Our 18 year old son thought to save power he could switch the 240 switch on
the powersupply to 110 ( It made a kewl noise I was told)

Regards,

Kat.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Glenn" <picxpert@COGECO.CA>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Did someone think?


> It's more fun to convince people that the reset button is the Any key...
> until they call you to fix the "problem" ("The screen goes black whenever
I
> press that Any key!"
>
> Since I seem to have gone off on a tangent of computer pranks, I feel the
> need to point out Step #1 in diagnosing a computer in a High School lab:
> check the voltage switch. It takes very little effort to switch it from
110
> to 220V, but the ensuing confusion on the user is amazing. Happens to even
> the most technologically adept, as long as they haven't seen it before.
>
> -Randy Glenn
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jinx
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:15 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PICLIST] [OT]: Did someone think?
>
>
> > Of course there is the infamous 'Keyboard error. Press any key to
> continue'
>
> My nephew did actually con my sister into thinking they had a keyboard
> that was missing the ANY key, little sod ;-)
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