[46739] in Cypherpunks
Re: phone calls from hell
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jiri Baum)
Sun Jan 7 23:05:26 1996
From: Jiri Baum <jirib@sweeney.cs.monash.edu.au>
To: jimbell@pacifier.com (jim bell)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:55:18 +1100 (EST)
Cc: bdolan@use.usit.net, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <m0tZ0ab-00090OC@pacifier.com> from "jim bell" at Jan 7, 96 11:16:32 am
Reply-To: jirib@cs.monash.edu.au
Hello,
(Maybe I should put [Noise] into the subject, but then again the whole
thread is, isn't it...)
...[About exploding phones]...
> Sorta gives new meaning to the term "_Terminate_ and Stay Resident" program, doesn't it?!?
>
> (Or "end of file.")
This isn't really news...
Haven't you ever heard of the ASCII control character EOU?
Quoting from the Jargon file:
:EOU: /E-O-U/ n. The mnemonic of a mythical ASCII control
character (End Of User) that would make an ASR-33 Teletype explode
on receipt. This construction parodies the numerous obscure
delimiter and control characters left in ASCII from the days when
it was associated more with wire-service teletypes than computers
(e.g., FS, GS, RS, US, EM, SUB, ETX, and esp. EOT). It is worth
remembering that ASR-33s were big, noisy mechanical beasts with a
lot of clattering parts; the notion that one might explode was
nowhere near as ridiculous as it might seem to someone sitting in
front of a {tube} or flatscreen today.
This isn't worth signing and I'm tired...
Jiri
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