Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-02-01 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Ralph A. Mack ralphm...@comcast.net writes: One intriguing characteristic of short messages is that it forces non-live discussion into a give-and-take mode resembling live conversation rather than the lecture-followed-by-qa mode characteristic of blogs and most email. So, in other

Re: twitter vs identi.ca

2010-02-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: One intriguing characteristic of short messages is that it forces non-live discussion into a give-and-take mode resembling live conversation ... So, in other words..., it's yet another IM system? No, it's not

USB based earphones w/microphone

2010-02-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
I am considering buying a USB-based headphone/microphone. Apparently my microphone stopped working last night (tested on 3 other machines). My desktop system does not have an earphone jack in the front. My sound card is nVidia and I'm running Fedora 12. I've seen some mixed reviews. -- Jerry

Re: USB based earphones w/microphone

2010-02-01 Thread Susan Cragin
I am considering buying a USB-based headphone/microphone. Apparently my microphone stopped working last night (tested on 3 other machines). My desktop system does not have an earphone jack in the front. My sound card is nVidia and I'm running Fedora 12. I've seen some mixed reviews. -- Jerry

Re: USB based earphones w/microphone

2010-02-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 02/01/2010 07:46 PM, Susan Cragin wrote: I am considering buying a USB-based headphone/microphone. Apparently my microphone stopped working last night (tested on 3 other machines). My desktop system does not have an earphone jack in the front. My sound card is nVidia and I'm running Fedora