Waste Not Posted July 23, 2004 at 12:00 am

This morning we received another ticket to re-image a workstation down in one of the break rooms. It was one of our many PCs that have become afflicted with spyware in recent months. I’ve noticed that the workstations that are touched by the most hands—particularly security guard hands—tend to be most prone to collecting junk. I fielded some spyware questions while I was waiting for the “Home Run” image to load. Questions like these are exactly why I’ve been working on a basic system security primer to distribute with our next “IT Tips & Tricks.”

While waiting, I also learned perhaps more than I ever cared to know about hunting and fishing from a security guard on break. I was not previously aware of the “wanton waste” laws that apparently require hunters to retrieve and, presumably, use any game they kill. I had basically thought of hunting as killing for sport and little more. I do find it at least slightly reassuring that hunters have to actually use the game they kill.