Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 So I've got 3 days left in work before I break for Christmas, and I literally have nothing to do. My manager has gone away, I work in a project environment and dont have time to get anything big started. What I need to do is find something to keep myself going so that I can look busy for a few days. Does anyone have any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Saintsweb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Saintsweb That's not going to look good if I spend the whole day on the Web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 That's not going to look good if I spend the whole day on the Web. I thought you already did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I thought you already did. Very rarely on the Web during the day, and if i am it's on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Very rarely on the Web during the day, and if i am it's on my phone. So it's not skiving if the device is smaller? Interesting. In answer to your query, a few computer-related pranks you may wish to try should sir get the opportunity. 1) Social media stowaway. Got a smoker in the office that doesn't lock his screen when going out for a fag? Nip onto Facebook, end his relationship with his partner (assuming he has one - coders, right?) and announce something huge, like he's changing sex or joining the French Foreign Legion or whatever. 2) Iconic prank. Also requires access to screen. Take a screenshot of the person's desktop. Move all desktop icons into a folder somewhere. Set the screenshot you took as the person's backdrop. Enjoy hours of them clicking things that no longer work. 3) Coder special. Replace one or several semi-colons in source code with the Greek question mark. This looks exactly the same as a semi-colon, but will cause every compiler to scream blue murder. Your hapless programmers won't know what's hit them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 So it's not skiving if the device is smaller? Interesting. In answer to your query, a few computer-related pranks you may wish to try should sir get the opportunity. 1) Social media stowaway. Got a smoker in the office that doesn't lock his screen when going out for a fag? Nip onto Facebook, end his relationship with his partner (assuming he has one - coders, right?) and announce something huge, like he's changing sex or joining the French Foreign Legion or whatever. 2) Iconic prank. Also requires access to screen. Take a screenshot of the person's desktop. Move all desktop icons into a folder somewhere. Set the screenshot you took as the person's backdrop. Enjoy hours of them clicking things that no longer work. 3) Coder special. Replace one or several semi-colons in source code with the Greek question mark. This looks exactly the same as a semi-colon, but will cause every compiler to scream blue murder. Your hapless programmers won't know what's hit them. Oh jeez, those are class. Might well have to try that. The Coder Special is very funny, but don't forget I'm a BA, so devs hate me enough without having me messing with their code... It is skiving, but it's not quite as obvious, in my eyes anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Come up with a new niche dessert to be sold to the mass consumer. Also come up with packaging and branding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Any funny podcasts that anyone listens to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Make the tea. They'll thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Make the tea. They'll thank you. I'm not sure I can handle that sort of responsibility - it's a big step up in my career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I sympathise with you, Jeff. As a young engineering apprentice I served part of my time in the company’s Works Engineers Department. On my first day, the Chief Engineer called me into his office and said: ‘we’ve got virtually nothing for you to do; nevertheless, important people visit this office at all times; therefore, it is imperative that you always LOOK busy.” Wtf! After a few days I turned batshit mental. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I sympathise with you, Jeff. As a young engineering apprentice I served part of my time in the company’s Works Engineers Department. On my first day, the Chief Engineer called me into his office and said: ‘we’ve got virtually nothing for you to do; nevertheless, important people visit this office at all times; therefore, it is imperative that you always LOOK busy.” Wtf! After a few days I turned batshit mental. Good luck. Well at least I've got going mental to look forward to... Perhaps I should write a book. The world according to Jeff or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I'll just leave this here: https://apps.facebook.com/farmheroes/?fb_source=canvas_bookmark Great time killer, hear the guys and gals that work on it are really cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 wish i had that problem. Its our year end this month, i'll certainly be working all the way through christmas and very likely until late new years eve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I'll just leave this here: https://apps.facebook.com/farmheroes/?fb_source=canvas_bookmark Great time killer, hear the guys and gals that work on it are really cool Just looks too dodgy sat on my phone playing a game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 wish i had that problem. Its our year end this month, i'll certainly be working all the way through christmas and very likely until late new years eve. People always need print cartridges... Jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Just looks too dodgy sat on my phone playing a game... Pfft, your place sounds boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Pfft, your place sounds boring Large clothes retailer, so it kinda is. I'm a contractor so can kind of put up with it. Used to work here full time though...wouldn't make that mistake again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 So it's not skiving if the device is smaller? Interesting. In answer to your query, a few computer-related pranks you may wish to try should sir get the opportunity. 1) Social media stowaway. Got a smoker in the office that doesn't lock his screen when going out for a fag? Nip onto Facebook, end his relationship with his partner (assuming he has one - coders, right?) and announce something huge, like he's changing sex or joining the French Foreign Legion or whatever. 2) Iconic prank. Also requires access to screen. Take a screenshot of the person's desktop. Move all desktop icons into a folder somewhere. Set the screenshot you took as the person's backdrop. Enjoy hours of them clicking things that no longer work. 3) Coder special. Replace one or several semi-colons in source code with the Greek question mark. This looks exactly the same as a semi-colon, but will cause every compiler to scream blue murder. Your hapless programmers won't know what's hit them. Switch the n and m keys on the keyboard Love the iconic gag - might do this myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Love the iconic gag - might do this myself To really screw them up, unlock the taskbar, drag it to the top of the screen and then set it to auto-hide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 To really screw them up, unlock the taskbar, drag it to the top of the screen and then set it to auto-hide You're evil. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 To really screw them up, unlock the taskbar, drag it to the top of the screen and then set it to auto-hide Use PrtScrn to set a copy of the current desktop as your wallpaper. Then move all the icons somewhere else. (Do not try this at home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Use PrtScrn to set a copy of the current desktop as your wallpaper. Then move all the icons somewhere else. (Do not try this at home) Good one, Whitey. Wish I'd thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Good one, Whitey. Wish I'd thought of that. Now then Pap, sarcasm doesn’t suit you (perhaps it does, I’m not sure) But, slap wrist for Whitey for not studying thread in its entirety! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Good one, Whitey. Wish I'd thought of that. I first encountered that particular jape while working at Nintendo 15 years ago. Good to know people still fall for it. If I was Jeff I'd go down the pub, or work from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I first encountered that particular jape while working at Nintendo 15 years ago. Good to know people still fall for it. If I was Jeff I'd go down the pub, or work from home. As a contractor it's not something I can do...I could of course take the time off unpaid, but don't really want to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Good one, Whitey. Wish I'd thought of that. Oops, sorry PAP mate, my eyesight's not what it was. We did this to one of my colleagues (i.e. workers) once and it took him a little while to work out what was going on. Also he hated YMCA (the song by the Village people, not the institution) so we replaced all his sound files with the same sample of the song so whatever he clicked he heard the opening words of the song. Also next time you're in PC World and see a desktop type Ctrl-A, Enter and walk away purposefully. Does anybody actually read everything that everybody else writes? Surely that's bordering on the obsessive These people must spend all day sitting on ths forum. Not me! I've got lots of really interesting things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I first encountered that particular jape while working at Nintendo 15 years ago. Good to know people still fall for it. If I was Jeff I'd go down the pub, or work from home. You probably know my mate if you worked at Nintendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Does anybody actually read everything that everybody else writes? Does anybody actually read anything that everybody else writes? is probably more apt, Whitey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Does anybody actually read anything that everybody else writes? is probably more apt, Whitey Most of it is in one eye and out the other but occasionally, just occasionally, there are some sparkling jewels of wit and insight that make all the lonely hours worthwhile. If it ever happens I'll be the first to let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Most of it is in one eye and out the other but occasionally, just occasionally, there are some sparkling jewels of wit and insight that make all the lonely hours worthwhile. If it ever happens I'll be the first to let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Don't know about where you're working, but here documentation is the last thing that gets done because everybody hates doing it. Now's your chance to get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Don't know about where you're working, but here documentation is the last thing that gets done because everybody hates doing it. Now's your chance to get it done. I completed the last of the support docs the other day. That's why I'm in this situation. Perhaps I should have stretched it out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 I've just spent a fruitful few minutes digging all the fluff out of the earphone socket on my Iphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 3) Coder special. Replace one or several semi-colons in source code with the Greek question mark. This looks exactly the same as a semi-colon, but will cause every compiler to scream blue murder. Your hapless programmers won't know what's hit them. Incredible. It's as if 'find and replace' was invented for this purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stug76 Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Not sure if this still applies but we used to have fun at the expense of our manager by changing the words that MS Word auto corrects. He couldn't understand why he couldn't spell his own name. We used to change it every now and again to keep ourselves amused. I think he went mad in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 To really screw them up, unlock the taskbar, drag it to the top of the screen and then set it to auto-hide That's sounds like proper f**king lols. I will try that on someone tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Large clothes retailer, so it kinda is. I'm a contractor so can kind of put up with it. Used to work here full time though...wouldn't make that mistake again. Spend the next few days cruising lingerie pictures online, with the excuse that you are working on a new line of Doris clobber, when really you are stocking up pics for the old w@nkbbank. I'm sure there used to be a naughty undies thread on here at some point which could start you off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Spend some time collecting a few quid off your colleagues and make a donation to a local charity? Just saying, Christmas spirit and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Oh jeez, those are class. Might well have to try that. The Coder Special is very funny, but don't forget I'm a BA, so devs hate me enough without having me messing with their code... It is skiving, but it's not quite as obvious, in my eyes anyway. Do some work/research on agile methodology? Or tell them you are looking at ways that you can improve the processes within your domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 As a contractor it's not something I can do...I could of course take the time off unpaid, but don't really want to do that. Not on your daily rate ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 You probably know my mate if you worked at Nintendo. What's his name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 11 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 11 December, 2014 Do some work/research on agile methodology? Or tell them you are looking at ways that you can improve the processes within your domain. We don't use Agile here, but did at the last place. Not keen myself, think you can tend to lose detail and gives the devs more scope to do what they want... Could go through my old ISEB stuff though, brush up a bit on UML as never really used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 11 December, 2014 Share Posted 11 December, 2014 We don't use Agile here, but did at the last place. Not keen myself, think you can tend to lose detail and gives the devs more scope to do what they want... Could go through my old ISEB stuff though, brush up a bit on UML as never really used it. Not a great fan myself but it seems to be the in thing at the mo well at my place of work it is. Funny re UML it's on my list for next year. You mention ISEB ever done anything IIBA wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 12 December, 2014 Author Share Posted 12 December, 2014 Not a great fan myself but it seems to be the in thing at the mo well at my place of work it is. Funny re UML it's on my list for next year. You mention ISEB ever done anything IIBA wise? No, done ISEB Diploma in BA, and also in Testing when I started out. I assume IIBA is pretty similar though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 12 December, 2014 Share Posted 12 December, 2014 If you don't already have it, why not do the research / learning for Prince2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 13 December, 2014 Share Posted 13 December, 2014 No, done ISEB Diploma in BA, and also in Testing when I started out. I assume IIBA is pretty similar though? Yep similar to the ISEB diploma - slight differences in terminology but that's about it. The biggest difference is that to be able to apply for the main IIBA qualification you need 5 years of BA work (and they are quite strict on what they feel is BA work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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