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Amateurs!
No, not the BOFH or PFY, but the guys sending the robot.
It should have been made to look like a piece of expensive networking kit, then sent using a mistyped shipping address to the office. (It's not that difficult to set up a company with a similar-sounding name and easily mistaken address)
Would the BOFH or PFY return a package with expensive kit if they could blame the loss on the shipper?
And the receiving company actually calls around to ask if it showed up there instead?
Also, there's a lot of room in some of the larger networking boxes...
(Enough for a small robot, or possibly some Thermite... )
re: Amateurs!
Maybe I am suspicious, but with the trigger word - I suspect the guy sending robot was there is person
You may be on to something...
At no time in the past have the BOFH and PFY returned anything that could still contain that kind of data, so either there's another as of yet undetected device, or someone has been doing some oldfashioned spying.
Makes me pause and think back
A while ago, we received a mystery package. It sat on a trolley for a couple of months, before I noticed it in our store-room. Several large, very heavy-duty aluminium boxes, sprouting masses of different sizes round military-grade multi-pin connectors. Sitting on shock-absorbing mountings too. I googled the manufacturers name, and found that it was a certain German company, making electronics for the military. I e-mailed the Germans, and they e-mailed back saying something along the lines of: "Oh gosh, thanks for notifying us, that thing is top secret and we have accidentally broken several laws regarding shipping of restricted technology, please keep the thing safe, and we'll arrange a pick-up very shortly."
That was 6 months ago, and it is still sitting on a trolley in a corner of our store room.
I believe it is a kind of inertial navigation system. Probably for a submarine. Wonder why they don't want it back?
Weeeelllll.....
Haha, tempting. But I genuinely daren't do that. Are inertial navigation systems still top secret? Getting a bit mainstream now, aren't they?
The ones for Subs, yes...
The accuracy needed to maneuver a sub in narrow straits or even a fjord is quite high, and the equipment for it is pretty advanced.
Just mentioning that you have it sitting in a storeroom probably broke a few regs...
(Even if you're anonymous. Someone at El Reg might be logging IPs... )
Frankly, if I was you, I'd be calling the Navy about now.
Good advice
Thanks for that. And I'm not TOO worried about being rumbled, I haven't actually done anything particularly wrong. I have to admit, I WAS tempted to pop the thing open and have a good look at the gubbins inside. I haven't done that though. What I have done is: I took several pictures of one of the junior engineers fumbeling with the various bits of kit, I recon that should be enough to keep the heat off me, if it all goes pear-shaped. And also: What country's navy should I alert? I live and work in the UK, but am not a native. The Germans failed to get in touch, Trygve; Would you like a bit of navy memorabilia?
Lesson Learnt
Fantastic!
Lesson learnt? Read BOFH without food or drink in hand/mouth to avoid ruining another keyboard!
Must be Friday as well. Cheers Simon.
Hmm...
So, disconnected phone, they're trying to hide!
First they've got to find them, and *then* make them sorry...
Reminded me
of the Polymorph in Red Dwarf where it could be anything - great stuff!
What's this then?
Looks a bit like continuity in the story line... Nice.
Ahem
Quite a good BOFH, but lets be honest - just like bad sex, a bad bofh is still appreciated.
Cannot resist asking
which occurs more often?
PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER THAT!!
I'll get me coat
BOFH and PFY must be getting old
Why take out the robot instead of watching it on CCTV doing its thing in the boss's office?
Who could have known?
I figured out the password early on. Not hard.
Which side is first to build a TOK?
Enquiring cyborgs need to know.
Will it be the BOFH & PFY who build her to send to the others or will they themselves be on the receiving end of a pretty girl who can smash doors?
Is this conflict actually how Skynet starts?
Marvellous
Been waiting for Simon to get back to the Robot Wars!
I refuse to enoble a simple forum post!
ummmmm....
Could someone please tell me what BOFH and PFY stand for?
I'm sure I'd find this all much funnier if I knew.
ta
BOFH Glossary of Terms
BOFH - Bastard Operator From Hell
PFY - Pimply Faced Youth
RE: I refuse to enoble a simple forum post!
BOFH-Bastard Operator From Hell
PFY-Pimply-Faced Youth
We all have to learn it the first time sometime :)
Seriously?
You posted that, when the top 3 responses to my googling 'BOFH' had the answer in the google summary?
Yes, I'm aware of the irony of my wasting a post to point this out. It's Friday and I'm bored.
no, no
Who says just the chair was in the box.
The only way to be sure is to nuke the site from orbit.
You must be new here...
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/BOFH.html
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/PFY.html
Upping the ante
I suppose it's only a matter of time before "bring your lad to work day" arrives, but no one can determine to whom the winsome, young David belongs...
Or bring your daughter to work day
Hmm, BOFH with a portal gun. That could be fun.
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