AK Voice (Beta): Newest

Minecraft!

rss@akvoice.com (Anirath) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:12:25 -0900

If anyone plays Minecraft you can find my server on the web at mc.zervalaska.com. Or you can just connect in minecraft at zerv.dyndns.org . Please check the website for rules before fucking shit up. Also, don't complain about lag... the server's hardware is not exactly bad ass. I'm working on that though!

Staying Active

rss@akvoice.com (Anirath) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:39:20 -0900

I haven't been on here in forever. I've decided I'm going to try and stay more active and watch as Catalyst continues to improve the bad ass code. Apparently, this isn't 200 characters long so I'll t... nevermind.

Testing

rss@akvoice.com (Catalyst) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:14:06 -0900

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My Website Got Hacked

rss@akvoice.com (Dark Soul Spawn) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:39:49 -0900

Ahhh for the second time in a year my website got hacked! It is not really that back because i was only like 10% done with it and I had not worked on in for months. So just a warning I was hacked with a script called PHPJackal. So for any other web developers out there, watch out for this.

Amazon Cart/New computer I am building

rss@akvoice.com (Dark Soul Spawn) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:50:33 -0900

Case: NZXT Crafted Series ATX Full Tower Steel Chassis - Phantom Red

Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD80 (B3)

Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K

Processor Cooling: NZXT HAVIK CPU Cooler with Dual 140MM Fans

Memory: Corsair Memory Vengeance 16 Dual Channel Kit DDR3 1600 MHz 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM

Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express

Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 Series Modular 1000W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Active PFC

Hard Drive: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3TB

Optical Drive: Samsung Blu-Ray Combo Internal 12X Readable and DVD-Writable Drive with Lightscribe

The Future

rss@akvoice.com (Catalyst) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:09:35 -0900

Alright here's a bit of info.. I've decided that after all this SOPA/PIPA nonsense and the disturbing breaches of privacy by Facebook and other social media (full time surveillance) websites: It's time to give AK Voice another shot.

For those that don't know.. AK Voice is a much more matured version of Ketchikan Underground, a local forum I programmed during high school some time in 2006. AK Voice is targeted at all of Alaska though, with each city/area given their own specific page, along with a combined "Alaska" page.. Now that I think of it, it's fairly similar to the whole Reddit/Subreddit thing a lot of people now relate to.

My goal with AK Voice is to have a forum system that is more setup like a community blog, in which anyone is welcome to, either identified or fully anonymously, say whatever they like, and discuss any topic/issue they feel is necessary. I think it's time some of us have a private and safe place to discuss our community, our state, our surroundings, etc.

AK Voice keeps a minimal amount of data on every user. I have never, and will never, sell or release any data on a user unless of course I'm legally obliged. I will never sell a single bit of user information to an advertising agency or local business. When an article, shout, comment, private message, or entire profile is deleted, it's deleted! Wiped off the face of the internet and will never be seen again. When a user changes some data in their profile such as their preferred web browser, relationship status, religious beliefs: I change the data and completely dispose of any information that was previously there. I won't be able to give you a fancy list of suggestions on how to quickly friend/like your secret lover, therapist, dentist, or favorite brand of shoe in your exact size... but that comes at the cost of knowing that things you really decide you shouldn't have posted publicly will truly be erased from history and never brought up again in case of some database breach, FBI seize, or any other situation that comes up on a daily basis from the big social giants.

Will this whole thing work? I don't know, but I think it's time I actually give AK Voice a fair shot. Most people seem pretty reliant on Facebook for their discussions, but things can get lost into the abyss of people posting what kind of eggs they ate for breakfast or telling you how many toes their new baby lizard has. I think we've reached a point where people are becoming aware of the kind of things Facebook is keeping track of and potentially harming their future employment or civil liberties, and maybe some people realize there's more than one or two websites you can frequent on a daily or weekly basis.

So after almost a year of absolutely no changes to the code, I am restarting development on the AK Voice script, which some early beta testers may remember under the code name "Project Reborn." I do have plans to share this script in the future, giving anyone an opportunity to host a secure, private, and completely customization forum script unlike ones currently out there. But until I feel confident in the code, the site will remain on my domain, and completely run by me, a select group of heavily trusted Administrators, and moderators for each city in Alaska.

There is however one issue I would like to bring up. There is already a website http://akvoice.org, which belongs to the Alaska Conservation Alliance. I think it would be best to change the name of AK Voice, along with the domain and disturbingly similar favicon (which was completely coincidence.) So I'm asking for suggestions from anyone on the future name and domain of AK Voice.

For those of you that are currently Administrators/Moderators on the beta: Your position is still locked in at this point in time, and will most likely stay that way on the final release, as long as you are being trustworthy.

Please share this public post on your Facebook, Twitter, or any other stream in which a lot of Alaskans you feel would be interested in this can see it. I do not have a Facebook to get this information out there, and without any support or backing from a community... Well, this whole thing will fall on its face again.

What do you think? Any questions/comments/suggestions/information will be heavily appreciated.

- Rowan/Catalyst
http://akvoice.com

Into The Void

rss@akvoice.com (That One Creepy Guy) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:56:30 -0800

Hello High One
We meet again
I have no sacrifice for you...
I have ascended first
Don't fight it
Become your God
"We ARE Gods"
We fall
Into the void,
the dark spinning colors
Have I fallen?
The shifting texture
The pulse
The beat
The strange mechanical frog
Poor mickey
The squid on the screens taunts
Are you ok?
Visions of pixels
Light and color surrounds the darkness
Fuck that squid
Down the dark corridor
Into purgatory
Little Lizard are you ok?
Control the colors
"Oh my god I'm flying!"
Banish the squip
Watch them from the shadows
I rule this land
I'm just watching
Dive back to the colors and light
The mau5 beats
The god has vision of glitter
Little One still has sense
The Lizard has become the joker,
"It had eyes I swear, it was going to eat me!"
"There's a man in the door, he's a good man."

Do you see the pixels?
How did we get here?
Fly Little Lizard, everyone fly!

Look, look now at the shining green orb
What does he see?

Flee to the world,
The cool damp world
Come Little One
The ground comes far to fast
Beast mau5 beat
Time is trapped
We haven't moved
Trapped in the digital vision of sound

To the great Expanse!
"Where are we going? Who is that?"
The Fool!
Onward! Ignore him!

The Dark Expanse, stay on the fringes
Keep high
Hello little friend, I mean you no harm
How are you?

Down, we must go down
Through the ground
How is this possible?

I'm trapped, the great web has me!
Thank you dear Lizard!
"I have a little dude! Where did he come from?"
"I have a quarter!"
Deep into the Dark Expanse
The little furry one floats
Run, run, run, run!
God, Little One, are you ok?
She's so far away, how can we get her back?
Go, run to the Lizard!
Beware the giant
Let us leave this place now

To the great garden
Over the dark bridge
The echos fly
Up the plastic mountain

Damn the gravel!
Where has God gone?
Why does he hide?
We must leave again
Merry Go Round and Round
We must go back to the colors
I'm fading
The endless sky weeps
Fallow it to safety
The return
The Fool is here
Smite him!
"It feels like straw between my fingers."
Find the star in this synthetic field
Do you see the flowers as they dance?
The heat, the heat is bad
Flee!
I have the star
It's for you
I'm gone

Brain Vomit

rss@akvoice.com (That One Creepy Guy) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:30:45 -0800

There is pain and discomfort, dizzy and unsure
The small fury one is here
There is over whelming joy and euphoria
The lizard laughs with and at me
Why do we laugh?
Where does all this joy come from?
Closer, get closer
Visions through the looking glass
Just for a second
Blink
Now step away
Do not keep the vision of the fish
Music flows through me, around me, everywhere
The high one demands a sacrifice
The little fury one will not do,
I know where he is
The Lizard cries for him to flee,
He does not listen,
Higher! Higher! I cry
Touch the high one!
He is released for now
The pulsing spirals appear and fade
How do they age and grow young so fast?
All these strange things
It's overwhelming
All is well, the chaos has come and I embrace it
There is great fear as the lizard leaves
Stay hiding, look down.
Focus, focus.
Red does not like Blue
Blue does not like Red
They part ways
I almost break
Talk to her
Tell her I'm ok
The Lizard has gone
Calm calm calm
Slow down heart slow down
Trapped in the green vortex
All is green
The green one eyed monster breathes
Look away, Look away
The green fades
The world zooms
Why does he flee?
He's not
This fear must leave
You stay away from her devil
Why am I a devil?
What have I done?
KILL THE HEAD THE BODY DIES
Why Thompson why? There is no need for Fear and Loathing
I fear for her
The darkness is outside
I long to be with it
The trees are waving,
Dark and blurred colors in the distance.
The great moving painting in the night sky
The mist is settling in while the street light flickers to life again.
The war rages on inside and the great spiral keeps going away,
Running from my touch. The chase is futile.
The mist has me surrounded.
Back inside...NOW!
Stay away from the woods
The war rages on, reds vs. blues.
I am blue, I've slain 4 reds.
I'm down!
The joyful cries of anger and frustration sound out.
The false protector has appeared,
Rage consumes me, I smite the pretender down and curse his name and praise his failure.
There is calm in the chaos once again.
I AM A NINJA AND FRUIT IS MY ENEMY!
What's he see?
What's he doing?
It moves, don't you see it?
God only knows what's in his mind
Stay away from the fish
The fish destroys hair
No! Not the sacrifice!
For the High One!
Little One has come to join me
She is hiding in the glass prison
Look over the top he whispers
Be quite be fast
GET OUTS HERE!
Run run run!
I'm flying through the great blue endless tunnel
The high one demands another sacrifice
Little one is stuck...
Stay away, do not scare her!
She spins and dances
Freedom and joy
We crawl
Charlie! Play Charlie! I want to see Charlie!
Destroy the city!
Davey! Oh my god it's Davey!
Sacrifice to the High One!
The endless blue tunnel is too much for little one
Everything is ok
Please no...
The darkness is inside
I embrace the darkness at last
Only then I see my false self fall away into nothingness
The fear is gone
The glowing green strands dance
The blue glow is angry
I don't have a body
The water is invisible
I'm floating
the little furry one is angry...
why does he hurt me
MAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOP!
Their laughter and his rage fills my ears
This is where I die,
The end, goodbye...
The horror ends
All is well again.
Little One, join in this form
Why does your hair change?
Where has the sacrifice gone?
I'm coming to an end
I close my eyes and see horrors
I do not fear them
Blurry pale terrible figures in the darkness
One destroys another
They have no power
The noodles will save me
Dry, cold, my only hope
They have gone
I tell her I'm ok
I've reached the end

Security

rss@akvoice.com (Catalyst) — Sun, 08 May 2011 05:33:57 -0800

class users {

function check($username, $password) {

$fetch = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `accounts` WHERE `username` = '$username' LIMIT 1");
$data = mysql_fetch_array($fetch);

if ($data['username'] == "") {

// This account does not exist, create it.
return $this->create($username, "", "", 0);

} else {

if ($data['password'] == "") {

// This is a guest account that already exists. Ok!
return $data;

} else {

// This is a registered account. Check if the password was correct
if ($data['password'] == $this->password($password) || $data['password2'] == $this->password($password)) {
// Everything is okay!
return $data;
} else if ($password == "") {
return "PASSWORD_REQUIRED";

} else {
// Incorrect password
return $this->error(1);
}

}

}

}

function password($password) {

if (isset($_COOKIE['rc_session'])) {
// They already have a session cookie, check this
return sha1($_COOKIE['rc_session'].SALT.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
} else {
return hash("sha256", SALT.$password);
}

}

function register($username, $password, $password2, $email) {

if ($username == "") {
return "BLANK_USERNAME";
}

if ($password != $password2) {
return "PASSWORD_MISMATCH";
}

// Make sure they're a guest and not already registered
$fetch = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `accounts` WHERE `username` = '$username' AND `password` = '' LIMIT 1");

if (mysql_num_rows($fetch) == 0) {
return "INVALID_USER";
}

$password1 = hash("sha256", SALT.$password);
$password2 = hash("sha256", SALT.$password);

mysql_query("UPDATE `accounts` SET `password` = '$password1', `email` = '$email' WHERE `username` = '$username' LIMIT 1");
$this->logout();
$this->login($username, $password1);

return "OK";

}

function login($username, $password) {

$username = protect($username);
$password = ($password != "") ? $this->password($password) : "";

if ($username == "") {
return "ERROR_BLANK";
}

$fetch = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `accounts` WHERE `username` = '$username' AND `password` = '$password' LIMIT 1");

if (mysql_num_rows($fetch) == 0) {
return $this->error(1);
}

$user = mysql_fetch_array($fetch);
$sessionID = mt_rand();
$time = time();
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
// Update user info

// Build a fake password which will be verified with the sessionID, salt, and current IP address.
$fakePassword = sha1($sessionID.SALT.$ip);

mysql_query("UPDATE `accounts` SET `password2` = '$fakePassword', `session_last` = '$sessionID', `ip_last` = '$ip', `date_last` = '$time' WHERE `username` = '$username' LIMIT 1");

setcookie("rc_username", $user['username'], time()+2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_password", $user['password'], time()+2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_email", $user['email'], time()+2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_session", $sessionID, time()+2592000, "/");
if ($password == "") setcookie("rc_guest", 1, time()+2592000, "/");

return $user;

}

function logout() {

setcookie("rc_username", "", time()-2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_password", "", time()-2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_email", "", time()-2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_session", "", time()-2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_guest", "", time()-2592000, "/");

return true;

}

function error($status) {

$errors = array(0 => "PASSWORD_REQUIRED",
1 => "PASSWORD_INCORRECT"
);

return $errors[$status];

}

function create($username, $password, $email, $isAdmin) {

$username = protect($username);
$password = ($password != "") ? protect(hash("sha256", SALT.$password)) : "";
$email = protect($email);
$timestamp = time();
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

if ($username == "") {
die("ERROR: USERNAME BLANK");
}

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `accounts` (`id` , `username` , `nickname` , `password` , `email` , `email_verified` , `ip_registered` , `ip_last` , `date_last` , `date_registered` , `admin` , `mod` , `mod_channels` ) VALUES (NULL , '$username', '$username', '$password', '$email', '0' , '$ip', '$ip', '$timestamp', '$timestamp', '$isAdmin' , '0' , '');") or die(mysql_error());

setcookie("rc_username", $username, time()+2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_password", $password, time()+2592000, "/");
setcookie("rc_email", $email, time()+2592000, "/");
if ($password == "") setcookie("rc_guest", 1, time()+2592000, "/");

return "USER_CREATED";

}

}
$users = new users();

It's the Snuggie of sports equipment

rss@akvoice.com (AgentOrange) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:57:01 -0800

I'm not entirely sure how I found this video. I passed out a few hours ago, and it was in one of my tabs when I woke up. I had to look into it a bit to be sure, but this a genuine product and not the joke you'd hope it was. I can't wait to see one in the wild. Anyone else have any ridiculous new products or trends I should know about?

It's nice to see the site somewhat back.

HA!

rss@akvoice.com (That One Creepy Guy) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:43:52 -0900

Take that all of you non-believers!!!! The truth is out there!

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/nasa-scientist-discovers-fossilized-alien-life-in-meteorite

Also, what could this mean for the path of humanity now there is proof of life beyond Earth?

IE9 Pinned Site / Jump Lists

rss@akvoice.com (Catalyst) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:37:53 -0900

Just a quick update on the first change to the site I've made since the hiatus. It's something you'll probably never see though, haha. Internet Explorer 9 comes out soon, and they have a nifty feature where on sites you've pinned you can get a quick list to certain parts of the site. I just made a quick image to show how this works.

By the way, this is probably one of the weirdest things you'll ever hear me say, but you should definitely give IE9 a try. It's completely redone from scratch and follows all web standards, has amazing hardware acceleration, and is actually up to speed with Chrome and Opera (leaving Firefox 4 as the slowest.) First Windows 7 and now IE9? Microsoft finally realizes they can't get by with these crappy products anymore, there are too many amazing and now public-knowledge alternatives.

You definitely should use Chrome though as your main browser, just trust me on that. Personally I use an alternative version that removes all of Google's tracking/creepy features, it's called SRWare Iron

Anyway, here's the image. (Good luck trying to post an image in your own article, won't work, yet...)

Winning!

rss@akvoice.com (Coyote) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:54:02 -0900

I love this guy. He is the only thing making me laugh right now.

Charlie Sheen's Top Ten Craziest Media Meltdown Quotes

10 "I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."

9 "I got magic and I've got poetry in my fingertips, you know, most of the time, and this includes naps. I'm an F-18, bro."

8 "If you're a part of my family, I will love you violently."

7 "AA was written for normal people. People that don't have tiger blood and Adonis DNA. . . I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man."

6 "I'm tired of pretending like I'm not special. I'm tired of pretending like I'm not bitchin', a total freakin' rock star from Mars."

5 "We work for the pope, we murder people. We're Vatican assassins. How complicated can it be? What they're not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people."

4 "I closed my eyes and in a nanosecond I cured myself."

3 "The last time I took drugs I probably took more that anyone could survive. I was banging 7-gram rocks because that's how I roll, I have one speed, go."

2 "What's not to love? Especially when you see how I party, it was epic. The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards and all of them look like droopy-eyed armless children."

1 "Winning."

I know that most people dismiss him as a sad stoner but you have to admit, he is THE most quotable sad stoner in YEARS. By the way, who the hell is Nails?

Peace,

~C

Oh Yeah

rss@akvoice.com (Anirath) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:53:20 -0900

I'm going to write 200 characters in this text box. The reason I'm doing this is simply so I can post the below video. As a warning: it has absolutely no purpose, but I feel it would be important to share.

DubStep ERA

rss@akvoice.com (ervasverdes) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:19:27 -0900

How rave-like shows are exploding in our current society? How ecstasy has become one of the most popular experimental drugs in America? The DUBSTEP era... it has begun. These huge pulses, of human expression all in one single crowded area, are these pulses of emotion through musical vibrations unusual? Well, to me it is an intense thought. Having been to night clubs and experienced the togetherness feeling with the music and the human life as one, I say it is natural. It is a celebration of human existence. For thousands of years, there have been many recorded rituals involving loud drum beats and chanting; sending those involved into a connection unexplainable in any other form. Is there anything so wrong as doing something so human? Something so raw, and as real as just moving your body to the sounds you hear- is it wrong? My real question is, to be quite honest, is why the hell does anyone care if it isn't hurting anyone? We are just finding different ways to peel off our outer layers and reveal our ever so raw and vulnerable human being selves.

Politics always piss' people off

rss@akvoice.com (That One Creepy Guy) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:37:58 -0900

So, politics always piss' people off, so let talk about some.

We have the union situation in The Mid West, the health care bill, the possible Palin 2012 election, the tea party in general. Anything else Alaska?

This is just an icebreaker article to try and get people back and talking. Discus your thoughts opinions and what not.

Its been, one week since you looked at me...

rss@akvoice.com (That One Creepy Guy) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:11:14 -0900

It's been a week and nothing new has happened on the newly revived site... COME FORTH OH MIGHTY COMMUNITY OF AK VOICE!!!! RISE ONCE MORE AND SAY SOMETHING!!! Almost anything would be good at this point.

Word Eating

rss@akvoice.com (Akhoya) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:41:38 -0900

Well that's embarrassing, to write about someone refusing to leave office and then having them resign the next day.

Good thing there's barely anyone back on this site yet!

I for one am going to follow a "wait and see" policy on Egypt from now on...

Old Man Mubarak Vows to Stay

rss@akvoice.com (Akhoya) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:05:53 -0900

I just have to say this on AKV, because anywhere else it would probably be a little off-color, but...

Could any Alaskan be surprised that an 82-year-old politician would insist on staying in office?

I am not comparing Alaskan politicians to Egypt's oppressive president, but I think that there is something to be said for men who grow ancient while holding power.

My suggestion for the United States is this: (obviously Egypt has more important things to worry about right now)

A U.S. Senator is required to be at least 30 years old - a full 12 years after the age of adulthood.

Overall life expectancy at birth in the U.S. is about 78 years. How about we take those 12 years of age qualification and go backwards as well? I propose that in order to run for U.S. Senate, a person must be between the ages of 30 and 66. (And to run for House, since the current restriction is to be 25, the upper age limit would be 71.)

Call me ageist, but doesn't anyone else think this makes sense?

Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

rss@akvoice.com (That One Creepy Guy) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:31:33 -0900

I should be doing research for my bio class, but I've decided to write about this instead.

Wikileaks was nominated by Norwegian Stortinget parliamentarian Snorre Valen for contributing to world Democracy and freedom of speech and for redrawing the map of information freedom.

Really, this is all that I can find about it right now. Any thoughts from the new newly awakened AK Voice?