Amigan - Slashdot User

Submission + - Cyber war involving Cyber theft of IDs

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Amigan

on Monday August 17, 2009 @02:27PM

Amigan writes: "The Wall Street Journal is reporting on how social networking ids from the United States were hijacked for cyberattacks against Georgia during their war with Russia last year."

Submission + - Law of uninteded consequences - ozone hole

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on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @02:58PM

Amigan writes: "While it is argued that climate change is settled science and that the IPCC model proves it, there is now evidence that the model did not take into account the ozone hole repair. In this article, based on a new study out of Columbia University, the elimination of CFCs has in fact added to the climate change. So, yes, climate change may be caused by man, but more because of what we do when we do not understand the situation completely and insist on implementing a solution."

Submission + - Microsoft and OpenSource: Friend or Foe?

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on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @10:31AM

Amigan writes: "This article from Network World Magazine asks the question: "Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.""

Submission + - Ada Lovelace day

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on Monday March 23, 2009 @10:40PM

Amigan writes: "Celebrating the Women of Tech with a salute to the first programmer — Ada Lovelace "

Submission + - Mathematical formula killed Wall Street?

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on Monday March 02, 2009 @02:00PM

Amigan writes: "Entitled Quants gone Wild , the financial meltdown of Wall Street was caused by a single math formula (Gaussian copula function). From the article: "For five years, Li's formula, known as a Gaussian copula function, looked like an unambiguously positive breakthrough, a piece of financial technology that allowed hugely complex risks to be modeled with more ease and accuracy than ever before. With his brilliant spark of mathematical legerdemain, Li made it possible for traders to sell vast quantities of new securities, expanding financial markets to unimaginable levels.""

Submission + - Opera 9.50 released

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on Sunday June 15, 2008 @10:15PM

Amigan writes: "On June 12th, Opera software released the latest The newest feature provided by Opera 9.50 is called Opera Link which keeps you synchronized between any Opera 9.50 desktop browser and Opera Mini — the free browser for your mobile phone."

Submission + - E-Voting alters Arkansas primary results

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on Monday June 02, 2008 @03:18PM

Amigan writes: "In this report from Wired Magazine blogs, the results of a state representative primary were altered by an e-voting machine. To make matters worse, the primary in question wasn't even one that wasn't even on the electronic ballot!"

Submission + - MS Office won't be ISO OOXML comliant until 2009

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on Thursday May 22, 2008 @03:10PM

Amigan writes: "After getting (and some would argue gaming) ISO to vote OOXML as an ISO standard, it was reported in an SD Times article
"For customers expecting an ISO-conformant Office Open XML (OOXML) in Microsoft Office, the wait will continue: Microsoft will not implement the standardized version of its own document format until Office 14 ships.""

Submission + - Amiga: Retrospective on gaming

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on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @10:41AM

Amigan writes: "Ars Technica has been running a series of retrospective articles on the Amiga computer. The current article deals with the landmark games that were on the Amiga and took advantage of it's capabilities."

Submission + - Platypus one wierd animal

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on Friday May 09, 2008 @12:32PM

Amigan writes: "The platypus genome has been mapped, and per the New Scientist, it has surprised many a biologist with genes from reptiles, mammals, and birds "

Submission + - 'Vista Capable' class action lawsuit to continue

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on Tuesday April 22, 2008 @10:09AM

Amigan writes: " ComputerWorld is reporting that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the stay issued on the class action lawsuit initiated against Microsoft over 'Vista Capable' labelling."

Submission + - Decline of women as US Computer Science majors (thetriangle.org) 1

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on Monday January 14, 2008 @05:50PM

Amigan writes: "The article, Women in Computer Science tries to define why there is a lack of females in Computer Science. There have been a series of articles around the US concerning this topic, and what needs to be done to correct the situation. One comment from a Drexel faculty member is: "...that women who want to have families can have a difficult time staying in the field, in part because it is a subject where people need to constantly learn new material.""

Submission + - Amiga OS 4.0 to run on BlueGene processors 2

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on Saturday December 22, 2007 @01:28PM

Amigan writes: "Recent announcements by Hyperion Entertainment concerning Amiga OS 4.0 seem to show promise that the OS will finally see the light of day. Included in the announcement is the ability to run the new OS on classic Amigas with a PowerPC add-on board. Also, a new hardware partner, A-Cube Systems has been introduced. This company is producing new hardware based on the ppc440 — the same processor used in IBM's top500 Blue Gene/L."

Submission + - the morality of software development (news.com)

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on Friday October 19, 2007 @02:58PM

Amigan writes: "Grady Booch, IBM Fellow and developer of UML, has stated in this interview with CNet that ...at the ultimate level, the software developer can say, "Do I want to actually build a system that potentially could violate human rights?""

Submission + - Computer Software to Predict the Unpredictable (uanews.org) 1

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on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @04:07PM

Amigan writes: "A professor, Jerzy Rozenblit at the University of Arizona is awarded $2.2Million to develop software to predict the unpredictable — specifically relating to volatile political and military situations. From the article: "The software will predict the actions of paramilitary groups, ethnic factions, terrorists and criminal groups, while aiding commanders in devising strategies for stabilizing areas before, during and after conflicts. It also will have many civilian applications in finance, law enforcement, epidemiology and the aftermath of natural disasters, such as hurricane Katrina.""

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