>_<In an almost cartoonish response to a relatively minor problem, employees at the obscure Economic Development Administration took a hammer to their computers, keyboards and mice in an effort to destroy all of the agency’s tech-related hardware after incorrectly believing their network had been hacked.
Not only was the reaction unorthodox and unnecessary, it cost $2.7 million in damages -- more than half the agency’s annual technology budget, according to a recently released inspector general report.
The scathing audit also reveals that employees and contractors hired by the agency, which operates under the Commerce Department, repeatedly broke protocol and embarked on a series of bizarre blunders based on faulty information. Among them was the apparent assumption that a computer mouse can carry a virus.
and where, pray tell unnamednoobie, am i supposed to post?
Maybe you should ban yourself, create a new account, and take a tour of the website?
Maybe you should ban yourself, create a new account, and take a tour of the website?
Oooh yeah you got me there. You must be significant enough that I should keep all your online statuses mentally cataloged so I remember at the drop of a hat where you are and aren't restricted because you stormed off in a huff.
my rage is gone, but for the record i would be posting as "13urnzz" if i really had stormed off in a huff.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Oooh yeah you got me there. You must be significant enough that I should keep all your online statuses mentally cataloged so I remember at the drop of a hat where you are and aren't restricted because you stormed off in a huff.
there are still people here that i enjoy reading/interacting with (believe it or not, even uzique) and for over eight years this was my 'home'.
my only wish in life now is to ride an atomic bomb the way Slim Pickens did, preferably over London;
i'm not living in london right now so your final act will not take me in the collateral. sorry.
more quality research from a truly world-class institution.
great work, uc berkeley. if the west coast wasn't a liberal armpit i would definitely like to go there. i get the feeling folks at stanford would not stand around on road-crossings doing such cutting-edge work.
great work, uc berkeley. if the west coast wasn't a liberal armpit i would definitely like to go there. i get the feeling folks at stanford would not stand around on road-crossings doing such cutting-edge work.
american news is best news.
wow
get lucky is not a good song.
apparently the star of glee OD'd today. oops
it is creepy that he was 31 but played a high school kid.
The BBC has an actual discrete article for "Your Comments" about the dude from Glee dying. Are you fucking serious? Hell, there is rarely discussion on topics of actual importance.
The things hipsters do when they're bored. Good read though
http://www.vice.com/read/i-had-a-face-tattoo-for-a-week
http://www.vice.com/read/i-had-a-face-tattoo-for-a-week
lmao roc hates hipsters but reads vice
That was my first time on the website. The article came up on google and happened to be on the website lol. You probably know more about that website than me.
there is no reason to be embarrassed about reading vice.
i completely agree. however, constantly hating on hipsters and reading vice is quite another. vice is the most-hip publication you will ever read. that's like being a militant /r/atheist and then having a subscription to commonweal.Macbeth wrote:
there is no reason to be embarrassed about reading vice.
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i use to rag on people who wore these with socks but after getting them I am a fan.
I have two pairs. One I slip on after I get out of the shower and another I just wear around and sometimes go out with. And I will wear socks with it too. It is a a lot easier than slipping on shoes and it is comfortable. Who cares if you are wearing socks?
I have two pairs. One I slip on after I get out of the shower and another I just wear around and sometimes go out with. And I will wear socks with it too. It is a a lot easier than slipping on shoes and it is comfortable. Who cares if you are wearing socks?
100% american.
Are those those nub sole things? Fuck 'em, they destroy your feet.Macbeth wrote:
i use to rag on people who wore these with socks but after getting them I am a fan.
I have two pairs. One I slip on after I get out of the shower and another I just wear around and sometimes go out with. And I will wear socks with it too. It is a a lot easier than slipping on shoes and it is comfortable. Who cares if you are wearing socks?
Hmm?
I remember in the 90's (I think) there was a sandal fad where the soles were like a bunch of plastic nubs pointing straight up like some masochistic brush. I tried them and all that would happen is you'd lose the feeling in your feet. Also rocks got stuck in them.
Those look like the same things, but it's hard to tell from the photo.
Those look like the same things, but it's hard to tell from the photo.
You were checking for rocks while you were looking for spiders too right?