A Fishful of Dollars

OK, this ran last night on Comedy Central and seeing there hasn't been any action in here lately (and I have no problem with porn) I thought I'd pick some nit.

The amount in Fry's account was reported to be accurate seeing how much he had in it in 2000 and the interest accrued in 100 years (though account inactivity would have stopped this around 2005) would have given him $4.3 billion.

With this accuracy in mind I find it hard to believe his bank would have allowed someone to empty the account of over a billion dollars with just the 4 digit pin. Even if the ATM withdraw max were raised in 3000 to $2 billion (up from $500 a day today) the bank should have seen the loss of billions in deposits as serious enough to ask a question or two.

Yea, it's a stupid TV show. However, it's important enough to have a newsgroup eh?

Andy Isn't My Network desperate enough for Futurama?

corrected post, 1000 years not 100, DOH! "drewdawg" wrote in message news:g4gl0v$tiu$[email]...

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=v= A recent exploit against the Citibank ATM network made use of the fact that they actually run this stuff on Microsoft Windows, the most insecure operating system ever, and with remote services enabled for ease of administration/hacking.

=v= If mighty Citigroup operates with this alarming level of insecurity, I think we can cut Big Apple Bank a little slack. <_Jym_>

drewdawg wrote:

The PIN was used as a way to identify the account holder, as Fry didn't have retina scans or DNA or whatever on file. Now, you'd think they would have rectified that, but there wasn't any indication that it was an ATM transaction.

Brian

You left out colonic map. George in Las Vegas

"drewdawg" wrote in message news:g4gl0v$tiu$[email]...

Hmm... I wonder who would have played Mr. Drysdale to Fry's "Jed Clampett?" Could've been a spin-off there.

-- R Flowers

Not to mention, an inactive account would have been turned over to the state after just 5 years or so.

Is someone having trouble distinguishing between a cartoon and reality? I'd suggest laying off the Xbox for a while. Go outside. See the trees, hear the birds, watch children play. Reality realy *doesn't* suck.

"But this is HD TV, it's better than reality" George in Las Vegas>

=v= What are you talking about? As the producers pointed out quite some time about, _The_Simpsons_ is a cartoon, _Futurama_ is real life. That's why e.g. Simpsons merchandise has been seen during _Futurama_ episodes. <_Jym_>