bfwebster - Slashdot User

Subject	Datestamp	Replies	Score
Why we haven't returned to the moon in 50 years	*Monday May 07, 2018 @08:30AM		2
attached to Could SpaceX Rocket Technology Put Lives At Risk?
The problems have been long documented (since 1971	*Sunday April 08, 2018 @09:41AM	3	5, Interesting
attached to Ask Slashdot: Are Companies Under-Investing in IT?
If it starts offering ads spontaneously, it's gone	*Thursday January 04, 2018 @12:57AM	3	4, Interesting
attached to Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine
Heck, everyone knows that (video)	*Tuesday October 31, 2017 @10:57AM		2
attached to 'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect
People matter most, and there aren't enough	*Monday October 16, 2017 @07:15PM	6	1, Interesting
attached to Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Hard Truths IT Must Learn To Accept?
Uh, no.	*Monday October 16, 2017 @11:59AM	1	2
attached to Voice Assistants Will Be Difficult To Fire
It's the Turing Award and it's given by ACM	*Friday October 06, 2017 @09:41AM	2	5, Informative
attached to Why Is There No Nobel Prize In Technology?
Re:A brilliant individual is gone.	*Saturday September 09, 2017 @10:00PM		2
A brilliant individual is gone.	*Saturday September 09, 2017 @11:52AM	4	5, Interesting
attached to SciFi Author (and Byte Columnist) Jerry Pournelle Has Died
Trying to catch a lost opportunity	*Friday August 25, 2017 @10:32AM	3	5, Interesting
attached to Apple Is Planning a 4K Upgrade For Its TV Box
Strikes me as having parallels with 'Apple TV'	*Wednesday August 23, 2017 @01:23PM	4	5, Interesting
attached to Apple Puts Brakes on Self-driving Car Project, Report Says
I've been making this argument for 20 years	*Saturday August 12, 2017 @12:45PM	11	5, Insightful
attached to Should Workplaces Be Re-Defined To Retain Older Tech Workers?
No. Next question?	*Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:48AM		2
attached to Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200?
360 machine/assembly, FORTRAN, and PL/1	*Sunday April 23, 2017 @09:00AM		2
attached to Slashdot Asks: What Was Your First Programming Language?
Bad move	*Wednesday April 12, 2017 @07:22PM	3	3
attached to Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV
(Re)reading the "Jack Reacher" novels by Lee Child	*Friday April 07, 2017 @11:39AM	1	2
attached to Slashdot Asks: What Books Are You Reading This Month?
Huh? I use these all the time.	*Wednesday March 22, 2017 @01:23PM	30	5, Insightful
attached to Google Contemplating Removing Chrome 'Close Other Tabs' and 'Close Tabs to the Right' Options
Yes, I do.	*Monday December 05, 2016 @02:54PM		4, Insightful
attached to Most DVR Owners Are Recording Live Sports, Survey Says
$3 million is just pocket change	*Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:25PM	2	3
attached to 'Corporate Troll' Wins $3 Million Verdict Against Apple For Ring-Silencing Patent
Been hearing this for, oh, 40 years or so	*Sunday August 14, 2016 @06:28PM	5	5, Insightful
attached to Has The NSF Automated Coding with ExCAPE?
Yep -- it cuts both ways	*Thursday July 07, 2016 @07:56PM		2
attached to Ask Slashdot: Is It Ever OK To Quit Without Giving Notice?
Stunned to hear this	*Saturday January 23, 2016 @06:56PM		4, Insightful
attached to Software Hall of Fame Member Ed Yourdon Dies
My perspective (dating back to the early 1960s)	*Sunday December 13, 2015 @03:00PM	3	5, Interesting
attached to Looking Back At Apollo 17, and Why We Stopped Going To the Moon
Oh, for cryin' out loud....	*Tuesday December 08, 2015 @04:10PM	5	5, Insightful
attached to Eric Schmidt Proposes 'Hate Spell-Checker' For Radical and Terrorist Content