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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:45)
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A few years ago I spent some time at a Hungarian university, where the only available computers were in the library.You only got one hour at a time on them and nobody seemed to have their own computers. There were long queues.
I soon worked out how to 'reserve' one for a mate: I'd lean round the back and loosen the monitor cable. It'd go off, an 'Out Of Order' sign would go on it and the university's one technician would be booked for a visit a week on Thursday.
Meantime, my mates and I would use it, being careful to replace the sign afterwards. Result!
Nobody ever challenged us. Probably far too busy making the most of their measly one hour of Hotmail and porn a day to notice our strange Western European shenanigans.
(, Fri 25 Sep 2009, 12:23, Reply)
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