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Submission + - Drupal Developers Threaten to Quit Drupal Unless Larry Garfield Reinstated (drupalconfessions.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 13, 2017 @09:35PM

An anonymous reader writes: Slashdot previously covered the story of Larry Garfield, a Drupal developer who was allegedly banned from the community for his BDSM/Gorean lifestyle, after he was outed by a colleague with a grudge. Now, dozens of core Drupal developers, committers, and funders have banded together in an open letter to Dries Buytaert, the CTO of Acquia, Drupal trademark owner, and Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL) of the Drupal project. Among other things, they demand that Larry Garfield be reinstated, threatening to abandon the project if their demands are not met:
If you will not fight for us and restore our faith in the professionalism of the Drupal community, then a number of us will be permanently leaving the Drupal community, ceasing all contributions to the official, Drupal-branded branch of the codebase, and ceasing participation in all Drupal communities. This is not our first choice, but we cannot and will not participate in a community that encourages abusers to totally destroy people’s careers for personal or ideological reasons.

Comment Piece of cake (Score 1) 176

by b.foster on Saturday February 07, 2009 @08:23PM (#26768009) Attached to: Keeping in Contact With Family, From Afghanistan?

Just dig your old Commodore 64 out of the ground, and dial up a BBS.

Retroactive Telco Immunity Opponents Buying TV Ad 291

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @08:19AM from the elvis-has-left-the-building-and-is-definitely-not-watching-tv dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Whether they're mad at the Republicans for creating the mess, the Democrats for caving in, or both, many are still pissed off over the grant of retroactive immunity for spying on American citizens for no reason. And now some of them are trying to do something about it — they're buying an advertisement on cable TV. While it's not entirely clear what good, if any, this will do given that it's too late, at least it's cheap to participate — they're looking for $6 donations. The ideas is that, if more grass-roots groups do this kind of thing, their 'representatives' won't be able to afford to blow them off as easily."

SF Not an Exception In Giving IT Too Much Control 245

Posted by timothy on Friday July 25, 2008 @02:44PM from the double-edged-sword dept.

CWmike writes "The city of San Francisco's IT department is certainly not the exception when it comes to allowing just one person to have unfettered rights to make password and configuration changes to networks and enterprise systems. In fact, it's a situation fairly common in many organizations — especially small to medium-size ones, IT managers and others cautioned in the wake of the recent Terry Childs incident."

550 Metric Tons of Uranium Removed From Iraq 647

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 06, 2008 @01:01PM from the war-on-gas-prices dept.

Orion Blastar tips us to an AP report that 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" uranium has successfully been removed from Iraq. The operation lasted three months, and it required 37 separate flights and an 8,500-mile trip by boat to reach a port in Montreal. Quoting: "While yellowcake alone is not considered potent enough for a so-called 'dirty bomb' -- a conventional explosive that disperses radioactive material -- it could stir widespread panic if incorporated in a blast. Yellowcake also can be enriched for use in reactors and, at higher levels, nuclear weapons using sophisticated equipment. The Iraqi government sold the yellowcake to a Canadian uranium producer, Cameco Corp., in a transaction the official described as worth 'tens of millions of dollars.' A Cameco spokesman, Lyle Krahn, declined to discuss the price, but said the yellowcake will be processed at facilities in Ontario for use in energy-producing reactors."

VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG 507

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday July 05, 2008 @11:22AM from the expensive-ways-to-save-at-the-pump dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term 'fuel efficiency' with a bullet-shaped microcar that gets 235 mpg. Called the One-Liter, because that's how much fuel it needs to go 100 kilometers, the body's made of carbon fiber to minimize weight and the One-Liter makes extensive use of magnesium, titanium and aluminum so the entire vehicle weighs in at 660 pounds. Aerodynamics plays a big role in its fuel economy, so the car is long and low, coming in at 11.4 feet long, 4.1 feet wide and 3.3 feet tall with a coefficient of drag of 0.16, a little more than half that of an average car. The One-Liter could have a sticker price of anywhere from $31,750 to $47,622, and VW plans to build a limited number in 2010."

Newmark Denies Craigslist Is Killing Newspapers 132

Posted by timothy on Monday December 24, 2007 @02:43PM from the craig-newmark-personal-hero dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Computerworld has an interview with Craig Newmark about the history of Craigslist and it's growth over the years (it's now expanding into foreign-language markets — it recently created several Spanish sites in Spanish cities). He also disputes the notion that Craigslist is responsible for dismantling newspapers' revenue models. Rather, he blames niche-classified sites like autotrader.com and Monster as well as newspapers' unrealistic profit expectations in the new media world: 'Newspapers are going after 10% to 30% profit margins for their businesses and that hurts them more than anything. A lot of things are happening on the Internet that never happened before because the Internet is a vehicle for everyone. The mass media is no longer only for the powerful, and that's a huge change for the entire newspaper and news industry."

Submission + - Users, Web developers vent over IE7

Submitted by

Spinlock_1977

on Wednesday December 05, 2007 @01:59PM

Spinlock_1977 writes: "ComputerWorld is running a story about developers frustration with IE 7, and Microsoft's upcoming plans (or lack thereof) for it. From the article:

But the most pointed comment came from someone labeled only as dk. "You all continue to underestimate the dramatic spillover effect this poor developer experience has had and will continue to have on your other products and services. Let me drive this point home. I am a front-end programmer and a co-founder of a start-up. I can tell you categorically that my team won't download and play with Silverlight ... won't build a Live widget ... won't consider any Microsoft search or ad products in the future."

Comment Re:Remember WHY tasers were introduced. (Score 1) 816

by b.foster on Sunday November 25, 2007 @03:39PM (#21473005) Attached to: UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture

Here is the video you are referring to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTJCqOlh_4w

These individuals were trespassing and had shackled themselves together. The officers gave them ample opportunities to leave the premises on their own, and even showed them the OC spray in the cup and gave them a final chance, but the suspects refused to budge. They were bound and determined to become martyrs for the cause.

If you were an officer in this situation, what would you do?

(Keep in mind that you have been dispatched to remove these individuals, and if they are still there when you leave the scene, you will be written up for insubordination.)

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