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omnis_audis - Aug 04, 2010 5:07:34 pm PDT #14582 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Thought I'd share. I have a digital mixer at work that is basically a big control surface conncted to a computer running windows. Seems the big control surface didn't want to work today. The head unit (computer) looked like it was turning on, but nothing came up on the screen, and the faders didn't initialize. I call tech support. I open the front panel to see a bunch of PCI cards. He tells me to reach in, past the PCI cards, and to the right of the processor, and unseat the RAM sticks, and reseat them. Then push down gently on the CPU fan to make sure it's seated properly. Viola! The puppy booted just fine. Crazy. Since all that stuff was in the back, and reaching through tons of ribbon cable and such, it felt like the triceratops scene in the Jurassic Park movie. Fun! (but less messy)


Dana - Aug 04, 2010 5:13:59 pm PDT #14583 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Attempt number 2, in correct thread:

I realize this is a long shot, but does anyone here have Sibelius installed?

Edit: I think I'm sorted, though I'm still curious.


Jon B. - Aug 04, 2010 6:38:21 pm PDT #14584 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

R.I.P. Google Wave [link]


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2010 6:54:26 pm PDT #14585 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Hmm. Had Google Wave. Didn't know what to do with it.


Ailleann - Aug 04, 2010 6:55:48 pm PDT #14586 of 25501
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Some friends and I are actually using Wave to do online RPGs, with some decent success. Shame it'll be going away (eventually).


Typo Boy - Aug 04, 2010 6:58:22 pm PDT #14587 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

According to some, Google Wave was great for managing multi-person conversations that spanned multiple internet media i.e. email, chat (don't know if handle social networks as well). Apparently a limited market. And heard this, so don't know that it is true.


Jon B. - Aug 04, 2010 6:59:22 pm PDT #14588 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Hmm. Had Google Wave. Didn't know what to do with it.

You, me and a lot of other people, apparently.


Liese S. - Aug 04, 2010 8:57:08 pm PDT #14589 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hey, Dana, in the future, I've got Sibelius and we use it extensively. The SO does all his orchestral composition on it, and I use it to make 7 note scale charts for beginner students. Heh.


Dana - Aug 05, 2010 8:38:02 am PDT #14590 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Liese, if I sent you a .sib file with two voice parts together could you easily split it into 2 midis or mp3s?


Liese S. - Aug 05, 2010 9:32:20 am PDT #14591 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yup. I'm pretty sure.