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Worker Fired For Running SETI On State-Owned PCs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday October 9, 2004 @07:08AM 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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Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by SpaceCadetTrav · 2004-10-09 07:16 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Anyone dumb enough to be looking for alien space signals should be fired anyway.

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Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by Dark+Lord+Seth · 2004-10-09 07:41 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Kudos to Tom Hayes.
Face it, the guy fired simply did something utterly stupid. For that, he got fired and a nice kick in the back by mr Hayes. Maybe next time he'll think twice about doing something stupid. Don't give me this bullshit about slander and personal attacks; the damned fool should instead take some responsibility for being a fucking idiot.
Cruel? Yes. Effective? Possibly. Funny as hell, though, hehehe... Actually laughed when I read it!

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Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by alienw · 2004-10-09 09:38 · 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).