"Blame the Programmers"

[JosephC]

Why are your outlets so dirty

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by JosephC

Why are your outlets so dirty

Because if anybody tried to clean around them, the cords would jump out and strangle them. FACT: power cords are dangerous, opportunistic ambush predators.

[Chexposito]

"If you don't like the wiring situation, you should re-do it!" is exactly what you should say to anyone who doesn't like it.

[theprgramerdude]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

This is clearly a hardware problem. Hence no amount of programmers can fix it.

Nonsense. One just needs to write code so good that the code fixes the physical wiring layout

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by Chexposito

"If you don't like the wiring situation, you should re-do it!" is exactly what you should say to anyone who doesn't like it.

I actually have seen similar cable management at my school (not quite to this extent, but still bad) and have responded by spontaneously re-routing all the cables in a more logical manner, like running the keyboard's cable OVER the back wall of the desk instead of under it so that when you slide out the drawer, the keyboard doesn't get pulled off (I've also done the same with the mouse about twice as often).

tl;dr: Try it, somebody might actually be willing.

[z_beeblebrox]

IT'S ALWAYS A HARDWARE PROBLEM!!!