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Re: Plebgate just won't go away...

OriginalGriff4-Dec-13 5:39

OriginalGriff

4-Dec-13 5:39

And there is the problem of course: you have two groups who both habitually tell the "truth" that makes them look best - i.e. lie through their teeth - each saying diametrically opposed things. We will probably never know what really happened, but since I suspect the orders from on high are to "get rid of this before the election because it makes us look like elitist morons" Mitchell's best bet would have been to STElephantU and wait for it to blow over. Now, it'll be "news" for another year or so given how fast the courts move...

Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Dalek Dave4-Dec-13 1:12

Dalek Dave

4-Dec-13 1:12

Prankster[^]

I have just bought one, because I have an evil streak!

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Ad astra per alas porci.
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Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

JMK894-Dec-13 1:30

JMK89

4-Dec-13 1:30

If somebody played that 'prank' on me the next several hours would be spent doing a complete re-install.

D'Oh! | :doh:

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

CPallini4-Dec-13 1:37

CPallini

4-Dec-13 1:37

I do have a little child for messing up the computer. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Veni, vidi, vici.

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Nagy Vilmos4-Dec-13 1:39

Nagy Vilmos

4-Dec-13 1:39

I have learnt to do a full b/up of the girls' machines at least every week and never allow them near mine.

speramus in juniperus

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

CPallini4-Dec-13 1:43

CPallini

4-Dec-13 1:43

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
never allow them near mine

Are you able to accomplish that? What is your secret? Big Grin | :-D

Veni, vidi, vici.

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

OriginalGriff4-Dec-13 1:48

OriginalGriff

4-Dec-13 1:48

Electrified keyboard, dead mouse with buttons, that sort of thing!

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Nagy Vilmos4-Dec-13 2:00

Nagy Vilmos

4-Dec-13 2:00

That might work with your cats, but my daughters have brains.

speramus in juniperus

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Richard Deeming4-Dec-13 2:09

Richard Deeming

4-Dec-13 2:09

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
my daughters have braaains.

Oh dear. I didn't realise the recent womiting was a sign of the zombie apocalypse. Poke tongue | ;-P

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- Homer

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

OriginalGriff4-Dec-13 2:11

OriginalGriff

4-Dec-13 2:11

Beat me to it! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Nagy Vilmos4-Dec-13 1:50

Nagy Vilmos

4-Dec-13 1:50

Total Lock Down

There are accounts for Mrs Wife and I; both passworded. I am set up as admin on ALL the machines and installs etc are disabled for their accounts.

speramus in juniperus

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

CPallini4-Dec-13 2:00

CPallini

4-Dec-13 2:00

Same here.
However:

the 8 years old tries to guess my password every time I'm typing it.
The 4 years old sometimes switches OFF the power, sometimes makes the keyboard go out of order (don't ask my how, I simply don't know).

So I believe that Griff's approach is the only effective.

Veni, vidi, vici.

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Nagy Vilmos4-Dec-13 2:07

Nagy Vilmos

4-Dec-13 2:07

They're dismissed from the room before I'll enter a password - Vilmos no Stupid.

speramus in juniperus

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

CPallini4-Dec-13 2:11

CPallini

4-Dec-13 2:11

Unpractical for me. Now searching for the electrified keyboard...

Veni, vidi, vici.

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

BillWoodruff4-Dec-13 1:42

BillWoodruff

4-Dec-13 1:42

In another age and time, such as Thee be burned at the stake with much rejoicin' in the hearths.

"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.

Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Mark_Wallace4-Dec-13 1:53

Mark_Wallace

4-Dec-13 1:53

I know where I'd insert it, if I found it on one of my machines -- and I'd use a broom handle, to make sure it was inserted correctly.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Nagy Vilmos4-Dec-13 1:56

Nagy Vilmos

4-Dec-13 1:56

Why bother?

Best ever was the RBG [Random Beep Generator] installed as a service it would generate a beep at intervals between 30 seconds and four hours. We had such fun putting that on the boss's machine. Cool | :cool:

speramus in juniperus

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

glennPattonWork34-Dec-13 2:39

glennPattonWork3

4-Dec-13 2:39

There was an app for that? I wrote one in VB!

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Nagy Vilmos4-Dec-13 2:41

Nagy Vilmos

4-Dec-13 2:41

I confess to doing one in VB, but earlier than that as a TSR process in C under DOS which was loaded by autoexec.bat.

speramus in juniperus

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

glennPattonWork34-Dec-13 2:48

glennPattonWork3

4-Dec-13 2:48

When I was being taught about TSR at uni doing that was one of the assignments!

Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Johnny J.4-Dec-13 2:10

Johnny J.

4-Dec-13 2:10

I've also got one. It's so much fun... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: Stuck for that gift for the inner geek?

Jarek Kruza4-Dec-13 2:12

Jarek Kruza

4-Dec-13 2:12