Comments on: Where is the kaboom? It was supposed to go kaboom! https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:01:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 By: floatingatoll https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:01:31 +0000 #comment-611 New one floating about.

# drop patch.exe
:0 
* ^Subject: Use this patch immediately
* !^X-Mailer:
* !^X-MimeOLE:
* ^Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary="xxxx"
/dev/null
]]> By: dargit https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 17:02:46 +0000 #comment-610 Thanks! It was more complete then the quick one I had thrown together. ;-)

]]> By: dargit https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:59:25 +0000 #comment-609 Yep. I have just moved my firewall from freebsd to openbsd. Guess what was plugged into the UPS and what wasn’t? *oops* old firewall box was still running but…

]]> By: fweebles https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:00:36 +0000 #comment-608

]]> By: fweebles https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:39:45 +0000 #comment-607 *throws a phone-line powered handset at Rich from the seemingly infinite pile his parents keep around in case the power goes out*

]]> By: Rich https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:39:22 +0000 #comment-606 Also,

# drop sobig
:0 
* ^Subject: (Your details)|(Thank you!)|(Re: Thank you!)|(Re: Details)|(Re: Re: My details)|(Re: Approved)|(Re: Your application)|(Re: Wicked screensaver)|(Re: That movie)|(Attachment:)
* ^X-MailScanner: Found to be clean
* ^X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook
* ^X-MSMail-Priority:
* !^X-MimeOLE:
* ^Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
/dev/null
]]> By: Rich https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:36:45 +0000 #comment-605 Yeah, but I bet yours were all from Earth!

Yep, the blackout was interesting indeed. The life-or-death part worked out fine — we lost no fish! I learned two important lessons, though. I promised myself I would not post about the blackout so I will convey them here instead:

  • Three of the six plugs on the UPS are not battery-backed. Should probably use the ones that are, instead.
  • While a cordless phone is useful day-to-day, it stops being useful when the only power available is 48VDC from a phone jack.

Oops. :-)

]]> By: dargit https://www.lafferty.ca/2003/08/21/where-is-the-kaboom-it-was-supposed-to-go-kaboom/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:16:19 +0000 #comment-604 I just received something like 14 of those horrible viruses in a row, “Re; ….” with the .pif attachment. ugh. *hate it*
You obviously weathered the blackout. That was fun.

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