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Removed a clip from an intel processor heatsink/fan. Cause some random shutdowns on a co-workers PC ( we both work in IT). I was just shocked when they opened it up finally and instead of getting a spare clip had a whole new heatsink/fan ordered.

It was a good laugh for me, but not sure they felt amused when I pointed out the obvious........

You could also shut down services that are needed.. or just randomly uninstall software. That works.

The X-Windows environment actually opens a large number of options..

I used to export my display to an office buddies machine and mess with him all the time.

Push an Xclock to his term.

Or (my favorite) put a while true loop that pushes back Xterms to his display with the background and foreground colors incrementing... I would stop only when I saw the perfect look of frustration on his face. Usually after about a 1000 windows

Push app windows to his box.... Xmotif is excellent to play with too.. Since you can create your own windows to push back

In the unix env you can have some fun other than X-Windows.

I used to change a buddies .profile ..

I would just do small things that would cause him grief for hours (its the little things sometimes that are the best). I would change his $PATH to not include one of our major applications directory.... I would change a single environment variable needed for the apps to work properly... Like sending the log files to an alternate path... Or changing the base directory to some other location...

Man it hurt watching him trying to figure out what went wrong with his test runs.

That's not very violent. Their are far worse things you can to a person before you kill them (and thought of them)...Thumbscrews are always a favourite.

Don't even own a laptop so you can try...Would have to borrow one from somewhere, or use your own. Laptops aren't that amazing, only good thing is they're portable...Technically everything is portable to a degree...Just what does it take to move it?

Please, try worse to insult me, could do better in a tourettes class.

I remember trying a VERY simmilar prank - only in this case it was to set things so it would instantly boot into safe mode.

Mine didnt go as planned either and eventually came back to bite me big time. $900 fine

Pranks are fun, but be careful.

One of the more simple pranks I discovered is to just unplug the monitor cable. For maximum effect, you do this during finals week while you are "doing maintence" in the computer lab. The reactions are priceless when you plug the cables back in.

God I miss these old threads and the guys....

My favorite one is:

Alt+Shift+PrintScreen

Very funny to do in a library,etc. The most priceless is doing this in a Photography or smiler class.