Tag: Colorado

Colorado Government Kills Revenue Stream For Colorado Residents

Bobby

In typical blundering fashion our Colorado state government has screwed up again. In a misguided attempt to make Internet based companies collect sales tax for them, they passed HB1193. Governor Bill Ritter pushed this as a revenue boost for the state, but in reality it looks like it will be a loss. Because of this push Amazon has suspended all of their Colorado affiliate accounts. This could result in as much as a 7.5 Million dollar loss for Colorado businesses this year.

The worst part about this whole mess is that other states have passed similar laws with similar results. Rhode Island, North Carolina and New York are all experimenting with this. The Colorado legislature could have waited until the dust settled in these other states before taking this on.

For a good analysis of this story read the Developer Dispatch article Colorado and Amazon Battle and People Like Me Suffer. I would also recommend The Write Spot, LLC, great ongoing articles about this issue there.

Golden students change their grades

Bobby

Golden High School

Students of Golden High School in Golden, Colorado 'hacked' into the schools parental portal system and changed their grades.

This story is sure to bring out all the evil 'hacker' stories, that topic has been a little slow lately. Maybe they should arrest these kids as 'terrorists'. Doesn't the Patriot act make hacking in to a government computer system an act of terrorism?

The real blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the administration. What kind of system do they have where a hacker can even change grades through a web interface? If that isn't bad enough, they must not have had backups of the system either. Students are being asked to bring old copies of homework and tests in so teachers can re-calculate their grades.

Ridiculous and irresponsible.