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A PhD student who shot and killed a professor before killing himself claimed that the professor had stolen his code:
The student who shot and killed his engineering professor and then himself at a Los Angeles university had accused the professor of stealing his code.
In a blog post on March 10, Mainak Sarkar, 38, said Professor William Klug, 39, "is not the kind of person when you think of a professor. He is a very sick person. I urge every new student coming to UCLA to stay away from this guy." He continued: "I was this guy's PhD student. We had personal differences. He cleverly stole all my code and gave it another student. He made me really sick. Your enemy is your enemy. But your friend can do a lot more harm. Be careful about whom you trust. Stay away from this sick guy." The post has since been taken down.
On Wednesday, nearly three months after posting it, and seemingly upset at poor grades, Sarkar drove from his home in Minnesota to Los Angeles where he confronted and gunned down Professor Klug at the university's engineering complex. Sarkar then turned the gun on himself and killed himself. The Los Angeles Times quoted an unnamed UCLA source as saying the allegation that Klug stole his student's code was "absolutely untrue."
The professor's name was found on a "kill list" written by Sarkar, along with another professor who wasn't on campus at the time of the shooting and has been confirmed to be safe. Sarkar reportedly killed his estranged wife in Minnesota before traveling to UCLA. Also at Los Angeles Times , The New York Times , CNN.
(Score: -1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @08:04PM
Sounds about right. You hold on to hate it's only going to fester. If you can do something about a wrong, do something about it. If you can't, let it go [youtube.com] (if it's going to be stuck in my head, it's going to be stuck in yours too).
If we could get people to apply that philosophy to their daily lives not only would there be far less mass shootings, there'd also be nothing left of the Democratic party as we know it today (come on, they're "you're owed something" merchants and you know it) and a Republican party someone might actually be proud of.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @08:06PM
Yes democrats are mass shooters.
(Score: 4, Informative) by NotSanguine on Friday June 03 2016, @08:26PM
Yes democrats are mass shooters.
Meh. Not so much [examiner.com].
Not that I really give a rats ass about what political party some whack job who kills a bunch of folks (and hopefully themselves as well), but why don't we stick to reality?
I know, I know, that's just crazy talk. Why deal in reality when we can create rich fantasy lives where those who don't march in lockstep with us are evil?
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @08:49PM
I imagine the previous AC was going for sarcasm, if so they should have at least used a ...
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday June 03 2016, @09:32PM
I had a similar thought, but I figured I'd go for it since someone was bound to take it seriously.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @08:49PM
Reading comprehension, get some.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @08:51PM
Yeah, he's a dumbass.
We all know democrats just cause mass shootings.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @09:00PM
Right, because I said something relating Doucheocrats to shootings. Oh, wait, no I didn't. In any way.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @09:08PM
Correct!
In a thread about mass shootings no one mentioned democrats because political party is totally unrelated.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @09:11PM
Oh my sweet baby jebus, did I make an off-topic remark within an on-topic reply? How shall I live with myself?!
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @09:19PM
How can you say its off-topic?
Its obviously all related.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @09:23PM
Thank you, Svlad Cjelli...
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @09:28PM
Just sticking up for your integrity, don't let anyone besmirch it.
The internet is an echo chamber of liberal lies, you can't let them browbeat you into giving up on your principles.
In the end, that's all you've got.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @09:33PM
My webcam has electrical tape over it. I could be taking it in the end nightly, you don't know. Stop oppressing me!
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday June 03 2016, @10:40PM
I know. Those fucking democrats always lie and lie and lie! Geez, Louise!
No Republican would ever stoop that low.
http://patriotupdate.com/mass-murderers-democrats/ [patriotupdate.com]
http://www.allenbwest.com/analytical-economist/one-fact-about-basically-every-mass-shooting-proves-liberals-wrong-about-guns [allenbwest.com]
http://freedomrollcall.tumblr.com/post/40894206750/fun-fact-five-worst-american-mass-shootings-were [tumblr.com]
And all of this has been confirmed here [examiner.com].
Fucking liberals! They're intellectually bankrupt so they go around shooting real Americans! Sheesh!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @10:56PM
Oh they're both full of nothing but corrupt asshats who're only in it for money and power. The Dems were only more relevant here because "you been done wrong/are owed something" is their entire stated platform.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday June 04 2016, @12:05AM
But is two people a "mass" shooting?
Back to the original tangent, the D/RNC "both" suck because really, they are one party with same owners who play this Red v. Blue game with two or three hot button issues to distract people and think they're different from each other. Or as Gore Vidal would say, paraphrasing, "America doesn't have a two party system. It has one party, the Property Party, with the Democrat and Republican wings."
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 04 2016, @12:27AM
You ain't wrong.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by NotSanguine on Friday June 03 2016, @08:19PM
Sounds about right. You hold on to hate it's only going to fester. If you can do something about a wrong, do something about it. If you can't, let it go (if it's going to be stuck in my head, it's going to be stuck in yours too).
Agreed. I guess I'm lucky in that I can't really stay angry (at a perceived or real slight) for more than ten minutes or so. Add that to being very easily amused, and I have a pretty darn good life. :)
I wonder what makes someone hold on to anger like that. Perhaps they just don't have an outlet for it? Or maybe they have to confirm their own importance (read: ego) by being angry at those who have wronged them? Or maybe they just don't see others as people, just objects to manipulate?
It's sad, really. As my sister used to say, "hurt people hurt people."
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @08:35PM
I think its more tied back to our primitive roots. If two people had a problem they'd fight over it and come to a resolution one way or another. Nowadays there is not always a way to resolve conflicts and people are forced to deal / get over it, but that doesn't remove the biological drive, and so such anger can fester.
I think your perspective is skewed by having a "pretty darn good life". Everyone deals with some amount of bullshit, but if you have a good support system it is easier to let things slide off and go away. At least in the US our culture has become very divisive and judgmental, and if you are outside the social norms and cliques then you can expect to have a hard time with few to no people to help you out.
Letting go of the anger is best, but my point is that not all people have been taught how to do so, or have had the support structure to help accomplish letting go.
Maybe we need a new form of social service workers: conflict resolution experts. Some basic therapy and support might be worth the public cost.
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 03 2016, @08:48PM
You wanna know a secret? We're all outside of the social norms and have a hard time.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 03 2016, @09:10PM
Duh, we're on SN...
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday June 03 2016, @08:55PM
I wonder what makes someone hold on to anger like that. Perhaps they just don't have an outlet for it? Or maybe they have to confirm their own importance (read: ego) by being angry at those who have wronged them? Or maybe they just don't see others as people, just objects to manipulate?
I suspect the sane can not really understand or have a clear idea of what goes on in the head of the truly crazy.
Maybe MDC can tell us, but I doubt it. He's not that crazy.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by boltronics on Saturday June 04 2016, @07:53AM
I don't think it's something they consciously have control over. Possibly a combination of stress, pressure to meet objectives or standards, high expectations from friends and family, being surrounded by people with strong negative emotions, no free time to relax or get enough sleep, high blood pressure, depression, too much sugar and/or caffeine in the diet, constant headaches or various other factors.
It's probably hard for people going through any of this to appear likeable, but it may be that they just need some positive human interaction and time to relax, and get some happiness in their life. Sometimes that's easier said than done.
It's GNU/Linux dammit!
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Friday June 03 2016, @11:40PM
Troll level: meh
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday June 04 2016, @12:28AM
They can't all be gems. Sometimes you just gotta go with what you got at the moment or the moment passes.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.