I wasn't questioning your veracity, I was just wanting details. I was planning on giving them to our legal department and
saying something along the lines "I don't think this can happen to us, but find out for sure please. "
-Paul


On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:54AM, "Matthew Perdue" wrote:
>Quoting Paul Raulerson :
>
>> P.S. I spent about 15 minutes searching for a reference to this on
>> Google, with no luck. Can you post a reference to this story please?
>>
>> -Paul
>>
>> On Oct 17, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Matthew Perdue wrote:
>>
>>> It's not just the computer you have to worry about....
>>>
>>> True story.. somewhere in the upper Western states of the U.S.
>
>Sure Paul, I can post a reference, right after I get the approval of those
>involved that want the embarrassment of their company publicly posted for
>all to see. I imagine you can find a public notice posted by the particular
>city's public works department for the street closure that was required, but
>then you'd need to know the name of the city, and for more than a few on
>this list that will instantly tell them the client's name too. I can ask the
>man that was IS manager at the time if he wishes to speak with you if you
>want verification, since that seems to be what you're after... I was there
>personally, saw the city's work crews and know for a fact that the
>particular state's Attorney General's office was in the building - I walked
>right by their doors every day.
>
>Just a note, Google does *not* know all.
>
>By the way, I've got another case study I'll be posting that your judge in
>the Independent Enclave of Austin wouldn't be able to do anything about
>either - story forthcoming. The situation I'll talk about is known to
>several people in the support business, several of whom read this list on a
>daily basis.
>
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