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Title: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: emsjvh on March 24, 2014, 05:14:42 AM Thought you guys might get a kick outta this.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/04/dogecoin-bitcoin-imperial-college-student-mine (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/04/dogecoin-bitcoin-imperial-college-student-mine) "The problems at Imperial College follow Harvard University, where a student was disciplined in February for mining Dogecoin using the university’s Odyssey supercomputer" Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Cryptonian on March 24, 2014, 05:19:06 AM Awesome news!
For the Harward guy I dont think it was worth the 20$ though. Really made my morning. Thank you Sir! Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Bit_Happy on March 24, 2014, 05:21:06 AM The university permanently blocked the individual in question from all research computing facilities, saying their actions were “strictly prohibited for fairly obvious reasons”.
Short article, cute picture. Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: emsjvh on March 24, 2014, 05:28:32 AM I did something similar at my college however it wasn't worth the hassle of setting up the computers.
I wonder if the supercomputer's hashrate was high (doubt it would be)? Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: IamCANADIAN013 on March 24, 2014, 05:30:48 AM That's hilarious, too bad it doesn't say how they caught the student.
I remember reading a story a while back about how a teacher set every computer in his classroom to mine Bitcoin. Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: crazynoggin on March 24, 2014, 05:54:47 AM Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?
Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: seriouscoin on March 24, 2014, 05:56:41 AM Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin? Because they're worthless people to begin with Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Lauda on March 24, 2014, 05:58:27 AM Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin? The person who did this, seems very smart. ::)Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: emsjvh on March 24, 2014, 06:21:28 AM Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: softron on March 24, 2014, 07:59:44 AM Sounds normal.
Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: MiningViking on March 24, 2014, 08:54:32 AM Why did he not mine a CPU coin instead if he had access to a supercomputer? Must be a real retard, this is what happens when schools accept student based on the amount of donations their parents are willing to invest in their kids education.
Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: BitOnyx on March 24, 2014, 09:15:17 AM Ironically I guess that those dogecoins now belongs to University :)
Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: MiningViking on March 24, 2014, 10:59:02 AM Ironically I guess that those dogecoins now belongs to University :) I wonder if the student was forced to make a full-poodle at the principals office.. Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Bit_Happy on March 24, 2014, 08:17:40 PM Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin? Because they're worthless people to begin with That is pretty harsh. Doggie might be a silly joke, but the people who enjoy it are having fun and making money. :) Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: rich93 on March 24, 2014, 08:32:37 PM Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead.
Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Warning__3 on March 24, 2014, 08:34:23 PM I would have loved to see how many primes per sec he would have got mining primecoin! x)
Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Bit_Happy on March 24, 2014, 08:34:42 PM Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead. Mark Zuch got away with "murder" at Harvard. He launched Facebook after hacking into the schools computers, so he would have free hosting. Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: C10H15N on March 24, 2014, 08:39:28 PM ...Doggie might be a silly joke, but the people who enjoy it are having fun and making money. :) ...which, while still fun, detracts somewhat from the joke. :D Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Bit_Happy on March 24, 2014, 08:44:40 PM ...Doggie might be a silly joke, but the people who enjoy it are having fun and making money. :) ...which, while still fun, detracts somewhat from the joke. :D ;D BBQcoin started as a joke (still is), but never had that much buzz. I completely ignored DOGE at the start, but now I like the fast transactions and super low fees. Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: rich93 on March 24, 2014, 08:56:52 PM Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead. Mark Zuch got away with "murder" at Harvard. He launched Facebook after hacking into the schools computers, so he would have free hosting. And I thought Mark Zuch was squeaky clean! Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: IamCANADIAN013 on March 25, 2014, 02:25:40 AM Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead. or just smacked him on the nose with a newspaper and told him NO! Title: Re: "Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL Post by: Thusith on March 25, 2014, 05:03:06 PM Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead. Mark Zuch got away with "murder" at Harvard. He launched Facebook after hacking into the schools computers, so he would have free hosting. And I thought Mark Zuch was squeaky clean! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D interesting. |
