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> What an idiot.
On second thought, I should back up. Seems there's a lot more to
this story than in the news.
Gary Heston
Skywise <in...@oblivion.nothing.com> wrote:
>Skywise <in...@oblivion.nothing.com> wrote in news:uqHRm.31983$ng.21816
>@newsfe19.ams2:
>> What an idiot.
>On second thought, I should back up. Seems there's a lot more to
>this story than in the news.
Oh, he's definantly an idiot. Also, apparently a thief, insubordinate,
and not doing the job he's paid for.
On the other hand, the school board superintendent seems to be a major
idiot as well, clearly doesn't know what she's talking about and is
running off competent staff while hiring friends and family.
One of the articles mention them replacing a bunch of CPUs because S@H
had been running; that's nonsense. I had two dozen system running S@H
for a couple of years (my hardware, at home) and never had any CPUs
fail. And these weren't in any decent climate-controlled environemnt,
either. Replacing CPUs certainly wasn't necessary, if they actually
did it.
S@H also does _not_ require holes in a firewall; just normal Internet
access.
Their cost estimates are also grossly overblown, IMHO.
One of the tenets of S@H is to only run it on hardware for which you
have permission, which this guy clearly did not. For that, he deserves
a reprimand. If he stole equipment and downloaded porn, he deserved
firing. But I suspect there's far more to this that the story put forth
by the school system.
Gary
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>One of the tenets of S@H is to only run it on hardware for which you
>have permission, which this guy clearly did not.
He claims to have received permission from the previous school district
administration. I guess he made the mistake of not making sure that he
kept a copy.
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Mike Williams
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Gary Heston
>>One of the tenets of S@H is to only run it on hardware for which you
>>have permission, which this guy clearly did not.
>He claims to have received permission from the previous school district
>administration. I guess he made the mistake of not making sure that he
>kept a copy.
He was also told by the current administration to not run it, and failed
to remove it. At that point he was insubordinate, which is usually
grounds for dismissal. Apparently the volume of credits was addictive.
Golden California Girls
> In article <qdVYpiF0...@econym.demon.co.uk>,
> Mike Williams <nos...@econym.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Wasn't it Gary Heston who wrote:
>
>>> One of the tenets of S@H is to only run it on hardware for which you
>>> have permission, which this guy clearly did not.
>
>> He claims to have received permission from the previous school district
>> administration. I guess he made the mistake of not making sure that he
>> kept a copy.
>
> He was also told by the current administration to not run it, and failed
> to remove it. At that point he was insubordinate, which is usually
> grounds for dismissal. Apparently the volume of credits was addictive.
WILLIAM AD FOSTER
reported.
I would guess that the following might be true
1) This man was not popular for reasons unknown.
2) the educational authority employed an exorbitantly and unnecessarily
expensive IT company to remove all traces of Seti@home & boinc
3) Above said IT company exagerated the task of removing Seti & boinc
4) People at the said educational authority are totally unappreciative of
Seti and regard it as nothing else than a childish, foolish and futile game
5) There were other personality clashes in the educational authority.
6) He effectively slowed up the entire educational system to an
unprecedented degree
7) The report of having to replace 2,300 processors probably means that if
any computer was a little bit suspect the IT company repaced the processor,
whether or not that was really necessary.
Possibly some processors were damaged if the cooling fins on the CPU were
very dirty with accumulated dust.
8) Probably a lot of these computers were at least a bit old & out of date
anyway
9) Personally I think that in all likelihood ToDoTech made a killing outof
this.
10) Quote:- It's not easy to remove it," Birdwell said. "You just can't
hit an uninstall button." :- Obviously not heard of RevoUninstall.
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All that being said:- Brad Niesluchowski was quite wrong and foolish to
install this software without permission.
However I think it is likely that Higley Unified School District has been
taken for a ride by at least one of the IT "consultants" called in to sort
out the problem.
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WILLIAM AD FOSTER
There is more to this than reported.
I agree the School Board Superintendent is also an idiot, and I think the
school board has been taken for a ride by the IT company the board hired.
Personally it sounds to me like the School Board Superintendent is so stupid
she should get the sack too.
I suspect the School Board regard Seti as no more than a very stupid
childish & worthless pursuit of "Little green Men"
Perhaps a few CPU's were damaged if the fins on their coolers were very very
dirty (clogged with dust)and the case ventilation slots also clogged and the
computer in a location without free air circulation. (i.e. a worst case
scenario)Very very unlikely that 2300 processors needed to be replaced!
Is there evidence that Birdwell is hiring freinds & family? Because that
would put a very different perspective on her honesty. In fact it would
almost certainly mean she was deliberately & criminally misappropiating
funds in an extremely negligent fashion.
Sounds like this IT bill ought to be investigated! If the IT company had to
justify every item ot this extraordinary bill in court I would imagine they
would very rapidly settle for much less.
I have to say that personally this story stinks of setup, personality clash,
and as lot else besides, In the East Valley tribune report it states
"A longtime Higley Unified School District information technology director
has lost his job and is under police investigation for taking computers
home, downloading pornography and installing computer software throughout
the district that searches for extraterrestrial intelligence."
Well: what pornography did the guy download? Was it just girly pics? (young
women with their shirts off, like is published openly in Rupert Murdoch's
Sun newspaper hre in the UK. Or was it frank pornography?)
I guess that depends on local attitudes:- In any case in a school job it
would be very very silly to download anything at all riskee, assuming that
Brad Niesluchowski was aware of local mores & sensitivity
I assume that with a first name like Brad he is born in USA.
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WILLIAM AD FOSTER
Doing a search on Google re {Higley Unified School District} shows little
untoward
Except in Wikipedia:- a sign of high staffturnover.
"These isolated incidences, combined with a perceived high turnover rate
among teachers and administrators in recent years, has led to several
parents launching a campaign calling for the resignation of the
superintendent.[12] Additionally, current board member, Kim Anderson has
sustained an attack on Dr. Lutrey since she was elected to the governing
board in 2006, preferring to air her concerns in the media rather than
working internally with the administration towards continued improvement,
after her brother, a district spokesperson, was asked to resign.[13]"
The Only other thing I notice is that the School Board Suprintendant uses
the title Dr. but I cannot find what this doctorate is in. So does Dr.
Lucey, but again no indication as to what this doctorate is for.
Cynically I wonder if these are doctorates given by theological colleges.
In passing I notice that many American Creationists have an awful lot of
nearly identical "degrees" from theological colleges.
Pesonally after seeing the video on MSNBC :-
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34237343#34237343
I just do not feel I warm to Dr.Denise Birdwell. And I find it quite
impossible to say why.
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calling himself "donttrustnews"
who says he was working with Brad, and gives a good report on Brad.
Link to page:-
http://news.cnet.com/8601-17852_3-10406588-1.html?communityId=2101&targetCommunityId=2101&blogId=71&tag=mncol
I won't post his posting here, but leave it to anyone interested to find
this posting in the above Web-Page.
Frankly it all sounds very dubious, and a bit too convenient to find that
the man downloaded "porn"
I have to say that I just do not trust this Dr. Denise Birdwell.
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