pianophile - Slashdot User

Comment Re: Used to sysadmin hpux (Score 1) 152

by pianophile on Monday January 05, 2026 @01:20PM (#65903593) Attached to: Workstation Owner Sadly Marks the End-of-Life for HP-UX

I used to admin some HP-UX (or H-PUX as some called it) back in â98-07. Ah, I remember SAM as well. Not a great OS, and not a very marketable skill, but fun to remember now. Where did all that time goâ¦

Comment Nomad (Score 1) 39

by pianophile on Monday April 22, 2024 @03:12PM (#64415252) Attached to: Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories

I've used Nomad leather cases for iPhones for years. I switched to an Apple leather case a few years ago, and found it inferior. YMMV.

Comment "Availability of news content for Canadians" (Score 4, Funny) 53

by pianophile on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:50PM (#63367765) Attached to: Meta To End News Access For Canadians if Online News Act Becomes Law

> Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Saturday that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form.

Don't threaten Canadians with a good time! :-)

Comment Yahoo still exists? (Score 1) 70

by pianophile on Friday July 22, 2016 @09:14AM (#52560383) Attached to: Verizon Nears Deal to Acquire Yahoo

Whenever they come, I wonder why. Circa 1996 they mattered, a little. Less and less ever since.

Comment Re:No mor Frist Psots (Score 1) 270

by pianophile on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @12:20PM (#51948805) Attached to: Stephen Fry Urges Young To Flee 'Dystopian' Social Networks

The worst thing... is the effing pedants.

Fixed that for you.

Comment LaunchBar (Score 1) 531

by pianophile on Sunday March 02, 2014 @08:54AM (#46380953) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Software Can You Not Live Without?

On any new Mac (and NeXT) since the 90's. I've seldom launched an app any other way in years.

Comment Re:!HP (Score 1) 474

by pianophile on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:21PM (#46067935) Attached to: Schiller Says Apple Is the Last PC Maker From the Mac Era, Forgets About HP

Comparing today's HP to the HP of the 80s, I'm inclined to side with Schiller.

Agreed. Of course, /. being /., the pedants are having a field day with Phil's offhand remark, but c'est la vie.

Comment Yes, robots are coming (Score 1) 157

by pianophile on Saturday August 31, 2013 @09:24AM (#44723881) Attached to: Will Robots Replace Rent-a-Cops?

For rent-a-cop, and and any other simple, "mindless" job. Security, manufacturing, anything, really. As soon as a robot is capable, the humans involved will be replaced, and the cost savings will go into the pockets of the executives and investors, as always.

Comment Re:I never understood the principle. (Score 2) 454

by pianophile on Saturday August 31, 2013 @09:08AM (#44723811) Attached to: Syria: a Defining Moment For Chemical Weapons?

Benghazi outrage is not happening GOP, it's never gonna happen.

This. Talk about clutching at straws! Hey, GOP, your desperation is showing.

Comment Re:Isn't that called "the internet"? (Score 1) 614

by pianophile on Friday May 10, 2013 @02:27PM (#43688185) Attached to: John McCain Working On Legislation For 'a La Carte' TV Channel Packages

I have a YouTube channel on my Roku, which I added long ago, when I was on a v1 Roku, IIRC. Still works with a newer model.

Comment Reverse vending machines? (Score 3, Funny) 124

by pianophile on Saturday March 23, 2013 @10:01AM (#43256815) Attached to: Florida House Passes Bill To Ban "Internet Cafes"

Is that where, e.g. someone inserts a candy bar and $0.75 is dispensed?

Comment Re:Why government? (Score 1) 194

by pianophile on Sunday March 17, 2013 @02:19PM (#43198119) Attached to: Chinese Government Suspected of Unleashing Astroturfers Against Apple

I know it's a cultural thing in some places to hold generations-long grudges against people for the "sins of their fathers". But I've never understood it. And I'll never accept it. And if that's one area where I'm just culturally-insensitive, that's one insensitivity I can live with.

Hear, hear. I agree 100%, and wish I had mod points.

Comment Cowboy Neal's Head? (Score 2) 469

by pianophile on Monday March 04, 2013 @09:03AM (#43066893) Attached to: What Is Your Favorite Polearm?

Hard enough to constitute a weapon?

Comment Infinite human stupidity (Score 5, Insightful) 976

by pianophile on Monday March 04, 2013 @08:59AM (#43066837) Attached to: State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2

Does the House GOP caucus have a minimum stupidity requirement?

Comment No surprise (Score 2) 83

by pianophile on Sunday December 23, 2012 @08:24AM (#42374599) Attached to: Foxconn Invests $200 Million In GoPro

No surprise FoxConn would invest - discreet wearable cameras are very popular items on the factory floor there.

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