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This is kind of pointless

2004-07-02, 2:01 PM #1

Daft_Vader

Daftendirekt

Posts: 4,628

... but I found it interesting and mildly amusing. Right, so I was on my desktop and I opened up a folder and inside it I made another folder. I was going to move some other files into thsi new folder, but instead I thought it might be funny to see my computer's reaction when I tried to place the main folder that was holding this folder inside this folder. Well, my computer started smoking, and there was a giant explosion, and... well, actually, it just said

Code:

Error Moving File
Cannot move [folder name]: The destination folder is a subfolder of the source folder.

So, list how many different ways you can get your computer to freak out and yell at you and describe them - be unique, and try and think of some really unusual ways.*

*Without doing major damage. If you want to take a sledgehammer to your pc and post the pics, be my guest.

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2004-07-02, 2:04 PM #2

GBK

Posts: 10,562

Those of you with Linux, run this as root and post the results:

Code:

[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "You live"

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2004-07-02, 2:23 PM #3

MaD CoW

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Posts: 7,146

Quote:

Originally posted by GBK:
Those of you with Linux, run this as root and post the results:

Code:

[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "You live"

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I think I'll pass on this round of "Hard Drive Russian Roulette" [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-07-02, 3:17 PM #4

Cool Matty

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Posts: 15,246

Quote:

Originally posted by GBK:
Those of you with Linux, run this as root and post the results:

Code:

[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "You live"

[/b]

I'm waiting for the time you are writing that up, and you think you are in Firefox, but your really in a console window [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-07-02, 3:53 PM #5

Bobbert

The Super-Spy That Wasn't

Posts: 3,248

All I have to do for my computer to freak out is turn it on or try to turn it off.

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2004-07-02, 4:25 PM #6

Aaron

Diff Eq Wizard

Posts: 850

Quote:

Originally posted by Cool Matty:
I'm waiting for the time you are writing that up, and you think you are in Firefox, but your really in a console window [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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Awhile back somebody posted a webpage that had a big red button on it and if you pressed it it looked like all the files were deleted. What I want to do is setup a server with a button that actually does a rm -rf on the drive and post the link and see how long it takes for somebody to press the button.

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