SITUATION: OS upgrade.



The TECHNICAL THUG
Reads source code of new release, takes only what he likes.

The ADMINISTRATIVE FASCIST
Instigates lawsuit against the vendor for having shipped a product with bugs in it in the first place.

The MANIAC 
# uptime
1:33pm  up 19 days, 22:49,  167 users,  load average: 6.49, 6.45, 6.31
# wall
Well, it's upgrade time.  Should take a few hours.  And good luck on that
5:00 deadline, guys!  We're all pulling for you!

The IDIOT 
# dd if=/dev/rmt8 of=/vmunix