2) ... A high-end gaming mouse;
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse;
CoolerMaster MM520, with a MM720 waiting. These are successors to, with better sensors but inferior ergonomics, to the classic fingertip mouse Spawn https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-products/peripheral/spawn/#!
rms
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
My mouse is a type IV rodent.
On 29/05/2024 02:40, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
My mouse is a type IV rodent.
Once when we visited Sterling Castle (Scotland) we were in the gift shop
and my better asked why would you get a mat for a mouse, what's the
mouse going to do with it? It took me few seconds to process that they
though it was a mat for a real life mouse!
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable >Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless >electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
CoolerMaster MM520, with a MM720 waiting. These are successors to,
with
better sensors but inferior ergonomics, to the classic fingertip mouse
Spawn
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-products/peripheral/spawn/#!
Wow, that is fancy.
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with--
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to
find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family
so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
On 5/28/2024 1:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
As an additional question, wired or wireless?
I have an aversion to wireless as you have to have batteries which
increase the weight, and the inconvenience of the mouse working intermittently when they get low until you replace them. Or having a rechargeable mouse where it doesn't work until it's charged a bit
possibly, and having the recharging port wear out. It's been a long
time since I used a wireless mouse.
I'd also add to my answer I do use the touchpad on my work laptop due to space constraints and the fact I work on a lot of other people's laptops
and end up having to use it on theirs.
CoolerMaster MM520, with a MM720 waiting. These are successors to,
with
better sensors but inferior ergonomics, to the classic fingertip mouse
Spawn
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-products/peripheral/spawn/#!
Wow, that is fancy.
Few buttons, but wide & stubby, like my women!
rms
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable
Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless
electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the
highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really >seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to
find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family
so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing >surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to
find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family
so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Omnicube-Kybrd-Mouse-Switch/dp/B00004Z7Y7
KVM = Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. Yes, it's old and I still use old stuff.
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote at 15:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
On 5/28/2024 1:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
As an additional question, wired or wireless?
I have an aversion to wireless as you have to have batteries which
increase the weight, and the inconvenience of the mouse working
intermittently when they get low until you replace them. Or having a
rechargeable mouse where it doesn't work until it's charged a bit
possibly, and having the recharging port wear out. It's been a long
time since I used a wireless mouse.
Yeah, it is annoying. However, on the go it is nice to not deal with a
cable. For home/workstation setups, it is objectively worse IMO.
rms <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote at 13:12 this Wednesday (GMT):
CoolerMaster MM520, with a MM720 waiting. These are successors to, >>>> withWow, that is fancy.
better sensors but inferior ergonomics, to the classic fingertip mouse >>>> Spawn
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-products/peripheral/spawn/#! >>>
Few buttons, but wide & stubby, like my women!
rms
Not gonna question thatNot gonna even think about that. (Which is exactly what he wants.)
What gets me is that nowadays -with mousepads becoming increasingly irrelevant- they're FINALLY making mouse-pads bigger than the usual
20cm x 20cm squares. What I'd have given for a large mouse-pad back in
the day (in fact, back then I used a green cutting mat (45x60cm) just
because it gave me so much space to wrangle the rodent. Now you can
get proper mousepads that size fairly easily. Where was this
innovation back in the 90s? ;-P
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >anyone cares about that though :D
If you have more money than sense you could always get one of these full >sized LED one for several hundred pounds. Who on earth buys this stuff?
On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
A bigger, more powerful Borg Cube.
On Wed, 29 May 2024 23:10:42 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Omnicube-Kybrd-Mouse-Switch/dp/B00004Z7Y7
KVM = Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. Yes, it's old and I still use old stuff.
I have an OmniView KVM switcher. I used it right up to when I started
using DosBox. At that point, I no longer needed the DOS computer or
the KVM switcher.
I like yours better as it is more compact.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
A bigger, more powerful Borg Cube.
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/BorgAnt.jpg -- We are ANTZ. We will assimilate you. Resistance is futile." ;)
On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to
find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family
so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing
surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
I have a skyrim themed one my brother gave me.. It's a full-desk one.
You mean your brother gave you a Skyrim themed desk.
On 5/29/24 23:40, candycanearter07 wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote at 15:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
On 5/28/2024 1:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll. >>>> So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath >>>> your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
As an additional question, wired or wireless?
I have an aversion to wireless as you have to have batteries which
increase the weight, and the inconvenience of the mouse working
intermittently when they get low until you replace them. Or having a
rechargeable mouse where it doesn't work until it's charged a bit
possibly, and having the recharging port wear out. It's been a long
time since I used a wireless mouse.
Yeah, it is annoying. However, on the go it is nice to not deal with a
cable. For home/workstation setups, it is objectively worse IMO.
Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
that charge via NFC or something like it via a pad, so I MIGHT look into
that next time I need a new one.
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure anyone cares about that though :D
On Tue, 28 May 2024 16:35:30 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
Logitech M510. Normal buttons and wheel + 2 side buttons, programmable by running executable.
Under normal circumstances, the bottom side button throws the window onto
the other screen, and the top side button changes the pointer speed to
super slow for precision mousing.
In games, it's a real plus and not too hard to remember what each button does.
In BG3, the top side button is enter rounds, and the bottom side button
is group hide. In overload, afterburners and flashlight, etc.
I think if I had more buttons it would become pretty useless, because I'd
be fumbling for the right button.
I didn't know nor care what the DPI is. Most DPIs are "good enough" these days, but I looked it up and it's 1,000. Good enough for my skill level
in an FPS. Not pro-gamer level.
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:30 this Thursday (GMT):
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and >> >> #USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K! >> >What's an omnicube?
A bigger, more powerful Borg Cube.
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/BorgAnt.jpg -- We are ANTZ. We will assimilate you. Resistance is futile." ;)
woah spoopy
but do you have asimovs laws
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.
On Wed, 29 May 2024 23:10:42 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Omnicube-Kybrd-Mouse-Switch/dp/B00004Z7Y7
KVM = Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. Yes, it's old and I still use old stuff.
I have an OmniView KVM switcher. I used it right up to when I started
using DosBox. At that point, I no longer needed the DOS computer or
the KVM switcher.
I like yours better as it is more compact.
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll.
So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's
focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath
your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
1) ...Top of the line! It has more buttons than my keyboard!
It has so many LEDs I need a special permit so airplanes
don't mistake it for landing lights. It's DPI is measured
in fentometers. It's more programmable than my primary PC.
If I can't do it with my mouse, it can't be done by any
mouse.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse; high-DPI and easily
programmable so I can pwn the n00bs!
3) ... A high-end regular mouse; more than the usual 3-buttons
and perhaps an above-average DPI. I'm a good office worker!
4) ... A mouse. Click-click-click. Hey, look, it's even
got a scroll-wheel! What else could a mouse have?
5) ... The cheapest piece of plastic tat available, but
it gets the job done (barely).
6) ... An Apple mouse: stylish but horrid to use
7) ... Still got a ball!
8) ... A trackpad, because I hate myself.
9) ... A trackball! (or some alternate pointing device,
like the Thinkpad's mouse nub)
10) ... A keyboard, because real users stick with the
command line
11) ... What's a mouse? I move the cursor by inputting the
coordinate deltas manually!
Myself, I fall firmly into category 3, with my stylish and comfortable Logitech mouse. Six buttons, although I almost never use any but the
main two. (well, more accurately -given my habit of collecting useless electronics- I have a multitude which spans almost the entire list.
But my primary mouse -the one I most often use- is as boring as
described above).
So describe your mouse? Do you let your hand wallow in luxury with the highest-end pointing device available, or tempt carpal tunnel with
something that only vaguely resembles a mouse? The compilers of CRAP
poll data need a response!
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
<snip>
If you have more money than sense you could always get one of these full
sized LED one for several hundred pounds. Who on earth buys this stuff?
The gaming equivalent of the audiophule who buys molecularly aligned
solid gold speaker cables.
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 12:22 this Thursday (GMT):
Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf
Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
Original or Steam?
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.
It's useful if you have more than one PCs and just want to use one
keyboard, video, and mouse with them. ;) I discovered and fell in love
with KVMs back in the late 90s at work.
What config had/have the DOS computer?
I am asking because I use also a P2 @ 350 mhz just for DOS games.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 15:02 this Thursday (GMT):
On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to >>>> find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family >>>> so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the
thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing
surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot
easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
I have a skyrim themed one my brother gave me.. It's a full-desk one.
You mean your brother gave you a Skyrim themed desk.
Nah, it doesnt actually cover my desk. It covers a good distance though.
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 12:22 this Thursday (GMT):
On 5/29/24 23:40, candycanearter07 wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote at 15:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
On 5/28/2024 1:35 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I've been late with this month's Completely Random And Pointless Poll. >>>>> So I won't take too long on the intro for this one. This time, let's >>>>> focus on your mouse. You know, that wiggly lil' plastic gadget beneath >>>>> your hand. Let's describe it!
Please answer the following question. My mouse is:
As an additional question, wired or wireless?
I have an aversion to wireless as you have to have batteries which
increase the weight, and the inconvenience of the mouse working
intermittently when they get low until you replace them. Or having a
rechargeable mouse where it doesn't work until it's charged a bit
possibly, and having the recharging port wear out. It's been a long
time since I used a wireless mouse.
Yeah, it is annoying. However, on the go it is nice to not deal with a
cable. For home/workstation setups, it is objectively worse IMO.
Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf
Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
Original or Steam?
that charge via NFC or something like it via a pad, so I MIGHT look into
that next time I need a new one.
Seems neat, but probably obscenely expensive.
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:10 this Wednesday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote: >> >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 18:53 this Wednesday (GMT):
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and >> >> > #USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K! >> >What's an omnicube?
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Omnicube-Kybrd-Mouse-Switch/dp/B00004Z7Y7
KVM = Keyboard, Video, and Mouse. Yes, it's old and I still use old stuff.
Nifty, I've not really seen one before.
It's useful if you have more than one PCs and just want to use one
keyboard, video, and mouse with them. ;) I discovered and fell in love
with KVMs back in the late 90s at work.
On 5/30/2024 2:05 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 15:02 this Thursday (GMT): >>> On 5/29/2024 2:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:08 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Wed, 29 May 2024 03:50:49 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Frankly mousepad is if anything more important.
Shhhh! Don't give away next week's CRAP Poll! ;-)
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really >>>>> seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse >>>>> pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
My current 'mousepad' is a 50-year old hand-made cutting board (you
know, for slicing veggies and whatnot) I inherited from a relative.
Since I already had a very nice cutting board in the kitchen, I had to >>>>> find some use for this battered piece of wood (it's been in the family >>>>> so long, and has hand-written notes on it from my uncle, who made the >>>>> thing). Turns out, it's /just/ the right size to be used as a mousing >>>>> surface. And I'm sure all those scrapes and knife-cuts make it a lot >>>>> easier for the mouse to 'see' where it's going. ;-P
I have a skyrim themed one my brother gave me.. It's a full-desk one.
You mean your brother gave you a Skyrim themed desk.
Nah, it doesnt actually cover my desk. It covers a good distance though.
Then its not a full desk "one".
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
:) Last decade the stock mice from Dell and Lenovo couldn't cope with
this rare and exotic desk material called "wood". As for paper, it tends
to move or the edges get crinkled. Replacements are certainly cheap for
paper though.
Anyways, slick plastic or wood desktop surfaces feel somehow too
slippery to me. And there's that annoying hissing noise to consider
too. Or maybe I'm just used to having something under the mouse.
On 5/30/24 23:05, candycanearter07 wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> wrote at 12:22 this Thursday (GMT):
Agreed, currently using a wired on my workstation. On the laptop I just
use the trackpad, but then the only game I play on a laptop is Dwarf
Fortress, and then I go KB only. There are those newer cordless mouses*
Original or Steam?
Original, and version 47.05 as even the none Steam 50.xx versions
REQUIRE a mouse to play which is a real shame.
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Eh, I just say mice. It's easier.
It is! :D
On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up fromSounds like something the French would do.
reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
Maybe it's just me -or the average mice I use- but I've never really
seen/felt much advantage from mouse pads. Or rather, not from a mouse
pad over an average surface (there are times when a mouse pad is
absolutely necessary because the table you're on is just so shitty
that the mouse can't pick up anything, but in that case a piece of
paper would work just as well).
:) Last decade the stock mice from Dell and Lenovo couldn't cope with
this rare and exotic desk material called "wood". As for paper, it tends
to move or the edges get crinkled. Replacements are certainly cheap for
paper though.
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up fromSounds like something the French would do.
reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >>>> anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
It was a ref to the endless Viruses vs Virii debate.
So actually the Latin-is-God types not the French.
On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure
anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)
On Fri, 31 May 2024 09:46:00 -0000 (UTC), address@is.invalid (LucLan)
wrote:
What config had/have the DOS computer?
I am asking because I use also a P2 @ 350 mhz just for DOS games.
Do you mean what CPU \ video card and all that? I honestly don't
remember. I have not used a DOS computer in years. Very likely a
Pentium class CPU and maybe a Riva TNT but I am really not sure.
The only thing I do remember is the sound cards I had in there. A SoundBlaster 16 and a Roland SCC-1.
#4 -- Optical simple mouses (2 buttons + 1 scrollwheel) with PS/2 and
#USB connections. PS/2 because I still use my OmnniCube KVM from Y2K!
What's an omnicube?
A bigger, more powerful Borg Cube.
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/pictures/BorgAnt.jpg -- We are ANTZ. We will assimilate you. Resistance is futile." ;)
woah spoopy
but do you have asimovs laws
Nope.
we're doomed!
On 5/31/2024 11:42 AM, Xocyll wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading theFrench is a debased derivative of Latin that thinks it is as good as the >original.
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On 5/30/2024 11:23 AM, Xocyll wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from >>>> reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, >>>> the signs say:Sounds like something the French would do.
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >>>>> anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
It was a ref to the endless Viruses vs Virii debate.
So actually the Latin-is-God types not the French.
So I'm sticking with "sounds like the French". :)
So I'm sticking with "sounds like the French". 🙂
But the Latin-is-God types generally are English speakers who don't even
know Latin, (generally they know only the one language unless you count programming languages,) they just want to sound learned and pretentious.
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
Canada usually follows British rules though.
I had a SB16 ISA with Creative's WaveBlaster daughter card. Ha!
On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
Canada usually follows British rules though.
Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more in
common with what's used in the US.
On 01/06/2024 07:09, Xocyll wrote:
So I'm sticking with "sounds like the French". 🙂
But the Latin-is-God types generally are English speakers who don't even
know Latin, (generally they know only the one language unless you count
programming languages,) they just want to sound learned and pretentious.
I've spoken to a few of them. I don't care what the Latin origins are, I
care what common usage is currently!
On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 05:48:11 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I had a SB16 ISA with Creative's WaveBlaster daughter card. Ha!
I remember the Waveblaster. If I didn't have the Roland card, I think
I would have had that instead.
On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:58:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 05:48:11 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I had a SB16 ISA with Creative's WaveBlaster daughter card. Ha!
I remember the Waveblaster. If I didn't have the Roland card, I think
I would have had that instead.
I remember looking at the Waveblaster with some envy. Don't mistake
me, I was quite happy with my Gravis Ultrasound, but it was undeniably falling behind the times, and compatibility issues were /always/ a
problem. While I was confident at the time that the GUS was superiour technology -at least conceptually- it was getting harder to deny that
the Waveblaster offered better sound.
The only reason I never purchased one was that I never actually saw it
sold in stores.
But by the time I was seriously considering switching, MIDI was
already on its way out, and MIDI 'softsynth' emulation was becoming increasingly good, with the major downside being its uselessness
outside of the Windows environment. Over the years I purchased several
MIDI emulation packages (at least one from Yamaha, and one from Roland
that I recall), and they definitely sounded a lot better than my
Gravis.
Ultimately, even the Gravis became moot when TiMIDIty (a Gravis
Ultrasound soft-synth) was developed. It's still pretty good when
paired with 200MB patch-sets (although its limited effects mean it's definitely inferior to 'proper' soft-synths).
Of course, these days the retro community is all about re-creating the
rough, artificially sounds of FM synthesis. Who wants music that
sounds like actual instruments when you can have something that
recreates the beeps and boops of yesteryear? ;-)
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:58:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 05:48:11 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I had a SB16 ISA with Creative's WaveBlaster daughter card. Ha!
I remember the Waveblaster. If I didn't have the Roland card, I think
I would have had that instead.
I remember looking at the Waveblaster with some envy. Don't mistake
me, I was quite happy with my Gravis Ultrasound, but it was undeniably
falling behind the times, and compatibility issues were /always/ a
problem. While I was confident at the time that the GUS was superiour
technology -at least conceptually- it was getting harder to deny that
the Waveblaster offered better sound.
Really? I thought GUS had better audio than SB and its WB. I remember
playing classic DOOM 1 with a college guy's GUS. OMG esp. MIDI in E1M8
boss level. :O
The only reason I never purchased one was that I never actually saw it
sold in stores.
But by the time I was seriously considering switching, MIDI was
already on its way out, and MIDI 'softsynth' emulation was becoming
increasingly good, with the major downside being its uselessness
outside of the Windows environment.
Over the years I purchased several
MIDI emulation packages (at least one from Yamaha, and one from Roland
that I recall), and they definitely sounded a lot better than my
Gravis.
Ultimately, even the Gravis became moot when TiMIDIty (a Gravis
Ultrasound soft-synth) was developed. It's still pretty good when
paired with 200MB patch-sets (although its limited effects mean it's
definitely inferior to 'proper' soft-synths).
Of course, these days the retro community is all about re-creating the
rough, artificially sounds of FM synthesis. Who wants music that
sounds like actual instruments when you can have something that
recreates the beeps and boops of yesteryear? ;-)
On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from >>reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is >>>'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >>>anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)
On 5/31/2024 1:57 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from
reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is
'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >>>> anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)
But not the only way.
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
On occassion, yes. I /love/ Michael "Keyboard Wizard" Walthius'
creations. There are some really good Sierra Online video-game
soundtracks too (the latter sound better on the Roland, of course).
I more often listen to tracker music (MOD, S3M, etc) these days,
although even there I tend to cheat (the ones I like the most got
transcribed to MP3 and tossed in the mix with all my other music). But
I still make semi-frequent visits to the MOD archive to discover new
stuff. Then I just fire up ModPlug, drag a bunch of files over to it,
and bippity-bop my way through whatever daily task I have to finish
;-)
Keyboard Wizard
https://www.audiosparx.com/keyboardwizard
Sierra Online MIDI soundtracks https://www.midimusicadventures.com/queststudios/midi-soundtracks/complete-soundtracks/
MOD Archive
https://modarchive.org/
MODPlug Player
https://www.modplug.com/
Nonetheless, I'd have happily nabbed a WaveBlaster had I ever come
across one. I doubt it would have actually REPLACED my beloved Gravis
-if only because, in an era of 386 and 486 CPUs, every cycle offloaded
to the Gravis to process audio meant smoother gameplay- but I'd have
been quite happy with it. Especially the later revision of the Wave
Blaster.
TL;DR: anybody wanna donate a Wave Blaster to my collection? ;-)
On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 19:10:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 20:57 this Friday (GMT):
On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from >>>>reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, >>>>the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is >>>>>'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >>>>>anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)
Neat. I don't think I've ever seen a moose before.
We're getting a bit far afield from the topic (but what the hell, how
much can you actually talk about computing pointing devices anyway?
;-) but moose are really a sight to see. Typically the word 'majestic'
is used in regard to elk, but I don't think it really applies. They
gawky, ungainly, and sort of silly looking animals. But damn, if they
aren't BIG! Not so much in terms of mass but, rather, it's surprising
how tall they are. They aren't, actually, much taller than people but
they have such long, skinny legs that a lot of their body is held up
much higher above the ground than other, similar ungulants like deer
or horses. It makes them FEEL much larger and taller than they really
are.
In my (admittedly limited) experience, they're also incredibly shy
creatures which, given their size, feels weird and uncharacteristic.
You'd think a creature that big would be more aggressive and less self-effacing! That behavior, combined with their long faces and
almost rabbit-like ears, is why they seem so amusing in nature. Still,
I wouldn't want to be on the bad side of one of those critters.
But beyond that first impression, moose aren't really that
interesting. They're essentially deer, except without the fun flighty
nature. They move ponderously (although they can get up to a
not-insignicant speed eventually, and all that mass moving at thirty
kmh isn't anything to laugh at. They'll wreck your car if you hit
one... or they hit you!).
But seeing one come out of the woods on a foggy morn... that stays
with you. It's sort of like seeing Bigfoot; a preposperous shape that
you aren't sure is real, that disappears in an instant if you try to
get near it.
Very weird animals all around, and quite memorable.
We now return you to the scheduled discussion about computer mice. I
think they're going on about colors of the LED and how it DPI now.
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
Mostly, if I want to play MIDI I just rely on TiMIDIty >(https://timidity.sourceforge.net/) and whatever hundred-megabyte
patchset I downloaded years ago. It works well enough for most stuff >(although some XG/GM/Roland-specific stuff sounds a bit off). There's
also a Roland MT-32 emulator (although you'd need the ROMs for those)
if you want to play old-school Roland stuff. It isn't very good -being >forty-year tech- but if you want to experience what games sounded like
in the 80s and 90s, it's a cool tool.
On 6/1/2024 11:53 PM, Ant wrote:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
Not often any more. I've got a pretty big MOD collection. I may have
played some a couple times over the entire last year.
2) ... A high-end gaming mouse;
CoolerMaster MM520, with a MM720 waiting. These are successors to,
with better sensors but inferior ergonomics, to the classic
fingertip mouse Spawn https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-products/peripheral/spawn/#!
On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 19:10:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 ><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 20:57 this Friday (GMT):
On Thu, 30 May 2024 14:23:11 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Steven Thomsen-Jones <pika.banyan7805@eagereverest.com> looked up from >>>>reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, >>>>the signs say:
<snip>
*I understand the correct pluralisation of mouse for computers is >>>>>'mouses' rather than mice, as that only applies to the animal. Not sure >>>>>anyone cares about that though :D
Next up, someone will insist it's really Mousii.
I always call them 'mooses'. One mouse, many mooses. No, it doesnt'
really make much sense. But I'm odd that way. ;-)
Neat. I don't think I've ever seen a moose before.
We're getting a bit far afield from the topic (but what the hell, how
much can you actually talk about computing pointing devices anyway?
;-) but moose are really a sight to see. Typically the word 'majestic'
is used in regard to elk, but I don't think it really applies. They
gawky, ungainly, and sort of silly looking animals.
But damn, if they
aren't BIG! Not so much in terms of mass but, rather, it's surprising
how tall they are. They aren't, actually, much taller than people but
they have such long, skinny legs that a lot of their body is held up
much higher above the ground than other, similar ungulants like deer
or horses. It makes them FEEL much larger and taller than they really
are.
In my (admittedly limited) experience, they're also incredibly shy
creatures which, given their size, feels weird and uncharacteristic.
You'd think a creature that big would be more aggressive and less >self-effacing! That behavior, combined with their long faces and
almost rabbit-like ears, is why they seem so amusing in nature. Still,
I wouldn't want to be on the bad side of one of those critters.
But beyond that first impression, moose aren't really that
interesting. They're essentially deer, except without the fun flighty
nature. They move ponderously (although they can get up to a
not-insignicant speed eventually, and all that mass moving at thirty
kmh isn't anything to laugh at. They'll wreck your car if you hit
one... or they hit you!).
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 6/1/2024 11:53 PM, Ant wrote:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
Not often any more. I've got a pretty big MOD collection. I may have
played some a couple times over the entire last year.
Ha, what are your favorites? Mine is the above link. ;)
Yes, it can give you that "90% accurate" return to nostalgia as you
hear / remember sounds that are familiar and relatable... and that can
be quite cool.
https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/legacy-products/peripheral/spawn/#! >Looks a lot like my Roccat mouse, although for sure shorter andwider. But the wheel, buttons, DPI buttons on top, all look very
similar. I guess form follows function pretty closely.
On 6/3/2024 6:46 PM, Ant wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 6/1/2024 11:53 PM, Ant wrote:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
Not often any more. I've got a pretty big MOD collection. I may have
played some a couple times over the entire last year.
Ha, what are your favorites? Mine is the above link. ;)
Damn... trying to open the playlists it's not even working for me
anymore. I do have a small folder with broken links to my favorites named:
ALTAIR.MOD
baz_ii.s3m (Slam by Bazzar)
CASTLE.MOD
ENERGIA.S3M (Energia by Necros/FM)
EVOCATIO.MOD
GSLINGER.MOD (Guitar Slinger)
isotoxin.s3m (Isotoxin by Necros/FM)
JungleJuice.xm
JUPITER.S3M
K_WAGON.MTM (Wagon Station)
KNGDMSKY.XM (95946)
m5v-mars.it (Martian Lovesong)
MECH8.S3M (Mechanism 8)
OH_YEAH.MOD (Oh Yeah by Yello)
ORION.MOD
PARANOID.IT (Paranoid Android by Raidohead)
PLANETGR.MOD (Planet Groove)
POINT.S3M (Point of Departure)
POWERMONG.MOD (Powermonger game theme)
t2.xm (Terminator 2 movie theme)
WHENRISE.XM (When we Rise 3:00)
I found the files and put them in a new playlist in XMPlayer, I am
listening to them now.
On Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:32:22 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Question: What's the best MIDI SoftSynth to use?
I couldn't answer that any more.
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:24:49 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
<rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote:
Yes, it can give you that "90% accurate" return to nostalgia as you
hear / remember sounds that are familiar and relatable... and that can
be quite cool.
I'd say that Roland MT-32 Munt emulation is at about 90% accurate at
this point. I may switch to emulation if my real MT-32 ever fails
which it likely will considering its age.
I know Munt isn't 100% accurate as I can hear (don't hear?) dropped
notes and wrong sounding instruments occasionally when Munt is used.
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
On 6/4/2024 2:53 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
Or to be too close to ground zero when one detonates.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
On 6/4/2024 2:53 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
Or to be too close to ground zero when one detonates.
Yeah! Even Phoenix Wright pulls two Monty Python references :D
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 12:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
Yeah! Even Phoenix Wright pulls two Monty Python references :D
(if you were wondering, ema says "it's only a flesh wound" before one of >>the cross examinations in 1-5, and "and now for something completely >>different" is said a couple times in 6-2)
This is valuable information and I shall retain it forever.
(We need a "Monty Python Quotes and References in Video Games" list.)
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:31:47 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 6/3/2024 6:46 PM, Ant wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 6/1/2024 11:53 PM, Ant wrote:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
Not often any more. I've got a pretty big MOD collection. I may have >>>>> played some a couple times over the entire last year.
Ha, what are your favorites? Mine is the above link. ;)
Here's a mixed and random selection of my most played
Ascent of the Cloud Eagle (ASCENT.S3M by Necros) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=34073
Fountain of Sighs (FOUNTAIN.MOD by Skorpik) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=40748
Guitar Slinger (GSLINGER.MOD by jogeir-liljedahl) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=42560
Wild King Arthur (WILD.XM by Lizardking) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=62944
Wanderlust (WANDERLST.MOD by Lizardking) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=60335
Children (CHILDREN.XM by Heretic) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=36483
Butterfly Flew Away (BUTTERFL.XM by Swallow) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=34596
Demonic Sensation (DEMONIC.MOD by TimeLord) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=35295
But I've literal hundreds of tracker-files on my disk, and I keep
finding more to add. The above aren't necessarily the best, just some
of the most played... largely because they're some of my oldest and
because they're the ones that got turned to MP3s. Most of the rest are equally listenable but tend to get lost in the mix and are therefore
less memorable.
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 12:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 ><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
Yeah! Even Phoenix Wright pulls two Monty Python references :D
(if you were wondering, ema says "it's only a flesh wound" before one of >>the cross examinations in 1-5, and "and now for something completely >>different" is said a couple times in 6-2)
This is valuable information and I shall retain it forever.
(We need a "Monty Python Quotes and References in Video Games" list.)
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:31:47 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 6/3/2024 6:46 PM, Ant wrote:
Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 6/1/2024 11:53 PM, Ant wrote:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
Not often any more. I've got a pretty big MOD collection. I may have >>> >> played some a couple times over the entire last year.
Ha, what are your favorites? Mine is the above link. ;)
Here's a mixed and random selection of my most played
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 12:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 ><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
Yeah! Even Phoenix Wright pulls two Monty Python references :D
(if you were wondering, ema says "it's only a flesh wound" before one of >>the cross examinations in 1-5, and "and now for something completely >>different" is said a couple times in 6-2)
This is valuable information and I shall retain it forever.
(We need a "Monty Python Quotes and References in Video Games" list.)
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 07:31:19 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Justisaur wrote:
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >>>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
Um... I accidentally sat on it?
(Most common ridiculous excuse for you-know-what when a case is presented
at the hospital)
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this
Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
On 6/5/2024 7:31 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:True, one is much more likely to end up in the python than the python in
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this
Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >>>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
you.
For the ordinary end-user, the built-in softsynth (which, as far as
I'm aware, still exists on modern windows, even if its harder to
access these days) was average. It was certainly better than the harsh
FM synthesis of the Soundblasters, but far inferior to the Yamahas and >Rolands (and probably even the Ensoniqs and Creative) synths
available.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:47 this Thursday (GMT): >> On 6/5/2024 7:31 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:True, one is much more likely to end up in the python than the python in
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this
Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >>>>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
you.
What if two pythons fought?
On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 03:45:03 -0000 (UTC), in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:47 this Thursday (GMT): >>> On 6/5/2024 7:31 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:True, one is much more likely to end up in the python than the python in >>> you.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this
Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> >>>>>> wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >>>>>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
What if two pythons fought?
https://youtu.be/xpAvcGcEc0k?t=87
On 6/5/2024 7:31 AM, Justisaur wrote:
On 6/5/2024 5:40 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:True, one is much more likely to end up in the python than the python in
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:53 this
Tuesday (GMT):
On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:11:31 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:48:12 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, >>>>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But beyond that first impression, møøse aren't really that
interesting.
A møøse once bit...
(ah, nevermind)
No, no, no. Let your inner Python out. It's not healthy to keep a
Monty Python quote suppressed.
For a second I thought you meant the programming language.
I was more wondering how a python got in someone in the first place.
you.
On Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:01:58 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 12:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:We can start here:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
Yeah! Even Phoenix Wright pulls two Monty Python references :D
(if you were wondering, ema says "it's only a flesh wound" before one of >>>the cross examinations in 1-5, and "and now for something completely >>>different" is said a couple times in 6-2)
This is valuable information and I shall retain it forever.
(We need a "Monty Python Quotes and References in Video Games" list.)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1975/monty-pythons-complete-waste-of-time/
The whole game is a comprehensive python reference.
On 6/1/2024 1:23 AM, JAB wrote:
On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:Re: "why". Possibly because the US is the 800 pound gorilla sitting
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn >>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada. >>>>I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
Canada usually follows British rules though.
Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that
in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but
for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more
in common with what's used in the US.
right next to Canada? ;)
On 01/06/2024 18:19, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 6/1/2024 1:23 AM, JAB wrote:
On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:Re: "why". Possibly because the US is the 800 pound gorilla sitting
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn >>>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada. >>>>>I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
Canada usually follows British rules though.
Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that
in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but
for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more
in common with what's used in the US.
right next to Canada? ;)
So how much influence does US culture have on Canada as in the UK it's
pretty much limited to music and films*. Saying that I have noticed more
and more references to a TV season instead of a TV series.
*Of course we are more than happen to export our own actors as pretend >Americans and if you need someone to play the bad guy, well we've got it >covered.
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 01/06/2024 18:19, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 6/1/2024 1:23 AM, JAB wrote:
On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:Re: "why". Possibly because the US is the 800 pound gorilla sitting
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn >>>>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:Canada usually follows British rules though.
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada. >>>>>>I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English. >>>>>
Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that
in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but >>>> for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more >>>> in common with what's used in the US.
right next to Canada? ;)
So how much influence does US culture have on Canada as in the UK it's
pretty much limited to music and films*. Saying that I have noticed more
and more references to a TV season instead of a TV series.
Yeah in NA it's the various seasons of a TV series, whereas in Britain
it's various series of a TV show.
Of course in Britain, they can run a "series" (year) of a show, take a
year or two off, then bring it back for the next series.
In NA that pretty much never happens - it's continuous start to finish,
then it's truly finished.
Season one and cancelled, there is never a season 2.
Some series were officially cancelled, but fans got them reinstated
before they actually the actually finished filming the current season or
the actors moved on to other projects, but that's a whole nother thing.
Brit series tend to be shorter too, often only 4-6 episodes. VS 10-13 fairly standard now in NA, and the older ones that were 22-26 episodes/season.
IE Primeval went 6/7/10/7/6 eps in 2007/8/9/11/11
*Of course we are more than happen to export our own actors as pretend
Americans and if you need someone to play the bad guy, well we've got it
covered.
As referenced when Hugh Laurie of House MD fame surprised people with
his spot on "English Accent" cause they had no idea he was English.
The number of Brits and Aus/NZ actors who can do perfect American
accents is surprising.
The number of American actors who can do perfect Brit/Aus/NZ accents is microscopic.
On 6/8/2024 8:14 AM, Xocyll wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the pornGorilla don't need to learn how to grunt funny. :D
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 01/06/2024 18:19, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 6/1/2024 1:23 AM, JAB wrote:
On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:Re: "why". Possibly because the US is the 800 pound gorilla sitting
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn >>>>>> spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:Canada usually follows British rules though.
Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada. >>>>>>>I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English. >>>>>>
Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that >>>>> in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but >>>>> for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more >>>>> in common with what's used in the US.
right next to Canada? ;)
So how much influence does US culture have on Canada as in the UK it's
pretty much limited to music and films*. Saying that I have noticed more >>> and more references to a TV season instead of a TV series.
Yeah in NA it's the various seasons of a TV series, whereas in Britain
it's various series of a TV show.
Of course in Britain, they can run a "series" (year) of a show, take a
year or two off, then bring it back for the next series.
In NA that pretty much never happens - it's continuous start to finish,
then it's truly finished.
Season one and cancelled, there is never a season 2.
Some series were officially cancelled, but fans got them reinstated
before they actually the actually finished filming the current season or
the actors moved on to other projects, but that's a whole nother thing.
Brit series tend to be shorter too, often only 4-6 episodes. VS 10-13
fairly standard now in NA, and the older ones that were 22-26
episodes/season.
IE Primeval went 6/7/10/7/6 eps in 2007/8/9/11/11
*Of course we are more than happen to export our own actors as pretend
Americans and if you need someone to play the bad guy, well we've got it >>> covered.
As referenced when Hugh Laurie of House MD fame surprised people with
his spot on "English Accent" cause they had no idea he was English.
The number of Brits and Aus/NZ actors who can do perfect American
accents is surprising.
The number of American actors who can do perfect Brit/Aus/NZ accents is
microscopic.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:01 this Wednesday (GMT):
On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 12:50:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:52 this Wednesday (GMT):
Yeah! Even Phoenix Wright pulls two Monty Python references :D
(if you were wondering, ema says "it's only a flesh wound" before one of >>>the cross examinations in 1-5, and "and now for something completely >>>different" is said a couple times in 6-2)
This is valuable information and I shall retain it forever.
(We need a "Monty Python Quotes and References in Video Games" list.)
Yeah, we should :D
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
I think it's been over 20 years, I had an HD issue but my mod collection survived. Didn't get around to copying it off the failing drive as I
hadn't listened to the songs much.
Well, I did replay Crusader: No Remorse recently. That was all Necros
mods as I recall. Lizardking was a favorite too, that much I remember.
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:40:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 ><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote at 20:11 this Wednesday (GMT):
ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
I think it's been over 20 years, I had an HD issue but my mod collection >>> survived. Didn't get around to copying it off the failing drive as I
hadn't listened to the songs much.
Well, I did replay Crusader: No Remorse recently. That was all Necros
mods as I recall. Lizardking was a favorite too, that much I remember.
Nope, I don't think I've ever had one. I tried converting one before but
it turns out its kinda hard.
It was fairly easy to convert MODs in WinAmp (remember WinAmp?*)
You'd
queue up a tracker file (WinAmp had fairly robust support for most
formats), and then go into WinAmp 'plugins' and select the WaveOut >Output.***. The file would stream to a WAV file of the music which you
could then convert to FLAC or MP3 or whatver you wanted.
It's how I got all my favorite MODs into my MP3 collection so I could
listen to them on the go (there are actually tracker players for
mobile devices, but it was just simpler to make them all MP3s than to
juggle different players).
* I bet Pepperidge Farms remembers.**
** Remember Pepperidge Farms' "Pepperidge Farms remembers" advertising >campaign? No. Me neither.
*** No, I didn't have this memorized. I do have WinAmp on an old PC
though, so I could easily check ;-)
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:40:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote at 20:11 this Wednesday (GMT):
ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
I think it's been over 20 years, I had an HD issue but my mod collection >>> survived. Didn't get around to copying it off the failing drive as I
hadn't listened to the songs much.
Well, I did replay Crusader: No Remorse recently. That was all Necros
mods as I recall. Lizardking was a favorite too, that much I remember.
Nope, I don't think I've ever had one. I tried converting one before but
it turns out its kinda hard.
It was fairly easy to convert MODs in WinAmp (remember WinAmp?*) You'd
queue up a tracker file (WinAmp had fairly robust support for most
formats), and then go into WinAmp 'plugins' and select the WaveOut Output.***. The file would stream to a WAV file of the music which you
could then convert to FLAC or MP3 or whatver you wanted.
It's how I got all my favorite MODs into my MP3 collection so I could
listen to them on the go (there are actually tracker players for
mobile devices, but it was just simpler to make them all MP3s than to
juggle different players).
* I bet Pepperidge Farms remembers.**
** Remember Pepperidge Farms' "Pepperidge Farms remembers" advertising campaign? No. Me neither.
*** No, I didn't have this memorized. I do have WinAmp on an old PC
though, so I could easily check ;-)
On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 02:50:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:08 this Thursday (GMT):
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:40:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >>><candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote at 20:11 this Wednesday (GMT):
ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:
Do any of you still listen to MIDIs? I do once in a while: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/files/music/music.html
That includes MOD, S3M, XM, IT, 669, FAR, etc. ;)
I think it's been over 20 years, I had an HD issue but my mod collection >>>>> survived. Didn't get around to copying it off the failing drive as I >>>>> hadn't listened to the songs much.
Well, I did replay Crusader: No Remorse recently. That was all Necros >>>>> mods as I recall. Lizardking was a favorite too, that much I remember. >>>>
Nope, I don't think I've ever had one. I tried converting one before but >>>>it turns out its kinda hard.
It was fairly easy to convert MODs in WinAmp (remember WinAmp?*) You'd
queue up a tracker file (WinAmp had fairly robust support for most
formats), and then go into WinAmp 'plugins' and select the WaveOut
Output.***. The file would stream to a WAV file of the music which you
could then convert to FLAC or MP3 or whatver you wanted.
It's how I got all my favorite MODs into my MP3 collection so I could
listen to them on the go (there are actually tracker players for
mobile devices, but it was just simpler to make them all MP3s than to
juggle different players).
I meant making a new MIDI file from mp3/wav/etc
Honestly, WinAmp can do that too (I mean, so can a lot of other apps,
but since I was hyping WinAmp before, might as well continue to do
so). It can do that with pretty much /any/ file it can play; it just redirects the output to a WAV file instead of, you know, to your
speakers.
Of course, the QUALITY of that music file will be heavily dependent on whatever it is you use for MIDI playback. If you've got some sort of
high-end Yamaha XG50 soft-synth, it'll sound terrific. If you've
somehow managed to wedge a Soundblaster v1.0 with an OPL2 soundchip
into your modern laptop, it'll sound a lot less good (still, kudos for getting an ISA soundcard into a 2024 laptop; that's some dark magic
right there and well worth the ear-bleed ;-)
The Roland Emulator (MuNT) also has a direct MIDI-to-WAV output
feature, if you want to (mostly) recapture what a MIDI file would
sound like to a PC gamer with high-end gear in 1989 ;-)
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