From: William Clark on
In article <8c0k0fFa8U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-41004A.12491605082010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > In article <8c0ipaFoc9U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > You don't have the extra sensory intelligence to tell me what I mean
> > > > > when it say that, so don't go there.
> > > > >
> > > > > BK
> > > >
> > > > Baker, Like Randy and Clark are your typical McSnobs. How dare you
> > > question
> > > > the illuminati on all things computer. No surprise they are all
> liberal as
> > > > well.
> > >
> > > Couldn't tell you what Cluck has said but I don't think it's fair to
> compare
> > > Randy's posts to Baker. Randy's computer usage is probably more high
> end
> > > and complicated than your's, mine, and perhaps Bobby's. He made a
> switch
> > > and was rewarded for it. It's natural for him to share this.
> > >
> > > Baker is one of these arrogant asses who believes his toys are better
> than
> > > everybody else's.
> >
> > LOL
> >
> > I get paid to offer people advice on their computers, Greg. It's what I
> > do for a living.
> >
> > You remember: the thing you've repeatedly lied about me not having.
> >
> > :-)
>
> If you have a job, why don't you get busy with it and leave the grownups
> alone.
>
> -Greg

Because he can't find any?
From: William Clark on
In article <8c0jv4FvmuU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:

> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-38F8ED.12321205082010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> > In article <e04m561hj732q1q3hsecfpttl9oo8hb104(a)4ax.com>,
> > bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:04:50 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >And is your attitude the same in every part of life? When you hear
> about
> > > >a better way to hit the golf ball from a pro, do you tell him, "your
> > > >years of experience don't count"?
> > >
> > > I would only hear from him if I thought he was a good pro and I hired
> > > him.
> >
> > So expertise in a field is only valuable if you paid for it?
> >
> > Butch Harmon's understanding of the golf swing is less than yours
> > because you haven't paid for it?
> >
> > >
> > > Hint.
> >
> > Sorry, Bobby, but the world doesn't work that way. The part of computers
> > that interests me most is the human-computer interaction. I'm always
> > observing my clients as they use the computer and what I see is that
> > they don't even see the way things get in their way. They don't perceive
> > things as problems unless it's a "blue screen".
>
> Explain my satisfaction with my 8 year old Dell desktop.

Stupidity?
From: William Clark on
In article <6g8m565cq273ppguie7md7mvdajmin4fkc(a)4ax.com>,
Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:55:35 -0400, William Clark
> <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>
> >Non sequitur. Macs do not get "obselete". In fact we run a 1999 vintage
> >G4 at home for a lot of routine tasks. I also use a 2003 17" PowerBook.
>
> Sure they do. There's software, and even Mac OS which won't run on
> old enough Macs.

Note that "obsolete" was in quotation marks. I was responding to this
particular piece of nonsense:

> Bingo...which is precisely why it makes no sense to spend $1200 on one when
> it will be obsolete in three years.
>
> -Greg

In that context, "obsolete" really means "obsolete in three years",
which we both know is BS.
From: Carbon on
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:26:37 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4c59f952$0$4966$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:55:16 -0400, BAR wrote:
>>> In article <clark-F0673C.14280304082010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
>>> state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says...
>>>>
>>>> Yes, just run Parallels or Boot Camp, and you can run Windows as
>>>> well and fast as on a PC, and you have the blissful relief of being
>>>> able to go back to OS X for sanity. It is amazing now how the Macs
>>>> are making inroads into the science and engineering student market,
>>>> where so many essential apps used to be PC only. The kids love
>>>> them, and they are so much less demanding of technician time than
>>>> PCs.
>>>
>>> Get VMWare and run everything.
>>
>> VMWare's market is disappearing thanks to KVM and various other less
>> expensive or free virtualization solutions.
>
> Perhaps in the desktop market. ESX is the only way to really run
> enterprise servers.

Not really. Where I work we have hundreds of servers running under
VMWare. We're not really big fans of $$$ support contracts that we'll
never use. We are testing with Linux-based VMs right now. VMWare's
marketshare goes into freefall as soon as companies realize there are
alternatives which are orders of magnitude less expensive.
From: R&B on
On 2010-08-05 13:35:52 -0400, Lloyd Parsons said:

> In article <2010080513100754558-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>,
> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-08-05 11:47:50 -0400, Lloyd Parsons said:
>>
>>> In article <2010080511425362098-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>,
>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2010-08-05 09:48:02 -0400, bknight(a)conramp.net said:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:33:49 -0500, Lloyd Parsons
>>>>> <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <qsel561d33ji2ni7mg4gfpesa3n0i6fjvj(a)4ax.com>,
>>>>>> bknight(a)conramp.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you compose music?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, or at least not anything that is ever good! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I mostly do some engraving to get the very small typefaced fakebook
>>>>>> music over to something I can read. Scan in, blow up, modify a bit and
>>>>>> then load into MusicReader so I can play it on my organ.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use Finale and Sibelius, mostly Finale these days. Totally amateur
>>>>>> stuff, but I enjoy it.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what music, any music, is supposed to be for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know you are a musician. So maybe you can explain loop-based music to
>>>>>> me. I have GarageBand on my Mac that everyone says is wonderful, but it
>>>>>> is all loop-based. And I just don't get it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looping is just sampling, and reconstructing those samples, to create
>>>>> a repetition that can be electrically inserted into recorded music.
>>>>> That's the extent of my knowledge about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> BK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bobby is pretty might right on about this. I don't use Garage Band,
>>>> but I have it, and have opened it and fiddled around with it.
>>>>
>>>> It's music software for people without musical ability (like me).
>>>>
>>>> In the hands of someone who actually knows how to play, it is a
>>>> powerful tool (not quite like Pro Tools or Logic, but an excellent
>>>> entry point...and is a helluva lot more powerful tool than most
>>>> beginners will ever fully grasp).
>>>>
>>>> It's amazing...there's this guy named Alex Lindsay who appears on some
>>>> Leo Laporte podcasts. Lindsay worked on special effects on one of the
>>>> Star Wars movies. He pointed out recently that the new iPhones are
>>>> more powerful than the computers he worked on to do the Star Wars
>>>> special effects. So you can just imagine how much more horsepower is
>>>> available to the musically-inclined using Garage Band than was
>>>> available...even to...say...George Martin when he was producing The
>>>> Beatles.
>>>>
>>>> It's mind boggling.
>>>>
>>>> Of course technology can't quite replace TALENT. But in some cases, it
>>>> can come pretty darn close. Just turn on the radio for all the proof
>>>> you need.
>>>>
>>>> Randy
>>>
>>> Thanks to both of you for this info.
>>>
>>> I'm not particularly good at playing the organ, but I play good enough
>>> for me to enjoy it. I will admit to using the 'automatics' on mine
>>> quite a bit though. They fit right in with the older music I prefer to
>>> play.
>>
>> Well, if you can play the organ, then all you need is a little $100
>> MIDI keyboard (which you can pick up at any Guitar Center), plug it
>> into your Mac, and you can make music in GuitarBand.
>>
>> Randy
>
> Got one and have fiddled around with GarageBand but just never got the
> whole loop based thing.
>
> As to organs, I have 4, 3 of which actually work and one which is
> decorating the garage... :)

Loops are just pre-produced grooves you can add (or not add).

For the musically challenged, they come in handy.

For someone who can actually play, I suppose they're another color on
the palette, but you'd probably find yourself more inclined to create
your own.

Just a guess.

Randy

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