2 Scoops of Quickies

Crocodile wrote in to say that x11amp 0.9 alpha2 is out for those of you MP3 junkies out there. Remember that article awhile back about the pictures from Pi? JHoyt sent us a link to a script fu script that will do it. Neato. Infinite background possibilities. Jeff Davis sent us a link to Beowulf Underground, a new news site for those interested in news revolving around Beowulf Linux Clusters. From the random Slashdot Mainstream References box, we've got a bit Stephen Horne sent at ABC News article on the Windows Refunds. Yippee. Now that the boring old serious stuff is out of the way, let's take a break.

Ok, that's enough. Now some funny stuff to help end your day on a good note. The Cunctator sent us link that can only be described as the hamster dance. GloiDemon sent us a link to DrZaius.com, a new humor site. How can you resist Dr Zaius? Phil Gregory sent us a link to a Segfaultstory called the Gospel of Tux. Check it out. Rishi Hemrajani sent us a link to a book that everyone should own. I think we posted this a few months ago, but it warrants a rerun.

Question

[Patrik Nordebo]

mpg123 uses about 30% CPU on a P100. Or at least it did on my P100.

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[drwiii]

I want that book. And I want it now.

Microsoft

[drwiii]

The ABC News article on Windows refunds has a Microsoft Daily News ad at the top. Go figure. Microsoft's buy-advertising-space-on-negative-press strategy strikes again.

Bloody Weasels

[Skyshadow]

Those stupid rodents caused my desktop to lock up. I had to telnet in from another box to kill Netscape.

God, I can't wait for Mozilla.

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x11amp question

[gavinhall]

Posted by planders:

Question... does setting x11amp .9-a2 (and/or mpg123) to setuid root improve performance at all (lower CPU utilization?) I would like someone's input before I try it myself.

Thanks in advance.

Preston

Yes! Yes!

[Matt Blevins]

Slashdot Effect the hamster dance out of existence!

DrZaius.com? Bah! Zaius.com!!!

[extra88]

The incomparable Beatkit & Co. [zaius.com] will rock your world. Sure, there's otaku level Planet of the Apes action figure info but so much more! Fun with Photoshop, experimental fiction and ???

OFF TOPIC

[Puff]

Did anyone else see an article on Slashdot earlier today that disappeared? It was about wooden computer parts and cases, and Rob made an appalling joke about the mice being something you would "pine" away for.

Anyway, I can't find it and I am curious what happened.

Puff

onastick.net

[David Ishee]

The got milk picture has got to be one of the funniest pictures I've ever seen.

It used to prevent skipping

[mengmeng]

Since it's actually using mpg123 as its base, I don't think there should be a problem any more. On my PII-400, mpg123 starts off using around 60%, drops to around 20% in less than a second, and eventually gets down to around 5%. Note that I've got a 4MB buffer on it, which is probably the reason for the heavy usage at the beginning.

Again? Golly.

[GtHS]

Oh well, at least it won't be my personal page that has to take the brunt of the slashdot effect
this time around. Nice to see people like it.

That ScriptFu 'text-image' script

[JHoyt]

That other post asking for the info was from me.