"Stalwart Workers": neglected backbone of the firm Which nuclear plants lie in Hurricane Irene's path? Security researchers trace RSA hack and SecureID breach to lame Excel spreadsheet phishing Colorful baseball bats Classic prints modified to tell the ghastly alternate history of monsters and elder gods Chalk memorial for Jack Layton in front of Toronto's New City Hall Slashdot's CmdrTaco steps down Hacker publishes names and data for 20,000 individuals, many US gov and military staff or contractors China State TV "unpublishes" video that led to fears of cyberattack on US Biggest data drive ever built by IBM can back up 60 copies of Wayback Machine Battle for the California desert: Why is the government driving folks off their land? GIF.tv Hurricane Irene: Links roundup Hurricane Irene: Listen to first responder radio transmissions, online Hurricane Irene, as seen from space, Aug. 26, 2011 Video of effective sea lamprey repellant Price of a hospital circumcision in the US: $23,000 Gentleman takes his heli-vector for a spin Beauty pageant candidates recite their non-threatening answer to "Should evolution be taught in schools" The Holy Bible: Stock Car Racing Edition FBI deploys fingerprint system for mobile devices Coordinated multinational ATM fraud nets $13M in one night 
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"Stalwart Workers": neglected backbone of the firm
By Cory Doctorow on Aug 27, 2011 10:33 am Writing in a Harvard Business Review blog, professor Thomas J. DeLong talks about "Stalwart Workers," a neglected part of the workforce who don't live to work, don't crave promotion, but constitute the backbone of the organization: Myth #1: Stars are …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 08:45 pm Here's a cheerful little list! The nuclear reactors on eight coastal sites along the Eastern seaboard in the projected path of Hurricane Irene. "Some will likely be shut down as a precaution in advance of Irene's winds and heavy rains."
Read in browser Security researchers trace RSA hack and SecureID breach to lame Excel spreadsheet phishing
By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 08:33 pm F-Secure found the file that was used to hack RSA and compromise the SecureID system. Kim Zetter of Wired News has more here. This week Finnish security company F-Secure discovered that the file had been under their noses all along. …
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 26, 2011 08:19 pm I don't think these hot color-dipped baseball bats will do much to improve your swing, but I do like the idea of a batting practice that looks like the big box of Crayolas. The Texas-based Warstic Wood Bat Company knows …
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 26, 2011 08:18 pm Matthew Buchholz has a great Etsy store where he sells modified classic prints that tell the story of a horrific alternate history populated by elder gods and evil emperors and vast krakens from the deep. Alternate Histories by alternatehistories on …
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 26, 2011 08:17 pm Responding to the death of Jack Layton, head of Canada's New Democratic Party and a former Toronto City Councillor, Torontonians thronged Nathan Phillips Square, a large public space in front of New City Hall, and chalked memorial messages over every …
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 26, 2011 08:16 pm Fourteen years later, Slashdot co-founder Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda has stepped down. In a stirring, moving note, he talks about the history of Slashdot and what he's going to get up to next. Slashdot has been read by kernel engineers and …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 08:14 pm A hacker broke into the network of an events management company and stole data for some 20,000 individuals, many of whom are identified as United States government contractors or employees. The cyber-attacker posted an Excel spreadsheet containing log-in credentials and …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 07:49 pm China's state television network has removed from its public website a video that security researchers and military analysts say shows proof China's military has engaged in online attacks against US networks. A mirror of the now "unpublished" CCTV video is …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 06:50 pm A 120 petabyte drive is being built by researchers at IBM's Almaden, California, R&D lab. It will be the largest data repository ever built, and will comprise 200,000 hard disk drives strung together. The giant data container is expected to …
Continue reading → Read in browser Battle for the California desert: Why is the government driving folks off their land?
By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 26, 2011 06:35 pm [Video Link] Nick Gillespie says: "Thought you might find this new Reason.tv doc about homeowners in one of the world's great godforsaken places, the Antelope Valley, being hassled by LA County officials. Includes footage of the great "Phonehenge" house out …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 06:12 pm I am kicking myself for not having thought of this first. www.gif.tv. (via PSFK)
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 05:41 pm Over at Laughing Squid, Scott Beale has an excellent roundup of links for New Yorkers and all others in the storm's path this weekend: Hurricane Irene Threatens East Coast of United States. Among them, this map of New York City …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 05:36 pm Infodocket points to RadioReference.com, and other online resources for listening in to first responders in the path of Hurricane Irene. Do you have favorite mobile apps or websites for listening in to emergency radio transmissions in the storm zone? Share …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 05:33 pm From NASA and NOAA, a "Full Disk Image of Earth" captured from the GOES-13 satellite on August 26, 2011. Hurricane Irene (NASA info page here) is now almost one-third the size of the US East Coast. Larger image here, Flickr.
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 26, 2011 05:24 pm Photo: US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office This sea lamprey repellant (made from sea lampreys!) does the trick. Video of effective sea lamprey repellant
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 26, 2011 05:06 pm Chris of Cynical-C linked to this story: My son was born 14 mo ago and because he was born in a birth center, he could not get circumcised at birth. Our hospital (Cambridge Hospital in MA) does not have a …
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 26, 2011 04:55 pm Remember when people dressed up to operate their Heli-Vectors? (Via This Isn't Happiness)
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By Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 26, 2011 04:35 pm [Video Link] It's weird that the question was "Should evolution be taught in schools?" instead of "Should creationism be taught in schools?" Also, I was hoping for at least one Pastafarian in the group! Bonus video: 2011 Miss USA contest …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 04:07 pm Via Fark: "Featuring exciting and inspiring full-color inserts with photos of and insights from stock car racing's finest personalities, the NIV Thinline Bible: Stock Car Edition is sure to be a motorsports fan's favorite Bible." Amazon links: Holy Bible: Stock …
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By Xeni Jardin on Aug 26, 2011 03:59 pm Federal Computer Week reports on a new mobile system deployed throughout the United States that allows police officers to check fingerprints of someone, say, pulled over for a traffic stop or arrested for some reason, against a database of fingerprints …
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By Cory Doctorow on Aug 26, 2011 02:07 pm Crooks who compromised Fidelity National Information Services's prepaid debit card database were able to draw out $13 million in one night, working with co-conspirators in several countries in one weekend night, after the banks had closed: Apparently, the crooks were …
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