North Korea's Own OS, Red Star 316

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @06:00PM from the linux-is-sometimes-for-communists dept.

klaasb writes "North Korea's self-developed computer operating system, named 'Red Star,' was brought to light for the first time by a Russian satellite broadcaster yesterday. North Korea's top IT experts began developing the Red Star in 2006, but its composition and operation mechanisms were unknown until the internet version of the Russia Today TV program featured the system, citing the blog of a Russian student who goes to the Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang."

Breaking the Squid Barrier 126

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 14, 2010 @09:33PM from the calimari-for-the-5000 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Steve O'Shea of Auckland, New Zealand is attempting to break the record for keeping deep sea squid alive in captivity, with the goal of being able to raise a giant squid one day. Right now, he's raising the broad squid, sepioteuthis australis, from egg masses found in seaweed. This is a lot harder than it sounds, because the squid he's studying grow rapidly and eat only live prey, making it hard for them to keep the squid from becoming prey themselves. If his research works out, you might one day be able to visit an aquarium and see giant squid."

Facebook Master Password Was "Chuck Norris" 319

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 21, 2010 @03:56PM from the ad-nauseum-roundhouse dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A Facebook employee has given a tell-all interview with some very interesting things about Facebook's internals. Especially interesting are all the things relating to Facebook privacy. Basically, you don't have any. Nearly everything you've ever done on the site is recorded into a database. While they fire employees for snooping, more than a few have done it. There's an internal system to let them log into anyone's profile, though they have to be able to defend their reason for doing so. And they used to have a master password that could log into any Facebook profile: 'Chuck Norris.' Bruce Schneier might be jealous of that one."

Forrester Says Tech Downturn Is "Unofficially Over" 130

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @11:51PM from the unofficial-whoopee dept.

alphadogg writes "The US IT market will grow by 6.6% as high-tech spending rebounds in 2010, according to Forrester Research's latest estimates. The research firm based its projections on data reported for 2009, though its fourth quarter numbers are incomplete. Forrester says hints of a recovery surfaced in the third quarter, and now the company expects the global IT market to grow by 8.1% in 2010. Forrester's US and Global IT Market Outlook: Q4 2009 reads: 'The tech downturn of 2008 and 2009 is unofficially over, while the Q3 2009 data for the US and the global market showed continued declines in tech purchases (as we expected). We predict that the Q4 2009 data will show a small increase in buying activity, or at worst, just a small decline.'"

Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two 170

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 05, 2009 @05:04AM from the spit-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes 'Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two, creating a new ocean, say experts. This is due to a recent geological crack which has appeared in northeastern Ethiopia.'

Comment Re:video style.. (Score 1) 35

by Baseman on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @03:32AM (#29729273) Attached to: Visualizing RFID

These guys are in the media field!
I also enjoy getting a new perspective on everyday objects.
I think the video is great.

Comment Re:Feline control (Score 1) 503

by Baseman on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @03:04PM (#28694695) Attached to: Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring

Please, please, please, tell me you are not naming your cats after Mac OS releases.

Nope, they are named after appearance.
I really didn't consider Mac OS's - I have never had a Mac in my house.
Panther usually comes and steps on the keyboard when I'm trying to do some shell scripting....
He prefers Linux and bash by the look of it. :-)

Comment Feline control (Score 1) 503

by Baseman on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @09:58AM (#28690421) Attached to: Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring

We could possibly call this pussy power....

I have never observed our two cats (they are siblings) meowing to each other; But the male (Panther) usually is _not_ afraid to utter sound when he wants to be let out / in, or needs some attention - food that is.
The female (Tiger) usually just inserts her claws into my toes when I'm sleeping... and get a very quick response.

The cats are ~14 months old now, and I have submitted my will to their wants... They own me :-)

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Base!

Comment Re:Only for certain kind of analyst... (Score 0, Offtopic) 382

by Baseman on Thursday January 08, 2009 @06:47AM (#26369929) Attached to: The Power of the R Programming Language

Do analysts who use R get better returns than those who use Excel?

That they R :-)

Einstein Letter Goes on Sale 615

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 15, 2008 @05:10AM from the read-what-a-smart-guy-says dept.

ErkDemon writes "For any Slashdotters who want a piece of frameable Einstein memorabilia, a letter from A.E. to Eric Gutkind goes on sale at Bloomsbury Auctions today (May 15th). The content of the letter mostly deals with Einstein's views on religion. (Einstein pronounces himself rather unimpressed by the whole idea and rejects it as "childish.") The Guardian has printed a translated excerpt from the letter."

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