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Comment Everything old is new again (Score 2) 89

The /. synopsis reads like every original dot com bubble bankruptcy (man I miss fuckedcompany dot com, great insight form the people who were there) statement.
"We grew too large too fast, but this restructuring will allow us to emerge stronger than ever!"
Less than a year later they were just another footnote in the every-growing pile of stupid/failed dot com companies.

Comment Re:Lifetime has a special meaning (Score 1) 65

VPNSecure.

I too bought a "lifetime" VPN from them through Slashdot deals. Started off great, then one by one they shut down their nodes til only 5 eyes locations remained. By that point I'd switched to something else, but they sent out a long "woe is us" e.mail explaining why lifetime didn't mean that and if you'd be so kind as to buy it again at ~20$/year, we'd be ever so grateful.

Comment Re:Safe to inhale? (Score 2) 91

Point of correction, speaking as an ex-Industrial Hygienist here, *some* asbestos fibers are dangerous, because they are the right size (3-5um in length) to evade the body's natural filters and penetrate the lung sacs or other areas.
Then once in the lungs, the white blood cells start to impale themselves on the invaders, causing scarring etc.

Comment Re:Why does Microsoft want your data so bad? (Score 1) 70

I bought a 2013 Mac Pro (the trash can) and replaced the internal drive with an m.2 one with adapter. After re-installing MacOS, I wanted to test the speed. Black Magic makes a nice application for that, that is only available on the Apple store, to which I don't have an account.
  Nowhere online could I find a link to a DMG that wasn't on the Apple store. Very frustrating.
I tried to remove all the built-in programs that Apple thoughtfully decided I needed, like Chess (as but one example) and they cannot be removed. Ok, so I'll just make a folder and move them all there where they can be ignored.
Nope, they can't even be moved from the "applications" folder.

Very frustrating.

So yes, I've tried to use MacOS. Fortunately the 2013 Mac Pro is x86, so I installed a different OS on it instead.

Comment Re:And nearly all developers say ... (Score 1) 68

I'm glad someone remembers how Gates has tried to whitewash his ill-gotten money. There is a long list of companies destroyed by MS and Gates from very early on in the 80s. Once a scum bag always a scum bag and no amount of "charity" work will buy him into the pages of history as a "good guy"

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