03-28-2008, 08:50 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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I need to 'break' my monitor
I need to break my clumsy 20" inch CRT monitor in order to get a new LCD monitor. It's company policy that the monitor has to 'die' before I can get a new one. Short of obviously cutting the cord or opening the monitor does anyone know how I can kill this piece of crap so I can get a new one?
A. I can't obviously break it. B. The IT guy will notice if I just turn down the brightness all the way. Creativity counts, I will post back which method works!
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03-28-2008, 09:13 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3...20x12802mj.jpg
We've actually fooled a few people at work using this as their screensaver. Tilt the monitor a bit and for a second it can get some people. Realistically I'm not sure if there's anything you can do. Maybe leave a really defined image up for a week and see if you can burn it in? |
03-28-2008, 09:50 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Location: Toronto
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Gnaw on the cables until you break through or short it out. Then blame it on mice.
For added realism, buy some mice from a petstore and let them loose in the office. As a bonus, you and your coworkers can stage and bet on mice races during coffee breaks.
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03-28-2008, 10:28 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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Mice win
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I think that this one would be hilarious! Let us see if I have the balls to do it!
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03-28-2008, 02:49 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Big magnet, left to sit on the tail end of the CRT for the weekend (or in a cardboard box under the back end of the CRT) should screw the steering electrodes.
Or... Unplug it, drop a cup of coffee into it. Or... Make friends with the IT guy, and ask him nicely to give you a new monitor. If you can justify this by showing that (for example) you regularly need to work on a large monitor at a high res (in order to process image files, or work on immense spreadsheets) then the CRT is not good enough.
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03-29-2008, 06:59 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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Do you have administrator privileges? If so, you can blow the electron gun assembly by setting the horizontal sync (refresh rate) way above the range the monitor can handle. Or you can just put up with torment of having a CRT like everyone else.
I'm pretty sure you'd also get an LCD if you complained that the flicker of the screen (if the h-sync is set low) was giving you headaches. |
03-29-2008, 07:59 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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im to simple, i was kick doing to say "kick the fucker."
but that'll never work. so far i think MSD had the best idea, thats genius. yeah, im so downloading that cracked screen screen saver. time to watch my sister flip the hell out.
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03-30-2008, 12:59 PM | #10 (permalink) | |
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Whatever you do - if you've been talking to people about hating the CRT, everything you do to it will be looked at as deliberate.
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03-30-2008, 03:19 PM | #11 (permalink) | |
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04-01-2008, 07:23 AM | #13 (permalink) | |
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Business Technology : Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity:
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04-03-2008, 06:03 AM | #14 (permalink) | |
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explain yourself by stating: "who in the hell throws a coffee cup!?! honestly!"
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