Office Pranks
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Basically it means when using the PS2 adapter (Round connection) it does n-key rollover - It can register you pressing as many key as you like at the same time - Whilst when using a USB connection it can only process up to 6 keys being depressed at one time. Well that is how I understand that that means.
Thanks! So the only thing that doesn't make sense is the terminology, which doesn't in any way describe what it does, but is probably how the developer thought of it when he was building the various classes/whatever to make it work -- The focus, like, rolls over, y'know, so I called it RollOver. And if I want to play one of those ridiculous games that require the use of five fingers and both thumbs to aim a gun, and your nose to hit the fire button, I can do it with this keyboard (except through USB, of course -- then I'll have to use the mouse, too).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Can't do anything that would require a login - we're on a DoD network.
".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, 1997Some idiot one-voter obviously doesn't like the DoD.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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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, 1997Don't forget low-tech (no-tech?) oldies but goodies. A convincingly realistic rubber snake in a desk drawer can be a wonderful thing.
Everybody SHUT UP until I finish my coffee...
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Now, if you go into windows settings and change keyboard language to French, or Croatian... :evil laugh smiley:
That's not a prank; the fucking thing does it on its own :mad:. I do the UI's in our group. As a result, I've got several languages installed on my XP machine, along with corresponding keyboard layouts. The stupid thing shifts keyboard languages and turns the language bar back on, even after I disable it.
Software Zen:
delete this;I always thought that was just me: I ended up removing all the non-UK KB's and only add them back when I need them. Then I take the damn things out again. Drove me round the twist!
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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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, 1997If you are using Windows, write a small program that uses Win32 hooks to capture a single key from the keyboard, and randomly keep it from being passed to other programs. A keyboard wedge. It works rather like a keylogger, but will not log anything and will simply drop that particular key into the bit bucket. Make sure it's just one key. Make sure the program runs at startup, or make it into a service. Sit back and let hilarity ensue. :->
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Thanks! So the only thing that doesn't make sense is the terminology, which doesn't in any way describe what it does, but is probably how the developer thought of it when he was building the various classes/whatever to make it work -- The focus, like, rolls over, y'know, so I called it RollOver. And if I want to play one of those ridiculous games that require the use of five fingers and both thumbs to aim a gun, and your nose to hit the fire button, I can do it with this keyboard (except through USB, of course -- then I'll have to use the mouse, too).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
And if I want to play one of those ridiculous games that require the use of five fingers and both thumbs to aim a gun, and your nose to hit the fire button, I can do it with this keyboard (except through USB, of course -- then I'll have to use the mouse, too).
You have a foot don't you? Actually you'd better have 2 feet so you can drive both mice at the same time. :laugh:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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I always thought that was just me: I ended up removing all the non-UK KB's and only add them back when I need them. Then I take the damn things out again. Drove me round the twist!
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."
What kills me is that, even if you reassign the hot keys that enable the language bar, and disable the language bar, XP turns the thing back on any time you switch languages. I hate that sort of nanny crap.
Software Zen:
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What kills me is that, even if you reassign the hot keys that enable the language bar, and disable the language bar, XP turns the thing back on any time you switch languages. I hate that sort of nanny crap.
Software Zen:
delete this;I was never that convinced that disabling the language bar actually worked: it seemed to turn itself on whenever it found you had multiple layouts loaded - even if I carefully turn it off.
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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Long live Dvorak!
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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, 1997I did prank only ones... took screen shot of desktop...and set it as wall paper. uncheck "show desktop items" option in arrange icons option. uncheck "Lock the taskBar" option in taskbar. pull the taskbar down to the screen..and enjoy...... :-D
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Johnny J. wrote:
Das Keyboard
I just love it when I read specs like this: "Model S allows full n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter, and 6 keys with USB." I have absolutely no idea WTF that is talking about, and it makes no sense -- "n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter"? Is that Greek? And how can you "allow" "6 keys with USB"? What's a "key with USB", anyway? How can you hit it if there's a bleeding cable plugged into it? If they can't even provide readable overviews, I'd be sticking my neck on the block by buying it. So is it in my shopping cart? Yabetcha not. Would have been, though, because I like the idea, but I'll wait for one that's not so obviously targeted at a small niche market -- so they lost a sale by not correctly identifying their potential customers.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
"Model S allows full n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter, and 6 keys with USB." It probably means that keyboard can read any number of keys you can press at once (or at least 6 on usb cable). At least I think it means that...
In soviet Russia code debugs You!
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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, 1997At my place of employment favorites are: -someone walks away from an unlocked computer: Set background to Image of David Hasselhof[^] -- Find out who "Hoffed" you then -- put tape on their mouse sensor (clear celo works best) -- Switch their monitor cables (left to right etc.) -- Rotate the items symmetrically in their cube. My most favorite prank was to frame a guy for belittling me by "in his style" posting up disparaging remarks about myself, with the hopes that he would get called out on it... (unfortunately I was laughing to hard as my manager walked by... :doh: ) :cool:
I'd blame it on the Brain farts.. But let's be honest, it really is more like a Methane factory between my ears some days then it is anything else...
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"The conversations he was having with himself were becoming ominous."-.. On the radio... -
At my place of employment favorites are: -someone walks away from an unlocked computer: Set background to Image of David Hasselhof[^] -- Find out who "Hoffed" you then -- put tape on their mouse sensor (clear celo works best) -- Switch their monitor cables (left to right etc.) -- Rotate the items symmetrically in their cube. My most favorite prank was to frame a guy for belittling me by "in his style" posting up disparaging remarks about myself, with the hopes that he would get called out on it... (unfortunately I was laughing to hard as my manager walked by... :doh: ) :cool:
I'd blame it on the Brain farts.. But let's be honest, it really is more like a Methane factory between my ears some days then it is anything else...
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"The conversations he was having with himself were becoming ominous."-.. On the radio...Ohh and i heard of a guy(A) using a wireless mouse dongle in another guys(B) computer, and then (A) would just ever so slightly move the wireless mouse using it to mess with (B)... B thought he was going insane, and everyone knew so when he (B) would have someone come over "while it was happening" they (C-F) would say they see nothing.. driving (B) to the brink of madness... (ahh good times).. :-\
I'd blame it on the Brain farts.. But let's be honest, it really is more like a Methane factory between my ears some days then it is anything else...
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"The conversations he was having with himself were becoming ominous."-.. On the radio... -
At my place of employment favorites are: -someone walks away from an unlocked computer: Set background to Image of David Hasselhof[^] -- Find out who "Hoffed" you then -- put tape on their mouse sensor (clear celo works best) -- Switch their monitor cables (left to right etc.) -- Rotate the items symmetrically in their cube. My most favorite prank was to frame a guy for belittling me by "in his style" posting up disparaging remarks about myself, with the hopes that he would get called out on it... (unfortunately I was laughing to hard as my manager walked by... :doh: ) :cool:
I'd blame it on the Brain farts.. But let's be honest, it really is more like a Methane factory between my ears some days then it is anything else...
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"The conversations he was having with himself were becoming ominous."-.. On the radio... -
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, 1997For complete keyboard control, I use SharpKeys (needed to fit a slimline apple keyboard to a windows environment - kids got if for me for Christmas a few years back because it "looked better than all the rest." http://www.randyrants.com/2008/12/sharpkeys_30.html[^] Very easy to use - maybe a bit powerful for a prank, tho...
-Bob
modified on Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:40 AM
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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 -
OriginalGriff wrote:
I don't look at the keyboard, I look at the screen.
That is the point. This won't work if someone looks at the keyboard. Try it and you will see what I mean.
OriginalGriff wrote:
Now, if you go into windows settings and change keyboard language to French, or Croatian...
Hmmm....
Yusuf May I help you?
The first time I heard about the key switch was back in the good old DOS days. Apparently the prankster not only switched the key caps but also used some ANSI trickery to switch the character produced by the two keys. This was mostly upsetting to touch typists who saw the bad output but when then hit the key marked 'm' it actually produced 'm' onscreen.
I'm not a programmer but I play one at the office
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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, 1997Place a personals ad on Craigslist, with their picture, in the men seeking men section.
Before .NET 4.0, object Universe = NULL;
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Johnny J. wrote:
Das Keyboard
I just love it when I read specs like this: "Model S allows full n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter, and 6 keys with USB." I have absolutely no idea WTF that is talking about, and it makes no sense -- "n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter"? Is that Greek? And how can you "allow" "6 keys with USB"? What's a "key with USB", anyway? How can you hit it if there's a bleeding cable plugged into it? If they can't even provide readable overviews, I'd be sticking my neck on the block by buying it. So is it in my shopping cart? Yabetcha not. Would have been, though, because I like the idea, but I'll wait for one that's not so obviously targeted at a small niche market -- so they lost a sale by not correctly identifying their potential customers.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark Wallace wrote:
"Model S allows full n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter, and 6 keys with USB." I have absolutely no idea WTF that is talking about, and it makes no sense -- "n-key rollover with a PS2 adapter"? Is that Greek? And how can you "allow" "6 keys with USB"? What's a "key with USB", anyway? How can you hit it if there's a bleeding cable plugged into it?
Great thanks. I learned something new. . .and the reason probably for what I see occasionally. When typing (it seems only in emails (Outlook), I swear I didn't type it but a character shows up (usually an M) and it always puzzled me. But in your link I saw the reason I believe: "However, if the user has two keys depressed and attempts to strike a third key, the third keypress may create a "phantom key" by shorting out the switch matrix."
