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Subject: Re: Funny Computer Crime Story. - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 20-May-84 00:57:44 EDT
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inmet!andrew    May 18 17:25:00 1984

The IEEE Spectrum article is entitled "Can Computer Crime Be Stopped?".

I have already sent them a scathing letter asking why the above anecdote
(and three others in which NO LAWS WERE VIOLATED) appeared in an article
supposedly about computer crime.  I felt that its inclusion among tales
of several serious frauds carried the insinuation "well, they weren't
charged with any crime, but we think it's one anyway".  Such innuendo is
worthy of the National Enquirer, not a professional journal.

The incident, BTW, has a "happy ending": a) McDonald's awarded a duplicate
of every prize won by the students, and b) the students donated the Datsun
710 to charity.

OK, I know this isn't net.flame... so here's a joke:

    What is a Russian trio?

    A quartet that toured the U.S.!
 
Andrew W. Rogers, Intermetrics   ...{harpo|ihnp4|ima|esquire}!inmet!andrew