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Runtime Error!

By at 02:34:10 on Jan 21, 2009 in General




Runtime Error!

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I’ve seen this eleventy times on Chase ATMs. When it happens, you can actually get into the Windows Start Menu, despite the limited interface. Didn’t try it this time, but I opened Notepad on one once. It was a drive-through (I refuse to type drive-thru except to point out that I refuse to type it) ATM that I’d walked up to at about 3am, so no one was anywhere around. I managed to “type” something by cutting and pasting letters. I wish I remember what it was, but I’m sure it was something that made the next user have complete faith in the security of Chase’s system. I know that I definitely trust these things…

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  • http://www.wisdumb.com/blog Mr. Wisdumb

    If it happens again and you get to the notepad window, I’d leave something like this:

    Transfers complete. $8,032,345 transferred from 11,327 accounts.

    Worm program terminated.

  • http://www.wisdumb.com/blog Mr. Wisdumb

    If it happens again and you get to the notepad window, I’d leave something like this:

    Transfers complete. $8,032,345 transferred from 11,327 accounts.

    Worm program terminated.

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Yeah, I forget the details, but I’m pretty sure it was along those lines. Maybe not specifically, but the general intention to scare the shit out of somebody, anyway :)

  • http://www.negativesmart.com/ Candice

    Yeah, I forget the details, but I’m pretty sure it was along those lines. Maybe not specifically, but the general intention to scare the shit out of somebody, anyway :)

  • http://www.mizChartreuse.com/ Charlotte

    HAHA! Notepad pranks.

    Why no “drive-thru”??

  • http://www.mizChartreuse.com Charlotte

    HAHA! Notepad pranks.

    Why no “drive-thru”??