Recently I was having problems connecting on IRC to Undernet, it as reporting that I had a virus and I kept getting g-lined and instantly disconnected.
Did a sweep with Hijackthis, nothing out of the ordinary.
Did a sweep with Spybot S&D, nothing found.
Did a sweep with Ad-aware, also nothing found.
So I assumed it was a false positive, decided I couldn't use Undernet any more & switche d to IRCHiughway.
Then last night before going to bed I decided to run my antivirus software over my main hard drive.
THAT found something. 5 infected files were found.
3 hidden in Documents & Settings/Network Services (A folder that doesn't even exist!)
2 hidden in numbered subfolders inside my Sun/Java area.
I told Avast to put them into the virus chest, then I deleted them from the chest.
Tried to reconnect to Undernet, no more error messages about viri.
Clearly I WAS infected then.
I've written up this post so if anyone else has the same issue, they can look in the same places and find the virus more easily.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
I Don't Like Farmville (with apologies to Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats)
I Don't Like Farmville (with apologies to Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats)
by Raymond Daley on Thursday, 01 July 2010 at 19:12
The silicon chip inside their head
Gets switched to overload.
And nobody's gonna get to plough today,
Their going to make them go offline.
And daddy doesn't understand it,
He always said it was good as gold.
And he can see no seasons
'Cause there are no seasons
What season do you need to be shown?
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
I want to shoot
The Zynga staff.
The 'net machine is kept so clean
As it skypes to a waiting world.
And mother feels so shocked,
Father's world is rocked,
And their thoughts turn to
Their own little farm.
Sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen,
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat.
They can see no seasons
'Cause there are no seasons
What seasons do you need.. ooh-ooh-ooh
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
I want to shoot
The Zynga staff, staff, staff... shoot all the staff
All the farming's stopped in the farmground now
She wants to farm with her toys a while.
And harvests early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die.
And then the bullhorn crackles,
And the captain tackles,
With the problems and the hows and whys.
And he can see no seasons
'Cause there are no seasons
What season do you need to cry, cry, ooh...ooh?
The silicon chip inside their head
Gets switched to overload.
And nobody's gonna get to plough today,
Their going to make them go offline.
And daddy doesn't understand it,
He always said it was good as gold.
And he can see no seasons
'Cause there are no seasons
What season do you need to be shown?
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville
Tell me why?
I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Farmville.
Tell me why?
I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Farmville.
Tell me why?
I don't like Farmville.
I want to shoot
The Zynga staff.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Opening an Agfa Snapscan scanner
I did this with an Agfa Snapscan E50 but by the looks of it all the snapscans will open the same way.
You may well get to a point where you want to clean inside the glass of your snapscan. Its not easy but its possible.
Opening it WILL void your warranty (if you still have one) but if you are beyond that point and are willing to give it a go then here is how its done.
WARNING/CAVEAT - Attempt this at your own risk. If you break your scanner trying this its not my fault.
Firstly don't bother looking for screws to unscrew, there aren't any.
Start by removing the lid (unplug the power lead, usb lead and lid power lead and open the lid, tilt the hinges and it should eventually come away from the scanner.
Secondly get yourself a slim flatblade screwdriver or other strongish flat impliment. Turn the scanner upside down and start at the end with all the lead holes.
Insert your blade into the plastic between the white and dark grey parts just below the hinges, you should see a little retaining catch that you can pry loose, theres another where the other hinge is.
On the front the catches are to the right and left of the control panel, be careful when you lever those loose as theres parts that can move inside the scanner so turn the whole thing right side up and remove the white cover that holds the glass.
What you should have is 2 bits, the white bit with the glass on and the dark grey bit with all the electronics on.
Wipe the inside of the glass with a dry cloth (a glasses cleaning cloth is ideal).
Replacing the cover just reverse what you did, lever the front catches in first then the rear. Replace the lid and replug in all you leads. One clean scanner glass.
You may well get to a point where you want to clean inside the glass of your snapscan. Its not easy but its possible.
Opening it WILL void your warranty (if you still have one) but if you are beyond that point and are willing to give it a go then here is how its done.
WARNING/CAVEAT - Attempt this at your own risk. If you break your scanner trying this its not my fault.
Firstly don't bother looking for screws to unscrew, there aren't any.
Start by removing the lid (unplug the power lead, usb lead and lid power lead and open the lid, tilt the hinges and it should eventually come away from the scanner.
Secondly get yourself a slim flatblade screwdriver or other strongish flat impliment. Turn the scanner upside down and start at the end with all the lead holes.
Insert your blade into the plastic between the white and dark grey parts just below the hinges, you should see a little retaining catch that you can pry loose, theres another where the other hinge is.
On the front the catches are to the right and left of the control panel, be careful when you lever those loose as theres parts that can move inside the scanner so turn the whole thing right side up and remove the white cover that holds the glass.
What you should have is 2 bits, the white bit with the glass on and the dark grey bit with all the electronics on.
Wipe the inside of the glass with a dry cloth (a glasses cleaning cloth is ideal).
Replacing the cover just reverse what you did, lever the front catches in first then the rear. Replace the lid and replug in all you leads. One clean scanner glass.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Building A Better Kindle (or whats wrong with the Kindle 3)
Lets be honest, the Kindle 3 is FUCKING SHIT.
I'm not going to piss about here, I want to say what I mean and fuck Amazon if they can't handle an honest opinion.
I've owned my Kindle 3 (wifi only) now since mid April.
As a device for reading books its pretty darn good. But its got a LOT of faults.
If you look into the history of the Kindle 2 and the original Kindle you can see how good they were.
And what a complete piece of shit the Kindle 3 actually is.
The Kindle 2 had a changeable battery. That's been removed in the Kindle 3, you can't even access the battery in that. So there's reason 1 to hate the Kindle 3 right there, once the battery won't take a charge any more you've got a device thats no longer functional. You've got to ask WHY Amazon decided they didn't want us users changing the battery in our Kindle 3.
Probably to make us buy another Kindle. Not happening in this lifetime Amazon.
Again if you look at the Kindle 2 it had a numeric keypad. That's gone as well, replaced by a SYM key. It's as annoying as hell to use, especially if you have any long numbers to enter. Bring back the numeric keys.
The Kindle 2 also had bigger keys, I bet they were easier to press. The K3's keys are INSANELY small. And rounded. And real easy to miss and also pretty hard to press in. The K2 had square keys, they look so much nicer & easier to use.
Functionality out of the box. Frankly this is my biggest gripe with Amazon & the K3. There is SO much the K3 won't do unless its been registered via wifi. You can't set the clock, you can't make collections, you can't name the Kindle.
All you are limited to is putting books on, reading them, setting bookmarks & using the dictionary.
Ah, the dictionary. Another gripe. Is there any reason why Amazon think British customers will want an American dictionary? Most British adults will be more than aware how badly Americans mangle spellings of certain words yet you can't delete that dictionary. Why not? Surely the K3's drive space is mine to use as I wish?
PDF's. A major bugbear since the original Kindle from what I read. Surely being in its 3rd incarnation the device should be able to do some tinkering with a PDF? Nope, just view it from different positions. You can't even fucking ZOOM in for crying out loud? Even the worst cheapest PDF readers offer that option.
I think all these issues say a lot about Amazon. The fact they don't even give you ANY kind of cover for the device (and trust me it's extremely flimsy & looks very easy to break if it dropped from any kind of height) to offer any kind of splash or water protection or protection for the screen.
Its instructions aren't great (especially not for a Kindle novice) and it's not very helpful about charging times, especially for its intial 1st out of the box charge. The information both the paper and electronic instructions give is wrong (it says charge for 3 hours but it is supposed to be charged for 6 hours on its very 1st charge.)
It could do with having a much wider range of fonts and USB internet access (which apparently the K2 had but was removed for the K3).
So there you are. The Kindle 3 has a LOT of faults. Obviously all the people who wrote such glowing reviews of it didn't know any better.
I'm not going to piss about here, I want to say what I mean and fuck Amazon if they can't handle an honest opinion.
I've owned my Kindle 3 (wifi only) now since mid April.
As a device for reading books its pretty darn good. But its got a LOT of faults.
If you look into the history of the Kindle 2 and the original Kindle you can see how good they were.
And what a complete piece of shit the Kindle 3 actually is.
The Kindle 2 had a changeable battery. That's been removed in the Kindle 3, you can't even access the battery in that. So there's reason 1 to hate the Kindle 3 right there, once the battery won't take a charge any more you've got a device thats no longer functional. You've got to ask WHY Amazon decided they didn't want us users changing the battery in our Kindle 3.
Probably to make us buy another Kindle. Not happening in this lifetime Amazon.
Again if you look at the Kindle 2 it had a numeric keypad. That's gone as well, replaced by a SYM key. It's as annoying as hell to use, especially if you have any long numbers to enter. Bring back the numeric keys.
The Kindle 2 also had bigger keys, I bet they were easier to press. The K3's keys are INSANELY small. And rounded. And real easy to miss and also pretty hard to press in. The K2 had square keys, they look so much nicer & easier to use.
Functionality out of the box. Frankly this is my biggest gripe with Amazon & the K3. There is SO much the K3 won't do unless its been registered via wifi. You can't set the clock, you can't make collections, you can't name the Kindle.
All you are limited to is putting books on, reading them, setting bookmarks & using the dictionary.
Ah, the dictionary. Another gripe. Is there any reason why Amazon think British customers will want an American dictionary? Most British adults will be more than aware how badly Americans mangle spellings of certain words yet you can't delete that dictionary. Why not? Surely the K3's drive space is mine to use as I wish?
PDF's. A major bugbear since the original Kindle from what I read. Surely being in its 3rd incarnation the device should be able to do some tinkering with a PDF? Nope, just view it from different positions. You can't even fucking ZOOM in for crying out loud? Even the worst cheapest PDF readers offer that option.
I think all these issues say a lot about Amazon. The fact they don't even give you ANY kind of cover for the device (and trust me it's extremely flimsy & looks very easy to break if it dropped from any kind of height) to offer any kind of splash or water protection or protection for the screen.
Its instructions aren't great (especially not for a Kindle novice) and it's not very helpful about charging times, especially for its intial 1st out of the box charge. The information both the paper and electronic instructions give is wrong (it says charge for 3 hours but it is supposed to be charged for 6 hours on its very 1st charge.)
It could do with having a much wider range of fonts and USB internet access (which apparently the K2 had but was removed for the K3).
So there you are. The Kindle 3 has a LOT of faults. Obviously all the people who wrote such glowing reviews of it didn't know any better.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Toaster
Cleaned toaster today.
From now on the 20th of each month will be the day to clean the toaster.
That way it won't get full of gunk and burn bread like its got a very bad habit of doing.
From now on the 20th of each month will be the day to clean the toaster.
That way it won't get full of gunk and burn bread like its got a very bad habit of doing.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
I have 1 day Walkthrough (best ending)
I have 1 day Walkthrough
Objective 1: Get Out of Prison, Best Route: 1 Hour
Prison
Pick up the MOP.
Use the MOP on the LOOSE BRICK to loosen it.
If you have trouble seeing the LOOSE BRICK, it's to the right of your characters head.
Use the MOP on the CHAMBER POT to make a WET MOP.
Use the WET MOP on the DRY DIRT to loosen the soil.
Click on the WET DIRT to dig your way out. This will take 1 HOUR.
Outside Prison
Pick up the SCARECROW.
Pick up the ONION.
Use the SCARECROW on YOURSELF to take its clothes.
Click on the BUSH to go back into the PRISON.
Make sure to go into the prison via the Bush or else you will bump into the Prison Guard.
Prison
Use the SCARECROW on the BED to make a dummy.
Click on the HOLE to exit the prison.
Outside Prison
Use the SCARECROW CLOTHES on YOURSELF to change clothes.
Exit the PRISON GROUNDS.
Objective 2: Speak to a Wizard, Best Route: 6 Hours
NOTE: Zanda's Magic Shop opens at 7:00.
That means you have spare time which you need to burn productively.
Map
Go to the TOWN. This will take 2 HOURS.
Town
Use the MOP on the TOWN WELL.
Speak to the JOB BOARD LADY and TAKE A JOB. This will take 1 HOUR.
It doesn't matter which job you take, any is fine.
Exit the TOWN.
Map
Go to the PRISON. This will take 2 HOURS.
Outside Prison
Enter the PRISON via the MAIN ENTRANCE.
Prison
Pick up your BELONGINGS.
You should get 50 GOLD, YOUR CLOTHES, and a BLOODY ARROWHEAD.
Exit the PRISON.
Outside Prison
Enter the PRISON via the BUSH.
Prison
Pick up the SCARECROW.
Exit the PRISON via the HOLE.
Outside Prison
Exit the PRISON GROUNDS.
Map
Go to the MAGIC SHOP. This will take 1 HOUR.
Magic Shop
Click on the DOOR to enter the shop.
Speak to ZANDA THE WIZARD. He will give you a CANTEEN.
Objective 3: Zanda Needs 100g, Water, and my Blood, Best Route: 0 Hours
Magic Shop
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD the WET MOP.
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD your GOLD.
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD the BLOODY ARROW HEAD.
Objective 4: Get to Dragon's Den, Best Route: 5 Hours
Magic Shop
Exit the MAGIC SHOP.
Map
Go to the DRAGON's DEN. This will take 2 HOURS.
Swamp
Speak to the THREE WIZARDS.
Take the YELLOW WIZARDS first challenge.
Choose the YELLOW WIZARD as the answer.
Speak to the YELLOW WIZARD again to take on the second challenge.
Select YOURSELF and the RED WIZARD to go to the DRAGON'S DEN.
Select YOURSELF to go back to the SWAMP.
Select the YELLOW AND BLUE WIZARD to go to the DRAGON'S DEN.
Select the RED WIZARD to go back to the SWAMP.
Select YOURSELF and the RED WIZARD to go to the DRAGON'S DEN.
Choose this as your answer. This should take 3 HOURS.
Objective 5: Zanda Needs Dragon Water, Best Route: 2 Hours
Dragon's Den
Use the CANTEEN on the LITTER BOX.
You will receive UNDISTILLED... DRAGON WATER.
Use the SCARECROW on the CORPSE.
Use the ONION on the DRAGON. You will receive DRAGON WATER.
Use the UNDISTILLED... DRAGON WATER on YOURSELF to cover your smell.
Exit the DRAGON'S DEN.
Map
Go to the MAGIC SHOP. This will take 2 HOURS.
Magic Shop
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD the DRAGON WATER.
Objective 6: Pick up the Counter-spell When It Finishes, Best Route: 5 Hours
Magic Shop
Exit the MAGIC SHOP.
Map
Go to the TOWN. This will take 2 HOURS.
Town
Speak to the JOB BOARD LADY.
Press the MUTE BUTTON on your GUI.
Speak to the JOB BOARD LADY and TAKE A JOB. This will take 1 HOUR.
Exit the TOWN.
Map
Go to the MAGIC SHOP. This will take 2 HOURS.
Magic Shop
Use your GOLD on the HASTE SCROLLS to purchase it.
Speak to ZANDA THE WIZARD to receive the WAND.
Objective 7: Get to the Castle, Best Route: 2 Hours
Magic Shop
Exit the MAGIC SHOP.
Map
Go to the INNER GATE. This will take 1 HOUR.
Inner Gate
Use the HASTE SCROLL on the CLOCK.
Speak to the GUARD.
Exit the INNER GATE.
Map
Go to the CASTLE. This will take 1 HOUR.
Castle
Use the WAND on the BLACK WIZARD.
Use the WAND on the PRINCE.
Watch the CREDITS.
Objective 1: Get Out of Prison, Best Route: 1 Hour
Prison
Pick up the MOP.
Use the MOP on the LOOSE BRICK to loosen it.
If you have trouble seeing the LOOSE BRICK, it's to the right of your characters head.
Use the MOP on the CHAMBER POT to make a WET MOP.
Use the WET MOP on the DRY DIRT to loosen the soil.
Click on the WET DIRT to dig your way out. This will take 1 HOUR.
Outside Prison
Pick up the SCARECROW.
Pick up the ONION.
Use the SCARECROW on YOURSELF to take its clothes.
Click on the BUSH to go back into the PRISON.
Make sure to go into the prison via the Bush or else you will bump into the Prison Guard.
Prison
Use the SCARECROW on the BED to make a dummy.
Click on the HOLE to exit the prison.
Outside Prison
Use the SCARECROW CLOTHES on YOURSELF to change clothes.
Exit the PRISON GROUNDS.
Objective 2: Speak to a Wizard, Best Route: 6 Hours
NOTE: Zanda's Magic Shop opens at 7:00.
That means you have spare time which you need to burn productively.
Map
Go to the TOWN. This will take 2 HOURS.
Town
Use the MOP on the TOWN WELL.
Speak to the JOB BOARD LADY and TAKE A JOB. This will take 1 HOUR.
It doesn't matter which job you take, any is fine.
Exit the TOWN.
Map
Go to the PRISON. This will take 2 HOURS.
Outside Prison
Enter the PRISON via the MAIN ENTRANCE.
Prison
Pick up your BELONGINGS.
You should get 50 GOLD, YOUR CLOTHES, and a BLOODY ARROWHEAD.
Exit the PRISON.
Outside Prison
Enter the PRISON via the BUSH.
Prison
Pick up the SCARECROW.
Exit the PRISON via the HOLE.
Outside Prison
Exit the PRISON GROUNDS.
Map
Go to the MAGIC SHOP. This will take 1 HOUR.
Magic Shop
Click on the DOOR to enter the shop.
Speak to ZANDA THE WIZARD. He will give you a CANTEEN.
Objective 3: Zanda Needs 100g, Water, and my Blood, Best Route: 0 Hours
Magic Shop
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD the WET MOP.
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD your GOLD.
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD the BLOODY ARROW HEAD.
Objective 4: Get to Dragon's Den, Best Route: 5 Hours
Magic Shop
Exit the MAGIC SHOP.
Map
Go to the DRAGON's DEN. This will take 2 HOURS.
Swamp
Speak to the THREE WIZARDS.
Take the YELLOW WIZARDS first challenge.
Choose the YELLOW WIZARD as the answer.
Speak to the YELLOW WIZARD again to take on the second challenge.
Select YOURSELF and the RED WIZARD to go to the DRAGON'S DEN.
Select YOURSELF to go back to the SWAMP.
Select the YELLOW AND BLUE WIZARD to go to the DRAGON'S DEN.
Select the RED WIZARD to go back to the SWAMP.
Select YOURSELF and the RED WIZARD to go to the DRAGON'S DEN.
Choose this as your answer. This should take 3 HOURS.
Objective 5: Zanda Needs Dragon Water, Best Route: 2 Hours
Dragon's Den
Use the CANTEEN on the LITTER BOX.
You will receive UNDISTILLED... DRAGON WATER.
Use the SCARECROW on the CORPSE.
Use the ONION on the DRAGON. You will receive DRAGON WATER.
Use the UNDISTILLED... DRAGON WATER on YOURSELF to cover your smell.
Exit the DRAGON'S DEN.
Map
Go to the MAGIC SHOP. This will take 2 HOURS.
Magic Shop
Give ZANDA THE WIZARD the DRAGON WATER.
Objective 6: Pick up the Counter-spell When It Finishes, Best Route: 5 Hours
Magic Shop
Exit the MAGIC SHOP.
Map
Go to the TOWN. This will take 2 HOURS.
Town
Speak to the JOB BOARD LADY.
Press the MUTE BUTTON on your GUI.
Speak to the JOB BOARD LADY and TAKE A JOB. This will take 1 HOUR.
Exit the TOWN.
Map
Go to the MAGIC SHOP. This will take 2 HOURS.
Magic Shop
Use your GOLD on the HASTE SCROLLS to purchase it.
Speak to ZANDA THE WIZARD to receive the WAND.
Objective 7: Get to the Castle, Best Route: 2 Hours
Magic Shop
Exit the MAGIC SHOP.
Map
Go to the INNER GATE. This will take 1 HOUR.
Inner Gate
Use the HASTE SCROLL on the CLOCK.
Speak to the GUARD.
Exit the INNER GATE.
Map
Go to the CASTLE. This will take 1 HOUR.
Castle
Use the WAND on the BLACK WIZARD.
Use the WAND on the PRINCE.
Watch the CREDITS.
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