The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

2009-03-30 Reply Admin

snoofle:
The electrician missed several golden opportunities to mess with those executives....
He could have had one of them holding the projector at full arms-length.

He could have had one of them hold each end of a snipped high voltage wire in each hand in order to provide extra power to the lights.

He could have had them pressing all different "secret" buttons around the meeting floor in a vain attempt to get the magic combination that activated the elevator.

PHB's torture all of us all the time. When the tables are turned, it is our privilege, neigh obligation to reciprocate!

Ah, but you're assuming he didn't mess with them. How do you suppose the video cable became unplugged? After all, it worked when the electrician moved the laptop. What about the ringer volume (2 seconds in that corner of the room after hooking up the video cable). The electrician had to know by that point that hitting the dimmer switch on his way out the door, would have these guys in a tizzy.

I think he was funning with them. Kudos to him.

2009-03-30 Reply Admin

IT Girl:
snoofle:
The electrician missed several golden opportunities to mess with those executives....
He could have had one of them holding the projector at full arms-length.

He could have had one of them hold each end of a snipped high voltage wire in each hand in order to provide extra power to the lights.

He could have had them pressing all different "secret" buttons around the meeting floor in a vain attempt to get the magic combination that activated the elevator.

PHB's torture all of us all the time. When the tables are turned, it is our privilege, neigh obligation to reciprocate!

Ah, but you're assuming he didn't mess with them. How do you suppose the video cable became unplugged? After all, it worked when the electrician moved the laptop. What about the ringer volume (2 seconds in that corner of the room after hooking up the video cable). The electrician had to know by that point that hitting the dimmer switch on his way out the door, would have these guys in a tizzy.

I think he was funning with them. Kudos to him.

Never attribute to malice that which can be equally explained by stupidity.

icelava · 2009-03-30 Reply Admin

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2009-04-22 Reply Admin

If you ever find yourself using words like "synergize" and "monetize" on your own in a serious discussion

I only so if (and only if) they are immediately followed by the 3rd step (no, not "the profit"): "sodomize".

Can I still walk?

2013-03-04 Reply Admin

Elie:
"...twelve executives are definitely not enough to change a light bulb."
What happened to the other 2?

They were enjoying the predicament of the other 12.

Florent:
If the dimmer button will go all the way to off, then an on-off switch is useless and should be gotten rid of.

Not all dimmer switches will actually go to off. At the dimmest setting, the lamp may not produce any light but still be using electricity.

Anonymous:
Something is clearly amiss here - you can't actually dim fluorescent bulbs.

You can actually. Reducing the duty cycle of the high-voltage high-frequency AC that's causing the gas in the bulb to fluoresce will reduce the lamp's perceived brightness.

Note also that nobody said the bulbs were fluorescent.

What is the purpose of a phone that rings silently ?

There is usually a light and/or an LCD display that indicates it's receiving a call even if the ringer isn't on. Picking up the handset will answer the call even though it never rang.

2017-08-02 Reply Admin

reminds me of a crazy story in a Reader's Digest: "how many Nuclear Power Plant employees does it take to change a light bulb? 52." that's NOT a joke- when replacing the small bulbs in the warning light display (that light up when there's a problem) they are required BY LAW to go through a ridiculously complex process that requires 52 employees.

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