Ok I think this has gone overboard. I'm willing to bet that everyone in this thread has "stolen" company resources. Ever gone to the bathroom outside your allotted break? That's theft of time. Used a company phone to make a personal phone call? Theft of time. Talk to your coworkers about the NCAA tournament? Read Facebook at work when it's not your job to do so? Used a sticky note to jot down something that you forgot about to do at home?
etc, etc.
My 7970 (at home) costs me $0.64 cents per day to mine. The shit I just took at work 10 minutes ago? $2.08 of company time.
Listen, I get that you don't want bitcoin to get a bad name, and these actions would darken bitcoin's image. But seriously, I would have just ignored the kid, not get him fired. That's wrong, IMO.
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DMetcalfe92:
Can i first say that, as a seasoned IT worker i personally find this kind of behaviour and blatant admission of criminal activity to be abhorrent.
I can only hope that karma sees it fit your employer catches wind of this and takes some instant action - in the industry, we call this kind of forum posting a CLM (Career Limiting Move); criminal charges against you by an employer are generally the kind of thing that follows you for the rest of your career.
Ill content with waiting for karma, i began to wonder what D Metcalfe 92 might be a contraction of.... and armed with your self-confessed skills portfolio
(from here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?&topic=61890.msg722090#msg722090 )
we found a little something you might find interesting..
IF your name just happened to be Daniel Metcalfe then this link with a very similar set of skills might worry you:
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-metcalfe/45/824/a76
Especially because it lists the lovely services of [Weston EU Ltd August 2008 – Present (3 years 8 months)] as this this persons current employer...
http://www.westoneu.net/westoneu.html
Sounds like a lovely family operation - it would be terrible to hear that the Sutton's had gotten wind of an employee behaving like this.
I REALLY hope you werent that silly bro
Someone call the partyvan.
Cheers
MrTiggr
Can i first say that, as a seasoned IT worker i personally find this kind of behaviour and blatant admission of criminal activity to be abhorrent.
I can only hope that karma sees it fit your employer catches wind of this and takes some instant action - in the industry, we call this kind of forum posting a CLM (Career Limiting Move); criminal charges against you by an employer are generally the kind of thing that follows you for the rest of your career.
Ill content with waiting for karma, i began to wonder what D Metcalfe 92 might be a contraction of.... and armed with your self-confessed skills portfolio
(from here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?&topic=61890.msg722090#msg722090 )
we found a little something you might find interesting..
IF your name just happened to be Daniel Metcalfe then this link with a very similar set of skills might worry you:
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-metcalfe/45/824/a76
Especially because it lists the lovely services of [Weston EU Ltd August 2008 – Present (3 years 8 months)] as this this persons current employer...
http://www.westoneu.net/westoneu.html
Sounds like a lovely family operation - it would be terrible to hear that the Sutton's had gotten wind of an employee behaving like this.
I REALLY hope you werent that silly bro
Someone call the partyvan.
Cheers
MrTiggr
+1
metcalfing (verb):
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
+1... off to urban dictionary we go...
Hilarious thread, otherwise...
He should use servers and a bigger cluster.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/secret-money-abc-virtual-currency-racket-probe-20110623-1ggp6.html
(maybe dated and misguided)
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/secret-money-abc-virtual-currency-racket-probe-20110623-1ggp6.html
(maybe dated and misguided)
He could mine that kind of speed up $100 with a very low end card.
But considering how dishonest this goofball is, I would not expect him to be a savvy enough administrator to be able to fine tune cards that way.
But considering how dishonest this goofball is, I would not expect him to be a savvy enough administrator to be able to fine tune cards that way.
metcalfing (verb):
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
+1... off to urban dictionary we go...
metcalfing (verb):
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
+1... off to urban dictionary we go...
metcalfing (verb):
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
Hahahaha, awesome 1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
metcalfing (verb):
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
1. To disclose illegal or immoral activities while unwittingly giving clues to the individual's true identity.
My buddy got caught metcalfing on a dating site by his wife.
What the fuck. How did I know about this thread?
-_-
Ahh...it's in "Mining". Carry on.
April Issue... new topic has presented itself. :p -_-
Ahh...it's in "Mining". Carry on.
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What the fuck. How did I know about this thread?
-_-
Ahh...it's in "Mining". Carry on.
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Ahh...it's in "Mining". Carry on.
And you forget he stole hardware and sold it on ebay.
This is the most bad point about this situation. If he only mined coins on the system this wouldn't be that bad at all.It's still stealing company resources.
Yes, electricity that gets written off on taxes as a business expense is one thing. The "I've taken 10+ ram sticks, LAPTOPS and sold them on eBay" thing was what got my idiot meter going.
Daniel if you're still reading this thread I hope that everything works out for you for the better and that you seriously learn a lesson.
And you forget he stole hardware and sold it on ebay.
This is the most bad point about this situation. If he only mined coins on the system this wouldn't be that bad at all.It's still stealing company resources.
And you forget he stole hardware and sold it on ebay.
This is the most bad point about this situation. If he only mined coins on the system this wouldn't be that bad at all.It's still stealing company resources.
And you forget he stole hardware and sold it on ebay.
This is the most bad point about this situation. If he only mined coins on the system this wouldn't be that bad at all.
And you forget he stole hardware and sold it on ebay.
Ok so I shouldn't tell you how I brought my personal video card to work and used it to mine bitcoins while my new video cards mined at home. Got it! Got busted for that one too, this time I did not try to hide anything more for the IT boss/director 
I remember the old days when I used to run Folding @ Home on 100+ computers at work. The goal was to seriously find a cure for cancer. There was no financial gain back then. Boss found out after a while that every computer had 100% CPU usage, but no process listed, lol. I explained to him the project, how I did it all automatically with scripts, etc. I had to take down the cluster, but my boss was seriously impressed with my skills on how to handle a big cluster of folding machines. He later used my scripts that I developed to push out certain new software. It was such a win situation! I feel bad for these IT guys who get busted for bitcoin mining and the bosses don't recognize they actually have skills that can be guided towards being more productive. What ever happened to hackers that got hired by the company they hacked into because they proved their skills!?!?
Well, skills are great things to have, but most companies are far more interested in an employee's values and morals. Skills can be taught and molded, morals are pretty much set in stone by the time one reaches career age.
Even in your case - while I don't ever agree with using someone's resources without their knowledge - you did it with good intentions. Curing cancer is a long way from making a buck with bitcoin and selling your employer's hardware on ebay. This guy wasn't a hacker (for good or bad), and his morals were obviously fuxed up.
enigma
I remember the old days when I used to run Folding @ Home on 100+ computers at work. The goal was to seriously find a cure for cancer. There was no financial gain back then. Boss found out after a while that every computer had 100% CPU usage, but no process listed, lol. I explained to him the project, how I did it all automatically with scripts, etc. I had to take down the cluster, but my boss was seriously impressed with my skills on how to handle a big cluster of folding machines. He later used my scripts that I developed to push out certain new software. It was such a win situation! I feel bad for these IT guys who get busted for bitcoin mining and the bosses don't recognize they actually have skills that can be guided towards being more productive. What ever happened to hackers that got hired by the company they hacked into because they proved their skills!?!?
This is quite different as he's doing this for personal gain.
I remember the old days when I used to run Folding @ Home on 100+ computers at work. The goal was to seriously find a cure for cancer. There was no financial gain back then. Boss found out after a while that every computer had 100% CPU usage, but no process listed, lol. I explained to him the project, how I did it all automatically with scripts, etc. I had to take down the cluster, but my boss was seriously impressed with my skills on how to handle a big cluster of folding machines. He later used my scripts that I developed to push out certain new software. It was such a win situation! I feel bad for these IT guys who get busted for bitcoin mining and the bosses don't recognize they actually have skills that can be guided towards being more productive. What ever happened to hackers that got hired by the company they hacked into because they proved their skills!?!?
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