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Matt @Thehatter

The office has hundreds of thousands of dollars in computer equipment sitting in open cubes but the extra paper towels and tissue boxes are locked up.

· SubwayTooter · 10 · 15

@Thehatter Probably so you can't write your password down on a napkin.

@thegibson @Thehatter Maybe they subscribe to the belief that if you sneeze on your keyboard, nobody else will use it.

~Safety through Sneezing~

@sina @TheGibson that could explain some of the hygiene choices I have observed.

@thehatter There could be insurance scheme designs on those! That's intellectual property!
@thehatter A method to wipe your ass with computer equipment is not yet invented.

@zaitcev from some of the code I have reviewed, its about the same.

@Thehatter
I've heard that at my university, if you leave a laptop unattended, it'll still be there the next day. But if you leave a thesis unattended, it'll be gone in a matter of minutes. Haven't checked tho.

@Wolf480pl well, now you know where the money is. intellectual property

@Thehatter They use "Full Desk Encryption" on everything, except the computers.