Serpent in the garden! 

Oh my! As readers know from last post, omscaler is learning to operate a die cutting machine for use on the OSR. Sadly, the manufacturer did not include a hard copy of the operation manual. What was included was a CD with said document. What happened was the CD would not load up. I tried and tried but no use. The CD would not load up. “Well”, I thought to myself, “I am going to have to go to the library and get on the manufacturers web site and download the manual.” So that is what I did.  When I got back home, I started the computer. Opened the flash drive. Opened the file with the entire manual on it. And...nothing! The computer again showed 100% processor usage. No loading. I thought the computer was “thrashing”. I began to stew. I developed a battle plan. Not to attack the manufacturer, but to solve this problem. I decided to return to the library. I use the library to get online. No web at home. I planned to download the manual in small sections. This took roughly forty-five minutes. When I got back, I was able to load all but one group of pages. Patiently frustrated (contradicition I know) I planned to return to the library. The small town library where I live is only open Saturdays from mid morning to early afternoon. I had to go to nearby other small town to get back online. This library has Saturday hours noon to four PM. Bigger town, later hours? Anyway, got there, got back online. Got on the manufacturers web site. Pulled up manual. Looked at and downloaded individual pages. When I returned home, I uploaded said group of pages. One would not work. I looked at files. Page 46, 70KB, page 48, 269KB. Page 47... 3686KB! I had found the serpent. What was in this file displayed information about scanning background images. Which is what I saw online at the manufacturers web site. What was in this section of the file was hidden from the viewer. I wondered if this was a Trojan Horse virus or some other evil viral entity. A phone call to the manufacturer will ensue. I hope this cautionary tale will alert others. Be careful! Check things out. A watchful omscaler