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From: GioSeregni
Subject: Re: A little help about old vers.
Date: 15 Jun 2025 21:30:00
Message: <web.684f7262ce24a8bbc3bb525659126100@news.povray.org>
> > fwiw, when I visited I got shown a "captcha" to confirm "not robot", which led
> > to a second popup asking me to "allow" something or other.  "normal" ?  no.
> > (perhaps you could (re)post those macros ?)

sorry, I didn't understand, there is no macro on that site, there is only
garbage. I was curious about your link and downloaded the page ( without making
it work in the browser!!!) that they injected into geocities.ws. Name chosen for
fishing, it was a site known many many years ago.
This is the malicious code of that page, one shot and I blurred it on purpose.
I hope, also from what I found on the web, that it didn't do me any harm, it
only managed to make me targeted by the bombardment of fake notifications, WHICH
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T CLICK ON.
Guys, stay away from that fake geocities page


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: A little help about old vers.
Date: 16 Jun 2025 03:43:22
Message: <684fcb1a@news.povray.org>
Op 15/06/2025 om 19:46 schreef jr:
> hi,
> 
> kurtz le pirate <kur### [at] freefr> wrote:
>> On 15/06/2025 03:36, GioSeregni wrote:
>>
>>> unfortunately there is a redirect that leads to spam or worse!
>>>
>> ??? No, it's a normal safe site.
>>
>> --
>> kurtz le pirate
>> compagnie de la banquise
> 
> fwiw, when I visited I got shown a "captcha" to confirm "not robot", which led
> to a second popup asking me to "allow" something or other.  "normal" ?  no.
> (perhaps you could (re)post those macros ?)
> 
> 
> regards, jr.
> 
I got to the site by way of the "Wayback Machine" somehow, without any 
fuss or problems, and I am well-protected online. The John VanSickle 
contribution (he should be mentioned as the original author!) dates from 
2008 which probably contributes to the problems.

I attach here a zip file with the macros, plus a pdf file of the 
original text on the site. Guaranteed no spam or other beasties ;-)

-- 
Thomas


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From: GioSeregni
Subject: Re: A little help about old vers.
Date: 16 Jun 2025 04:45:00
Message: <web.684fd944ce24a8bbc3bb525659126100@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Op 15/06/2025 om 19:46 schreef jr:
> > hi,
> >
> > kurtz le pirate <kur### [at] freefr> wrote:
> >> On 15/06/2025 03:36, GioSeregni wrote:
> >>
> >>> unfortunately there is a redirect that leads to spam or worse!
> >>>
> >> ??? No, it's a normal safe site.
> >>
> >> --
> >> kurtz le pirate
> >> compagnie de la banquise
> >
> > fwiw, when I visited I got shown a "captcha" to confirm "not robot", which led
> > to a second popup asking me to "allow" something or other.  "normal" ?  no.
> > (perhaps you could (re)post those macros ?)
> >
> >
> > regards, jr.
> >
> I got to the site by way of the "Wayback Machine" somehow, without any
> fuss or problems, and I am well-protected online. The John VanSickle
> contribution (he should be mentioned as the original author!) dates from
> 2008 which probably contributes to the problems.
>
> I attach here a zip file with the macros, plus a pdf file of the
> original text on the site. Guaranteed no spam or other beasties ;-)
>
> --
> Thomas
https://www.urlvoid.com/scan/geocities.ws/


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From: jr
Subject: Re: A little help about old vers.
Date: 16 Jun 2025 08:05:00
Message: <web.68500753ce24a8bb3ecaab5e6cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

"GioSeregni" <gms### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> I explain my working method.

you use more sophisticated s/wares than me :-).


> Each layer represents a component, obviously it has its own color. Here I have
> activated ALL the layers, but obviously I hide the ones I am not working on.
> It is a very practical method. For example, I can disable everything and leave
> only the red lights visible, or the bodywork. From the CAD with my tools I can
> output in many formats, preserving the information on the color and
> transparency, because they are the name of the layer.
> What I have to do is implement in the layer name, which declares RGB and ALPHA,
> also the name of the object. So that in the povray file you can easily treat the
> "finish" by identifying the object. For example, on the bodywork, apply its own
> non-standard level of reflection.
>
> Each layer, when the parser creates its mesh, contains one and only one. In this
> way I can decide if the parser creates it with triangle or smooth triangle. It
> depends on the object, if it has to be tapered.

interesting.  I still think (well, "gut feeling" :-)) that having mesh and
colour/transparency data separate, to be "re-united" perhaps at a later point,
would make working with the (basic) objects so much easier.

also, as you'll be working on the export functionality, perhaps "plan for the
future" and namespace your objects ?  Cousin Ricky posted[*] a pretty neat
summary of "the rules" for making POV-Ray include files "live together happily".

[*] <news.povray.org/64014f55%40news.povray.org>


regards, jr.


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From: jr
Subject: Re: A little help about old vers.
Date: 16 Jun 2025 08:05:00
Message: <web.68500761ce24a8bb3ecaab5e6cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Op 15/06/2025 om 19:46 schreef jr:
> > kurtz le pirate <kur### [at] freefr> wrote:
> >> On 15/06/2025 03:36, GioSeregni wrote:
> >>> unfortunately there is a redirect that leads to spam or worse!
> >> ??? No, it's a normal safe site.
> > fwiw, when I visited I got shown a "captcha" to confirm "not robot", which led
> > to a second popup asking me to "allow" something or other.  "normal" ?  no.
> > (perhaps you could (re)post those macros ?)
> >
> I got to the site by way of the "Wayback Machine" somehow, without any
> fuss or problems, and I am well-protected online.

neat idea.


> The John VanSickle
> contribution (he should be mentioned as the original author!) dates from
> 2008 which probably contributes to the problems.
>
> I attach here a zip file with the macros, plus a pdf file of the
> original text on the site. Guaranteed no spam or other beasties ;-)

thanks, I hope GS will/can make use of those, as KlP suggested.  (while I too
will "take a look", I guess it'll be, um, "mathematical" :-))


regards, jr.


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From: kurtz le pirate
Subject: Re: A little help about old vers.
Date: 16 Jun 2025 10:56:17
Message: <68503091@news.povray.org>
On 15/06/2025 21:58, GioSeregni wrote:
> 
> the site get your permission for bombing false notification of mcafee "warning
> you have a virus etc etc..."
> do not clik over those links...
> 
> on chrome it had a hard time blocking the source of the fake notifications that
> try to make you click somewhere
> you find news on the web about this spam...
> 

Try using a properly configured real browser.
And results from https://www.urlvoid.com/scan/geocities.ws/ is for le 
whole geocities.ws.

The first result by ThreatLog engine say that
geocities.ws/escortsinbilaspur/ contain Spam/Scam/Fraud.
Nothing to do withevilsnack/c2s3.html

Second result from ZeroCERT engine seems to be a fake page.
The real ZeroCERT site's domain is ORG, not COM...

All the others mention nothing *dangerous*

But now we're out of the charter and it's no longer POV's concern.




> about macros? no , I don't use macro, but exe. Now it's impossible to post exe
> without registration ... too much false positives by antivirus. so I'm trying to
> figure out how long it lasts and if it's expensive to register the apps
> BR!
> G.

I've included a screenshot of the page that appears with this URL

Thanks to Thomas for posting the c2s3.zip.






-- 
kurtz le pirate
compagnie de la banquise


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