Darren New wrote:

> Or take a screen snapshot, make that the background, then minimize all 
> the windows.
> 

Are you sure that this shouldn’t be in the “Reminiscences of an Old 
Fart” thread?
I remember turning down the brilliance of someone’s oscilloscope then 
unscrewing the “power on” bulb. Fun, fun, fun! :)

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	Stephen

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One favourite that some people I've worked with liked to do with an 
unlocked machine was to send an e-mail from the machine's owner to the 
machine's owner (ie, if it was Joe Smith's machine, to send an e-mail to 
Joe Smith from that machine's e-mail client, which was logged in as Joe 
Smith) with something in it to the effect of "aren't you glad I didn't e-
mail your thoughts to the CEO?" - that really gets people's attention....

Jim

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Stefan Viljoen wrote:

> No matter what I did, FF was totally dead. No amount of clicking, typing, or 
> anything else would help.
> 
> I was just starting to panic when I realized I was clicking on the 
> SCREENSHOT I just ook, not the actual FF instance that was running... *blush 
> squared*

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

EPIC FAILURE.

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Stephen wrote:

> I remember turning down the brilliance of someone’s oscilloscope then 
> unscrewing the “power on” bulb. Fun, fun, fun! :)

Wait - you've touched an *actual* oscilliscope?!

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Invisible wrote:
> 
> Wait - you've touched an *actual* oscilliscope?!

What's weird in that? I have one laying on my living room's table.

-Aero

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>> Wait - you've touched an *actual* oscilliscope?!
> 
> What's weird in that? I have one laying on my living room's table.

Last time I checked, such equipment costs thousands of pounds. 
(Presumably because few people need to buy them...)

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
> Last time I checked, such equipment costs thousands of pounds.
> (Presumably because few people need to buy them...)
> 

Well yes, the high-end ones, bought as new from the store. I paid 50
euros (or to be more precise, I got 50 euros less cash whem I received
it as a part of payment of a car I sold to my friend).

-Aero

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Last time I checked, such equipment costs thousands of pounds. 

So does a decent computer. :-)

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Is God willing to prevent naglams, but unable?
     Then he is not omnipotent.
   Is he able, but not willing, to prevent naglams?
     Then he is malevolent.

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Invisible wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
> 
>> I remember turning down the brilliance of someone’s oscilloscope then 
>> unscrewing the “power on” bulb. Fun, fun, fun! :)
> 
> Wait - you've touched an *actual* oscilliscope?!

It was the main tool of my trade when I started working in electronics, 
all those years ago. It was also useful for keeping sausage rolls warm, 
as it was a valve job. :-)

They looked something like this
http://www.thevalvepage.com/testeq/tek/545a/545a.htm


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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Wait - you've touched an *actual* oscilliscope?!
>>
>> What's weird in that? I have one laying on my living room's table.
> 
> Last time I checked, such equipment costs thousands of pounds.
> (Presumably because few people need to buy them...)
> 

Had an old HP oscilliscope sitting in storage, think it was about $5 USD
when I got it. Scrap sales, surplus, and so on; universities get rid of
rid of stuff at auction around here. Lots of goodies, dirt cheap. Ya
don't have to be old to use old hardware.

Who ever I was storing it with tried to power it up, and threw it out
when it didn't work. Or sold it at a profit.

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