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...would be a great prank if you set everybody's clocks back an hour, but it's too serious to miss class here at Harvard," says Jonathan E. Simpson '99, who had mulled over the idea of tampering with his roommates' clocks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: April Fool's Day Inspires Students to Silliness | 4/2/1996 | See Source »

THIS IS A TALE ABOUT HOW AN ONLINE prank grows into an international incident. It also goes a long way toward explaining the fear many non-Internet people have about this out-of-control thing called cyberspace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAY WRONG NUMBER | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...here's a reality check. The Finnish remailer could not have been used, since anon.penet.fi no longer transmits binary image files. Jerry Russell, who runs Florida Online and who looked into the case, says he figures the whole thing was a relatively simple prank called a sendmail spoof, in which the prankster posts a message with a phony return address. He says the Willowick police never produced a copy of the posting for him so that he could unravel the tangle for them. Indeed, when the policeman called, "he didn't really understand what he was trying to tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAY WRONG NUMBER | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...spur of the moment kind of thing. It had a prank-like feel to it," the first-year said. "We made a mistake. We didn't think the matter [through] and acted impulsively...

Author: By Benjamin R. Kaplan, | Title: First-Years Disciplined For Taking Union Table | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...might have been done as a prank. Last week was hazing week," she added. "It's upsetting. Let's hope it'll be returned." Last week, various final clubs were inducting their new members...

Author: By Nelson C. Hsu, | Title: Adams Banner Is Stolen | 12/14/1995 | See Source »

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