mottos, was: Re: introduction

Sat May 11 20:04:40 EDT 2002

My comments were general in nature, and were not specifically meant for you.
Greg

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:46:46PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> Hay, at least I said that I thought, not that I KNOW it might work!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:35 PM
> Subject: mottos, was: Re: introduction
> 
> 
> > Janina, you and Kirk should post theese kinds of responses to the
> braillenote list. There are on average 2 people a day there that give
> thoughtless answers. Worse, they don't say they think they're correct, they
> say they are correct. No one from Pulsedata bothers to correct theese
> responses. I have a few times posted the correct answers there along with my
> motto which is the same as Kirk's, and some people there wrote me back that
> they don't like the way I respond with corrections. Theese were not people
> from Pulsedata, they were other subscribers to the list. Besides, Pulsedata
> supposedly has a list archive, which I have never been able to find. I'm not
> alone, because there are newbys that have not looked for the archive, or
> they couldn't find it like me. They always ask the same questions over and
> over again, and even the people who will post a response to just about
> anything don't bother to post answers again to questions that get asked day
> in and day out.
> >
> > Sorry for the post, but since this came up here, I just had to share my
> feelings on the subject and a certain frustration with the braillenote list.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:57:18AM -1000, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > Wrong, Igor. Very wrong.
> > >
> > > The information about synths is very clearly available on the
> > > Speakup web site. This kind of post shouldn't be happening.
> > >
> > > Besides, this is not an example of thinking. Thinking has nothing
> > > to do with what you said. If you were thinking about it, you
> > > would check your facts.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes I think you can.  I think it's supported, but I might be wrong.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita at home.ro>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 12:59 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: introduction
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Do you know if I can use speakup with a Dec Talk PC 1 internal
> sinth?
> > > > > I have Red Hat 7.2.
> > > > > I find emacspeak hard to use and I use my Linux machine  with a
> Windows
> > > > > terminal (SecureCRT) from another computer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Teddy,
> > > > > My dear email address is orasnita at yahoo.com
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:40 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: introduction
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi. You need to have a hardware synth to use speakup.  If you want a
> > > > > recomendation for a linux distribution, I would recomend Slackware
> > > > > http://www.slackware.com or Debian http://www.debian.org>.  There is
> a MP3
> > > > > file on the speakup ftp server which will help you install debian,
> located
> > > > > at ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/linux/goodies/audio-files/ and the
> files
> > > > are
> > > > > named debinstall_1.mp3 and debinstall_2.mp3 I think.
> > > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > > Alex Snow
> > > > > email: alex8887 at hotmail.com
> > > > > BBS: Telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Cris Ali" <filastin48 at hotmail.com>
> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:15 PM
> > > > > Subject: introduction
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello folks,
> > > > > > My name is Cris Ali from Washington DC.  This is my first time on
> this
> > > > > list.
> > > > > > I heard so much about Linux and speakup and hope to get some help
> on
> > > > > giving
> > > > > > it a try.  I am not a computer savvy, but if I am given clearn
> > > > instruction
> > > > > I
> > > > > > am sure I would be able to learn at least the basics.  I never
> used
> > > > > neither
> > > > > > linux nor speakup, and have no idea where and how to start without
> > > > sighted
> > > > > > assistance.  I am also not sure if I would need a special hardware
> > > > > > synthesizer, or whether I can use the built in sound card of my
> pc.  I
> > > > am
> > > > > > hoping to be able to convert my retired 90 mhz pentium 1 into a
> linux
> > > > box.
> > > > > > Any ideas would be extremely appreciated.  Again, I have no
> sighted
> > > > > > assistance.
> > > > > > Warm Regards,
> > > > > > cris ali filastin48 at hotmail.com.
> > > > > >
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