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  • S Sunny Ahuwanya

    How about: 1) write a badass virus. 2) Unleash it to the world. 3) Have your friend rat you out. 4) Take some of your share of the bounty and hire a good lawyer :)

    Sunny Ahuwanya "The beauty of the desert is that it hides a well somewhere" -- Antoine de Saint Exupéry

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    Adriaan Davel
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    And spend your bounty on what in jail? MS would not offer that much money if they don't feel they have a good chance of conviction

    ____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave

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    • A Adriaan Davel

      And spend your bounty on what in jail? MS would not offer that much money if they don't feel they have a good chance of conviction

      ____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave

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      Marc Firth
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      Unless they thought they had no chance of finding the writer of the virus. Then they could get some free viral-stylee advertising.

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      • D Douglas Troy

        Zombie masterminds wanted undead or alive[^] I'd like to think that someone who knows the authors, will turn the little pr!@ks over; $250k is a good chunk of change.

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        bryce
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        I say we dob Chris Bryce

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        • L leppie

          Like who is gonna do that? "Erstwhile college friends of German VXer Sven Jaschan, who was convicted of writing the Sasser worm, picked up a $250 payout for their efforts."

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          destynova
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          leppie wrote:

          Like who is gonna do that?"Erstwhile college friends of German VXer Sven Jaschan, who was convicted of writing the Sasser worm, picked up a $250 payout for their efforts."

          Uh. I'm not sure if you had a brainfart or what, but $250K = $250,000, not $250. Not that it's blindingly obvious or anything.

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            I say we dob Chris Bryce

            MCAD --- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
            Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitor

            Our kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff

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            destynova
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            Dude, your signature is long enough that it gets its own frame and scrollbar. :omg:

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            • D destynova

              leppie wrote:

              Like who is gonna do that?"Erstwhile college friends of German VXer Sven Jaschan, who was convicted of writing the Sasser worm, picked up a $250 payout for their efforts."

              Uh. I'm not sure if you had a brainfart or what, but $250K = $250,000, not $250. Not that it's blindingly obvious or anything.

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              leppie
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              I quoted that directly from the article's content, so perhaps the author had a brainfart (which I dont think), but not me :)

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              • L leppie

                I quoted that directly from the article's content, so perhaps the author had a brainfart (which I dont think), but not me :)

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                IronScheme - 1.0 beta 2 - out now!
                ((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))

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                destynova
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                leppie wrote:

                I quoted that directly from the article's content, so perhaps the author had a brainfart (which I dont think), but not me :)

                Really? When I visit that link, I see:

                Erstwhile college friends of German VXer Sven Jaschan, who was convicted of writing the Sasser worm, picked up a $250,000 payout for their efforts.

                Which is odd... unless they made a booboo and corrected it since you viewed it, which is possible :)

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                  leppie wrote:

                  I quoted that directly from the article's content, so perhaps the author had a brainfart (which I dont think), but not me :)

                  Really? When I visit that link, I see:

                  Erstwhile college friends of German VXer Sven Jaschan, who was convicted of writing the Sasser worm, picked up a $250,000 payout for their efforts.

                  Which is odd... unless they made a booboo and corrected it since you viewed it, which is possible :)

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                  leppie
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                  destynova wrote:

                  corrected it since you viewed it, which is possible

                  Which seems to be the case, do I get a noddy badge for noticing the 'typo' :)

                  xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                  IronScheme - 1.0 beta 2 - out now!
                  ((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))

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                  • D Douglas Troy

                    Zombie masterminds wanted undead or alive[^] I'd like to think that someone who knows the authors, will turn the little pr!@ks over; $250k is a good chunk of change.

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                    patbob
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                    Hmmm... I wonder where MS got the money for that bounty?

                    patbob

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                      Hmmm... I wonder where MS got the money for that bounty?

                      patbob

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                      ghle
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                      One of Obama's handouts :laugh:

                      Gary

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                      • R Rutvik Dave

                        So what they are going to do with that person ? If they only going to ask you that how you done that... then I can tell them your name and we will share the 250K :laugh:

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                        Rutvik Dave wrote:

                        So what they are going to do with that person ?

                        I vote for putting their head on a stake in front of the network closet. :mad:

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                        • B bgnad

                          Rutvik Dave wrote:

                          So what they are going to do with that person ?

                          I vote for putting their head on a stake in front of the network closet. :mad:

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                          Rutvik Dave
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                          bgnad wrote:

                          head on a stake in front of the network closet

                          In that case... just forgot my idea. :)

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                          • R Rutvik Dave

                            bgnad wrote:

                            head on a stake in front of the network closet

                            In that case... just forgot my idea. :)

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                            bgnad
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                            Rutvik Dave wrote:

                            bgnad wrote: head on a stake in front of the network closet In that case... just forgot my idea. :)

                            What can I say, I'm just a blood-thirsty Celt who is really tired of the Vandals. The Visigoths to for that matter. ;P My hair may look lime-washed, but only a small area of my skin is panted blue :wtf:

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