I ran irssi for a long time on uni servers. One time X forwarding Matlab saved me a hefty sum of money (for a student) as I could complete an assignment remote

I ran irssi for a long time on uni servers. One time X forwarding Matlab saved me a hefty sum of money (for a student) as I could complete an assignment remotely. Our admins urged people to nice their processes, but my overthewire password cracking sessions were always killed no matter how nice they were.