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Re: Geeks gone wild: Disgruntled IT staff wreak havoc
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2008, 08:53:31 pm »
Well ok ,but its still 80% about Terry,.. would have been a god follow up post,.. dont make a new thread for this!
Ok. What would like me to do with it now?
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Re: Geeks gone wild: Disgruntled IT staff wreak havoc
« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2008, 09:31:45 pm »
There was a book which predicted the rise of the evil leftist computer geeks.  It was written by a famous mathematician whom I'm sure you have heard of.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Future
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Re: Geeks gone wild: Disgruntled IT staff wreak havoc
« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2008, 09:48:35 pm »
Well ok ,but its still 80% about Terry,.. would have been a god follow up post,.. dont make a new thread for this!
Ok. What would like me to do with it now?

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Re: Geeks gone wild: Disgruntled IT staff wreak havoc
« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2008, 10:37:15 pm »
Well ok ,but its still 80% about Terry,.. would have been a god follow up post,.. dont make a new thread for this!
Ok. What would like me to do with it now?

Viola!

Thanks Draco. :)
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Re: Geeks gone wild: Disgruntled IT staff wreak havoc
« Reply #24 on: August 01, 2008, 05:34:21 am »
There was a book which predicted the rise of the evil leftist computer geeks.  It was written by a famous mathematician whom I'm sure you have heard of.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Future


After a quick glance at that I think that if you wish to discuss it you should do so in Hot and Spicy.
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #25 on: August 01, 2008, 07:30:31 am »
Can we discuss sugar plums and lemon drops here, or do we have to do that in Hot and Spicy too?

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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #26 on: August 01, 2008, 07:56:39 am »
Can we discuss sugar plums and lemon drops here, or do we have to do that in Hot and Spicy too?

 ;D

Sugar plums piss me off.

Lemon drops. Is that somehting like bungy jumping. People wanna drop thier lemons or jump their bungy I say don't ask, don't tell.
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #27 on: August 01, 2008, 08:41:36 am »
Can we discuss sugar plums and lemon drops here, or do we have to do that in Hot and Spicy too?

 ;D

No that is for Ten Forward.  No science or technology issue there.

The linked to book is from what I saw a continuous attack on those on the political left and that is neither science nor technology and is definitely political and therefore belongs in Hot and Spicy.
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #28 on: August 01, 2008, 08:48:58 am »
Isn't the author of that piece the Uni-Bomber?
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #29 on: August 01, 2008, 08:54:26 am »
Isn't the author of that piece the Uni-Bomber?

I didn't recognize the name but you're right (I checked).  I'd never heard that the Unabomber was a mathematician, not surprising as I haven't really been inclined to follow the "careers" of such people as him.  That of course makes it even more of a Hot and Spicy Topic.
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2008, 10:24:50 am »
Considering Toasty's article was about Geeks gone wild, I thought it would be funny to post a link to the Unabomber's manifesto.  And yes, he was a mathematician and briefly worked as a college professor.

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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2008, 11:30:23 am »
Yea and it wasnt just some "college"i heard didnt he work at the MIt?
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2008, 11:33:51 am »
According to wikipedia it was UC Berkley.

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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2008, 11:44:57 am »
Not bad either or is it?
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2008, 11:47:46 am »
I didn't really bother looking up the school he taught at before.  I just remember that when they arrested him, they were surprised about how well educated he was.

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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2008, 01:25:19 pm »
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2008, 05:03:20 pm »
I did it! I was the second gunman on the grassy knoll!

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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2009, 12:17:12 pm »
Link to full article

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Judge Kevin McCarthy today found insufficient evidence for three of the four counts.

Prosecutor Conrad Del Rosario said he will appeal the ruling and try to have the three counts reinstated.

According to Childs' attorney Richard Shikman, the three counts for which McCarthy found insufficient evidence relate to accusations he had improperly connected three modems to the network, "essentially an anti-hacking statute," he said.

A fourth count that was allowed to stand was for Childs' alleged refusal to hand over the passwords to the system to network administrators.

"No actual (network) services ... were affected," Shikman maintained today.


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Shikman also said he intends to file a new motion to reduce Childs' bail, currently set at $5 million.

If convicted of the remaining charge, Childs could still face a maximum five-year prison sentence, Del Rosario said.


Just an update for anyone who may be interested.
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Re: alright which one of you is the guy who hijacked this network?
« Reply #38 on: September 07, 2009, 09:16:38 pm »
Which he will have served by the time these clowns get him to trial. :(
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