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US Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 67 Computers
pnorth writes "Officials from New Mexico's Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory have confessed that 67 of its computers are missing, with no less than 13 of them having disappeared over the past year alone. A memo [PDF] leaked by the Project on Government Oversight watchdog brought the lost nuclear laptops to the public's attention, but the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration dismissed fears the computers contained highly-sensitive or classified information, noting it was more likely to cause 'cybersecurity issues.' Three of the 13 computers which went missing in the past year were stolen from a scientist's home on January 16 and the memo also mentioned a BlackBerry belonging to another staff member had been lost 'in a sensitive foreign country.' The labs faced similar issues back in 2003 when 22 laptops were designated as being 'unlocated.'"
Check the resident BOFH's stash closet...he will probably cut you a good deal on buying them back if you ask nice.
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"Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Laboratory and Taco Stand: Come for the Nukes; stay for the tacos. "
Announcer: "If we lose your sensitive nuclear secrets, your next contract is FREEEEEE!!!!"
And I'd like to be the king of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.
At least they didn't lose any nukes.
How many times have I told you guys... first you short the receivables and then you steal the goods. Damn govt. employees can't even get a simple thing like scraping off the top right.
Project on Government Oversight watchdog brought the lost nuclear laptops to the public's attention
so now they have nuclear laptops. WOW and mine still runs solar power.
Its not my fault, someone put a wall in my way.
France.
That's it. My computer is not "lost"; it is merely "unlocated".
Exactly. This is why we need to trust everything to the private sector. Everything . Can you remember the last time you heard of a major corporation screwing something up? Huh? Didn't think so. They have shareholders to keep track of them, and we all know how dedicated and right they are please don't sell guys I need my yearly yacht. It's like how rock-solid the U.S. banking industry has been; they have actual human shareholders running it, not some government clones, and nothing's ever gone wrong.
This is why you should leave everything in the hands of untrained civilians and profit-driven shareholders. It just makes so much more sense that way.
What would be the estimated half-life of the battery? They've been holding out on us!
National Nuclear Security Administration dismissed fears the computers contained highly-sensitive or classified information...
He explained that the NNSA has lists of highly sensitive and classified information, and none of the laptops appear on those lists. At least, none of the laptops appear on their remaining lists.
-Loyal
I aim to misbehave.
This never would have happened back in the good old days of the Princeton IAS machine. People took good care of their computers then. And kept track of them. You never would have caught a scientist taking one home.
And children respected their parents, and a dollar was a dollar, and we had wonderful music--not this modern stuff, it's noise, I tell you, just noise.
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
scores of intelligence personnel descended on all the pawn shops in Oklahoma. Also all New Zealanders in the US were understandably nervous. :P
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
The Air Force can't keep track of the weapons, Los Alamos can't keep track of the technical data, why is Iran spending money to develop nuclear technology? The way we keep up with our shit, they could probably just get it off Ebay.
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
... One computer at a time ...
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OMG, Texas has the bomb.
I call computer-illiteracy job security