"Student uses university computers to mine Dogecoin" LEL

[emsjvh]

Thought you guys might get a kick outta this.

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"

[Cryptonian]

Awesome news!

For the Harward guy I dont think it was worth the 20$ though.

Really made my morning. Thank you Sir!

[Bit_Happy]

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.

[emsjvh]

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)?

[IamCANADIAN013]

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.

[crazynoggin]

Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?

[seriouscoin]

Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?

Because they're worthless people to begin with

[Lauda]

Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?

The person who did this, seems very smart. 

[emsjvh]

People who mine for Dogecoin...



lol.

[softron]

Sounds normal.

[MiningViking]

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.

[BitOnyx]

Ironically I guess that those dogecoins now belongs to University

[MiningViking]

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..

[Bit_Happy]

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. 

[rich93]

Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead.

[Warning__3]

I would have loved to see how many primes per sec he would have got mining primecoin! x)

[Bit_Happy]

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.

[C10H15N]

...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. 

[Bit_Happy]

...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. 

 

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.

[rich93]

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!