[LINK] the Panic Button [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Ben McGinnes ben at adversary.org
Tue Dec 7 20:46:08 AEDT 2010


On 7/12/10 2:49 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 14:35 +1100, Fred Pilcher wrote:
>> Bemused more than anxious. Why do you need flash to display a picture of 
>> a button?
> 
> Reminds me of a great prank program from the early days of Windows. A
> big red button appeared, with this written on it:
> 
>     Press and hold to test.
> 
> When you pressed and held it, the legend changed:
> 
>    Release to detonate.

I think I first saw that one as a tagline on a FidoNet BBS:

Press to arm ... [click] ... release to detonate ... "uh-oh"


Regards,
Ben

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