Process: Aperture [1485] Path: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture Identifier: com.apple.Aperture Version: ??? (???) Build Info: Aperture-1310000~1 Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: launchd [...]]]> What a wonderful error message, Aperture cannot be opened because of a problem. that’s nicecare to shed some light on that problem?  if you click on the details button, something like this will be presented

Process: Aperture [1485]
Path: /Applications/Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture
Identifier: com.apple.Aperture
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Aperture-1310000~1
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [134]

plus some other gobbldy gook. same after a reinstall, and again! same thing.  now this can seemingly be a issue if you installed another pro app, in my case Final Cut Express.  after a lot of searching around, swearing and getting frustrated I found a workaround.

Move the aperture app from the Applications folder to another location.  download the 30 day trial from apple, once installed replace the trial Aperture app with the App store one.  Voila! a working installation of Aperture.

Here I thought the app store was there to make things easy… pffft!

The Empire Strikes Out

What a steal, Windows 7 anytime upgrade, starter to Home premium, for the small small price of £5,638.00

anyone remember this golden oldie?  this came out in 1983 and cost a whopign $195

]]> Microsoft in all fairness make decent mice, but there software is ….. :p

anyone remember this golden oldie?  this came out in 1983 and cost a whopign $195

]]> http://www.cludgie.co.uk/tech/microsoft-mouse/feed/ 0 http://www.cludgie.co.uk/tech/first-virus-turns-25/ http://www.cludgie.co.uk/tech/first-virus-turns-25/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:30:19 +0000 Mark http://www.cludgie.co.uk/?p=2755 The first virus that could infect MS-DOS based computers turns 25

Some info from the Register

The Brain Virus, written by Pakistani brothers Basit and Amjad Alvi, was relatively harmless. The Alvis claimed the malware was there as a copyright protection measure to protect their medical software from piracy, an article by CIO magazine on [...]]]> The first virus that could infect MS-DOS based computers turns 25

Some info from the Register

The Brain Virus, written by Pakistani brothers Basit and Amjad Alvi, was relatively harmless. The Alvis claimed the malware was there as a copyright protection measure to protect their medical software from piracy, an article by CIO magazine on the anniversary recalls.

Brain replaced the boot sector of an infected floppy disk with malicious code, moving the real boot sector to another part of the disc. The malware had the effect of slowing down disk access and, more rarely, making some disks unusable.

Any other floppies used on a machine while the virus was in memory would get infected, but the malware did not copy itself to hard disk drives

disks usually have five kilobytes of bad sectors. The disk label is changed to ©Brain, and the following text can be seen in infected boot sectors:

Welcome to the Dungeon © 1986 Brain & Amjads (pvt) Ltd VIRUS_SHOE RECORD V9.0 Dedicated to the dynamic memories of millions of viruses who are no longer with us today – Thanks GOODNESS!! BEWARE OF THE er..VIRUS : this program is catching program follows after these messages….$#@%$@!!

Check Out The Wiki Link



The Only Thing Internet Explorer is good for….

PC world had a story here.

oh also the horror show that was Microsoft BOB [...]]]> Ahhh, the old fella windoze windows 95 is 15 years old today.  took me a good while to install, did not want to move away from good old DOS 6.   ahhh them were the days. :|

PC world had a story here.

oh also the horror show that was Microsoft BOB is also 15, I did find a old copy so will probably install it on a virtual machine sometime.  watch this space. umm, well come to think about it thats probably a waste of time.