Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System

ceswiedler writes "A disgruntled software engineer has hijacked San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar municipal computer system. When the Department of Technology tried to fire him, he disabled all administrative passwords other than his own. He was taken into custody but has so far refused to provide the password, and the department has yet to regain admin access on their own. They're worried that he or an associate might be able to destroy hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents, including emails, payroll information, and law enforcement documents."

Comments

Re:Tried to fire him?

[bigstrat2003]

If you go back and look at when Yoda was first introduced as a character he didn't do that cutesy backwards sentence construction. That came later.

Huh? Have you ever watched Empire Strikes Back (when he was first introduced as a character)? Let me quote you various Yoda phrases from that movie, all of which involve the grammar you say he didn't use:

"Looking? Found someone you have, I would say!" (one of his very first lines, I might add)
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
"Your father? Powerful Jedi was he!"
"Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? And well you should not... for my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."
"Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!"
"Anger, fear, aggression... the Dark Side of the Force are they..."
"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will..."

I could go on, but you get the idea. Yoda always used that style of sentence construction.

Re:Backups?

[ChrisMP1]

Because it is irrelevant. It has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion, and yet he decided to post it anyway, just out of spite. Maybe troll instead, but still.