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on Thursday September 22 2016, @10:42PM
from the we'll-get-you-for-something dept.
from the we'll-get-you-for-something dept.
At phys.org:
Prosecutors in the Netherlands are seeking prison sentences for two brothers who they say used stolen electricity to power computers they used to mine bitcoins worth an estimated 200,000 euros ($223,500).
Prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday that powerful computers used to "mine" the electronic currency were found in a building in the port city of Rotterdam that belonged to one of the brothers and also was used as a cannabis nursery.
Equipment in the nursery and the computers were running on illegally tapped electricity when they were discovered in 2014.
Also at AP.org.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 23 2016, @12:27AM
Your high school teacher sounds like a real asshole. Stealing for years, bragging to his students, lying about it when he got caught, fabricating a story about his wife's injury, manipulating the evidence of tampering.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Friday September 23 2016, @12:59AM
He was actually *the best* teachers I have ever had. He could control a classroom full of rowdy teenagers, most of whom were from the surrounding ghetto, with ease. His numerous stories, teaching methods, and knowledge made him an exemplary teacher. Yea, he was a bastard, little NYC Italian guy so you get the drift. But shit, I came out of that shop with more knowledge than any of the so called technical students who were considered much more prestigious. My friend was in the computer engineering program and every time we spoke of the programs he told me how he wished he took that shop instead of the engineering class. The greatest achievement was when he got the school to move a dormant $250k mini robotics production system from Eshed-Robotech to our senior year shop class and put me in charge of it. That was a hell of a fun senior year, programming various robots, two mini CNC centers, one turning, the other milling, along with a smart conveyor with pallets. We did everything from bell and phone wiring to industrial motor control, PLC's and electronics in that class.
Even though I never became an electrician professionally, I retained that knowledge along with his emphasis on NEC code learning to do all of my own electrical work. Ever time I do my own work, I do it neat, to code and never take shortcuts. I rewired my grandmothers house top to bottom and even pulled the old panel box, LIVE, my self. This weekend I'm rewiring my great aunts two family to split the power with a sub meter. And I have that little asshole to thank.