lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (L. Maurice Riggins) (12/04/90)
In article <275B0108.14954@orion.oac.uci.edu> ajauch@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alex Jauch) writes: |I heard a rumor today about a program that causes the Energiser bunny to |walk across your screen (and other networked macs) at random intervals. |I MUST HAVE THIS TOY! Please send any info via e-mail. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Me too! -- Maurice INTERNET: lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.2) Opinions expressed here do not reflect those of my employer nor constitute an official position of any U.S.Government agency.
drz@po.cwru.edu (David Zinkin) (12/04/90)
In article <1783@blackbird.afit.af.mil> lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (L. Maurice Riggins) writes: >In article <275B0108.14954@orion.oac.uci.edu> ajauch@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alex Jauch) writes: >|I heard a rumor today about a program that causes the Energiser bunny to >|walk across your screen (and other networked macs) at random intervals. >|I MUST HAVE THIS TOY! Please send any info via e-mail. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Me too! > > >-- >Maurice INTERNET: lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.2) > > Opinions expressed here do not reflect those of my employer nor > constitute an official position of any U.S.Government agency. > Likewise, ME TOO! Thanks, -- Dave Zinkin (INTERNET: drz@po.cwru.edu)
smisra@eos.ncsu.edu (12/05/90)
In article <1783@blackbird.afit.af.mil>, lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (L. Maurice Riggins) writes: > In article <275B0108.14954@orion.oac.uci.edu> ajauch@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alex Jauch) writes: > |I heard a rumor today about a program that causes the Energiser bunny to > |walk across your screen (and other networked macs) at random intervals. > |I MUST HAVE THIS TOY! Please send any info via e-mail. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Me too! > > > -- > Maurice INTERNET: lriggins@blackbird.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.2) > > Opinions expressed here do not reflect those of my employer nor > constitute an official position of any U.S.Government agency. ************** AND ************ don't forget me!!! smisra@eos.ncsu.edu
edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (12/05/90)
There is a report on CompuServe that this "cute" bunny can corrupt the
systems. So I guess it should be classified as a "Trojan".
--
Gerald A. Edgar
Department of Mathematics Bitnet: EDGAR@OHSTPY
The Ohio State University Internet: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu
Columbus, OH 43210 ...!{att,pyramid}!osu-cis!shape.mps.ohio-state.edu!edgardct@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David C. Tuttle) (12/06/90)
edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes: > > There is a report on CompuServe that this "cute" bunny can corrupt the > systems. So I guess it should be classified as a "Trojan". Oh, no, a Trojan Bunny! Run away! Run away! (Those of you unfamiliar with "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", please ignore this. It is very silly, but needed to be said.) I shall await a report that the Energizer people give their trademark OK. -- David C. Tuttle dct@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu Software Systems Specialist Department of Biomathematics University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
ralphm@elaine28.stanford.edu (Ralph Melton) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec5.141224.19424@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes: > >There is a report on CompuServe that this "cute" bunny can corrupt the >systems. So I guess it should be classified as a "Trojan". >-- > Gerald A. Edgar A Trojan rabbit? How many others see this as another example of life imitating art? "What about a large wooden badger?"--Sir Bedevere Ralph -- Ralph Melton The White Rabbit ralphm@portia.stanford.edu "When you hear of a storybook romance, you don't think of the storybook as being _Alice in Wonderland_ . . ."
straka@cbnewsc.att.com (richard.j.straka) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec6.023404.20525@portia.Stanford.EDU>, ralphm@elaine28.stanford.edu (Ralph Melton) writes: +> In article <1990Dec5.141224.19424@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes: +> A Trojan rabbit? How many others see this as another example of life +> "What about a large wooden badger?"--Sir Bedevere +> -- +> Ralph Melton The White Rabbit ralphm@portia.stanford.edu ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Wasn't that Ralph Aldous Mellish? (Only for serious Python nostalgics; all others please ignore!) Sorry, I couldn't resist. -- Richard Straka AT&T Bell Laboratories, IH-6K311 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: att!ihlpf!straka MSDOS: All the wonderfully arcane INTERNET: straka@att.ATT.COM syntax of UNIX(R), but without the power.
paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) (12/09/90)
In article <1990Dec4.162204.2556@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> and about 1000 others write: >> |I MUST HAVE THIS TOY! Please send any info via e-mail. Ask Dean, he's on the net, also it's on the 'Night of the Living Disk', and from memory also on the MacHack CD-ROM too. Don't make a big fuss about this .... it's better if lots of people don't know about it (you lose the element of suprise) this is an init that is much more fun to sneak into someone's (or even better everyone in the office's) system folder when they're not looking and then run it while they are working intensely. The first time I had a NetBunny run along the bottom of my screen was a complete suprise - I just sat there with my mouth somewhere down near my ankles and then collapsed laughing .... Paul Oh and PS: "Kill Dean's INITs" :-) -- Paul Campbell UUCP: ..!mtxinu!taniwha!paul AppleLink: CAMPBELL.P What most people don't realize is that those plastic cover slips that your 3 inch floppies come in are actually condoms for protecting your computer from harmfull computer viruses - practice safe computing ..... :-)
hallett@enterprise.positron.gemed.ge.com (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec4.205412.5983@cec1.wustl.edu> gev6883@cec2.wustl.edu (Child of Vision) writes:
=>
=>
=> I'd like an energizer bunny too...if it's out there....
=>
=> -Gene Van Buren
=> gev6883@cec2.wustl.edu
I hope Dean Yu gets the chance to post his. However, I found the
Energizer Bunny in an extremely obnoxious place. While in the "About
QuicKeys..." dialog box in QuicKeys 2.0, I was copying down CE
Software's address, phone and my serial number. Suddenly, here the
Bunny comes - being very loud, scaring the crap out of me and waking
up the entire office area. I took abuse for days over that one.
--
Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering
GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414, Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 548-5163 : EMAIL - hallettJ@gemed.ge.com
"You mean there wasn't! Look! A chicken! A black chicken!"st891456@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Phil Marden) (12/16/90)
Can someone please. BTW what is Night of the Living Disk"? Where can it be gotten from. Thanx, Phil
c60a-cz@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) (12/16/90)
In article <009413E1.BFCF99C0@pip.cc.brandeis.edu> st891456@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (Phil Marden) writes: >Can someone please. >BTW what is Night of the Living Disk"? Where can it be gotten from. >Thanx, Phil Night of the Living Disk is Apple's latest developer Cd-ROM. Unless you're a developer or a dealer, getting it is very difficult. Anyways, if you don't have a CD-ROM drive, even if you do manage to get a copy, it'll be totally useless to you. ______________________________________________________________________________ Donald Burr, Univ of California, Berkeley | "I have a seperate mail-address INTERNET: c60a-cz@danube.Berkeley.edu | for flames and other such nega- or: 72540.3071@compuserve.COM | tive msgs; it's called /dev/null."
deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman) (12/17/90)
O.K., so now that the Bunny has been released, has it been posted to any FTP sites yet? If so, which and where? Dean, are you listening? -shane "the Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rollah"
starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta) (12/17/90)
deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman) writes: > O.K., so now that the Bunny has been released, has it been posted to any > FTP sites yet? If so, which and where? It was released? When did this happen? I thought Dean was still awaiting Energizers approval (trademark infringement and all). Hmm. John
seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) (12/18/90)
Where on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DISK is the bunny? What's the file name? -- Matthew Seitz seitz@netcom.UUCP netcom!seitz
bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (12/19/90)
In article <18996@netcom.UUCP> seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) writes: >Where on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DISK is the bunny? What's the file name? There are two files: NetBunny, which is the INIT (which can be named anything, in fact; the author recommends that it be named something innocent-sounding like `PrintMonitor Prefs' so as not to arouse suspicion), and StartWabbit, which can start a bunny anywhere on the network. You can use Find File to locate them; I know they're also on the System 7.0b1 CD. << Brian >> | Brian S. Kendig \ Macintosh | Engineering, | bskendig | | Computer Engineering |\ Thought | USS Enterprise | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | Princeton University |_\ Police | -= NCC-1701-D =- | @PUCC.BITNET | "It's not that I don't have the work to *do* -- I don't do the work I *have*."
bskendig@glasses.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (12/19/90)
In article <4816@idunno.Princeton.EDU> I wrote: >In article <18996@netcom.UUCP> seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) writes: >>Where on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DISK is the bunny? What's the file name? > >There are two files: NetBunny, which is the INIT (which can be named >anything, in fact; the author recommends that it be named something >innocent-sounding like `PrintMonitor Prefs' so as not to arouse >suspicion), and StartWabbit, which can start a bunny anywhere on the >network. You can use Find File to locate them; I know they're also on >the System 7.0b1 CD. And, since I posted that, I have received via email a few dozen requests for it. Now, there are two reasons why I can't send it to y'all. First off, I'm very hesitant to; I remember its creator posting to the net before and saying something about having to get permission from Energizer or something like that. I agree that's silly, but I'd rather think it's silly than sit here with some sort of legal action on my shoulders... ;) Second off, I've much too much work to do, especially with the holidays coming up, to personally tend to every single request. I wish things were different -- really, I do! -- but the only real way to distribute this would be to send it to comp.sys.mac.binaries and/or sumex. I also can't send notes of apology in response to the myriad requests for the same reason. Sorry! But the least I can do is explain what it is, definitively: First, you go around and stick the NetBunny INIT in peoples' System Folders, and reboot their machines. Then you run StartWabbit from someplace where they can't see you. StartWabbit brings up a Chooser-style dialog box that lets you select zones and wabbit-weady machines in each zone to trigger the wabbit on them. When you trigger a machine, the Energizer Bunny -- a three-inch-high fuzzy pink rabbit with black sunglasses and a big bass drum -- will move across the bottom of the victim's monitor. It's a digitized image, and it flips back and forth between a shot of the bunny holding its drumstick ready to boom, and a shot of the bunny hitting the drum -- simple animation. And there are plenty of caveats! Since the NetBunny is color, it only runs on a Macintosh with a color display; I assume you much have more than eight bits thereof. I assume that StartWabbit will work on any Macintosh, but it bombed my moderately INIT-laden SE, and it had no trouble with an SE/30. In my `tests' -- I secretly dropped it in the system folders in one of my offices -- it worked fine on a IIx and a IIsi, but it killed the sound; there was no sound when the bunny crossed, and thereafter any sysbeeps would only flash the menubar no matter what level the Control Panel volume was set to under system 6.0.7. And it seems that sometimes, after I triggered it once, it would keep crossing over and over again until I hit the reset button. And it seemed to give the IIx indigestion, and crashed it a few times. It's cute, I'll admit, for a few seconds, after which it gets old quickly. But with these bugs, you'd better be sure your victim isn't in the middle of something important! On second thought -- hmm. If someone would email me instructions on how to get something sent to the sumex archives, and on how to get something to comp.sys.mac.binaries, I might just stuff the whihole taco together and leave the legal difficulties up to the moderators of those two media. But if you don't have this information for me, please don't send me any more requests! Now, for a random thought: I wonder if the Energizer Bunny uses the System 7 Caffeine Manager discussed here last spring? Anyone from Apple want to tell me if there's been any more work done on that? I have a Mr. Coffee that I'd like to be able to hook up to work with Microsoft Word -- thok thok thok thok thok thok Hey, who let _him_ in here? << Brian >> No, really! Who let that rabbit in here -- hey, watch it, you're about to run into my power co | Brian S. Kendig \ Macintosh | Engineering, | bskendig | | Computer Engineering |\ Thought | USS Enterprise | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | Princeton University |_\ Police | -= NCC-1701-D =- | @PUCC.BITNET | "It's not that I don't have the work to *do* -- I don't do the work I *have*."
kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) (12/19/90)
In article <4816@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes: >In article <18996@netcom.UUCP> seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) writes: ->Where on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DISK is the bunny? What's the file name? >I know they're also on the System 7.0b1 CD. I didn't find it on 'Night, but got it off of the System 7 CD. However, the sound doesn't work on my 6.0.7 (MacIIx) system. I can play the sound with resedit, but when the Init plays the sound all I get is clicks, and the channel hangs for a while - making beeps flash the menu bar. How do I modify the SND resource to get it to work? Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)
hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) (12/19/90)
In article <4837@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@glasses.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes: ... >Now, there are two reasons why I can't send it to y'all. First off, >I'm very hesitant to; I remember its creator posting to the net before >and saying something about having to get permission from Energizer or >something like that. I agree that's silly, but I'd rather think it's >silly than sit here with some sort of legal action on my shoulders... ;) ... >On second thought -- hmm. If someone would email me instructions on >how to get something sent to the sumex archives, and on how to get >something to comp.sys.mac.binaries, I might just stuff the whihole >taco together and leave the legal difficulties up to the moderators of >those two media. But if you don't have this information for me, >please don't send me any more requests! Please, don't do this!!! Dean Yu is a genius for having come up with this little guy (and for many other things), but he has asked that the hack not be distributed until he resolves the trademark issues to his satisfaction. He may be being paranoid, but it is he and not the sumex moderators who would suffer any legal consequences. Also, even if there were no legal issues, it is really bad style to distribute something after the author has specifically requested that it not be distributed. Besides, there are other reasons not to distribute the hack. To wit: > ... [I]t worked fine on a IIx and a >IIsi, but it killed the sound; there was no sound when the bunny >crossed, and thereafter any sysbeeps would only flash the menubar no >matter what level the Control Panel volume was set to under system >6.0.7. And it seems that sometimes, after I triggered it once, it >would keep crossing over and over again until I hit the reset button. >And it seemed to give the IIx indigestion, and crashed it a few times. Yes, there is a problem with the version as released on the CD ROMs from Apple. They do not work properly uder the new sound manager (6.07 and 7.0b1). Under some circumstances this just causes the sound problems as described above, under others (like on the si) it causes sound and cycling problems which eventually lead to crashes. Dean fixed this and there is a version that works wonderfully, but it is up to HIM to decide when he wants it distributed. Up till now I have honored his non-distribute request by not even discussing these issues, but the idea that someone would distribute the program against his express wishes (and an old buggy version no less) made me feel I had to speak up. Josh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Hodas Home Phone: (215) 222-7112 4223 Pine Street School Office Phone: (215) 898-9514 Philadelphia, PA 19104 New E-Mail Address: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu
hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) (12/20/90)
[bskendig@glasses.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:]
[] ... {stuff deleted} ...
[] When you trigger a machine, the Energizer Bunny -- a three-inch-high
[] fuzzy pink rabbit with black sunglasses and a big bass drum -- will
[] move across the bottom of the victim's monitor. It's a digitized
[] image, and it flips back and forth between a shot of the bunny holding
[] its drumstick ready to boom, and a shot of the bunny hitting the drum
[] -- simple animation.
[]
[] And there are plenty of caveats! Since the NetBunny is color, it only
[] runs on a Macintosh with a color display; I assume you much have more
[] ... {more stuff deleted} ...
hmmm, sounds like the bunny is still in alpha.
a question: why not go the next step and make the bunny a cicn? this
way you could simply use PlotCIcon and also support B&W machines.
also, the sound may be nice but (just my opinion folks) the bunny may
be easier to swallow if it just appeared, silently. it's funny on tv,
but in the office is a different story ...
however you've got to fix those incompatibilities (those Energizer folks
would be fools to pass up on the free advertising). the danger here
is that innocent pranksters will cause havoc unintentionally if things
crash as mentioned.
ps: since you're using a copied image the legal issues are real but you
could also avoid the hassle by altering the imagery a bit or two ...
-dave-
hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu
"still going ..."bell@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Mike Bell) (12/20/90)
In article <1990Dec19.061232.20152@Neon.Stanford.EDU> kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes: >In article <4816@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes: >>In article <18996@netcom.UUCP> seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) writes: >->Where on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DISK is the bunny? What's the file name? > >>I know they're also on the System 7.0b1 CD. > >I didn't find it on 'Night, but got it off of the System 7 CD. However, the >sound doesn't work on my 6.0.7 (MacIIx) system. I can play the sound with >resedit, but when the Init plays the sound all I get is clicks, and the >channel hangs for a while - making beeps flash the menu bar. How do I >modify the SND resource to get it to work? > >Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu) It must have a problem with the new sound manager...it has the same problem under 7.0B1. Is there a fix ????..... Mike Bell -- ******************************************************************************** Mike Bell Internet: bell@opus.wizards.dupont.com Senior Engineer CSNet: BELLMA%ESVAX@dupont.com DuPont CR&D Applelink: D2747 Advanced Computer Technology Group MacBLITZ..... When you feel the need for speed.......... ******************************************************************************** --
tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) (12/20/90)
Can I give the program to my friends in the UK where presumably it's not a trademark? (The bunny is known here thanks to a popular chat show which showed the ads.) Tony -- Tony Cunningham, Edinburgh University Computing Service. tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk If a man among you got no sin upon his hand Let him cast a stone at me for playing in the band.
mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora) (12/21/90)
In article <18996@netcom.UUCP> seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) writes: >Where on NIGHT OF THE LIVING DISK is the bunny? What's the file name? I couldn't find it on the Night of the living disk cd but its on the beta bang 7.0 cd. -- ___________________________________________________________ Matthew Mora | my Mac Matt_Mora@sri.com SRI International | my unix mxmora@unix.sri.com ___________________________________________________________
wahl-e@mummy.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lonewolf) (12/21/90)
In article <4816@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes: >There are two files: NetBunny, which is the INIT...... >.. and StartWabbit, which can start a bunny anywhere on the >network. You can use Find File to locate them; Well I know that not everyone has the Cd's mentioned, so why not just put them in some ftp site somewhere (umich fits becuase of their reputation as a "beta" site) or post it to the net? Unless, of course, these little toys were meant to be played with by only those with an `evil' CD-ROM, etc.....(read, Developer) -- "You are not dealing with AT&T!" wahl-e@cis.ohio-state.edu CIS-Hardware Maint. "The Mac man" `Hardware Repair-where men are MEN, and machines are BROKEN!'
macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg) (12/22/90)
In article <1990Dec19.174957.12927@pyro.ei.dupont.com> bell@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Mike Bell) writes: > It must have a problem with the new sound manager...it has the same >problem under 7.0B1. Is there a fix ????..... That may be true, but keep in mind that System 7.0b1 does NOT have the new sound manager. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chris Silverberg INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Main Street USA 508-832-7725 (sysop) America Online: Silverberg WMUG BBS 508-832-5844 (sysop) "Ask me about TeleFinder... A Macintosh BBS with a Macintosh interface"
Mike.Burton@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Burton) (12/24/90)
to: seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz)
I, too, need that !#$%@ bunny!!! Where the h--- is it?!!!!!!! If someone
out there has it, send it to me!!!!!!
--
Mike Burton - via FidoNet node 1:125/777
UUCP: ...!uunet!hoptoad!fidogate!161!555!Mike.Burton
INTERNET: Mike.Burton@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORGMike.Burton@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Burton) (12/27/90)
to: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
If you have direct connections with Dean Yu, try to persuade him to release
the new version. From what I've heard, It sounds really good and I'd love
to have it on my computer! I'm sure many others would too....See if you can
put a word in for all of us...
--
Mike Burton - via FidoNet node 1:125/777
UUCP: ...!uunet!hoptoad!fidogate!161!555!Mike.Burton
INTERNET: Mike.Burton@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORGephrem@hardy.u.washington.edu (Bo Jackson) (01/01/91)
Yes, I believe that someone must post where to nab this bunny, becasue we are going to get many requests for people to E-mail them to me (like I am hinting at now.....heh), could someone please post this and get it over with? I can be sent anything at ephrem@hardy.u.washington.edu heh
clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) (01/03/91)
Dean Yu, wherever you are... Could you make Mac.usenetters everywhere happy? Sure you could! How? The Enerqizer bunny(tm) [sic]--he walks, he plays a drum, he spells his name with a Q instead of a G... his mere appearance would reduce the number of postings on c.s.m.wanted by 40% (and increase downloads from c.s.m.binaries by 200%, but we won't talk about that right now). Add me to the list of people who won't be able to enjoy 1991 without the bunny. . -- ........................................................................... : Kathy Strong : "Try our Hubble-Rita: just one shot, : : (Clouds moving slowly) : and everything's blurry" : : clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu : --El Arroyo : :..........................................................................: