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March 24, 2014, 05:14:42 AM
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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"

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March 24, 2014, 05:19:06 AM
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Awesome news!

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

Really made my morning. Thank you Sir!
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March 24, 2014, 05:21:06 AM
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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.

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March 24, 2014, 05:28:32 AM
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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)?


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March 24, 2014, 05:30:48 AM
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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.
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March 24, 2014, 05:54:47 AM
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Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?

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March 24, 2014, 05:56:41 AM
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Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?

Because they're worthless people to begin with
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March 24, 2014, 05:58:27 AM
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Why would someone risk their education for something as worthless as Dogecoin?
The person who did this, seems very smart.  Roll Eyes

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March 24, 2014, 06:21:28 AM
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People who mine for Dogecoin...



lol.
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March 24, 2014, 07:59:44 AM
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Sounds normal.

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March 24, 2014, 08:54:32 AM
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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.

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March 24, 2014, 09:15:17 AM
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Ironically I guess that those dogecoins now belongs to University Smiley

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March 24, 2014, 10:59:02 AM
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Ironically I guess that those dogecoins now belongs to University Smiley

I wonder if the student was forced to make a full-poodle at the principals office..

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March 24, 2014, 08:17:40 PM
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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.  Smiley

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March 24, 2014, 08:32:37 PM
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Permanently barring him does seem a bit harsh. They could have given a temporary ban instead.

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March 24, 2014, 08:34:23 PM
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I would have loved to see how many primes per sec he would have got mining primecoin! x)

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March 24, 2014, 08:34:42 PM
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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.

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March 24, 2014, 08:39:28 PM
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...Doggie might be a silly joke, but the people who enjoy it are having fun and making money.  Smiley

...which, while still fun, detracts somewhat from the joke.  Cheesy

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March 24, 2014, 08:44:40 PM
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...Doggie might be a silly joke, but the people who enjoy it are having fun and making money.  Smiley

...which, while still fun, detracts somewhat from the joke.  Cheesy

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March 24, 2014, 08:56:52 PM
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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!

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