macromorgan - Slashdot User

Comment Re: No Wine for Me (Score 1) 128

by macromorgan on Sunday December 22, 2013 @11:54PM (#45764251) Attached to: Run Netflix On OpenSUSE

If I recall, they are using the WebCrypto HTML5 standards in their HTML5 implementations today. They use a plugin on Chrome OS, but only because those extensions aren't yet implemented in (non dev versions of) the browser. On that note, anyone successfully get it working in Chromium, preferably by enabling those extensions in the dev version?

Comment That's Odd for HP (Score 1) 57

by macromorgan on Thursday November 14, 2013 @10:48AM (#45422447) Attached to: Google Halts Sales of HP's USB-Charging Chromebook 11 Over Overheating

No, I'm not talking about the overheating problem, I'm talking about the fact that using a 3rd party charger is allowed. If my HP laptop is anything to go by, I would have expected it to just detect you are using a non HP approved charger then fail to charge.

Comment Shocked That Elop is the Front Runner (Score 5, Informative) 183

by macromorgan on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @01:04PM (#45346421) Attached to: Microsoft Narrows Down CEO Shortlist: Elop, Mulally, Bates, Nadella In Mix

Given what Alan Mulally had done for Ford as CEO and Boeing as a senior VP, I'm shocked he's not the front runner. He helped lead Boeing's resurgence against increased competition from Airbus, and then made Ford the strongest of the big three automakers and the only one able to weather the storm of the Great Recession. It would seem only fitting that he would be picked to lead Microsoft as it attempts to reinvent itself against growing competition.

Comment We're All Guily (Score 4, Insightful) 1160

by macromorgan on Friday October 25, 2013 @10:19AM (#45233801) Attached to: US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures

How does killing killers make us any better then the killers themselves?

Comment Re:"Ubuntu Phone" (Score 1) 88

by macromorgan on Thursday October 03, 2013 @11:34AM (#45025559) Attached to: Ex-Red Hat Employee Matthew Garrett Comments On the State of XMir

So they're letting design decisions for their phone interface dictate how they implement their desktop interface.

You mean Ubuntu is about to adopt Metro?

Comment Can't Believe Microsoft Thought it was a Good Idea (Score 5, Insightful) 246

by macromorgan on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @10:43AM (#44435189) Attached to: Asus CEO On Windows RT: "We're Out."

The main strength of Windows was its ability to maintain an impressive amount of backwards compatibility. A few applications aside, things I bought 10 years ago still work on my Windows 8 x64 machine (without virtualization or emulation). To attack two well entrenched competitors Microsoft went in guns blazing without what is historically been the most compelling feature of Windows. I have an MBA, and even I saw this coming...

Comment Expert Advice (Score 5, Funny) 148

by macromorgan on Friday July 26, 2013 @09:26AM (#44390207) Attached to: Chinese Firm Huawei In Control of UK Net Filters

If anyone knows how to filter internet traffic, it's the Chinese.

Comment Main Reason I went iPhone... (Score 1) 54

by macromorgan on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:42AM (#44370143) Attached to: First Apps Targeting Android Key Vulnerability Found in the Wild

This is really the main reason I'm still on an iPhone, despite being a mostly Linux fanboy. Apple is able to push software updates without having to deal with carriers' machinations, while Android requires both the manufacturer and carrier to be on board*. Apple has also supported the devices I owned for a minimum of 2 years from their launch. *(I'm aware of Nexus devices, however due to some licensing issues there are no Nexus Verizon phones, and Verizon as a carrier is a requirement).

Comment Re:"You have to kill your own babies" (Score 5, Insightful) 180

by macromorgan on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @05:11PM (#44311971) Attached to: Why Microsoft Shouldn't Worry About Cannibalizing Their Userbases

The important thing to remember is in a competitive economy, someone is going to disrupt your business. It might as well be you. Fighting against it only postpones the inevitable.

Comment More RAM (Score 1) 71

by macromorgan on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @10:28AM (#44308163) Attached to: Eben Upton Muses on the Raspberry Pi, Scratch and, His Love For Parallela

Unfortunate to hear the SoC can only talk to up to 512MB of RAM. I have one of the original Pis with 256MB... how I'd love a GB or more (call it a model C).

Comment Re:$45 /month Unlimited (Score 1) 131

by macromorgan on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:42PM (#44042517) Attached to: 2013 U.S. Wireless Network Tests: AT&T Fastest, Verizon Most Reliable

The terms of service for Straight Talk prohibit you from tethering, and they tend to get really cranky if you use more than 2GB of data (even though they say they are unlimited). Depending upon which type of SIM you grabbed when you signed up, you are either on AT&T or T-Mobile's network. Source: I used Straight Talk for a few months back in 2012 and found it to be a decent enough experience.

Comment Re:Why not Houston? (Score 1) 128

by macromorgan on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @10:20AM (#43411843) Attached to: Google Fiber's Austin, Texas Rollout Confirmed

QuakeCon is in Dallas (was in Grapevine last year I believe).

Comment Re:News for nerds? (Score 5, Funny) 915

by macromorgan on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @05:12PM (#43163945) Attached to: New Pope Selected

He's religious and intolerant, so obviously his favorite OS is Emacs.

He's religious and intolerant, so obviously his favorite OS is . . .

. . . the Spanish Inquisition . . . !

Honestly, I didn't expect it.

Comment Re:76? (Score 5, Insightful) 915

by macromorgan on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @05:04PM (#43163861) Attached to: New Pope Selected

If you want to be Pope someday, you don't elect someone younger than yourself.

Comment Re:Science vs gods (Score 1) 528

by macromorgan on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @04:08PM (#42800839) Attached to: Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion

Action without consequences are impossible, yet that tends to be the modern Atheist's goal.

Nice strawman. Please, tell me more about my goals. As for "uncivilized behaviors", I regard a proper mix of the gold/platinum rule that I try to live by (treat others how you want to be treated/how they want to be treated) as far more civilized than any "civilized" behaviors I see as the result of any major religion.

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