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Comment Re:FFS let the Amiga rest in please (Score 1) 202

by uhuru_meditation (#40378595) Attached to: How Icaros Desktop Brings the Amiga Experience To x86 PCs

Back in the early 90s PCs were already running windows 3.0, or OS/2, there was NT by 93, and by the mid 90s there were tons of free *nix clones running graphical interfaces on said PCs.

Comparing Windows 3.0 to Amiga is like comparing Commodore 64 to Silicon Graphic. WinNT? That was the crappiest thing ever to run though chip's veins. Mind you that one of the first ever commercials for PC was a fat guy carrying huge box while his wife answers: "Why PC? To shop, of course!" Amiga commercial was featuring Buzz Aldrin and dewds who flew to the Moon, Andy Warhol and tons of other interesting ppl. That was the difference and it shows where are we today - still same old crappy dominance of retarded tech, run and produced by seriously demented characters acting as software managers "making the decisions"..

One thing that has never ceased to amuse me is the capacity for self-delusion of the Amiga community.

This can only write really sad computer user with no computing history, probably owning "all Apple" things ever produced and a gaming PC. Coding VB or C# for a sad living, most likely. Self-delusion was just a wish that others get educated and knowledgeable in software and hardware at the time by keeping and pushing Amiga to a real mainstream, or even better analogy - the one can compare (and understand) today - Amiga was Google while PC and Apple were Bing way back then.

Comment Re:FFS let the Amiga rest in please (Score 2) 202

by uhuru_meditation (#40371059) Attached to: How Icaros Desktop Brings the Amiga Experience To x86 PCs
Apart from multitasking, lots of colors, very small kernel and speed, hundreds of smart and cool features, graphical beatifications, smarmy and small programs - it was always safe to turn off or turn on computer by - pressing on/off button - without waiting for the shutdown crap. It booted in few seconds - well below 10. It had 4 channel stereo sound. There was an ecosystem of add-on cards, pushing it way beyond anything out there. Apart from all that - in the very early 90's the only animated thing on a PC was green blinking cursor, while Amiga run video productions and myriad of graphical editing and manipulation imaging programs. Do I have to mention games? TV connectivity, composite video, RGB video and various simultaneous display and video overlay possibilities. All that at max speeds of 50 MHz - mind you. So ..not really better, but different.
NASA

Submission + - NASA tool shows where forest is being cut down (mongabay.com)

Submitted by terrancem
terrancem writes: A new tool developed by NASA and other researchers shows where forest is being chopped down on a quarterly basis. The global forest disturbance alert system (GloF-DAS) is based on comparison of MODIS global vegetation index images at the exact same time period each year in consecutive years. GloF-DAS could help users detect deforestation shortly after it occurs, offering the potential to take measures to investigate clearing before it expands.
IT

Submission + - IT staff, engineers among top 10 toughest jobs to fill in US (networkworld.com) 3

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coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "Forty-nine percent of US companies are having a hard time filling what workforce management firm ManpowerGroup calls mission-critical positions within their organizations with IT staff, engineers and "skilled trades" among the toughest spots to fill. The group surveyed some 1,300 employers and noted that US companies are struggling to find talent, despite continued high unemployment, over their global counterparts, where 34% of employers worldwide are having difficulty filling positions."

Comment Re:Sometimes a manager's gut is right (Score 1) 336

by uhuru_meditation (#40150053) Attached to: Mono Abandons Open Source Silverlight
I wish you were my manager 2 years ago. In his under-educated retardation, that guy opted for the future development of a program on a Silverlight that will affect millions of children. I left possibly one of the best companies in the world, because this product line will ultimately fail over it and it seemed unethical for me to linger on. I tried my best to convince peers, stakeholders, everyone involved - out of their ignorance they just kept the development on track - waiting for the incoming train. Such a sad story...
China

Submission + - Backdoor Found in China-Made US Military Chip 5

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Information Age reports that the Cambridge University researchers have discovered that a microprocessor used by the US military but made in China contains secret remote access capability, a secret "backdoor" that means it can be shut off or reprogrammed without the user knowing. The "bug" is in the actual chip itself, rather than the firmware installed on the devices that use it. This means there is no way to fix it than to replace the chip altogether. "The discovery of a backdoor in a military grade chip raises some serious questions about hardware assurance in the semiconductor industry," writes Cambridge University researcher Sergei Skorobogatov. "It also raises some searching questions about the integrity of manufacturers making claims about [the] security of their products without independent testing." The unnamed chip, which the researchers claim is widely used in military and industrial applications, is "wide open to intellectual property theft, fraud and reverse engineering of the design to allow the introduction of a backdoor or Trojan", Does this mean that the Chinese have control of our military information infrastructure asks Rupert Goodwins? "No: it means that one particular chip has an undocumented feature. An unfortunate feature, to be sure, to find in a secure system — but secret ways in have been built into security systems for as long as such systems have existed.""
Security

Submission + - Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers (wired.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Wired is reporting on a massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation. Kaspersky Lab, the company that discovered the malware, has a FAQ with more details.

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