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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostIt's the one with the "PRINTER IS BROKEN" notice (written in blue marker pen on a sheet of A4) taped over the control panel
makes it much easier to visualiseSi posse, recte, si non, quocumque modo remComment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostIt's the one with the "PRINTER IS BROKEN" notice (written in blue marker pen on a sheet of A4) taped over the control panel
HTHComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostThere's more printers to break?
Oh goody...
What about drawer units that have keys in them. How about snapping the keys in the locks ?Comment
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Just to add to the fun, when I went to delete the printer settings that seem to have caused the calamity, I discovered that the IT people had already configured said printer (presumably correctly) on my machine - but for some reason they'd labelled it with its IP address, rather than something sensible like "nth Floor Colour Printer" or (as it says on it in large letters) "London 77"
How they expect me to deduce that "10.73.12.14" means "the printer across the office from your desk" is beyond me
Could have done a traceroute I suppose, or maybe carried out a port scan... not sure how that would have helped, but at least I'd find out how well they've got the network locked downComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostSo that was you was it?Originally posted by zeitghostI had to Black & Decker the lock to get my drawers open...
It was only a thoughtComment
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Originally posted by FiveTimes View Postand when you've finished breaking printers, try something else ?
What about drawer units that have keys in them. How about snapping the keys in the locks ?Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI did that accidentally once at a client. On the basis that there wasn't anything of mine in the drawers, I kept quiet. When I left two months later, they still didn't knowComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostI'd have thought that it would be obvious to anyone that 10.73.10.14 was a network printer...Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostJust to add to the fun, when I went to delete the printer settings that seem to have caused the calamity, I discovered that the IT people had already configured said printer (presumably correctly) on my machine - but for some reason they'd labelled it with its IP address, rather than something sensible like "nth Floor Colour Printer" or (as it says on it in large letters) "London 77"
How they expect me to deduce that "10.73.12.14" means "the printer across the office from your desk" is beyond me
Could have done a traceroute I suppose, or maybe carried out a port scan... not sure how that would have helped, but at least I'd find out how well they've got the network locked down
We have DHCP assigned printers here"Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon MuskComment
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