'Xtreme' Equipment That You Have Borrowed?

djupedal asks: "What's the most extreme type of equipment you've used from the lab/office/university, etc. for your own projects, etc.? Have you ever taken a piece of unknown lint into work just to check it out under the nuclear microscope? Ever used the UV curing oven on the production line to make custom wheels for an R/C car? Ever used the 100,000 ton press in the lab to meld a dime into a nickel just to have a present for your gf/bf on Valentine's Day?" "Ever drop by the house on the way home from work and use your company's nuclear density gauge to check for hardpan in the backyard?

Was that you I saw driving a 50 ton crane into the sub-division just to have a platform to install a 3 meter dish on the roof of the garage?

Ever hog a T-3 so you could loop-logon on to your own box....after networking thru a minimum of 25 repeaters near the equator...just to see how much delay there is when going around the planet?

To get you started -- we used to work the night shift at a ski area - and when we found spare time, we would fire up a few of the $200,000.00 Kässbohrer PistenBully's and run off into the trees and play hide & seek in the dark, when it was snowing heavy and your tracks would be covered quickly. All lights out and nothing but iPods online, we would play tag until we either got lost, stuck, bored or the sun came up.

What's your best example of trivial use of some very expensive gear that wasn't yours?"

Comments

I hate Bush, mod me up!

[Anonvmous Coward]

Ooo! I hope Dubya chimes in!

Re:I hate Bush, mod me up!

[a whoabot]

Bush Sr. had and probably still has non-ownership equity stakes in Carlyle group. He was also a senior advisor for the group until October 2003 after a number of groups(Judicial Watch, NYT) decried the connection. After Bush Sr. resigned from the position, the Carlyle Group started to widely proclaim that Bush did as much and that he "holds no other positions at Carlyle." They have not said anything about the current state of Bush's investments in the company. Even if he cashed out his stakes on October 2003 when he left the company, he was still employed as advisor and until way past when G.W. declared the "end of major combat operations" in May 2003.

Carlyle group benefitted from the war in Iraq because they invested in and control arms manufacturers. For example, United Defence Industries, a major contractor for the Pentagon. They supply the Bradley troop carrier vehicle which is used in Iraq for just one example. Carlyle is the main shareholder in United Defence.

I would say that awarding money to his father probably benefits him financially. He will most likely inherit a large amount of money from his father at some point.

Re:At my University

[kneecarrot]

"love rod"? "slip 'n' slide"? You are totally a virgin yourself, aren't you?

Re:bittorrents of Star Wars Revelations

[bigtangringo]

I think posting AC would have been a *really* good idea.