Comment Re: And they have a really important supporter (Score 1) 91
I've been on Slashdot for 28 years and not once was I ever offered moderation on any post.
Comment Re:will the former OSS employee be protected from (Score 1) 67
"Personally liable?"
Good luck with that, you sweet, summer child.
Incorporation is why he isn't "personally liable."
Comment Re:Don't put anything in the cloud... (Score 1) 101
that you can't get out in 2 hours or less
That would be a neat trick with 50 TB of storage.
Comment Re:CSB time (Score 1) 101
I was supposed to do this in my spare time, worked out to 10-20 hours a week.
Are you some kind of charity? That's paid work, unquestionably.
Comment Re:Fault (Score 1) 101
Well, then there's that Toy Story 2 complete data loss and extremely lucky recovery.
Comment Nobody wants self-driving cars (Score 1) 219
Nobody in their right mind wants self-driving cars.
All of this brainpower should be redirected to help cure cancer and other diseases.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, here.
Comment Re:This is why Win11 required newer hardware ... (Score 1) 49
Still, nothing to do with Windows 11 requirements.
Comment Re:This is why Win11 required newer hardware ... (Score 2) 49
Making sure the CPU architecture minimum met the target for these Xbox to PC ports.
But the Xbox One is basically a laptop PC made in 2013. Nothing to do with Windows 11 requirements.
Comment Re:Hear Hear! (Score 1) 7
How do we get this legit complaint in front of more eyes?
That would be a neat trick.
Hence my prior comment about OSS developers elsewhere on
Comment I can't even open finance.yahoo.com anymore (Score 1) 7
I can't even open finance.yahoo.com anymore in Firefox.
I just don't get it. There's nothing special about my machine.
I guess I'll just go back to using my broker's website.
Comment Re: GPL is software herpes (Score 1) 134
Quality code wasn't the problem in my case. I've been gainfully employed based on that aspect.
They are just jerks.
Comment Re: GPL is software herpes (Score 1) 134
I've had the same experience with Linux enthusiasts.
Open Source projects attract a certain kind of personality. That's part of the reason I don't contribute anymore.
Comment More of this?! (Score 1) 83
More of this?!
Comment Re:Remember Google Desktop Search? (Score 1) 105
It wasn't terrible, but it was the enterprises who banned Google Desktop Search that killed the product because it was considered "spyware."
But, then, they still allow Microsoft Search, which eventually got the same "spyware" features as Google Desktop Search.
Comment Enterprises who banned Google Desktop Search (Score 1) 105
Remember when enterprises banned Google Desktop Search?
But, then, still allowed Microsoft Search, with the exact same remote privacy concerns that Google had?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
