How to Annoy, TIBASIC style
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DarkerLine
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Posted: 28 Mar 2006 08:14:10 pm    Post subject:
copy everything useful to ram, clear archive, delete folders.

or if it's not in archive, archive everything useful, clear ram, delete folders.
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Posted: 28 Mar 2006 11:19:51 pm    Post subject:
It probably WOULD archive itself to maximize annoyance, as APPS would be deleted if you cleared the archive. Use PowerComPress to make backups of all your folders, move them somewhere safe (maybe a temp folder), delete all other folders, uncompress the backups. Having backups is always useful anyway.

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sexybear979


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Posted: 30 Mar 2006 03:29:05 pm    Post subject:
DarkerLine wrote:
copy everything useful to ram, clear archive, delete folders.

or if it's not in archive, archive everything useful, clear ram, delete folders.
[post="73277"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]


ummmm... in a program?

here's my code now for variable assignment:

Code:
char(rand(26)+96)&char(rand(26)+96)&char(rand(26)+96)->varname
"pwned"->#varname
Archive #varname
Delvar varname

the reason I delete varname at the end is because "#varname" is not the same as "varname". if I were to not delete "varname", it would mean that that variable could serve as a key to delete the other random file in the folder.
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Posted: 30 Mar 2006 03:52:13 pm    Post subject:
sexybear979 wrote:
ummmm... in a program?
No, that's instructions on how to "recover" from the program.

Quote:
here's my code now for variable assignment:

Code:
char(rand(26)+96)&char(rand(26)+96)&char(rand(26)+96)->varname
"pwned"->#varname
Archive #varname
Delvar varname

the reason I delete varname at the end is because "#varname" is not the same as "varname". if I were to not delete "varname", it would mean that that variable could serve as a key to delete the other random file in the folder.
[post="73473"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]
You could also make varname a local variable.

Oh and to make matters worse, instead of using just the regular alphabetic characters, you could use all 133 that are valid for naming a variable. It would be slightly more complicated code, but also worse for fixing by writing a program.
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 07:41:19 am    Post subject:
DarkerLine wrote:
You could also make varname a local variable.
[post="73477"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]

:ninja: Why bother? :ninja:

I took the liberty of writing a simple screensaver/virus. It's not very efficient, and it doesn't mess up all the mode settings, but it works. Make sure they're in MAIN. You'll have to slightly modify virus1 if you want to change them to more insidious names, but oh well. It only localizes one variable! :ninja:

What it does is it creates a completely random folder, and then stores and archives undef+undef*i to A-θ, after writing undef+undef*i to A-θ in the current folder too. It does this over, and over, and looks like a very slow and inefficient screensaver on the outside.
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 10:47:15 am    Post subject:
Because if you make it local you won't have to worry about DelVar.
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IAmACalculator
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 04:56:51 pm    Post subject:
I guess so, but I just decided not to so I could be obnoxious and leave extra variables lying around.
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 05:47:55 pm    Post subject:
But then, like sexybear979 said, you could write a program that would use that to automatically delete all the variables you created.

0->p
Loop
setFold(#("main"&string(p))
UnArchive #varname
DelVar #varname
DelVar varname
DelFold #("main"&string(p)
p+1->p
EndLoop
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 07:19:23 pm    Post subject:
0->p
Loop
setFold(#("main"&string(p)) //Sets the folder to main0?
UnArchive #varname
DelVar #varname
DelVar varname
DelFold #("main"&string(p))
p+1->p //The next time around it will set the folder to main1, and then main2. I don't really get this, but there's probably something I'm missing.
EndLoop

The extra variables are mainly leftovers from for loops, nothing that could compromise the program's annoyance, AFAIK.

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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 10:13:19 pm    Post subject:
It goes back to each of the folders the annoying program created. It then picks up the variable varname which you forgot to delete. This variable will contain the name of the archived and locked variable created in each folder. By unarchiving / unlocking / deleting #varname you will delete the annoying variable, after which you can go ahead and delete varname, then empty the folder. Essentially this reverses the annoying program's effects, something that must be done manually if you delete varname.
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 10:44:08 pm    Post subject:
Varname doesn't exist in my annoying program, but yes, I can see the security issues that may be posed. The variables I don't delete simply contain random numbers.
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 10:48:54 pm    Post subject:
I see, I was referring back to http://www.unitedti.org/index.php?showtopi...indpost&p=73473
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Posted: 31 Mar 2006 10:50:22 pm    Post subject:
Oh, sorry. I was talking about my program. If his does make a list of all the variables, then yes, it should be localized. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
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sexybear979


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Posted: 01 Apr 2006 11:56:11 pm    Post subject:
Here's my almost final version:


Code:
//Why bother leaving a local var? let them clean up the mess
1⇒p
Loop
Newfold #("main"&string(p))
(char(rand(26)+96)&char(rand(26)+96)&char(rand(26)+96))⇒varname
"pwned"⇒#varname
Archive #varname
Delvar varname
Disp p
1+p⇒p
EndLoop
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