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Comment Re:And the deaf will deny (Score 2) 413

by gmf on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @09:29PM (#46470177) Attached to: Neil Young's "Righteous" Pono Music Startup Raises $1 Million With Kickstarter

And the dumb will deny that anyone can understand the sampling theorem and the anatomy of the human ear because they can't.

I pity the dumb.

Comment Muscle memory? (Score 1) 393

by gmf on Saturday September 24, 2011 @01:40PM (#37502924) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Calculators With 1-2-3 Number Pads?

Spatial memory, maybe; but this has nothing to do with muscle memory. The way you hold a cell phone is very different from the way you "hold" a PC keyboard. I for one have never wanted to type on my PC's numpad using my two thumbs...

Comment Replace it? (Score 1) 289

by gmf on Sunday February 06, 2011 @12:20PM (#35118492) Attached to: NFL Teams Considering IPads To Replace Playbooks

I thought the PlayBook wasn't even released yet, and they're already thinking about replacing it?

(a confused BlackBerry user)

Comment TrackPoint (Score 1) 246

by gmf on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @01:13PM (#26281717) Attached to: The Best Computer Mice In Every Category

Best mouse for any work that isn't intrinsically mouse-centric: none

Comment Re:ALSA Drivers Please!! (Score 1) 546

by gmf on Thursday September 11, 2008 @07:47PM (#24971303) Attached to: Ubuntu To Pay for Upgrades To the Free Software User Experience

I agree that ALSA sucks (for many reasons, the hideous API probably being the most important one).

But, as an application developer, you simply shouldn't use ALSA directly, it's not worth the hassle. If your app does any "serious" audio work, use JACK. Period.
If you're aiming at the average desktop user, use another high-level audio API. PulseAudio appears to be a good choice.

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