The Ultimate Reset Button

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)."

Just amazing

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Options.

[mulvane]

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.

Yet another excuse...

[Idbar]

... to buy Windows! ;)

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

Unix guys prefer...

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

Re:Options.

[Timesprout]

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

the ultimate?

[ArcSecond]

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.

Re:Options.

[mulvane]

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

WHACK-A-MOLE

[no_pets]

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

Re:Already down

[Timesprout]

The webmaster is checking out his new button.

I have one of those...

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Options.

[nine-times]

whose basement do you live in, then?

Oops

[cfvgcfvg]

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

Re:Options.

[mulvane]

I inherited it my current living arrangements.

Re:Unix guys prefer...

[Rakshasa Taisab]

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

Re:Awesome!

[ktappe]

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!

Re:Just amazing

[anethema]

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

Re:Options.

[swillden]

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.

what most basement dwellers here really need...

[advocate_one]

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

not in my house

[Anonymous Coward]

My cat would sit on it.

Re:Options.

[halcyon1234]

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. =)

Re:Just amazing

[galaad2]

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.

Re:Just amazing

[YouTookMyStapler]

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.

Re:Options.

[DarkTempes]

Need a roommate?

Re:More impressive

[Jarjarthejedi]

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

Re:Awesome!

[Anonymous Coward]

At least you can still ask if its plugged in.

That's pretty cool, but

[Mikachu]

I think I'd call THIS [pbfcomics.com] the ultimate reset button.

Re:Computer controlled LED

[funfail]

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

Re:Options.

[chmod a+x mojo]

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...