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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. In his defense by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Police did find a knife on the floor, corroborating his account that the server came at him first.

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    1. Re:In his defense by h2okies · · Score: 5, Funny

      Police did find an IBM Blade on the floor, corroborating his account that the server came at him first. There ...fixed that for your

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    2. Re:In his defense by Anonymusing · · Score: 5, Funny

      And they also found that the server was packing several blades...

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    3. Re:In his defense by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 5, Funny

      Forget the knife! Clippy did it.

      I always thought that bastard was bent...

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    4. Re:In his defense by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      SAN shot first!

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  2. Ahhh alcohol ... by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alcohol. Is there anything it can't do?

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    1. Re:Ahhh alcohol ... by Moraelin · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Avoid strong drink. It can cause you to shoot at tax collectors...and miss!"
      -- Robert A. Heinlein

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

      Hmm...make me attractive?

  3. 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 oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

      Troubleshoot! I asked you to troubleshoot the server! Oh, for pete's sake!

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    2. Re:He's Living the Dream, Baby! by vegiVamp · · Score: 5, Funny

      The server was trouble, so he shot it.

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    3. Re:He's Living the Dream, Baby! by twilightzero · · Score: 5, Funny

      He must have been playing Paranoia the night before.

      "You play a troubleshooter. You go out, find trouble, and shoot it."

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  4. "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'.

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

    Has anyone considered that maybe the server deserved it?

  6. with apologies by Sporkinum · · Score: 5, Funny

    I shot the server
    (but I did not shoot the disk array)

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    1. Re:with apologies by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

      I shot a server room AC in reno, just to watch it fry

  7. Self-defence by seniorcoder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rumor has it that the server was seen holding what the mortgage officer thought was a weapon. The officer drew and repeatedly fired his weapon, pausing to reload 15 times because he believed his life was in danger. The server was fatally hit by 87 rounds, most of them entering through the rear of the chassis. No other weapon was found at the scene. The mortgage officer has been put on temporary desk assignment while an investigation is held.

  8. Is the server OK? by Johnberg · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article didn't even mention if the server was ok or not.

  9. 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...

  10. Additional information by Intron · · Score: 5, Funny

    The police who responded immediately called for backup.

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  11. Re:I call shenanigans by dallas996 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a lot of box" and "Physics department" are two terms not often associated with one another.....