Re: phone calls from hell

At 01:15 PM 1/7/96 -0500, you wrote:

>SNS News Service "Exploding Phone"
>January 7, 1996..15 Teves  5756..Number 850..Update from Israel 
>It is now being reported that the cellular phone that killed him was 
>detonated by a remote control. The son of Ayyash's landlord, identified 
>as Ikrimeh Hamad, was expected to have handed Ayyash the phone 
>earlier in the day. Some reports state that his whereabouts are 
>unknown but other reports stated that he is now hiding-out in Israel. 
>>>27 Heathway Court * London England * NW3 7TS * 44-181-458-6510  
>Fax: 44-181-455-8701
> Copyright, Shomron News Service, 1996
>
>***
>
>Comment by bd:  
>
>I suppose this phone was prepared especially for Ayyash, but the 
>imagination wanders.  Imagine a world in which *every* cellphone 
>(or other net-connected computer or ....) had a little explosive built 
>in.  For that matter, the case itself could be constructed of a plastic 
>explosive.  
>
>Sure would make it easy to get rid of unwanted citizens.  
>Just match the voice pattern on the cellphone or confirm the password 
>issuing from the computer, send the special signal down the line and 
>*BOOM*, one less nuisance for the state.


Sorta gives new meaning to the term "_Terminate_ and Stay Resident" program, doesn't it?!?

(Or "end of file.")

Hello,

(Maybe I should put [Noise] into the subject, but then again the whole
thread is, isn't it...)
 
...[About exploding phones]...

> Sorta gives new meaning to the term "_Terminate_ and Stay Resident" program, doesn't it?!?
> 
> (Or "end of file.")

This isn't really news...

Haven't you ever heard of the ASCII control character EOU?

Quoting from the Jargon file:

:EOU: /E-O-U/ n. The mnemonic of a mythical ASCII control
   character (End Of User) that would make an ASR-33 Teletype explode
   on receipt.  This construction parodies the numerous obscure
   delimiter and control characters left in ASCII from the days when
   it was associated more with wire-service teletypes than computers
   (e.g., FS, GS, RS, US, EM, SUB, ETX, and esp. EOT).  It is worth
   remembering that ASR-33s were big, noisy mechanical beasts with a
   lot of clattering parts; the notion that one might explode was
   nowhere near as ridiculous as it might seem to someone sitting in
   front of a {tube} or flatscreen today.


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jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com> said:


jb> Sorta gives new meaning to the term "_Terminate_ and Stay Resident"
jb> program, doesn't it?!?

	Wouldn't that be "Stay Resident and Terminate" or "Stay and
Terminate Resident"?

jb> (Or "end of file.")



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