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Submission + - Middle school students best their teachers with social engineering

Submitted by lukej on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @12:37AM

lukej writes: In Ketchikan, Alaska a small group of unidentified students gained access to school owned computers by using phishing techniques on their teachers. The then used the elevated access to remotely control their peers computers.

Fortunately the school administrators seem to have a taken a realistic and pragmatic viewpoint of the situation, although no official punishment has yet been determined.
"Kids are being kids," (Principal) Robinson said, adding that he was surprised something like this had not already occurred. "They're going to try to do what they try to do. This time we found out about it."

Submission + - Tour of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab (rapidcityjournal.com)

Submitted by lukej on Monday January 21, 2013 @06:59PM

lukej writes: Over eleven years ago, the possibility of using the retired Homestake Mine as an underground science laboratory was first proposed.
Today the local newspaper gives a science-filled tour of that facility, along with a short photo tour, and decent descriptions of some of the experiments it hosts (Majorana, LUX, Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment). Some fairly interesting deep, dirty, and real physical science!

Submission + - Diebold flops in Alaska

Submitted by on Wednesday August 23, 2006 @10:14PM

lukej writes: From the Anchorage Daily News: During yesterday's preliminary and ballot measure election across Alaska, Diebold built voting machines failed to 'phone home' causing a hand recount. As a party spokesperson said:
"I can say there are many systematic problems with Diebold machines that have been identified in many contexts," Brown said.
Additionally, the State itself has mandated some hand counts of all electronic results, and the Demcratic Party is simply suggesting voters request paper voting.

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