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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on December 22, 2004, 11:50:46 am

Title: trivia question
Post by: Stealth on December 22, 2004, 11:50:46 am

i've got an economics professor who gives out 5 "bonus points" per week to the class, and the first person to get the answer to him gets the points (i.e. if your final class average is a 90, the 5 points bring it up to 95)

the question this week is:

"What person (now in jail) is responsible for taking down the world's largest bank?"

i'm thinking it must be some hacker?  or someone who initiated a dos attack?  he didn't say the person took down the bank indefinately, but i assume he closed the whole bank's operation for a period of time.

i have no idea.  anyone know? "Google" isn't the answer.

Title: trivia question
Post by: karajorma on December 22, 2004, 12:05:15 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1806095.stm

I suspect that's the guy that he meant.

Title: trivia question
Post by: aldo_14 on December 22, 2004, 12:08:56 pm

Nick Leeson?

(how big was Barings?)

EDIT; Damn you kara, you post stealing...somethingorother.