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What's on YOUR desktop?
We all groan when we go to do a job in the field, and see the computer buried under a mess of papers, beanie babies, candy wrappers, etc. But, are we any different? Do we practice what we preach?
We have cleaning ladies at work who keep my desk nice and tidy. But at home, my Duke Nukem action figure guards my always open case, while Solid & Liquid Snake fight to the death on top of my Cambridge Sub. And the new pride of my collection, Ash from the Evil Dead Series, sits on top of my monitor ready to hack some deadites up.
So, what kind of junk do all the other techs out there have on and around your machine(s)?
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from left to right,
cd rack stuffed full and over flowing (some disks on top of the thing),some floppies and some more cd's on the desk, floppy case or 2 (some extras strewn around the desk in a haphazard fashion. assorted case parts (ie; bay covers that are no longer in use) small pocket knife for opening envelopes and stubborn miouse bottoms. on the monitor i have a vietnam era replica of a huey gunship on one side and my stuffed Y2K bug on the other. my zip drive on the right side of the monitor stand, zip disks some in cases, some not. blank cd's on a spindle, joystick, air freshner, empty cd cases, stapler, hole puncher, calculator file folders a couple of bills, and assorted papers with notes of various things that seemed important at the time i wrote them. on far end of the desk is my bag with assorted screwdrivers and utility/software disks as well as the always present soldering gun, solder and a few of the most common sizes of cmos batteries.
lmao, its really not as messy as it sounds (i have a rather large desk that i built for the purpose!) but it would and has appeared to be so to some who have seen it. beside like MS, i have my own proprietary file system.
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CoreLogik - "I Control Your MotherBoard"
DigitalSolutions
[This message has been edited by corelogik (edited September 28, 2000).]
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TOO MANY STICKEY NOTES!!!!
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Three "L" shaped desks, split by a file cabinet and a printer stand, encircle the room. Left to right(going all the way around):
Book: The Complete Ferrari, by Roger Hicks
Pen holder/clock
Ashtray
Two 80 CD holders
Ans. Mach
Telephone (line 1)
Telephone (line 2)
ISDN Modem
8 port 10/100 Switch
pen holder
Stack of music CDs
HP 840c
Floppy disks in boxes
Two way switchbox for monitor
Linux Bible
At varios times you can also find:
Thrustmaster FLCS/TQS/RCS system
Suncom F15 Talon joystick and matching throttle
MadCatz and/or MS steering wheels
Various levels of dust
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Who the hell is General Protection and why is he messing with my comuter?
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i think i forgot to mention what was under the desk,.... nevermind its too scary to think about.
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CoreLogik - "I Control Your MotherBoard"
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Okay, if we're gonna discuss what's UNDER the desk as well, I might as well mention my big jumble of power cords, speaker wires, and printer cables that I have lovingly nicknamed "fire hazard". Also, I forgot to mention my Jabba the Hutt beanie, and my half dozen or so ashtrays. https://forums.windrivers.com/
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Clatu...Verata...nnnn...necktie...nectur...nickel. ...it's definately an "N" word...
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Tools, candy wrappers, soda cans, PC Gamer and other assorted CD's, sticky notes, printouts, a pair of headphones, untold numbers of pens and pencils (though I can never find one when I need one), enough floppies to tile a floor with, and the carcasses of eight dead Western Digital hard drives. There's a computer in there somewhere too.
That's just what's on top of the desk. I won't even venture to guess what's under it.
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cds,zips,broken cd cases, ashtrays, empty beer cans (various brands) subwoofer speaker system, 17'' monitor, cigarettes, screwdrivers, box'o screws, antistatic bags, and finally a stack of porn!
seriously!
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hey its me again!
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Lets see.
19" monitor
keyboard
mouse and mouse pad.
speakers
wingman extreme 3d flight stick
stack of homeade Memorex coasters.
Thats it. My desk had a few drawers that I think are gateways to other dimensions if I could get past the mess.
My way of cleaning involves a lot of hiding!
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Suicidal twin kills sister by mistake! Story at ten!
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well lets see, my collection of star trek figurines is attached to various cases, my 21" and the 17", a cradle for my lappy, stacks and stacks of absolute crap cover cd's, big lollie jar, electric bong, video cams and the sci fi section of my dvd collection, apparently there is also a desk in there somewhere
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Under Desk:
2x 6 outlet power boards.
1x 4 outlet power board.
2cm layer of dust.
Several lurking extension leads.
2 years worth of paper (rubbish).
Heater.
I should really get a fire extinguisher next to my desk.
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DESK????? You mean theres a desk under all this.
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let's see, at home: Superman protects the computer. he's surronded by models of exotic sports cars . At work I got the phone a scanner and a whole bunch o' cd's lying around and a Super Sayin Son Goku glued to my monitor.
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Well on my desk are 20 Dragonball Z action figures posed in a battle scene. my speakers, a couple of beer and soda cans and bottles, about a million floppies (strewn about the desk and room., about a thousand CD's, 17" monitor, speakers, a few hard drives, and an empty Chef-Boyardee Ravioli can.
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You have to be smarter than what you are working with.
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lets see....2 books (art of war, fire in the valley) some puter mags, ashtray (normally) and a few dip cups (and soon to be a pyramid of copenhagen cans).
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prompt$p$g [dos = elite]
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Computer books and magazines. piles of CD's and floppy disks (many of which are worthless - either do not work or are from win3.1...). Certificates from Microsoft laying on top of my open computer case. Spare fans. Old hard drive. Crumbs and power cords. A spare keyboard and 2 extra mice.
Rafi
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19" monitor, 17" monitor, 15" monitor, 3 pcs (main, extra, and nt server) and zillions of screws, floppies, cd spindles, papers, subwoofer system, steering wheel, keyboards, mice, etc. Man I gotta get me one of those Serveview boxes. Oh, yeah. My Darth Maul Action figures do my guarding.
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Monitor
keyboard
mouse
speakers
clipboard full of game cracks and cheats
20 Mountain Dew caps that I have to enter at the website
Something I cannot ID Possibly food for it is wrapped in a McDonalds wrapper...I am not sure but I think it just moved...
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hAS ANYONE SEEN MY "cAPS lOCK kEY"?
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Lets see, there is a copy of the 5 Rings by Musashi, a Palm Pilot, a Toshiba 4010 CDS laptop, 50 blank cd's, a Yamaha Fender guitar clone and Amp, a Rockman chorus box, some unopened gum, 40 rounds of .22 caliber ammo, assorted clips for a Ruger 10/22 rifle, a half dead plant, a humidor with a few nice cigars in it, a cordless phone, 2 cell phones I no longer use, assorted Electronic parts, an Estes model rocket, launcher and assorted supplies and engines for said rocket. Some yellow stickies with unknown phone numbers on them and some doggie treats for snacking on (the dogs, not me https://forums.windrivers.com/ ). I gotta get a grip on my life !!1
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I forgot about the Cable modem
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Bills Cell phone, chargers, razor, printer 17" outside case of cpu, lots of candles (girlfriend), phone, 2 hdd, 120 blank cd's in 4 spindles (i get sick of seeing the same cd each time) wires, sub. bills, school papers and a sticker of my fraternities patron saint,
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On mine you will find a constantly changing assortment of hardware, screwdrivers, cd's, junk mail, and other junk I needed at one time. And to think, that is not a scary as what is under it.
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I have a scanner, left speaker, 17in monitor right speaker, keyboard in front (sometimes you will find my cat sleeping on it... can't break his habit of stretching out on it), printer and computer (w/ dark ages Spawn keeping an eye out for trouble). Under desk, 1000+ cables, woofer, 30lb UPS (very old) and couple more cables. Almost forgot, about 10lb of paper, CDs (old stuff, new stuff, and god only knows what is on them) and more paper. I think I should clean up.
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www.el-mono.com
[This message has been edited by archangel (edited October 02, 2000).]
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Right now... an apple I stole from the police department (an officer told me to take it from the Chief's basket, so I'll claim entrapment!) and a little stuffed penguin on the monitor.
And the usual unmarked floppies, scraps of paper, napkins, and empty soda cans.
At home I have a Beanie Baby moose that my 4 year-old brother-in-law picked out for me.
*edited because my spelling is horrible*
[This message has been edited by SavagePenguin (edited October 02, 2000).]
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Here is what i ahve on my desk at work:
2 19" inch monitors, 1 21" monitor, my crappy network machine. assorted power supplies, some empty boxes, 2 CD holders bursting with CD's, a bunch of floppies and i have no clue what is on them, empty soda cans, about 10 video cards, about 15 hard drives ranging from 6 Gb to 30 Gb, about 20 cpu's ranging from 266MHz to an Athlon 850MHz, about 10 sticks of PC100 32 Mb SDRAM, 4 sticks of PC66 32 Mb RAM, a bunch of floppy drives, a defective Athlon 700 MHz processor, phone, tools, 2 sets of defective Altec Lansing speakers, 4 mice, 5 AMR modem cards, AC adapters, heatsink with fans, a barcode reader, an LS120 super disk, 2 CD-RW's, assorted motherboard manuals, assorted driver disks, data switch, 3 keyboards, USB modem, a cup full of zip ties, 3 DVD movies (mystery men, lethal weapon 4, and funny farm), pens, scattered papers, a spindle of CD-R's, a few motherboards... i think that's about it. It is amazing that i even know where everyhting is.......
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You have to be smarter than what you are working with.
[This message has been edited by klenard (edited October 02, 2000).]
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My setup is a desk surrounded by two cabinets, they pretty much serve as an extension of the deskstpace. From left to right, floor speaker(12"sub,5.25"mid,1"tweet), epson 740, 19"monitor, desklamp, calcIII homework, 9" borg figure, 13"tv, sony STR-DE345 reciever, phone, floor speaker.
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Oh geez, let's see......
The box my Leatherman came in
Tape Measure
CD case with my games
CD case of other software
Plate I keep loose change in
Bills
Bills
Bills
Price sheets from work
Keys
Glasses
Cell Phone
Stuffed frog from my girlfriend
Floppy box
Speaker
Lightbulb
Checkbook
Monitor w stuffed bulldog on top of it
Trackball
Plastic flowers in a vase (also from GF)
Coke can
Other speaker
Printer
Phone
Alarm clock
The CPU is on the floor (cover off), the keyboard is on a drawer under the desk, and I have just enough clear desk space to rest my arm and use the trackball.
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Two things are infinte: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - A. Einstein
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Open computer case (to control the heating caused by overclocking my P2-350 128 MB PC100 SDRAM 100 FSB to P2-466 128MB of PC100 SDRAM running at 133) with an external parallel port ZIP drive sitting on the upper CD-ROM drive and three CDs (Phil Vassar, Who wants to be a millionare (not even mine) and Puzzle Bobble 2 along with a ZIP in the drive and one on top of the CDs with a floppy too. Two CLC manuals with two more CDs on top, Warcraft and Lords of the Realms II and a book I haven't gotten a chance to read since classes started.
To the left of my open computer is a cabinet door to keep my cat (who keeps going behind my monitor) out of my computer. Then there's the monitor with the labtec satalite speakers wedged below it (the sub woofer hides some of the cords that spill out below my computer).
The power strip/surge protector is laying on the edge of my makeshift computerdesk and a night stand I use for my computer junk. I have a Microsoft racing wheel on top of the nightstand and two joysticks and a throttle control on top of a pile of boxes in the corner (next to the nightstand that partially holds the power strip).
My keyboard is in a small metal case that sits on the desk (an old wooden student desk) and under my computer and monitor.
My chair is older than time itself, a really cheap dinning room table chair, green with flowers and metal legs I've had to bend a couple times. The keyboard tray is littered with papers, pennies, a pencil, a wrapper from a granola bar, a wrapper from a band-aid, two floppies, an old sticky pad with Ultima 4 info, and an old key that I have no clue as to where it came from.
There's no room on the keyboard tray for a mouse so that's on a black cabinet door (matching the one guarding my computer from my cat) that's held down by a scanner covered in papers. The mouse pad is Yoda and beside it are three cups one inside the other that are dirty, a salt shaker, a Rush cassette that hasn't worked right in years and a single clean cup (will wonders never cease, something clean!).
The other computer's case is closed but it has all kinds of junk piled high on it.
I guess I should clean one of these years https://forums.windrivers.com/
*Ok, ok, it's late so I had to edit*
[This message has been edited by Monkey_bangin_on_computer (edited October 03, 2000).]
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I gotta get me a protector for my computer. I'll have to take a trip to Best Buy and see what games have action figures. Heh, good excuse to buy a game. ;)
On my desk and I just cleaned it about two weeks ago - computer and all that, force feedback stick, sidewinder, 2 phones, cd case, unopened mail(yuck, my 10 yr HS reunion), cd cases w/ cds hopefully, alarm clock, couple coke cans, loose change and change beer mug, lamp, couple manuals, misc. paper w/ notes, pen/marker, disk case, watch, sunglasses, keys, wallet, pay stubs, stapler(empty)
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On my desk I have:
17 inch monitor
speakers
removable HDD
printer
CD's -too many to mention
"Go Aussie GO" Kangaroo figure from the Olympics
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On my desk I have:
17 inch monitor
speakers
removable HDD
printer
CD's -too many to mention
"Go Aussie GO" Kangaroo figure from the Olympics
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280 servers in 9 states.
..oh you mean the actual desk? thought you meant desktop..
[This message has been edited by iateyourcat (edited October 03, 2000).]
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Let's see...
Phone, Box with a Printer Toner cartridge in it, 17" monitor (god I miss my 21" at home!), memory chips, cell phone, tray with outstanding stuff I REALLY should deal with, lots of post its with almost illegible writing (anyone notice how bad your handwriting gets when you sit at a keyboard all day?), IDE cable, smaller 15" monitor, 3 PCs, all open and with bits missing from each (waiting on parts you see) and now I have tro go cause someone left the window open and all those bits of paper I mentioned have gone everywhere! ;-)
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Cat 5 tied to my blinds, my cable modem and hub are sitting under my x-wing. A three foot statue of brain (from pinkey and the brain)guards my CD's (i finally got one of those case logic binders), boxes of unpacked books with empty cases and power supplies stack on top form a path to my desk. My stereo hooked into one pc (to help let my neighbors hear the sounds of burning Mechs)Joy sticks, VR glasses hung from my monitor, a peice of shrapnel glued to the top of my monitor infront of my Tick action figure (spoooooon)a fan to help keep it all cool, i once saw below my CDROM drive, i think there was a three and a half inch drive there, bills, bills, bills, and oh yeah bills. But then again, i don't ask people to come over and fix my computer for me. Hell i don't even ask me to fix my computer for me. https://forums.windrivers.com/
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How do you set a laser printer to stun?
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Oh yeah, for some reason i cut out every funny add i see and hang it on my wall, but that doesn't count as a desktop does it?
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How do you set a laser printer to stun?
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I can't even find my desk.... it's buried under just about anything you could imagine.
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Mine is almost always in a state of burial.
Let's see:
2 desktop computers + laptop.
Endless stack of CD's.
Tools.
A loose hard drive, network adapter, and phone.
An HTML and winNT book.
a few sheets of paper.
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BREAKFAST.EXE Halted...
Cereal Port Not Responding
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CD cases, blank CD stack, overflowing ashtray, empty beer bottles, floppies, empty ice cream containers. (Yeah, I'm a slob. What of it?)
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Lets see 17" monitor, 15" above that, my primary PC is next to me(I can never seem to keep it under the desk for more than a day), a second PC(server)to my right, a 5 port hub under a bunch of papers and CDs, ontop of the 15" is a lego X-Wing, my priceless collection of empty cigarette packs carefully strewn about the room, the box my chassis came in "what if I have to send it back"(had for over a year), countless CDs and floppies(I have no idea what is on them), about $800.00 worth of games I bought because the "box looks cool", played once then abandoned but never thrown away in case of a world wide breakdown of society(I will need something to do in the bunker while the radiation subsides). Oh and a POS HPdeskjet that eats its weight in cartridges a year.
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