Most Hewlett-Packard printers have a digital display with a programmable ready message, which is pretty much an open invitation for tech-savvy geeks to have some fun at the expense of their tech-addled coworkers. All you need is this little perl program, developed by this guy. Get it going and you can have your local document demon start back-talking in no time, if only to demand quarters that the staff will have no visible method of inserting. And that's just for starters:
Ladies and gentlemen, start your hacking.
About Jay Garmon
Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger — amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can a...
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Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger — amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can also follow him on his personal blog.
