On 9/17/05, Justin Trobec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could we possibly skip straight to the cage match?
If it would promise to be something more than name-calling and slap-fighting, yes. Otherwise, we have to poke em with sticks first so they get their dander up. On 9/17/05, John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks like you failed. > > > > But now that you have poked your nose in, _if_ we can get Will to review > > Windows XP, then naturally we should have you do a counter-review of > Will's > > review. Podcast preferred. > > > > And then after that, we have you and Will in a podcasted debate. Kinda > like > > Hannity and Colmes, except we are spared from looking at either of you. > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > On 9/17/05, Andrew Baudouin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying excruciatingly hard to stay out of this thread. !!! > > > > > > Andrew > > > John Hebert wrote: > > > > > > > Now that is a good idea! It could be called "Super Hype Me". > > > > > > > > Another idea: not only have Will write a daily blog on his > experiences > > > > with Windows XP, but also record him reading his daily blog and make > > > > that into a podcast. > > > > > > > > Will, whaddya say? I can hook you up with the recording (Audacity) > and > > > > podcasting sites ( Odeo.com <http://Odeo.com> <http://Odeo.com>, > etc.). I'll even edit it > > > > for you. > > > > > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > > > On 9/17/05, *-ray* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > It should be like one of those 30 days shows. Will has to use XP > > > > exclusively (no linux!) for the next 30 days. With a daily blog > > > > of rants > > > > and raves, and possibly he'll find something positive to comment on. > > > > Now that would be funny, haha. > > > > > > > > ray > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > > > > > > > > > John, > > > > > I don't know how serious you are with this but I have an > > > > Inspiron 4100 with > > > > > dual boot XP PRO/Xandros 2.0 DLX to spare. The PRO was got > > > > through the > > > > > MSDNAA program when I was a grad student in LSU CS department. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would really like to read what Will has to say about XP's > > > > Usability. > > > > > > > > > > Let me know... > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Karthik Poobalasubramanian > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > > From: John Hebert [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:36 AM > > > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Inspiron 2200 > > > > > > > > > > Now what would be cool would be for you to write an in-depth > > > > technical > > > > > review of Window XP in your inimitable style. > > > > > > > > > > Anybody have a copy of Windows XP for Will to install and > > > > review? Don't > > > > > wanna do anything illegal here, of course. > > > > > > > > > > John Hebert > > > > > On 9/17/05, Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: > > > > > What a nice thought, thanks John.There's a catch - I have to be > > > > doing > > > > > things > > > > > to notice what's wrong and what's right.In the mean time, I'm > > > > having fun > > > > > with my little rants and anyone can read them. > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday 17 September 2005 08:34 am, John Hebert wrote: > > > > >> You are a truly gifted writer of advertisements for Linux. Quit > > > > your > > > > >> current job and apply at your nearest Linux distro publisher or > > > > Linux > > > > >> oriented magazine. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > Ray DeJean > > http://www.r-a-y.org > > > > Systems Engineer Southeastern > > Louisiana University > > > > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX > > Support > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > -- > Justin Trobec > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 225.892.2678 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050917/281bafc5/attachment.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 18 12:29:58 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Hill) Date: Sun Sep 18 12:29:46 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] Inspiron 2200 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've got audacity, thanks. My wife is interested in multi track recording and mixing for her guitar playing. One day we are going to set up a quiet computer in the guest bed room and record her singing and playing. I'll pass on the pod cast. Most of you should be able to hear me laughing without it. The jedi amongst you should be able to feel it. It would not take much effort to see and hear me in real time by back orifice. The super hype me idea is strangely attractive. Medical Physics gave me a laptop with XP and Office on it. Could I really get by with it? As a full test, I'd have to rely entirely on the much hyped technical support that Microsoft and Dell provide and do everything exactly as they tell me. In the spirit of commercial stupidity and "helping your neighbor is bad" I could not ask anyone else for advice, including this list, classmates or LSU staff. It would be funny. It's too risky right now and I'd rather spend my time learning more about free software. This semester, for instance, I'm taking an advanced imaging class. If I were to take the challenge, I'd end up using IDL instead of XMaxima (http://www.ma.utexas.edu/maxima.html). I may end up using IDL anyway because it runs on a Red Hat machine I have an account on but I'd lose any chance of using Maxima and that would hurt. I also don't have time to set up again. I've figured out how to get things done at Mary Bird and LSU. Between research, school and CCCC, I'm maxed out. On Saturday 17 September 2005 12:16 pm, John Hebert wrote: > Now that is a good idea! It could be called "Super Hype Me". > > Another idea: not only have Will write a daily blog on his experiences with > Windows XP, but also record him reading his daily blog and make that into a > podcast. > > Will, whaddya say? I can hook you up with the recording (Audacity) and > podcasting sites (Odeo.com <http://Odeo.com>, etc.). I'll even edit it for > you. > > John Hebert
