[ale] OT: Deluxe office accommodations for the paranoid

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 04/03/2012 11:43 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:
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> On 04/02/2012 04:17 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> On 04/02/2012 03:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> If the desk chair is vinyl, rub it well with a piece of fur or
>>> wool (duh - same thing!) to build a nice static charge. Now toss
>>> on a small handful of the tiny foam bead from a beanbag chair.
>>>
>>> place a piece of clear tape over the door lock and trim it to be
>>> invisible fit. watch while victim tries to insert key.
>>>
>>> clear tape over the phone pick up switch (the part that lifts
>>> when you pick up the receiver) then call them. a lot. works well
>>> for the office.
>>>
>>> If the victim uses a corded headset often at their desk, a paper
>>> clip can make it shorter that they are expecting.
>>>
>>> skip all of the above and buy a case of these while they are
>>> still legal: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/
>>
>> I have two.  They work great.  Drove my daughter nuts.
>>
> Bad father, evil father!:-) This site has given me some ideas to be
> used on my grandkids!:-)

Along the same lines of this device, I pulled a similar stunt using 'old 
school' tech.  In a math class in college, I set a wind up alarm clock 
to go off mid way through the class.  Stuck it in the garbage can and 
threw some papers on top of it.

The best part was the side effect of the actual ticking sound.  I didn't 
count on it, but it was faint and no one could tell where it was coming 
from.  Even when the alarm went off, it took the professor a while to 
locate it.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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