- These are computer-related practical jokes played by an old
acquaintence years ago at a nameless university in Northern
California
He wisened up and stopped playing them when the various... - Propose to the victim a co-ordination test, and tell him that it has been
taken by the brightest people around you (quote some scores!)
You sit in front of the victim and put your palms... - 1. This one happened impromptu. A group of us were novice UNIX hacks working
for our department of computer science
all on similar terminals. I had written a small... - on the subject of practical jokes on the computer, i pulled the following
one
when i was in college at new mexico tech (located in... - Another practical joke under the guise of a co-ordination test is the
following
Ask your victim to take a quarter and place it on a... - This is true. It seems that a colleague and myself are scheduled to
present a paper next month at an AI conference
We've never heard of the conference nor did we write... - A computer related practical joke a played in my younger days
(2 years ago
) was to write an unstoppable program (disabled break... - Back in the good old college days, when pulling all-nighters (sure
you must have done some of those before!), at about... - When I was out at Union College in Schenectady N.Y
we had a great college radio station that would give... - DEC 20 practical jokes were rampant at an undergraduate computer center
I once frequented
One practical joker, call him Jack (yes, the same ...
