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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.
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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!
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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!"
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$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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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?
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