Needs a blinkenlights sign
ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS! Das computermachine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-pickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das blinkenlichten.
First time I read that was in about '89/'90 in a printed book of computer jokes gifted to me by my then mother-in-law. Still made me laugh. Thanks for the nostalgia hit.
About 15 years ago I did some work with a large international pharmaceutical company with over 2,000 of offices across the world. There was a laptop in an empty cubicle with signs like this on it. Apparently if it turned off their entire email system would go down.
Props to them for repurposing old hardware instead of tossing it to a scrap yard.
So, what they're saying is that the sign needs to be removed before unplugging anything. Gotcha, can do
There's always that one guy in the office too...
it started with a sign that only said "don't unplug the cables" and had to expand as things kept happening
PS2, VGA and RS232 cables. Takes me back..
My PC has those 😅
I had a photo kiosk at an old job that I wanted to put something like that for their USB cables. I swear you touch them during transfer and boom your download = canceled.
PS/2 port being used? How old is this image?
It could be from today. I've worked at several manufacturing facilities where something like this is hooked up to a huge ancient device with a serial cable because the drivers only exist for Windows XP and the Italian business who made the machine went out of business decades ago.
I suspect this was taken in the early 2000s, though, since the fan isn't caked in an inch of dust and grime yet.
Yeah, this is a very clean PC picture, like new (though one can absolutely still get new mobo’s with legacy I/O ports) so probably not a modern build, just an older pic.
That must be a decorative exhaust vent then.
Unplugging goes brrrrr.
...unzips
This one is too clean to be the case, but factories usually have a few computers like this.
So we broke it?
OMG is that PS/2? 😮
