[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Schmarck
Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:39:09 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You have a problem to which you do not know the solution, so how are you supposed to know what is important and what is not? As it seems, I knew what was not important. Just have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread ionut cucu
(gramps:) I remember the good old days when a good clean old-fashioned fight to the death would sort these things out, and the winner would be right. Now we have reasoning, such a bore. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 31 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: So you found his post unhelpful, You disagree? You think that he was helpful with his KDE comment? I would be very surprised if he thought it was helpful. It wasn't written to be helpful. It was written to provoke a giggle, or perhaps nothing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread Jan Seeger
On Mon, 31. Mar, ionut cucu spammed my inbox with (gramps:) I remember the good old days when a good clean old-fashioned fight to the death would sort these things out, and the winner would be right. Now we have reasoning, such a bore. Good one. I lol'ed^^ -- thenybble.de/blog/ -- four bits

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread Willie Wong
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 01:32:05PM +0200, Penguin Lover Alan McKinnon squawked: on second thoughts, /me wonders if I might not be in Michael's killfile by now... That schmuck is already in my kill-file. But please, can we let this thread die? Must we all lower ourselves to the level of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Michael Schmarck: My attitude? Well, maybe. But I rather think it has everything to do with Alan, who made a bad comment. Have you not noticed that you are the _only_ person upset by Alan's post? Why don't you think about that for a bit It was NOT me who started the fight.

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Schmarck
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 31 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: So you found his post unhelpful, You disagree? You think that he was helpful with his KDE comment? I would be very surprised if he thought it was helpful. It wasn't written to be helpful. It was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:39:07 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: I don't. I disagree with his most important point: It's no good to post as much information as possible. Instead, the amount of information posted should be condensed to only the important pieces. You have a problem to which

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:34:38 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You were not supposed to post such a comment in the first place. Who dictates that? There is no list moderation except the self-moderation of the users, an none of them have objected to light-hearted comments by Alan, or other,

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Michael Schmarck
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:34:38 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You were not supposed to post such a comment in the first place. Who dictates that? I don't know. Ask Alan, as he tries to dictate which post are allowed and which not.

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Michael Schmarck
Neil Bothwick neil at digimed.co.uk writes: On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:39:07 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: I don't. I disagree with his most important point: It's no good to post as much information as possible. Instead, the amount of information posted should be condensed to only

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:39:09 + (UTC), Michael Schmarck wrote: You have a problem to which you do not know the solution, so how are you supposed to know what is important and what is not? As it seems, I knew what was not important. Just have a look at the real root cause of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 Mar 2008, at 06:47, Michael Schmarck wrote: ... In your world, an aggressor is doing nothing wrong? Do I understand that right? ... Get real. When you're describing someone who has annoyed you on the Internet as an aggressor it probably means you need to take a break for a while

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:32:47 +0100, Stroller wrote: When you're describing someone who has annoyed you on the Internet as an aggressor it probably means you need to take a break for a while RFC 1: Count to ten before hitting send. -- Neil Bothwick Politics: Poli (many) - tics (blood

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-29 Thread Michael Schmarck
Hal Martin hal.martin at gmail.com writes: Michael Schmarck wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com wrote: Now, onto your actual problem. It is exceptionally hard to even attempt to provide a solution unless someone else fixed the exact same problem before, as you have

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-29 Thread Michael Schmarck
Stroller stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: Hi there, I, too, thought about saying something like this at the time. I'm glad you have done so and I agree with all your points. I don't. I disagree with his most important point: It's no good to post as much information as possible.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 29 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: I, too, know what it's like to receive a reply to one of my questions   which I find to be unhelpful and aggravating. However, two wrongs don't make a right and no-one benefits from an angry response. Oh, so it's now my fault for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-29 Thread Stroller
On 29 Mar 2008, at 20:39, Michael Schmarck wrote: Stroller stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: I, too, thought about saying something like this at the time. I'm glad you have done so and I agree with all your points. I don't. I disagree with his most important point... Yes, but

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-29 Thread Michael Schmarck
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: On Saturday 29 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: I, too, know what it's like to receive a reply to one of my questions which I find to be unhelpful and aggravating. However, two wrongs don't make a right and no-one benefits from an

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-29 Thread Michael Schmarck
Stroller stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: On 29 Mar 2008, at 20:39, Michael Schmarck wrote: Stroller stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: I, too, thought about saying something like this at the time. I'm glad you have done so and I agree with all your points. I don't. I

[gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-25 Thread Michael Schmarck
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: Good evening! I've got a problem with media-sound/rhythmbox-0.11.2-r1 on my new ~x86 system. When I play an MP3 file, I see that rb progresses and when I turn on visualization, I see

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: rhythmbox plays silently

2008-03-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Michael Schmarck wrote: I'll crawl back into my KDE and e17 fanboy clubhouse and shut up now. It would've been better if you would've just shut up right from the beginning - or simply post helpful comments. The latter would be the preferred option, as far as I'm