Re: english accents
Re: english accents @sebby: Everything *is* fine, as long as the message gets across. Anything else is unnecessary elitism, and is used exclusively to disadvantage those of a different culture or socioeconomic status from yourself. So long as the message is understood, bigotry is the only possible reason to enforce any false ideal of so-called correct English. It can sometimes be OK to have a laugh, for example at Spammers who arent attempting to communicate within the rules of the social contract, or at large companies who could have hired better translation talent, but thats as far as it can ever be allowed to go. Anything else is just class or race related bullying. I will feel free to continue to shun those who participate in this unacceptable type of activity. Mocking speakers of American English is no different from mocking those with a different skin colour. If dark feels I need a ban for this uncompromising stance, he can feel free to go ahead; I have no intention of sitting down and keeping my mouth shut. As someone who has no difficulty writing in so-called standard English syntax, its even more important to me that I not permit myself to be lumped in with this nonsense. I find it extremely telling that Dark found it necessary to go to what sounds like a lot of effort, just to change his accent, apparently in order to avoid exactly the kind of bigotry Im up in arms about. Also, I have no idea if you were joking, and I dont really care. The important thing about a joke is that it should be funny, and all of your messages were exactly the opposite. You are also continuing to express the extremely objectionable point of view that anything Sebby has difficulty understanding (like Geordy) or anything Sebby doesnt like (like US English) must be a different language. The fact that you are willing to admit that you dislike US English in formal settings makes it quite clear that you find that type of English, and thus that class of people, to be inferior. I dont expect I can change your opinions, so all I can do is publicly voice my dislike of them, in hopes of reminding the lurkers that yours is a minority opinion that is unacceptable in wider society.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177740#p177740 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @kamochek: I dont have any of the GMA games, and I dont know if its David Greenwood himself who does the voiceovers, so Im afraid I couldnt answer that question. The interviewer in this video is using what I would consider a pretty standard Canadian accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1_5SV_oO4that is the accent commonly found in southern Ontario, near our boarder with the United States. Thats why it sounds quite similar to a midwestern American accent. I call this standard because over half of our population lives in this area of the country. The first man who is interviewed has a European accent that I cannot identify, and the second man has the same southern Ontario accent. Almost everyone on CBC, our international broadcaster, shares this type of accent. This is a good example of another Canadian accent, from the Ottawa Valley area , still in Ontario, but not as close to the United States:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6IpR9Xp1NQyou will notice especially that she says several vowels quite differently from a Southern Ontario accent. The man in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu80PNeTwmchas a strong French Canadian accent. If I had to guess, I would say that the woman is probably from Halifax, but that is just a guess. This is a good example of what people from Newfoundland actually sound like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6kVqy9wAOQIf you hear an actress on TV playing someone from Newfoundland, the accent will sound much, much stronger. But everyone I know from Newfoundland sounds more like this girl than the people in movies. On TV, they make it sound almo st Irish, when in reality, it doesnt. But I have never actually visited Newfoundland, so take that with a grain of salt. And this is a Prince Edward Island accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyUWDwVyJFMyeah, its a short video, but all the other PEI accents I could find didnt sound right, to me. And yes, I have been there. Im sure there are some Canadian accents Im missing, so if you have any questions about other spots, let me know.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177743#p177743 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @kamochek: I dont have any of the GMA games, and I dont know if its David Greenwood himself who does the voiceovers, so Im afraid I couldnt answer that question. The interviewer in this video is using what I would consider a pretty standard Canadian accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1_5SV_oO4that is the accent commonly found in southern Ontario, near our boarder with the United States. Thats why it sounds quite similar to a midwestern American accent. I call this standard because over half of our population lives in this area of the country. The first man who is interviewed has a European accent that I cannot identify, and the second man has the same southern Ontario accent. Almost everyone on CBC, our international broadcaster, shares this type of accent. This is a good example of another Canadian accent, from the Ottawa Valley area , still in Ontario, but not as close to the United States:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6IpR9Xp1NQyou will notice especially that she says several vowels quite differently from a Southern Ontario accent. The man in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu80PNeTwmchas a strong French Canadian accent. If I had to guess, I would say that the woman is probably from Halifax, but that is just a guess. This is a good example of what people from Newfoundland actually sound like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6kVqy9wAOQIf you hear an actress on TV playing someone from Newfoundland, the accent will sound much, much stronger. But everyone I know from Newfoundland sounds more like this girl than the people in movies. On TV, they make it sound almo st Irish, when in reality, it doesnt. But I have never actually visited Newfoundland, so take that with a grain of salt. And this is a Prince Edward Island accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyUWDwVyJFMyeah, its a short video, but all the other PEI accents I could find didnt sound right, to me. And yes, I have been there. Im sure there are some Canadian accents Im missing, so if you have any questions about other spots, let me know.Edit to add: now Im going through all these accent videos on youtube. This woman shares my accent exactly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QET4pQr1dYgYay! Now I dont have to record one!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177743#p177743 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @kamochek: I dont have any of the GMA games, and I dont know if its David Greenwood himself who does the voiceovers, so Im afraid I couldnt answer that question. The interviewer in this video is using what I would consider a pretty standard Canadian accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1_5SV_oO4that is the accent commonly found in southern Ontario, near our boarder with the United States. Thats why it sounds quite similar to a midwestern American accent. I call this standard because over half of our population lives in this area of the country. The first man who is interviewed has a European accent that I cannot identify, and the second man has the same southern Ontario accent. Almost everyone on CBC, our international broadcaster, shares this type of accent. This is a good example of another Canadian accent, from the Ottawa Valley area , still in Ontario, but not as close to the United States:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6IpR9Xp1NQyou will notice especially that she says several vowels quite differently from a Southern Ontario accent. The man in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu80PNeTwmchas a strong French Canadian accent. If I had to guess, I would say that the woman is probably from Halifax, but that is just a guess. This is a good example of what people from Newfoundland actually sound like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6kVqy9wAOQIf you hear an actress on TV playing someone from Newfoundland, the accent will sound much, much stronger. But everyone I know from Newfoundland sounds more like this girl than the people in movies. On TV, they make it sound almo st Irish, when in reality, it doesnt. But I have never actually visited Newfoundland, so take that with a grain of salt. And this is a Prince Edward Island accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyUWDwVyJFMyeah, its a short video, but all the other PEI accents I could find didnt sound right, to me. And yes, I have been there. Im sure there are some Canadian accents Im missing, so if you have any questions about other spots, let me know.Edit to add: now Im going through all these accent videos on youtube. This woman shares my accent exactly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QET4pQr1dYgYay! Now I dont have to record one! Were identical, right down to calling the TV thing a converter. Though I call the things that work with consoles controllers, the thing for the T V a converter, and the thing for the amplifier and everything else a remote.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177743#p177743 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @kamochek: I dont have any of the GMA games, and I dont know if its David Greenwood himself who does the voiceovers, so Im afraid I couldnt answer that question. The interviewer in this video is using what I would consider a pretty standard Canadian accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1_5SV_oO4that is the accent commonly found in southern Ontario, near our boarder with the United States. Thats why it sounds quite similar to a midwestern American accent. I call this standard because over half of our population lives in this area of the country. The first man who is interviewed has a European accent that I cannot identify, and the second man has the same southern Ontario accent. Almost everyone on CBC, our international broadcaster, shares this type of accent. This is a good example of another Canadian accent, from the Ottawa Valley area , still in Ontario, but not as close to the United States:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6IpR9Xp1NQyou will notice especially that she says several vowels quite differently from a Southern Ontario accent. The man in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu80PNeTwmchas a strong French Canadian accent. If I had to guess, I would say that the woman is probably from Halifax, but that is just a guess. This is a good example of what people from Newfoundland actually sound like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6kVqy9wAOQIf you hear an actress on TV playing someone from Newfoundland, the accent will sound much, much stronger. But everyone I know from Newfoundland sounds more like this girl than the people in movies. On TV, they make it sound almo st Irish, when in reality, it doesnt. But I have never actually visited Newfoundland, so take that with a grain of salt. And this is a Prince Edward Island accent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyUWDwVyJFMyeah, its a short video, but all the other PEI accents I could find didnt sound right, to me. And yes, I have been there. Im sure there are some Canadian accents Im missing, so if you have any questions about other spots, let me know.Edit to add: now Im going through all these accent videos on youtube. This woman shares my accent exactly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QET4pQr1dYgYay! Now I dont have to record one! Were identical, right down to calling the TV thing a converter. Though I call the things that work with consoles controllers, the thing for the T V a converter, and the thing for the amplifier and everything else a remote. Then I get frustrated when I ask someone to pass me the remote, and they hand me the converter. LOLURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177743#p177743 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @dark: To engage in a discussion of a set of opinions legitimizes them, and that is not something I am willing to do with any opinion or set of opinions that promotes, or seems to promote, inequality of any kind. Though I am Canadian, and we do have extremely strong hate speech laws, and have in the past used them to ban Dr Laura and Howard Stern. I have previously found myself set flat-footed by the largely American idea of free speech. I have never had someone successfully explain to me how, and why, speech that promotes inequality can be also promoting freedom. It still sounds like double-think to me. If someone wants to take a crack at that one though, start another thread, or even better send me an e-mail (not a PM because I expect to be banned after this message), because thats way off topic. Im just trying to give a bit of insight into my background. And as someone who isnt American, I am not personally targeted by this particular unpleasantnes s. But my personal code of ethics doesnt let me pass on standing against what I believe to be wrong, just because it isnt affecting me, this time. And I used the word apparently in discussing your change of accent, precisely because I was unsure of your exact motivation, and was going by what seemed apparent, to me. I do know many people who have switched accents for that reason, but youre not one of them. Fair enough. Your idea that opinions are, or can be, Innocent, is not something that I understand even slightly. I mean, what on earth is a guilty opinion? Everyone has opinions and convictions, and everyone, including myself, must be held to account for the opinions they express. I fully admit to having absolutely no idea what you are trying to say, there. My best guess is that you believe that people can have whatever opinion they would like, but if...somehow...the opinion is found Innocent, they shouldnt be judged for that opinion ? What determines if an opinion is Innocent or not? Or do you mean that if youre not an expert in the subject matter, your opinion is Innocent, because you dont have the knowledge to be judged for it? If thats what you mean, why should anyone be allowed to express an Innocent opinion, if they cant back it up with either knowledge or personal experience? I suspect that our mental geographies might be far, far too alien from one another to make any headway at all, there, so again, you might want to take that to another thread, or better, an email, or probably best, just not bother. Anyway, its been a fun and interesting 4 years, everyone! When I get banned, I do not expect to ever be back, as I suspect that my convictions are different enough from Darks that we will never be able to achieve any common ground here. For anyone who wants it, my email address is sam...@interfree.ca. I cant really be found on an y other public forums, as I find the vast majority of them just arent worth my time, due to unfair moderation, or unintelligent people. Lastly, Im not blaming Dark for banning me. I am posting, in full knowledge of what the results will be, as my personal ethics require. I expect that Dark will also follow his own personal convictions and ethics, and ban me for it. Thats how the world works.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177758#p177758 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips?
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips? For those of you thinking about moving to Canada, another thing to keep in mind is disability pensions. The amount you get, and how you qualify, changes from province to province, and is extremely different in each one. Based on discussions I have had with friends, nowhere in Canada is it as well administered, or do you get as much money, as in the UK or places in Europe. So accessibility does come with its related disadvantages, always assuming you think of that as a disadvantage.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177763#p177763 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with If I might be permitted a brief off-topic post, I expect shortly to be permanently banned due to a disagreement with the moderators I am having in another thread, that perhaps most of you arent reading. If you want to keep in touch, please feel free to shoot me an email at sam...@interfree.ca. Thanks for bearing with me! Now, you can all return to your regularly scheduled cheerful ponies.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177764#p177764 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @dark: I based my judgment on the following statement, in a previous post, by Sebby: it always infuriates me when American English creeps into formal contexts. This strongly implies that he believes American English should only be used in informal contexts, and I cant see any reason for that belief, other than a feeling that American English is inferior English. Im not sure what point you are trying to make, in telling me that Sebby is part of a minority group. In my experience, minorities, the disabled, and every other sub-group of people are equally prone to racism and bigotry. If I were trying to say he was prejudiced against people from Turckey, I could understand your purpose in saying this. But Im not; Im accusing him of prejudice and bigotry towards various English dialects, and I dont see how his cultural identity has any relation to that. I honestly came really, really close to reporting Sebbys first post, but didnt, because you had previously asked me to stop jumping the gun with my reports. I also did not believe you would act on my report, so the only way I could make the fact that I found the post unacceptable clear and unmistakable was to express it. And I did not intend to imply that I believe you are some kind of evil emperor. While I believe you are sometimes, maybe even frequently, wrong about a large number of things, I have immense respect for your job as a moderator. I will say that, on a reading of the rules, I cant really see what rule you would ban me under, or even what rule youre issuing me warnings over. However, following the rules exactly as written is never a good thing, because moderators need the flexibility to do what they believe is right, and rules lawyering never helped anyone. I believe that in banning me, and in your belief that Sebby has said nothing wrong, you are incorrect. But if you believe that yo u are right, as you obviously must, you have to act on your beliefs without compromise. I always do what I believe to be right, no matter what the consequences, and think everyone else should do the same. Your threat to ban me, therefor, must have had one of the following purposes:1. You want me to stop doing what I am doing, and show respect for opinions that I find distasteful in the extreme. I will not do this.2. You find my speech harmful in some way, and believe it must be suppressed. Asking me to stop saying what I am saying will not work, because I believe the posts that I have made in this thread are an ethical imperative for me. 3. You want me to leave the community for some other reason. You seem to have just indicated that this isnt the case. As I cant compromise on my ethics, I dont see that you have any alternative but to ban me. I dont want to be banned, either, obviously.& nbsp; But I dont see that I have ever done anything wrong, either by violating the rules, or otherwise. So if you believe I am harming your community, I cannot and will not change, so youll have to protect the rest of the community from whatever it is about me you find dangerous or objectionable. I suppose you could delete all of my posts that you dislike, for whatever reason, and that would probably eventually prompt me to leave the community on my own, but in my opinion, that would be a much less honourable solution than just kicking me out. The last time I was this close to getting banned was the filters issue. The only reason that never happened was because you compromised nearly completely on that one, changed all of the filter text to [spam], and delete filters I complain about almost immediately. Unless I am misunderstanding the depths of your convictions, Im not sure that a similar compromise on your part is possible over this issue, and I know that it isnt from me. So, yeah. This isnt criticism of you, or the rest of the moderation team. Its just a clear statement from me of where I believe that we stand. I have no idea if or how we can move forward from this point.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=16#p16 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @darkabomination: A link would help. LOLURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177603#p177603 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents Searching for English accents on youtube will give you a lot of samples. Have you tried that, to start?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177606#p177606 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @sebby: That is offensive and bigoted nonsense. Do East Indians speak Indian then, not Indian English? And I guess Koreans always speak Korean, even when theyre actually speaking Korean English (IE words like handphone, and expressions like fighting! etc). The idea that American and Australian are languages is so obviously stupid I think I can safely ignore it without comment. Living in Canada will make you aware that hundreds of thousands of English dialects exist, as it has become kind of an international language, and the number based on or even remotely related to British English are the vast minority. Most are based off of various pigeons, American English via missionaries and the media, the influences of other Latin descended languages, or second-hand teaching (an ESL Pakistani teachers teaching English, for example). Please try and keep your linguistic racism out of an otherwise useful discussion, and remember that dialect is a real word, with a real meaning, that you dont get to redefine just because you hate foreigners speaking your precious language. @dark: Until recently, whenever North Americans referred to British English, we almost always meant RP. While we were vaguely aware of the other accents, they were always Yorkshire, or Welsh, or whatever, and British English always had that one clear meaning. However, with the recent popularity of things like Dr Who, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc, this has started to change. Also, the BBC has relaxed significantly about the kind of accents it allows over the World Service in the last 10 years or so, so the perception that British English is the primary accent in the UK is starting to fade away. Interestingly, there are 5 different Canadian English accents, and you will hear none of them on the CBC. We could stand to take a page out of the BBCs book and chill out a little, I think.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177646#p177646 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @Sebby: No, Im Canadian. But never the less, your linguistic elitism is not grounded in any kind of linguistic or scientific reality, and quite frankly utterly inappropriate for discussion here. I agree that English isnt a particularly good language. But it is an international one. Attempts to assert any kind of national claim on modern English are unwelcome and incorrect. And I use the Canadian OED, because that is a thing that exists no matter how you feel about it, and my uses of the words dialect, racism, and bigot are entirely correct. You dont get to declare that American is a different language just because you dislike Americans, and that is exactly what you are trying to do. It is as wrong, and as inappropriate, as saying Australians speak Australian, South Africans speak African, and Indians speak Indian. And saying it is a controversial opinion does not buy you a get out of jail free card. Try telling a group of feminists that it is your controversial opinion that men are smarter than women, and women should work exclusively in the home, and see how far that gets you. There are some opinions that nobody in modern society should hold, and if you do hold them, they should never be expressed in a public forum.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177648#p177648 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: english accents
Re: english accents @Sebby: No, Im Canadian. But never the less, your linguistic elitism is not grounded in any kind of linguistic or scientific reality, and quite frankly utterly inappropriate for discussion here. I agree that English isnt a particularly good language. But it is an international one. Attempts to assert any kind of national claim on modern English are unwelcome and incorrect. And I use the Canadian OED, because that is a thing that exists no matter how you feel about it, and my uses of the words dialect, racism, and bigot are entirely correct. You dont get to declare that American is a different language just because you dislike Americans, and that is exactly what you are trying to do. It is as wrong, and as inappropriate, as saying Australians speak Australian, South Africans speak African, and Indians speak Indian. And saying it is a controversial opinion does not buy you a get out of jail free card. Try telling a group of feminists that it is your controversial opinion that men are smarter than women, and women should work exclusively in the home, and see how far that gets you. There are some opinions that nobody in modern society should hold, and if you do hold them, they should never be expressed in a public forum.Edit:Dialect: A subordinate variety of a language with non-standard vocabulary, pronunciation, or grammar.If I were defining it, I would remove the word subordinate, because it smacks of British imperial arrogance. But never the less, American English is a dialect.Racism: A belief in the superiority of a particular race.You will note that I used the phrase linguistic racism in my original post, and that is exactly what you are demonstrating.Bigot: a person intolerant of anothers beliefs, race, politics, etc.What I am saddened to discover you, in fact, are, towards dialects of English not your own.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177648#p177648 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn @gellman: No, no, no, no! Please do not give this advice! If you use privatize VPN, they execute a man in the middle attack on, at least, all of your HTTPS traffic! Assuming they do the same on any other encrypted traffic, an assumption that I think is fair though I havent checked it, if you connect to a second VPN through Privatize VPN, they will now have your username and password for that second VPN! If you have used that username and password with any other service, you will need to change it. Also, as most VPN providers do not offer a different username and password for billing, you should assume that privatize now has access to any account information (name, address, credit card info, etc) that you gave your second VPN provider. You must assume that all data you send through the privatize service is, at best, getting sold to advertisers, but more likely, is being used for identity theft and other criminal activity. If you absolutely *must* use privatize, it should be the last VPN in the chain, and you should never, ever, send any login details, OAuth tokens, or anything else even remotely private when youre connected. That means remembering to disable services like Google Drive and Dropbox, close your email, Twitter, and Facebook clients, turn off any instant messengers like Skype, etc, etc, etc, before sending absolutely any traffic through privatize. Even a virtual machine might not help you if, for example, that virtual machine has your Microsoft account on it, and Microsoft phones home for any particular reason, thus sending Privatize the details of your Microsoft account. Yes, they should check certificate validity. However, I am not absolutely sure every service does this, and even if they did, privatize could always start installing certificate authorities in the programs that will accept them, as they ask you to install custom software anyway. Remember: there is no such thing as a free lunch.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177483#p177483 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Using Google Play music?
Re: Using Google Play music? Well, it came to Canada about a month ago, and that is when I checked it out. Maybe the Catalogue in Canada is much smaller than the US catalogue? I searched on all of the artists in my rdio collection, so about 500 artists, and Google Music had only half of them. And the ones it did have, the albums available on Google Music were often fewer than the albums available on rdio. What I would really like is a way to combine my collections on bandcamp and rdio into one app. Then I would have my complete musical collection at my fingertips. Thats what drove me to check out Google Music, because if the catalogue had been nearly as good as rdio, I could have uploaded my bandcamp stuff and had what I wanted. Alas, it just was not so.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177484#p177484 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Using Google Play music?
Re: Using Google Play music? No, it came to Canada just recently. But unfortunately, compared to rdio, the catalogue is rather lacking. It has the advantage that I can upload all my rare tracks, but thanks to rdio, I havent been buying albums for a few years now. And moving playlists between Google Music and rdio doesnt look like a thing you can do. Also, I find the rdio web app much less of a resource drain, and the iPhone app is slightly more stable for me. Also, rdio is available in like 40 countries, compared to Google Musics 2 or 3.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177322#p177322 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips?
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips? @shuteye: I thought Wind Mobile doesnt support the iPhone? Last I looked, admittedly three or four years ago, they did not offer any accessible phones at all. Has that changed? Because, right now, my cell phone bill is absolutely the largest bill I have; I pay more for my cell than I do for food and rent.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177215#p177215 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips?
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips? @assault_freak: Im with Rogers. But I live in a house with other folks, so rent and food are shared expenses. And we have no TV or phone or anything, so none of those bills to pay. LOLURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177259#p177259 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips?
Re: Traveling to Canada, any tips? So, Ive lived in Toronto for my entire life. And how easy you will find it depends entirely on where you live. Toronto is a huge city, the third or fourth largest in North America I believe, and one part of the city is quite different from another. If you can manage it, try and live close to downtown. That is where the subways and streetcars are easiest to find and use. If you live out on the edge of the city, you could find yourself living as much as a 20 minute walk from the nearest bus stop, and a bus may only come to that stop once every 25 minutes, and the line may close entirely at midnight. Also, many places in Toronto do not have stores for groceries and other items within walking distance, especially near the residential edges of the city. However, if you can get a place to live that is near a subway, and within walking distance of groceries, youll find Toronto a perfectly lovely city! The transit system is fully acces sible, and has automated announcements of all stops on subways, buses, streetcars, and light rail transit. Many major intersections have audible lights. Most large buildings have accessible elevators that announce the current floor, and have floor numbers in Braille. All of the ATM machines from major banks are accessible, if you bring your own headphones. In the winter, the sidewalks in commercial districts are generally shovelled quite well, though this is not the case if you live in a mostly residential area. We have audio described TV, and you can find described movies in theatres, though its often good to call ahead to verify that the description is available at the theatre you want to go to. One thing that you might find difficult is that cell phone data in Canada is extremely costly. You can expect to pay about $30CAD for one gig of wireless data. But if you are careful and keep your eyes open, you can find deals and promo tions that can reduce that price to a quarter, or give you 6 times the data, but these only come once in a while. So using an app like BlindSquare on your iPhone will get really expensive, really fast. If you can, get a device that has the maps already downloaded for you. Also, if you live in Ontario, the law is that all alcohol must be sold by the government. So in Ontario alcohol costs 2 or 3 times as much as it does in other places. If you can manage it, I think the best place for a blind person to live in Toronto is in an apartment on Yonge Street, at Yonge and Finch, or anywhere south of there. There are subways and buses all around that area, and lots of stores you could walk to. But, of course, it might not be affordable. You could live right down town, near the two universities (University of Toronto and Ryerson University), where there is lots of cheap student housing. Unfortunately, because its cheap, there are also strip clu bs, drug dealers, and all the rest. However, if you lock your doors, youll be fine; Ive been out on the street at 2 and 3 in the morning in that area, and the worst that ever happened to me was a really high angry man started yelling at me about how he was being tortured by the Angels of Satan, and Whitney Houston was spying on him. Most Canadians though are extremely friendly. But in Toronto, the thing to remember is that the city is extremely multicultural. It is possible to go for blocks and blocks without ever hearing a word of English. So if people seem cold and unfriendly, its often just because you happen to be in an area where nobody speaks English vary well, and so people are too nervous to say hi or try and strike up conversations. Growing up in Toronto, all the time I was in school, I was always the only person in my class who was born in Canada. While it can have the downside of making it harder to get to know people, The huge varieties of languages, cultural traditions, and foods, has always been my favourite part of living in Toronto.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177078#p177078 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: most accessible podcasting client?
Re: most accessible podcasting client? I like Downcast, but its only on IOS and OSX. I think Foobar2000 has a podcast component, but it isnt free. XBMC can do podcasts, and is perfectly accessible, but I havent played with it to see how well it handles downloading, and I dont think it can sync your podcasts with an mp3 player or anything. If you just want to listen to podcasts on your computer, XBMC would be your best bet. Otherwise, fiddle with foobar2000, use IOS or OSX, or buy QCast.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=177130#p177130 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Youtube and accessibility features.
Re: Youtube and accessibility features. @slj: No, YouPlayer is an unofficial app for IOS that accesses youtube. The Youtube app itself is still a nearly total access failure.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176704#p176704 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Youtube and accessibility features.
Re: Youtube and accessibility features. @ianr: assuming you are using NVDA and firefox, press enter where it says slider, to focus on it. Then use the left and right arrows.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176759#p176759 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Youtube and accessibility features.
Re: Youtube and accessibility features. Not all youtube videos support this, though. Because HTML5 has no DRM, you will find that every video with embedding turned off, plus a lot of music videos, will still use the old flash player. But in other good news, for videos that do use the new accessible player, automatic captions and subtitles can be read out by NVDA: just press captions, and then press the on button. Also, annotations sometimes usually often work on occasion once in a while. So there is that. But if you have an iPhone, and you dont already have the YouPlayer app, you should get it right now. Its the best and most accessible youtube experience on any platform, anywhere. Post comments! Read comments! Like and dislike! Playlists that actually work and auto-advance! Skip through videos! A pause button that really works, and unpauses where you left off! Its amazing! Almost like a video site that has all the features our media players had back in 1997! H urrah!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176622#p176622 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: where from is better to drink water?
Re: where from is better to drink water? That depends on where you live. In Canada, multiple tests have shown that bottled water is much, much worse than tap water. The bottled water has more chemicals and germs, and no minerals. But Canada has some of the best tap water in the world. In fact, there was recently a news story about some company just bottling Canadian tap water and selling it internationally. So, I only drink bottled water when I dont have a glass handy that I can fill.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176523#p176523 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with So, if you have a screen reader that can read the youtube automatic captions, turn them on for this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK7ihFIQKpUMy favourite is the bit about the burning burning cars Nissan is recalling. Whatever the heck is going on in Hamilton County is a close second. Amusingly, if I hold my iPhone up to the speaker, Siri can transcribe it just fine. And now Ive listened to that twice and I no longer believe that pony is a real word.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176452#p176452 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Anyone Tried Citadel BBS and Groupware?
Re: Anyone Tried Citadel BBS and Groupware? @robjoy: Unfortunately, locking down new accounts would not have prevented my issue. The problem was that I had a user account with a bad password set, so a bot was able to guess the password by trying thousands of dictionary words a minute, until it finally got the right one. Then it had all of the privileges of that user. Citadel doesnt allow you to enforce password strength, and doesnt allow you to lock an account after, say, 5 failed login attempts.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176180#p176180 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn In my case, I use my connection for the security system, voice over IP for my only phone line, IP TV for our household TV, plus the regular surfing/email/work stuff. So I just cant afford to be lagged by torrents. So put.io makes sense for me, not only to prevent me getting caught, but just to preserve my connection.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176181#p176181 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: How can I decrease my stupidity?
Re: How can I decrease my stupidity? @CAE_Jones: Yup. Youve been spending way too much time at less wrong, lately. @ghost rider: Im glad I checked your name before typing it, because I honestly thought it was a reference to the 90s childrens TV show Ghost Writer. But apparently it isnt. The best advice I can give you is to just ignore anything negative anyone says online. If you hold any unpopular opinions, about absolutely anything, ever, and dont fit the group think of whatever online community youre participating in, you are going to get called things a lot worse than stupid. At this point, I dont consider my online week complete unless someone has told me I am worthless and should go kill myself, and/or threatened my friends/family/pets. If you do have some particular problem with your behaviour, either online or off, someone will bring it up to you without being insulting. People who use insults like stupid and dumb are never wo rth listening to. People who take the time to put things diplomatically have usually actually thought about what they are saying, have some ideas about how you could improve yourself, and are generally correct. Dont bother with anyone who cant be bothered to give you more and better feedback than youre stupid. Most communities have ignore functions, and those people are exactly what theyre for. Also, dont take the remarks people make in hack and slash, multiplayer games like Miriani, Alter Aeon, or Swamp at all seriously. For some people, trash talking the competition is just a fact of life.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176213#p176213 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Anyone Tried Citadel BBS and Groupware?
Re: Anyone Tried Citadel BBS and Groupware? @sebby: wouldnt it be easier to use host-based authentication, and then just not let users change or recover passwords at all? Unfortunately, when I played with this briefly, I uncovered an entire nest of other beastly problems that made me run away in terror.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176214#p176214 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: the VIM text editor with screen readers
Re: the VIM text editor with screen readers VIM is even available on windows? If I SSH into a Linux box and fiddle, things seem to mostly work. So maybe just do that? I believe freeshell.org has VIM, if you dont want to make a Linux server just for text editing. The only troubles you will have are that if you hold down the down arrow, intending to skip a bunch quickly, your screen will be lagged thanks to the fact that SSH is remote, and NVDA will lose the cursor, and the world will be confusion. Just lift your hands off the keyboard for 2 seconds, take a deep breath, and by then your screen will be caught up, and the world will be right with itself once more.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176215#p176215 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with I listened to the first minute or so of Turn About storm, and got the impression some of the dialog was on-screen, in the style of Phoenix Wright, so never bothered with it beyond that. As for reharmonized ponies, I am just in it for the voice acting, and thats pretty good. I dont think Id bother reading it with text to speech if that were the only option. Also, I dont watch cartoons (seriously: MLP is the only cartoon Ive ever watched more than 4 or 5 episodes of in my life) so the crossovers dont bother me. And I started reading fanfic long before I even bothered with the show itself, so Im used to the various fanfic universes, and in my head they feel just as valid as the official cannon. I tried to get into anthropology, but I just couldnt. The writing felt kind of slow and a little bit...stiff, or something. Though I tend to find fanfic that sticks closely to the tone of the show is the least intere sting type of fanfic. It takes real skill to write ponies having grimdark interdenominational adventures, and get the reader to take it seriously. And I admire that kind of talent.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176106#p176106 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with I listened to the first minute or so of Turn About storm, and got the impression some of the dialog was on-screen, in the style of Phoenix Wright, so never bothered with it beyond that. As for reharmonized ponies, I am just in it for the voice acting, and thats pretty good. I dont think Id bother reading it with text to speech if that were the only option. Also, I dont watch cartoons (seriously: MLP is the only cartoon Ive ever watched more than 4 or 5 episodes of in my life) so the crossovers dont bother me. And I started reading fanfic long before I even bothered with the show itself, so Im used to the various fanfic universes, and in my head they feel just as valid as the official cannon. I tried to get into anthropology, but I just couldnt. The writing felt kind of slow and a little bit...stiff, or something. Though I tend to find fanfic that sticks closely to the tone of the show is the least intere sting type of fanfic. It takes real skill to write ponies having grimdark interdimensional adventures, and get the reader to take it seriously. And I admire that kind of talent.Edit: Fixed grimdark interdenominational adventures to be grimdark interdimensional adventures. Good going, spellcheck! Although now I want a fanfic about how Luna was banished to the moon for being a Catholic, and this set off a thousand years of Catholic Protestant warfare. And now that I finished writing that sentence, I dont want it anymore. Yuck.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176106#p176106 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn Hi:Thanks for that! Looks like the servers they offer with usenet downloading and vpn access are a little more than I am willing to pay, though.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176111#p176111 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn And they really, really hope you forget to turn it off, so they can sell any usernames/passwords/account data that you send via the VPN to unknown third parties. They *do* execute a man in the middle attack on any HTTPS traffic you send, so I think that makes it pretty obvious how much they respect user privacy.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176046#p176046 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn And they really, really hope you forget to turn it off, so they can sell any usernames/passwords/account data that you send via the VPN to unknown third parties. They *do* execute a man in the middle attack on any HTTPS traffic you send, so I think that makes it pretty obvious how much they respect user privacy. Interestingly, they dont install there certificate authority into Firefox. They have an installer that does God knows what anyway, so I find it surprising that they arent even attempting to hide what theyre doing. Or maybe they figure the kind of users who would use this are just so used to clicking through random security warnings anyway that it doesnt matter.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176046#p176046 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn
Re: Free Anonymous bittorrent vpn @arqmeister: Where do you get a seedbox with a usenet downloader? Do they provide usenet access, or do you need to provide it yourself?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176071#p176071 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Reminder: WWDC Tomorrow
Re: Reminder: WWDC Tomorrow Well, maybe theyll finally announce an ARM-based smart watch to go with it. Yikes, that was awful.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175811#p175811 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Reminder: WWDC Tomorrow
Re: Reminder: WWDC Tomorrow Im kind of afraid that its all going to be streaming music stuff with beats in iTunes. First off, thats US only, and second off, I already have and enjoy rdio. So Im hoping that doesnt make the entire event a bit of a snooze for me.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175817#p175817 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Reminder: WWDC Tomorrow
Re: Reminder: WWDC Tomorrow @sebby: I dont really have any Intel to support that prediction though, so its a bit of a RISC. Just wanted to SPARC discussion. OK, Im done.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175822#p175822 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Oops! I thought the playlist I shared had Everfree radio in it. Turns out I forgot to click save after adding it. Fixed:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18413495/mlp.m3uhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18413495/mlp.m3u8https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18413495/mlp.fplURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175834#p175834 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: surviving an apocalypse...
Re: surviving an apocalypse... Learn stuff. If you can grow food, cook food, fix machines, knit, sew, perform basic medical tasks (bandaging/splinting/etc), design stuff, know things (calculate tides and seasons, etc) youll be a shoe in for survival. Admittedly, I cant do most of this stuff, so thats kind of more of a do as I say, not as I do thing. But I do keep a Braille copy of this handy:http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29558/29 … 9558-h.htmas well as dried food, tools, etc, just in case.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175846#p175846 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Text editor for Android
Re: Text editor for Android The price of the DAS Keyboard is worth every last cent. The price of that app...might not be, depending on how badly you need to edit on android.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175847#p175847 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Yeah, but there are lots of other players that can use Winamp playlists: foobar2000, VLC, XBMC, Cog, Rhythmbox, Amarok, etc, etc, etc. Every radio station website I visit these days, not just MLP stations, assumes you want to listen in your browser. Why? Do most people really not want an audio player these days? Please assume the following space contains a 6 thousand or so word rant on why embedded players suck. Itll save me the effort of writing it, save you the effort of reading it, and stop the thread from getting highjacked. Thank you!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175714#p175714 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Yeah, but there are lots of other players that can use Winamp playlists: foobar2000, VLC, XBMC, Cog, Rhythmbox, Amarok, etc, etc, etc. Every radio station website I visit these days, not just MLP stations, assumes you want to listen in your browser. Why? Do most people really not want an audio player these days? Please pretend the following space contains a 6 thousand or so word rant on why embedded players suck. Itll save me the effort of writing it, save you the effort of reading it, and stop the thread from getting highjacked. Thank you!URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175714#p175714 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Text editor for Android
Re: Text editor for Android Unfortunately, my android tablet is packed away in a box...somewhere or other...as I get ready to move, so I cant make you a recording. But if you can afford the $12 (yeah, thats a little steep!) I think this does everything you want:https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta … oft.editorit works with a bluetooth keyboard, at any rate. Im not a huge user of this type of app though, because I have never found a portable bluetooth keyboard that works well enough that I would be willing to use it to type long texts. But then, I am ridiculously spoiled by my Das Keyboard that a good friend got me for Christmas a couple years ago:http://shop.daskeyboard.com/collections … te-model-sIf you are not using a clicky keyboard, then you are not achieving even a third of the typing speed that you could. Also, you have not lived a fulfilling and happy life. LOL JK. Mostly.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175735#p175735 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Hmmm, Reharmonized Ponies is pretty good. And those same people made another one...I cant remember the title, though. It had the word discord in it. Its more of a graphic-audio style dramatic reading, but it does have effects and music, and the voice acting is super. I enjoyed all of the Doctor Whooves stuff for what it is, even though sometimes the production values arent so good. Oh! _The Vinyl Scratch Tapes: The Master Recording_ did a really good job of turning kind of crappy production values into a virtue. The premise of the series is that Vinyl and Octavia are in charge of Equestrias first ever independent radio station. It goes pretty much how you would expect. Also, there are some good fallout dramatic readings, but youve probably heard those already.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175741#p175741 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Hmmm, Reharmonized Ponies is pretty good. And those same people made another one...I cant remember the title, though. It had the word discord in it. Its more of a graphic-audio style dramatic reading, but it does have effects and music, and the voice acting is super. I enjoyed all of the Doctor Whooves stuff for what it is, even though sometimes the production values arent so good. Oh! _The Vinyl Scratch Tapes: The Master Recording_ did a really good job of turning kind of crappy production values into a virtue. The premise of the series is that Vinyl and Octavia are in charge of Equestrias first ever independent radio station. It goes pretty much how you would expect. Also, there are some good fallout dramatic readings, but youve probably heard those already.Edit to add: The moonstuck dubs are also worth a listen, if only for her voice. But dont expect to have any idea whats going on; apparently its based on a comic that is a parody of a different comic and I really have no idea what happens or why. But if you can get past that you wont want your 20 minutes back, because her voice really does cause cuteness overload. Or just skip it and listen to her audition:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezy_xkcPWoEURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175741#p175741 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Uh, @darkabomination and @dark are not the same person. I recall @darkabomination chiming in about pony music in the past. By the way, is there an archive of that stuff that isnt youtube? Firstly, because I would like to purchase the good bits and support the artist if I can, and secondly, because the audio from transcoded mp3 rips of youtube videos sucks bad enough that it bothers me. I did check bandcamp, but it wasnt helpful. Maybe artists dont sell the stuff because of IP issues? But even if so, theres just gotta be a better music archive than youtube, right? right? *cries*URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175618#p175618 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Ah, there we go! Exactly what I wanted. +1URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175630#p175630 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Ah, there we go! Exactly what I wanted. +1Edit to add: Aaaand...this is the first thing the random page thing gives me:https://eqbeats.org/track/1011Yup, of course it is. I should have expected that, really.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175630#p175630 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Both of the official albums are also on rdio, and thus probably Spotify as well, for people like me who have gone the cloud subscription model. There are official Daring Do novels? I...am not sure how I feel about that. Curious, but not curious enough to want to pay $9.99 for an e-book, I think covers it. So hopefully theyll be on bookshare or somewhere. There is so much good MLP related audio stuff, someone should really set up an internet radio station for it all! There are, like, thousands of hours of audio dramas, interviews, music, etc. Radio Equestria? Oh, never mind. The internet is way ahead of me. Down the rabbit hole I go! Wait, wait, wait...The Equestrian Broadcasting Company Presents... I demand that you tell these people to stop spying on my dreams! If they use a modified version of the NBC chimes I am actually going to be just slightly freaked out. Anyway, have a playlist:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18413495/mlp.m3uThere are 12 pony radio stations. What.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175657#p175657 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with Yeah, I put them all in the playlist above, I believe. Man, what is it with radio websites today and not wanting to link directly to a winamp/whatever stream?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175669#p175669 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: SAPI voices: your thaughts?
Re: SAPI voices: your thaughts? After Amazon purchased Ivona, I was really, really, really hoping they would lower the SAPI prices. But apparently not.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175522#p175522 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Blogging Software
Re: Blogging Software @jjgeek: Its just as accessible with Windows 7+Firefox+NVDA. Dreamwidth does a good job following accessible coding standards, so I dont see why it shouldnt work everywhere. Also, have you seen the numbered comments option? It makes threading so, so nice to keep track of! 1 this is the first comment1a this is a reply1a1 this is a reply to the reply1a1a and it could keep going2 and then out to the second comment2a with a replyI find it even nicer than the threading in most email and usenet clients, and now find myself wishing that every single website in the world did this.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175524#p175524 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: SAPI voices: your thaughts?
Re: SAPI voices: your thaughts? I really like the sound of Ivona Sally on my iPhone in Voice Dream Reader. I got her there for 5 bucks. I know I can have her as a SAPI voice on my Windows computer as well, but I just cant justify spending $60 on one voice, no matter how good it is. Especially compared to the excellent prices of the vocalizer for NVDA voices.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175354#p175354 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Anyone Tried Citadel BBS and Groupware?
Re: Anyone Tried Citadel BBS and Groupware? So, I know we have some newer Debian citadel admins here, and you are going to have this problem. When apt-get decides that init.d is broken and stuck in a horrible loop of doom, and complains about totally unrelated packages like checkroot and btsync, this is, in fact, citadels fault. To fix it, edit the file /etc/init.d/webcitAnd insert the following near the top, directly under the bang path:### BEGIN INIT INFO# Provides: webcit# Required-Start:# Required-Stop:# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5# Default-Stop: 0 1 6# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time# Description: Enable service provided by daemon.### END INIT INFOAnd then reinstall the packages that broke, and everything will be happy again. If youre interested in why, you can start with:http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/LSB … sinit.htmlBut when apt-get is totally broken and you have no idea why, youre probably not interested in learning about LSB.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175369#p175369 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Yes, songfic is a thing. A songfic is any fanfic that makes reference to songs and music that is not part of the fandom the fic is written in. The most notable songfic example is the Harry Potter fanfic _My Immortal_. Though its more of a Good Charlotte songfic, as it never actually mentions the song _My Immortal_ anywhere other than in the title, if memory serves. If you havent heard of My Immortal:http://myimmortalrehost2.webs.com/After that, all other songfics are just presumed bad.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175419#p175419 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Yes, songfic is a thing. A songfic is any fanfic that makes reference to songs and music that is not part of the fandom the fic is written in. The most notable songfic example is the Harry Potter fanfic _My Immortal_. Though its more of a Good Charlotte songfic, as it never actually mentions the song _My Immortal_ anywhere other than in the title, if memory serves. If you havent heard of My Immortal:http://myimmortalrehost2.webs.com/After that, all other songfics are just presumed bad. Yeah, something more event-driven would play to my strengths. Unfortunately, that really doesnt work well in something as character based as MLP; event-based fics are far better in fandoms like startrek, where its as much about the cool ships and neat technology as it is the people.URL: http://forum.audi ogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175419#p175419 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Canadian Authentic And Biometric passport for sale, British
Re: Canadian Authentic And Biometric passport for sale, British I know this really cool game that hes going to get to play soon! Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175250#p175250 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC @Trenton Goldshark: I was just going to research this this evening; I never got a chance yet because I spent a bunch of time getting XBMC+slingbox going, and looking into getting an IR Blaster. Youre a gold mine! +1URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175251#p175251 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC @balliol: Spotify is not available in my country, so I have no idea. But you could try this:https://github.com/mazkolain/spotimcURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175154#p175154 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose You learn something knew every day. Was setting up a new user on a system, and explained how authentication works. Uh, wtf? was the response. Apparently, this exists:https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ … enticationSo, yeah. Thats so much better of a solution! Like, so, so much better. Assuming it works, of course.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175158#p175158 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC @Trenton Goldshark: the problem I was having is that when google texts me my authentication token, XBMC would ask for it, and then just ask for it again and again and not login. So Im not sure if your trick would help. Thanks for the information about the c key, I didnt know about that one. So, if I can be allowed one more dumb question, how do I tell what version of XBMC Im running? I dont see an option in the menu that looks like it might say.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175161#p175161 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC So, another thing I cant make happen: How do I convince the iplayer addon to play the audio descriptions? I selected them from the audio described category, and assumed that would be enough. But apparently not.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175176#p175176 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC I dont see anything on that page that really says either way.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175182#p175182 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose Hi:OTP assumes that you can send a bunch of pads to your users every month. That just isnt the case. And I dont think you understand how the Google Authenticator app works. It generates tokens that expire every 30 seconds. And the tokens are generated based on a shared secret that is different for each service. And each shared secret is different depending on when it was generated. So if my iPhone is stolen, I can disable the shared secret that my iPhone is using, so no tokens generated by that secret will be valid. But the tokens generated by my Android phone are still fine. So an attacker has to:1. Get hold of one of my devices, before I notice and disable its token.2. Already know my password.3. Know what website/service each shared secret corresponds with.So, while this obviously isnt ultimate security, its the closest those of us who arent willing to spend trillions of dollars snailmailing one time pads to every single user we have are going to get. And yes, based on number of users and the cost of international postage per month, I am not overestimating the cost; one time pads would actually cost me upwards of 1 trillion dollars.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175203#p175203 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose Hi:OTP assumes that you can send a bunch of pads to your users every month. That just isnt the case. And I dont think you understand how the Google Authenticator app works. It generates tokens that expire every 30 seconds. And the tokens are generated based on a shared secret that is different for each service. And each shared secret is different depending on when it was generated. So if my iPhone is stolen, I can disable the shared secret that my iPhone is using, so no tokens generated by that secret will be valid. But the tokens generated by my Android phone are still fine. So an attacker has to:1. Get hold of one of my devices, before I notice and disable its token.2. Already know my password.3. Know what website/service each shared secret corresponds with.So, while this obviously isnt ultimate security, its the closest those of us who arent willing to spend trillions of dollars snailmailing one time pads to every single user we have are going to get. And yes, based on number of users and the cost of international postage per month, I am not overestimating the cost; one time pads would actually cost me upwards of 1 trillion dollars.Edit to add: First off, Id have to hire a full-time employee just to print, package, and mail one time pads, based on number of logins per user per month. The users in Canada are cheap, at only 3 or 4 dollars per mailing. But the users in places like North Korea and Iran are going to cost me over 20 dollars per month, just in postage fees, not counting the cost of the full-time employee, the printer/inc/paper, etc:http://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/ … ution=e2s3URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175203#p175203 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose Hi:OTP assumes that you can send a bunch of pads to your users every month. That just isnt the case. And I dont think you understand how the Google Authenticator app works. It generates tokens that expire every 30 seconds. And the tokens are generated based on a shared secret that is different for each service. And each shared secret is different depending on when it was generated. So if my iPhone is stolen, I can disable the shared secret that my iPhone is using, so no tokens generated by that secret will be valid. But the tokens generated by my Android phone are still fine. So an attacker has to:1. Get hold of one of my devices, before I notice and disable its token.2. Already know my password.3. Know what website/service each shared secret corresponds with.So, while this obviously isnt ultimate security, its the closest those of us who arent willing to spend trillions of dollars snailmailing one time pads to every single user we have are going to get. And yes, based on number of users and the cost of international postage per month, I am not overestimating the cost; one time pads would actually cost me upwards of 1 trillion dollars.Edit to add: First off, Id have to hire a full-time employee just to print, package, and mail one time pads, based on number of logins per user per month. The users in Canada are cheap, at only 3 or 4 dollars per mailing. But the users in places like North Korea and Iran are going to cost me over 20 dollars per month, just in postage fees, not counting the cost of the full-time employee, the printer/inc/paper, etc:http://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/ … ution=e2s3Even the American users are going to cost me upwards of 6 dollars a month per user just in postage fees for the one-time pads.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175203#p175203 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: re: xanth fanfic: He almost always knows who the potential visitors are, and almost every book starts the adventure with a group of people going to visit the good magician. Honestly, right now Im still just having Pony problems. I started off writing a few chapters with the elements of harmony visiting xanth. I had several various challenges and goals planned out, and I was going to split them into groups of two, and alternate between the three groups from chapter to chapter, with an overall story arc lasting about 12 chapters. The problem is that the way I right fanfic feels most like inviting a collection of existing characters into my head to sit around a table and play a long and intricate game of lets pretend, and I realized that Twilight is the only element I love enough to want to have her living in my head for an extended period of time. So then I wrote a few chapters involving Princess Luna and Lyra, but they are best not spoken of, bec ause they were so bad that Im afraid Luna might come back and yell at me some more. Also, Lyra gets far too distracted by humans to ever accomplish anything at all in xanth, and thats why all of my challenges were just getting totally derailed by those two. So this morning I started everything again as a Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody fic. But then I realized I needed a Pegasus for stuff that needs to happen later, so Derpy Hooves got involved for a while, but it just wasnt working out between her and the other two ponies. Finally, I remembered that xanth itself has a vast collection of flying equines, so now Im going through the xanth concordance, and rereading parts of the various books, to try and find Vinyl and Octavia the perfect tour guide to xanth. But as I continue down this route, Im feeling more and more like using a collection of background ponies is a cop-out, and the fic is going to lose all of its MLP flavou r, and be a xanth novel with some vaguely familiar names. Im actively considering restarting everything as a fic where several xanth characters get dumped in Equestria and have to find a way back to xanth. That would let me keep my ponies, and avoid the good magician entirely. The problem is, it would make the entirety of my plot outline totally useless, and I just have no plot at all for a xanth characters in Equestria fic. So, to make a long story short, I have wound up writing 9 chapters, of about 1 words each, and none of them are going anywhere but the trash. Are you starting to see why my writing expeditions never wind up getting published where anyone can see them? I am perfectly capable of writing about 4 more story starts of 2 or 3 chapters each, and then getting distracted and going off to do something else.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175013#p175 013 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: I think reviewers also often pick on xanth because of the content of Piers Anthonys adult books. While xanth is always PG13, if you pick up some of his books aimed at adults, not children...well...lets just say that the book Firefly is most notable for having a detailed depiction of paedophilia...from the 6 year old girls point of view...and both the author and characters involved seem to feel that what happened is perfectly OK, because she liked it. This is another thing that didnt bother me when I was a teenager; I was used to adults thinking they knew best when they didnt, and was perfectly willing to assume that anti-paedophilia laws were more of the same. I just read that scene and moved on. So going and rereading that particular book at 22 was a hell of a shock; I think I actually shouted WHAT THE F***! at the top of my voice when I was on the bus. At least Anthony stuck with his lawful stupid leanings and stuck the guy in jail, because thats the law, even if he didnt seem to believe it was just. So when those of us who are regular Piers Anthony readers see something even a little, tiny, itty bit sexual in xanth, it triggers us and we foam at the mouth for pages and pages about it, even though that never ever happens in xanth, and most of the sexual content we dislike appears in other completely unrelated works.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175012#p175012 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose @sebby: generally, the way I handle it for things I control, and that are open enough to let me do it, is by closing everything up with iptables, and providing a web interface that users are required to log in to. The web interface handles the two factor, and once log-in is successful, opens up, for example, the SSH port, for 10 minutes, to the IP that successfully completed two factor. Unfortunately, this solution is not a good one for IMAP, as most people want access for there phones to check email every 10 minutes. So unfortunately application level passwords are the only way to go. But in combination with only allowing 1 sent email per minute per user, it isnt too bad.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=174996#p174996 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Yup. Unfortunately, none of them tie together well, because theyre 3 sets of 3, all at the start of the fic:-- 3 Elements of Harmony chapters, taking us from ponyville into xanth, where the six ponies try and figure out whats going on, and eventually head off to the good magicians castle-- 3 Princess Luna and Lyra chapters, wherein Luna discovers how to open a dream portal between universes, and her and Lyra go through it for no explainable reason, and Lyra gets distracted by humanity and nothing interesting happens. Also, it became a songfic for Henry Mancinis Moon River, and everyone knows all songfics are bad.-- 3 Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody chapters that take place entirely in Ponyville, wherein Vinyl isnt as funny as she thinks she is, Octavia is horrified, and oh my God we are never ever getting to the plot so the author just transports the two ponies to xanth when Vinyls most powerful amplifier explodes for no clearly explained reason. Plus one bonus opening chapter involving Derpy Hooves that just winds up turning into a long drawn out set of the worst classical music puns that anyone has ever written in the history of ever.I got nothing written today, because the waterbed mattress sprang a leak and that took up a bunch of life, plus I got distracted and had to watch all of this girls videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MwQx-I8Xxsand now I am unfit to write in English at all.So, yeah. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing there that I can stitch into a coherent, publishable, complete fic. I think there is something wrong with me as a writer. I can type really, really fast, and my degree in journalism means that Im accurate enough I dont need to do much proofreading for spelling or grammar, so I can really pump out vast quantities of writing on a whim, because Im used to having to crank out 500 words within fifteen minutes or so. But what I am absolutely incapable of doing, in anything I ever try to write, is getting my characters to do what I want and follow my carefully crafted plot outline. This probably has something to do with the fact that I crank out character free outlines, and then go and try and find characters I can railroad into them. Id love to change how I think up fiction; unfortunately thats just how the ideas come to me. At this point Im thinking I should just throw up my hands and go and write out that stupid dragnet dream I had a while ago as a ten or fifteen thousand word novella, call it a crackfic, and horrify everyone everywhere. At least then I could say I actually completed something.Edit: sprung to sprang. Just because I was saying I dont proofread for grammar, of course I had to go and make a stupid obvious mistake. This is entirely The Fan fiction Critics fault.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175052#p175052 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Accessible XBMC
Accessible XBMC So, I might be the last person on earth to find out about this:http://ruuk.github.io/service.xbmc.tts/Install XBMC from there, and it will be totally accessible with NVDA. This is going to make my wireless remote media viewing so much easier. Im not sure if it can be made to run on mac yet, but I sure hope so, seeing as most of my TV episodes are on a mac mini. Testing continues. Does anyone else use this? Thoughts?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175087#p175087 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Accessible XBMC
Accessible XBMC So, I might be the last person on earth to find out about this:http://ruuk.github.io/service.xbmc.tts/Install XBMC from there, and it will be totally accessible with NVDA. This is going to make my wireless remote media viewing so much easier. Im not sure if it can be made to run on mac yet, but I sure hope so, seeing as most of my TV episodes are on a mac mini. Testing continues. Does anyone else use this? Thoughts?URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175087#p175087 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC OK, so I have been using it for half an hour, and I already have a problem. But I fixed it! If you cant log into your youtube with XBMC, get this file:https://youtubexbmc.googlecode.com/issu … 1036174200Now, put it in c:\users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.youtubeYou just want to replace the file thats already there. Now, everything will work! You need to use your gmail or google apps email address, not your youtube username.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175095#p175095 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC OK, so I have been using it for half an hour, and I already have a problem. But I fixed it! If you cant log into your youtube with XBMC, get this file:https://youtubexbmc.googlecode.com/issu … 1036174200Now, put it in c:\users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.youtubeYou just want to replace the file thats already there. Now, everything will work! You need to use your gmail or google apps email address, not your youtube username.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175095#p175095 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC So, one thing I cant figure out, probably because Im an idiot. When Im watching a video from youtube, how do I like and/or share it? I see the full screen video player, and the list of videos. When I press applications key, some stuff comes up that doesnt read. Is it hiding there? Or is there another accessible way to like and share youtube videos within xbmc.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=175113#p175113 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Accessible XBMC
Re: Accessible XBMC So, one thing I cant figure out, probably because Im an idiot. When Im watching a video from youtube, how do I like and/or share it? I see the full screen video player, and the list of videos. When I press applications key, some stuff comes up that doesnt read. Is it hiding there? Or is there another accessible way to like and share youtube videos within xbmc.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175113#p175113 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Yup. Unfortunately, none of them tie together well, because theyre 3 sets of 3, all at the start of the fic:-- 3 Elements of Harmony chapters, taking us from ponyville into xanth, where the six ponies try and figure out whats going on, and eventually head off to the good magicians castle-- 3 Princess Luna and Lyra chapters, wherein Luna discovers how to open a dream portal between universes, and her and Lyra go through it for no explainable reason, and Lyra gets distracted by humanity and nothing interesting happens.-- 3 Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody chapters that take place entirely in Ponyville, wherein Vinyl isnt as funny as she thinks she is, Octavia is horrified, and oh my God we are never ever getting to the plot so the author just transports the two ponies to xanth when Vinyls most powerful amplifier explodes for no clearly explained reason. Plus one bonus opening chapter involving Derpy Hooves that just winds u p turning into a long drawn out set of the worst classical music puns that anyone has ever written in the history of ever.I got nothing written today, because the waterbed mattress sprung a leak and that took up a bunch of life, plus I got distracted and had to watch all of this girls videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MwQx-I8Xxsand now I am unfit to write in English at all.So, yeah. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing there that I can stitch into a coherent, publishable, complete fic. I think there is something wrong with me as a writer. I can type really, really fast, and my degree in journalism means that Im accurate enough I dont need to do much proofreading for spelling or grammar, so I can really pump out vast quantities of writing on a whim, because Im used to having to crank out 500 words within fifteen minutes or so. But what I am absolut ely incapable of doing, in anything I ever try to write, is getting my characters to do what I want and follow my carefully crafted plot outline. This probably has something to do with the fact that I crank out character free outlines, and then go and try and find characters I can railroad into them. Id love to change how I think up fiction; unfortunately thats just how the ideas come to me. At this point Im thinking I should just throw up my hands and go and write out that stupid dragnet dream I had a while ago as a ten or fifteen thousand word novella, call it a crackfic, and horrify everyone everywhere. At least then I could say I actually completed something.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175052#p175052 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Yup. Unfortunately, none of them tie together well, because theyre 3 sets of 3, all at the start of the fic:-- 3 Elements of Harmony chapters, taking us from ponyville into xanth, where the six ponies try and figure out whats going on, and eventually head off to the good magicians castle-- 3 Princess Luna and Lyra chapters, wherein Luna discovers how to open a dream portal between universes, and her and Lyra go through it for no explainable reason, and Lyra gets distracted by humanity and nothing interesting happens.-- 3 Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody chapters that take place entirely in Ponyville, wherein Vinyl isnt as funny as she thinks she is, Octavia is horrified, and oh my God we are never ever getting to the plot so the author just transports the two ponies to xanth when Vinyls most powerful amplifier explodes for no clearly explained reason. Plus one bonus opening chapter involving Derpy Hooves that just winds u p turning into a long drawn out set of the worst classical music puns that anyone has ever written in the history of ever.I got nothing written today, because the waterbed mattress sprang a leak and that took up a bunch of life, plus I got distracted and had to watch all of this girls videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MwQx-I8Xxsand now I am unfit to write in English at all.So, yeah. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing there that I can stitch into a coherent, publishable, complete fic. I think there is something wrong with me as a writer. I can type really, really fast, and my degree in journalism means that Im accurate enough I dont need to do much proofreading for spelling or grammar, so I can really pump out vast quantities of writing on a whim, because Im used to having to crank out 500 words within fifteen minutes or so. But what I am absolut ely incapable of doing, in anything I ever try to write, is getting my characters to do what I want and follow my carefully crafted plot outline. This probably has something to do with the fact that I crank out character free outlines, and then go and try and find characters I can railroad into them. Id love to change how I think up fiction; unfortunately thats just how the ideas come to me. At this point Im thinking I should just throw up my hands and go and write out that stupid dragnet dream I had a while ago as a ten or fifteen thousand word novella, call it a crackfic, and horrify everyone everywhere. At least then I could say I actually completed something.Edit: sprung to sprang. Just because I was saying I dont proofread for grammar, of course I had to go and make a stupid obvious mistake. This is entirely The Fanfiction Critics fault.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175052#p175052 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Yup. Unfortunately, none of them tie together well, because theyre 3 sets of 3, all at the start of the fic:-- 3 Elements of Harmony chapters, taking us from ponyville into xanth, where the six ponies try and figure out whats going on, and eventually head off to the good magicians castle-- 3 Princess Luna and Lyra chapters, wherein Luna discovers how to open a dream portal between universes, and her and Lyra go through it for no explainable reason, and Lyra gets distracted by humanity and nothing interesting happens. Also, it became a songfic for Henry Mancinis Moon River, and everyone knows all songfics are bad.-- 3 Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody chapters that take place entirely in Ponyville, wherein Vinyl isnt as funny as she thinks she is, Octavia is horrified, and oh my God we are never ever getting to the plot so the author just transports the two ponies to xanth when Vinyls most powerful amplifier explodes for no clearly explained reason. Plus one bonus opening chapter involving Derpy Hooves that just winds up turning into a long drawn out set of the worst classical music puns that anyone has ever written in the history of ever.I got nothing written today, because the waterbed mattress sprang a leak and that took up a bunch of life, plus I got distracted and had to watch all of this girls videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MwQx-I8Xxsand now I am unfit to write in English at all.So, yeah. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing there that I can stitch into a coherent, publishable, complete fic. I think there is something wrong with me as a writer. I can type really, really fast, and my degree in journalism means that Im accurate enough I dont need to do much proofreading for spelling or grammar, so I can really pump out vast quantities of writing on a whim, because Im used to having to crank out 500 words within fifteen minutes or so. But what I am absolutely incapable of doing, in anything I ever try to write, is getting my characters to do what I want and follow my carefully crafted plot outline. This probably has something to do with the fact that I crank out character free outlines, and then go and try and find characters I can railroad into them. Id love to change how I think up fiction; unfortunately thats just how the ideas come to me. At this point Im thinking I should just throw up my hands and go and write out that stupid dragnet dream I had a while ago as a ten or fifteen thousand word novella, call it a crackfic, and horrify everyone everywhere. At least then I could say I actually completed something.Edit: sprung to sprang. Just because I was saying I dont proofread for grammar, of course I had to go and make a stupid obvious mistake. This is entirely The Fan fiction Critics fault.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175052#p175052 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose @sebby: generally, the way I handle it for things I control, and that are open enough to let me do it, is by closing everything up with iptables, and providing a web interface that users are required to log in to. The web interface handles the two factor, and once log-in is successful, opens up, for example, the SSH port, for 10 minutes, to the IP that successfully completed two factor. Unfortunately, this solution is not a good one for IMAP, as most people want access for there phones to check email every 10 minutes. So unfortunately application level passwords are the only way to go. But in combination with only allowing 1 sent email per minute per user, it isnt too bad.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174996#p174996 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: I think reviewers also often pick on xanth because of the content of Piers Anthonys adult books. While xanth is always PG13, if you pick up some of his books aimed at adults, not children...well...lets just say that the book Firefly is most notable for having a detailed depiction of paedophilia...from the 6 year old girls point of view...and both the author and characters involved seem to feel that what happened is perfectly OK, because she liked it. So when those of us who are regular Piers Anthony readers see something even a little, tiny, itty bit sexual in xanth, it triggers us and we foam at the mouth for pages and pages about it, even though that never ever happens in xanth, and most of the sexual content we dislike appears in other completely unrelated works.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175012#p175012 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: I think reviewers also often pick on xanth because of the content of Piers Anthonys adult books. While xanth is always PG13, if you pick up some of his books aimed at adults, not children...well...lets just say that the book Firefly is most notable for having a detailed depiction of paedophilia...from the 6 year old girls point of view...and both the author and characters involved seem to feel that what happened is perfectly OK, because she liked it. This is another thing that didnt bother me when I was a teenager; I was used to adults thinking they knew best when they didnt, and was perfectly willing to assume that anti-paedophilia laws were more of the same. I just read that scene and moved on. So going and rereading that particular book at 22 was a hell of a shock; I think I actually shouted WHAT THE F***! at the top of my voice when I was on the bus. So when those of us who are regular Piers Anthony readers see someth ing even a little, tiny, itty bit sexual in xanth, it triggers us and we foam at the mouth for pages and pages about it, even though that never ever happens in xanth, and most of the sexual content we dislike appears in other completely unrelated works.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175012#p175012 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: I think reviewers also often pick on xanth because of the content of Piers Anthonys adult books. While xanth is always PG13, if you pick up some of his books aimed at adults, not children...well...lets just say that the book Firefly is most notable for having a detailed depiction of paedophilia...from the 6 year old girls point of view...and both the author and characters involved seem to feel that what happened is perfectly OK, because she liked it. This is another thing that didnt bother me when I was a teenager; I was used to adults thinking they knew best when they didnt, and was perfectly willing to assume that anti-paedophilia laws were more of the same. I just read that scene and moved on. So going and rereading that particular book at 22 was a hell of a shock; I think I actually shouted WHAT THE F***! at the top of my voice when I was on the bus. At least Anthony stuck with his lawful stupid leanings and stuck the guy in jail, because thats the law, even if he didnt seem to believe it was just. So when those of us who are regular Piers Anthony readers see something even a little, tiny, itty bit sexual in xanth, it triggers us and we foam at the mouth for pages and pages about it, even though that never ever happens in xanth, and most of the sexual content we dislike appears in other completely unrelated works.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175012#p175012 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: re: xanth fanfic: He almost always knows who the potential visitors are, and almost every book starts the adventure with a group of people going to visit the good magician. Honestly, right now Im still just having Pony problems. I started off writing a few chapters with the elements of harmony visiting xanth. I had several various challenges and goals planned out, and I was going to split them into groups of two, and alternate between the three groups from chapter to chapter, with an overall story arc lasting about 12 chapters. The problem is that the way I right fanfic feels most like inviting a collection of existing characters into my head to sit around a table and play a long and intricate game of lets pretend, and I realized that Twilight is the only element I love enough to want to have her living in my head for an extended period of time. So then I wrote a few chapters involving Princess Luna and Lyra, but they are best not spoken of, bec ause they were so bad that Im afraid Luna might come back and yell at me some more. Also, Lyra gets far too distracted by humans to ever accomplish anything at all in xanth, and thats why all of my challenges were just getting totally derailed by those two. So this morning I started everything again as a Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody fic. But then I realized I needed a Pegasus for stuff that needs to happen later, so Derpy Hooves got involved for a while, but it just wasnt working out between her and the other two ponies. Finally, I remembered that xanth itself has a vast collection of flying equines, so now Im going through the xanth concordance, and rereading parts of the various books, to try and find Vinyl and Octavia the perfect tour guide to xanth. So, to make a long story short, I have wound up writing 9 chapters, of about 1 words each, and none of them are going anywhere but the trash. Are you starting to see why my writing expeditions never wind up getting published where anyone can see them? I am perfectly capable of writing about 4 more story starts of 2 or 3 chapters each, and then getting distracted and going off to do something else.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175013#p175013 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: re: xanth fanfic: He almost always knows who the potential visitors are, and almost every book starts the adventure with a group of people going to visit the good magician. Honestly, right now Im still just having Pony problems. I started off writing a few chapters with the elements of harmony visiting xanth. I had several various challenges and goals planned out, and I was going to split them into groups of two, and alternate between the three groups from chapter to chapter, with an overall story arc lasting about 12 chapters. The problem is that the way I right fanfic feels most like inviting a collection of existing characters into my head to sit around a table and play a long and intricate game of lets pretend, and I realized that Twilight is the only element I love enough to want to have her living in my head for an extended period of time. So then I wrote a few chapters involving Princess Luna and Lyra, but they are best not spoken of, bec ause they were so bad that Im afraid Luna might come back and yell at me some more. Also, Lyra gets far too distracted by humans to ever accomplish anything at all in xanth, and thats why all of my challenges were just getting totally derailed by those two. So this morning I started everything again as a Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody fic. But then I realized I needed a Pegasus for stuff that needs to happen later, so Derpy Hooves got involved for a while, but it just wasnt working out between her and the other two ponies. Finally, I remembered that xanth itself has a vast collection of flying equines, so now Im going through the xanth concordance, and rereading parts of the various books, to try and find Vinyl and Octavia the perfect tour guide to xanth. But as I continue down this route, Im feeling more and more like using a collection of background ponies is a cop-out, and the fic is going to lose all of its MLP flavou r, and be a xanth novel with some vaguely familiar names. So, to make a long story short, I have wound up writing 9 chapters, of about 1 words each, and none of them are going anywhere but the trash. Are you starting to see why my writing expeditions never wind up getting published where anyone can see them? I am perfectly capable of writing about 4 more story starts of 2 or 3 chapters each, and then getting distracted and going off to do something else.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=175013#p175013 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: re: xanth fanfic: He almost always knows who the potential visitors are, and almost every book starts the adventure with a group of people going to visit the good magician. Honestly, right now Im still just having Pony problems. I started off writing a few chapters with the elements of harmony visiting xanth. I had several various challenges and goals planned out, and I was going to split them into groups of two, and alternate between the three groups from chapter to chapter, with an overall story arc lasting about 12 chapters. The problem is that the way I right fanfic feels most like inviting a collection of existing characters into my head to sit around a table and play a long and intricate game of lets pretend, and I realized that Twilight is the only element I love enough to want to have her living in my head for an extended period of time. So then I wrote a few chapters involving Princess Luna and Lyra, but they are best not spoken of, bec ause they were so bad that Im afraid Luna might come back and yell at me some more. Also, Lyra gets far too distracted by humans to ever accomplish anything at all in xanth, and thats why all of my challenges were just getting totally derailed by those two. So this morning I started everything again as a Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody fic. But then I realized I needed a Pegasus for stuff that needs to happen later, so Derpy Hooves got involved for a while, but it just wasnt working out between her and the other two ponies. Finally, I remembered that xanth itself has a vast collection of flying equines, so now Im going through the xanth concordance, and rereading parts of the various books, to try and find Vinyl and Octavia the perfect tour guide to xanth. But as I continue down this route, Im feeling more and more like using a collection of background ponies is a cop-out, and the fic is going to lose all of its MLP flavou r, and be a xanth novel with some vaguely familiar names. Im actively considering restarting everything as a fic where several xanth characters get dumped in Equestria and have to find a way back to xanth. That would let me keep my ponies, and avoid the good magician entirely. The problem is, it would make the entirety of my plot outline totally useless, and I just have no plot at all for a xanth characters in Equestria fic. So, to make a long story short, I have wound up writing 9 chapters, of about 1 words each, and none of them are going anywhere but the trash. Are you starting to see why my writing expeditions never wind up getting published where anyone can see them? I am perfectly capable of writing about 4 more story starts of 2 or 3 chapters each, and then getting distracted and going off to do something else.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.c om/viewtopic.php?pid=175013#p175013 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose @sebby: fortunately, citadel was only in use on several slightly less critical domains, for more adventurous organizations, who had previously agreed to conducting the experiment. Mostly, Im looking for something that is more cost effective for multiple small (4 to 6) user organizations. Google apps is $50 per user per year, and most of the functionality isnt used (lots of people only have like 120 mb of email), and is missing other functionality that is wanted (internal wikis/blogs/forums, especially) so they wind up paying more to other organizations for that, or having entirely separate forum/calendar/blog systems that arent at all integrated with the email system. Actually, Im getting a little bit burned, because the people who have citadel dont want to give it up! So I could well find myself stuck running citadel in a couple places and just having to swallow my hatred, and hope nothing breaks so hard I cant make it go agai n. If there was some organization that would host citadel installations for a similar price to Google apps, and provide 24/7 support, handle updates and security, and all the rest, Id probably go with that.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174967#p174967 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose @sebby: Actually, I had already done that. The problem happened because one of the account passwords was changed to be...not a good password. And citadel doesnt have methods of restricting emails per user per minute, it does not lock out IP addresses for making an extreme number of incorrect SMTP log-in attempts, it does not have two factor authentication support, and it does not allow administrators to enforce rules about password strength. So someone brute forced the amazingly complicated account password Password.123, and was able to crap all over the smtp queue. This is really, really basic security stuff. I didnt even check to see if citadel did some of these things before deploying, because it just seemed so astonishingly obvious that everything on the modern internet has to do this, that it would feel like checking to make sure a car youre about to buy has a steering wheel. Though I admit that Password. 123 probably would comply with most password policies that people tend to set; it has uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and punctuation. But its still a terrible password.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174970#p174970 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Jaws eloquence crash strings
Re: Jaws eloquence crash strings @andy93: Im not usually a fan of this kind of thing, but reading your message in say all with NVDA and the eloquence addon may be the best thing ever. It really does scream and die. ROFLURL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174974#p174974 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Youve only read the first book, and already the authors obsession with the female figure is bothering you. [[wow]]. You have a long journey ahead, my friend. I say the authors obsession, because every single one of his male characters does this. In every single book hes ever written. When I was 13, I had hormones, and so I didnt have a problem with it, and honestly thought that all adult men were like that, not realizing it was something I would grow out of, and that its kind of creepy. I also thought that because xanth had what I considered to be strong female characters, it was OK for the author to obsess about boobs and somehow wasnt objectification. I really didnt mean my MLP review to come across as recommending Xanth to an adult who has never read it. There is a reason I couldnt reconnect with those characters after university. Unless Im overestimating your age, and yo ure a mature 16. In that case, have fun; youve got a couple years left where you can enjoy xanth. As for the rest of your questions, if you read books 2 and 3, some of them will get answered. But its important to remember that Piers Anthony believes that Lawful Stupid is not just a thing on TVTropes, its the 1 true and correct way to live your life. This also comes across in all of his books. So the distrust for Trent wasnt because trent was evil as you and I would think of it, but because he was, to borrow DM terminology, chaotic good, not lawful good. Seriously though, my griping aside, if you enjoyed that, you wont be disappointed by the next several books in the series. Maybe spend the summer with them when theres no MLP.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174920#p1 74920 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Youve only read the first book, and already the authors obsession with the female figure is bothering you. [[wow]]. You have a long journey ahead, my friend. I say the authors obsession, because every single one of his male characters does this. In every single book hes ever written. When I was 13, I had hormones, and so I didnt have a problem with it, and honestly thought that all adult men were like that, not realizing it was something I would grow out of, and that its kind of creepy. I also thought that because xanth had what I considered to be strong female characters, it was OK for the author to obsess about boobs and somehow wasnt objectification. I really didnt mean my MLP review to come across as recommending Xanth to an adult who has never read it. There is a reason I couldnt reconnect with those characters after university. Unless Im overestimating your age, and yo ure a mature 16. In that case, have fun; youve got a couple years left where you can enjoy xanth. As for the rest of your questions, if you read books 2 and 3, some of them will get answered. But its important to remember that Piers Anthony believes that Lawful Stupid is not just a thing on TVTropes, its the 1 true and correct way to live your life. This also comes across in all of his books. So the distrust for Trent wasnt because trent was evil as you and I would think of it, but because he was, to borrow DM terminology, chaotic good, not lawful good. Seriously though, my griping aside, if you enjoyed that, you wont be disappointed by the next several books in the series. Maybe spend the summer with them when theres no MLP.As for the sound of Rainbow Dash, yeah, thats what I meant. But I thought, and still think, that she should make loud swooshing air noises if anything, not those...whatever those are. They dont sound anything like a jet to me. But as I said, it only bothered me for the first episode or so.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174920#p174920 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: help finding people to discuss something with
Re: help finding people to discuss something with @cantorlot: Youve only read the first book, and already the authors obsession with the female figure is bothering you. [[wow]]. You have a long journey ahead, my friend. I say the authors obsession, because every single one of his male characters does this. In every single book hes ever written. When I was 13, I had hormones, and so I didnt have a problem with it, and honestly thought that all adult men were like that, not realizing it was something I would grow out of, and that its kind of creepy. I also thought that because xanth had what I considered to be strong female characters, it was OK for the author to obsess about boobs and somehow wasnt objectification. I really didnt mean my MLP review to come across as recommending Xanth to an adult who has never read it. There is a reason I couldnt reconnect with those characters after university. Unless Im overestimating your age, and yo ure a mature 16. In that case, have fun; youve got a couple years left where you can enjoy xanth. As for the rest of your questions, if you read books 2 and 3, some of them will get answered. But its important to remember that Piers Anthony believes that Lawful Stupid is not just a thing on TVTropes, its the 1 true and correct way to live your life. This also comes across in all of his books. So the distrust for Trent wasnt because trent was evil as you and I would think of it, but because he was, to borrow DM terminology, chaotic good, not lawful good. Seriously though, my griping aside, if you enjoyed that, you wont be disappointed by the next several books in the series. Maybe spend the summer with them when theres no MLP.As for the sound of Rainbow Dash, yeah, thats what I meant. But I thought, and still think, that she should make loud swooshing air noises if anything, not those...whatever those are. They dont sound anything like a jet to me. But as I said, it only bothered me for the first episode or so.Edit to say: your encouragement to actually watch the show and join the community, as well as some other MLP/Xanth discussions Ive had with real world friends, has inspired me to try my hand at a MLP/Xanth crossover fic. Unfortunately, thus far, it isnt going well. Do you have any idea how hard it is to come up with 3 challenges the good magician could give a group of ponies? But Im having fun, even if nothing comes of it, and thats the important part. So thanks for that!URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174920#p174920 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose
Re: The Email God Requires Assistance for a Mighty Purpose Sorry, based on the problems I had with Citadel all weekend, I am clearly not blessed by the email God. But my advice would be to ask on superuser.com; if it can be done, someone there will know.URL: http://audiogamesforum.captivatingsound.com/viewtopic.php?pid=174921#p174921 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
