It wasn't the AmigaOS running in the emulator that they were worried about, it was the Windows system running the emulator. (Not that the average IT auditor there could have understood the difference.)
I recall it being some custom ISA card with connectors on the back. The emulation software had drivers that interfaced directly with the card.
That is an advanced question best asked of the folks in charge of the plant. At the time I was just trying to figure out how to explain to the IT auditors why there was no antivirus software on this piece of crap.
A certain nuclear power plant had a Windows NT 4.0 machine running as late as 2007. The reason is interesting. The machine's purpose was to report status of the control rods that mitigate nuclear reactions. Basically,…
@dang - thank you for the explanation. I can see how you might read this into the post, but I think it's a real stretch to derive that conclusion from three sentences that ascribe motivation and belief to me personally.…
I think you're 100% correct here. Thank you for expressing this point of view so succinctly.
This is a really interesting comment for a number of reasons that all happen to support my original claim that Drew is mistaken. "it just seems transparent that you have a right wing worldview" - based on a single…
With respect (especially for the work you do here), this isn't ok. sheafification's reply was specifically to me and specifically personal. (Every sentence was directed at me - not something that I wrote.) There was no…
I think I understand what you're saying, but I have to disagree with parts of it. Again, I do not wish to debate whether Musk is a nazi (literal or figurative). I don't own or use any of his products, and he is free to…
@dang - "Your underlying point is correct, of course". Could you please explain which statement of sheafification's, specifically, is correct (besides the fact that I have political opinions, which I do not believe is…
I agree with you that the HN political slant I see defies single labels. On the one hand, there is a significant civil-liberty lean (personal privacy and gun rights, for example) which is not generally associated with…
I don't know Elon well enough to comment on his political views. My point was simply this: "Elon sieg-heiled showing that he's a Nazi" has become dogma around here, because nobody is engaging in constructive debate…
Take what you dislike about the US and then compare it against: - migrants in the UK and EU; - slave labor in the Far East; - documented genocide in Africa; - military conscription in Russia; - press freedom in Central…
Nothing any country/government does will be unequivocally worthy of praise. That's a goal too far. My point is that proposed discussions about US policy that point to something that some HN user has decided is worthy of…
Here's a great example (and I don't mean to pick on you personally, jmyeet). You wrote "Elon "Sieg Heil"ed twice on national TV." as if it were undisputed fact. This "fact" been repeated here to the extent that "only…
This might be true, but then you would expect to see some proportion of pro-US posts as well, right? I can't remember the last significant one.
This doesn't mirror my experience, which is that most posts and comments criticizing the current administration and conservatives in general get significant positive engagement. There are few posts taking the opposite…
How is comparing what Assange is (reportedly) experiencing in a UK prison in any way valid for criticizing the US prison system? I know we're supposed to assume the least objectionable interpretation of someone's…
Except that he's being held in the UK, so I'm not sure what the point is of your criticism of the US prison system.
It wasn't the AmigaOS running in the emulator that they were worried about, it was the Windows system running the emulator. (Not that the average IT auditor there could have understood the difference.)
I recall it being some custom ISA card with connectors on the back. The emulation software had drivers that interfaced directly with the card.
That is an advanced question best asked of the folks in charge of the plant. At the time I was just trying to figure out how to explain to the IT auditors why there was no antivirus software on this piece of crap.
A certain nuclear power plant had a Windows NT 4.0 machine running as late as 2007. The reason is interesting. The machine's purpose was to report status of the control rods that mitigate nuclear reactions. Basically,…
@dang - thank you for the explanation. I can see how you might read this into the post, but I think it's a real stretch to derive that conclusion from three sentences that ascribe motivation and belief to me personally.…
I think you're 100% correct here. Thank you for expressing this point of view so succinctly.
This is a really interesting comment for a number of reasons that all happen to support my original claim that Drew is mistaken. "it just seems transparent that you have a right wing worldview" - based on a single…
With respect (especially for the work you do here), this isn't ok. sheafification's reply was specifically to me and specifically personal. (Every sentence was directed at me - not something that I wrote.) There was no…
I think I understand what you're saying, but I have to disagree with parts of it. Again, I do not wish to debate whether Musk is a nazi (literal or figurative). I don't own or use any of his products, and he is free to…
@dang - "Your underlying point is correct, of course". Could you please explain which statement of sheafification's, specifically, is correct (besides the fact that I have political opinions, which I do not believe is…
I agree with you that the HN political slant I see defies single labels. On the one hand, there is a significant civil-liberty lean (personal privacy and gun rights, for example) which is not generally associated with…
I don't know Elon well enough to comment on his political views. My point was simply this: "Elon sieg-heiled showing that he's a Nazi" has become dogma around here, because nobody is engaging in constructive debate…
Take what you dislike about the US and then compare it against: - migrants in the UK and EU; - slave labor in the Far East; - documented genocide in Africa; - military conscription in Russia; - press freedom in Central…
Nothing any country/government does will be unequivocally worthy of praise. That's a goal too far. My point is that proposed discussions about US policy that point to something that some HN user has decided is worthy of…
Here's a great example (and I don't mean to pick on you personally, jmyeet). You wrote "Elon "Sieg Heil"ed twice on national TV." as if it were undisputed fact. This "fact" been repeated here to the extent that "only…
This might be true, but then you would expect to see some proportion of pro-US posts as well, right? I can't remember the last significant one.
This doesn't mirror my experience, which is that most posts and comments criticizing the current administration and conservatives in general get significant positive engagement. There are few posts taking the opposite…
How is comparing what Assange is (reportedly) experiencing in a UK prison in any way valid for criticizing the US prison system? I know we're supposed to assume the least objectionable interpretation of someone's…
Except that he's being held in the UK, so I'm not sure what the point is of your criticism of the US prison system.