#280 Just Fix It and Don't Make Such a Fuss

Reddit, Sears, Grills That Cook Babies... And The Streisand Effect

Okay, so there was some munged up code on a Sears web page. It read Human Cooking -> Grills to Cook Babies and More -> Body Part Roaster.

Which is kind of funny, kind of sick but mostly harmless. When the story was posted on Reddit, Sears exerted great pressure and forced Reddit to remove the thread. The removal caused a massive uproar and, rather than just fixing the exploit and moving on, Sears has opened a great big can of Stupid on themselves.

Learn from other's mistakes, Sears. This could have easily been avoided if you'd just dealt with it.

Rule #280 is Just Fix It and Don't Make Such a Fuss

#226 Let It Go

Fired worker who tried to get back at his company is sent to Federal prison for a year and a day. He was also ordered to pay $54,000 to his former company.

The stupid thing about Steven John Barnes in this instance is that he held his grudge for five months before hacking into the company's systems.

Sure, the company was stupid enough to not change passwords and cover their own asses. But Mr. Disgruntled should have just let it go and moved on with his life. As it stands now, he'll get a year of sitting around with his (or someone else's) thumb up his ass.

Rule #226 is Let It Go