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How can I ANNOY the hell out of someone in my office legally?
Dec 28th
This was brought back from the AtA archives for several readers! We normally stick to our computers and such but REVENGE is always a good topic! Lets put our love of gadgets to good use…“Alright let me start out by saying there is this woman who works in my office, who is SUPER annoying. She annoys everyone around her. She has her own office but comes over to “Visit” with everyone spreading the urgency to kill her. Now I don’t want to resort to violence is there a Techie way I can annoy her?”
We have something that sounds like it might be what you need. For $10 this will be hours and hours of fun loving entertainment / revenge And AskTheAdmin gets a whole $.89! for every time someone uses this link.
Check out this information pieced together from their site:
The ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron would be useless against an army of Snowbots, but it’s very effective at disturbing that guy in the sales department or your “friend” down the hall. With its thin design and embedded magnet for easy hiding, the Annoy-a-tron can be placed in a variety of locations. Select one of the three sound choices (2 kHz, 12 kHz, or alternating) and push the switch to the on position. Place it in a proper hiding spot and let the “fun” begin.The Annoy-a-tron generates a short (but very annoying, hence the name) beep every few minutes. Your unsuspecting target will have a hard time ‘timing’ the location of the sound because the beeps will vary in intervals ranging from 2 to 8 minutes. The 2kHz sound is generically annoying enough, but if you really really want to aggravate somebody, select the 12 kHz sound. Trust us. The higher frequency and slight ‘electronic noise’ built into that soundbyte will make a full-grown Admin wonder where his packets are.
3 simple steps.
- Turn on.*
- Hide it.
- Muahahaha…
Assuming you have done your part in selecting a suitable hiding location for the Annoy-a-tron, it will do its part to drive your co-workers slowly mad with its short and seemingly random beeps. And when someone does locate the Annoy-a-tron, they’re really not going to know what it is – which is almost as much fun as watching them search for it. Muahaha.
The Annoy-a-tron takes one CR2032 battery (included) and measures approximately: 2.5″ x 1.25″ x .3″. It will run for 3 to 4 weeks on a single battery.
Some Recommendations:
- Don’t hide it inside of food (the chemicals in a burrito are known to be quite destructive to electrical components)
- You should probably avoid the area near your local BOFH (we understand that most likely you are the local BOFH, but still please take note)
- Yes, we realize you could buy a dozen and hide them all inside someone’s office (oh, did we say that out loud?)
- Please reserve the use of the Annoy-a-tron for deserving subjects only (we’ll leave it up to you to determine who qualifies)
- * Note: Please remember to remove the small plastic tab underneath battery.
Not convinced of the Annoy-a-tron’s evil powers?
Read this letter we received from a satisfied customer and be enlightened:
Dear friends at thinkgeek.com,
I recently acquired the “Annoy-A-Tron” from your web site. Actually, I acquired two, thinking that perhaps two devices might be necessary to truly splinter the minds of my friends and co-workers. How woefully did I underestimate this powerful tool.
I have watched this simple device transform an (until-now) mild-mannered colleague into a spitting, cussing, paranoid lunatic.
He has ordered all of the staff he supervises (not a small number) to locate the source of the dread beeping before doing anything else (but since they are in on the prank, they haven’t been much help). So he waits, white-knuckles gripping the edge of his desk, anticipating the next beep.
He has set a timer on his computer to track the duration between beeps. It hasn’t been much help.
My favorite quote so far, nearly bursting that vein on his temple as he shouted it: “That beep has been F***ING with me for HOURS now.”
He has called the facilities department to schedule a maintenance worker to investigate.
He speculates that “they” might be doing air-quality testing in the building. This beep must be some device in the ducts detecting dangerous levels of asbestos in the air. Or worse. Radon? Aerosolized mercury? Legionella spores?
The beep means something. What does the beep mean? Is it a warning? It sounds urgent, doesn’t it? It’s telling us to do something. But what? Replace a battery? Call the authorities? Evacuate the premises? Scrub ourselves with disinfectant and put on haz-mat suits and call our families to give them our tearful goodbyes?
I imagine that soon he will begin to take things apart. He will methodically dismantle all of the electrical devices in his office, creating an unusually precise metaphor for what is happening in his psyche.
I am reminded what a thin and fragile thread keeps us attached to sanity. Today, this tiny little device helped me break a co-worker’s mind, and I thank you for the sinfully pleasurable schadenfreude.
My best to you,
John
Seattle, WA
And for another way to Annoy the hell out of some one legally check this out…
Display a Start Up Message in Windows XP before logging in.
Mar 12th
Before someone logs into your machine a message can be displayed. This is meant to inform you that you are being monitored or you are bound by some formal code of conduct.
You can use it to display a message in your absence to remind your buddies you are an all knowing Admin. You can do it pretty easily by displaying what Microsoft refers to as a legal notice at system start up.
- GO TO RUN
- REGEDIT
- Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
- Change legalnoticecaption”=”Legal Notice“
- legalnoticetext=”AskTheAdmin is watching you.”
obviously you can replace Legal notice or AskTheAdmin is watching you with any text you want. The editors over here are pretty sure you can find some Funny Practical uses for this on your, or a public, PC…
Another way To Annoy People legally…
Feb 13th
Following in the footsteps of the Annoy-O-Tron we wrote about a little whiles back, we have another gadget that can make a grown man cry! Some of you guys wrote in $10 was too rich for your blood. We heard you loud and clear and this one is only $8.95 available here.
This tiny little remote is ready for secret missions. Secret missions to annoy the shit out of unsuspecting people, that is! Another great find from ThinkGeek.
- Are you a little brother who is sick of watching American Idol or similarly stupid shows?
- Bored out of your mind in a waiting room?
- Or maybe you are just an Asshole?
Well than this tool of annoyance is for you!
This little universal remote is the newest (secret shhh) weapon in the Ninja’s arsenal and we assure you in the right hands it can be used to quickly assassinate dangerously annoying TV shows or turn on equally annoying TV shows to over come your victims. Simply point the Ninja Remote at the intended target (a television set) and press the mute button for a few seconds – once the TV mutes the remote is now ready to assume full control of its victim.
Innocent bystanders will be frozen with fear (or very animated with anger) as the volume and channel change magically in front of their eyes, seemingly controlled by some mysterious force.
Your Ninja Skills can only be outwitted by another Ninja Remote, the actual real remote or Someone bigger than you that WILL proceed to kick your ass… Oh wait your a Ninja right? We take no responsibility for getting you beat up – use caution. (Don’t pick on people bigger than you )
The Ninja Remote’s powers will work on a wide variety of televisions (Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, Sanyo, Aiwa, Mitsubishi, Philips, JVC, Sharp, etc) and its small size will safeguard you against discovery. 
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5 Ways To FREAK Someone Out!
Oct 21st
So we don’t feel AS guilty for introducing you to such ingenious super-villianesque (Yeah that’s a word) gadgets like the Annoy-o-Tron and The Ninja Remote anymore.
Why you might ask.. That’s because El Di Pablo from Bauer Power posted His Top Five Computer Pranks. Just in time to freak someone out for Halloween with some haunted computer tricks.
Check em’ out. And the last one is our favorite to scare your buddy with a little gay porn randomly popping up for a split second every 45 minutes! Think IT Crowd Season Finale but Funnier!
But Just Imagine getting the new intern all freaked out with the story about the last intern that died in the drop shaft. Then you start randomly moving his mouse and opening his cd drawer…This is what good pranks are made of! Thank Dude! _ThePhreakinAdmiN_
…I thought I would share five of my favorite computer-based pranks. The best part about these is that they don’t actually harm anything(Edit unless someone harms you!):
- Mouse Move v1.0: This funny prank randomly moves the users mouse to different parts on the screen at random intervals. Drop it in their startup folder, and watch them slowly go mad!
- Rude CD Tray: This naughty little bundle of joy causes the CD tray to pop out randomly and give you raspberries. The only problem with this one is that it happens so much, that it really draws suspicion, but it is hilarious! Once again, drop this in their startup folder!
- Crazy Num-Caps-Scroll v1.04: Truly a sinister prank! This bad boy randomly turns on and off your numlock, capslock and scroll lock at various intervals. I can feel the evil swelling in you now!
- Locker: I like this one the best because I wrote it myself. I mentioned it once before talking about a really cool scripting software called Autoit. This sucker only works on Windows XP and later. It locks the users workstation, and is set in a never ending loop. The user will unlock their workstation, then it will immediately lock again. If you put it in their startup, they will never be able to log into their computer again (Unless they kill the task remotely).
- Flasher: This one is friggin’ hilarious if you ask me. This one will quickly flash a picture of your choosing on the users desktop at the interval of your choosing. It flashes so quickly they might think they are seeing things at first. Read the instructions, they makes sense. I recommend writing a batch script and placing it in their startup folder to kick it off.
Pranks like these scream at the importance of locking your computer when you step away from your desk. Good news for you though, is that people often forget!
Grabbed from Bauer-Power’s Post Tastefully Sinister Here...
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