On Monday Sept 21, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert addressed the story of Axact and the fake degrees from Pakistan. Through his website (Stephen Colbert's Totally Legitimate Online PhD Program - CBS.com), he offers a free PhD and a free PDF for the following seven institutions: Johns Hotpants University Mt. Holysmokes Skidmark College Stanford and Son (complete with Red Foxx logo) Princeton University University of Notre Damn Dartface
Dr. Bear, It is "Pranceton University"; otherwise Princeton University is going to sue Stephan Colbert. :deal: Tarvard University is alternative for Harvard University, Drown University for Brown University, or Colombia University for Columbia University. hahaha
According to the site, it's actually "Prancetown," but who cares? This whole thing is one of Stephen Colbert's finest moments. I don't think any of these schools is going away any time soon. Nor should any! :smile: J
Crazy thing is that I printed out a "diploma" from the University of Notre Damn and took a picture with it to put on my facebook page. Lots of people were seriously congratulating me on getting my PhD, despite the fact that the diplomats have "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on them. I can see now why so many people get fake degrees. Seems like a lot of people just don't pay attention. -Matt
Self included. I definitely typed "Prancetown" and the spell-messer-upper changed it to "Princeton" and I didn't notice. Often the combination of the Gothic or Fraktur typeface on diplomas, plus inattention, is beneficial to the bad guys. When we were having fun with the Millard Fillmore Institute forty years ago, we occasionally did titles like Doctor of Mathematatics Doctor of Psycholology and almost no one noticed. In the same vein . . . we once had a big bright red Land Rover (Series 2A, 109), which looked very much like an official vehicle. We had a contest among friends to come up with a sign to put on the rear door. We installed the winner, DAGNER EXLOPSIVES but after a police stop a few days later, we switched to the second place winner, PERIPHERAL UNDERGROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE And of course there's the famous .... PARIS..... ....IN THE... .THE SPRING.
