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Lowlatency audio on Linux 2102
Correct, Latency between stereo channels *IS* very sensitive. But overall delay is typically about 1-8th of a second before people even begin to notice it. Heck, sound travels approximate...
Lowlatency audio on Linux 2103
I don't know much about audio but I write real-time servo control software that has strict latency requirements and runs on Linux. Not exactly. It...
Analyst firm savages Skype
The wife never needed it. I had it and didn't use it much. It worked OK for my needs, but I pay for a cheaper, limited Vonage service and don't use all of that, so...
Linux and DAW. Here is why the average musician Joe doesn't stand a chance
A fully up to date (as of yesterday 3-10-06) Suse 10 system. The object: Install Ardour, which is a multi-track hardisk...
Linux and DAW. Here is why the average musician Joe doesn't stand a chance. 2107
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:38:14 +0000, Kier Only to Linux freaks like you.... Sure there is. See COLA for plenty of examples. These guys differ with you. Personally, they are...
Linux and DAW. Here is why the average musician Joe doesn't stand a chance. 2108
flatfish+++ I thought this was for the "average musician Joe." When did such a person become a sound engineer running a mulbreastrack mixer-recorder soundboard...
Linux and DAW. Here is why the average musician Joe doesn't stand a chance. 2109
flatfish+++ Because it's simple: read the instructions and make sure you have the proper versions. Don't whine if you...
Linux brings hope to Spain's poorest region
Lobo on Saturday 11 March 2006 22:37 I can see the same thing happening in the east. There are lots...
Google Hints of Online Storage
Google is preparing to offer online storage to Web users, creating a mirror image of data stored on Consumer Debt hard drives, according to company documents that were mistakenly released on...
OT: Will MS hold the line on Vista pricing 2112
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:55:38 -0500 Bear in mind that there are *eight* releases (counting the EU-mandated 'N' ones), plus various cost constraints). My guesses: Windows...
OT: Will MS hold the line on Vista pricing 2113
Let me take a stab at answering this. (Obviously this is my guess and I don't speak for Creative.) It's because...
OT: Will MS hold the line on Vista pricing 2114
After takin' a swig o' grog, DFS belched out this bit o' wisdom: Not really...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2115
Kelsey Bjarnason Yours is simply one of the most ridiculous posts I have yet to read. Unfortunately you and a few other advocates have decided to take a pathetic straw-man position that since you...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2116
snips On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:17:08 -0600, Linønutlinønut There is that. "Golly gee, we won't release the specs, and we won't write a driver." This is an OS issue how? Right...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2117
Kelsey Bjarnason I absolutely certain that I never said or even remotely implying that this was somehow an OS...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2118
snips On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:48:21 -0800, Larry Qualig There you go!!! * Nobody needs that feature anyway. * It's a stupid feature. * Thing probably doesn't even work. * It's sounds...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2119
We solved these problems a long time ago (late '80s) where I worked, when we were developing SCSI software for NCR. Something similar would work for other kinds of hardware. Here's what...
Roy Culley is a coward and a hypocrite 2120
Roy Culley HEY ROY... why didn't you ever answer my question from the other thread you coward. You were wrong so...
Roy Culley is a coward and a hypocrite 2121
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:54:39 -0800, Larry Qualig Well I'll tell you right up front, I'm NOT a homophobe....One could not even attempt...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2122
Kelsey Bjarnason - "Not really. How many Linux users actuallyneedaudio DSP?" This was not a **QUESTION** - Do you really believe he was asking...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2123
Kelsey Bjarnason Nice attempt to derail the thread. While you are the first to call others a...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2124
Kelsey Bjarnason Why did you snip the majority of my post Kelsey? Is it because you can't handle the...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2125
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:11:34 GMT, Tim Smith Certainly, a vendor COULD do this. But honestly, how many would or do...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2126
Linønut For the record... I never brought up or even mentioned this card until I began seeing posts of "I certainly don't need...
Sour grapes Nobody needs this feature anyway 2127
Linønut Stuff like this is *precisely* the reason why Linux advocates should care if other people use Linux or if a...
To those who expected Brokeback Mountain to win Best Picture
Listen, folks. Brokeback Mountain was not going to win Best Picture. It could never win, for one simple reason: the butt-pounding. Had it not been for the pounding scene, there...
COLA Stats 12 Mar 2006
ngstats.pl version 1.18 This report covers 2965 articles received by this system to newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toplist of Posters Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted Snit - MACTROLL IDIOT 175 510496 67...
Roy Culley is a coward and a hypocrite 2131
Tim Smith Because Roy is neutral and not an biased liar... NOT!!!!! HEY ROY... why didn't you ever answer my question from the...
What is Linux For
Linux can get viruses. As it becomes more popular, you will see more viruses. Same...
What is Linux For 2133
tab More than the two that have been documented over HOW MANY YEARS? Whatever you believe, Linux will never be plagued with viri and trojans like windows is... Last I checked, there were...
What is Linux For 2134
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, tab wrote on 11 Mar 2006 21:04:27 -0800 To answer the question as simply as possible: Linux is a set of software that...
What is Linux For 2135
tab Anything is possible, there are lottery winners, but probable is another story. It is very difficult to write a virus than can access a Linux system in any meaningful way...
What is Linux For 2136
Larry Qualig It is. I'm thinking about just leaving the newsgroup. I've got better things to do with what little time I've got. From fighting off a necrophiliac pervert...
What is Linux For 2137
The racist, liar and software thief Wendy Duzz (flatfish) nymshifted: Poor flatfish You are really an idiot You lately nymshifted to...
Intel to Start an Open Source Incubator
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:03:10 GMT, Sinister Midget All those numbers mean are the number of pages Google's spider has found...
Fun Linux facts! 2139
While dancing and signing to Enya's Carribean Blue, DFS exclaimed: Who's the lamer that takes a site that claims to be a 'for...
Fun Linux facts! 2140
Bobbie What number on that site do they say is a factual number of Linux users that isn't really a factual number of Linux users? Point it out please. I missed it...
Fun Linux facts! 2141
DFS ... ... It specifies a factual number of those who have registered. An interesting statistic would be the number of machines that are registered on that site that (a) were bought with Windwos which was wiped...
Fun Linux facts! 2142
While dancing and signing to Enya's Carribean Blue, DFS exclaimed: Oh for crying out loud...
Commercial code is better: Cedega VS Wine
Tried running a modern game in Cedega and it worked. In Wine it seg faulted. Cedega is a commercial closed source port of Wine. Wine is...
Vista Editions: "IT Nightmare" 2144
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:12:51 +0000, Mark Kent While it's correct that nothing stops you from adding...
Vista Editions: "IT Nightmare" 2145
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-03-21, Erik Funkenbusch spake thusly: I think you are wrong about this. Would you please cite examples? This...
Vista Editions: "IT Nightmare" 2146
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:01:27 GMT, Mathew P. How bizarre. You know damn well I cited an example in the very next paragraph. This is why...
Vista Editions: "IT Nightmare" 2147
This is owed to the work on the patches. Just because a .31783 version is available it doesn't automatically translate into the vendor needing to release a .31783 version. The .4 may...
Vista Editions: "IT Nightmare" 2148
An Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:01:27 +0000, Mathew P. hat geschreibt: Here is a list of 114 patches from the latest Fedora Core 4 kernel release: 2.6.15-1.1833 # Patches 0 through 100...
Linux apps like Quicken are badly needed
It's true. Granted I've been a long time Quicken user (since the mid 90's) so I know my way around Quicken fairly well. But tonight I decided to go...
33.6% of servers sold in Q4 2005 were Windows servers 2150
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:41:23 +0100, OK Depends what one means by "market". Let's...
33.6% of servers sold in Q4 2005 were Windows servers 2151
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, OK wrote on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:09:49 +0100 Correct. However, the largest thing I did *not...
Microsoft: ODF Leads to Standards Conflict 2152
Coal calling the Kettle black. The big problem here is that Microsoft has full access to the full specifications for every object in ODF. If they wanted to implement ODF tomorrow...
Microsoft: ODF Leads to Standards Conflict 2153
Rex Ballard on Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:20 1 billion LOC's? I guess it was a...
Microsoft: ODF Leads to Standards Conflict 2154
Roy Schestowitz You are correct. The kernel is only a few million lines. The average Linux DISTRIBUTION contains up to 5...
GnuPG.. have you ever wondered
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I downloaded the full GPG manual last night, and started reading, although I have been using, and mostly understanding it, for some time. In the media...
GnuPG.. have you ever wondered 2156
It's interesting that in 1995, PGP was almost outlawed because the NSA found it too difficult to decrypt. The creator made a concession which made the decryption more managible. The NSA is always walking...
GnuPG.. have you ever wondered 2157
snips On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:07:08 +0000, Mathew P. Read "Crypto" not too long back. Kinda funny, in a sad...
GnuPG.. have you ever wondered 2158
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "...What if everyone believed that law-abiding citizens should use postcards for their mail? If some brave soul tried to buttert his privacy by using an envelope for his...
GnuPG.. have you ever wondered 2159
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-03-08, Richard G. Riley spake thusly: I understand what you mean, and they are valid points. The...
GnuPG.. have you ever wondered 2160
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2006-03-08, Roy Schestowitz spake thusly: Really? I thought it was a...
Properly advocating for Linux
Many attempts at advocacy fail ignominiously because the advocate fails to listen to what the other party feels she wants or needs. (As Eric S. Raymond says, "Appeal to the...
A nice little poll
Not at all. The kernel is a very thin layer between the program and the hardware. The DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) is designed to allow quick...
Here we go
This explains the Linux Culture. ---------------------------------------------------- Torvalds back KDE The KDE interface used in Xandros has received the full endorsement of Linux's namesake with Torvalds proclaiming...
Venezuela Goes 100% OSS by End of Year
You should be accustomed to it. The polls presented by newspapers, TV and online media...
Microsoft's Code "contagioned Honeypot" 2165
No, that's incorrect. There are a lot of variations on how things work. There are three main...
Microsoft's Code "contagioned Honeypot" 2166
Um... no. First off, let's examine the MS Reference License. As Microsoft themselves say: "The Microsoft Reference License (Ms-RL) is the most restrictive of the Microsoft source...
Microsoft's Code "contagioned Honeypot" 2167
On 8 Mar 2006 10:05:37 -0500, Ray Ingles I don't think it's clear that anyone looking at the code has any kind of responsibility to police anyone elses actions. I think...
Microsoft's Code "contagioned Honeypot" 2168
Erik Funkenbusch This is actually an interesting argument. If I look at open source, and use its ideas, then I am required to "open up" my...
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