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Re: Login masking? ..DC Toaster??


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From: Hans <hab3@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Login masking?  ..DC Toaster??
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In article <3hlept$dp3@nyx10.cs.du.edu> Jeff Garzik,
jgarzik@nyx10.cs.du.edu writes:
>ObHack:  Ever used a toaster to jumpstart a car?  It was the closest
>thing at hand.  The heating elements went to the positive, and I had to
>hunt around for the negative inside the toaster.  A couple alligator
>clips, a couple wires, and a toaster, and a cold morning with a dead car
>battery -- it took me under five minutes to get going... :)
>
You have a DC toaster????
---If yes:  You have "positive" heating elements???
---If yes (?): You have a 12 volt toaster???
---If no: you used the element as a voltage divider???


ObHack: I have no external http server, so.....I stuck my home page in my
finger!
http://rsrch1.cit.cornell.edu:79/ hab3
....note there must be a space between "79/" and "hab3"
(this is OS
dependent)



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