The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop

Re:The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop by downandout on Sunday May 26, 2019 @04:43PM (#20017376)

I don’t get it. How could the reserve already be met for an old laptop with some malware on it? Current bid is $1,200,750. Is the “artist” very famous or something?

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Re:The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop by 1023bytes on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:47PM (#20017763)

I checked the source of the page and there is a state object from Nuxt.js SSR. It says "totalBids:0"

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Re:The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop by Thorrez on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:18PM (#20018212)

It could be fake troll bids. Internet auctions of items deemed "funny" often accumulate a lot of fake bids from trolls who don't intend to pay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Artists-Beanie-/111913567870

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Re:The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop by ncmncm on Sunday May 26, 2019 @04:53PM (#20017432)

It's not uncommon -- especially where you don't have to pay an auctioneer -- to enter some number of fake bids to make it evident bidding has started. When there's just one, you can assume that happened, and impute no dishonesty.

The reason an auctioneer matters is they typically are paid a (sometimes decreasing) percentage of the final bid, or a (sometimes lower) percentage of the reserve, if there are no bids. But details vary.

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Re:The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop by edoo on Sunday May 26, 2019 @04:45PM (#20017388)

Yes I'd like to know how he is getting over $1M for this. I have an old laptop that would likely hold at least 7 pieces of malware.

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Re:The Persistence of Chaos - $1M for malware infected laptop by larrybeck on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:17PM (#20017583)

Pure scam in operation here, no one is actually paying over $1M for this piece of junk chock full of viruses.

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