Comments on: Confusing co-workers, family and friends for fun http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun A .NET developer in silicon valley Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Larry Richardson http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-5122 Larry Richardson Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:57:55 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-5122 When you do the BSOD, make sure you disable the mouse being able to disable the screensaver. I did this to a guy that was trying to build a NT server. Two days worth of ROLF for the whole team! One place, I actually made a script that copied the bsod screen saver file over the default screen saver. Then set a task to run. It simply amazed some people that I could predict the exact time a machine would crash!!! When you do the BSOD, make sure you disable the mouse being able to disable the screensaver. I did this to a guy that was trying to build a NT server. Two days worth of ROLF for the whole team!

One place, I actually made a script that copied the bsod screen saver file over the default screen saver. Then set a task to run. It simply amazed some people that I could predict the exact time a machine would crash!!!

]]> By: Tom Groves http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-4376 Tom Groves Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:04:50 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-4376 http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/ would be more fun for Google :-) Damien - I'm back in Guernsey now and will be for some time so we should catch up soon! Tom http://www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon/ would be more fun for Google :-)

Damien – I’m back in Guernsey now and will be for some time so we should catch up soon!

Tom

]]> By: Damien Guard http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-3227 Damien Guard Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:48:15 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-3227 Hmm, I must have been thinking French keyboards then! :D Always a challenge when you are on holiday in a foreign Internet Cafe. Japan was the trickiest... [)amien Hmm, I must have been thinking French keyboards then! :D

Always a challenge when you are on holiday in a foreign Internet Cafe. Japan was the trickiest…

[)amien

]]> By: Daniel http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-3171 Daniel Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:16:48 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-3171 German keyboards swap Y and Z (that's why they're called QWERTZ keyboards). Much funnier are the umlauts thought, with []' replaced by äöü. German keyboards swap Y and Z (that’s why they’re called QWERTZ keyboards). Much funnier are the umlauts thought, with []‘ replaced by äöü.

]]> By: steve http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-2837 steve Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:27:21 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/2007/09/06/confusing-co-workers-family-and-friends-for-fun#comment-2837 You're an evil, evil man. You’re an evil, evil man.

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