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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by brirec on Friday April 19, 2019 @02:02AM (#19697412)
Oh dear god, why did you connect your iMac’s Ethernet port to mains? Did you expect it to survive?!

The fact that Ethernet functions the same with a voltage bias across the leads is exploited for PoE — power over Ethernet.

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by jrockway on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:30PM (#19700841)
> Oh dear god, why did you connect your iMac’s Ethernet port to mains?

Because I was 15 and bored.

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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB... by copperx on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:41PM (#19703256)
Wouldn't you be more bored if you found yourself without an iMac?
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