DOWNTIME

摘要

A network systems administrator in Arizona has lost his job after downloading alien-hunting software.rnBrad Niesluchowski downloaded free University of California software that uses idle computers to search for extraterrestrial life by examining information collected by radio telescopes.rnUnfortunately, his actions cost his employer, Higley Unified School District's technology department, between $1.2m and $1.6m in extra energy use and accelerated depreciation to hardware.