>When I was working in the support section of an ISP, we routinely used a
>ping with this command (in hex) as payload to hang up customers with only
>one phone line :) We found that the only modems that it wouldn't work on
>were the US Robotics - based ones, pretty much everything else was
>disc
begin Rob B quotation:
> When I was working in the support section of an ISP, we routinely used
> a ping with this command (in hex) as payload to hang up customers with
> only one phone line :) We found that the only modems that it wouldn't
> work on were the US Robotics - based ones, pretty mu
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From: "DaZZa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alister Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:15 AM
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alister Waller wrote:
>
> > # start curiosity
> >
> > Did this affect both Linux and Windows users?
> >
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 07:28:27PM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
>
> > > Somebody have a good docs/HOWTO about mapping users in NT to the Linux?
> >
> > in another note, please learn how to find out the information yourself via
> > google/HOWTOs/etc. just as an exercise, i typed in "map usernames
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ben Leslie wrote:
> > > 1) The chance of a combination of binary code coming out in the exact
> > > format of "+++ath0" is literally staggering. Winning lotto, by comparison,
> > > would be an every day event.
> >
> > Yes, 1 in 72057594037927936.
>
> or more nicely 2 ^ 56. Wh
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:06, Stephen Robert Norris wrote:
> > 1) The chance of a combination of binary code coming out in the exact
> > format of "+++ath0" is literally staggering. Winning lotto, by
> > comparison, would be an every day event.
>
> Yes, 1 in 72057594037927936.
Out of interest, how
begin DaZZa quotation:
> 1) The chance of a combination of binary code coming out in the exact
> format of "+++ath0" is literally staggering. Winning lotto, by comparison,
> would be an every day event.
Um, no, it's not. Or, at least, it would seem that you don't transfer
very much data, if tha
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stephen Robert Norris wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 11:53:04AM +1000, DaZZa wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Rick Moen wrote:
> >
> > > > Only those who have cheap junk modems, or who don't know how to set them
> > > > up properly.
> > >
> > > Well, look, folks, I hate to
* This one time, at band camp, Stephen Robert Norris said:
> Yes, 1 in 72057594037927936.
Please, take it to slug-chat if you must keep it up.
Thanks
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 11:53:04AM +1000, DaZZa wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Rick Moen wrote:
>
> > > Only those who have cheap junk modems, or who don't know how to set them
> > > up properly.
> >
> > Well, look, folks, I hate to have to spell it out for you guys, but...
>
> Please, spell. I'm
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Only those who have cheap junk modems, or who don't know how to set them
> > up properly.
>
> Well, look, folks, I hate to have to spell it out for you guys, but...
Please, spell. I'm anxious to see how good your english is.
> Have you ever looked, raw,
begin DaZZa quotation:
> Only those who have cheap junk modems, or who don't know how to set them
> up properly.
Well, look, folks, I hate to have to spell it out for you guys, but...
Have you ever looked, raw, at a binary file, e.g. cat'ed it to screen by
accident? That sort of stuff is, of c
begin Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP quotation:
> A month to do it is childish but for 2 years now
> http://bad.debian.net/list/1999-October/000583.html
> BTW I'm not on a modem so I can't test
My goodness: People have been throwing that ancient gag around for a
_lot_ longer than two years. It'
This one time, at band camp, Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP wrote:
>A month to do it is childish but for 2 years now
I missed all of this lovely thread, but my 2c:
ATS2=255
For those who don't know the Hayes command set, this changes the escape
character from '+' to ASCII 255, which has a reduc
ubject: Re: [SLUG] Answer + Disappointment
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Charles U Farley wrote:
> I'm happy to paint you as a villain Rick, as I'm sure many of this
> lists modem users are. Yes you've annoyed me personally, does + + +
> ath ring any bells in your juvenile head. For
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alister Waller wrote:
> # start curiosity
>
> Did this affect both Linux and Windows users?
>
> # end curiosity
It's OS independant. However, it *is* modem dependant.
I posted a reference page - a little google searching for "ping+ath0" will
find more.
DaZZa
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Charles U Farley wrote:
> I'm happy to paint you as a villain Rick, as I'm sure many of this
> lists modem users are. Yes you've annoyed me personally, does + + +
> ath ring any bells in your juvenile head. For those of you lucky
> enough to be unaware, Rick decided to incl
begin David Kempe quotation:
> The thrust of said essay seems to discount that there is more than one
> way of learning.
You are mistaken.
I am rather qualified to tell you what the thrust of the essay is, being
its co-author: Its thrust is that one is more likely to get fruitful
responses f
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