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University of Twente NOC Fire Arson

Lars writes "A 26-year old man from Hengelo has admitted to deliberately setting fire to the Network Operations Centre of University of Twente, last Wednesday. The fire gutted two wings of the building and devastated one of the fastest networks in Europe. The arsonist is an employee of the University, which must come as quite a shock to those involved. The University released a short statement to the press. It mentions that the total damage caused is roughly 40-50 million euros (about the same in dollars) and that the guy was caught last Friday, when he tried to set fire to one of the faculty buildings."

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  1. Punishment by Mr+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Stake, obviously.

    I guess those Euro's don't go for that sort of thing though, do they?

  2. wow.. by 3.5+stripes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that's a dedicated luddite.

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    He tried to kill me with a forklift!
  3. Re:Umm... by El+Pollo+Loco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not really. His boss probably stole his stapler.

  4. I guess.... by Fapestniegd · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should have let him keep his red Swingline Stapler...

    1. Re:I guess.... by McFly69 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here is a link to the movie you are refering to.

      Somethign tells me this guy who burnt the place down, will not go to the tropics to meet woman. Instead he is going to prison and meet Bubba; the A$$ Plow.

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  5. Obligatory Simpsons Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ralph: "That's where I saw the Leprechaun. He tells me to burn things!"

    Leprachaun: "You've done grand, laddie! Now ya know what ya have ta do! Burn the house down! Burn 'em all!"

  6. Hhhmmm by solostring · · Score: 4, Funny

    They obviously didn't have enough firewalls.

    (Sorry... couldnt resist)

  7. Good for him by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Information wants to be set on fire.

  8. Re:How's he gonna repay it? by krray · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if we could get him a job over at that place in Redmond?

  9. gotta love online translators by greechneb · · Score: 4, Funny

    (25-11 1345) Plead guilty within prickly UT Politiepersbericht Plead guilty within prickly UT ( university Twente ) Enschede: The vrijdagmiddag jl. aangehouden jr. spouse out of Fishing rod , has zondagavond well-known who he too the prickly has institution in the field of the University Twente worn woensdagmorgen 20 November jl. Towards this prickly went two wings with one with the buildings worn the shunting yard wholly ruin and went one pity raise with between the 40 and 50 million European currency. The jr. wax vrijdagmiddag aangehouden after through give evidence wax seen who towards one other edifice worn the Universiteitsterrein one young prickly wax sping up. Worn pointer with this give evidence might the jr. subsequently turn aangehouden. Via the the and why with the incendiarism worn the 20e November jl , may worn this one moment not one draw near information turn given. The suspect will about this yet nearer turn hearing. Well-being pitcher turn medegedeeld who the jr. one cooperator is with the University Twente. The personnel worn the University Twente is yet worn the altitude brought with one's plead guilty. Today is being he pre-gummed towards the master - superintendant within Almelo.

    Can anybody make more sense of this more than the original?

  10. No love for the NOC this month by mcneight · · Score: 5, Funny

    First a massive fire, now a thorough slashdotting. What's next, Mecha-Striesand?

  11. I (almost) hate to say it... by TheConfusedOne · · Score: 4, Funny

    It turns out it wasn't arson, but merely a misunderstanding.

    They asked him to install the new "firewall"...

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    1. Re:I (almost) hate to say it... by Stevis · · Score: 3, Funny

      "I told him to install a firewall!"
      "I heard, 'Make a big fire ball!'"

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  12. Silly man - now he'll go from by SweenyTod · · Score: 3, Funny

    an o to a O.

    o - arse before jail
    O - arse after jail.

    :)

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  13. Is a happy employee ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny

    gruntled?

  14. But what kind of prison? by Codex+The+Sloth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Instead he is going to prison and meet Bubba; the A$$ Plow.

    Federal "pound me in the ass" prison!

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  15. New punishment for destorying NOCs... by stienman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's develop a manual, GUI router software.

    The PC has 2 or more network cards, and one program on the system. The only interface is a mouse.

    The delinquent sees as many windows on the screen as there are NICs in the computer. They manually route packets by identifying a packet header in hex in the window, and dragging that packet from the window it's coming from to the window it should be routed to.

    They would be checked by an automatic router in operation in the background, and would be given further punishment if they route packets incorrectly.

    Their sentence term would simply be to route as many packets as were lost due to their actions.

    -Adam

  16. Re:The Real Enemy... by mseeger · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hi,

    it's a well know fact, that the worst enemy of all (high) availability resides on OSI layer 8. I think 62% is a pretty low number, the reality is higher. In all cases where the unlucky bastards manages to cover his tracks, technology will take the blame. Other than the people involved it doesn't argue about it.

    Yours, Martin

  17. Re:Umm... by Mr+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I sure hope that doesn't spread to the US.

    Think of the money insurances companies would lose on permanent disability in San Fran ALONE.

  18. Re:University is also to blame by photonic · · Score: 3, Funny
    I believe the University is assured against fire

    I hope you mean insured against fire (=verzekerd tegen) instead of assured of fire (=verzekerd van)

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  19. Re:Prison rape is no joke by McFly69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    PS God loves you and longs for relationship with you.

    I do not think that using that signature was a good idea. People might get the wrong idea about Prisons, rape and God.

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  20. Re:Stony Brook Hired an Arsonist by Bob+McCown · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, everything is just fine till the lightbulb breaks while wiping....