I know we all find strange things inside of peoples computers, but today, we found 2 bullets inside of a guys case.
WTF, why would someone put 2 live rounds inside of their computer!!???
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I know we all find strange things inside of peoples computers, but today, we found 2 bullets inside of a guys case.
WTF, why would someone put 2 live rounds inside of their computer!!???
Maybe they were smuggling ammo through the border? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
That reminds me of a while back I got a call that the screen was full of red bugs. Now this user was always calling about her system crashing and the error "boxes", blah blah blah. Seemed like every time you turn around she'd complain about some kind of problem or the other and she would give very vague descriptions (heard "thingy" and other words).
So she is complaining about the red bugs. So I am thinking the wonderful Windows message box. I told her to click hit details and record for I am busy and will be there soon. She kept going on about the bugs and insisted I have a look. So I go look.
Lo and behold crawling on the monitor screen were tiny little bugs. As a matter of fact they were crawling all over the place coming out of the monitor. The monitor was just shipped, must've been a nest inside that forced them out when it warmed up.
The last thing I thought though was "literal" bugs.
D
I had a problem with a old Epson 500 not willing to pull the paper in.
Tering it apart I found a 9mm in the paper trey.
Fell from the collection that was on the shelf obove it.
Happens to every one at some stage.
[quote]Originally posted by MacGyver:
<strong>Maybe they were smuggling ammo through the border? :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Don't most smugglers tend to take a little more than that across?
[quote]Originally posted by Scuba:
<strong>I had a problem with a old Epson 500 not willing to pull the paper in.
Tering it apart I found a 9mm in the paper trey.
Fell from the collection that was on the shelf obove it.
Happens to every one at some stage.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Not over here it doesn't.
[quote]Originally posted by Outcoded:
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Not over here it doesn't.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You want to tell me that you don't have a Ammo collection, Short M16, Sniper's gun copple Kilos of TNT in a small stash and several granades ?
How the Hell do you prepare yourself to the end of the world (Coming soon) :confused:
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I actually have that kida stuff stashed some were for a case of need :rolleyes:
"I'm sorry, sir, but your computer is shot." :D :D :D
[quote]Originally posted by Scuba:
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You want to tell me that you don't have a Ammo collection, Short M16, Sniper's gun copple Kilos of TNT in a small stash and several granades ?
How the Hell do you prepare yourself to the end of the world (Coming soon) :confused:
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I actually have that kida stuff stashed some were for a case of need :rolleyes: </strong><hr></blockquote>
1xDouble barrel 12-bore, 2xde-limited .22 air rifles (one with silencer and scope), 1x.22 air pistol, 1xCrossbow, 1xField Archery Bow, few knifes, baseball bat, big dog, bad attitude, violent g/f. (All apart from the last are legally held).
[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>"I'm sorry, sir, but your computer is shot." :D :D :D </strong><hr></blockquote>
Very Witty Indeed! LOL :D
[quote] 1xDouble barrel 12-bore, 2xde-limited .22 air rifles (one with silencer and scope), 1x.22 air pistol, 1xCrossbow, 1xField Archery Bow, few knifes <hr></blockquote>
That's it????????
Try this: Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III (.303) + 2k rounds, Russian M44 carbine (.308) +1500 rounds, and a pre-ban FN/FAL and about 1k rounds... :rolleyes:
And "they" say we are a bunch of geeks
[quote]Originally posted by paraflyer:
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That's it????????
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You missed the dangerous bit. She's 5" 5', and very, very hard.
[quote]Originally posted by Damned Angel:
<strong>WTF, why would someone put 2 live rounds inside of their computer!!???</strong><hr></blockquote>
A colleague of mine, found a used condom inside a computer!! Yeah, it's true, at least that's why he said. Why would someone do that? The youngster who owned it, said he needed to hide it from his mother. :eek: :eek:
Maybe the guy with a bullets needed to do the same!
:confused: :eek: :D
[quote]Originally posted by Outcoded:
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Don't most smugglers tend to take a little more than that across?.</strong><hr></blockquote>
They were smuggling it into Canada (MB is Manitoba, right?).
'Nuff said.
:D :p :D :p :D :p ;)
[quote]Originally posted by Outcoded:
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1xDouble barrel 12-bore, 2xde-limited .22 air rifles (one with silencer and scope), 1x.22 air pistol, 1xCrossbow, 1xField Archery Bow, few knifes, baseball bat, big dog, bad attitude, violent g/f. (All apart from the last are legally held).</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'll just drive a few towns over and 'aquire' some nukes at the base there...
A few tanks, maybe some helicopters, gins, ammo.
Oh, yeah, can't forget my Mallinios (its a dog for those of you who don't know)...
Then go to the shipyard and take a Destroyer.
Hrmm... US gun laws are certainly far more lax than any down here. I cant think of a single person I know, with a gun, of any sort.
I once found a *BIG* dead spider in a printer, some cracker biscuits and a toy soldier in another printer, a stack of CD's in a PC, and the remnants of narcotics.
Nothing too thrilling.
Only reason I'm allowed to hold anything more than a limited air rifle is because I'm a vermin hunter. The shot gun requires shedloads of licensing, and you wouldn't believe the storage requirements.
the weirdest thing I have found inside a computer is dust
****loads of it
was taking apart an old 286, it was packed with the stuff
I know, pretty weak in comparison
[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>Hrmm... US gun laws are certainly far more lax than any down here. I cant think of a single person I know, with a gun, of any sort.
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Well, Boomerangs (sp?) are really cool...
Bullets won't come back to you, those will.
You're also the home of those huge beer cans, Fosters. Those would make great projectile weapons (but a waste of perfectly good beer!)
Bah, in my long years, I have never seen a single soul drink a 'giant beer' (Im a spirits man anyway..) Its just a ploy to convince you yanks that we're a pack of hard bastards. :D :D ..
does it work?...
[quote]Originally posted by Draggar:
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Well, Boomerangs (sp?) are really cool...
Bullets won't come back to you, those will.
You're also the home of those huge beer cans, Fosters. Those would make great projectile weapons (but a waste of perfectly good beer!)</strong><hr></blockquote>
A guy dropped off a PC about 3-4 weeks ago, wondering why his PC went bang, removed the lid, didnt smell to good, turns out the guy had been looking at naughty stuff on the net and shot his wack over and in the PSU - cooked daddy water dont smell to plesent, - rubber gloves and alot of money later - he had a new PSU fitted - I still dont know how he explained it to his wife...
[quote]Originally posted by Garak:
<strong>A guy dropped off a PC about 3-4 weeks ago, wondering why his PC went bang, removed the lid, didnt smell to good, turns out the guy had been looking at naughty stuff on the net and shot his wack over and in the PSU - cooked daddy water dont smell to plesent, - rubber gloves and alot of money later - he had a new PSU fitted - I still dont know how he explained it to his wife...</strong><hr></blockquote>
In a word, yuk.
I've found a few items in PC's including:
1) Spiders
2) Roaches (killed 'em with a 4lb lump hammer)
3) A dead juvenile mouse (smelly)
4) A severed fingertip.
We asked the owner of computer #4 if the fingertip was his, and he said no... Hmmm...
CD <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
[quote]Originally posted by Draggar:
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You're also the home of those huge beer cans, Fosters. Those would make great projectile weapons (but a waste of perfectly good beer!)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah but Fosters is disgusting.
How much is in one of those huge tins anyway?
Okay I once got computer from a school and inside it there was, 2 half full bags of chips (1 fritos bbq, and 1 Doritos cool ranch) 1 empty crushed coke can, 4 candy bar wrappers (empty), 1 half eaten and melted Milky way candy bar, and 4 pencils (slightly broken).
We had a guy bring a computer into the school I used to go to a few years ago to get it repaired, and it had man chowder all over the front of it. My teacher took one look at it an told him not to even sit it down, but to leave right now. We all had a good laugh at that one.
[quote]You're also the home of those huge beer cans, Fosters <hr></blockquote>
In my best Homoer voice "Yeah, it's big I guess"
I have a sword, and my father has a replica of Billy the Kid's gun. Colt 45 Peacemaker I belive. For anyone that doesn't think a sword can do much, last summer I guy's house was being robbed by about 5 people, he killed I think 2 or 3 and the others where wounded. Not bad for just a sword.
As for the strangest things in a computer, its been pretty normal. CD's, small objects (paper clips, pins, pens, etc..), about a inch of sand/dirt from a computer that was on the floor when the house was flooded, bugs, the usual.
[quote]Originally posted by Garak:
<strong>A guy dropped off a PC about 3-4 weeks ago, wondering why his PC went bang, removed the lid, didnt smell to good, turns out the guy had been looking at naughty stuff on the net and shot his wack over and in the PSU - cooked daddy water dont smell to plesent, - rubber gloves and alot of money later - he had a new PSU fitted - I still dont know how he explained it to his wife...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hmmm...How is this possible? The PS is inside the case. The only opening is the fan at the back of the case. Now, assuming a standard desktop or tower case in the standard location (on the desk, or beside/below it) I start to wonder...
[quote]Originally posted by Garak:
<strong>A guy dropped off a PC about 3-4 weeks ago, wondering why his PC went bang, removed the lid, didnt smell to good, turns out the guy had been looking at naughty stuff on the net and shot his wack over and in the PSU - cooked daddy water dont smell to plesent, - rubber gloves and alot of money later - he had a new PSU fitted - I still dont know how he explained it to his wife...</strong><hr></blockquote>
That has to be the grossest thing I have ever heard short of eating human crap.
[quote]Originally posted by Aaron Cake:
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Hmmm...How is this possible? The PS is inside the case. The only opening is the fan at the back of the case. Now, assuming a standard desktop or tower case in the standard location (on the desk, or beside/below it) I start to wonder...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Don't ask me, i just fixed the thing, - although it tends to make you think how on gods green earth he managed it... ew. i dont want to think about it..
I thought I found some dried noodles in a case once. They were really brittle. Turns out they were really old broken rubberbands from the cables.
Check this out I found a family of mice living in a computer. I opened the cover and they all ran scared the crap out of me. They made a nest on top of a 333 MHZ celeron slot 1 could not figure out how it didnt short there was turds and urine stains everywhere on the HD, cards etc.
And then theres my bunny collection I had a P133 come in for a upgrade I opened it up to find a dust bunny the size of a baseball. No word of a lie my biggest ever. I often see golfball size and smaller and take pictures. Not that I collect them 8)
Still really want to know how much is in one of those huge cans of lager if anyone out there knows...
Hi all,
I'm new to windrivers but here's my $0.02,
The weirdest thing i ever found inside of a computer was cd's. Not the music cd's but the OS, and drivers cd's. They had been taped to the inside of the computer so that the owner wouldn't lose them.
[quote]Originally posted by Dark Millennium:
<strong>Hi all,
I'm new to windrivers but here's my $0.02,
The weirdest thing i ever found inside of a computer was cd's. Not the music cd's but the OS, and drivers cd's. They had been taped to the inside of the computer so that the owner wouldn't lose them.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You may laugh, but I have acutally done that...
There were a couple people who I sold computers to where I did that so that they could find them when necessary...
No I won't laugh at you but the fact was when I discovered those cd's they told me it wasn't done by a tech or salesperson for that matter.
The people had done this themselves so they wouldn't lose them, and when they had computer problems they couldn't remember where they were. :rolleyes:
The weirdest thing i ever saw was someone using an empty pack of smokes(players i think) and a little tape to hold up one end of a hard disk. The other end was hanging from the ribbon cable. was in for hard disk issues....
"certain" customers that you know are a "pain in the *** " get there driver disks and m/board manual taped behind the right hand cover ,,,,,VERY handy when they ring you up with there pentium 133 seven years later ,,,,,plus if u give them there disks ,,,its obvious that you will have to make a call when they load every crap program that comes on there install CD.
and then dont forget the one that rings up saying "i cant get this AWARD flash prog to work under windows",,,,,,,,,,,,is it a game , my mate at work "who knows about computers" says its a screen saver !!!!!!!
dont laugh ,,,,,,,,,they do do it !!!
sorry off topic , but had to say it
[quote]Originally posted by freddy the fisherman:
<strong>"certain" customers that you know are a "pain in the *** " get there driver disks and m/board manual taped behind the right hand cover ,,,,,VERY handy when they ring you up with there pentium 133 seven years later ,,,,,plus if u give them there disks ,,,its obvious that you will have to make a call when they load every crap program that comes on there install CD.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Dude--I'm honestly impressed. That's the wisest thing I have seen posted all day!
Sweet notion! :cool: :cool: :cool:
The weirdest thing I have found was in a Dell server. We purchased this new, and rougly a month later we decided to add another SCSI drive. I popped the case and realised it had a SCSI drive already mounted, but not connected. I checked the invoices and it was not listed as an extra.
this is not strange to find in a computer but tag stains from smokeing by it, this computer was under a year old, and the gray ide ribons were golden colored and it smelt so bad that after we cleaned it out with air it had to sit the the corner by the exhaust vent for 10 min before we could touch it. It was gross