Comment Re:Amiga? AGAIN????! (Score 2) 221

by Tim Locke on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @10:29PM (#59155142) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Would Computing Look Like Today If the Amiga Had Survived?

The Amiga didn't lose in the marketplace. Commodore lost it's war against Irving Gould, taking the Amiga with it.

Comment Re:How many users do you have? (Score 2) 84

by Tim Locke on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:52PM (#58127132) Attached to: Interviews: Ask Social Network Minds.com CEO and Founder Bill Ottman a Question

Latest number I've seen is about 2 million registered users. No idea how many are active.

by Tim Locke on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @12:11PM (#57290774) Attached to: Should Webmasters Resist Google's Push For AMP Pages?

There is already one: qwant.com

by Tim Locke on Thursday August 09, 2018 @09:25PM (#57099798) Attached to: Baltimore Police Department Is Still Using Lotus Notes

Canadian Salvation Army also still uses Lotus Notes for email.

by Tim Locke on Saturday August 04, 2018 @03:55PM (#57069790) Attached to: Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court To Wipe Out Decision Upholding Net Neutrality

If he refuses to go peacefully,

I thought that was why Americans have the right to bear arms.

by Tim Locke on Thursday July 05, 2018 @02:36PM (#56897382) Attached to: How Cheap Smartphones Siphon User Data in Developing Countries

Unblocked version on Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/busine...

by Tim Locke on Saturday May 26, 2018 @06:40PM (#56680040) Attached to: AI-Enhanced Weed-Killing Robots Frighten Pesticide Industry

How long will it take the weeds to evolve to look like the crops?

by Tim Locke on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @11:13AM (#56418005) Attached to: Tech Giants Like Amazon and Facebook Should Be Regulated, Disrupted, or Broken Up: Mozilla Foundation

Ban them from operating in the United States unless they are broken up.

by Tim Locke on Sunday April 08, 2018 @04:14PM (#56402945) Attached to: Is Microsoft Trying To Make Windows 10 Mail Worse?

Thunderbird is being updated again. There has already been a new release. Even without that, it is light years ahead of Windows Mail.

by Tim Locke on Saturday October 28, 2017 @08:33AM (#55449479) Attached to: Everything New In the Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview

Did you forget Oracle, or do you consider them, combined with the others, to be worse than Alphabet?

by Tim Locke on Thursday September 28, 2017 @06:12PM (#55272659) Attached to: Mozilla's 'Firefox Quantum' Browser Challenges Chrome In Speed

The Tree Style Tab addon is compatible with FF57

by Tim Locke on Friday April 21, 2017 @10:53PM (#54280819) Attached to: Subway Sues Canada Network Over Claim Its Chicken Is 50 Percent Soy

Even if Subway wins this lawsuit, they'll lose the war.

by Tim Locke on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:22AM (#54134833) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: Windows 10 Creators Update Goes Live On April 11, Will You Upgrade?

Sin of omission.

by Tim Locke on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @10:26AM (#52090665) Attached to: Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon Show To Be Called The Grand Tour

They should have called it Frank. Then at the end of each review they could say, "To be frank...", and give their synopsis.

by Tim Locke on Sunday May 08, 2016 @06:01PM (#52072349) Attached to: Microsoft Will Stop Supporting Windows Live Mail 2012

Will this be an opportunity for Thunderbird?