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Mouse Jokes
Let's start off with a classic and one of my favorite practical jokes. Without disconnecting the mouse, hide it somewhere. If the system block is set up on a desk, the mouse and its wire can be hidden behind it.
Now, put another, dummy, mouse, on the desk and throw its wire behind the desk to create the impression that it is connected to the computer. The most important thing is that the substitute mouse should look like the one that you have hidden. When your victim starts working, he or she will grab the sham mouse and quickly decide that it isn't working. It will be difficult for them to determine the root, as the computer won't issue any error messages (the computer knows that a mouse is connected - it's not its fault that no one is trying to use it) and a cursory inspection of the back panel confirms that the mouse is plugged in properly.
The same trick can be played with the keyboard, but a keyboard is more difficult to hide. If you hide it behind the computer, a cursory search will reveal it and putting two and two together will be relatively simple.
Date: 2009-02-18
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Hardware Jokes
These jokes require delving into the computer's hardware and opening up the system unit case (remember that the unit must be unplugged, due to the extreme hazard of electrical shock,). For these jokes, it is best to have unobstructed access to a computer for which the case can be opened easily.
Because these jokes require having access to the computer's insides, they can obviously only be carried out when the intended victim is not around. You can try it while the intended victim is out of the room, but coming to work before everyone is an even better way to ensure the necessary privacy. Of course, you also need to be sufficiently familiar with computer hardware.
To pull this one off, first open the system unit case. Next, unscrew the screw holding the video card and pull the video card out of its connector slightly. The card only has to be pulled out a little - one or two millimeters of the upper connector part showing above the connector on either side is enough. Now, close the case again. A cursory inspection will not reveal anything wrong, but the computer will not boot. All the victim will get during attempts to boot the system will be a bit of beeping.
Date: 2009-06-23
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Jokes with Monitors
On some monitors, the brightness can be turned all the way down to the point that the screen is simply black.. My beloved LG FLATRON 795FT is such a monitor. Turning the brightness all the way down leaves all of the vital signs on, but no information is displayed on the screen. This is the only joke that has been played on me that took me a long time to figure out. I was dancing around the computer, attempting all kinds of conjuring, checking all of the cables, but all in vain: all indications were that the monitor was working but, an image simply refused to appear. The only thing displayed was the monitor menu, but it never occurred to me to check the brightness and contrast settings. Finally, the trickster could no longer suppress his laughter, and revealed the root of the problem. I spent the days following this moment of infamy viciously trying to pay my tormentor back for the humiliation I had suffered. No one had ever been able to pull one over on me like this before.
Another little trick is to place a magnet somewhere out of sight behind the monitor. It works with old monitors only and not with LCD panels. This will create significant interference on the monitor, which will cause the user a bit of eye strain. The victim will badmouth the manufacturer, but will most likely never discover the cause on his or her own. None of the guinea pigs I have tested ever has. You should keep in mind, however, that not every magnet creates interference and not every monitor is susceptible to it. My understanding of electronics, unfortunately, is not strong enough to explain why this is the case.
If the victim does not discover the magnet on his or her own, you should remove it yourself after a short time. Otherwise, you could end up doing some real damage to the person's eyes, which is not a joking matter. Somebody's health is not something to joke with. Moreover, doing it periodically for short periods is much more effective.
Date: 2009-08-22
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A Turbo Cooler
How irritating a loud cooler fan can be for some! Perhaps it is simply because these people have not met me. Cooler jokes are my favorite now. Not long ago I received a fresh idea by e-mail that filled me with excitement.
Find a plastic ruler and chip a few small pieces off it. Next, throw them into the power supply fan casing and wait for the victim to turn on the computer. When the machine is switched on, the rattle these chips will create will make his of her eyes pop out. But if there is no rattle, turn the computer off at once. It may me the case the fan has become jammed, in which case the power supply might burn out - not exactly the effect for which we are striving. So don't overdo it with the chips in the fan, for you may discover that there is a fine line between being funny and being a complete and total idiot.
Date: 2009-09-05
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Super Scotch
At my old job, I wrote a program that printed barcodes and other information about merchandise on self-adhesive labels, which clerks then pasted on the product boxes.
Where am I going with this? To the fact that a self-adhesive label is very difficult to peel off something once it's stuck. At first, we used them to seal desk drawers shut in such a way that the labels remained unseen. From here we moved on to electrical outlets and, finally, to computers. Here, the first victim at our hands was the computer's power button, which we pasted over with a double, or even triple, layer of labels. Next came all floppy and CD-ROM drives and connectors on the back of the system unit (USB, LPT, etc.).
Scotch tape is even better for this purpose.. One time I used it to tape over the entire system unit of one of the users at work. This necessitated sacrificing a whole roll of scotch tape, but what a show it was watching him taking it all off! Seeing a system unit liberated from a roll of scotch type was worth all the trouble that went onto the exercise. This prank is particularly entertaining when there are no scissors or other cutting tools at hand to liberate the system.
My favorite, however, remains using clear scotch tape to tape over floppy disk drives. If the job is done neatly and cannot be seen, it will be difficult to figure out at once what is preventing the diskette from going in.
Date: 2010-04-04
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