Compaq

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Tue Aug 4 11:53:22 1998

At 10:38 AM 7/23/98 -0400, bill.sheehan_at_stoneweb.com wrote:
>Reminds me of a trick Penn Jillette (of the magician duo Penn & Teller)
>thought somebody (somebody other than *him*) should try on their laptops
>next time they pass through an airport:
>
>AUTOEXEC.BAT
>echo ARMING....

Many years ago, P&T's text-based BBS had a similar trick, proceeding
through a set of menus that warned you again and again that choosing
this menu would format your hard disk. As I recall, at the end
you got a message that congratulated your skeptical powers, knowing
there was no way they could do that... (I know, there's the old
reprogram the ANSI.SYS function key trick...)

- John
Received on Tue Aug 04 1998 - 11:53:22 BST