Comments on: Solution Fail

By: Daniel White

Daniel White — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:46:37 +0000

So much fail, that it’s win.

By: google

google — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:04:49 +0000

But if I mended it, where would I put my &*$^?

By: protection asset

protection asset — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:39:02 +0000

what, this is funny.

By: prof

prof — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:39:55 +0000

Because of course none of us who teach college classes could possibly be smart enough to see through this…

By: stuff n stuff

stuff n stuff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:44:29 +0000

and she’s buying the stairway to heaven

By: Langly

Langly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:17 +0000

Wouldn’t work, if the professor was clever at all. Plenty of tools that can analyze a file and tell exactly what type it is. Even opening a file in notepad can let you read some of the cleartext headers
Try it, go open a mp3 in notepad, you’ll see a bunch of info stored in cleartext on the first line. ID3 tag info, encoder info and more. Which would pop up if you tried to pass it as a corrupt file.

By: roflcoptersoisoisoi

roflcoptersoisoisoi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:09:03 +0000

This is pure win, no fail at all.

By: WahtTehFial

WahtTehFial — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:49:05 +0000

Just make sure that it is approximately the same file size as a paper of the required length would be.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:51:46 +0000

i’ve done this soo many times ;D

By: qing

qing — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:07:01 +0000

rofl.

I remember so many people doing it at high school.

they’re in for a nice suprise in college…proffesors don’t give a dam if it’s corrupted. just get a working one in on time!!!! rofl

btw you can make your own corrupted file or just a word document with weird ass characters.

Neva pay for this crap =0

By: Sora

Sora — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:05:24 +0000

Me too. Thank god for dumbass computers and profs.

By: supperhey

supperhey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:09:05 +0000

tats should b a win!

By: alicia

alicia — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:59:19 +0000

wow that is actually not a bad idea…

By: Agreed

Agreed — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:50:26 +0000

Pretty much. You might as well just say that your dog ate your homework…

By: An administrator

An administrator — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:35:00 +0000

Sorry to break it to you kids, but as a university admin, we are on to this scam.

While it may have worked (and might still work at some universities), we are now in the know that this is yet another scam to try to buy you more time for your papers.

When we get these cases at our review board, the ownership of turning in a working file on time is now on the student. Try this at my university and you’ll find yourself with a nice fat 0.

By: CleofisRandolph

CleofisRandolph — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:21 +0000

in the winter too

if you must learn anything from history, it’s dont invade Russia in the goddamn winter

By: steven lourie

steven lourie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:27:05 +0000

seems like a win to me

By: inorite

inorite — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:29:51 +0000

Shipping and handling on a word doc? Internets are about to be expensive.

By: Lowana

Lowana — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:47:35 +0000

Education win

By: simplychinh

simplychinh — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:24:41 +0000

haha… well, I guess that’s the additional function of turnitin LOL

By: testin54

testin54 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:20:09 +0000

haha i actually did this once, got an an extra day to write my paper

By: LP

LP — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:24:35 +0000

Well this can be done for free…open up a word document in notepad and just delete a character and word won’t be able to open it ever again.

By: tumama

tumama — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:45:29 +0000

hah burn

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:33:30 +0000

You know what sucks? I actually take a Distance Learning Class(High School) at TTU, and I saw this and thought, “I saw nothing like this!” But I’m actually a Texas A&M Aggie, so I see this and think, “Yes!!! TTU Fails! My life has meaning again
!!”

By: Why didn't I think of that?

Why didn't I think of that? — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:09:27 +0000

GENIUS!

By: Joey

Joey — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:36:33 +0000

Until they make everyone do it by hand and mark it themselves, that is.

By: ssustrich

ssustrich — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:56:35 +0000

Even if the file won’t open in word you can still use a simple text editor to view the contents of the file. Also if you professor tries it on two machines and they both say it’s corrupted that means it probably came from you corrupted. Use at your own risk.

By: medic

medic — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:16:28 +0000

Unless they open the file and see the MP3 MIME tag…better off using a doc file and really mashing it up.

By: xaxa

xaxa — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:22:13 +0000

-__-
&then you wonder why people hated being your partner.

By: boobjob

boobjob — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:18:00 +0000

total win

By: Smart

Smart — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:05:54 +0000

I Agree. I think that’s a very smart idea. How can they penalize you if the file won’t open. That’s not your fault, and for all they know it could be their computer playing up. Well Done

By: Tomfooler

Tomfooler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:56:13 +0000

Please give me a 5-paged report on why this is, in-fact, a win. The report is due tomorrow.

By: Mr. B

Mr. B — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:26:51 +0000

My students do this from time to time. As often as not, running the UNIX command “strings” on the file can extract enough text to show whether the source for the corrupted file has anything to do with the paper the student was supposed to be writing.

If they’re bullshitting me, it is indeed a FAIL (or perhaps a WIN for me). They generally only try that trick on me once…

By: Name also withheld for obv reasons

Name also withheld for obv reasons — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Ok, I’m a professor. The corrupted file thing is a total crapshoot because sometimes I open files immediately and sometimes it takes me a week to even think about opening a file! So you may get 10 extra minutes or you may get 7 days.

Of course I also grant extensions to anyone who asks, so you don’t need to resort to this crap.

That said, if you can’t make your own corrupted file you’ll be getting ripped off for most of your life by people smarter than you.

By: noahproblem

noahproblem — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:14:24 +0000

You left out The Count’s maniacal laugh and thunder…

By: Caine >ZAP< DOt ORG

Caine >ZAP< DOt ORG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:54:46 +0000

OH! I so know the theme song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjMz9bN4D4c

From 0:33 to 0:53 If your interested I have a few HD video cameras and lots of theater equipment ( Tripods, Remote Controlled Booms, Professional Mics, And a shitload of lights)

By: ZigiSamblak

ZigiSamblak — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:50:38 +0000

A cunningly crafted macro virus could take care of your marks forever. I bet you could charge more for that than a few bucks.

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:15:16 +0000

I have sent a corrupted file before. It gave me an extra day to finish my paper with no penalties.

By: slatfatf

slatfatf — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:37:39 +0000

i also do not proof read my comments very much; i have just noticed the double negative (never didn’t). this was posted pre-coffee and not awake.

as i tell the kids at school, “double negatives are a no no”

By: slatfatf

slatfatf — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:35:20 +0000

>Would this have been an English paper by chance?

it was actually about “how does a teacher’s attutide to new technology affect his/her pupil’s ability to work with ICT?”

although it was in english.

I am an English teacher, however i do not always follow grammar rules or even bother with correcting spellings that much when on the internet. i cannot be bothered as i spend all day doing it for snotty little brats.

think about, if you will, an OBGYN not wanting to have sex very often – he doesn’t want to take his work home with him.

By: Ed the Newbie

Ed the Newbie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:11:40 +0000

Sorry, i meant “this”

By: Ed the Newbie

Ed the Newbie — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:11:19 +0000

Tis is not a fail. This is a win for the advertiser. Think how much money they will make off people who don’t even know what a corrupted file is!

By: Nimrod

Nimrod — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:26:06 +0000

Like a Rat does it? (Click my name for awesomeness)

By: Cloral

Cloral — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:22:48 +0000

Until it happens a few times and the professors figure out what’s going on. Then sending in a corrupted file is an automatic F.

By: Isabella

Isabella — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:20:10 +0000

how is this a fail?! seems more like an epic win to me! i would so totally do that, and for 3.95 it’s SO worth it! hurray for the slacker way out of an essay!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:06:39 +0000

I’ve written a letter to daddy

By: Usoki

Usoki — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:04:25 +0000

HP x64 laptop + Vista Ultimate x64 = I’ve never had a problem with it for the 13+ months I’ve owned it.

By: Horriblelicenseplates

Horriblelicenseplates — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:36:46 +0000

Schools Out. Alice Cooper.

By: johnny

johnny — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:21:36 +0000

i’d do it.

By: Nannerpuss

Nannerpuss — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:19:16 +0000

If it works, it’s a valid approach. Being able to prey on the ignorance of your elders is a very important lesson to learn in college. Since it’s not likely we will remember anything actually taught by a professor.