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2004/7/29 [Recreation/Humor] UID:32559 Activity:very high Cat_by:auto

7/28    EtherKiller:
        http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller  -John
        \_ so...this is more clever than just running around the office with
           a hammer breaking shit because it shows you can use a soldering iron?
        \_ isn't this more of a tool for pissed off users than IT?
        \_ Thank you, sehnen sich deutscher lebhaftJohn! HEIL!

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www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller -> www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/It all started one day with this guy, the origional Etherkiller, developed with a few misc parts to warn new users that the IT department is not to be messed with. You too can make one at home, connect the transmit pins of the RJ-45 to HOT on 110VAC and the recieve pins to Common. This led to some general discussion that this particular device really is in a class of devices, now called the "killers", which need to be made. The Players Remote control After blowing several circuits in the office, and for some sembelance of safely, we added this fuse box. Allright, truth be told this only got used a few times and a bunch of devices in the office just got real used to being rebooted. I don't remember, but for some reason that didn't sound as challenging. Oh, now I remember, it normally wouldn't trip fast enough. So we took this device to plug into the power strip to power it. Those old RGB video cables sure do, so we slapped on some T's and connected it to an old video cable. The cable pictured was for a sync on green system, but RGBHV would work with a few more T's. A co-worker, lets call him E, had a video card going to be shipped back to a major PC supplier because it had some video interference/ghosting problems. Well, I took the card and with a loud SNAP and a bright flash the ghosting problems were gone. A good 1/2" radius was charred on the card, by far the most impressive distruction at that time. E was kinda pissed since it was under his name the card was getting shipped back. Bus Killer This one is the real pride and joy of the department. It started as PCI Killer, but now in version 2, fits PCI, ISA, and AGP. This incorporates 4 back slot covers with some epoxy to a front bay cover and a blank electrical outlet plate. One day the local salesmen reps of a major networking company (that rhymes with Nabisco) came by to talk to my boss. Since he was on the phone they came in and talked to me so I showed them the etherkiller. I also got yelled at by my boss since he thinks we might not ever get warranty support again. Coming soon hopefully will be some pictures of these goodies in action. But half of the battle is keeping the users wondering anyway. We've blown up about 3 network cards, 2 video cards, and some other misc drives. Hopefully sometime early this summer will be distruction day '02. Thanks to a friend, some modems were added to the pile for fryin'.