11 Nov
2011
11 Nov
'11
5:07 a.m.
--- On Thu, 11/10/11, Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
The EtherKiller I find funny, because I don't really expect
any
significant number of them actually exist.
Sridhar's remark, on the other hand, I do find somewhat
disturbing.
Perhaps I'm just falling for a good deadpan act, but if he
really does
have that thing it does bother me.
I kinda had the opposite reaction. I figured that the whole "attaching mains power to
data connectors" was a sort of rite of passage... something every geek has done at
some point. I'd wager that most of us have some kind of EtherKiller or related device
hanging around, if only for the shock value when someone else sees it. And, of course, for
demonstrating the meaning of the phrase "magic smoke".
Hint: a 4 pin molex connector at the end of a power cord will make a dead hard drive even
deader... with fireworks!
-Ian
>> At
least one.? I
call it my "serial killer".? Supplies mains
>> voltage to every alternate pin on a
DB25.
> Sounds suspiciously like the BOFH's EtherKiller,
the mains cord with
a BNC
plug on the other end.
Am I the only one who doesn't find this funny?