--- "Peter N. Spotts" <pspotts@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
I agree that this isn't necessarily the place for waving technological hurricane warnings, but the phenomenon, as you probably know, is real. It was part of the nuclear strategies of both sides during the cold war to burst warheads high over each others' countries to take out solid-state communications systems. Interestingly, for communications purposes, the one technology that seemed much less vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse was tube technology. And for communications, who had the largest inventory of tube-based communications gear? Ham radio operators.
Ah, there's something to be said for the good old days ;-)
With best regards,
Pete
Pete, I couldn't agree with you more. EMP is a very real and very scary thing that people should be aware of and prepared for. However, I think that the original poster's message was an unwarranted waste of time. As far as I can tell, this person has never posted to the list before, and didn't bother to leave his own name. This leads me to believe that his agenda is far removed from the purpose of this list, which is the dissemination of advice, information, and help on the SuSE Linux operating system. Perhaps a better way to approach such a topic on this list would have been along the lines of "What do people on this list do, if anything, to protect themselves against an EMP attack?", or "I am seeking advice on protecting myself and my equipment from EMP.". The poster's tone was decidedly not one of someone looking for or offering advice. Hence my beef with it. I would have welcomed a post along the lines of information disbursement, or something like what you have posted above. -Nick __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com