mfinn999 - Slashdot User

Comment hacker has a sense of humor (Score 1) 16

by mfinn999 on Friday October 25, 2024 @02:28PM (#64894079) Attached to: Hacker Returns $19.3 Million To Drained US Government Crypto Wallet

Yoink, Ok I'll put it back
psych!
Yoink!

Comment Re:Dangerous (Score 1) 42

by mfinn999 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @02:18PM (#59335990) Attached to: In a First, FTC Bans Company From Selling 'Stalkerware'

What's next...knives?

No, Guns are next. Knives after that.

Comment Re:Nah, we just need to implement it right (Score 2) 435

by mfinn999 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:03PM (#59311200) Attached to: 'We Need a New Capitalism'

Provide enough of a cash safety net

What exactly does that mean?

Isn't it obvious?

It means taking money from you and giving it to the poor bastard with worn out boots

Comment Re:The felony part will change stuff from civil to (Score 1) 203

by mfinn999 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:31PM (#57715048) Attached to: Music Industry Asks US Government To Reconsider Website Blocking

When that purpose is intense, man!

Comment What, me worry? (Score 5, Insightful) 431

by mfinn999 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:46AM (#56221809) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Should We Worry Microsoft Will 'Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish' Linux?

In order for the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish to happen, Microsoft would have to release a version of Linux that then gets used by most existing Linux users, enough that other distributions then give up, then Microsoft does as well.

In contrast, adding Linux to windows as an "app" is not going to do anything to the existing Linux user base.

So to answer the question...No, we do not need to worry about Microsoft damaging the future of Linux.

Comment Re:Why no link to the catalog? How to access this? (Score 2) 60

by mfinn999 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @12:27PM (#52886563) Attached to: Amazon Adds Audiobooks and Podcasts To Prime Membership

I know others have posted about how for find it, but this blog spam type reporting is way too common on sites that should not be doing it. A typical article will describe some new feature or service, with no link to that feature or service, just links to other articles describing it. I know how to use google, but so does the author. If you are writing an article on the internet describing something else on the internet, give us the damn link in the article!

Comment Re:Well if HP didn't already have a terrible rep.. (Score 1) 385

by mfinn999 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @12:05PM (#46162857) Attached to: HP To Charge For Service Packs and Firmware For Out-of-Warranty Customers

They might be allowing access to updates for the wired networking devices, but I can't download the latest firmware for the MSM466 Wireless Access Point without a contract. I'll be looking for another vendor when it comes time to replace them.

Comment Re:IP sold to MS-led consortium = UNIX? (Score 1) 221

by mfinn999 on Monday November 22, 2010 @03:48PM (#34309508) Attached to: Attachmate To Acquire Novell For $2.2B Cash

UNIX is probably the least valuable thing Novell owns. There are about two remaining licensees (IBM,HP) with minimal revenue associated with it.

The core of Novell is the legacy networking stuff - Directory services, NetWare, GroupWise. If everyone of these customers were slammed onto Microsoft products, who cares, really.

Uh...I think those Novell customers might care.

Comment Re:Linux is a Toy Operating System (Score 1) 170

by mfinn999 on Friday December 19, 2008 @11:24AM (#26172917) Attached to: Linux Compatibility With VR Goggles?

Linux is a toy.

what should we use? opensolaris? FreeBSD? Windows?

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