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Years ago while servicing an HP II the other tech in the shop came into the office and turned on the power bar the partially disassembled printer was plugged into.
In spite of working with 90% blue collar folks my company policy was "Techs wear ties." We were in fact the only people in a 500+ workforce that did.
That tie was dangling in the printer as I was taking out screws on the back of the chassis...
It was that printer who's gears started to yank my tie downward simultaneously choking me and attempting to crush the life out of me with it's tiny tiny gears.
He cut the power nearly instantly and initially it was funny, I mean who does this really happen too. Then we realized that I was in fact REALLY choking, and the sudden yank had pulled tie knot to tight for me to loosen with my fingers.
Normally I carry a pocket knife with me at all times, but again company policy had deemed my leatherman a "weapon" and thus forbidden. Naturally my boss was the only one enforced the rule.
A few tense scrambling moment later the other tech managed to find a pair scissors and I was free with nothing more then a hellacious bruise on my neck.
My insistence on not wearing a tie ever again and always carrying my pocket knife led to my bosses urging I find a different employer.
@Learethak: I can vouch for this one since a similar thing happened to me. Although I didn't stop wearing ties back then, I ended up having someone else do that kind of work for me.
@Learethak: This is yet another reason I keep a deer-gutter/seat belt cutter on my belt at all times.
It has no real exposed blade, so it's not a "weapon", yet w/replaceable blades, is razor sharp. Whenever someone questions me, I explain that it's for seat belts, and it's also like what prison guards carry around the prison, so it's def not a weapon. But it's perfect for cutting ties!
@Learethak: Such risks could be potentially avoided by wearing clip-on ties, tie-tacks (once the tie-tack hits the roller, it should jam and prevent the tie from feeding in enough to actually kill you, plus it will hold the tie closer to your body and maybe prevent feed-in accidents from happening at all) or doing the military thing and tucking the tie into your shirt. Also, contacting OSHA or your local State equivalent about ties creating an unsafe workplace might be able to help get them banned for tech service people altogether.
However, Newsradio showed that it's not the printers but the copiers that will rise up and try to kill their human overlords.
No discussion about robot based evil is complete without some reference to the Seanbaby article dated July 29th, 2002. This is obviously an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed.
For word based hilarity, click on through. This is not an updated website anymore, so I am not promoting anything other than laughs by linking to an "on-point" discussion. That is all.
I predict that the first uprising machines will be hasty. For all their methodical number crunching and plotting, they'll end up on borrowed time, since many of them will not be designed with a means to even reach areas that need to be repaired. Sure, the printer can spout out deadly skin-slicing Hammermill paper, but once its ammunition is jammed, no one is going to pry out the tray to fish out the paper. Someone will snap off the "dumb" electrical boards and kill their power. Li-Ion powered machines will lumber through the streets, trying to kill as efficiently as they can before their power runs out. Suddenly our 2x4s with nails sticking out of them defeat the uprising machines, and they beg for mercy
If you're gaming at such a level as to need this on your gaming rig, then you shouldn't be spending $130. You should pick up the phone to your sponsor to have them buy it for you.
Do you really think FATAL1TY pays for computer components?
How is this a spoiler since this already happened, like, a year ago? After she was "damaged" she kept telling John she loves him.
Not to mention the fact that every episode thus far this season has either hinted at or outright explained that John & Cam are "tight" in the future and that they're into each other.
Or did you forget when Uncle Derek confronted Jess about her reason for being there?
05/18/09
05/18/09
What is this, how do you say, ah yes: "Machines behaving badly?"
05/18/09
Years ago while servicing an HP II the other tech in the shop came into the office and turned on the power bar the partially disassembled printer was plugged into.
In spite of working with 90% blue collar folks my company policy was "Techs wear ties." We were in fact the only people in a 500+ workforce that did.
That tie was dangling in the printer as I was taking out screws on the back of the chassis...
It was that printer who's gears started to yank my tie downward simultaneously choking me and attempting to crush the life out of me with it's tiny tiny gears.
He cut the power nearly instantly and initially it was funny, I mean who does this really happen too. Then we realized that I was in fact REALLY choking, and the sudden yank had pulled tie knot to tight for me to loosen with my fingers.
Normally I carry a pocket knife with me at all times, but again company policy had deemed my leatherman a "weapon" and thus forbidden. Naturally my boss was the only one enforced the rule.
A few tense scrambling moment later the other tech managed to find a pair scissors and I was free with nothing more then a hellacious bruise on my neck.
My insistence on not wearing a tie ever again and always carrying my pocket knife led to my bosses urging I find a different employer.
05/18/09
05/18/09
It has no real exposed blade, so it's not a "weapon", yet w/replaceable blades, is razor sharp. Whenever someone questions me, I explain that it's for seat belts, and it's also like what prison guards carry around the prison, so it's def not a weapon. But it's perfect for cutting ties!
05/18/09
05/18/09
Such risks could be potentially avoided by wearing clip-on ties, tie-tacks (once the tie-tack hits the roller, it should jam and prevent the tie from feeding in enough to actually kill you, plus it will hold the tie closer to your body and maybe prevent feed-in accidents from happening at all) or doing the military thing and tucking the tie into your shirt. Also, contacting OSHA or your local State equivalent about ties creating an unsafe workplace might be able to help get them banned for tech service people altogether.
However, Newsradio showed that it's not the printers but the copiers that will rise up and try to kill their human overlords.
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Caveman2: "Ugh ugh Very pretty." *Touches flame* "Aaarggh! Flame hurt me!"
Caveman1: "Ugh ugh! Technology becoming sentient. We're doomed!"
05/18/09
$1.30 is a steal.
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For word based hilarity, click on through. This is not an updated website anymore, so I am not promoting anything other than laughs by linking to an "on-point" discussion. That is all.
[www.seanbaby.com]
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Kitty:1
Printer:0
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Do you really think FATAL1TY pays for computer components?
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So this device, in essence, operates much like Firewire, but for networking, right?
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05/18/09
Soft-headed somsobitches! We need a shot in the arm boys, in the goddamn arm!
02/04/09
Not to mention the fact that every episode thus far this season has either hinted at or outright explained that John & Cam are "tight" in the future and that they're into each other.
Or did you forget when Uncle Derek confronted Jess about her reason for being there?
02/05/09
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