Apparently, being the district attorney for the smallest county in Texas leaves one with a lot of free time. This Texan lawyer is on trial for building a tricked-out server using government funds. From The Dallas Morning News:
A computer that Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow says he built as a backup server for his office contained documents related to eBay sales, personal e-mails and a cheat sheet for a computer game, an FBI computer expert testified Monday morning.
I am guessing the computer game was Scrabulous and the cheat sheet was full of all the possible two letter words.
At least Sunrow has a plan B career option as a computer engineer:
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The computer – equipped with two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light – is designed for playing video games, prosecutors say.
Alan Timberlake, assistant director of information technology for Rockwall County, called the computer “gimmicky” and more suited to a college dorm room than an office.
We like the way Penny Arcade’s cartoon representation catches the ultraviolet light.
Update: We didn’t see their post before putting up ours, but as one of you notes, QuizLaw also has a post here.
Rockwall County: At trial, prosecutors allege office funds bought computer [Dallas Morning News]
The Case Of Texas vs. KryoLord [Penny Arcade]
Pwning n00bs on the county’s dime: priceless [QuizLaw]