In this application it serves no purpose unless the case is situated at a height where microphones might be. If it were a studio window, the angle would break up sound reflections and minimize standing waves in the room. In "proper" studio design, parallel surfaces
are a no no.
If SUSE took 12 hours to install, you are doing something very seriously wrong.
I wouldn't necessarily point the finger at him, although it's a safe bet he took the "everything" install option.
To me it sounds like he probably had a bad HD.
By default YaST checks for bad blocks. If the disk set-up portion of the install takes more than 10 minutes, it's because badblocks is marking out sectors.
"Everything" + bad HD can definitely == f'ed up system in > 4 hrs
Obviously you are a satisfied customer, but I think it's an interesting observation that three
days of down time leads to the glowing appraisal.
Just goes to show you, a little social skills go a long way. Thats *definitely* not a high point of IRC/Usenet style support.
I couldn't tell you about the windows side of things, but the patches sound decent to me. You can use the same GUS patches timidity uses if you like.
As far as "command files for midi devices goes", that falls under the capture and replay of data.
The closest you can get to equating anything midi with sound is the GM spec which is basically a static look up table for patches.
For the folks complaining about the S/N ratio..
I'll admit the AD/DA converters on the Live aren't tops, but I'd recommend anybody complaining about S/N ratio on any sound card should mute all the inputs before taking measurements. Analog CD/phone/aux input cable can have a lot of induced hum.
FWIW The Live does MIDI under Linux. If you use ALSA it does SoundFonts(which is what you most likely mean). I'll be pedantic and say MIDI has absolutely nothing to do with sound. It's a way to capture and replay performance data and communicate between devices from different manufacturers "."
The artists can blow me for cash is they are struggling.
That pretty much says it all. Thats the message you send when all you want is free MP3's. Even if the record companies are ripping off the artists, ripping off the record company just means less money for the artist.
Do you have any idea how much a professional grade studio costs to build and operate?
It's not a question of putting a mackie console and an ADAT in an empty room with a dozen Shure SM57's. We're talking 100K+ for *designing* the space. Construction costs are much more. A *used* SSL console costs almost a hundred K without the automation computer. A new one is substantially more. Then theres outboard gear (doesn't matter if the channel strips are loaded with VGA's you still need outboard gear). Microphones aren't cheap either. Large capsule condenser mics that are currently produced can easily cost several thousand (Although there are plenty, like the AKG414 that are less than a grand). Vintage mics like a Neumann U87 hold their value and actually go up in price. All this shit needs to be cabled together which is not cheap. Studio equipment is also high maintenance. It's not like you don't have to spend money keeping the shit working. New equipment also needs to be acquired on a regular basis.To have a viable studio, you need to have large capital outlay at least every 5 years. Granted leasing is always an option, but it's still not trivial. Staff also needs to be paid (don't tell me about interns).
My point is, even if the record company owns the studio, it's still an expensive proposition and it's a separate business that has it's own profit/loss.
I'm using the unstable version of ALSA with a SBLive and it sounds good. On some machines raising the value latency timer value (which I haven't had to do here) will get rid of the crackling.
Read the YaST license sometime instead of spouting off something you picked up here.
Only this licence gives the Licensee the right to use reproduce, to
distribute or to amend YaST or works derived from it.
1. Usage
YaST and SuSE Linux may be used for personal and commercial
purposes if the copyright and licence terms of the installed packages
and programmes are observed. The use of YaST, even if a modified
version is used, does NOT exempt in particular the Licensee from the
duty to take due care with regard to the licence terms of the
packages or programmes installed through YaST or works based on it.
2. Processing
All programmes derived from YaST and all works derived from it in full
or parts thereof are to be filled on the opening screen with the clear
information "Modified Version". Moreover the operator give his name on
the opening screen, stating that SuSE GmbH is not providing any
support for the "Modified Version" and is excluded from any liability
whatsoever. Every amendment to the sources which are not conducted by
SuSE GmbH are deemed to be a "Modified Version". The Licensee is
entitled to change his copy from the sources of YaST, whereby a work
based on the YaST programme is created, provided that the following
conditions are satisfied.
a) Every amendment must have a note in the source with date and
operator. The amended sources must be made available for the user
in accordance with section 3) together with the unamended licence.
b) The Licensee is obliged to make all work distributed by him which
is derived as a whole or in part from YaST or parts of YaST to
third parties as a whole under the terms of this licence without
royalties.
c) The amendment of this licence by a Licensee, even in part, is
forbidden.
SuSE GmbH reserves the right to accept parts or all amendments of
a modified version of YaST into the official version of YaST free of
charge. The Licensee has no bearing on this.
So you can do what you want, short of charging royalties, but have to make it clear that the version of YaST you distribute is modified. SuSE also contributes much to XFree86, ReiserFS and ALSA. Sure, they don't distribute ISO's but you *can* do a network install via FTP even though it's a well kept secret. If you don't care for SuSE, that's cool, but next time do a little research.
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Um.. If the guys a programmer, what has he been doing since 1995? Working for the Taliban? Or just scratching out code in the dirt? I'm sorry it sounds like BS to me.
Luckily, I use "question exchange", NOT ask slashdot,
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I liked it better when the grocery store where you shopped knew when you broke a hip and sent the delivery boy with your regular order.
Ain't technology wonderful? Now we can do shit almost as good as we did in 1960. On a serious note, I think there may be a future in fulfillment centers. Sure it'll be mainly $6/hr pack&pick or deliveries, but it beats welfare.
"Janitor". I hear that all the time. I kinda see the point, but lets be serious. When was the last time you had to clean up somebody elses puke? Stick your hand in a co-workers shit?
Literally, not figuratively.
As jobs go, sysdamin is a lot better than janitor. 1. Expected to be on call *any* time theres a problem.
2. Managers don't like to pay overtime so that time you came in a 2:00am because the server crashed, your prolly not going to even get paid for it.
3. Underfunded and unrealistic expectations. True conversation:
boss, "Dan, come to my office for a minute. We need a webmail system..." If yer boss had his toilets backing up at home at 2AM, pretty sure he'd call his janitor before he called you.
How much mail are you pumping? A 300Mhz PentiumII
can flood a T1.
They have no meetings ever at this job? Why haven't you taken steps to not have your server falling over at 2AM? How much funding does webmail take? Do they have Exchange already? Are they using UNIX? Pretty good bet there are package available for *nix for nothing.
Copping an attitude because you didn't consider the possibility someone might save mail doesn't help your case.
I don't see what "I need it by friday" has to do with anything either, unless it's 4:30 on a thursday. You say you had a demo but it was slow. If he *really* needs it he'll roll out the test version.
It's not all about patches. Sure, it's responsible behaviour to be up to date, but it's more important to know what your machines are doing in the first place so you can take steps to
minimize your risks up front. If you do the right thing beforehand you can have some peace of mind *before* patches get issued. Remember, exploits are around for a while before vendors get around to supplying a fix.
Not commenting on your numbers, the reality is that a lot of people in the US power elite are in the oil industry directly or indirectly and they'd be cutting their own throats. Money is power.
Better still imagine this... Put these puppies on every closed landfill and run them off the methane. Staten Island could power a good portion of NYC for the next 100 yrs.
FYI the buildings were owned by The Port Authority. What I'd like to see is the bronze plaque memorializing the first attack (it was in the parking garage where the bomb went off) incorporated into a memorial.
See also "The Hot Rock".
Not quite as good a movie, but there are some good shots of the towers under construction when the thieves are
trying to fly the chopper they stole. I saw that shit go up, never thought I'd see it come down.
I can't back him up either, but remember the USSR had a larger population, so while they may have had more people in custody the percentage could possibly be lower. Remember though, they didn't go around claiming to be the land of the free.
Obviously, you aren't a New Yorker. Giuliani may be popular, but he's over the top at times. Remember his position on certain art exhibits? Not to mention, his personal life would certainly cause some objections. Also, he's not well. Why do I have a feeling I've been trolled?
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In this application it serves no purpose unless the case is situated at a height where microphones might be. If it were a studio window, the angle would break up sound reflections and minimize standing waves in the room. In "proper" studio design, parallel surfaces
are a no no.
If SUSE took 12 hours to install, you are doing something very seriously wrong.
I wouldn't necessarily point the finger at him, although it's a safe bet he took the "everything" install option.
To me it sounds like he probably had a bad HD.
By default YaST checks for bad blocks. If the disk set-up portion of the install takes more than 10 minutes, it's because badblocks is marking out sectors.
"Everything" + bad HD can definitely == f'ed up system in > 4 hrs
and he was FANTASTIC
Obviously you are a satisfied customer, but I think it's an interesting observation that three
days of down time leads to the glowing appraisal.
Just goes to show you, a little social skills go a long way. Thats *definitely* not a high point of IRC/Usenet style support.
I couldn't tell you about the windows side of things, but the patches sound decent to me. You can use the same GUS patches timidity uses if you like.
As far as "command files for midi devices goes", that falls under the capture and replay of data.
The closest you can get to equating anything midi with sound is the GM spec which is basically a static look up table for patches.
For the folks complaining about the S/N ratio..
I'll admit the AD/DA converters on the Live aren't tops, but I'd recommend anybody complaining about S/N ratio on any sound card should mute all the inputs before taking measurements. Analog CD/phone/aux input cable can have a lot of induced hum.
in fact, does less sometimes (no midi support).
FWIW The Live does MIDI under Linux. If you use ALSA it does SoundFonts(which is what you most likely mean).
I'll be pedantic and say MIDI has absolutely nothing to do with sound. It's a way to capture and replay performance data and communicate between devices from different manufacturers "."
MIDI Spec
Might cut down on taxicab usage though.
Last time I was in NYC the roads had at least 25% yellow traffic
The artists can blow me for cash is they are struggling.
That pretty much says it all. Thats the message you send when all you want is free MP3's.
Even if the record companies are ripping off the artists, ripping off the record company just means less money for the artist.
Do you have any idea how much a professional grade studio costs to build and operate?
It's not a question of putting a mackie console and an ADAT in an empty room with a dozen Shure SM57's.
We're talking 100K+ for *designing* the space. Construction costs are much more. A *used* SSL console costs almost a hundred K without the automation computer. A new one is substantially more. Then theres outboard gear (doesn't matter if the channel strips are loaded with VGA's you still need outboard gear). Microphones aren't cheap either. Large capsule condenser mics that are currently produced can easily cost several thousand (Although there are plenty, like the AKG414 that are less than a grand). Vintage mics like a Neumann U87 hold their value and actually go up in price. All this shit needs to be cabled together which is not cheap. Studio equipment is also high maintenance. It's not like you don't have to spend money keeping the shit working. New equipment also needs to be acquired on a regular basis.To have a viable studio, you need to have large capital outlay at least every 5 years. Granted leasing is always an option, but it's still not trivial. Staff also needs to be paid (don't tell me about interns).
My point is, even if the record company owns the studio, it's still an expensive proposition and it's a separate business that has it's own profit/loss.
I'm using the unstable version of ALSA with a SBLive and it sounds good. On some machines raising the value latency timer value (which I haven't had to do here) will get rid of the crackling.
Read the YaST license sometime instead of spouting off something you picked up here.
Only this licence gives the Licensee the right to use reproduce, to
distribute or to amend YaST or works derived from it.
1. Usage
YaST and SuSE Linux may be used for personal and commercial
purposes if the copyright and licence terms of the installed packages
and programmes are observed. The use of YaST, even if a modified
version is used, does NOT exempt in particular the Licensee from the
duty to take due care with regard to the licence terms of the
packages or programmes installed through YaST or works based on it.
2. Processing
All programmes derived from YaST and all works derived from it in full
or parts thereof are to be filled on the opening screen with the clear
information "Modified Version". Moreover the operator give his name on
the opening screen, stating that SuSE GmbH is not providing any
support for the "Modified Version" and is excluded from any liability
whatsoever. Every amendment to the sources which are not conducted by
SuSE GmbH are deemed to be a "Modified Version". The Licensee is
entitled to change his copy from the sources of YaST, whereby a work
based on the YaST programme is created, provided that the following
conditions are satisfied.
a) Every amendment must have a note in the source with date and
operator. The amended sources must be made available for the user
in accordance with section 3) together with the unamended licence.
b) The Licensee is obliged to make all work distributed by him which
is derived as a whole or in part from YaST or parts of YaST to
third parties as a whole under the terms of this licence without
royalties.
c) The amendment of this licence by a Licensee, even in part, is
forbidden.
SuSE GmbH reserves the right to accept parts or all amendments of
a modified version of YaST into the official version of YaST free of
charge. The Licensee has no bearing on this.
So you can do what you want, short of charging royalties, but have to make it clear that the version of YaST you distribute is modified.
SuSE also contributes much to XFree86, ReiserFS and ALSA.
Sure, they don't distribute ISO's but you *can* do a network install via FTP even though it's a well kept secret.
If you don't care for SuSE, that's cool, but next time do a little research.
Um.. If the guys a programmer, what has he been doing since 1995? Working for the Taliban? Or just scratching out code in the dirt? I'm sorry it sounds like BS to me.
Luckily, I use "question exchange", NOT ask slashdot,
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QE wasn't bad, for a scam.
Okay, I couldn't resist. Newbies, all of you.
I liked it better when the grocery store where you shopped knew when you broke a hip and sent the delivery boy with your regular order.
Ain't technology wonderful? Now we can do shit almost as good as we did in 1960.
On a serious note, I think there may be a future in fulfillment centers. Sure it'll be mainly $6/hr pack&pick or deliveries, but it beats welfare.
"Janitor". I hear that all the time. I kinda see the point, but lets be serious. When was the last time you had to clean up somebody elses puke? Stick your hand in a co-workers shit?
Literally, not figuratively.
As jobs go, sysdamin is a lot better than janitor.
1. Expected to be on call *any* time theres a problem.
2. Managers don't like to pay overtime so that time you came in a 2:00am because the server crashed, your prolly not going to even get paid for it.
3. Underfunded and unrealistic expectations. True conversation:
boss, "Dan, come to my office for a minute. We need a webmail system..."
If yer boss had his toilets backing up at home at 2AM, pretty sure he'd call his janitor before he called you.
How much mail are you pumping? A 300Mhz PentiumII
can flood a T1.
They have no meetings ever at this job? Why haven't you taken steps to not have your server falling over at 2AM? How much funding does webmail take? Do they have Exchange already? Are they using UNIX? Pretty good bet there are package available for *nix for nothing.
Copping an attitude because you didn't consider the possibility someone might save mail doesn't help your case.
I don't see what "I need it by friday" has to do with anything either, unless it's 4:30 on a thursday. You say you had a demo but it was slow. If he *really* needs it he'll roll out the test version.
Sign me up, but I want full medical/dental coverage and guaranteed employment in whatever field I'm competant in, with an option for self employment.
Yeah, those damn newbies....
It's not all about patches. Sure, it's responsible behaviour to be up to date, but it's more important to know what your machines are doing in the first place so you can take steps to
minimize your risks up front. If you do the right thing beforehand you can have some peace of mind *before* patches get issued. Remember, exploits are around for a while before vendors get around to supplying a fix.
It's just like tampons and beer, you have to keep it in view or people will forget about it.
Dude... bad pick. Tampons and beer? I don't think anybody forgets those. Well, mebbe one or t'other depending on gender, but not both.
Not commenting on your numbers, the reality is that a lot of people in the US power elite are in the oil industry directly or indirectly and they'd be cutting their own throats. Money is power.
Better still imagine this... Put these puppies on every closed landfill and run them off the methane. Staten Island could power a good portion of NYC for the next 100 yrs.
FYI the buildings were owned by The Port Authority.
What I'd like to see is the bronze plaque memorializing the first attack (it was in the parking garage where the bomb went off) incorporated into a memorial.
See also "The Hot Rock".
Not quite as good a movie, but there are some good shots of the towers under construction when the thieves are
trying to fly the chopper they stole.
I saw that shit go up, never thought I'd see it come down.
I can't back him up either, but remember the USSR had a larger population, so while they may have had more people in custody the percentage could possibly be lower. Remember though, they didn't go around claiming to be the land of the free.
Obviously, you aren't a New Yorker. Giuliani may be popular, but he's over the top at times. Remember his position on certain art exhibits? Not to mention, his personal life would certainly cause some objections. Also, he's not well. Why do I have a feeling I've been trolled?