The Dirtiest Trick of All
You want to stop the heart of your tech team or project managers? Here’s how you do it:
- Open your crucial, behind, and ultimately doomed Web project in your Web browser.
- Type the following into your Web browser’s address bar:
javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0); - Press ENTER.
- The images on the page will start to swirl. Set focus to the Web browser’s address bar.
- Retype the URL of the doomed project, but do not press ENTER or click Go (that would reload the page without the JavaScript running.
- Walk away from your desk knowing that will display until the screensaver kicks on.
Ah, yes. A wayward project manager wandered over and caught sight of it, almost entering a state of hyperventilation as she summoned the complete tech team to her aid to discover what was going on.
I only wish I could have been there to see it, but I was away from my desk.
If nothing else, it should teach lessons in shoulder-surfing QA.
