Corrupted Word Files for Sale
schneier.com
schneier.com
p.s. this works even with CS profs...
if i miss an estimate, i tell someone and we deal with it. the more i do that, the less i'm wrong with the estimate in the first place. (given, that's not so relevant in school as you have more than enough time, always;) i/we were there- went to college, had sideways priorities and schedule pressure. this kind of sh*t is for people that don't want to do the work in the first place...
bottom line- you think a good teacher doesn't know when they're getting snowed? you're wrong.
...and i say that as someone that, in school, didn't always want to do the work and still didn't lie to people when i missed deadlines and screwed myself.
i rant, but... as long as you care, even a little bit- TALK TO YOUR TEACHERS! they'll cut you ten times the slack that a corrupted file gimmick will ever win you.
The client may also have a very legitimate excuse for using the service that may fall into a grey area in terms of ethics.
Suggesting this is unethical is like saying handguns are unethical because people commit murder with them.
Still, I think this site is in a very definite dark gray area and I wouldn't run something like this.
So, in your opinion you believe that you as a TA have the right to know the personal details of students' lives if they need extensions? What if the matter is private?
You're not going to get much more than a day before someone calls you up and says, "Hey, the file's corrupt, send me another".
I wonder how much they make though?
dd if=/dev/random of=<mywordfile> bs=1024 count=1
Please Note: I had deadlines with professors too, but I still got my sh[i]t done on time - its called Red Bull. If you need an extension, just be honest and ask your professor before you use a corrupted file.
http://www.corrupted-files.com/Custom_Order.html
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Pretty funny though.
Of course, you could just use Scribd's iPaper to preview the doc - puts the owness on the student to verify.
"We didn’t just change a .jpeg extension into a .doc." - I guess they're mangling a doc file in someway to make it a little more believable, in case a prof. gets out a hexeditor.