A few days ago, u/theoldones accused me of spreading malware, despite having no proof.
I had made the book for his subverse as a sort of peace offering, since we had our differences, but were moving past it. I was wrong. I was banned for vote manipulation (as many others were) and he used this to try and spread lies about me. I took the book down because fuck him, he can't have nice things then. I managed to share the book with h8grenade, who has since deleted his account. I will not be sharing the book with anyone else. I can't prove that it wasn't malware, so I will describe how I made the book and people can judge for themselves.
I first copy pasted the text of the havamal into a doc file, and saw that most of the text was in tables. On kindles, tables don't show properly so I started working on that. I copy pasted over 1000 lines of text to get it out of the table, which took quite a long time, and tried to convert it using kindle create. Kindle create only lets you publish to the amazon store, so I looked online for a azw3 converter and then put it into my kindle to check. For some reason, the title of the book was appearing as a string of characters (p1dbmp8m6o1rqq....) so I tried to work on that. I couldn't fix the title, so I gave up and posted the book.
tl;dr u/theoldones cannot be trusted, no you can't have the book
thelma ago
You can torrent almost any book you want.
Just got to know where to look.
I don't torrent books so all I know is from prior searching ... but there were plenty of sites to torrent/download books.
Next time, try searching for an already pdf or similar formatted book ... let some other poor slob do all that work.
https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
Then you have extra time to either help me control the world or listen the the vid linked above (but we know which you will choose).
Maggotbait88 ago
I'll probably do that next time. Thanks
Its_over_9000 ago
Why hide the book? If someone else could see it they could actually verify that there's no malware.
From your own description it sounds like the formatting still needs work, and there are lots of copies of the havamal online, so it's not like you're punishing theoldones by taking some great treasure away from the community.
Maggotbait88 ago
Well then he can go find it in azw3 format himself. I'm not going to give it to him. Besides, when he was agruing with h8grenade, who had the book at the time, theoldones demanded proof that it was the same file. At this point that can't be proven.
theoldones ago
dumbass, we don't want the first copy you can find that fits the bill. you assembled this, it's your work, we want your copy
Maggotbait88 ago
Fuck you
Its_over_9000 ago
K.
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offender ago
Considering there are no public copies of this supposed malware book for a proper analysis, I'm going to assume this is an elaborate sbbh plot masterminded by @gabara
theoldones ago
"i have the book and it works fine, but you guys cant see it, because you're poopy-heads"
offender ago
I don't have a copy of the book retard. Nobody does, because it doesn't exist.
theoldones ago
it was sarcasm directed at the guy, not you
aint no disrespect meant
offender ago
Sorry, didn't see the tiny quotes. I apologize.
virge ago
So.. what about the legitimate possibility that one of the probably 30+ network switches between the file and recipient was malware/firmware/trojan/backdoored and it sent a MITM virus to @theoldones?
Plot twist, Maggotbait88 inadvertently saved @theoldones from a virus attack, but neither of them have yet to realize the possibility is quite real and they would rather argue with each-other.
Dun dun duuuuuuuun.
theoldones ago
the book post was deleted and marked with context-appropriate information.
1 user reports the file itself was deleted already
theoldones ago
the file didnt work when examined, and this was investigated because you got banned. i've been more then detailed on what i think of you and your account
even if you're speaking the truth here and it wasnt a virus, it was still broken
Maggotbait88 ago
fuck off, you are a dishonest cunt.
theoldones ago
did you come here to argue your innocence, or call me a cunt?
which one?
Fambida did the analysis, his advice was to delete it, i trust his technical opinion
Maggotbait88 ago
You aren't here to be convinced, you dishonest cunt. You're here for sophistry.
Right there is you assuming I'm guilty.
Fuck off.
theoldones ago
why are you here.
Maggotbait88 ago
Hey cunt, learn to read. This whole post is about that.
theoldones ago
your bit at the end of the post says
so in other words you have fucking nothing for evidence.
Maggotbait88 ago
Yeah naw your a cunt
theoldones ago
ah, so you came here just to call me that. glad we could get that sorted.
Maggotbait88 ago
Fuck off cunt. There's no proof of a virus.
theoldones ago
do you mean except for the fact, that it's supposed to be a working book, but the program that supposedly compiled it can't open it?
at best you fucked up compiling the book. at worst, it's not a book
Maggotbait88 ago
Yeah go fuck yourself cunt. Book works fine and no, you can't have it.
theoldones ago
"it totally works, you can't see it to prove it, but it works, you can trust me"
k.
Maggotbait88 ago
"It's a virus, you can't see it to prove it, but its malware, you can trust me."
Go fuck yourself, cunt.