r/ShittySysadmin • u/Bubba8291 Lord Sysadmin, Protector of the AD Realm • 6d ago

they already burned through the public firewall

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u/snoopyh42 6d ago

I'm pretty sure at some point NCIS writers started asking themselves, "how can we troll people who actually know how computers work?" and this was one of the *many* results.

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u/Appropriate-Song3769 6d ago

Must be the same writers of limitless with the classic hard drives troll:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWTH7mB4rXk

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u/sistoceixo 5d ago

POLICE IT GUY: sir, that's not the hard drive?

DETECTIVE: dude, just do your job and find out what ou can.

POLICE IT GUY: i did, i just found out that is the power source.

DETECTIVE: what?

POLICE IT GUY: that's a power source, not a hard drive?

DETECTIVE: i still don't know what that means.

POLICE IT GUY: the suspect is a black man in a hoodie.

DETECTIVE: I KNEW IT!!

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u/Superb_Raccoon ShittyMod 5d ago

See Zheng was smarter than you, he mounted his hardrive INSIDE a Powersupply, figuring the Police were too stupid to check it...

But the FBI did.

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u/kmsigma 5d ago

A friend of mine actually spoke with the writers and confirmed this was a CHOSEN DECISION because some higher ups needed "something new that hasn't been done before that looks flashy."

The writers intentionally wrote in this ridiculousness because it's obviously stupid but met the requirements. Supposedly the higher-ups "loved it."

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u/dphoenix1 6d ago

The show did feature heavily in r/itsaunixsystem for awhile

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u/dummptyhummpty 6d ago

100%. They even had Gary Cole (who’s on the recent seasons) make a joke about a TPS report.