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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 1

Michael L John - Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:10 PM
It's 70 and sunny. In Pittsburgh. In February. That's the reason.

You have the same weather we do in Detroit. Wait until the weekend - it'll change.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

Snow as come and gone today here in Colorado Springs.

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jasona.work - Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:19 PM
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:05 PM
It's cold and snowy. That's the reason.

Overcast, raining and cold. And it's still summer here. 🙁

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50083 More actions · Answer 5

Ed Wagner - Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:14 PM
Michael L John - Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:10 PM
It's 70 and sunny. In Pittsburgh. In February. That's the reason.
You have the same weather we do in Detroit. Wait until the weekend - it'll change.

Considering they're currently predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms, high winds, possible tornados(!!), and down into the 40s or so by Sunday, you're not wrong...

/Me heads home to test my generator out and bring the extension cords for the sump pump and fridge out of the basement

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GilaMonster - Friday, February 24, 2017 2:10 AM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:05 PM
It's cold and snowy. That's the reason.
Overcast, raining and cold. And it's still summer here. 🙁

I believe Gauteng is getting a lot more rain than usual, linked to the recent storm in Mozambique or did that just hit Limpopo?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

Henrico Bekker - Friday, February 24, 2017 6:57 AM
GilaMonster - Friday, February 24, 2017 2:10 AM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:05 PM
It's cold and snowy. That's the reason.
Overcast, raining and cold. And it's still summer here. 🙁
I believe Gauteng is getting a lot more rain than usual, linked to the recent storm in Mozambique or did that just hit Limpopo?

I doubt the storm itself made it ~700km inland and to an altitude of 2km. I think this rain is linked, not directly the same storm but an effect. The storm hit the coast on Saturday iirc, rains started here on Tuesday

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50083 More actions · Answer 8

Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"

Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 9

jasona.work - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:04 AM
Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"
Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...

Yes this guy is complete asshole. It doesn't take a lot of thought to realize this guy acted deliberately to sabotage his employer. The lawyer who filed the suit made a mistake in the verbiage of the suit but there really can be no doubt that the intention of this person was to destroy the company. It will be interesting to see how this plays out but in my mind this is pretty the same type of behavior as a person taking a baseball bat to the property of the company. It was malicious, intentional and hateful. Sure the company treated him like a piece of trash but that does NOT give him the freedom to ruin the company. If he felt he was wrongly treated he should have sought legal counsel instead of acting like a three year old when somebody takes away his toy truck. I hope they find this guy guilty but I have a feeling he will walk away thanks to the inept lawyer. Gosh this kind of sounds like HR creating the verbiage for a new hire posting.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 10

Sean Lange - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:38 AM
jasona.work - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:04 AM
Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"
Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...
Yes this guy is complete asshole. It doesn't take a real lot of thought to realize this guy acted deliberately to sabotage his employer. The lawyer who filed the suit made a mistake in the verbiage of the suit but there really can be no doubt that the intention of this person was to destroy the company. It will be interesting to see how this plays out but in mind this is pretty the same type of behavior as a person taking a baseball bat to the property of the company. It was malicious, intentional and hateful. Sure the company treated him like a piece of trash but that does NOT give him the freedom to ruin the company. If he felt he was wrongly treated he should have sought legal counsel instead of acting like a three year old when somebody takes away his toy truck. I hope they find this guy guilty but I have a feeling he will walk away thanks to the inept lawyer. Gosh this kind of sounds like HR creating the verbiage for a new hire posting.

In his defense, he left backups available. He didn't try to ruin the company, he just left problems.

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50083 More actions · Answer 11

Sean Lange - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:38 AM
jasona.work - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:04 AM
Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"
Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...
Yes this guy is complete asshole. It doesn't take a real lot of thought to realize this guy acted deliberately to sabotage his employer. The lawyer who filed the suit made a mistake in the verbiage of the suit but there really can be no doubt that the intention of this person was to destroy the company. It will be interesting to see how this plays out but in mind this is pretty the same type of behavior as a person taking a baseball bat to the property of the company. It was malicious, intentional and hateful. Sure the company treated him like a piece of trash but that does NOT give him the freedom to ruin the company. If he felt he was wrongly treated he should have sought legal counsel instead of acting like a three year old when somebody takes away his toy truck. I hope they find this guy guilty but I have a feeling he will walk away thanks to the inept lawyer. Gosh this kind of sounds like HR creating the verbiage for a new hire posting.

Actually, the guy involved in this suit isn't the one who was let go from the company, he was hired by the guy who was let go (and it sounds like he was quite angry over the treatment of the first guy.)

But still, I don't see him winning this appeal and I do see this leading to some tightened up language in contracts for sysadmins. Because this was malicious at a minimum, which means you're talking malicious destruction of property (the backups, etc.) It's one thing to be told "you are responsible for our entire IT infrastructure, including cleaning up / removing backups / files / etc," and being told "take a baseball bat to our server racks if you want to." If you presume the first includes the second, you're very, very, very wrong.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 12

Luis Cazares - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:44 AM
Sean Lange - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:38 AM
jasona.work - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:04 AM
Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"
Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...
Yes this guy is complete asshole. It doesn't take a real lot of thought to realize this guy acted deliberately to sabotage his employer. The lawyer who filed the suit made a mistake in the verbiage of the suit but there really can be no doubt that the intention of this person was to destroy the company. It will be interesting to see how this plays out but in mind this is pretty the same type of behavior as a person taking a baseball bat to the property of the company. It was malicious, intentional and hateful. Sure the company treated him like a piece of trash but that does NOT give him the freedom to ruin the company. If he felt he was wrongly treated he should have sought legal counsel instead of acting like a three year old when somebody takes away his toy truck. I hope they find this guy guilty but I have a feeling he will walk away thanks to the inept lawyer. Gosh this kind of sounds like HR creating the verbiage for a new hire posting.
In his defense, he left backups available. He didn't try to ruin the company, he just left problems.

He did more than leave problems. He intentionally disrupted their business then walked away. To sour the water even further he offered to be hired back as a consultant to unravel the mess he left them in. I am sorry but there is no defense for this type of behavior. He did this deliberately and even attempted to profit by his vandalism.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398694 More actions · Answer 13

jasona.work - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:04 AM
Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"
Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...

What. a. loser.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734459 More actions · Answer 14

Crazy, revenge on employers rarely works out well for anyone.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 172995 More actions · Answer 15

jasona.work - Friday, February 24, 2017 10:04 AM
Well, this could have some interesting implications for sysadmins: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/michael_thomas_appeals_conviction/
"I was authorized to trash my employer's network, sysadmin tells court"
Regardless of whether the guy wins or loses his appeal...

Ouch. That is really going to cause issues in a lot of places.

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