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PCs Pilfered, Paralyzing Populace
Heywood Yabuzof writes "According to this Wired story, thieves in Chile caused traffic to grind to a halt when they decided to steal the computers (15 PCs and 2 servers) that control the traffic lights in Santiago. Funny how everyone worries so much about preventing "evil hackers" from breaking in to systems remotely and causing chaos, and then some burglars just go ahead and steal the critical computers to produce the same (unintended?) results."
It's a good thing they had the servers all in one place, else they may have inconvenience the thieves.
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. --E. W. Dijkstra
that they just hung out for a while and had some snacks. A LAN party before the heist perhaps?
your = it belongs to you. you're = a contraction of you and are. Got it now?
Not only did they steal the computers, they stole the alarm system that was supposed to protect them.
:P
The worlds most sarcastic criminals, is what we've got here
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
It's funny shit though:
And my favourite:
ROFL. 10/10 for style. Someone buy these clowns a beer (before they earn themselves a darwin award).
I hope so too -- it would be dumb if they didn't. I find this hillarious:
But while stealing the goods, valued at US$90,000, they took their time. According to police reports, these peculiar robbers smoked some cigarettes, ate a snack, and drank a few cups of joe, taking it easy before leaving the scene of the crime.
If only criminals in America were as laid back. Heh.
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April 4, 2002 LONDON (NewsWire) The perfect crime was committed last night, when thieves broke into Scotland Yard and stole all the toilets.
Police say they have absolutely nothing to go on.
Pernicious people plundered PCs providing parkway profluence producing paralyzing predicaments?
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Preposterous!
I'm sure this caused some of the worst crashes in the history of computing
Update: although the traffic jam caused a significant delay for police, the thieves were later arrested at Grand Central Station after hacking into a Gibson mainframe from a bank of public telephones. The perpetrators, identified as Angelina "Acid Burn" Jolie and Jonny Lee "Crash Override" Miller, were later released and have since gone on to make better movies. Sandra Bullock was unavailable for comment.
Cheers,
IT
Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
they were caught in the ensuing traffic jam.
With profound apologies to whomsoever this sig originally belonged.
...for PCs on eBay that come pre-loaded with traffic controlling software.
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"They should have used Linux !!!!1!"
the purpose of stealing such equipment, none other than to run the largest lego city the world is yet to see. purrrrr
Next time they install computers in a high crime area, they plan on installing a bunch of crusty 386's in expensive-looking rackmounts and they keep their real expensive equipment bolted to their office's ceiling disguised with cobwebs, snot rockets, spit wads. Only a redneck would steal the shit on the ceiling and the l33t thieves would think they just struck gold on some expensive Alpha rackmounts. :)
Does this mean we're going to have a /. article on how someone hacked linux onto a traffic control system? :)