[LINK] the Panic Button [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 20:46 +1100, Ben McGinnes wrote:
> 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:

Well, *I* first saw it back when we had to touch the wires with our
tongues to pick up the signals.

And the guy that was tapping the wires together heard it from an old
fella that first heard it when he was swimming around in warm salt
water, way back when light was up and dark was down, and that was all
there was...

Regards, K.

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