you know you were thinking it, i just made the thread...

i hope the conficker virus isn't anyone's idea of a funny april fool's joke, but what have you done in the past / what are you going to do this year?

some ideas: http://lifehacker.com/373817/top-10-harmless-geek-pranks

Quote :

"10. Install the Blue Screen of Death Screensaver 9. Fake a Desktop with Screenshot Wallpaper 8. Schedule a Phone Call with a Text-to-Speech Message from Wakerupper.com 7. Fill an Office with Packing Peanuts (Or Make It Look That Way) 6. Remote Control Your Co-Workers' Computer with VNC 5. Message Co-Workers with NET SEND 4. "Break" Your Victim's LCD Screen with Wallpaper 3. Hijack Firefox with the Total Confusion Pack Extension (Enabled on April 1st Only) 2. Customize the Office HP Printer's Console Message 1. Turn Web Pages Upside Down"

3/31/2009 2:03:38 PM

did the flip LCD on side thing and the HP printer display hack last year

3/31/2009 2:17:03 PM

The printer in my lab currently says, "FEED ME A CAT".

3/31/2009 2:20:05 PM

i do #5 frequently

3/31/2009 2:20:45 PM

Really simple one since the machines are all beside each other - reconnect (crosswire) all of the mice and keyboards in the computer lab to the wrong stations. The kids become SO confused.

3/31/2009 2:23:14 PM

ha. We have this one woman that is always giving us hell about something. I so want to go into the video card settings, flip the screen 90 or 180 degrees and see what she says. I'd probably be found dead the next day though.

3/31/2009 2:30:16 PM

I totally just remote connected to my roommate's laptop for the firefox addon

3/31/2009 3:21:39 PM

post the ones found today on here

4/1/2009 9:59:16 AM

totally doing the printer thing... just tried it on my 4200 4-line at home and it worked great...

i can't believe hp would leave something so open in the jetdirect control language, haha


also:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=308019040&id=310007237&s=143441

4/1/2009 10:03:23 AM

messing with a coworkers that have bluetooth set to auto-accept on their phones

my unc coworker is getting the nc state fight song

4/1/2009 10:40:41 AM

Ok, the printer thing is awesome.

I changed ours to say "$1.00 Payroll Deduction Per Sheet".

People were flipping out.

4/1/2009 1:30:52 PM

Ours says "H.P. PHONE HOME"

4/1/2009 1:51:23 PM

i got rickrolled by ibm

4/1/2009 2:56:52 PM

haha nice

4/1/2009 2:59:35 PM

[Edited on April 4, 2009 at 4:45 PM. Reason : taken today, a little late but made me giggle.]

4/4/2009 4:45:19 PM

^^^ where on w3 did you see that? do you still have the link you could send my way?

4/4/2009 7:46:46 PM