads and the enjoyment of Facebook / Twitter are the main reason for my off work.

But now I realize that the passion of sharing something is best fulfilled with writing.

Not just updating status or tweet something.

But, rather than doing news aggregation like I use to do, now I will write more than what I copy-paste. I will ad my personal opinions and also my friends thoughts about something I share.

Still, the fun will always be the mainstream. Everything I share always be fun.

Begin with tomorrow.

God give me strength.

Thank you.