In the 1999 comedy film Office Space, three guys get sick of working in a cubicle farm for an idiotic boss and a measly salary. They decide to rebel, and in one scene they abscond with the office printer — which never seems to work and causes no end of frustration. They carry the hapless machine out to a field and take turns hitting it with a baseball bat. To them, the printer represents all that is wrong with the office experience. Many who have worked in an office can empathize, including scientists who do their share of office work and have to deal with bureaucracy. What if there were a better way?
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