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DA on Trial For Building Kick Ass Gaming Rig With State Funds

x23 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:27:33 EDT

Prosecutors are homing in on the disgraced former New York state governor Eliot Spitzer, by investigating whether he used money raised for political campaigns to pay for travel and other expenses relating to his meetings with prostitutes.

most of that "news" story was about some lame song a hooker made.

then there was the brief sentence you quoted. "money raised for political campaigns" is completely synonymous with "state funds"... really?

x23

DA on Trial For Building Kick Ass Gaming Rig With State Funds

riqgeez — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:22:04 EDT

I guess the Verdict is in . . . Guilty ofall motherboard chagres.

riqgeez

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Daniel — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:53:54 EDT

I salute this guy for having the guts to build a gaming rig with government money. I don't mind either. Have you seen budgets lately? Billions of dollars in debt... $3k isn't really going to matter.

Suck that he cheats though.

Daniel

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britneyspearstears — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:31:22 EDT

@kaneshadow: Nailed it!

britneyspearstears

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jamesuschrist — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:21:03 EDT

Mmk, I can understand how useless high end graphic cards are in file servers, but consider:

2 hard drives: this is a bare minimum for any server.
Excessive cooling: yup, any server.
WiFi: Necessary if the hard wired network sucks.
Glowing Cables: Is it me or is it harder to find non-glowing aftermarket cables?

And if that computer's motherboard doesn't have onboard video, the video card can be slightly justified.

Unless this machine cost more than $1500 I would say that the charges are pretty bogus... Especially if the guy took his own time to build rather than buy a solution.

jamesuschrist

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celloids — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:17:19 EDT

If I am a DA and take a toothpick from the office and give it to my kid to pick his/her teeth, I too will get punished for corruption right? Or maybe take a piece of tissue paper and use it to wipe my wife's face at home, then it is corruption too right? hauhauhauhauhuahuahuahuahuahuhauahuahua LOL

celloids

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SneakerFiend — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:36:58 EDT

@kaneshadow: Now you said 2 thousand and 3 thousand.
From the looks of those prices you really arent a customized gaming computer type guy.
He didnt build it himself and if he did then dam props to him for making his server.
I would've been the cop to say i have to confiscate this computer to run tests to see if he had any illegal porn or programs on it. By the looks of it he looks like the type of guy to have tons of illegal programs and dont forget the cracked OS.
Taken the computer home and gotten some serious gaming in for a week.

SneakerFiend

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iFlingPoo — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:04:27 EDT

burn the witch :P

iFlingPoo

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badweasel — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:45:19 EDT

I'd be so busted if I worked for the government.

badweasel

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Red Right Hand — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:51:54 EDT

get a rope

Red Right Hand

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CorrieLuvr — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:09:30 EDT

WTF!! Have invesitagors run out of real CRIMINALS to chase after??? Is America a truly communist like police state??? Hmmmm........ We all know the answer.

CorrieLuvr

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Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM! — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:08:02 EDT

A CHEAT SHEET FOR A PC GAME? THE BASTARD! Undeniable proof.

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:10:54 EDT

Well, at least they caught the guy... if some brazilian politic bought a gaming rig to... make excel sheets, if someone actually caught him (impossible), it would result in nothing...
Or maybe, it would result in lots of other politics making the same thing.

Impunity is the standard for corruption in Brazil.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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newfiend — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:14:53 EDT

sure check this out...
[www.guardian.co.uk]

Prosecutors are homing in on the disgraced former New York state governor Eliot Spitzer, by investigating whether he used money raised for political campaigns to pay for travel and other expenses relating to his meetings with prostitutes.

newfiend

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whoareyou — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:06:11 EDT

No wonder my city can't increase the size of their server hard drives beyond 133 GB.

whoareyou

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Le0nidas — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:12:47 EDT

@strobefx: Case. Closed.

Le0nidas

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x23 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:11:20 EDT

@newfiend: Spitzer used "State Funds" on prostitutes? really? i haven't seen that mentioned anywhere. care to link a source?

x23

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jdat — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:47:54 EDT

yeah I live in Rockwall, [*sigh*] this guy has been under fire for things like this for two years now and still hasn't been indicted. Makes us seem relavent I guess.

jdat

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strobefx — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:05:43 EDT

Perhaps he was covering a class action lawsuit against Crytek for making Crysis impossible to play at a smooth frame rate.

I mean, he'd have to test it. Right folks?

Right?

strobefx

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newfiend — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:38:53 EDT

Well, i guess if your going to spend State Funds on something i guess this is better than blowing it on hookers like the NY State Gov.... the only down side is Playboy and Penthouse won't want to take pictures of his PC....LOL

newfiend

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chrisaroz — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:22:51 EDT

Let's be realistic... any cable will glow under ultraviolet light, they should take that off the list. Other than that, sounds like a pretty basic server to me.

chrisaroz

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s0crates82 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:40:39 EDT

@Roopy: OBJECTION!

s0crates82

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Roopy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:20:01 EDT

maybe he was playing the law and order games...those were pretty tough for me...but i mean...he's a lawyer so he should have no problem right? WRONG!

Roopy

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Sheemo44 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:15:31 EDT

was he playing doom?

Sheemo44

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habib15 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:10:03 EDT

@clondike7 The funny thing is if he would of went for 4 TB and skipped the ultraviolet cords and stuck it in a plain Jane case nobody would have been the wiser.

habib15

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mcsurfer3393 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:07:09 EDT

Even if it cost $2 or $3k, if he used it as a backup server then the only misappropriation would be for the video and audio cards. Even then, only part of the cost of those would be misappropriated because a normal computer needs those, albeit cheaper ones.

Any lawyers in the hizzy?

p.s. hire him, Giz!! :P

mcsurfer3393

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rgshredder — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:03:42 EDT

I knew lawyers tend to cheat their clients, wives/husbands, friends, co-workers, the government, tax payers but to cheat on a PC game...I just don't know what to think anymore...

rgshredder

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Eruanno — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:56:30 EDT

I salute that man with all my heart!
Let all our backup servers glow with a fiery glow in the dark, as we smite down the... er, I don't know who we smite down really.

I was just trying to sound cool.
Well, mission successful. Off I go for new... adventures... to... fetch muffins. *Disappears in a Darkwing Duck-like smokepuff*

Eruanno

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:56:25 EDT

@All the comments: Okay, minus my obvious reference, this is now exactly the geek version of a Spitzer thread over on Wonkette - even down to the question of whether this is really a "3 Diamond" gaming set up.

The parallels are freaking me out!

92BuickLeSabre

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Matt Schlicht — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:52:35 EDT

Maybe...it was some top secret government thing.

Matt Schlicht

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Ednonymous — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:51:31 EDT

The sad part is that he probably spent less money than the state would have for a plain jane server.

Ednonymous

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clondike7 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:59 EDT

@kaneshadow: I'm pretty sure that if all he did was misappropriate $2000-3000 it wouldn't be a big deal, since politicians are capable of huge corruption. They could have more evidence of more serious crimes that they haven't released.

And anyways, for the same amount of money, they could've gotten 4+TB of storage and called it a real backup server.

clondike7

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92BuickLeSabre — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:31 EDT

Ironically, he was using it to hook up with Ashley Alexandra Dupré in Second Life.

92BuickLeSabre

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utube2007 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:49:19 EDT

Shouldn't have been an idiot don't buy nothing with state funds.

Should have spent his own money, what would a DA have needed with that computer for the job of a DA.

utube2007

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theimmc — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:47:28 EDT

Odds are, he managed to piss off someone either rich or powerful as district attorney.

theimmc

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lilaliendog — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:47:08 EDT

so did he build it or was this a custom alienware purchased computer?

lilaliendog

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AlphaUltima — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:46:21 EDT

Penny Arcade has already jabbed at it.
[www.penny-arcade.com]

AlphaUltima

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rgmcewen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:46:19 EDT

When I worked at a DA's office, all they had were crappy 500 MHZ computers (and this was a year ago!) I think I should move to Dallas.

rgmcewen

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Mayor McRib — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:46:01 EDT

pwned

Mayor McRib

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snakepliskin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:45:21 EDT

I think we should all salute this man as an american hero. National anthem anyone?

snakepliskin

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jcrockerman — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:43:28 EDT

hahaha.....he just wanted to get his game on!!!!

jcrockerman

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kaneshadow — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:40:58 EDT

so... what did it cost, $2000? $3000? Definitely illegal but I'd call it a minor misappropriation.

Hell, if he was backing up files onto it anyway, I'd say it's legal. Unless there's a law banning l33tness from a backup server.

kaneshadow

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everestek — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:39:45 EDT

now that's what I call beaurocracy at its best...

everestek