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- From: archangel@almighty.com (Archangel)
-
- This is a list of things that you can do to lamers who think they know
- everything about computers. MOST OF THIS STUFF IS SO SIMPLE THAT YOU
- WILL FEEL LAME JUST DOING IT! See how long it takes 'em to figure it
- out, then show them how lame they are by fixing the problem quickly.
-
- These ideas should be especially useful to the beginners in this
- newsgroup, old-schoolers will probably barf when they read this. Ok?
-
- Change the prompt on someones computer to be black on black. This is
- rather cruel if the person is computer illiterate. Very effective the
- day before a big project is due.
-
- It is possible to play sounds remotely on some workstations. (Sun
- SparcStations for instance) You can have all kinds of fun playing
- sounds like flushing toilets and other unusual sounds. Works best if
- the person is a relative newbie.
-
- Run a XXX-GIF slide show on the overhead computer projectors found in
- many computer rooms and large lecture halls. Very effective if done
- before a large class. You may wish to superglue the drive doors shut
- as well as all the relevant power switches in the "on" position and
- the power cables to the wall and hide the keyboard.
-
- Write a small program that prints "Formatting C:" and starts printing
- a series of dots at intervals afterwards. Simulate disk access by
- contiuously creating and deleting an empty text file.
-
- Write a daemon that sends each individual page of a print job to a
- different printer on the network. Select the printer at random.
-
- Put an intercom inside a machine and then convince some nerd that it
- is an AI with voice recognition.
-
- Convince a lamer that there has been a virus going around that
- presents hypnotic patterns on the screen which can really mess up your
- mind. Then start up remotely or set to start at a particular time a
- fractal program of some sort. They'll probably panic big time.
-
- Write a TSR that turns the keyboard on and off at short intervals.
- You'll watch the person try keyboard after keyboard. Can also swap
- keys using ANSI.SYS or xmodemap depending on the system.
-
- Convert a XXX image to a bitmap and make it someone's OS/2 or Windows
- backround. You can also change the backround of someone's X-Windows
- session remotely as well as make picture appear and they can't stop
- you.(use XV or a similar program)
-
- Rig the spring in a Macintosh floppy drive to fire the disk a goodly
- distance from the machine upon ejection. This one is hilarious!
-
- Reverse the turbo switch so that the machine runs fast when it should
- run slow and slow when it should be fast.
-
- If they haven't changed the default password for their BIOS, change it
- yourself and lock them out of their machine.
-
- Write fake disaster error messages that appear at random times.
-
- Archangel
- Wrath of God Hand Delivered
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