Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --

Mal ,'War Stories'


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amych - May 06, 2009 1:49:38 pm PDT #9898 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Gotcha. In that case, Audacity with LAME will work just fine. (And it'll do great with the capture jobs as well.)


flea - May 06, 2009 1:51:36 pm PDT #9899 of 25501
information libertarian

LAME is not a good acronym if you want to promote the idea that your program is useful. Just sayin'.


amych - May 06, 2009 1:52:53 pm PDT #9900 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I have thought this for many years. Somehow, they don't listen to my snarky brainwaves.


DCJensen - May 06, 2009 5:46:21 pm PDT #9901 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

Our current TV was found by me literally on top of a dumpster piled high with leftovers after a church rummage sale.


Jessica - May 07, 2009 4:50:35 am PDT #9902 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Bah - went and picked up a DLink router at lunchtime (802.11n, on the overwhelming recs of the hive mind) and the damn thing won't even turn on. Dead like a dead thing that is dead. So it's back to Best Buy to exchange it for one that works tomorrow.

(DLink v Belkin V Netgear v Linksys? I've had good luck with Linksys routers in the past, but they're far and away the most expensive brand on the shelves.)


Gudanov - May 07, 2009 5:24:28 am PDT #9903 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I have had a terrible time with Linksys of late. The last time I got a linksys router I had to return two of them before I got one that worked at all. The first one dropped the WAN connection every 10 minutes or so, the replacement started smoking after a few minutes, the second replacement worked alright, but still dropped the WAN connection every few days.

My dad had trouble with a Belkin.

In both cases we ended up with a Netgear router and they have worked great.

My BIL has had trouble with DLink, but he's always tweaking his equipment so I think he'd have trouble with any brand.


Jessica - May 07, 2009 6:23:50 am PDT #9904 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I CAN HAZ INTERWEBS!!!

Apparently there was water in one of the lines on the roof. It has now been replaced and all my HD channels have returned. Huzzah!


le nubian - May 07, 2009 6:43:12 am PDT #9905 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I have only owned Linksys after a Dlink cable modem did a bad thing years ago.


Dana - May 07, 2009 7:56:41 am PDT #9906 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

We were generally not pleased with our DLink.


Calli - May 07, 2009 7:59:10 am PDT #9907 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I've been pretty pleased with my Belkin. The cat's knocked it off the table a couple of times, and it still keeps working. (The cable modem keeps working, that is. The cat disdains work as is right and proper for his species.)