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Drunken Employee Shoots Server

Posted by samzenpus on from the pc-load-letter dept.

Target Practice writes "A drunken mortgage worker at RANLife Home Loans decided for unknown reasons to take out the company's $100,000 server with a .45-caliber automatic, blaming the damage on an imagined assailant who: mugged him, assaulted him with his own weapon, drugged him, and then broke into his office to shoot said server. According to acquaintances, he had threatened earlier that day to shoot the server and maybe himself."

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  1. "Automatic" doesn't mean what you think it means by NevarMore · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Automatic" probably does not mean what you think it means.

    "Automatic" weapons are typically ones that fire continuously as long as the trigger is pressed.

    It can also mean "automatic" as in it resets for you. This second usage is a little archaic and is now commonly called 'semi-automatic'.

  2. Re:Ahhh alcohol ... by pinkushun · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Computers have let mankind make mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns."