I woke up this morning to find that The Vista Forums had been hacked. Basically, one of the old moderators, “.Chris” (we’re 99% sure it’s him) got in using one of the admin’s passwords via SSH. So basically, we need to restore the backup from the previous night, however I don’t have access to that, so somehow I need to get in touch with iEntry (who own the site now). Anyway, here’s his address. It’s on his site’s WhoIs info anyway, so it’s not like it’s private. I think it’s his home phone number, so call him up and perhaps you can tell his parents what he did.

Chris Gonzales
1622 SE Dowery Lane,
Hillsboro, Oregon, 97123.
Phone: (503) 431-0877.

Anyway, onto other matters…we got a new AV receiver today. The Sony STR-DA1200ES, which has a huge wealth of inputs and finally means I don’t have to swap the optical audio cable around all the time, since this one has four optical inputs and two HDMI inputs (our old one had just one optical input, which meant I had to switch the cable between my PS3 and the Sky HD box). It’s a bit odd though - HDMI can carry both video and 7.1 audio, however the receiver will not decode the audio off the HDMI feed. I have no idea why, and I’m also a bit puzzled as to how I’m meant to get 7.1 audio into the damn thing in the first place. Other then that, so far it’s pretty good. The sound quality is excellent and it’s pretty easy to use. :)