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Stealing Laptops For Class Credit
First time accepted submitter core_tripper writes "Students at the University of Twente have stolen thirty laptops from various members of the university's staff. They were not prosecuted for this, so they could just get on with their studies. Indeed, these students even received ECTS credits for these thefts. UT researcher Trajce Dimkov asked the students to steal the machines as part of a scientific experiment. Stealing these laptops turned out to be a pretty simple matter."
At the UofMN people walk out with entire desktops; while the people are still in their office. We had one person who was at her desk talking on the phone, with her back to the door, looking behind her out the window. Someone walked in, unplugged her iMac, and walked out with it.
Suppose one of the students followed his friend around to see how he stole a laptop, and then later copied the method? Would he get credit, or be marked down for plagiarism?
I have used social engineering to get past people that can speak the English real good,
Have you used it on anyone who could speak English really well?
William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
That's an odd name for a dog.
They can take my LifeAlert pendant when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Of course, it would be a good scam to tell security that it's a class project anyway. Then after all the laptops are missing and don't show up again, they look up your name and find out you're not a professor and are nowhere to be found.
Of course cats can learn their name! How else would they be able to spitefully ignore you?
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
Of course not. why would anyone confess to a crime? Coincidentally, is anyone looking to purchase a completely legitimate iMac? Only thing wrong with it is that its serial numbers seem to have fallen off.
who prays for Satan? Who in 18 centuries has had the humanity to pray for the 1 sinner that needed it most? ~Mark Twain
Our dog doesn't call when called, but knows the cat's name. Every time the cat is called for dinner, dog comes running.
"Cat's are perfectly capable of learning their own names."
Now if you only would be able to comprehend the use of apostrophes, then you would be almost as clever as a cat.
...speaking of food, I still think that as long as there are hungry people in the world, there is no such thing as an unwanted pet.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Using disctinct names to identify a series of cats is a technique I highly recommend. I don't remember where I learned this practice, but it has been invaluable to me in my life. I have had nothing but good experiences following this practice. My friend has two cats named Daryl, and they aren't even brothers. It's a nightmare!
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun