-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Heather> among other things, /dev/dsp should probably work As long as you enable OSS emulation in ALSA. But I think that you get to choose that when you install some ALSA package. Oh. One thing that I forgot to mention in my last post. If you're using ALSA 0.9 (i.e. if you're using Woody or Sid) with the Maestro, you'll need to do some tweaking to get it to work, because they changed the parameter names for the maestro module in 0.9, but alsaconf still has the old name. Let me know if this is the case, and I'll send you some instructions. red> sorry for my bad english ;) [...] Heather> do and be are both passive, they get a boost from the helping Heather> verb, have, when you put them in past tense. <blank stare> Oh. OK. I was never terribly good at grammar. At least not at remembering the rules. I seemed to get by fine mostly by my gut feelings. Heather> I recommend the slim book by Strunk and White (I think that's Heather> William Strunk) for learning the finer points of English Heather> grammar, but it's been my experience, between native speakers Heather> who don't care about the details and non-native ones who do Heather> care, that the ones who care are at least understandable. Most Heather> grade school grammar teachers would whap me for that long Heather> sentence even though it's otherwise correct. So... don't worry Heather> too much, just make sure to make the point clear, and Heather> everything will work out fine. I have that book too. They gave it to all the Computer Science graduate students at my University. (I wonder if they're trying to imply anything by doing that...) It's called "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White (E. B. White wrote _Charlotte's Web_, for those who read it as kids). (Certain grade school grammar teachers would whap me for using the term "kids".) I agree with Heather that the important thing is to get your point across clearly. But, of course, this is not to say that you shouldn't bother to learn proper grammar. And different forums require different levels of grammatical correctness. Most mailing lists, etc. are not too strict. But if you write a formal report, or something along those lines, you get someone (or several people) to proofread your work (no matter how good your English is, because everyone will slip up once in a while). - -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.geocities.com/hubertchan/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/71FDA37F Fingerprint: 6CC5 822D 2E55 494C 81DD 6F2C 6518 54DF 71FD A37F Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8P6PXZRhU33H9o38RAjrjAJ4tCRqHDngVC+j82JZe/2ufjAipmgCfa6dG 1YQYuavMDfJroAqtRVsCbXE= =wwrX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
