School Webcam Spying Update

An update to the School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home post:

The school district has issued two statements:  Statement One Statement Two

Basically the district said the laptops contained  a “security-tracking feature” that was only activated to track lost, stolen and missing computers.  In these case the feature was limited to “taking a still image of the operator and the operator’s screen.”

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Atlas V Rocket Sonic Shockwave

Solar Dynamics Observatory Launch, Feb 11, 2010

A sun dog is a prismatic bright spot in the sky caused by sun shining through ice crystals. The Atlas V rocket exceeded the speed of sound in this layer of ice crystals, making the shock wave visible from the ground.

Best viewed in 720p, happens around the 1:52 mark

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