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The April Fool's joke that nearly got me fired was a combination of easily accessible JetAdmin ports, an HP control sequence, a script to find every JetAdmin on
by classichasclass 8y ago
The April Fool's joke that nearly got me fired was a combination of easily accessible JetAdmin ports, an HP control sequence, a script to find every JetAdmin on the internal network and a distinct lack of common sense. But it was so worth it. So worth it.
- tyingq 8y agoIf you sent an old DEC band printer a bunch of form feeds, the tractor feed paper would shoot out about 10 feet. Fun to time it when someone walked behind the printer.
- rixrax 8y agoMany years a go in college, on some course one guy created a postscript file that when printed reprogrammed HP printer(s?) of the time to add one (1) zero to every number on documents that were subsequently printed.
- devbug 8y agoAll fun and games until you accidentally commit fraud.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 8y ago> accidentally commit fraud. That isn't a thing. Fraud is deliberate deception. You can not commit accidental deliberate deception.
- leereeves 8y agoTrue, but you can still be found guilty of fraud even so.
- ryan-c 8y agoWas that the control sequence that changed the text on the printer's character LCD screen?
- classichasclass 8y agoYep, the one changing the "ready" message.
- joeblau 8y agoWe had a co-worker that would mess with that stuff. He would change the text to say things like "Free cats inside" and "Insert clear paper." I took a bunch of pictures on my Treo650, but they are archived right now.
- pcdoodle 8y agoI miss the Treo...
- Twirrim 8y agoI worked for a smaller company for a few years, as one of only two sysadmins. We used to regularly mess about with the messages on the printers, see how long it took people to notice. I started out with the almost obligatory "Out of Cheese Error"