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The Ultimate Reset Button

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-not-the-cosmic-nullifier dept.

Gary writes "The gigantic red switch looks more like a mushroom straight out of Super Mario. It can be connected easily using two wires and can be activated in any direction. To get rid of the blue screen of death all you have to do is hit it with something (like, a fist)."

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  1. Just amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, this is just amazing....almost rivals the development of the polio vaccine.

    1. Re:Just amazing by anethema · · Score: 3, Funny

      A stepper motor to control LED brightness?? Stop breathing the solder fumes.

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    2. Re:Just amazing by galaad2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      what is amazing is the error message that the former site shows now:

      [...snip...]

              SQL/DB Error -- []
      Error executing error template.

      ROFL, even the error generator causes errors.

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    3. Re:Just amazing by YouTookMyStapler · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's amazing that the article is supposed to be fore a reset button for the "blue screen of death" and all I get when I click the link all I get is a blue error page.

  2. Options. by mulvane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could I get one of these fashioned as a Colt 45 or other such instrument of death? I gotta tell ya, sometimes just beating the hell out of something doesn't leave you with the cold, hard final satisfaction that you killed something.

    1. Re:Options. by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your parents must shit themselves every time they hear you coming up the stairs from the basement.

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    2. Re:Options. by mulvane · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't have parents anymore. They had an untimely accident tied to a series of unfortunate events.

    3. Re:Options. by nine-times · · Score: 4, Funny

      whose basement do you live in, then?

    4. Re:Options. by mulvane · · Score: 5, Funny

      I inherited it my current living arrangements.

    5. Re:Options. by swillden · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't have parents anymore. They had an untimely accident tied to a series of unfortunate events.

      Just because they're in the freezer doesn't mean they're not still your parents.

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    6. Re:Options. by halcyon1234 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Better yet, hook it up to an accelerometer, which is hooked up to a small monitoring CPU. Put the accelerometer into a punching back. Then right it to send a signal once it reaches a certain acceleration (ie: when you hit it long enough).

      Then, set the monitor to start a timer once it registers a high enough average acceleration. Set the time for, say, 10 seconds. If you manage to sustain the average acceleration for a long enough time, the monitor will reset the computer for you.

      It's not enough to hit something. It's not enough to hit something hard enough. It's only enough to hit something hard enough, repeatedly, for a period of time. Only then will you have worked out your rage. =)

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    7. Re:Options. by DarkTempes · · Score: 2, Funny

      Need a roommate?

    8. Re:Options. by chmod+a+x+mojo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't worry, i tried to kill myself also when i sat down to watch that movie. I'm just sorry to hear that they succeeded...

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  3. Yet another excuse... by Idbar · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... to buy Windows! ;)

    Page was /.'d, or perhaps they used the button on their webserver?

  4. Unix guys prefer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats for Windows users. Unix guys would rather like to have a pedal under their desk that is mapped to Escape. Imaging how much fun vi could be...

    1. Re:Unix guys prefer... by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, he did place the button at a perfect position for a good head slam.

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  5. the ultimate? by ArcSecond · · Score: 4, Funny

    You ever wonder if servers have thoughts and feelings? Sometimes I think it is cruel the things Slashdot does to them.

    Reset button indeed. More like LITTLE BLUE LINK OF DEATH.

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  6. WHACK-A-MOLE by no_pets · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

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  7. Re:Already down by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    The webmaster is checking out his new button.

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  8. I have one of those... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have one of those, it really is neat!
    Only drawback is that my cats think it's a toy and every once in a while one of them sneaks towards it an(*#djweSHDFHf... LOST CARRIER

  9. Oops by cfvgcfvg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like someone hit the Ultimate Reset Button on the webserver.

  10. Re:Awesome! by ktappe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope this can be installed on any computer! Just think, rather than coming to the network admin to take out their frustration, the users could take it out on the reset button.
    Nooooo!

    I don't know about you, but a notable portion of my day is spent responding to users' woes with "Did you try rebooting?" If users learn to reboot their own computers, that would cut the need for us admins in half. This button thingie will lead to mass unemployment. It's evil! Kill it! Kill it!

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  11. what most basement dwellers here really need... by advocate_one · · Score: 2, Funny

    the emergency button for when mom walks in... quickly closes the browser window and brings up a minimised screen...

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  12. not in my house by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My cat would sit on it.

  13. Re:More impressive by Jarjarthejedi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh man, someone needs to take that thing and make it a reset button right now...I would so buy if it served a useful purpose. That would be so amusing...
    Fellow Worker: Hey dude, your computer froze up on me
    You: Okay, just reset it
    FW: How? (Expecting the location of the reset button)
    You: Do you see the box on your right? Flip the top switch
    FW: Okay...
    You: Now flip the bottom one
    FW: Okay...you sure this is the reset?
    You: Yep, now insert the key on the desk next to it into the keyhole on the left and turn it to the right
    FW: Okay...umm, it lit up red...is that bad?
    You: Nope, now lift the plastic guard and hit the button
    FW: Uhh...I think I'll just go work on my laptop instead...thanks

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  14. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least you can still ask if its plugged in.

  15. That's pretty cool, but by Mikachu · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I'd call THIS the ultimate reset button.

  16. Re:Computer controlled LED by funfail · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most probably it would be even cheaper to integrate the microprocessor into the LED itself. Just imagine a beowulf cluster of such LEDs...

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