Bio professor owns one student!

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: akodi
the professor actually does know who stole it and he is giving the student the opportunity to turn in the laptop.

Perhaps he knows who stole it, but 99% of his tirade was fluff. Probably like his lectures

 

[RMSistight]

CALL IN THE SWAT! CALL IN THE SWAT!

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
That sounds like a lot of empty threats. MS wouldn't call because of two identical OSes, they aren't triangulating laptops by their wifi, he IS concerned about the laptop.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: akodi

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle

Originally posted by: akodi


The most likely reason a student stole the laptop was because MCB/premed students at Cal are super competitive and have no souls; they would do anything to get straight A's and be accepted into a good med school even stealing a laptop to attain a midterm.

The way they could tell the student was using it on campus was because to get onto the campus wireless network you need to sign on with your student id and passphrase so it's relatively easy to pinpoint who used the computer.

first paragraph is ridiculus, while it is possible that is the case, i would say that the reason it was most likely stolen would be money...if it was for a test, they would just turn it on, get the test, then throw the notebook out, therefore never being caught...

ridiculous it actually is a crime to steal data which is intellectual property of the government?

the professor actually does know who stole it and he is giving the student the opportunity to turn in the laptop.

sorry i meant the first paragraph that I quoted was ridiculous, not the first one you wrote...

ive been in some of the most cut throat classes and schools and dont think if thats the reason they stole it they would be stupid enough to go online with it and everything else the prof said

 

[Kremlar]

LOL - 'Microsoft is interested in wondering why that same version of Windows is sending signals from 2 difference locations??'

This professor is bullshitting, trying to scare a dopey kid into returning his laptop. Maybe he should worry about being sued by Microsoft for knowingly installing an already licensed version of Windows on another PC...

:laugh:

Last I checked Windows didn't send out 'signals' to Redmond.

 

[ConwayJim]

That was great!

Oh man, wouldn't want to be him!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

It's a marvelous combination of BS and truth. MS calling is BS. Most of the rest probably is too. That does NOT mean that it is untraceable.

Having first hand knowledge of how these things work, I can tell you that professors do indeed keep these kind of things on their lappys, and they are often completely stupid enough to keep it unencrypted. Assuming that the data on the computer is as advertised, he is indeed correct as to the importance of the data and the very real penalties the student faces. If Glaxo/SmithKline or whoever has drug trial information on that lappy, then they would be very keen to do something about it. First concern is the recovery of the laptop. Failing that, harsh prosecution. The judge may be quite leniant, and he may get out in ten years, but would be very lucky to do so.

This student better hope it is ALL BS.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

marked for later

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
It's a marvelous combination of BS and truth. MS calling is BS. Most of the rest probably is too. That does NOT mean that it is untraceable.

Having first hand knowledge of how these things work, I can tell you that professors do indeed keep these kind of things on their lappys, and they are often completely stupid enough to keep it unencrypted. Assuming that the data on the computer is as advertised, he is indeed correct as to the importance of the data and the very real penalties the student faces. If Glaxo/SmithKline or whoever has drug trial information on that lappy, then they would be very keen to do something about it. First concern is the recovery of the laptop. Failing that, harsh prosecution. The judge may be quite leniant, and he may get out in ten years, but would be very lucky to do so.

This student better hope it is ALL BS.

So a thief can be held liable for the value of the information on the laptop, even if he had absolutely know way of knowing the value of that data when he stole it? He thought he was stealing a crappy 4 year old laptop that was $1K new, but it actually has data worth millions on it. Is he now busted for a million dollar theft? Or only if he tries to market that data? I don't have much sympathy for the guy, but *still*.

Kinda like photolabs & such - they are only liable for the cost of the film if they botch a job. Not the value of the pulitzer prize you would have one if they hadn't botched the development.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
http://www.dizzytech.com/professorpwnage.wmv

http://myweb.cableone.net/twiggy9560/professorpwnage.wmv

Thanks DiZASTiX for the help on hosting!

thanks for the conversion, although i notice a significant deterioration in quality. and what's that little yellow thing that stays on the near-bottom-left-hand-corner of the screen?

 

[Anonemous]

hmmm so what makes the prof. think the student will return the laptop? They'd just probably ditch it by a dumpster or hand it off to another unsuspecting student/hobo (after wiping off their prints of course).


/still suspects it was the CAMERA man!

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
http://www.dizzytech.com/professorpwnage.wmv

http://myweb.cableone.net/twiggy9560/professorpwnage.wmv

Thanks DiZASTiX for the help on hosting!

thanks for the conversion, although i notice a significant deterioration in quality. and what's that little yellow thing that stays on the near-bottom-left-hand-corner of the screen?

The yellow thing is a watermark becuase I used a trial version of River Past's Video Cleaner. I didn't feel like paying $30 or so to get rid of that for a 3 minute video conversion.

The quality...I couldn't get it any better. I'm assuming it was the source when they converted it to RM format. Whether I streamed the video from my MPC client or my stream-ripped copy, the video was the same. (ie: pixelated/blurry and poor in movement shots)

The main thing to the video is the audio and his tone of voice. So much emotion and anger.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: CheapArse

Originally posted by: rh71
that's it, since a few of us can't view the video, someone do a play-by-play of what occured ?

just watch the damn thing, its worth it.

ok, but there's the issue of being unable to view the video.

dl rp you panzy

or at least that mock rp

you call me pansy, I call you illiterate (why am I even responding anymore?). I already stated in my first post in this thread that I have no problems with .rm/.ram files using mpc (real alternative) - it's just this file that doesn't seem to want to play for me. BTW, thanks vood0g for the transcription.

Sorry, I didn't waste my time reading all the replies to the thread.... :roll:

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
http://www.dizzytech.com/professorpwnage.wmv

http://myweb.cableone.net/twiggy9560/professorpwnage.wmv

Thanks DiZASTiX for the help on hosting!

thanks for the conversion, although i notice a significant deterioration in quality. and what's that little yellow thing that stays on the near-bottom-left-hand-corner of the screen?

The yellow thing is a watermark becuase I used a trial version of River Past's Video Cleaner. I didn't feel like paying $30 or so to get rid of that for a 3 minute video conversion.

The quality...I couldn't get it any better. I'm assuming it was the source when they converted it to RM format. Whether I streamed the video from my MPC client or my stream-ripped copy, the video was the same. (ie: pixelated/blurry and poor in movement shots)

The main thing to the video is the audio and his tone of voice. So much emotion and anger.

notice how he's looking at the camera man! dum dum dum!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
It's a marvelous combination of BS and truth. MS calling is BS. Most of the rest probably is too. That does NOT mean that it is untraceable.

Having first hand knowledge of how these things work, I can tell you that professors do indeed keep these kind of things on their lappys, and they are often completely stupid enough to keep it unencrypted. Assuming that the data on the computer is as advertised, he is indeed correct as to the importance of the data and the very real penalties the student faces. If Glaxo/SmithKline or whoever has drug trial information on that lappy, then they would be very keen to do something about it. First concern is the recovery of the laptop. Failing that, harsh prosecution. The judge may be quite lenient, and he may get out in ten years, but would be very lucky to do so.

This student better hope it is ALL BS.

So a thief can be held liable for the value of the information on the laptop, even if he had absolutely know way of knowing the value of that data when he stole it? He thought he was stealing a crappy 4 year old laptop that was $1K new, but it actually has data worth millions on it. Is he now busted for a million dollar theft? Or only if he tries to market that data? I don't have much sympathy for the guy, but *still*.

Kinda like photo labs & such - they are only liable for the cost of the film if they botch a job. Not the value of the pulitzer prize you would have one if they hadn't botched the development.

A reasonable person could be be expected to understand this would be no ordinary laptop with games etc. It would have value beyond the machine itself. True, he probably didn't understand the magnitude of the theft, but he would most likely be made an example of, then given some time off for circumstances.

Where your photo lab analogy fails because in your scenario they didn't commit a crime. It is more like if they had gone out and stolen film from someone they knew worked for an intelligence agency then discovered it had national secrets. Going before the judge, there would be little sympathy.

No, his ass would be in a sling.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Whether he's full of crap or not, you can't convince me that if you had the laptop that you wouldn't be scared sh!tless. Especially after he said "your academic career is about to come to an end. you're facing very serious charges with a probability of very serious time."

 

[oogabooga]

I'm going to call BS on the prof, but i must admit : if i had the laptop, i'd be scared sh--less.

Grammer mistakes, uhh, his voice cracks, etcetc, dont quit your dayjob mr 'govn't is after you'.

oh yea: thanks for the trasnscript and the wmv encode/hosting heh i can't get RM at work.

 

[Landroval]

hope the thief is caught, expelled, and sentenced

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
wow, that guy just totally pwn3d whoever stole that laptop.

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Yea, but im not sure if appealing to the student body does much unless he is SURE that it was a student. I went to grad school at berkeley and had TONS of shite stolen from my lab. The desctiptions often came back as "student-like," but none of the fooks they actually caught (none of my stuff, just looking at the police blotter) were students.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
hmmm so what makes the prof. think the student will return the laptop? They'd just probably ditch it by a dumpster or hand it off to another unsuspecting student/hobo (after wiping off their prints of course).


/still suspects it was the CAMERA man!

That's why he made up the two eyewitnesses and video recording.

 

[CrazyPerson]

this is good... now i know who i need to work for in order to get my computer back

 

[olds]

<--- ownage not found

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
http://www.dizzytech.com/professorpwnage.wmv

http://myweb.cableone.net/twiggy9560/professorpwnage.wmv

Thanks DiZASTiX for the help on hosting!

I love you.

 

[Thegonagle]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Yes, it's obviously a bluff.

But using psychology against ignorant undergrads to get the laptop back seems to me a very smart thing to do.

That's what I was thinking. It's a hell of a speech, though. The prof is really good at being "scary." If you not too panzy to install Real Player, watch it, because the transcription (thanks, BTW, voodOg--I wasn't about to type that out for anybody) does not do the speech justice.

Installation instructions for RP Panzies: In order to instal RP, download the free version from www.real.com, choose custom install (if you don't do this for every single program you install anyway, you're a dummy who deserves what you get), and make sure that only Real Media formats are checked. Doing this will cause the installation to (gasp!) leave all your other media players alone.

After the install, the only extra process it runs at bootup is a program called realsched.exe, which auto-checks for program and "content" updates, and messages from Real Networks. Disabling this (or, "all that extra crap that takes over your computer," as I've occasionally heard it called) is as easy as it gets: delete the exe. RP does not complain, does not error, and the exe won't reinstall itself.

EDIT: For great justice!

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Installation instructions for RP Panzies: In order to instal RP, download the free version from www.real.com, choose custom install (if you don't do this for every single program you install anyway, you're a dummy who deserves what you get), and make sure that only Real Media formats are checked. Doing this will cause the installation to (gasp!) leave all your other media players alone.

After the install, the only extra process it runs at bootup is a program called realsched.exe, which auto-checks for program and "content" updates, and messages from Real Networks. Disabling this (or, "all that extra crap that takes over your computer," as I've occasionally heard it called) is as easy as it gets: delete the exe. RP does not complain, does not error, and the exe won't reinstall itself.

why download RP when you can use real alternative?