This is a Riot: College Professor Spazzout
 

Berkeley laptop thief is scared out of his wits by professor (Click link to view...this is a professor going on a crazy rant)

The last few minutes of this video from a biology class at Berkeley is of professor explaining the terrifying consequences that will soon befall the student that stole his laptop. Hell, I'm 500 miles away from Berkeley and I'm scared after watching this. (Forward to 48:50. It's a RealPlayer file, unfortunately, so be prepared for it to stop playing at least three times while you're watching it).

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/20...ptop_thie.html

Enjoy,
Jeff

Re: This is a Riot: College Professor Spazzout
 

Wow that really was scary. Poor kid.

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DOH i knew i shouldve removed windows....

Re: This is a Riot: College Professor Spazzout
 

I don't really think the professor spazzed here.

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Methinks he did something worse.

A. He disclosed information that was on his disk. If the thief had no knowledge of the value of the data on that laptop, he does now.

B. If nothing else, he gave the thief good reason to destroy the laptop.

Personally, I believe the prof. did more harm than good here...but it's still amusing.

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He did a good job of trumping it all up. I suspect he's in nearly as much trouble as the kid is if all this data (and any copies of it) isn't returned. It's always fun to watch a professor with an inflated ego and a flair for drama when he finds himself in a pinch.

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the prof didn't spaz out. he probably did cause someone to urinate in his pants though

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Methinks he did something worse.

A. He disclosed information that was on his disk. If the thief had no knowledge of the value of the data on that laptop, he does now.

B. If nothing else, he gave the thief good reason to destroy the laptop.

Personally, I believe the prof. did more harm than good here...but it's still amusing.

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Agreed. These are things I meant to say as well, but forgot.

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very amusing.

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He did a good job of trumping it all up. I suspect he's in nearly as much trouble as the kid is if all this data (and any copies of it) isn't returned.

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Yeah, thinking over it again, the whole thing seems very suspicious and is almost certainly at least somewhat exaggerated in the hope of getting his laptop back. Still, if I was the kid, I wouldn't risk it.