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Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: Paddy on July 10, 2013, 06:35:39 PM

US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses

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EDA's CIO, fearing that the agency was under attack from a nation-state, insisted instead on a policy of physical destruction. The EDA destroyed not only (uninfected) desktop computers but also printers, cameras, keyboards, and even mice. The destruction only stopped—sparing $3 million of equipment—because the agency had run out of money to pay for destroying the hardware.

Forget "where did they find the incompetent "security contractor" - WHERE did they find this complete twit of a CIO? (And who is he, anyway...?)

Apparently CIO in this case stands for "Chief Incompetence Officer."

Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: jchuzi on July 10, 2013, 07:49:01 PM

As Einstein said, "There are two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. I'm not sure about the universe".

For those who believe in God, we know that God loved stupid people because he made so many of them. Consider Congress (but I rest my case).

Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: Jack W on July 11, 2013, 09:09:32 AM

I loved the quote:

"IT infrastructure was so badly managed and insecure that no attacker would need sophisticated attacks to compromise the agency's systems."

IT badly managed ????

I've heard that before.

Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: gunug on July 11, 2013, 10:33:56 AM

Around here we say "Stupid As Usual" and sometimes think something gives stupid a bad name!

Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: rgray on July 11, 2013, 05:46:11 PM

This seems pretty stoopid too.


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Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: Paddy on July 12, 2013, 02:03:30 PM

£2.75 per 150ml sachet???? That's the equivalent of $28.80 CDN at today's exchange rate for one litre of tap water. "Smoked" tap water. Hmmm...if I go to the store and buy one of those bottles of liquid smoke, and add a few drops to 150ml of water and slap it in a bag with a label on...

Title: In the Unbelievably Stoopid Dept....
Post by: rgray on July 12, 2013, 02:11:30 PM

Or for the low rent (trailer) version just leave an ash tray out in the rain......  ;-}