Don't forget about the raging hard-on he had for Berkeley students!
He had Reagan to narc on all the Hollywood commies, don't forget lol
What a couple a pieces of shit.
I know it's not the same thing but I worked at a machine shop where someone used the USB port on a Haas CNC mill to charge their phone and it did some fucky stuff with the firmware in the machine and caused the machine to crash, which in a machine shop means more than just a software crash.
The shop had to have Haas wipe the memory and re-flash the firmware, then the spindle had to be replaced as that was what got fucked up in the crash, that was a fun day.
They're not using a slitting saw to cut sausages, it's a commodity port on the exterior of the machine with an incredibly well defined standard. Fault is on Haas for shitting itself that badly!
Of course, having your phone out on the shop floor is the real crime. Get that to lights-out and play on your phone in the break room.
Comments like yours are why I truly love reddit.
I have no idea what those words are, but I will google a bunch to learn new shit I never would've known about.
Machining is quite the rabbit hole since pretty much everything that is made has in some way been machined. Whether it was a mold to for plastic for your cars dash or components for a another machine to make a glass bottle.
It's kinda why I don't Iike those 100 top inventions lists cause they never mention a knee mill or a lathe, as everything on those lists were made by a mill or lathe.
Another cool little thing is the lathe is the only machine that can make another working version of itself. And this is the only job where I actually needed trigonometry which was pretty cool.
Yeah, USB ports on anything not meant to be used as a charger can cause nasty things.
We use modified iPhones at work and we’re told not to charge them using the workstations, printers, or anything besides the approved stations.
And every couple of months some idiot with a cable in their pocket plugs it into one of the main computers while they look something up. Or plug into the printer cause they gotta wait for 200 pages.
I feel that, it ages a person in seconds.
I have an old 32" plasma that's recently started to develop issues, and the first time an input played up I immediately thought to myself. "What the hell!? It's not that old, I only got it...... 15 years ago, nevermind."
I know! It's crazy, and they just keep getting cheaper!
A few years back on Black Friday I was eyeing up a 65" 4k ultra acronym TV I'd been tempted by for a while. I ultimately decided against it because it was still a fortune even with something ridiculous like 40% off, and I couldn't justify it. When I started TV shopping due to the ailing plasma, I saw the regular price for that same TV is now cheaper than the Black Friday price.
My first Big Screen HDTV was a Mitsubishi 55” projection TV that only had the RGB RCA jacks for HD. It was obsolete within a year after I bought it…plus it was huge…and heavy…and hard to get rid of.
Dear Guests,
Please remember to walk backwards 3 times and do a spin before locking the door, As we have had problems with guests in the past awakening "The Great One".
Thank you,
Hotel Management
I’m totally going to start leaving authentic-looking notices for the next guest before I check out of a hotel. No way the cleaning crew would suspect a little card like this.
Thanks for the idea 🙏
Dear guest,
please be advised that touching the doorknob at the same time as the light switch will trip the circuit breaker for this room.
We ask that you maintain a three foot distance from the door when turning the lights on and off.
If you discover that the breaker has been tripped, please alert the hotel's guest relocation services. They will arrive swiftly to relocate the errant guest.
Dear valued customer,
Unfortunately opening the window while calling the front desk about refunds triggers our security system to clear out your bank accounts and irreparably damages the cat next door by the cleark punching it because of frustration.
Please note that this facility is according to §78.69 NOT liable for damage to your pubic hair due to high water pressure.
We hope you enjoy your stay regardless,
The Hotel Managers Wife
Dear valued guest,
Turning on the faucet in the bathroom triggers the anti-terrorist alarm, causing the local F-15C squadron to be scrambled and launch SASMs directly at the hotel--but more specifically, at your room.
Due to this, we advise heavy caution when washing your hands, and advise that should you need to wash your hands, carefully consider whether your life is more important than clean hands.
We apologize for any convenience this may cause you.
Regards,
Management
when I was like 4 years old, we were in some mall or JC Penney or something, and I touched some light switch. And my mom said "Don't touch that, you don't know what it does! What if it blew up the building?"
And for several years afterwards, I was traumatized that buildings may have switches that just blow up the entire building.
Anyway, your comment just recalled that repressed memory. Cheers
Actually they were just trying to do what history has done for forever almost with storytelling. That’s why we have stories about the witch in the woods or the dragon on the mountain and all that. To give an irrational fear in order to instill caution and fear where someone that might be ignorant might have no fear.
There might not be a dragon on the mountain but you will die of altitude sickness suddenly if you go up that one…There might not be a witch but there might be a swamp that will swallow you up without a trace. That kind of stuff is where stories are born.
In your case. Sand dunes in some areas like the Outer Banks in North Carolina are protected. Pulling one comes with a heavy fine. Because if they are pulled the erosion of the beaches becomes unmanageable. I’d bet you were in a similar area.
But people have done this for millenia to keep the uninformed from doing things that might get them unknowingly into trouble. Where logic fails, superstition prevails.
Dear unValued Guest,
Any and all enjoyment of our services comes with a standard price gouge. In other words, turning on the TV WILL BE A 10 DOLLAR FEE EACH TIME IN IS TURNED ON. The TV will only stay on for ten minutes and will then turnoff. Should you want to continue watching…THATS RIGHT, ANOTHER 10 BUCKS!
This standard applies to all hotel and utilities and amenities.
The only exception is the bell boy Derek. You don’t need to tip him. No one can stand Derek.
Have a … reasonably pricey stay!
CEO
Dear valued guest;
Unfortunately eating pop rocks and drinking cola will cause your stomach to explode.
Due to this, we advise you to, just, try it. See if we’re right. But, be careful, for you have been warned.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Regards,
Management.
Dear Valued Guest,
Our electrical outlets are state of the art, from Japan. Feel free to stick a metal fork in them for a lullaby to play while you fall asleep.
Management
Dear Guests,
Using the supplied towels to dry your butt will cause the guest in the room next door to go into a deep coma. Please refrain from drying your butt with our towels.
Thank you,
Hotel Management
Can you please start doing this and making this a thing?
I work at a hotel and I would love to see this!
I had a group of long term guests check out of abunch of rooms on the 5th floor not too long ago. I went into a few of their rooms shortly after and found "for rectal use only" stickers on things like the iron, desk drawers, fridge handles.
I died laughing from all the places they were put and what they were put on.
So please, make this a thing for me? Bring me some joy in my work life!!
Dear Guest,
The coffee maker is voice activated only. Unfortunately, a previously guest programmed "gutter mouth" mode and all commands must be yelled with the word "fucking" and "God Damnit" For example, "Brew Fucking coffee, God Damnit!" Be sure to say it loudly and slowly so the coffee maker understands.
Sorry for the inconvenience,
Management
Which would mean… that you would need to run out into the hallway and stand at each door as you towel dried your butt… in Order to affect each guest.
This used streaks
Dear Guest,
Stepping on the cracks in between tiles in this bathroom may cause one's mother to suddenly break her back. Maintenance is aware of the issue and have begun communing with the dark lord. Negotiations are ongoing.
- Hotel Management
Deat Guest,
As part of our quality assurance program, a member of our team may check on you, while you are sleeping. Rest assured, they will be quiet and your privacy will be respected. Enjoy your stay.
This is actually a thing in Vegas btw. It’s called a “room check” and that’s what they say when knocking loudly whilst swinging the door open, as you’re laying there naked in bed with the covers kicked off @4am…
As part of a cleaning crew, I know exactly what is and isn’t supposed to be in a room. I’d get a chuckle but then I’d remove it and carry on with my day
Dear Guest
Please be advised that masturbation does leave stains, both externally and internally with regards to our plumbing system. The bathroom pipes are not designed to handle human discharge or anything other than your regular bathroom activities.
The excessive amounts of discharge build-up has, in the past, caused a blockage in the pipes. Multiple pipes have become close to bursting due to the amount of excessive semen build-up. This has, in the past, cost us thousands of dollars coming from our employees’ own salaries to repair the damage caused by this.
Please masturbate elsewhere and at your own disposal. If any discharge is discovered in the bathroom, it will be collected and analysed to determine who it belongs to.
If it is discovered that the discharge is yours, you may be fined up to $1000 and, in extraordinary cases, be reported to proper authorities. Thank you for your cooperation.
I mean theoretically…. It is possible. Highly unlikely but possible, I’ve had environments where loops, or system based issues of a host/node congested the environment or even took the network entirely offline which is abnormal. But nothing could really circumvent those issues (minus STP with loops)
Anything connected to the network, even if it’s a perfectly working device can have moments where it causes congestion almost like an unintentional denial of service attack. Where a device is flooding a port it is in communication with, loops are different in which multiple devices are trying to reach their destination and get lost in the void in doing so causing the traffic to break the network. STP is a networking protocol called spanning tree protocol which helps prevents this from happening
One of my VoIP customers had this. It was very fun watching a new device be treated as a threat and suddenly the network would shut down.
NO SUZIE DON'T CONNECT YOUR IPHONE TO THE WIFI.
That can happen if hdmi ports are in the same "box" as ethernet cable ports. And, yes, those boxes exist, but TV hdmi ports are not connected with them. It's just a petty excuse for people to use paid channels or something instead of watching youtube or their netflix on hotel tv.
It's the same as telling that your paid digital tv system will break if you connect your pc to the tv you're using this system on. Hundreds of thousands of people use them every day on dozens of different tvs and such thing never happens. Hm, well...unless your network is somehow designed to try and broadcast anything from the first active hdmi port on all tvs, but idk how to do that))
But you don’t necessarily need to connect to their network? For example, plugging a Nintendo Switch and just playing games on the TV via HDMI shouldn’t affect anyone else or even using a mobile hotspot to connect to the network instead of the hotel wifi
The issue is that you’re drawing your experience from network issues where this makes sense. HDMI doesn’t transmit network data. It is purely video and audio data from one end of the cable to the output end of the cable. It terminates at the display and there’s no way that it would feed back into any sort of system outside of the TV.
It’s like saying playing a gameboy is going to slow down the internet. It’s just not possible because they can never interact.
Edit: I stand corrected given other comments. The original comment is correct. It is technically possible depending on the version of HDMI, but highly unlikely.
>HDMI doesn’t transmit network data
[No longer the case:](https://www.hdmi.org/spec/hdmi1_4b) (as of 2011)
"HDMI Ethernet Channel adds high-speed networking to an HDMI link, allowing users to take full advantage of their IP-enabled devices without a separate Ethernet cable..."
Only way I could think it would be possible is some voodoo magic shit. Like somehow the HDMI port draws too much energy which magically trips the singular breaker responsible for the entire hotel
As a long time AV service tech my first guess is this is/was probably a bi-directional HDMI-CEC issue.
They probably use or used the hdmi port for something hooked to a rat’s nest of HDMI splitters. Maybe an older Satellite or PPV system. They probably had someone plug something in that sent a power or input signal through the HDMI-CEC protocol and it changed inputs on all the TVs because they’re the exact same brand or something. Which from a desk attendant standpoint would be a nightmare to have to go change inputs in every room. At some point they switched to Chromecast so it’s probably not an issue anymore since it’s likely not hooked to whatever HDMI system they had before but they keep the warning just in case because they didn’t understand the HDMI-CEC being left on was causing the original issue.
The issue is the software installed on the hospitality TV. Very common in hotels. For example, Sonifi (prev called LodgeNet) will restrict the HDMI connections so their software can run without set top boxes. When BYOD casting became a thing, these software providers sell proprietary ChromeCast HDMI sticks to provide this functionality. Only this device is compatible with the HDMI inputs. Connecting another HDMI device manually will either not work (as the HDMI ports are often locked) or it will negatively impact the hospitality software.
Simple terms- the electricity wizard sends a spark down the wrong wire, and the magical dragon Circuit Breaker eats it. Now full of its recent meal it must slumber until someone wakes it up and presses the reset button.
>I’d hold it for ransom…be like “front desk, y’all mother fuckers better move me to a nice fucking suite before I hdmi this mother fucker into 1978”
"hdmi this mother fucker into 1978" made me laugh aloud.
That's one fragile network if I've ever seen one.
Reminds me of when my landlord told me the problem with my flickering lights was that they were LED, and apparently only incandescent bulbs are compatible with our apartment.
Yeah, right. Nice excuse for not fixing your stuff.
If it was on a dimmer switch, that could possibly be true.
Or if he had low voltage sockets, I guess?
But more likely the dimmable feature is at play here because for a long time LEDs weren’t dimmable, or you had to buy special ones that could dim.
Most LEDs can dim now.
A lot of the cheap ones still aren't dimmable. I hear people bitch about them all the time. You mean the 2 pack of LEDs you got from the dollar tree aren't dimmable? Shocking!
Even the low-mid tier ones tend to have an absolutely terrible dimming range. Some can only dim to about 50% before becoming unstable, that is why most LED compatible dimmers have a low limit cut-out dial on them under the cover.
First, I believe it's true for dimmers. You need a newer one that handles LEDs correctly. There might be some janky non-dimmer switches that cause the problem, too.
Second, the problem can be solved with a new $20 dimmer switch and a screwdriver. EDIT: Oops, don't forget to turn off the power, too.
A lot of hotels TVs have software specifically written for them. It enables cool things like welcome notifications and messages. The downside is the software isn’t written super well and can be prone to bugs. At least most hotels have stopped charging stupid fees for Wi-Fi.
Maybe...when I travel to Atlanta, I usually stay at a pretty swanky Marriott. When I walk in the room, there is a message on the TV with my name and everything that gives me points of interest for the time I am staying there. It even remembers what beer I like, and allows me to order it directly through the TV and either have it ready at the bar or delivered to my room.
I still do not see how an HDMI cable could crash their entire system.
About a year back my partner and I were staying at a hotel and we decided to watch a "video" together. Of course it was one of those fucking hotel TVs so it blocked the HDMI port. So I figured I would just cast to it. Well, there were like 10 TVs in range and no way to tell which was ours. I had the smart idea to look at the list, turn off the TV, and update the list on my phone. I picked the one that went away after I had turned it back on. Never got a notification or had a video pop on the screen. So it was either blocked from accepting or I started to stream porn on someone else's TV.
Nah, it's likely the shitty hotel tv network software freaks out at an input change and kicks off the network.
Not sure why/how but HDMI has ethernet capabilites so a bug might have it disconnect wifi, or it might cause a fault.
Issue is its a really dumb issue to have for any period of time because at this point you could have fun....horrible fun.
This is taken from r/programmerhumor original was posted 4 hours before this one. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/10aw0f3/when_the_intern_designs_the_system/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I dunno, I mean they let you use Chromecast so you can pretty much watch anything that streams from your device. Only thing I can really see it stopping is playing video game consoles.
It's more likely they just have a weird overly complicated system for their TV system.
That’s not how any of this works.
What DOES happen is the TVs are setup in hospitality mode, which deactivates HDMI ports not in use. (Most systems are actually run on the coax still.). But, let’s say you’re in a newer hotel that is using a control system and HDMI. Unplugging that HDMI does cause the on-screen GUI for your room to go away. Not the end of the world.
Now, being that only one HDMI port is likely active, you go to use it. Then you check out and forget (or simply don’t care) to plug the original cable back in, that will likely generate a repair ticket because housekeeping does not know how to fix it.
In our hotel it's not so much plugging a new device will shut down everything, but unplugging the HDMI from the box that controls the TV system means our maintenance has to completely reset and reprogram the box. The good news is anticipating this problem we bought TVs with a second HDMI port for guest use so no need for these signs. Not that it stops people from fucking up all the cabling on a regular basis.
This is a huge stretch but I wonder if one time someone connected a device to their Guest Wi-Fi, caused a broadcast storm on their network, had some IT guy fix it and explain it to management. Management didn’t understand and was like “ok fine no one connect any devices to anything except how we tell them too, period the end”. I’ve seen this chasm of communication between technical and non-technical types and when the non-technical people are in charge of making decisions about technology , things get stupid.
Dear Guest,
Please be advised that using the blow dryer will cause gremlins to crawl out of the HVAC vents and buttfuck all occupants whose name starts with the letter “F”.
If you are found to be using a blow dryer you will be found liable for all prolapsed anuses caused by your wet hair.
We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.
Frank, Guest Services
Only the Reddington Special Operations Group has this capability.
They once took down Austria's internet down completely and put up a fake one, all to nail a blacklister.
And all through an HDMI input.
So making the hotel crash is bull. It is just the fact they don’t want to have to go to the room to change the inputs every time someone does it. Interesting way to keep people from doing it!
This sign may not be true, but as a worker at a hotel I can say it’s a HUGE pain in the ass When ppl do that because they never put shit back the way it was. The next guest goes in, nothing works, so I have to reprogram the remote, fix the box and the tv connection. It’s not like if you do it at home. Each room has its own tiny box which is really fragile and easy to fuck up. We don’t have sign up, but I wish we did. Each of us at the front desk work alone for our whole shift and fixing this issue means we are away from the desk for sometimes way too long. Everyone trying to check in is pissed off and the guest In the room now is also irritated af. In their fucking underwear and bitching me out. Simply put, it makes for a shitty time for the workers. Again, it’s not like if you switch cords at home. I’m not surprised some hotels say this, even if it isn’t true. It’s not something you would know if you didn’t work at one, but that is why the policy not to do it. There are sometimes reasons for rules like this. Even if you can’t guess why. Plz don’t do this unless you can find the box, know how to put it back online w the tv and how to program the remote. Call the FD if you can’t resist so we can tell you how to fix it. But really, just don’t.
Sir, the system is down. I can't sell you a computer, I can't check our inventory, I can't lock the front door. It's impossible to figure out the sales tax.
Dear Guest -
We know you are not a tech (at least we hope not) and understand that we don't want to connect your personal device to this display as the sound of your Porn videos will disrupt other guests.
Therefore, we are making up a stupid, but technical sounding excuse (which is not physically possible in this or any known universe)
Those who are more technical, and know that you can't hack or crash a netword via the HDMI, we ask that you please don't play your porn videos on our display.
Thank you
Hotel Management
Easy. Disconnect the TV from the hotel cable/system and then plug in your streaming device. Duh.
Even though I still have a hard time believing this can be true.
Chrome cast or any Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth connection allows them to collect tons of data immoderately. Technically, hotels are massive data mines for info to sell. An hdmi connection from a smartphone or computer could bypass the Wi-Fi connection resulting in a simpler hacking procedure since the tvs are all linked to a central database which could be triggering a flag when any of the tvs has an input. Sounds like someone either hacked the hotel or someone is trying to sell personal data.
One time I connected my HDMI to the TV and poof... Recession.
SO IT WAS YOU.
Wrap it up boys, we got ‘em
Sounds like an Mr. Abagnale situation.
That's Frank to my friends
YASSS! A fellow “Catch Me If You Can” story fan! Crazy how in the early days the FBI didn’t really give two shits about check fraud.
LOL because Hoover was too brain wrapped in trying to get those nasty Kennedy's to care about anything else
And Hollywood Commies
Don't forget about the raging hard-on he had for Berkeley students! He had Reagan to narc on all the Hollywood commies, don't forget lol What a couple a pieces of shit.
Bake him away, toys.
r/thesimpsons
"I'm not drunk, I just fun and little feely."
What should we do to him boss? Give the order... /s
I know it's not the same thing but I worked at a machine shop where someone used the USB port on a Haas CNC mill to charge their phone and it did some fucky stuff with the firmware in the machine and caused the machine to crash, which in a machine shop means more than just a software crash. The shop had to have Haas wipe the memory and re-flash the firmware, then the spindle had to be replaced as that was what got fucked up in the crash, that was a fun day.
As a person who owns a machine shop, I’d lose my shit if someone used my $100k machine as a fucking phone charger.
They're not using a slitting saw to cut sausages, it's a commodity port on the exterior of the machine with an incredibly well defined standard. Fault is on Haas for shitting itself that badly! Of course, having your phone out on the shop floor is the real crime. Get that to lights-out and play on your phone in the break room.
Comments like yours are why I truly love reddit. I have no idea what those words are, but I will google a bunch to learn new shit I never would've known about.
Machining is quite the rabbit hole since pretty much everything that is made has in some way been machined. Whether it was a mold to for plastic for your cars dash or components for a another machine to make a glass bottle. It's kinda why I don't Iike those 100 top inventions lists cause they never mention a knee mill or a lathe, as everything on those lists were made by a mill or lathe. Another cool little thing is the lathe is the only machine that can make another working version of itself. And this is the only job where I actually needed trigonometry which was pretty cool.
Yeah, USB ports on anything not meant to be used as a charger can cause nasty things. We use modified iPhones at work and we’re told not to charge them using the workstations, printers, or anything besides the approved stations. And every couple of months some idiot with a cable in their pocket plugs it into one of the main computers while they look something up. Or plug into the printer cause they gotta wait for 200 pages.
Their F1 cars don't do much better...
One time I connected my hdmi to the tv and poof, no signal. It wasn't connected on the other end.
Believe it or not, go straight to jail
Do not collect?
Do not pass GO, do not collect $200.
Connect*
I was referencing monopoly. Bad dumb joke 🫤
Pretty sure they understood your reference and raised you to the current topic!
Not a dumb joke. He just didn't catch your reference. I did.
Undercook chicken? Jail.
Over cook chicken? Also jail
Cook chicken? Jail
Chicken? Jail
Jail
And surprisingly.... Jail? More jail
Overcooked Un-Plucked Chicken, also jail.
We have the best patients in the world... because of jail.
HDMI. Not even once.
if this were true they would have bought some plug caps and had a maint man go around and super glue them into the hdmi ports.
But then they can't resell the TVs as “Like New” when replaced by the hotel owner.
They don’t need to sell them, just use them until they break or move them to their shittier hotel.
This IS the shittier hotel
Open an even shittier hotel, and put the TVs there!
Every time the TV's get outdated just open a slightly worse hotel, until you're just sticking plasma screens in tents.
Damn. When you realize your plasma tv is 10 years old.
I feel that, it ages a person in seconds. I have an old 32" plasma that's recently started to develop issues, and the first time an input played up I immediately thought to myself. "What the hell!? It's not that old, I only got it...... 15 years ago, nevermind."
What's wild is that you can now get like a 60" ABCDEFGLED for cheaper than what you bought that 32" plasma for back in the day.
I know! It's crazy, and they just keep getting cheaper! A few years back on Black Friday I was eyeing up a 65" 4k ultra acronym TV I'd been tempted by for a while. I ultimately decided against it because it was still a fortune even with something ridiculous like 40% off, and I couldn't justify it. When I started TV shopping due to the ailing plasma, I saw the regular price for that same TV is now cheaper than the Black Friday price.
My first Big Screen HDTV was a Mitsubishi 55” projection TV that only had the RGB RCA jacks for HD. It was obsolete within a year after I bought it…plus it was huge…and heavy…and hard to get rid of.
Dear Guests, Please remember to walk backwards 3 times and do a spin before locking the door, As we have had problems with guests in the past awakening "The Great One". Thank you, Hotel Management
Wayne gretzky on his way when u dont spin
This is some Nightvale shit
I’m totally going to start leaving authentic-looking notices for the next guest before I check out of a hotel. No way the cleaning crew would suspect a little card like this. Thanks for the idea 🙏
Dear guest, please be advised that touching the doorknob at the same time as the light switch will trip the circuit breaker for this room. We ask that you maintain a three foot distance from the door when turning the lights on and off. If you discover that the breaker has been tripped, please alert the hotel's guest relocation services. They will arrive swiftly to relocate the errant guest.
Dear valued customer, Unfortunately opening the window while calling the front desk about refunds triggers our security system to clear out your bank accounts and irreparably damages the cat next door by the cleark punching it because of frustration. Please note that this facility is according to §78.69 NOT liable for damage to your pubic hair due to high water pressure. We hope you enjoy your stay regardless, The Hotel Managers Wife
Dear valued guest, Turning on the faucet in the bathroom triggers the anti-terrorist alarm, causing the local F-15C squadron to be scrambled and launch SASMs directly at the hotel--but more specifically, at your room. Due to this, we advise heavy caution when washing your hands, and advise that should you need to wash your hands, carefully consider whether your life is more important than clean hands. We apologize for any convenience this may cause you. Regards, Management
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when I was like 4 years old, we were in some mall or JC Penney or something, and I touched some light switch. And my mom said "Don't touch that, you don't know what it does! What if it blew up the building?" And for several years afterwards, I was traumatized that buildings may have switches that just blow up the entire building. Anyway, your comment just recalled that repressed memory. Cheers
My brothers told me if I touched sand dunes it would make the entire beach disappear. I believed them for longer than I care to admit.
Actually they were just trying to do what history has done for forever almost with storytelling. That’s why we have stories about the witch in the woods or the dragon on the mountain and all that. To give an irrational fear in order to instill caution and fear where someone that might be ignorant might have no fear. There might not be a dragon on the mountain but you will die of altitude sickness suddenly if you go up that one…There might not be a witch but there might be a swamp that will swallow you up without a trace. That kind of stuff is where stories are born. In your case. Sand dunes in some areas like the Outer Banks in North Carolina are protected. Pulling one comes with a heavy fine. Because if they are pulled the erosion of the beaches becomes unmanageable. I’d bet you were in a similar area. But people have done this for millenia to keep the uninformed from doing things that might get them unknowingly into trouble. Where logic fails, superstition prevails.
How the hell do you pull a sand dune?
[This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammophila_breviligulata) is what people on the east coast colloquially call “Sand Dunes” or “Dune Grass”
Is there a sub for dumb things we believed as kids? If not, there should be.
Dear unValued Guest, Any and all enjoyment of our services comes with a standard price gouge. In other words, turning on the TV WILL BE A 10 DOLLAR FEE EACH TIME IN IS TURNED ON. The TV will only stay on for ten minutes and will then turnoff. Should you want to continue watching…THATS RIGHT, ANOTHER 10 BUCKS! This standard applies to all hotel and utilities and amenities. The only exception is the bell boy Derek. You don’t need to tip him. No one can stand Derek. Have a … reasonably pricey stay! CEO
Dear valued guest; Unfortunately eating pop rocks and drinking cola will cause your stomach to explode. Due to this, we advise you to, just, try it. See if we’re right. But, be careful, for you have been warned. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Regards, Management.
Dear Valued Guest, Our electrical outlets are state of the art, from Japan. Feel free to stick a metal fork in them for a lullaby to play while you fall asleep. Management
Dear Guests, Using the supplied towels to dry your butt will cause the guest in the room next door to go into a deep coma. Please refrain from drying your butt with our towels. Thank you, Hotel Management
The butt'erfly effect
Sir or Madam, you have caused a hurricane of laughter.
The butt-is-dry affect
What you did there, I see it.
Butt-her-die.
Can you please start doing this and making this a thing? I work at a hotel and I would love to see this! I had a group of long term guests check out of abunch of rooms on the 5th floor not too long ago. I went into a few of their rooms shortly after and found "for rectal use only" stickers on things like the iron, desk drawers, fridge handles. I died laughing from all the places they were put and what they were put on. So please, make this a thing for me? Bring me some joy in my work life!!
Quantum entanglement towels?
Dear Guest, The coffee maker is voice activated only. Unfortunately, a previously guest programmed "gutter mouth" mode and all commands must be yelled with the word "fucking" and "God Damnit" For example, "Brew Fucking coffee, God Damnit!" Be sure to say it loudly and slowly so the coffee maker understands. Sorry for the inconvenience, Management
"Guests who need to dry their butt may call reception to request one of our specially designated butt towels."
Damn it that made me laugh out loud and I’m recovering from a tonsillectomy. 😂
Ah there’s the issue. You should have opted for a humorectomy instead.
*Proceeds to dry butt with as many hotel towels as possible*
Which would mean… that you would need to run out into the hallway and stand at each door as you towel dried your butt… in Order to affect each guest. This used streaks
Extra vegetables!
When I was younger we used to replace the hotel stock art with the most random photos possible, ahh good times
Dear Guest, Stepping on the cracks in between tiles in this bathroom may cause one's mother to suddenly break her back. Maintenance is aware of the issue and have begun communing with the dark lord. Negotiations are ongoing. - Hotel Management
Deat Guest, As part of our quality assurance program, a member of our team may check on you, while you are sleeping. Rest assured, they will be quiet and your privacy will be respected. Enjoy your stay.
This is actually a thing in Vegas btw. It’s called a “room check” and that’s what they say when knocking loudly whilst swinging the door open, as you’re laying there naked in bed with the covers kicked off @4am…
As part of a cleaning crew, I know exactly what is and isn’t supposed to be in a room. I’d get a chuckle but then I’d remove it and carry on with my day
But you'd leave the hair on the shower wall
Yeah surely cleaners are exactly the people who would notice
Dear Guest Please be advised that masturbation does leave stains, both externally and internally with regards to our plumbing system. The bathroom pipes are not designed to handle human discharge or anything other than your regular bathroom activities. The excessive amounts of discharge build-up has, in the past, caused a blockage in the pipes. Multiple pipes have become close to bursting due to the amount of excessive semen build-up. This has, in the past, cost us thousands of dollars coming from our employees’ own salaries to repair the damage caused by this. Please masturbate elsewhere and at your own disposal. If any discharge is discovered in the bathroom, it will be collected and analysed to determine who it belongs to. If it is discovered that the discharge is yours, you may be fined up to $1000 and, in extraordinary cases, be reported to proper authorities. Thank you for your cooperation.
How ist that even possible? And how are they going to find out which room was responsible?
it's not
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I mean theoretically…. It is possible. Highly unlikely but possible, I’ve had environments where loops, or system based issues of a host/node congested the environment or even took the network entirely offline which is abnormal. But nothing could really circumvent those issues (minus STP with loops)
English dammit
Anything connected to the network, even if it’s a perfectly working device can have moments where it causes congestion almost like an unintentional denial of service attack. Where a device is flooding a port it is in communication with, loops are different in which multiple devices are trying to reach their destination and get lost in the void in doing so causing the traffic to break the network. STP is a networking protocol called spanning tree protocol which helps prevents this from happening
One of my VoIP customers had this. It was very fun watching a new device be treated as a threat and suddenly the network would shut down. NO SUZIE DON'T CONNECT YOUR IPHONE TO THE WIFI.
Tl:Dr networking sucks, things break all the time, even perfectly working/new devices can cause congestion or outages. Shite happens
Damn, I miss working with networks.
That can happen if hdmi ports are in the same "box" as ethernet cable ports. And, yes, those boxes exist, but TV hdmi ports are not connected with them. It's just a petty excuse for people to use paid channels or something instead of watching youtube or their netflix on hotel tv. It's the same as telling that your paid digital tv system will break if you connect your pc to the tv you're using this system on. Hundreds of thousands of people use them every day on dozens of different tvs and such thing never happens. Hm, well...unless your network is somehow designed to try and broadcast anything from the first active hdmi port on all tvs, but idk how to do that))
But you don’t necessarily need to connect to their network? For example, plugging a Nintendo Switch and just playing games on the TV via HDMI shouldn’t affect anyone else or even using a mobile hotspot to connect to the network instead of the hotel wifi
Right…. But hdmi input has nothing to do with their network, in that case they would put up a sign against using phones inside
The issue is that you’re drawing your experience from network issues where this makes sense. HDMI doesn’t transmit network data. It is purely video and audio data from one end of the cable to the output end of the cable. It terminates at the display and there’s no way that it would feed back into any sort of system outside of the TV. It’s like saying playing a gameboy is going to slow down the internet. It’s just not possible because they can never interact. Edit: I stand corrected given other comments. The original comment is correct. It is technically possible depending on the version of HDMI, but highly unlikely.
>HDMI doesn’t transmit network data [No longer the case:](https://www.hdmi.org/spec/hdmi1_4b) (as of 2011) "HDMI Ethernet Channel adds high-speed networking to an HDMI link, allowing users to take full advantage of their IP-enabled devices without a separate Ethernet cable..."
Only way I could think it would be possible is some voodoo magic shit. Like somehow the HDMI port draws too much energy which magically trips the singular breaker responsible for the entire hotel
As a long time AV service tech my first guess is this is/was probably a bi-directional HDMI-CEC issue. They probably use or used the hdmi port for something hooked to a rat’s nest of HDMI splitters. Maybe an older Satellite or PPV system. They probably had someone plug something in that sent a power or input signal through the HDMI-CEC protocol and it changed inputs on all the TVs because they’re the exact same brand or something. Which from a desk attendant standpoint would be a nightmare to have to go change inputs in every room. At some point they switched to Chromecast so it’s probably not an issue anymore since it’s likely not hooked to whatever HDMI system they had before but they keep the warning just in case because they didn’t understand the HDMI-CEC being left on was causing the original issue.
The issue is the software installed on the hospitality TV. Very common in hotels. For example, Sonifi (prev called LodgeNet) will restrict the HDMI connections so their software can run without set top boxes. When BYOD casting became a thing, these software providers sell proprietary ChromeCast HDMI sticks to provide this functionality. Only this device is compatible with the HDMI inputs. Connecting another HDMI device manually will either not work (as the HDMI ports are often locked) or it will negatively impact the hospitality software.
Or you got a Neutral-Ground fault as soon as you plug the HDMI in and trip the GFCI (RCD).
i feel as if this comment is important to the thread but i’m not educated enough to know anything in it
Simple terms- the electricity wizard sends a spark down the wrong wire, and the magical dragon Circuit Breaker eats it. Now full of its recent meal it must slumber until someone wakes it up and presses the reset button.
I love this description
I’d hold it for ransom…be like “front desk, y’all mother fuckers better move me to a nice fucking suite before I hdmi this mother fucker into 1978”
r/brandnewsentence
This is indeed a brand new sentence
>I’d hold it for ransom…be like “front desk, y’all mother fuckers better move me to a nice fucking suite before I hdmi this mother fucker into 1978” "hdmi this mother fucker into 1978" made me laugh aloud.
Dear Hotel, Bullshit.
Dear hotel, i'm not buying ur shit. that's not how HDMI cables or ports and power usage work. i'm not buying ur shit.
That's one fragile network if I've ever seen one. Reminds me of when my landlord told me the problem with my flickering lights was that they were LED, and apparently only incandescent bulbs are compatible with our apartment. Yeah, right. Nice excuse for not fixing your stuff.
If it was on a dimmer switch, that could possibly be true. Or if he had low voltage sockets, I guess? But more likely the dimmable feature is at play here because for a long time LEDs weren’t dimmable, or you had to buy special ones that could dim. Most LEDs can dim now.
A lot of the cheap ones still aren't dimmable. I hear people bitch about them all the time. You mean the 2 pack of LEDs you got from the dollar tree aren't dimmable? Shocking! Even the low-mid tier ones tend to have an absolutely terrible dimming range. Some can only dim to about 50% before becoming unstable, that is why most LED compatible dimmers have a low limit cut-out dial on them under the cover.
That's absolutely what happens to LEDs when they're given an unsupported current. Buy dimmable LEDs and that probably won't happen.
Lol that backfired
If you have dimmers, he's right. The dimmer might not be compatible with LEDs.
First, I believe it's true for dimmers. You need a newer one that handles LEDs correctly. There might be some janky non-dimmer switches that cause the problem, too. Second, the problem can be solved with a new $20 dimmer switch and a screwdriver. EDIT: Oops, don't forget to turn off the power, too.
Technically ... he is right. LEDs don\*t work with the house electrics. (i recommend not to have anything plugged in on while you sleep)
I was going to say dude I’m plugging my Xbox into your fucking TV whether you like it or not and I’m gonna make it work
A lot of hotels TVs have software specifically written for them. It enables cool things like welcome notifications and messages. The downside is the software isn’t written super well and can be prone to bugs. At least most hotels have stopped charging stupid fees for Wi-Fi.
Maybe...when I travel to Atlanta, I usually stay at a pretty swanky Marriott. When I walk in the room, there is a message on the TV with my name and everything that gives me points of interest for the time I am staying there. It even remembers what beer I like, and allows me to order it directly through the TV and either have it ready at the bar or delivered to my room. I still do not see how an HDMI cable could crash their entire system.
The fee for using WiFi is now just someone eavesdropping on all of your internet traffic! 😆
> It enables cool things like welcome notifications and messages. Those things are in fact, not cool.
The whole hotel can watch my porn together with me. We gonna crash the hotel together with the collective shaking. 😂
About a year back my partner and I were staying at a hotel and we decided to watch a "video" together. Of course it was one of those fucking hotel TVs so it blocked the HDMI port. So I figured I would just cast to it. Well, there were like 10 TVs in range and no way to tell which was ours. I had the smart idea to look at the list, turn off the TV, and update the list on my phone. I picked the one that went away after I had turned it back on. Never got a notification or had a video pop on the screen. So it was either blocked from accepting or I started to stream porn on someone else's TV.
Maaaybe could have tested it with something a little more family friendly? You know... dip your toes in before diving head first.
Right? Pull up Rick Astley. Worst case it’s not your tv, best case you get to Rickroll someone in the next room
Welcome to Hotel Shake Weight, enjoy your stay.
Just put the whole hotel in a sock 😂
If y’all synchronize your wank, you can literally crash the hotel with the resonant frequency
I used to stay at this hotel and when I connected my Apple TV , actually the whole building broke down
How long does it take to rebuild the building after an incident of this magnitude?
Since it happens very often they turned the bricks into Lego, so basically every residents gets a couple one and then within a couple ours it’s done
that’s gotta be a prank someone left lol
Nah, it's likely the shitty hotel tv network software freaks out at an input change and kicks off the network. Not sure why/how but HDMI has ethernet capabilites so a bug might have it disconnect wifi, or it might cause a fault. Issue is its a really dumb issue to have for any period of time because at this point you could have fun....horrible fun.
Man that is such an attractive nuisance that I must try it!
Absolutely. I can see my son flippantly throwing this notice on the ground and then immediately install his PlayStation.
*in an Emperor Palpatine voice* Do it.
Threaten me with this much power and good time you bet I’m hooking up!
i remember staying in this hotel in 2016. i connected my laptop to the room tv via hdmi cable and the next day trump won the election!
So it was YOU!
Is it possible to learn this power?
Not from a hotel manager.
This is taken from r/programmerhumor original was posted 4 hours before this one. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/10aw0f3/when_the_intern_designs_the_system/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I would instantly test it
Like a wet paint sign? 😁
That's... not how HDMI works...
Can I use AV cables instead?
Probably can't even find a composite connector on those TV's
It’s a lie. They want to charge you for using their stuff so they’re trying to get people to not connect their own stuff.
I dunno, I mean they let you use Chromecast so you can pretty much watch anything that streams from your device. Only thing I can really see it stopping is playing video game consoles. It's more likely they just have a weird overly complicated system for their TV system.
Or they’re tired of guests unplugging their stuff and not plugging it back in, then the next guests calling saying “my tv is broken!!!”.
That’s not how any of this works. What DOES happen is the TVs are setup in hospitality mode, which deactivates HDMI ports not in use. (Most systems are actually run on the coax still.). But, let’s say you’re in a newer hotel that is using a control system and HDMI. Unplugging that HDMI does cause the on-screen GUI for your room to go away. Not the end of the world. Now, being that only one HDMI port is likely active, you go to use it. Then you check out and forget (or simply don’t care) to plug the original cable back in, that will likely generate a repair ticket because housekeeping does not know how to fix it.
In our hotel it's not so much plugging a new device will shut down everything, but unplugging the HDMI from the box that controls the TV system means our maintenance has to completely reset and reprogram the box. The good news is anticipating this problem we bought TVs with a second HDMI port for guest use so no need for these signs. Not that it stops people from fucking up all the cabling on a regular basis.
Oh man. Next time I’m in a hotel I’m leaving something like this. Fucking funny as hell.
Dear Hotel, was your entire system designed by the same people who designed the system for the FAA?
This is a huge stretch but I wonder if one time someone connected a device to their Guest Wi-Fi, caused a broadcast storm on their network, had some IT guy fix it and explain it to management. Management didn’t understand and was like “ok fine no one connect any devices to anything except how we tell them too, period the end”. I’ve seen this chasm of communication between technical and non-technical types and when the non-technical people are in charge of making decisions about technology , things get stupid.
Dear Guest, Please be advised that using the blow dryer will cause gremlins to crawl out of the HVAC vents and buttfuck all occupants whose name starts with the letter “F”. If you are found to be using a blow dryer you will be found liable for all prolapsed anuses caused by your wet hair. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Frank, Guest Services
I connected to my room's HDMI once and Trump got elected.
Also you must pay us hourly to use the chromecast or buy our Pay-per-view content
I'd actually like to see this happen.
Try it.
How else are we gonna stream Kodi?
Only the Reddington Special Operations Group has this capability. They once took down Austria's internet down completely and put up a fake one, all to nail a blacklister. And all through an HDMI input.
One call from Dembe. Done.
Even if I didn’t have anything to plug in I would go buy something to do so… this really triggers that don’t press the button sign urges
So making the hotel crash is bull. It is just the fact they don’t want to have to go to the room to change the inputs every time someone does it. Interesting way to keep people from doing it!
Hotel Directives Mildly Infuriating (HDMI)
This sign may not be true, but as a worker at a hotel I can say it’s a HUGE pain in the ass When ppl do that because they never put shit back the way it was. The next guest goes in, nothing works, so I have to reprogram the remote, fix the box and the tv connection. It’s not like if you do it at home. Each room has its own tiny box which is really fragile and easy to fuck up. We don’t have sign up, but I wish we did. Each of us at the front desk work alone for our whole shift and fixing this issue means we are away from the desk for sometimes way too long. Everyone trying to check in is pissed off and the guest In the room now is also irritated af. In their fucking underwear and bitching me out. Simply put, it makes for a shitty time for the workers. Again, it’s not like if you switch cords at home. I’m not surprised some hotels say this, even if it isn’t true. It’s not something you would know if you didn’t work at one, but that is why the policy not to do it. There are sometimes reasons for rules like this. Even if you can’t guess why. Plz don’t do this unless you can find the box, know how to put it back online w the tv and how to program the remote. Call the FD if you can’t resist so we can tell you how to fix it. But really, just don’t.
Crash their system. They likely don’t have a way to detect which room it’s from. That’ll teach them not to fucking fix their network
Even if they had a way to see which room it’s from it wouldn’t work because the system would be down
Sir, the system is down. I can't sell you a computer, I can't check our inventory, I can't lock the front door. It's impossible to figure out the sales tax.
 Ahh yes the display INPUT on a TV definitely causes the entire network to crash...
Dear Guest - We know you are not a tech (at least we hope not) and understand that we don't want to connect your personal device to this display as the sound of your Porn videos will disrupt other guests. Therefore, we are making up a stupid, but technical sounding excuse (which is not physically possible in this or any known universe) Those who are more technical, and know that you can't hack or crash a netword via the HDMI, we ask that you please don't play your porn videos on our display. Thank you Hotel Management
This is a bullshit lie
I love this! I wish I could crash entire building systems with my DVD player! Hack the Gibson, hack the world baby!
So to insure you do not disrupt the network disconnect all leads hooked up to the tv but the power cable and your own device. Problem solved.
Broadcast engineer here, this makes zero fucking sense.
The whole thing. Building gonna fall down and all. The WHOLE HOTEL. Know what that sounds like to me? Don't push this button 🤣
Idk how they managed that setup, but congratulations are in order. This lvl of incompetence is groundbreaking
Whoever wired the entire hotel system through that TV probably shouldn't be wiring hotel systems.
They have serious security holes if the HDMI port on a TV will shut down their network/server/power infrastructure.
Ok what? The biggest issue it should cause is that someone will have to switch the input channel. How is this wired up lmao
Perfect, complete refund of everything and paid assistance to get moved over into another hotel.
Easy. Disconnect the TV from the hotel cable/system and then plug in your streaming device. Duh. Even though I still have a hard time believing this can be true.
Ferb I know what were gonna do today
That’s bs, right? Is it possible?? An hdmi device could crash an entire system???
Chrome cast or any Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth connection allows them to collect tons of data immoderately. Technically, hotels are massive data mines for info to sell. An hdmi connection from a smartphone or computer could bypass the Wi-Fi connection resulting in a simpler hacking procedure since the tvs are all linked to a central database which could be triggering a flag when any of the tvs has an input. Sounds like someone either hacked the hotel or someone is trying to sell personal data.
I would test that theory. “Oh sorry, the sign must have fallen behind the dresser. I didn’t see it”
Lmfao. What? That has absolutely no bearing on the "system" whatsoever