From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V2 #36 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Sunday, February 16 1997 Volume 02 : Number 036 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: irc and soundbytes Re: Comic Relief Re: irc and soundbytes Re: irc and soundbytes Re: irc and soundbytes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 23:28:32 -0800 From: "Diane F. Fisli" Subject: Re: irc and soundbytes I wrote: >>You know, I must admit, I don't know what your soundbytes are that >>you've offered on your website Roach Roach responds: >What do you mean you don't know what they are? They're clips from rare >songs - Basia or Basia-related songs that the typical fan might not've >heard yet. And I've gotten a boat-load of positive comments about them... Good! Sounds wonderful! I haven't had much time to surf the web lately, and haven't visited your site in a while. Why didn't you mention this before? Or did I miss something somewhere? (not surprising, I try to read everything but sometimes there's just not time) Can they be used as Windows event sounds? I was merely trying to be helpful to people who asked me for soundbytes. If you have soundbytes, the people who asked me for the soundbytes are not aware of them *either*... So it's good that they now know they're there. >I have no problems with your soundbytes at all. I just think they'd be >better suited for a website... WELL, why didn't you say this before? *I* don't have a Basia website. I don't have the wherewithal nor the time to support one. So... Why don't *you* take these soundbytes and do with them what you will? I certainly can't claim authorship! You want 'em, you got 'em. And I'm still willing to help out anyone who would like these soundbytes, all you have to do is ask... If you don't ask, how am I to know you want them? And I said: >>everyone else can hear the soundbyte too! And Roach replied: >I couldn't. Phil couldn't (until you hooked him up). Well, that was the idea, to help people enjoy the experience. It was a personal choice whether you wanted the soundbytes or not (I certainly wasn't twisting any arms). If you wanted to hear the soundbytes, you should have asked for help. If you didn't want to hear the soundbytes, why are we having this conversation? > I don't think Dennis >could. There's about 50% of your audience right there. SORRY, jeez, I was just trying to be helpful to the ones that WANTED the stuff. Sheesh. Teach me to try to be nice to people! Roach sayeth: >This is petty and I won't >clog up the list with anymore. Fine. May I remind you that if you hadn't brought it up it would have remained a non-issue. I was just trying to be friendly and helpful. Sorry if I've annoyed you or stepped on anyone's toes. Jay said: >I wasn't getting the sound files and I had a great time talking.... Roach, I think you are much too young to be so old and crabby. - --Di. (shutting up, now) (and aren't you glad?) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 04:03:50 EST From: rsystem2@juno.com (Jeff Hamilton) Subject: Re: Comic Relief On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:58:03 -0600 Jim - Dallas TX writes: > >WHAT IF DR SEUSS WROTE TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUALS? >(followed by some really ridiculous rhymes...) This is the most positive thing I've heard all day, particularly amidst that mini-war going on regarding Wednesday's IRC session (note - I'm certainly not knocking the Dr. Seuss rhymes, they're funny, but my ex-girlfriend e-mailed the same thing to me a few weeks ago). I missed the session Wednesday (I must admit, I went to sleep quite early that night and had really totally forgotten about the IRC meet) so I might not be (hell, I'm definitely not) qualified to comment on it, but I will anyway. Di said: "The chat was fun..." and somehow this quickly deteriorated, over the next 36 hours into JSL said "...But I probably won't bother with it anymore because its been too much of a hassle. I could think of a lot more interesting things to do with an hour" This is not good. Anyway, I'll leave everything else to the wind (instead of this being one of those PLEASE LET US GET ALONG messages) but I want to comment on the server issue. A while back, I posted the following message, and it got no responses as I recall, so perhaps nobody knows the answer to the question (in response to the suggestion that we use roseburg.or.us.starlink): >On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 22:48:27 -0800 mike smith writes: >> >>Sorry about posting to list...thought it was just to >>Claudia....appologies to VM fans too just wanted to share a song... >>Let's try this....Have found a clean irc server: >> >> Roseburg.OR.US.Starlink /join #Basia >> >> let's try a Basia Chat Channel have some wavs?? lets trade.... >> > >Hmmm - perhaps I'm an idiot OR I'm misinformed. >To join a channel, can't you be on any server, as long as it's on the same (fill in the blank) as the channel (dal-, >under-, or ef-net)? Or do you have to connect to roseburg.or.us.starlink? >(It seems like I always have some sort of problem connecting, unless its to toronto.dal.net or irc.dal.net or >davis.ca.us.undernet.org - perhaps someone can help me to figure that out, too...) > >Jeff (praying for a '97 album even though the thought of it defies logic) Anyway, there are SOME servers which are linked in that manner (like, there's one big DALnet, an UNDERnet, and an ETHERnet), and as far as I can tell, you can access the same channels from different servers (like toronto.dal.net, irc.dal.net, and pheonix.us.dal.net). So, we ought to be on one of the larger irc networks, if the problem is that some people can't get in. I guess we need to find one which AOL users can access, also (someone indicated that it would be UNDERnet, is this right?) As far as I can tell, the problems one may have with DCC send/receive speed are very likely to be resolved by tinkering with the software parameters (I increased my DCC transfer speed by over 450% after a fellow IRCer gave me a few tips - anyway, this probably only applies if you're using mIRC 4.* or a very similar program). Also, it helps to use a server which is closer to you geographically (where is irc.stealth.net located?). Also, the sound file thing is a blast, but ever since I upgraded to v4.72, my IRC sound setup has not worked. So it's a moot issue for me *now*, but there was a time when I enjoyed livening up a chat with noise / music. Di: "Maybe I should stay away from the irc chat, if you're gonna get your shorts in a knot over this. I was just trying to be friendly and help others enjoy their IRC experience." This is also not good (people not wanting to show up). Well, the last time (the only time) I managed to make it, I did very little talking (partially because I was watching the State Of The Union address, a rerun of "Seinfield", and MSNBC's (or was it C-SPAN) coverage of that Simpson / Goldman / Brown nonsense all at once. But I also took notes, because every single artist that someone mentioned (other than Basia & Danny White) was someone I hadn't heard of before - Basia is the only pop artist of her style that I listen to and I like to be able to go to Tower and pick up albums by similar artists, who else can I talk to to learn about more artists like her? Other than you all, I don't know anyone who's even heard of her (oh, how quickly they forgot 1987 - 1988). I was gonna type more but, looking back, I think I've said two and a half mouths full already. Anyway, I'll make it a point to be there next Wednesday night, regardless of which server we end up on. Jeff H. P.S. VERY off topic - (well, it's latin/jazz music) has anyone seen the movie "Two Much" (Antonio Banderas / Melanie Griffith / Daryl Hannah)? Very stupid movie, the kind you take a girl to see on your first date. Anyway, the music is absolutely brilliant, it's composed by a fellow named Michael Camilo - is there anyone out there who can recommend one (or more) of his albums? ($17 is a lot to toss on a CD you know nothing about - but it was well spent on that soundtrack...) P.S.S. Sorry for making this message so bloody long! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 14:59:20 EST From: roach2@juno.com (J.S. Lohr) Subject: Re: irc and soundbytes On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 23:28:32 -0800 "Diane F. Fisli" writes: >I wrote: > >>>You know, I must admit, I don't know what your soundbytes are that >>>you've offered on your website Roach > >Roach responds: > >>What do you mean you don't know what they are? They're clips from rare >>songs - Basia or Basia-related songs that the typical fan might not've >>heard yet. And I've gotten a boat-load of positive comments about them... >Good! Sounds wonderful! I haven't had much time to surf the web >lately, and haven't visited your site in a while. Why didn't you mention this >before? Or did I miss something somewhere? (not surprising, I try to >read everything but sometimes there's just not time) Christ, does ANYONE read ANYTHING I post? >Can they be used as Windows event sounds? They're kinda big, but I suppose you could. >I was merely trying to be helpful to people who asked me for >soundbytes. If you have soundbytes, the people who asked me for the soundbytes are >not aware of them *either*... So it's good that they now know they're >there. But if I remember correctly, TMike was giving people copies of waters.wav (Waters of March) back in the early IRC sessions, which, unless he made his own copy, is off of my page. >>I have no problems with your soundbytes at all. I just think they'd be >>better suited for a website... > >WELL, why didn't you say this before? *I* don't have a Basia website. > I don't have the wherewithal nor the time to support one. But, Diane, nothing is stopping you from making a .wav-only site. No one says who have to do a full-blown Basia site just to have some related .wavs up. Hell, look at Zbignew's page - its a great and handsome page and all he's got on it so far are some pics of Basia and Danny from a May '94 autograph section. I love his site... plus, I'm sure if you were to do a simple .wav-only site, I'm sure Ben, Jay, Zbignew, and myself would be more than happy to put links to any possible site up. >So... Why >don't *you* take these soundbytes and do with them what you will? I >certainly can't claim authorship! You want 'em, you got 'em. I don't have room for them. With the changes I'm currently making, I'm trying to get everything to fit into 10 megs of space - I still don't know if I can pull it off, so some of the sound files I've already got may have to be sacrificed... Toodles JSL. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:33:15 -0600 (CST) From: combee@techwood.org (Ben Combee) Subject: Re: irc and soundbytes > But, Diane, nothing is stopping you from making a .wav-only site. No one > says who have to do a full-blown Basia site just to have some related > .wavs up. Hell, look at Zbignew's page - its a great and handsome page > and all he's got on it so far are some pics of Basia and Danny from a May > '94 autograph section. I love his site... plus, I'm sure if you were to > do a simple .wav-only site, I'm sure Ben, Jay, Zbignew, and myself would > be more than happy to put links to any possible site up. That's true. I don't mind linking to stuff on your server. That is what makes the web neat -- seemless hyperlinking. You could easly set up a webpage with all the inline pictures off another site... several of the big download sites do just that -- the actual files are on thousands of computers with the index in one place. > I don't have room for them. With the changes I'm currently making, I'm > trying to get everything to fit into 10 megs of space - I still don't > know if I can pull it off, so some of the sound files I've already got > may have to be sacrificed... I agree with Jeff... I'm limited on disk space on my current server, but I might be able to stick them over on another location after I get a few more technical details worked out. (now, back to silicon evaluation fo rmy employeer, the activity keeping me too busy right now) - -- Benjamin L. Combee (combee@techwood.org) ...if the highlight of your day is prowling through signatures looking for pithy quotes or neat phrases, then consider a career with the IRS or NSA... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 20:01:41 -0600 From: "Bob blesius" Subject: Re: irc and soundbytes How do I get off of this mailing list.I'm tired of all this junk mail??? - ---------- > From: J.S. Lohr > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: Re: irc and soundbytes > Date: Saturday, February 15, 1997 1:59 PM > > On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 23:28:32 -0800 "Diane F. Fisli" > writes: > > >I wrote: > > > >>>You know, I must admit, I don't know what your soundbytes are that > >>>you've offered on your website Roach > > > >Roach responds: > > > >>What do you mean you don't know what they are? They're clips from rare > >>songs - Basia or Basia-related songs that the typical fan might not've > >>heard yet. And I've gotten a boat-load of positive comments about > them... > > >Good! Sounds wonderful! I haven't had much time to surf the web > >lately, and haven't visited your site in a while. Why didn't you > mention this > >before? Or did I miss something somewhere? (not surprising, I try to > >read everything but sometimes there's just not time) > > Christ, does ANYONE read ANYTHING I post? > > >Can they be used as Windows event sounds? > > They're kinda big, but I suppose you could. > > >I was merely trying to be helpful to people who asked me for > >soundbytes. If you have soundbytes, the people who asked me for the > soundbytes are > >not aware of them *either*... So it's good that they now know they're > >there. > > But if I remember correctly, TMike was giving people copies of waters.wav > (Waters of March) back in the early IRC sessions, which, unless he made > his own copy, is off of my page. > > >>I have no problems with your soundbytes at all. I just think they'd be > >>better suited for a website... > > > >WELL, why didn't you say this before? *I* don't have a Basia website. > > I don't have the wherewithal nor the time to support one. > > But, Diane, nothing is stopping you from making a .wav-only site. No one > says who have to do a full-blown Basia site just to have some related > .wavs up. Hell, look at Zbignew's page - its a great and handsome page > and all he's got on it so far are some pics of Basia and Danny from a May > '94 autograph section. I love his site... plus, I'm sure if you were to > do a simple .wav-only site, I'm sure Ben, Jay, Zbignew, and myself would > be more than happy to put links to any possible site up. > > >So... Why > >don't *you* take these soundbytes and do with them what you will? I > >certainly can't claim authorship! You want 'em, you got 'em. > > I don't have room for them. With the changes I'm currently making, I'm > trying to get everything to fit into 10 megs of space - I still don't > know if I can pull it off, so some of the sound files I've already got > may have to be sacrificed... > > Toodles > > JSL. ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V2 #36 **************************