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by notjason 1274 days ago
I'm late to comment, but wanted to chime in and add that this is how I was expelled from high school.

All of our computers among 50+ elementary/middle and high schools were networked together. We could open CD trays, turn on/off window services, force restarts and other things we thought were funny at the time.

One day, I decided to send the message 'I'm gonna kill you' to a friend and didn't know his computer name. I left the wildcard in there for the domain to our school and poof, 900+ computers got the message. Lots of kids were scared and jumped out of their seat reading the message. I realized quickly i made a mistake...

I was labeled for sending a terroristic threat and kicked out. After some litigation and staying at home for a few months, they let me back into school the next year.