[Gloucs] stories

[mctt]

Go Guy. Sometimes I reckon it would be worth having something stolen just to
catch the person doing it. This scenario has it all. Bad guy gets hurt, but
no need to beat him up. Great.
Plus congratulations on the application release. With stories like these you
should be careful not to pick up some kind of super hero nick name.

Tom


----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Edwards" <guy_j_edwards@hotpop.com>
To: "MAILING LIST" <gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 7:24 PM
Subject: [Gloucs] stories


> Two things happened today that are fairly good. I thought you guys might
> like to hear the stories.
>
> Firstly after numerous emails to various important people at my current
> employer, my computer hardware stock control PHP/MySQL app is going to be
> GPL'd and released on SourceForge tomorrow. This isn't some scrappy
> lump of code but a fully working user loan system, using barcodes for
> fast access, loan histories, secure user logons, advanced bookings and
> automatic PDF paperwork creation (thanks to the person who posted details
> about the free PDF library). Anyway, there's now a Linux system on the
> main network running Apache, MySQL, PHP and all the usual suspects,
> and the code will be released under the GPL tomorrow as I have been
ordered
> to own the copyright, which is absolutely great of them.
>
> Secondly a little story for you:
>
> Today I'm working in my office, nobody else is about as it's not term
> time. I hear a load banging in the corridor - a main college computer
> room got broken into last week and a main network pc nicked so I'm quite
> jumpy. I stick my head into the corridor to find someone trying to break
> into one of MY computer labs with a hammer (and it's got Linux machines
in).
>
> "Oi! What you doing?"
>
> He legs it for the back stair case which is great: I have no doubt I
> fight like a wimp but I can certainly outrun some smelly criminal
> especially in my own building.
>
> I leg it down the stairs after him and he pegs it through the next
> corridor where all the offices are, I shout another big "Oi" as
> I leg it after him up the corridor and he flies round the corner
> into the next stairwell:-
>
> *straight into a door*
>
> ha ha ha ha
>
> I come round the corner to find him lying on the floor with a cut face
> and a fair bit of blood. He's managed to go straight through the safety
> glass on the door and isn't running anywhere for a while.
>
> The police turn up, he's led off in handcuffs...... Yeah!
>
> Guy
>
>
>
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