Not much more than that to report.
Oh - to my San Fran peeps - looks like a friend of mine and I may wind up taking the BART up there next Wednesday - anyone around/free?
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ms_violet, but I thought you might all get a kick out of it.Lost Giants
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*Woooot!*
Stakes in the ground
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Sketchwork Uncle Sam
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Heya boys and girls. Just a quick heads up about something that I've come across in my professional world.
People have been getting hit with a virus behind firewalls and with antivirus protection. In fact, this latest virus counts on the fact that you have virus protection in order to propagate. It sends you something when you visit a website (in this case, our experience has been Facebook, though I'm sure there are others) that the creators of the virus know that your antivirus program will detect. This causes your antivirus to pop up a little warning window.
At this point, most likely, your system is NOT infected. The fact that your antivirus program popped up a little window is just to warn you that something was sent to you that was bad.
Here's where this particular virus gets a little tricky. They send a second pop up to your screen which says something to the effect of "Hey! You have a virus! Click here to get rid of it!"
Do not - I repeat: Do NOT - EVER click on a pop up message like this.
"But... it looks like it's from my antivirus program!" you say.
"Read that previous line again." is my response.
Your antivirus program will not likely EVER say something like "Hey - I noticed this virus but I'm not going to do anything about it until you click right here." That's when the real virus gets installed - with your blessing (you gave it when you clicked).
Keep your antivirus programs updated. Run regular scans. Work ONLY within your antivirus programs when you think you might have a virus. DO NOT EVER click on the little pop up window because it's convenient.
Virus creators know that you'll do that 'quick and easy' solution because you believe that you're doing the right thing. Unfortunately, quick and easy seldom = the right thing to do.
/end PSA
Friday:
*Left late. Really late by comparison to the plan. We intended to leave town at 4pm. We didn't leave until after 7pm. The good news is that I got to pick up my new prescription glasses for the weekend. Score.
*Arrived well after dark. Had an interesting time setting up camp. We haven't set up camp in a long while - let alone in the dark. Managed though - we got skillz.
Saturday:
*This was the long hike (14 miles? 16?). It was hot. I ran out of water. Twice. Beautiful trail and countryside.
lotusanddragon and I got some good bullshit time in. Found the trail 'not so remote' (despite his coworker's warning).*Picked the Best Campsite Evar™ and set camp. Lerved it there. Could have spent the whole weekend at that site and not been even a little upset.
Sunday:
*Slow start to the day. We enjoyed a leasurely breakfast and playing with the fire despite the damp terrain/wood/everything from the rain the night before. (We stayed blessedly dry in the tent.)
*Since we got such a late start (though we weren't upset by that) we decided to do a shorter hike - a little over 4miles in a loop (there were limited options for short - let alone short loop.)
*We found ourselves off the trail (gee - that never happens... /end sarcasm). Found a stream where we did some splashing about, then got back to the trail.
*Heavy storm rolled in while we were doing the last 1/3 to 1/2 of the loop. Soaked everything through pretty good - which I found thoroughly invigorating.
Pics and stuff later when I get them off
lotusanddragon 's camera and my phone and get them uploaded.Theme for the weekend? Ticks. Lots and lots of ticks.
Had a great time and looking forward to next month's trip!
Heya kids. Just wanted to let everyone know that I changed my userid here. I've always thought that 'mrl24' was... well... dull. I came up with the userid of mrlich not terribly long ago, and I think that it fits for a number of reasons, so I've been using it on other sites etc. In an effort to get all of my various worlds to jive, I figured it was time to change it here as well. You don't have to worry if you've linked to me in a post of your own - LJ updates the links to show my new userid automagically. :)
Oh - and just for fun - the image is the (extremely rough) sketch I did of an idea that came to me in something of a daydream on my way home from work tonight.
Am I missing something here? I mean - 36,000 deaths due to influenza per year (via the CDC), with (I'm told) exactly 1 death (in the US) thanks to swine flu. I don't mean to belittle that one death, but I just don't understand what the freak out is for.
To those more in the know than myself - am I missing something here?
Suggest a Location for the 2009 East Coast Tour!
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(In honor of the holiday.)
