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Programmer Arrested For Logic Bombing 'Whac-A-Mole'
McGruber writes "WFTV.com has the curious story of programmer Marvin Wimberly, who was arrested for having installed a logic bomb on Whac-A-Mole arcade games made by Bob's Space Racers in Holly Hill, Florida."
He's going to have to tell all the other inmates he's in for murder because he'll surely get his ass kicked for telling them he rigged Whack-A-Mole.
There are a lot of preposterous ways of winding up in the clink, and this is in the top 100.
Can you imagine, that in some states, he'll be sitting next to a guy in prison, who was busted for smoking marijuana.
Marvin: So, what are you in for?
Prisoner B: Smoking a joint while trying to relax at the carnival. You?
Marvin: Rigging whack-a-mole so it'll fail. on purpose.
And suddenly prisoner B is in jail for manslaughter.
Quartz Extreme and Core Image. Are there any other real reasons to spend all that money on generic hardware?
Imagine the hilarity that would have ensued had it been Boon-Ga Boon-Ga that was rigged instead of Whack A Mole.
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both good software engineers and good social engineers are a rare bread anyway
I know it costs more, but you just cannot beat fresh baked!
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For Slashdot points, I will now note that what this guy planted was a logic bomb, not a virus.
I'm guessing Detective Sherlock here didn't read the title.
What are you talking about? The true Slashdot hardcore do not even read the TITLES, much less the summaries. The articles? Those don't actually exist. Ever tried clicking on one? Don't waste your time, there's never anything at the other end of that link.
That's insane, no rational human being can justify stealing music from content creators. If you want to listen, buy the media - period.
"All these years believing you're the signified monkey, only to find out you're just a big hunk of nobody cares."
Is being able to read/write now considered 'elistism'{sic}?
No sig today...
Mostly because any good software engineer could put a hard-to-find bug in the code. Thank goodness it takes a good social engineer to make money off it - and the two skills don't often overlap in real life (as much as software engineers seem to think they do).
The other reason programmers will never rule the world - eventually the whack-a-person machines will require Marvin to come fix them.
Programmers will never rule the world, because by then they have been promoted to software engineers, managers, etc. It's the same with toddlers.
Presumably whack-a-mole is too big to fail. This guy will be a good scapegoat, but it won't solve the problems inherent in an economy that depends so much on whack-a-mole.
Yeah. Through incompetence or malice, people can leave a national debt that will take generations to deal with, and economic ruin, yet I'd be surprised if any of them end-up doing more than five years. They'll get out even earlier if they're fortunate enough to be struck with a unique form of alzheimer's that mysteriously vanishes shortly after they're released from prison on medical grounds - as experienced by the Earnest Saunders.
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both good software engineers and good social engineers are a rare bread anyway
That's a rye observation.