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Kerr_plunk
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127 Posts		 Posted - 02/23/2003 :  00:46:28  Show Profile Send a private Message  Send Kerr_plunk an instant message
How do these things do what they do?

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J-Man
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744 Posts		 Posted - 02/24/2003 :  20:18:44  Show Profile  Send a private Message  Send J-Man an ICQ Message
If by E-bombs you mean e-mail bombs then....

A program floods a mail server with millions of e-mails thereby overloading the server and nobody's real e-mail can get into the system.


This message was written entirely with recycled electrons.

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Greg Bernhardt
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2001 Posts		 Posted - 02/24/2003 :  21:03:44  Show Profile  Send a private Message  Visit Greg Bernhardt's Homepage  Send Greg Bernhardt an ICQ Message  Send Greg Bernhardt an instant message
I think he means the bombs that knock out all electrical devices.

http://popularmechanics.com/science/military/2001/9/e-bomb/print.phtml

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Kerr_plunk
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127 Posts		 Posted - 02/24/2003 :  22:20:59  Show Profile  Send a private Message  Send Kerr_plunk an instant message
Yes, thanks Greg.



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