Whilst at Uni (of course)...At Lancaster University you have to buy printer credits in order to print anything out.
In the 24hr computer labs you must log-in in order to get access to your print-credits. Once you're logged in you get lots of choices for your printouts (ranging from the cheapo dot-matrix in the corner of the computer room (2p per sheet, Black and White only) right up to A3 colour (£1 per) which are sent to the library desk for personal collection.
Can you see where i'm heading with this? Surely you must be able to guess by now...
One very late night in the empty PC suite I noticed that someone who lived on my corridor had foolishly left their computer logged on.
In order to teach them an amusing and valuable lesson about PC security I went onto their computer and spent the next hour trying to find pictures of dog-fucking, gay orgies, midget porn, amputee sex, necrophilia, etc) and printed it to the library in A3 colour. The muppet had left about £20 worth of credit in the system so I had to spend ages finding enough smut worthy of printing. I then used up the last few pennies printing 'Dear Dad, I'm a paedophile and I used to bugger my brother' to the local printer in 150 point letters.
Suffice it to say the library staff were not amused and neither were the University Vice-Chancellor, The College Dean, the Disciplinary Committee, the security officers or the Police Officer assigned to search his room and
all his belongings.
I thought it was hilarious though. And that's what counts
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In the 24hr computer labs you must log-in in order to get access to your print-credits. Once you're logged in you get lots of choices for your printouts (ranging from the cheapo dot-matrix in the corner of the computer room (2p per sheet, Black and White only) right up to A3 colour (£1 per) which are sent to the library desk for personal collection.
Can you see where i'm heading with this? Surely you must be able to guess by now...
One very late night in the empty PC suite I noticed that someone who lived on my corridor had foolishly left their computer logged on.
In order to teach them an amusing and valuable lesson about PC security I went onto their computer and spent the next hour trying to find pictures of dog-fucking, gay orgies, midget porn, amputee sex, necrophilia, etc) and printed it to the library in A3 colour. The muppet had left about £20 worth of credit in the system so I had to spend ages finding enough smut worthy of printing. I then used up the last few pennies printing 'Dear Dad, I'm a paedophile and I used to bugger my brother' to the local printer in 150 point letters.
Suffice it to say the library staff were not amused and neither were the University Vice-Chancellor, The College Dean, the Disciplinary Committee, the security officers or the Police Officer assigned to search his room and
all his belongings.
I thought it was hilarious though. And that's what counts