[ClearCase_guy]

Somewhat related, I recall a science fiction story from years ago that (as a very minor plot point) mentioned a crook who managed to digitally steal a tiny fraction of a penny from each and every bank transaction in the continent of Africa (they had low tech and didn’t detect such minor losses). The guy made trillions and basically collapsed Africa.

[Bratch]

Somewhat related, I recall a science fiction story from years ago that (as a very minor plot point) mentioned a crook who managed to digitally steal a tiny fraction of a penny from each and every bank transaction in the continent of Africa (they had low tech and didn’t detect such minor losses). The guy made trillions and basically collapsed Africa.

In "Superman 3", Richard Pryor's character designed a program to slice off leftover half cents from payroll checks.

[DouglasKC]

Somewhat related, I recall a science fiction story from years ago that (as a very minor plot point) mentioned a crook who managed to digitally steal a tiny fraction of a penny from each and every bank transaction in the continent of Africa (they had low tech and didn’t detect such minor losses). The guy made trillions and basically collapsed Africa.

Hey..that was basically what Richard Pryor did in Superman III at his workplace. Comes rolling in one day in a real fancy car obviously above his paygrade...kind of done him in.

[pepsi_junkie]

Somewhat related, I recall a science fiction story from years ago that (as a very minor plot point) mentioned a crook who managed to digitally steal a tiny fraction of a penny from each and every bank transaction in the continent of Africa (they had low tech and didn’t detect such minor losses). The guy made trillions and basically collapsed Africa.

They stole that idea from the movie "Superman III" or vice versa. Richard Pryor played a computer programmer who did that at his company, got rich and caught the attention of the bad guy who made him reprogram weather satellites to create really bad weather (yeah, it's a really dumb movie). The movie "Office Space" had a subplot about stealing that idea from Superman III to get back at the company they worked for.

[subterfuge]

Same premise in the movie Office Space where the characters discuss the Superman movie plot! Lol!

[dfwgator]

Somewhat related, I recall a science fiction story from years ago that (as a very minor plot point) mentioned a crook who managed to digitally steal a tiny fraction of a penny from each and every bank transaction in the continent of Africa (they had low tech and didn’t detect such minor losses). The guy made trillions and basically collapsed Africa.

I thought that was Office Space...