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Stealing Laptops For Class Credit

Posted by timothy on from the for-bonus-points-assassinate-the-prof dept.

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."

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  1. More details on the marking scheme please! by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  2. Re:Why stop? by OhSoLaMeow · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's an odd name for a dog.

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  3. Re:Why stop? by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course cats can learn their name! How else would they be able to spitefully ignore you?

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