Daniel_is_Legnd - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Standard connectors? LOL you wish! (Score 1) 427

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @11:37AM (#40750369) Attached to: Reports Say Apple Is Shrinking Its Docking Connector With iPhone 5

The thing about changing between different USB versions is that they are all compatible with one another. I can buy an adapter and my mini-usb is now a micro-usb. From the story, it seems Apple is changing the connector to make people buy new cables, chargers, and accessories.

Comment Re:It should be part of the marketing (Score 2) 326

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Friday June 29, 2012 @10:27AM (#40493717) Attached to: Google On-shores Manufacturing of the Nexus Q

Well the Nexus Q is a play on the word "Queue" since multiple people can control the play queue with their android devices.

Comment Re:Three Laws (Score 5, Informative) 305

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @01:44PM (#40454861) Attached to: Eben Moglen: Time To Apply Asimov's First Law of Robotics To Smartphones

And the zeroth law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

NewEgg: Installing Linux Breaks Laptop 518

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @12:16PM from the au-contrair-mon-frere dept.

Rick Zeman writes "According to the normally geek-friendly online store Newegg , installing Linux Mint is tantamount to breaking your new Lenovo laptop. Is it the purchaser's fault for not restoring the laptop to its original state of Windows-y goodness, or is NewEgg being too dogmatic trying to enforce a term that doesn't seem to exist?"

Comment Re:For the two people who don't already know (Score 5, Insightful) 286

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @09:58AM (#40294941) Attached to: FunnyJunk v. the Oatmeal: Copyright Infringement Complaints As Defamation

If you want to support him, go to to his store and buy prints/shirts/coffee mugs.

Comment Re:Why (Score 3, Insightful) 36

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Monday June 11, 2012 @09:20AM (#40282455) Attached to: Splashtop Drops Windows 8 Metro Testbed Onto Android

Windows 8 was made with touch screens in mind, and most people don't have a touch-enabled PC. Lots of people do have android tablets, however, so this is a way to see the touch screen features of Windows 8.

Comment Re:I'm confused (Score 2) 307

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @06:45PM (#39729095) Attached to: Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone

My guess is they had their lawyers check everything to make sure they weren't getting shafted.

Comment But Macs... (Score -1, Troll) 429

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Thursday April 05, 2012 @09:27AM (#39583861) Attached to: Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting

But Macs don't get viruses. Right? Right guys?

Comment Why... (Score 5, Funny) 210

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:42PM (#39221239) Attached to: Voting System Test Hack Elects Futurama's Bender To School Board

Why not Zoidberg?

Comment Re:Beta (Score 1) 142

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @04:18PM (#38958853) Attached to: Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta

Since this is limited to 4.0 devices I think the beta tag is appropriate. I'm sure they will port it to earlier versions and eventually remove the beta.

Comment Power? (Score 3, Interesting) 202

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Friday December 02, 2011 @12:01AM (#38234434) Attached to: Ice Cream Sandwich Ported To X86

What is the power consumption like on an x86 tablet vs. an ARM tablet? Seems like running Android, x86 would still be much less efficient than an ARM core.

Comment SuperNote - Asus Transforme (Score 1) 425

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @12:46PM (#38061050) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What's a Good Tablet/App Combination For Note-Taking?

I'm a huge fan of Super Note on the Asus transformer. It works great to capture handwriting notes or typed notes if you have the keyboard dock.

Comment Re:Fixing Gnome3 (Score 5, Informative) 685

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Friday November 11, 2011 @02:21PM (#38026832) Attached to: Linux Mint: the New Ubuntu?

Mint 12 RC as actually already been released. They recently took it down to reduce server load.

Comment Mint 12RC (Score 5, Interesting) 685

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Friday November 11, 2011 @02:18PM (#38026770) Attached to: Linux Mint: the New Ubuntu?

I downloaded Mint 12 RC this morning and the new desktop is fantastic. The nice look of Gnome 3 with all the great features of Gnome2. Instead of telling users what to use, they listened and create a fantastic product.

Comment Re:Ron Paul (Score 1) 343

by Daniel_is_Legnd on Monday November 07, 2011 @04:47PM (#37977520) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections?

Good point. Maybe what the system needs is some radical and crazy.

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