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[File #6:]
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[This is sortof an example of what NOT to send us. I posted this
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because the author was kind enough to send it and because it's kinda
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funny. In the future, folkx, please only send h/p related files. -hc]
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How to mess up department store Macs
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By C-D and Walrus
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Messing up department store Macs is a fun a wholesome activity
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that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Some of these might
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be to complicated to do in a store without people getting suspicious,
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but they are fun anyways. Here's some favorites!
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* Make a copy of the system folder, leave it next to the other system
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folder. This will screw up the system, and to boot you will need
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a system disk.
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* Make tons of copies of all the extensions in the extension folder.
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This makes the startup a very slow one, and could cause conflicts
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* Bring a modified system and finder from home. You should have
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edited it with ResEdit, for example make the "Are you sure you
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want to empty the trash?" dialog into something like "The gamma
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correction buffer on this monitor has failed, please step away
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from the monitor and seek help from a qualified technician".
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* Get a startup pict <note it must be a perfect fit of the screen>
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of a dialog box saying "Are you sure you wish to purge your ROM?
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This process is irreversible" and have the cancel button grayed out.
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A couple more you could try:
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* Switch the empty and bulging Trash icons, so that the trash looks
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empty when it contains files, and bulges when empties.
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* Edit the balloon Help text strings (most of the are in easy-to-access
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STR# resources so that pointing to a window's Close box produces
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a help balloon that says "click this box will cause
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irreparable damage to the motherboard"
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* Edit the MENU resource to turn a separator line in a menu into an
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alluring new menu command (like "Double Processing Speed") that
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doesn't work.
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* Use ResEdits MENU editor to change all text in menus to white,
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rendering the commands completely invisible. (they still work,
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you just can't see them)
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* Replace the standard alert box icon with the System Bomb icon.
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* Re-map the keyboard so that pressing any key produces a semi-colon.
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* Change the names of an applications menus, so that the File
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menu contain the Format commands and vice-versa
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* Install a desktop pattern consisting entirely of Trash can icons, and
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then hide the trash in the pattern.
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* Create a startup screen that features a realistic System bomb message,
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urging the user to restart the Mac immediately.
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* Switch the trash and hard drive icons, give them each others names. So
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much fun to watch them trash the whole hard drive.
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* To crak At-Ease, simply hit the programmers switch and type G FINDER .
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This will quit At-Ease and return you to the finder for your hours of
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wholesome fun. If you don't have a programmers button, you can also
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try command power <the key in the upper right corner> which might
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or might not work.
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* If you really want to down the Mac, make some files in teach text
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(about3-5). Name them all .sony . Put one on the desktop, one in
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the first HD window, one in the System folder. If you have any left,
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sprinkle them gingerly through the System folder. Restart, and the
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Mac will attempt to use the files as Hard Drive Drivers. This can
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completely corrupt the hard drive, its tons of fun.
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* Unplug and plug back in the ADB cables, this makes all the ADB devices
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work very oddly.
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* Randomly unplug cables, and plug them back into other sockets. Its
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great to see the expressions on sales peoples faces.
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* Switch the keyboard type in the control panels, this will mess up
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everything you type.
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* Take an old disk and bend the metal sliding cover thing a bit out. Put
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the disk in, and then try to eject it, if it came out bend the
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metal more and put it in again. This works like an arrow or fishhook,
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it goes in but does not come out.
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* Push the restart button, and then repeatedly push the programmer
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button while the startup sound is playing, then leave the computer
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sitting with the sad Mac.
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* Remove the monitor cable just a bit, so that everything appears green,
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or red, or purple=8Apsychedelic!
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* Name the finder 'finderL' Restart and run away, watch as dumbfounded
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salespeople open the case to make sure the HD is really there.
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* Make all the icons that are root folders invisible , and name
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them with=spaces. Watch the clerks go nuts!
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If you want to get in touch with us, we are C-D and Walrus on IRC,
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have phun... :)
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