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Worker Fired For Running SETI On State-Owned PCs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-not-called-seti-at-work dept.

Formica writes "A programmer working for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services was fired for running SETI software on a state server. As quoted in this article, department head Tom Hayes says, 'I think that people can be comfortable that security has beamed this man out of our building.' More articles from Google."

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  1. Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by alienw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I agree. Looks like the Tom Hayes guy is trying to make a name for himself. Pretty unlikely that the jackass will get reprimanded, since his boss is the state governor (who chose him in the first place).