the dumb game!

[linux noooob]

SO what you do is find the most dumb thing you have done to your comp or Ubuntu
also submit pics so i can believe you

i will be waiting!:popcorn:

[Schalken]

I followed a guide to format my USB flash drive, and it said to format /dev/sda. The guide was written before SATA hard drives came around, and since my hard drive is SATA it shows up as /dev/sda and the USB flash drive is /dev/sdb, and my hard drive got formatted instead! :O

[LaRoza]

I was run a command to delete a bunch of files and directories recursively through the command line, but accidently put a space in the path, and deleted the entire home directory. I didn't lose anything because I don't put anything in my home, but I couldn't use any applications. Restarting worked, and all the default settings were there, and I just tweaked my settings to get back to normal.

[KIAaze]

I make my computer play starcraft tank sounds on lid open/close.
I even had it play "Yes, sir!" after each entered command in the console, but removed it because it's a bit too much. :)

Other stupid thing I did recently is try out forkbombs.
Also created a simple program filling up the RAM. Effects tested on Windows and Ubuntu. (results: faster crash/recovery in Ubuntu; Mouse remains movable when RAM is filled in Windows)

[LaRoza]

I


Please edit your post, I don't want to see you getting in trouble: http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=298

[KIAaze]

Why? I clearly state the effect of the command.
This is a thread about dumb things to do to a PC. If the moderators want to edit it, that's ok with me, but I don't see how it's unappropriate or malicious here.

[LaRoza]

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[KIAaze]

Maybe you're right. I would hate getting banned because of this.
Better now? :)

[dips_xe]

I make my computer play starcraft tank sounds on lid open/close.
I even had it play "Yes, sir!" after each entered command in the console, but removed it because it's a bit too much. :)


how did you do the lid part? very cool

[LaRoza]

Maybe you're right. I would hate getting banned because of this.
Better now? :)

Better :-). I doubt you'd have gotten banned, and think the announcement is too strict. After all, the command involving rm is in many sigs now.

[KIAaze]

how did you do the lid part? very cool

There you go:
How to make your laptop play sounds on lid open/close :) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=563687&highlight=lid+open+close)
play sounds in your terminal when running any command (or just pressing enter) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3788432&postcount=61)

Another fun thing I did was use this:
Fake "Hax0r / Hacker Activity" bash script (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=470386)

And as for hardware: use ice forms with ice to cool down the laptop.
Didn't really work because it was unpractical. ^^

[SaltyCrak]

well, this wasn't me, but a buddy of mine... he made the song "sweet like chocolate" by "shanks and bigfoot" play as his start up sound... the full song! :guitar:

[linux noooob]

omg hahah wonder if that would work with metal??

[Keith Hedger]

I once went to do a full backup and got the source and destination mixed up and hosed my system (OSX), I wouldn't mind but it was a backup script I wrote myself! :oops:

[LaRoza]

omg hahah wonder is that would work with metal??

I have Ubuntu SE, a little Mayhem at start up isn't a bad idea!

[seventhc]

The dumbest thing I've ever done to my computer...well, there was this time..um, I'm embarassed to say it...but once, I installed windows :(

[Ptero-4]

The dumbest (but lets admit it, the best) thing I ever did on a computer (the family's one) was to follow the "advice" of going into DOS mode and deleting the "Windows" folder in the C drive, needless to say it was the most effective malware removal tip all over the web.

[inversekinetix]

this thread only took 16 posts to start having a jab at windows!! wow thats an achievment.


Stupidest thing I ever did was to see what changing the HAL would do to win 2k, oops.

Stupidest thing I ever did to someone elses computer was,

take a screenshot of my friends desktop, use it as a background in a flash animation, make the animation some crazy fake (hollywood style) getting hacked thing, put it in html page and then use that as the desktop background,

when the mouse went over certain points the animation would start and my room mate would freak out!

[xpod]

I`ve just plugged a 2G usb drive into an Elitegroup laptop a while ago,with every intention of installing Puppy to the USB drive...........oops:)
The laptop itself has a meager 20G drive that was split 50/50 with a minimal xfce and the original XP that i`d just left on the thing, for one or two reasons.

Unfortunately the 2G USB drive was also split 50/50 and just like the actual drive on the laptop the usb stick also had one NTFS and one ext3 partition....
I`ve only just gone and wiped the XP partition at the start of the laptops hard drive with gparted,not even thinking to hit the dropdown tab in gparted and choose the usb drive for partitioning.:oops:
My mind was elsewhere after all, listening to the dear wife tell me about her day..:rolleyes:

After the subsequent discussion i thought...."Oh well,not to worry",it`s easy enough to re-install the original XP if i want,with the license key sticker being on the bottom of the laptop itself.:)
I lifted the front of the laptop back,just to quickly remind myself the sticker was indeed there .........and snapped the USB drive still plugged in the back.Sapped the plastic casing anyway.

:popcorn:

[init1]

Once when I was using Mepis, I got tired of messing with file permissions, so I ran chmod on "/" and messed up my system.
Another time I had a mounted filesystem that refused to umount. So I tried removing the mount point. It didn't take long before I realized how stupid that was but nevertheless the distro that was mounted no longer functioned correctly.

[nikoPSK]

I ran a fork bomb, and ran a sudo rm rf command....:(

[wispygalaxy]

When I was installing Gusty on the laptop, I accidentally clicked on "Guided- use entire disk". I wiped out my hard drive by mistake! Luckily it was a new laptop and I had very few files on it. All of the important documents were on a flash drive, thankfully. I guess I was too eagar and rushed things I guess! :oops: Everything is fine now.

[KIAaze]

When I was installing Gusty on the laptop, I accidentally clicked on "Guided- use entire disk". I wiped out my hard drive by mistake! Luckily it was a new laptop and I had very few files on it. All of the important documents were on a flash drive, thankfully. I guess I was too eagar and rushed things I guess! :oops: Everything is fine now.

Doesn't that display a warning when you choose it?

[wispygalaxy]

Doesn't that display a warning when you choose it?

Nope, I didn't get anything that warned me. :confused: Hmm...

[padams10001]

I started my computer, forgetting to put the heatsink and fan on the cpu. Didn't last too long.

[linux noooob]

I started my computer, forgetting to put the heatsink and fan on the cpu. Didn't last too long.

haha nice one!

[nikoPSK]

I make my computer play starcraft tank sounds on lid open/close.
I even had it play "Yes, sir!" after each entered command in the console, but removed it because it's a bit too much. :)

Other stupid thing I did recently is try out forkbombs.
Also created a simple program filling up the RAM. Effects tested on Windows and Ubuntu. (results: faster crash/recovery in Ubuntu; Mouse remains movable when RAM is filled in Windows)

Starcraft! Yaaaa! Could ya give em to me?

[Linuxratty]

Not in Ubuntu,but in it's kin, Klikit...Downloading as 'puter is overheating.
I now have a black metal box waiting for a new motherboard,a cooling fan and a power supply.

http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/Blueroo22/th_snapshot2.png

[KIAaze]

Starcraft! Yaaaa! Could ya give em to me?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=563687

[nikoPSK]

Yaaa! :lolflag: I love sc.

[linux noooob]

omg i am going to do that that looks so cool!