Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!uflorida!novavax!proxftl!bill From: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: computer follies Message-ID: <826@proxftl.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 88 16:48:05 GMT References: <827@cernvax.UUCP> <3276@edm.UUCP> Reply-To: bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) Distribution: na Organization: Proximity Technology, Ft. Lauderdale Lines: 20 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Keywords: Here's another, as told by one of my coworkers. (There are no names because I don't remember and wouldn't tell if I did. Also, no warranties on the accuracy of details, as this was told to me several years ago.) It seems that there was this system that had drums which spun about a horizontal axis. This drum also had a brake, intended to be used when the drum was (almost) spun down. Along comes Harry the Hacker, who finds a way to play with the I/O registers. He activates the drum brake ... and the drum, conserving momentum, causes the drum *housing* to spin, which, since the drum is right next to a wall, puts the whole thing *though* the wall! --- Bill You can still reach me at proxftl!bill But I'd rather you send to proxftl!twwells!bill