Stealing Laptops For Class Credit 138
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."
Laptops are easy. (Score:4, Funny)
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.
More details on the marking scheme please! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:outsourced cleaners with poor English don't kno (Score:5, Funny)
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?
Re:Why stop? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Security without security? (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:Why stop? (Score:5, Funny)
Of course cats can learn their name! How else would they be able to spitefully ignore you?
Re:An iMac doesn't exactly fit under the coat... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why stop? (Score:4, Funny)
Our dog doesn't call when called, but knows the cat's name. Every time the cat is called for dinner, dog comes running.
Re:Why stop? (Score:2, Funny)
"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.
Re:Why stop? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why stop? (Score:4, Funny)
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!