Violent solutions to technical problems

When a printer chews up every sheet of paper, and you can't for the life of you figure out why...
When a modem takes its coffee break in the middle of a download...
When your monitor flickers and then shows everything tinted purple...
This is when you can't help but give the offending machine a good thump, just in case it helps.

It almost never does.

Until, of course, I apply my boot to the computer's case.

This gets it back in working order nicely.

When the hard drive your trying to use won't spin up until you smack it with a rubber mallet.
When the network is down till you kick the server and then all is well.
When your speakers hum until they get thrown to the other room.

Just a few that I've done.

Like previous nodes on this topic, I've tried whacking my printer, kicking my computer, banging my monitor and tossing my speakers into the next room, but nothing seems to help. It does, however, tend to make me feel a little better, which is probably good enough. ;)

My grandmother, Ruth, owned an Oldsmobile for a short time. This was not a new car, infact it was both bought and sold before I was born. Anyway, this particualar (American) car was rather picky about when it would start. The solution was to get out of the car, walk around to the right side and deliver a good hard kick to the front right tire. You could then get back in the car and start it up.
I shit you not

In high school, the auto shop teacher had, what he called, tools of persuasion. The tools were as follows:

• One six foot long iron rod (solid)
• One ten pound sledgehammer on a short handle

If it jams, force it. If it breaks it probably needed replacing anyway.