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Mac Thief Caught Thanks To Applescript & Timbuktu

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the funny-late-night-story dept.

el.cerrito.slasher sent in an amusing bit found on MacSlash. This story is a tale of a stolen iMac that just happened to be running Timbuktu (a remote control program like VNC I believe). Well the stolen box kept getting used, and the owner was able to track it down through a variety of amusing Timbuktu Fu. Funny story.

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  1. Time for a beer! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Buuurp!

  2. yippee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    whee, apple

  3. Shit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I need to take fucking dump!

  4. Replying to myself.... by seizer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bloody morning classes. They distract me from paying proper attention to Slashdot :-)

    *oops*

    1. Re:Replying to myself.... by gazbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      People tend to overuse the term BSOD. If you get a couple of BSODs and then return to the desktop, it was not a BSOD.

      Install NT/2000, then play with your hardware while the computer is on. Then you'll see what a *real* BSOD looks like, and understand the 'Death' part.

    2. Re:Replying to myself.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, you are a stupid fucking moron. If the computer doesn't lock up, it is just an ERROR, not a BSOD. Win9X frequently gives errors with a blue screen, but it is NOT the Blue Screen Of Death. When NT/2000 gives a BSOD you can not do anything except hit the power button.

    3. Re:Replying to myself.... by posmon · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      i exactly what an nt bsod is like, you dumb cunt. now follow this logic:

      blue - it was blue, alright
      screen - it was on a screen, too
      of - reduntant
      death - the error took out internet explorer. it died. dead. death

      now grow up and stop playing the 'my bsod is more dead than yours' game. it's not funny, and it sure as hell ain't clever. you spastic.

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      update comments set karma=-1, reason='offtopic' where sid=26315

  5. Re:Hey CmdrTaco! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, here's the perfect site:

    Coincidence Design

    I read it and was laughing my brains out. Perfect for Taco, someone with more money than brians. The faq even says that a lot of the clients own companies in the IT sector -- yep, I guesss that's CmdrTaco!

  6. Re:Hey CmdrTaco! by cstrommen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's something called the earth.. It's.. like.. divided into 24 time-zones... Hello?

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    \ Christian A Strømmen

  7. Re:Why even bother in the first place? by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anonymous Coward

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    "Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
  8. Re:Hey CmdrTaco! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You give me a HEADRUSH.

    _NO_ Goatse shit there.

  9. Re:applescript strikes back by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    simplistic and arcane? do you prefer to speak to your friends in quadratic equations rather than English then? maybe you just speak Klingon

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    That was classic intercourse!
  10. Re:Hey CmdrTaco! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    not knowing much about Taco's physical characteristica, I do know about yours, and I gather you were put on their "come back next spring" waiting list.

    from their faq:
    Q.
    Why do you refuse overweight clients? Why not let the subject herself decide whether she likes me or not, after the coincidence has occurred?
    A.
    Our job is to design a successful coincidence. We are good at what we do, but we are not gods. Even a carefully engineered coincidence will be fruitless if the fundamental conditions are not right. If you are serious about finding the perfect love for you, first get in shape, and then come to us.

  11. Re:Can I do this with my laptop? by BrookHarty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So does all those people who download mp3's that are copyrighted idiots? They could be fined 10s of thousands of dollars...

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    I want my m-life

  12. criminal stupidity, Kansas, football players by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wouldn't that be triple redundancy?

  13. Re:AMEN, MY LITTLE DANISH FRIEND!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    say, have you finished eating that 300 lb. pile of fecal matter yet?

  14. Re:C'mere pretty boy Mac Thief by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you're obviously NOT done eating YOUR pile of fecal matter yet... get that baseball bat outta your ass and get back to shoving shit down your throat...

  15. Re:Why even bother in the first place? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    speaking of monkey shit, have you eaten your daily ration of it yet? get to work, fucko.

  16. Re:Good Idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Idiot :)