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.obj can also be a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relocatable_Object_Module_Format
 
.obj can also be a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relocatable_Object_Module_Format
 
cia-bin is a play on cgi-bin  Sebastian --[[Special:Contributions/178.26.118.249|178.26.118.249]] 15:06, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 
cia-bin is a play on cgi-bin  Sebastian --[[Special:Contributions/178.26.118.249|178.26.118.249]] 15:06, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
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After the reference to the FBI in the (currently) final paragraph I was thinking of adding something like the following:
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:This would also 'explain' the initial directory structure of "/PUB/CIA-BIN/ETC", something like an FTP /pub/ directory for publicly open files, and conflating the CIA with /cgi-bin/ as a somewhat common location for {{w|Common Gateway Interface|dynamic web-pages}}, then /etc/ which is another Linux/Unix directory reference, strangely stored underneath a doubley-referenced 'tilde' directory, what with ~foo as the root directory generally redirecting to the home directory for user "foo".  These are all usually lower-case (and case-sensitive), but if the INIT.DLL has anthing to do with it it might mean it's an uppercase-dominated and yet actually case-insensitive Windows-based system, with that Windows Dynamically Linked Library as a dynamic responder.
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...but I've rushed that and it looks messy/may have errors in it, so feel free to clean it up if it inspires you.  Or not... [[Special:Contributions/178.98.215.19|178.98.215.19]] 16:34, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

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LNK and ZDA...Link and Zelda? 76.64.65.200 13:43, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

http://www.ip-tracker.org/locator/ip-lookup.php?ip=65.222.202.53, some place in the USA. Looks random, but still...

Someone mentioned you see the word Hackers as well as a pirated movie... In fact the pirated movie is the 1995 movie named Hackers. Edited it to make the reference clear. -- Sonofaresiii (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

I am missing DMG or other "Mac" suspect executable -- 145.64.134.242 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

WRBT.OBJ.O.H WhiteRabbit.obj from Jurassic Park. Not sure about the O.H Andym (talk) 14:56, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Fixed .O.H - these are file extensions with C compilers and C headers, respectively.BlackHatm


.tar.gz stands for tarred and gzipped (archive) files; here .co. was introduced to make it look like a domain name .obj can also be a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relocatable_Object_Module_Format cia-bin is a play on cgi-bin Sebastian --178.26.118.249 15:06, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

After the reference to the FBI in the (currently) final paragraph I was thinking of adding something like the following:

This would also 'explain' the initial directory structure of "/PUB/CIA-BIN/ETC", something like an FTP /pub/ directory for publicly open files, and conflating the CIA with /cgi-bin/ as a somewhat common location for dynamic web-pages, then /etc/ which is another Linux/Unix directory reference, strangely stored underneath a doubley-referenced 'tilde' directory, what with ~foo as the root directory generally redirecting to the home directory for user "foo". These are all usually lower-case (and case-sensitive), but if the INIT.DLL has anthing to do with it it might mean it's an uppercase-dominated and yet actually case-insensitive Windows-based system, with that Windows Dynamically Linked Library as a dynamic responder.

...but I've rushed that and it looks messy/may have errors in it, so feel free to clean it up if it inspires you. Or not... 178.98.215.19 16:34, 5 August 2013 (UTC)