Office Pranks
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I share an office with two other people. Lately, my co-workers and I have been playing pranks on each other. Monday: One of the guys swapped my wireless mouse with another workstation, so when I moved the mouse that was placed in front of my monitor, the cursor would not move. Tuesday: He tried it again (yes, the same prank - no imagination). Wednesday: I re-booted his machine, went into the BIOS, and disabled his SATA controller, making his machine think there was no boot disk in the box. Today: I came in to find a chair that was not mine, missing all but one of its castors, and with a sign on it that read "Reseverd For VB Programmer". They had also set the voice-assist stuff on so that it read everything on the screen out loud. Today: In retaliation, not knowing which of the guys did it, I moved all of the extra office chairs (almost a dozen) onto their side of the room and interlocked the legs, as well as a couple of old tires that were in one of the storage closets. Tomorrow: I have a plan. :) (we desperately need an evil-grin smiley)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997switch out their desktop background and screensavers with gay dancer ones. should work.
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A potato in the exhaust pipe... that'll show 'em.
If anyone is up for it, I could get one of their addresses, and a bunch of us could each mail him a potatoe.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
You mean like this: http://content.bored.com/photos/priceless487.jpg[^]
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
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Already done that...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
If anyone is up for it, I could get one of their addresses, and a bunch of us could each mail him a potatoe.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
switch out their desktop background and screensavers with gay dancer ones. should work.
PompeyBoy will know about that ;)
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I share an office with two other people. Lately, my co-workers and I have been playing pranks on each other. Monday: One of the guys swapped my wireless mouse with another workstation, so when I moved the mouse that was placed in front of my monitor, the cursor would not move. Tuesday: He tried it again (yes, the same prank - no imagination). Wednesday: I re-booted his machine, went into the BIOS, and disabled his SATA controller, making his machine think there was no boot disk in the box. Today: I came in to find a chair that was not mine, missing all but one of its castors, and with a sign on it that read "Reseverd For VB Programmer". They had also set the voice-assist stuff on so that it read everything on the screen out loud. Today: In retaliation, not knowing which of the guys did it, I moved all of the extra office chairs (almost a dozen) onto their side of the room and interlocked the legs, as well as a couple of old tires that were in one of the storage closets. Tomorrow: I have a plan. :) (we desperately need an evil-grin smiley)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
"Reseverd For VB Programmer".
Harsh. Blu-tack his handset to his phone, a small bit of sellotape over the mouse LED is hard to spot and stops it working[Edit] - Already suggested. One thing we did was to get a load of post-it notes and cover every square inch of his desktop. Another highly effective and subtle one is to move everything just slightly (say half an inch) in one direction, including the desk. My colleague found that one unnerving as she could tell something was different, but not what.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
switch out their desktop background and screensavers with gay dancer ones. should work.
DOD network - can't do anything that requires a logon...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
DOD network - can't do anything that requires a logon...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
It wouldn't affect me (or any experienced programmer I suspect) - I don't look at the keyboard, I look at the screen. :laugh: Now, if you go into windows settings and change keyboard language to French, or Croatian... :evil laugh smiley:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
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Um. The French layout[^] is AZERTY... (The Croatian is basically QWERTY, but most of the programming specific characters are in different places :evil grin smiley:)
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
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Unless you look at the keyboard, you won't notice that "N" and "M" are swapped: changing the keytops does not change the letter typed... If my entire keyboard was blank, I'd notice: but I could still type. :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."
Ah, you need one of these: Das Keyboard[^] I actually have one, but I don't use it so much. Like you, I can easily type without seeing the letters, but if you program, it's good to be able to see the special signs at least...
Gotta run; I've got people to do and things to see...
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Don't tell my folks I'm a computer programmer - They think I'm a piano player in a cat house...
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects - Will Rogers, September 7, 1924modified on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:45 AM
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Ah, you need one of these: Das Keyboard[^] I actually have one, but I don't use it so much. Like you, I can easily type without seeing the letters, but if you program, it's good to be able to see the special signs at least...
Gotta run; I've got people to do and things to see...
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Don't tell my folks I'm a computer programmer - They think I'm a piano player in a cat house...
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects - Will Rogers, September 7, 1924modified on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:45 AM
I love the technical specs ... "Glossy black upper enclosure with matching black USB cable - Darth Vader approved" :)
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I share an office with two other people. Lately, my co-workers and I have been playing pranks on each other. Monday: One of the guys swapped my wireless mouse with another workstation, so when I moved the mouse that was placed in front of my monitor, the cursor would not move. Tuesday: He tried it again (yes, the same prank - no imagination). Wednesday: I re-booted his machine, went into the BIOS, and disabled his SATA controller, making his machine think there was no boot disk in the box. Today: I came in to find a chair that was not mine, missing all but one of its castors, and with a sign on it that read "Reseverd For VB Programmer". They had also set the voice-assist stuff on so that it read everything on the screen out loud. Today: In retaliation, not knowing which of the guys did it, I moved all of the extra office chairs (almost a dozen) onto their side of the room and interlocked the legs, as well as a couple of old tires that were in one of the storage closets. Tomorrow: I have a plan. :) (we desperately need an evil-grin smiley)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
You mean like attempting to log on three times with the wrong password?
..and water fell from the sky like rain.
They might not know who did it, but when they look at the logs and see JsopWhippingBoy made 3 login attempts while the access control system indicated he wasn't in the building security will have to take official notice. This is a BAD THING.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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They might not know who did it, but when they look at the logs and see JsopWhippingBoy made 3 login attempts while the access control system indicated he wasn't in the building security will have to take official notice. This is a BAD THING.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Look at logs? DoD? They've more important things to do, like mandatory training in [pick your own irrelevent subject].
..and water fell from the sky like rain.
I've been pinged more than once after security's weekly log audit when I did something at the admins direction that raised a flag and the he forgot about between then and looking at the logs. I've also been pinged for trying something and discovering I don't have the privileges to configure it myself, and needed to call the admin into the lab. I never got in trouble since they were all legit, but did have a cow-orker get slapped for screwing around the icons with someones unlocked desktop.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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I've been pinged more than once after security's weekly log audit when I did something at the admins direction that raised a flag and the he forgot about between then and looking at the logs. I've also been pinged for trying something and discovering I don't have the privileges to configure it myself, and needed to call the admin into the lab. I never got in trouble since they were all legit, but did have a cow-orker get slapped for screwing around the icons with someones unlocked desktop.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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If anyone is up for it, I could get one of their addresses, and a bunch of us could each mail him a potatoe.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
If anyone is up for it
I would do it...no prob.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Tomorrow: I have a plan. (we desperately need an evil-grin smiley)
Does it involve your guns?
