How to Make Your Computer Geek Friends Wince
Make them listen to the following.
Brrr.
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Comment by Amy
gah. I knew I’d cringe and I clicked ‘play’ anyway. I KNEW BETTER.
*forwards to fellow IT workers*
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:30 am
Comment by siliconchef
Must … not … kill … Stephen …
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:31 am
Comment by Geof F. Morris
Do you know how hard it is to type with your keyboard on your desk but while cowering underneath said desk? To say nothing of the thumb-sucking going on …
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 10:15 am
Comment by Misty
I thought I could tough it out and not flinch but the second to last one caused an involuntary shudder.
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 11:24 am
Comment by kat
Gah! I knew better! I tried not, but the cringe just becomes automatic after a while. Ugh.
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Comment by Jeff
*cringe*
The worst I’ve ever heard was YEARS ago when a 40 Meg (Yes. Meg. Not Gig.) Seagate failed with the head broken off the end of the arm and the remaining metal bent down and scraping against the platter.
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Comment by Stephen
What’s awesome about everyone watching the video is that you have the post title, and the still frame of the movie tells you what it’s going to be about. And yet you can’t help but listen anyway.
Posted on February 1, 2008 at 9:27 am
Comment by Jeff
Oh yeah. It definitely has that “can’t look away from the train wreck” quality to it.
By the way, did you notice that one of these drives was making the noise that we used for “blue screen” DCTV bump a couple of years ago?
Posted on February 1, 2008 at 9:39 am
Comment by Gunther
This would make one of the best noise albums next to “Solo for Wounded CD” ever.
Posted on February 3, 2008 at 5:01 pm