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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 21, 2006 12:50:20 GMT
I don't know what to do. This PC, it appears, is a Histon fan. I'd just finished looking at my emails and various fora, whose windows I was closing, when a spontaneous voice issued forth from the speakers.  "Three nil, three nil, three nil, three nil," it sang, to the tune of "Amazing Grace".  All the forum windows I had open were on their home pages and I didn't have any emails open. I didn't have anything else open at all. Can anyone explain the phenomenon of the singing computer, because I'm buggered if I can  |
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Mar 21, 2006 13:16:53 GMT
There are so many different ways for it to happen that it's hard to know where to start...
Audio can be embedded in any HTML document without any media player controls being visible to the user. It can take a while for these files to load, so you might not hear the audio the moment you load the page.
There are a whole load of techniques to direct media at individuals or groups of people, providing the sender knows 'who' you are and 'where' you are.
If you can look at your cached Internet files, you might be able to identify an audio or streaming media file created around the same time as you heard the audio, which might tell you where the file originated.
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 21, 2006 13:21:21 GMT
I don't know how to do that!  |
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Mar 21, 2006 13:30:58 GMT
C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\ Click the 'Type' tab and look for .wav or .mp3 files. Actually, they could be listed under the name of the application associated with them. Shockwave Flash objects can hold audio clips too. There are more streaming media file formats than you can shake a stick at! Which window did you close to make the audio stop? What Operating System are you using? I'm not sure this is worth the effort - it could take ages to track it down. Maybe you're just hearing things through lack of sleep?  |
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 21, 2006 13:37:13 GMT
I've found the file, but still can't figure out where the hell it came from...? It appears, however, to originate somewhere on THIS board. Come on, own up!  |
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Mar 21, 2006 13:48:43 GMT
Ah - well, in the Temporary Internet Files window there should also be a tab for Internet Address, so just find your file and look at the value in that column. If it shows just an IP address, you can find tools to resolve it online - try Google and search for "Who Is" (with the quotes). That should throw up a few sites that let you do DNS look-ups.
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 21, 2006 13:54:05 GMT
nope oh well. you know who you are ;D |
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