http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/16/morning-news Comments On: Morning News by Unpaid Intern en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Good thing Seattle's only mobster died a few years ago, leaving us free from the evils of organized crime!
Posted by Sir Vic]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:21:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Keister Button]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:20:56 -0800 The Stranger
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by MrBaker]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:07:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zivilisierter Wurm]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:34:13 -0800 The Stranger
There were a few in WA state where the parent left a gun loose and kids got killed. Also where the Dad was putting a weapon in car and it discharged into a toddler in a car seat.


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:51:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:50:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by chi_type]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:42:37 -0800 The Stranger
@3 for the insightful win.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:41:55 -0800 The Stranger Outsourcing by the outsourced

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/16/…

A security audit of a US critical infrastructure company last year revealed that its star developer had outsourced his own job to a Chinese subcontractor and was spending all his work time playing around on the internet.

The firm’s telecommunications supplier Verizon was called in after the company set up a basic VPN system with two-factor authentication so staff could work at home. The VPN traffic logs showed a regular series of logins to the company’s main server from Shenyang, China, using the credentials of the firm’s top programmer, “Bob”.

…

After getting permission to study Bob’s computer habits, Verizon investigators found that he had hired a software consultancy in Shenyang to do his programming work for him, and had FedExed them his two-factor authentication token so they could log into his account. He was paying them a fifth of his six-figure salary to do the work and spent the rest of his time on other activities.

The analysis of his workstation found hundreds of PDF invoices from the Chinese contractors and determined that Bob’s typical work day consisted of:

9:00 a.m. – Arrive and surf Reddit for a couple of hours. Watch cat videos
11:30 a.m. – Take lunch
1:00 p.m. – Ebay time
2:00-ish p.m – Facebook updates, LinkedIn
4:30 p.m. – End-of-day update e-mail to management
5:00 p.m. – Go home

Posted by sgt_doom]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:15:56 -0800 The Stranger
I hope you enjoy your freedoms and rights that other people risked (and lost) EVERYTHING to give to you.

People like you do not deserve freedom because you will not stand up for the rights of others if it is risky or inconvenient. But I would still die to defend your rights. Because I am able to put the needs of others before my own security.

Tyrants walk towards power on the backs of people like you and treehugger up there.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:59:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Knat]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:52:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by K]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:43:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:07:45 -0800 The Stranger It doesn't matter what the cause is, how passionate you are about it, what the politics are, whose in power, and also things like skydiving and extreme sports. When you're a parent you think of those things and don't invite risks that might make your kid(s) loose one parent or become orphans.
My parents used to take separate plane trips on family vacations, for example, but I think taking it perhaps a little too far.

Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:05:47 -0800 The Stranger http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/us/16w…
(if the link doesn't work, it's currently on the front page of the NYT)
So yeah, probably good call on not going there.
Posted by chi_type]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:55:50 -0800 The Stranger
Yeah. Teen age gang bangers, sure. It's so obvious, no need to even verify it. Dead black teens are nothing to lose sleep over.

And certainly not a reason to address the gun trade. Or seat the head of the ATF so law enforcement can enforce the law.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:44:29 -0800 The Stranger
Or do you just think rights are only for certain people?

Are you happy to find yourself siding with facism, government oppression and injustice?
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:38:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by seatackled]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:31:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blergityblerg]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:23:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zivilisierter Wurm]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:17:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lew Siffer]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:15:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by chinaski]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:14:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treehugger]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:08:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Somethingunique]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:08:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by emor]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:06:36 -0800 The Stranger