I just got screwed over by a classmate… [modified]
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
Oh, don't bother. Here, for instance, we are used doing someone else's homework... :-\
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
It's not "bin" it's "been". Sorry, I really don't like being a spelling/grammar nazi because I suck at spelling in the first place but I had to say something. :)
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I already checked the logs with the logs I keep myself when I access the ftp/mail. Got allot of attempt but none got through
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
What about date/time stamps on the files? Surely the ones on his files would be after yours. How about the teacher asking each of you what the project does? You should be able to explain it in detail whereas the other person would (likely) not.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
If he really stole your work, perhaps he's outlived his usefulness ? ? ?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek dissappointment. If you are searching for perfection in yourself, then you seek failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Your classmate is a snake. How hard are your passwords? Could he have done a brute-force attack?
They are at least 16 chars long randomly generated from two 8 char password generators and then put together. A real pain to remember but i refuse to carry them around on a peice of paper or in a file. But there were no anomaly’s in the logs when compared to the personal logs I keep.
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
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I already checked the logs with the logs I keep myself when I access the ftp/mail. Got allot of attempt but none got through
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
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What about date/time stamps on the files? Surely the ones on his files would be after yours. How about the teacher asking each of you what the project does? You should be able to explain it in detail whereas the other person would (likely) not.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
I'm going to have to check on the date/time stamps. The teacher questioned us about the project separately so we couldn’t hear what the other said, and somehow he convinced the teacher that it could be his project.
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:29 AM
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
Interesting story! Down with the classmate, lose him! :P
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It's not "bin" it's "been". Sorry, I really don't like being a spelling/grammar nazi because I suck at spelling in the first place but I had to say something. :)
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It's not "bin" it's "been". Sorry, I really don't like being a spelling/grammar nazi because I suck at spelling in the first place but I had to say something. :)
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I avoid wireless as much as possible and always use a cable at school because the connecting is not what you call stable.
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
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We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
At the school I went to it did not matter if you were the stealer or victim. The reasoning was more for when friends help class mates. There is no way for your teacher to know for sure that the 2 of you are not actually friends. So in the end it did not matter if he or you convinced the teacher that it was "Your" project. In the end you are both required to re-build under university rules. Again that was my school. Yours might be similar though. Check the cheating policies. Anyways, sucks that you have to start over. Good luck!
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yeah, that's the ticket. :laugh:
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If he really stole your work, perhaps he's outlived his usefulness ? ? ?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek dissappointment. If you are searching for perfection in yourself, then you seek failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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If he really stole your work, perhaps he's outlived his usefulness ? ? ?
I agree. Off with his head.
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Oh, don't bother. Here, for instance, we are used doing someone else's homework... :-\
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles] -
We got a project due in 2 weeks and the teacher wanted to see how things where coming along. I showed him my project, what I was doing, what I had in mind, the problems I encountered just about everything I had been working on the last month. He was impressed and went off to check on someone else. About en hour later he calls me to his desk along with another class mate. Apparently we have identical projects, and when I say identical I mean identical, even the spellings errors match. I tried to convince the teacher that I made it myself, showed him my notes and backup’s, everything I had on the project. Even showed him the files I spread across the web as backups (my ftp at home, e-mail and a web-ftp I use for just about anything). Of course my classmate insists he made it and somehow convinced the teacher. The teacher isn’t unreasonable but since he can’t be sure who made it we both have to restart our projects, we do get 2 weeks extra. But I just can’t figure out how he got the files. I never leave my laptop/usb-drives unattended, the laptop is virus/Trojan free (I’m extremely careful when it comes to my laptop), there has been no unauthorised access on my ftp at home or the web-ftp and this particular e-mail has a 32 char password generated from 4 different 8 char password generators and is changed every week if I’m working on a project. And to rap it up all the files are encrypted. Yeah I’m somewhat paranoid, but this case proves that it’s not enough. I thought my security was good enough but apparently it’s still lacking. I know that every security can be cracked/hacked but this guy has had a few to many blows to the head and I don’t see him cracking it within 2 days. He got all my files from 2 days back. Am I missing something that just screws this kind of protection? On a side note, the time with the teacher was the only time I accessed the ftp/mail that was not from my home network (and I don’t even want to start about the security I have there). *Edit* fixed bin to been
saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.
modified on Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:25 AM
I have a solution, but you'd have to get him to stand on a plastic tarp so things are easier to clean up...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I think the fact that we was using double-spaces after periods provided an attack vector for a key logger.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I have a solution, but you'd have to get him to stand on a plastic tarp so things are easier to clean up...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001I'm with you! Covering miscreants in gunge always works well.
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