Subj : Re: barbed wire telephony
To   : McDoob
From : Jeff
Date : Fri Feb 18 2022 22:14:04

On 18 Feb 2022, McDoob said the following...
 
 Mc>  Je>  Ol> An article about DIY rural telephone system, partially using bar
 Mc>  Je>  Ol> as cable. I wonder if there ever was a BBS than ran over barbed 
 Mc>  Je> 
 Mc>  Je> Whoa, that's cool. And I would guess that whenever someone was ringin
 Mc>  Je> someone else, a side effect would be that the barbed-wire fence becam
 Mc>  Je> an electric barbed=wire fence.
 Mc> 
 Mc> Hahaha! That would be funny as hell! "Hello?" BZZZZZT! "$#&@!!!"
 Mc> 
 Mc> Unfortunately, I don't think it's realistic. The amount of energy
 Mc> wouldn't likely be high enough to be palpable.
 Mc> 
 Mc> Also, how's that $10 Pi-based BBS coming along, Jeffie? (^_^)/

Excellent, thanks for asking! It's going so well that I actually had a Pi
left over!

Jeff.

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