Rob_Bryerton - Slashdot User

Comment Re:The protruding lens was a mistake (Score 1) 425

by Rob_Bryerton on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @04:46PM (#47921391) Attached to: Apple Edits iPhone 6's Protruding Camera Out of Official Photos

...and the trash-can Mac Pro. And the useless watch.

Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 1) 425

by Rob_Bryerton on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @04:44PM (#47921361) Attached to: Apple Edits iPhone 6's Protruding Camera Out of Official Photos

This is true; if they wanted the lens flush with the case, they could've used a bigger battery as well. Win-win. These phones are too thin as it is; my S3 is so damn thin that, without a case, it is difficult to hold onto.

Marketing over function.

Comment A better idea... (Score 2) 352

by Rob_Bryerton on Thursday September 11, 2014 @05:03PM (#47884297) Attached to: Microsoft Killing Off Windows Phone Brand Name In Favor of Just Windows

Microsoft is killing off the "Windows Phone" name in favor of Windows.

I think this version would be more appealing:

Microsoft is killing off the "Windows Phone" name in favor of Phone.

Comment Free branding advice for MSFT: (Score 2) 352

by Rob_Bryerton on Thursday September 11, 2014 @05:00PM (#47884255) Attached to: Microsoft Killing Off Windows Phone Brand Name In Favor of Just Windows

Free branding advice for MSFT; a variation on the classic formula:

1. Think of a brand name.
2. Does it contain the word "Windows"? If so, throw it away and go to step 1.
3. Does it contain the word "Microsoft"? If so, throw it away and go to step 1.
4. ???
5. Profit

Comment It no longer matters. (Score 3, Insightful) 727

by Rob_Bryerton on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @05:14PM (#47715669) Attached to: Linus Torvalds: 'I Still Want the Desktop'

Total non-issue; the majority of computing consumers have moved on; they're using phones and tablets. Corporate users will use what they're given.

The days of paying hundreds of dollars for an operating system and compiler are (thankfully) gone. The OS is irrelevant anyways; you go to where the applications are; anything else is just silly...

Comment Get a life? (Score 1) 208

by Rob_Bryerton on Sunday July 27, 2014 @01:40PM (#47544089) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?

Ignore them and get on with life?

Comment Publicity Stunt (Score 1) 199

by Rob_Bryerton on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:57AM (#47313655) Attached to: FAA Bans Delivering Packages With Drones

Am I the only one who noticed the timing of this announcement by Amazon coincided with the christmas shopping season; this was nothing more than a quite successful bid for free publicity.

Not only are "drone" package deliveries technically unfeasable, they are not financially viable by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe...maybe in several decades.

Comment Re:This remembers me what happened years ago... (Score 2) 358

by Rob_Bryerton on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @03:38PM (#47308921) Attached to: Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones

Try decaf tomorrow :)

Comment 3 to 5 versions until usable (Score -1, Troll) 136

by Rob_Bryerton on Sunday May 25, 2014 @06:29AM (#47086553) Attached to: TechCrunch and Others On the Microsoft Surface Pro 3

In typical MicroSoft fashion, it'll take several releases to actually make something usable; this is the 3rd rev and it's almost there. Of course in the end, they'll have 'invented' the laptop :)

Comment Yeah, let's put the hacks in charge (Score 1) 800

by Rob_Bryerton on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @09:50AM (#46939117) Attached to: Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit?

Programmers, long known for their "quality" wares, will be charged with these decisions? Oh boy...

Well, one thing is certain: there will certainly be crashes involved...

Comment Re:Misleading headline (Score 1) 108

by Rob_Bryerton on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:51AM (#46840909) Attached to: Apple, Google Agree To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Hiring Conspiracy

My question is: where the HELL is the Labor Department and the Commerce Department on all this?

Probably in Hawaii at a Google or Apple sponsored "conference".

Comment Why Are We Made of Matter? (Score 1) 393

by Rob_Bryerton on Sunday April 06, 2014 @02:14PM (#46677603) Attached to: Why Are We Made of Matter?

Why Are We Made of Matter? Why Am I Reading This Website?

Comment Re:Mismanagement (Score 3, Funny) 163

by Rob_Bryerton on Sunday April 06, 2014 @02:11PM (#46677577) Attached to: It's Time To Plug the Loopholes In Pipeline Regulation

Seriously, human race: It's time to grow up and start learning to put aside the base desires for power and money where the public interest is concerned and think more about what's good for our collective civilzation over the long run.

Welcome to Earth; I see you've just arrived!

Comment Google? Please... (Score 1) 117

by Rob_Bryerton on Sunday April 06, 2014 @01:37PM (#46677373) Attached to: The Verge: Google Is Working on a TV Box Of Its Own

This will be an utter failure. Why? Because it's by Google: it has to fail. The only alternative is a half-assed implementation continuously changed for the sake of it, then ignored, and then finally unceremoniously cancelled.

Google: Do No Evil (we'd only screw it up if we tried!)

Comment Re:Freedom is better than dependency. (Score 1) 231

by Rob_Bryerton on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @06:22PM (#46413395) Attached to: Bug In the GnuTLS Library Leaves Many OSs and Apps At Risk

Quit trying to deflect the issue w/the freedom nonsense, and your attempted rabble-rousing by throwing Apple into the mix. Totally irrelevant.

The fact of the matter is that this flaw has been "free" for 9 years. *9 YEARS*.

Yeah, freedom, man.

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