[GNHLUG] Seacoast/UNH/Durham - Mon 9 Apr - OpenWrt - LinkSys firmware enhancements

2007-04-06 Thread Ben Scott
Who : Ben Scott What : OpenWrt - LinkSys firmware enhancements Where: Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH Date : Monday 9 April 2007 (this Monday) Time : 7:00 PM to 9ish For the April 2007 SLUG/Seacoast/UNH/Durham meeting, Ben Scott will be presenting on OpenWrt and related tools. The focus

Humor: OT: Geeky: April Fools

2007-04-06 Thread Paul Lussier
Miscellaneous things which have come across IM at work lately I thought other geeks here might enjoy :) http://www.thehumorarchives.com/joke/Bottle_Blade_Mozart http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/ -- Seeya, Paul

Re: Humor: OT: Geeky: April Fools

2007-04-06 Thread Ben Scott
On 4/6/07, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.thehumorarchives.com/joke/Bottle_Blade_Mozart http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/ See also: http://www.google.com/tisp/ http://news.com.com/1200-12_3-6172227.html

SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Cole Tuininga
Hi all - Tax return time has hit, and one of the things I'm looking at doing is finally replacing my computer speakers. I'm wondering if SPDIF is the way to go or not. I have a Soundblaster Audigy (lspci reports: Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)) that has an

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread brk
For general 2-channel listening it's not worth it, IMO. If you're doing 6 or more channel (ie: surround sound) then it's worth it, if for no other reason than the simplicity of 1 cable vs. 6+. On Apr 6, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Cole Tuininga wrote: Also, I'd welcome any discussion as to

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Travis Roy
I agree with Brian, but I will add that I find coax SPDIF out easier to deal with than optical. If only for cheaper cable (it uses RCA cables), and the fact that you can twist them and tie them up just about any way. On Apr 6, 2007, at 12:05 PM, brk wrote: For general 2-channel

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: For general 2-channel listening it's not worth it, IMO. If you're doing 6 or more channel (ie: surround sound) then it's worth it, if for no other reason than the simplicity of 1 cable vs. 6+. There's at least one more reason for it. If you're doing

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Friday 06 April 2007 11:52:34 Cole Tuininga wrote: I have a Soundblaster Audigy (lspci reports: Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)) that has an optical SPDIF output, but I can't seem to find any good resources as to whether this will be supported under Linux or

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Thomas Charron
On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: For general 2-channel listening it's not worth it, IMO. There's at least one more reason for it. If you're doing spdif, you're probably handing off the raw digital audio stream to a device that has a

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Friday 06 April 2007 12:46:43 Thomas Charron wrote: On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: For general 2-channel listening it's not worth it, IMO. There's at least one more reason for it. If you're doing spdif, you're probably

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Thomas Charron
On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:46:43 Thomas Charron wrote: On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: That OTA HDTV? In my case, no, not at the moment, but that doesn't matter one lick. In the

Re: [pdbk] Re: Reliable Upscale Palm machine??

2007-04-06 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Thursday, Apr 5th 2007 at 23:29 +0200, quoth Francesco Peeters (PalmOS): =On Thu, April 5, 2007 17:59, kal0el wrote: = G'Day, = Anyone else care to comment on the T3 slider issue? = =Yeah, I love my slider! IMHO the T3 is the bestestest Palm ever... = =My wish: =T3 with 1G SD support, built

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Friday 06 April 2007 13:54:16 Thomas Charron wrote: On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:46:43 Thomas Charron wrote: On 4/6/07, Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 06 April 2007 12:05:39 brk wrote: That OTA HDTV? In my

Re: [pdbk] Re: Reliable Upscale Palm machine??

2007-04-06 Thread Ben Scott
On 4/6/07, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Can you tell me the difference between E2 and T2? They have the same specs for screen and RAM. The T2 has the sliding-expanding thing; the E2 is fixed (so it's larger when stored). More info:

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread brk
While I'm sure there is some truth to that, I think at that point you're getting into the touchy-feely audiophile realm. I would venture a guess that in a double blind test, most people couldn't tell the difference between the two decoders. Especially if you're just dealing with

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Apr 6, 2007, at 14:55, brk wrote: I would venture a guess that in a double blind test, most people couldn't tell the difference between the two decoders. Especially if you're just dealing with crap-level consumer gear (Sony, Kenwood, Pioneer, etc) and crap-level speakers (Bose, JBL,

Re: [pdbk] Re: Reliable Upscale Palm machine??

2007-04-06 Thread Paul Lussier
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 4/6/07, Steven W. Orr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Can you tell me the difference between E2 and T2? Go to palm.com and look at the specs... * Do you know if all E2's come with Bluetooth? All Palm models have identical hardware within the model. So

Re: SPDIF support

2007-04-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Friday 06 April 2007 14:55:52 brk wrote: While I'm sure there is some truth to that, I think at that point you're getting into the touchy-feely audiophile realm. I would venture a guess that in a double blind test, most people couldn't tell the difference between the two decoders. Quite