Re: copying code (but not cheating)

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From: Ian Moor
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 1990 19:38

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In article <1199@swbatl.UUCP> george@swbatl.UUCP (6544) writes:

>   The system administrator and our teachers were none too happy.  They
>   went into our accounts and searched for all traces of the program
>   and eliminated them (what a bunch of squares!).  They didn't find
>   my copy, though...I renamed it to the name of one of my assignments!

Loading some files from another site I once came across a file called
`mail.exe', when I ran it, the first output it produced was
`You are now in command of the Starship Enterprise'... Guess somebody
else had to hide their games.

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Ian W Moor
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From: iwm@uk.ac.ic.doc (Ian Moor)
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Subject: Re: copying code (but not cheating)
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Date: 3 Mar 90 19:38:04 GMT
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