Hamster Hacking

[major_clanger]

bugshaw's PC has a reset button on the front.

It's height above the floor is exactly equal to the radius of Heidi's hamster ball.

[Roll]
[Roll]
[Thunk]
"Aaargh!"

Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

We used to have a tower unit. Whose power switch was at exactly the height above the floor of the cat's skull, when tilted to scent-mark the surface.

I was so grateful when such switches became programmable to not activate immediately.

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

I'm now imagining adelheid in a hamster ball rolling around your living room. It's your fault if I have wierd dreams tonight ;@)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Who the hell designs these things? The idea of having critical buttons in recesses so they can't easily be pressed accidentally isn't exactly new - I've seen it on equipment built in the fifties - but I've had at least two PCs that came with a reset button that stuck out at exactly the right height to be bashed by the back edge of the keyboard! Not recently, but within the last 10 years.

[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

Likewise. My first work-from-home machine was like that, with the added fun that the desk I had it on was only just deep enough for the case and keyboard.