Hacker News new | comments | show | ask | jobs | submit login netcraft 3 hours ago | link | parent I came across code in a legacy web application one day, on a page that was probably the most used part of the application that was really nothing more than sleep(1000); I went through the version control history and found that is was a previous employee that would go in periodically and lower it any time he wanted to act like he had been working - he had started around 3.5 seconds. Which reminds me of being a kid and mom telling me to turn down the tv - I would "accidentally" hit the wrong button and turn it way up for a few minutes, then just turn it back down to where it was. 3pt14159 2 hours ago | link If I ever found out someone did this not only would I fire them, I wouldn't keep it a secret. I'd make sure everyone on the team knew exactly why he was fired. That is acting is gr...