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08/23/2011 14:45 #55005

Calling Matthew to be André Rieu's photographer!!!
Category: dance
This is it! (e:Matthew), you need to enter the André Rieu photography contest!
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Sign up on Rieu's site.

DO it now!!
Think of all the glory if you are picked!!


08/23/2011 14:34 #55004

Definitely an earthquake
Category: buffalo
I felt it and I thought, wow the wind must really be picking up in Buffalo. Guess it was really an earthquake and not just the building showing its age and resonating with the wind.



LOL@ this comment on the story:

Soon to be former Buffalo schools superintendent James Willians was seen jumping up & down in a temper tantrum b/c he could not get anyone to help pack his belongings...



Seriously, do people stalk the Buffalo news site just to post stuff like this? Hahah

metalpeter - 08/23/11 16:32
I have heard well not with this story things get a bit crazy over there that is why they made it so they have your real name.....

08/23/2011 05:22 #55003

E:Strip
Category: i-tech

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This is the longest I have been on any website anytime in all of my www existence. I feel seldom bound to any online service or site unless it's for work/school or its services are just irreplaceable. I guess knowing everyone in person has made a difference here.

I feel more at home because of you all. :)
mrmike - 08/23/11 16:29
That's good, you do the same for us, ya know
metalpeter - 08/23/11 16:26
Glad you are still enjoying it...So why did you get tired of Twitter,
facebook, Hot or Not, Rate My Picture, Rate my adult Picture and Phonebin ? kidding about all those sites I was just guessing at some of them maybe one of these days I'll try to copy and paste my stats and see if it works.....
tinypliny - 08/23/11 14:35
You mean a place with a ton of graphic roadkill and no one to shriek in glee over them? ;-)
paul - 08/23/11 10:13
Thanks for participating. Without you it would be a sad place.

08/21/2011 16:29 #54994

Lost my credit card.
Category: the odes
I lost my primary credit card yesterday somewhere between home and pricerite. But take a look at who checked out my last transaction...
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I cancelled it. Hopefully, whoever found it didn't have a chance to use it before they froze transactions. It was lucky that the card was not entered into the cash-from-ATM scheme.

Lucky or if you believe that last transaction... hehe.
tinypliny - 08/23/11 05:11
LOL. the building manager dropped off the card at my flat today. Apparently someone found it near the door and dropped it into the office mail slot.
metalpeter - 08/22/11 18:46
Maybe the Person who Found it keeps using it and keeps buying and buying stuff but the card that should have ran out in 10 minutes lasted 24 hours (so I stole the Jewish Menorh idea).... OH yeah and no bill to anyone?
mrmike - 08/21/11 22:31
divine intervention?
tinypliny - 08/21/11 17:49
maybe it got smitten by all the lightening today or maybe its a sign I have been spending too much. lol
tinypliny - 08/21/11 17:48
better place than my pocket? impossible.
paul - 08/21/11 17:01
Well, we can hope it was delivered to a better place.

08/21/2011 11:04 #54989

Sound card on PanP7
Category: linux
For reference the sound card on my PanP7 is:

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec



Codec: Realtek ALC272
Codec: Motorola Si3054

It has the most crappy output with ALSA sound server. The front mic used with a mic booster produces an extremely high pitched sound. I am sure it is capable of killing all bats in a 10 mile radius and driving all humans crazy or deaf or both.

The driver is meant for these following platforms. From /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz:

ALC662/663/272
==============
3stack-dig     3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
3stack-6ch     3-stack (6-channel)
3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
6stack-dig     6-stack with SPDIF
lenovo-101e     Lenovo laptop
eeepc-p701     ASUS Eeepc P701
eeepc-ep20      ASUS Eeepc EP20
ecs         ECS/Foxconn mobo
m51va         ASUS M51VA
g71v         ASUS G71V
h13          ASUS H13
g50v         ASUS G50V
asus-mode1      ASUS
asus-mode2     ASUS
asus-mode3     ASUS
asus-mode4     ASUS
asus-mode5     ASUS
asus-mode6     ASUS
dell         Dell with ALC272
dell-zm1     Dell ZM1 with ALC272
samsung-nc10     Samsung NC10 mini notebook
auto         auto-config reading BIOS (default)



The problem is the regular sound output is extremely low. I can bet that if I put windows on this machine, the speakers will come to life. But that is just not happening with ALSA. The alternative is OSS, which I tried but had so many problems, I had to return to ALSA. I could install pulseaudio but pulseaudio has such crazy whims and fancies it is impossible to predict what will stop or start working next. It's a just a sound card, not some rocket science. Linux sound drivers just aren't up to snuff yet.