Comments on: How to Make Your Computer Geek Friends Wince

By: Gunther

Gunther — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:01:37 +0000

This would make one of the best noise albums next to “Solo for Wounded CD” ever.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:39:02 +0000

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?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:27:34 +0000

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.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:55:19 +0000

*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.

By: kat

kat — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:15:25 +0000

Gah! I knew better! I tried not, but the cringe just becomes automatic after a while. Ugh.

By: Misty

Misty — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:24:20 +0000

I thought I could tough it out and not flinch but the second to last one caused an involuntary shudder.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:15:35 +0000

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 …

By: siliconchef

siliconchef — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:31:39 +0000

Must … not … kill … Stephen …

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:30:40 +0000

gah. I knew I’d cringe and I clicked ‘play’ anyway. I KNEW BETTER.

*forwards to fellow IT workers*