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Re: Phone Harassment

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From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 1990 06:31
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In article <1990Mar16.001210.27602@ddsw1.MCS.COM> benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes:
>I saw an interesting method of getting back at phone harrassers - It
>involves a car battery, a large capacitor, and some wiring thru your phone.
>I'm not gonna go into it, but if you go through a certain sequence, you can
>send a surge through Ma Bell's wires, straight into the offender's
>handset..........

Ben, you have a lot to learn about Fiber Optics.

				--Blair
				  "Molten silanes, anyone?"
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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.legal,alt.sex,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Phone Harassment
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Date: 17 Mar 90 06:31:49 GMT
References: <21849@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <13746@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <90071.220057SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu> <1185@gtx.com> <AZzm_Iy00VoE46Oac6@andrew.cmu.edu> <1990Mar16.001210.27602@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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