full-disclosure - Re: DOS all platforms

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Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040125103814.01f863c0@mail.comcast.net>
From: macecil at comcast.net (Michael Cecil)
Subject: Re: DOS all platforms

At 06:49 AM 1/25/2004, Patrick J Okui said:
 >On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote:
 >
 >> I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to
 >> write a virus to cause physical damage.  Apparently the student was able
 >> to use harmonic resonance and the hard disk drive to physically shake
 >> the PC off the desk.
 >
 >would anyone have links to this article?

It's one of the anecdotes in the book version of the Jargon File called The 
Hacker's Dictionary, IIRC.

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