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True Tales of Hands-on Hacks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the necessity's-a-mother dept.

PCM2 writes "InfoWorld is running a fun special report offering true tales of "enterprise hacks" -- real-world folks and how they solved IT problems in unorthodox ways. Can you beat the story about the tech who hacked a USB switch with a timer to bridge two air-gapped networks? Or the one who used Wi-Fi to track a missing tool cart? What's your proudest hack?" It's in PDF, but freely downloadable.

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  1. Best hack? by zephc · · Score: 3, Funny

    My best hack was when I constructed a nuclear reactor from a paper clip and a dirty napkin for the inhabitants of P3X-491.

    Sincerely,
    General John "Jack 'MacGyver'" O'Neill

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    "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
    1. Re:Best hack? by Mercano · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stargate outtake with a rant on Jack's lack of jurry rigging skills. "You used to be MacGyver, now you MacNothing, MacUseless!"

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      #include <signature.h>
  2. My proudest hack... VOIP by 10100111001 · · Score: 3, Funny

    One time I made a phone with nothing but 2 tin cans and a piece of waxed string.

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    1 voice in a sea of voices
  3. This one time... by Recovering+Hater · · Score: 5, Funny

    This one time in band camp- I used an unorthodox body part to power a flute.

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    My humor is probably your flamebait
    1. Re:This one time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      It's only an unorthodox body part on Slashdot... in the real world, it's actually quite common ;)

  4. Re:My best hack by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

    One time, I used some network cable to hook a couple of computers together.

    Pffft. I did that with duct tape once...Oh, you meant you *networked* them...

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    This guy's the limit!
  5. Re:Server Admin 1, Glass Door 0 by ePhil_One · · Score: 3, Funny
    he busted his way in with a big metal fire extinguisher and got the job done

    Hopefully he also addressed the security concern that anyone with a fire extinguisher can get into the server room...

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    You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.
  6. Re:Server Admin 1, Glass Door 0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Hopefully he also addressed the security concern that anyone with a fire extinguisher can get into the server room..."

    PHB: Remove all fire extinguishers.