February 22, 2010
#705: Devotion to Duty explain

[Bearded criminal is holding a pistol and talking on a mobile phone.]
Criminal: We took the hostages, secured the building and cut the communication lines like you said.
Phone: Excellent.
[Still talking on the phone, waving gun around in the air animatedly.]
Criminal: But then this guy climbed up the ventilation ducts and walked across broken glass, killing anyone we sent to stop him.
Phone: And he rescued the hostages?
[Criminal looking confused and defeated, shoulders hunched and pistol hanging limply at his side.]
Criminal: No, he ignored them. He just reconnected the cables we cut, muttering something about “uptime”.
Phone: Shit, we’re dealing with a sysadmin.