Monitor slime with embossed Dell logo

A Gizmodo's reader sent in a set of photos of the gross, slimy muck that was discovered under a slovenly cow-orker's monitor. It's a dust-furred coffee-spill with a DELL logo embossed in the middle of it from where the slime-critters were forced to grow around the monitor's molded plastic. Link

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ill lich

(sorry, I used “balanced” because of the two rings, I guess thinking about an insert cable. duh– I confused it all in my head, should have said “stereo” I guess).
pepsi_max2k

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ZioStefano

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badc0ffee

Wow, that was confusing at first…
That’s not slime. Coffee+milk spilled under some Dell equipment (the base of a CRT monitor or maybe a tower?) got mouldy, then slowly dried up. It’s basically crusty dried coffee now.
Anonymous

I’m confused about the Dell logo. If it were embossed from the logo itself, wouldn’t the logo be reversed on the slime pool?
eclectro

First appeared in Star Trek TOS Operation Annihilate;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation:_Annihilate

Or otherwise known as the flying omelletes. Quite scary actually.
f sharp a sharp infinity

I am glad that at least one person noted the cow-orker typo.
Haldor

I don’t think it was coffee slime. I think MS Windows leaked.
strathmeyer

“I am glad that at least one person noted the cow-orker typo.”

I’m glad at least one person thinks it was a typo.
Chris Brewer

#3 It IS reversed…
Caroline

Anonymous @3, it is reversed. Look at it. The E should be pointing up, not down — that will tell you it’s backwards. (Tilt your head to the right.)

Do Dell monitors have the logo embossed on the bottom? I’m having trouble visualizing where the spill was originally.
mrfitz

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Boba Fett Diop

I thought it was the re-design for the Zune.
Isaac Cates

I imagine that it’s hard to keep tidy when you’re orking cows.
Clifton

Unicorn chaser, stat!
wanderer

What that is:

Look at one of the dell desktops, like something out of the GX260 or 270 line. They’ve got the word DELL embossed in their sides. This was under a tube monitor on top of a desktop. The DE logo is from the side of a computer.

Notice how it’s vaguely round-esque.. Just like older Dell tube monitor bases..
ill lich

So. . . you gonna plug that 1/8-inch balanced plug into the mess and see what it sounds like through the desktop speakers?
schmod

1/8″ plugs are rarely, if ever balanced. You’d need XLR, or a balanced 1/4″ jack connector for that.