HP 6910p Notebook?

sennheiser — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:18:35 +0800

I need to buy the HP 6910p business notebook and it's no where to be found in Kuching so I guess I have to fly to KL to grab one. Any ideas where I can get it and how much?

Google.com Access Slow?

sennheiser — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:27:24 +0800

Google seems to employ some geo-balanced dns system that directs your dns query based on your ip address. Unfortunately for most streamyx users, we might get directed to some Hong Kong or Taiwan based servers which are painfully slow (tested from TMNet Data Center at Cyberjaya):

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PING hk-in-f104.google.com (64.233.189.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=1817 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=1836 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=1794 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=1776 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=246 time=1803 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=5 ttl=246 time=1822 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.189.104: icmp_seq=6 ttl=246 time=1801 ms

--- hk-in-f104.google.com ping statistics ---
9 packets transmitted, 7 received, 22% packet loss, time 8008ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1776.939/1807.452/1836.265/18.205 ms, pipe 3

The non-asian servers are significantly faster:

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PING kc-in-f104.google.com (216.239.51.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=295 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=296 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=238 time=287 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=238 time=290 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=238 time=295 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=5 ttl=238 time=287 ms
64 bytes from 216.239.51.104: icmp_seq=6 ttl=238 time=287 ms

--- kc-in-f104.google.com ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6014ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 287.147/291.381/296.236/3.820 ms, pipe 2

Therefore, you could just overwrite the DNS entry via the HOSTS file on Windows NT operating systems. Add this line in the c:\%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file:

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216.239.51.104 www.google.com

You can replace the IP address from the google address pool which you can easily find through netcraft or visualroute.

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