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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. gnaa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    www.gnaa.us

  2. Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Feel better now?

  3. Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hey fagnuts.

    Tom Hayes, (440) 933-2358, 296 Prestwood Dr, Avon Lake, OH 44012 Yahoo! Maps MapQuest
    Tom Hayes, (614) 268-4690, 231 Wetmore Rd, Columbus, OH 43214 Yahoo! Maps MapQuest

  4. THE HORROR! by tunabomber · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think next they should fire anyone who installs Windows XP on a government owned computer because it would waste publicly-funded CPU cycles displaying all that hideous eye candy.

    Seriously- does SETI@home have such a huge impact on computer performance that it causes losses in productivity?
    Probably not- it just uses CPU cycles that are going to be wasted anyways. And as for bandwidth consumption, I think uploading/downloading a work unit isn't going to be significantly more of a load than doing a little surfing during the lunch hour.

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  5. Re:you're not a sysadmin, are you... by SCHecklerX · · Score: -1, Troll

    I dunno. The way I see it, if he has the rights to install software, then it is implied that he is trusted to install whatever he sees fit. If you don't want people installing stuff on a computer, you don't give them the ability. Are you sure you are a sysadmin?

  6. good they fired his ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The only one that can deceive the population with false hopes of life in the outer space is the goverment like it or not. The goverment should be the only one to deceive you and no full-of-hippies- without-nothing-good-to-do-SETI should try otherwise.

  7. Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by rudy_wayne · · Score: 0, Troll
    After all, it's been very publicly broadcast to millions of people that he's short of intelligence.
    Running SETI software is a pretty good way to broadcast that you're short on intelligence.
  8. Re:Would you want to work for this guy? by black+mariah · · Score: -1, Troll
    If it was theft, where's the stolen goods missing from?
    Theft OF SERVICE. How fucking stupid are you that you can't understand this? As much as you've conditioned yourself to cough up this line when the RIAA is involved, even then it's a fucking retarded line. Not all theft involves goods, some involve services... hence "theft of services" Pull your head out of your ass, realize the extent of your fucking idiocy, then go fuck yourself with a chainsaw and die.
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