On Jun 20, 13:59, healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
> I believe the Indy falls under the cool tech dispensation :^) So it's OK
to
> ask about it here :^)
<aol> I agree! </aol>
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:18:15 -0700 (PDT) Cameron Kaiser
<spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu> writes:
> > Faltaba apenas un dia para su aniversario de de 18 años. Blanca de
> Nieve
> > fuera siempre muy bien cuidada por los enanitos. Ellos le
> prometieron una
> > *grande* sorpresa para su fiesta de compleaños. Al entardecer,
> llegaron.
> > Tenian un brillo incomun en los ojos...
>
> For those of you who don't know Spanish, this is the Snow White
> virus again.
Si.
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On Jun 20, 10:56, Chuck McManis wrote:
> I had thought it was common knowledge, the reflective layer in many CDs
is
> sputtered aluminum. When exposed to oxygen (as can happen when oxygen
> migrates through the plastic or the plastic is cracked) the Aluminum
> oxidizes and turns black. It does look a bit like a fungus but only
because
> it tends to follow the grain pattern in the deposited aluminum.
> Aluminum-oxide is black and quite hard actually.
>
> I've seen several examples of this in "real life" and while I have never
> seen the process to actually _remove_ Aluminum from the disk it is
> conceivable that the Al02 would form a different crystal matrix and thus
> change its orientation relative to the original sputtering. That could
> leave 'gaps' where the original reflective layer was.
But aluminium oxide is Al203 and it's a white powder. Or a rather
attractive (and, yes, very hard) crystal, known as carborundum, ruby,
emerald, amethyst, etc depending on the impurities :-) The only place
you'd get AlO2 (which is also white/clear, by the way) is as aluminate ions
in solution.
> So folks to don't understand chemistry invent the 'fungus' idea and off
it
> goes into urban legend-dom.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Afternoon, I just received an email with the above virus a few minutes
ago, except now it is all in spanish. It came from classic comp. So
Beware!
Bill
The MessageLabs Virus Control Centre discovered a possible
virus or unauthorised code (such as a joke program or trojan)
in an email sent by you.
Please read this whole email carefully. It explains what has
happened to your email, which suspected virus has been caught,
and what to do if you need help.
------------------------------------------------------------
Some details about the infected message
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To help identify the email:
The message sender was
owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
hahaha(a)sexyfun.net
classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
(if this is not your email address, the message sender possibly
belongs to a mailing list to which you both subscribe.)
The message was titled 'Enanito si, pero con que pedazo!'
The message date was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:49:27 -0500 (CDT)
The message identifier was <200106202049.PAA97998(a)opal.tseinc.com>
The message recipients were
Lee.Davison(a)merlincommunications.com
To help identify the virus:
Scanner 1 (F-Secure) reported the following:
F-Secure Anti-Virus for i386-linux Release 4.08 build 2260
sign.def version 2001-06-19
fsmacro.def version 2001-06-18
sign2.def version 2001-06-19
665202_2MA-OCTET-STREAM_enanito_fisgon.exe infection: W95/Hybris.worm.B
1 files scanned
1 infections found
The message was diverted into the virus holding pen on
mail server server-5.tower-17.messagelabs.com (id 665202_993071721)
and will be held for 30 days before being destroyed.
------------------------------------------------------------
What should you do now?
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If you sent the email from a corporate network, you should first
contact your local Helpdesk or System Administrator for advice.
They will be able to help you disinfect your workstation.
If you sent the email from a personal or home account, you will
need to disinfect your computer yourself. To do this you will
need an anti-virus program. We suggest using one of the leading
industry anti-virus packages such as McAfee, F-Secure or Cybersoft,
which cost £15-£30 per copy.
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If replying by email, please forward this entire email.
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I've acquired a SGI Indy system complete with 21" monitor, keyboard and
mouse (no IndyCam) but the hard drive has been wiped. Does anyone know
where I might get a copy of the IRIX media or what are the licensing
terms. Does the hardware come with the right to the OS like NeXT?
Looks like a cool system if I can get it up and running. Also are
flopptical disks still available?
Hi,
In order to clean out my lab, I decided to give away the following
transputer
stuff. Yes, this is not much, but nevertheless, somebody is bound to
need it:
4 boxes of original CSA transputer education kit software. This
includes
Occam-2 Compiler, LSC C compiler, Test software, Examples. All are
sealed. This only includes the software and nothing else. Also,
ONE PER PERSON.
Also up for grabs is a set of INMOS ANSI C Compiler manuals. This is
version
D0214. A bit old, but still usable. Shipping/Pickup is from Long
Island, NY....
Ram
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