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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. He's Living the Dream, Baby! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is there a sysadmin among us that hasn't, at one time or another, wanted to shoot a server?

    1. Re:He's Living the Dream, Baby! by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Actually, this employee was clearly the victim of a BOFH, who in his brilliance not only drove him to drink and made him crazy, but also conveniently destroy the server with evidence of the BOFH's malfeasance. My hat is off to him.

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  2. The real question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has anyone considered that maybe the server deserved it?

  3. Re:Hmm by danbeck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If he has a CCW permit and the business he was at does not have a posted sign or policy and he was following local laws and ordinances, it's fully within his right to carry if he feels the need to. Why does it matter if he was at his desk job or anywhere else? He may live in a very bad part of town, or the business he's works at could be in a high crime area. You don't fully know the details and asking "why does he need X" is no different than asking "why does this person need privacy if he's not doing anything wrong" or any asking why anyone would be doing any activity that you yourself might not agree with or may find questionable, even if it is fully within his rights under the law.

    You tread a slippery slope...

  4. Re:Ahhh alcohol ... by EricTheGreen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hmm...make me attractive?