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Walt Mossberg Is Retiring (theverge.com)
Walt Mossberg, a well-respected and long-time tech journalist, announced via The Verge that he will be retiring in June of this year. In his announcement post, he starts by reflecting on where it all began: It was a June day when I began my career as a national journalist. I stepped into the Detroit Bureau of The Wall Street Journal and started on what would be a long, varied, rewarding career. I was 23 years old, and the year was 1970. That's not a typo. So it seems fitting to me that I'll be retiring this coming June, almost exactly 47 years later. I'll be hanging it up shortly after the 2017 edition of the Code Conference, a wonderful event I co-founded in 2003 and which I could never have imagined back then in Detroit. I didn't make this decision lightly or hastily or under pressure. It emerged from months of thought and months of talks with my wise wife, my family, and close friends. It wasn't prompted by my employer or by some dire health diagnosis. It just seems like the right time to step away. I'm ready for something new.
And, in the best professional decision of my life, I converted myself into a tech columnist in 1991. As a result, I got to bear witness to a historic parade of exciting, revolutionary innovation — from slow, clumsy, ancient PCs to sleek, speedy smartphones; from CompuServe and early AOL to the mobile web, apps, and social media.
Walt should be revered for his foresight, and/or, his willingness to bet it all on the fledgling computer revolution. Nice.
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What notable articles has he written? I've read a lot of newspapers and many technical magazines and other publications, but I can't ever remember seeing his name before. I mean, I remember notable articles by journalists and authors like Robert X. Cringely, Roland Piquepaille and Bennett Haselton. But I can't think of a single thing I've ever read that this Mossberg guy has written.
First time I came across this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
US Bombs are *** INEFFECTIVE *** against Russian-made Syrian hangars.
Period, and end of discussion.
Many journalists would not be brave enough to leave their careers to undergo gender reassignment surgery. I look forward to his book describing at first hand the interesting technology used in sex change operations today.
It'd be nice if TFS explained why I should give a shit; I'm not going to bother with TFA if the poster couldn't be bothered to say who Walt Mossberg is.
It's a bit sad that people on a tech-site don't know who Walt Mossberg is, but I suppose that is probably why you posted AC.
Perhaps that isn't something that interests the pure techie, but reviews of mainstream tech gear and trends in mainstream publications (like the WSJ) really used to make or break companies. For example, one thing contributing to millions of folks plunkog down hard money for the first iPhone would be a positive review about it in a WSJ publication. The mainstreaming of the computer and handheld revolution basically moved the tech industry from the obscure backroom machine to the common household product and in his position, he probably got a front row seat.
I actually saw this before I knew who Walt Mossberg so I my impression of him is probably tainted... https://www.youtube.com/watch?... - mrhogg
Hang out with me at my Lake Arrowhead lakefront for a month next year.
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I see later reports that 20 jets were destroyed. Assuming they were mid-level fighters costing $10,000,000 each then they lost $200,000,000 of gear in lost aircraft alone. If they were low end fighters, much like what rich guys buy as expensive toys, then at $250,000 each that's still $5,000,000 lost. If these were high end jets, just off the assembly line from Russia, then they'd be about $50,000,000 each, in which case hitting just two of them would make the losses "equal" on both sides.
But you see, there's plenty more where that came from.
Do you know who has the largest air force in the world? The United States Air Force.
Who has the second largest air force in the world? The United States Navy.
Third largest air force? The United States Marine Corp.
If there was a fail here it was that there is doubt over if the chemical weapons stored there survived the attack.
The point wasn't necessarily to send missiles, it was to send a message, and that's priceless.
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Most ACs are trolls. I really do think it's time Slashdot disallowed AC posts.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
It's a good thing that you use your full legal name here, "MightyMartian", and not some sort of a pseudonym. Otherwise we'd have to think that you're posting anonymously, like some sort of a coward.
Fuck the Verge
If you know nothing about computers or anything else in general, get the FUCK off /.
Dumb fucks everywhere you turn.
Walt has just been phoning it in since Steve Jobs died.
Oh come on now. I'm sure the AC knows plenty of tech names you don't in different fields of technology. Just because we're on Slashdot doesn't mean we're all 24/7 gear magazine readers.
Was it really too difficult to have a headline that read "Popular IT journalist Walt Mossberg is retiring", or was it supposed to be a test of geek eliteness?
No, your children are not the special ones. Nor are your pets.
He's a good writer, but I lost respect for Mossberg after he wrote this in 2007: "After months of testing Vista on multiple computers, new and old, I believe it is the best version of Windows that Microsoft has produced." I wrote to him and asked him to explain. He praised the user interface and new security features. Over the years, I noticed that he rarely says anything bad about MS products. That's not journalism; it's shilling.
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And who has the tiniest penis in the room? The guy bragging about mitary accomplishments he's had no hand in.
Wow, so people are actually falling for the story Assad used chemical weapons? Christ people are gullible.
Scenario 1: Assad (AKA Dr Evil) maniacally laughs as he launches a chemical weapon attack on innocent children, knowing full well the entire world will condemn him for it. The mighty and just Trump responds heroically.
Scenario 2: Trump takes office. "Evidence" to "prove" Russian meddling in the election are fabricated. The military industrial complex sits him down and tells him how it's going to be. All fantasies of creating ties with Russia and bringing stability to the middle east evaporate. Business as usual continues. Usual military expansion. Usual use of mercenaries to start insurgencies. Usual false flag operations. Usual bullshit propaganda.
My advice? Invest heavily in the MIC. It's going to be a fucking bonanza.
Brilliant! But you forgot to mention Jon Katz.
Another guy with boners for turning entire countries into glass parking lots.
You're a real humanitarian.
Let's all hope like hell no one as psychopathic as you is in any position of power to make that decision. I'm guessing the most powerful decision you get to make is whether to leave the toilet seat up or down.
The propaganda machine is strong in this one. I think we have a future dictator on our hands.
We clearly have different interpretations of that particular platitude. Mossberg has been an 'old man yells at cloud' columnist for years, and his clear bias when it comes to particular vendors *ahem, AAPL* means that he's had as much relevance for the last decade as the Dead-tree pulp he made his nut writing for. I'm not saying that the New Media replacements are an upgrade, but Mossberg was a relic from the last century who stayed visible by pandering to his tell-me-what-to-think demo.
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