Re: [linux-audio-dev] Alas, reborn is no more?

2002-09-01 Thread Michael Toomim
Dan Hollis wrote: > You can't copyright a GUI! Apple learned this the hard way. They *L O S T* > in court, and set some nice precedent law. Let me expand a little on this... When windows 3.0 was released, microsoft was sued by apple because the windows user-interface was a clone of apple's us

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability

2002-06-21 Thread Michael Toomim
David Olofson wrote: > * Fast, high quality rendering with OpenGL style > blending effects and the like. (In fact, I'll > probably use OpenGL for the first implementation. > I've been messing a bit with 2D-on-OpenGL anyway, > to implement the SDL API on top o

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability

2002-06-12 Thread Michael Toomim
Vincent Touquet wrote: > Continuing in the thinking out loud department, > so I don't have to study ;): > > Seems a waste to hardcode all the GUI stuff though. > > How do they get about theming their controls > in Xmms / mplayer ... ? Same way GTK and QT have themes... I don't see what's differ

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability

2002-06-12 Thread Michael Toomim
nick wrote: > Exactly. I mean, I'm happy to let others use my software, but ultimately > I write it because I want a tool to do a particular thing. If people > want useability features etc.. then really someone's going to have to > pay for it. I don't see how anyone could have the time it takes to

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability

2002-06-12 Thread Michael Toomim
David Olofson wrote: > ...and wants to hack a *really* complex one for a music application. > You also need to find a good GUI designer, unless you're lucky enough > to find someone that can do both. > > I'm quite sure it's not remotely as easy as you suggest. I don't see what the big deal is.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Poll about linux music audio app usability

2002-06-12 Thread Michael Toomim
Alexander Ehlert wrote: > You just have to find someone who likes GUI programming... I like GUI programming!

Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans

2002-06-04 Thread Michael Toomim
Tom Browne wrote: > The 0.13s dissipate much less heat than the widely available AMDs... > >>According to these specs, my athlon XP 1600+ has a typical power >>consumption of 56.3W. A 1.6G pentium 4 has a spec of 60.8W. > > Why compare to the old pre-0.13 chips? > > Celeron 1.2A is rated at 3

Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans

2002-06-04 Thread Michael Toomim
Maarten de Boer wrote: >>Really? I've got an A7V266E and haven't noticed anything hot.. and >>anyway, I've never heard of a motherboard making a system hot in the >>first place. > > I have no prove of this, it is just something I heard. But I do have > to say mainboard temp gets high, but I am

Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans

2002-06-04 Thread Michael Toomim
Rick Burnett wrote: > PS If you have any other suggestions, please let me know. I have an > Athlon 1.3 GHz (And the Power supply is quiet, I bought a special one > for that). Rick, I looked through all the different CPU fan options available, trying to find one that would be quiet while keeping

Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans

2002-06-04 Thread Michael Toomim
Adam Luchjenbroers wrote: >>Pentiums are no longer cooler than Athlons. Athlons used to be hot, but >>the new Athlon XP's are just as cool as Pentium 4's. You can go to each >>of Intel and AMD's web-site's and read the CPU specifications -- Athlon >>XP's and P4's are within a few degrees of each

Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans

2002-06-04 Thread Michael Toomim
Maarten de Boer wrote: > Noise did reduce, though certainly not as much as expected > from the salestalk, and not as much as I hoped. And > temperature gets pretty high, but I have been told that this > is likely because of the mainboard, an ASUS A7V 266E. > I am no overclocker, but even with unde