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Linux is power squared

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First post2011-04-22 23:35 +0100
Last post2011-04-22 21:25 -0400
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  Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-22 23:35 +0100
    Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-22 16:57 -0600
      Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-22 19:17 -0400
        Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-22 19:29 -0400
          Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 01:04 +0100
            Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-22 20:12 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared Big Steel <Steel9901x22@9901x22Steel.com> - 2011-04-22 20:14 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 00:25 +0000
                Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 01:36 +0100
                  Re: Linux is power squared RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 00:57 +0000
                Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 10:13 -0400
                  Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 16:35 +0200
                    Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-23 10:22 -0500
                    Re: Linux is power squared Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-24 05:36 +0000
                      Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 12:01 +0000
                        Re: Linux is power squared Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-25 21:45 +0000
                  Re: Linux is power squared RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 16:33 +0000
              Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 01:28 +0100
                Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-22 20:46 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-22 21:24 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 09:55 +0200
                Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-23 09:07 -0400
                Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 10:15 -0400
                  Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 16:24 +0200
                    Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 16:16 +0100
                    Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 11:32 -0400
                Re: Linux is power squared chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-25 07:42 -0500
          Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-22 19:39 -0500
            Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-22 22:10 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-23 00:34 -0500
              Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-23 06:51 +0000
                Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 01:01 -0600
                  Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-23 07:14 +0000
                    Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 01:35 -0600
                      Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 01:38 -0600
                        Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-23 09:19 +0000
                      Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 10:24 -0400
                        Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 10:47 -0600
                          Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 19:46 +0200
                          Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 18:20 -0400
                            Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 22:20 -0400
                              Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-24 08:28 -0400
                                Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-24 14:18 -0400
                                  Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:13 +0200
                                Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:41 -0500
                                  Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-24 14:16 -0600
                                    Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-24 16:26 -0400
                                    Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-25 07:49 +0000
                                      Re: Linux is power squared Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@netscape.net> - 2011-04-25 21:43 +0000
                                        Re: Linux is power squared Bob Hauck <postmaster@avalanche.org> - 2011-04-25 20:08 -0400
                                          Re: Linux is power squared Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-04-26 04:28 +0100
                                          Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-26 06:02 +0200
                                        Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-26 22:31 +0000
                                      Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-26 10:46 -0500
                Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-23 10:50 -0400
                  Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 17:19 +0200
                  Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-23 10:18 -0500
                    Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-23 12:49 -0400
                      Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 12:54 -0400
                      Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 20:00 +0200
                        Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:30 -0500
                          Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:44 +0200
                            Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-26 10:53 -0500
                      Re: Linux is power squared Bob Hauck <postmaster@avalanche.org> - 2011-04-23 18:32 -0400
                        Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-24 00:33 +0100
                      Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:29 -0500
                        Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-24 19:01 -0400
                          Re: Linux is power squared Big Steel <Steel9901x22@9901x22Steel.com> - 2011-04-24 19:35 -0400
                            Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-24 19:57 -0400
                              Re: Linux is power squared Big Steel <Steel9901x22@9901x22Steel.com> - 2011-04-24 20:08 -0400
                                Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-24 20:15 -0400
                                  Re: Linux is power squared Big Steel <Steel9901x22@9901x22Steel.com> - 2011-04-24 20:23 -0400
                                  Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:23 +0200
                              Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:20 +0200
                                Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-25 10:10 -0400
                                  Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 16:57 +0200
                                Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-26 10:50 -0500
                                  Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-26 12:34 -0400
                          Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-26 10:48 -0500
                            Re: Linux is power squared Big Steel <Steel98@steel98.com> - 2011-04-26 12:50 -0400
                    Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 18:29 -0400
                  Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-23 21:08 +0000
                    Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 15:14 -0600
                      Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-23 21:26 +0000
                    Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com> - 2011-04-23 17:25 -0400
                      Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-24 09:42 +0000
              Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 14:17 +0200
                Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 11:34 -0400
                Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-23 10:22 -0500
                  Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 18:30 -0400
        Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-22 21:23 -0400
      Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-22 23:24 +0000
        Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 07:22 -0400
        Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 14:29 +0100
      Re: Linux is power squared owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2011-04-22 23:34 +0000
        Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-22 19:46 -0500
          Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> - 2011-04-23 03:31 +0000
            Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-22 23:42 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-23 00:33 -0500
                Re: Linux is power squared Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2011-04-23 08:33 -0400
            Re: Linux is power squared Chris <chrisdhaag@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-23 08:21 +0000
              Re: Linux is power squared William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-04-23 09:41 +0100
              Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 07:25 -0400
                Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 14:31 +0200
                  Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 10:29 -0400
                  Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-23 17:28 -0400
                    Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 22:15 -0400
                      Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-23 22:50 -0400
                        Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 23:16 -0400
                          Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:44 -0500
                            Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-24 22:30 +0200
                              Re: Linux is power squared William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-04-24 23:11 +0100
                                Re: Linux is power squared Big Steel <Steel9901x22@9901x22Steel.com> - 2011-04-24 18:50 -0400
                                Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 11:57 +0000
                              Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-24 20:16 -0400
                                Re: Linux is power squared TomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 11:56 +0000
                                  Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-25 10:19 -0400
                            Re: Linux is power squared Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-04-24 14:15 -0700
                            Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-24 20:16 -0400
                              Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-24 18:40 -0600
                              Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-26 10:52 -0500
                                Re: Linux is power squared Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-04-27 02:51 +0100
                                  Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 22:18 +0000
                                    Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-28 19:51 -0500
                                      Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 20:48 +0000
                                        Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-04 11:15 -0500
                                          Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 20:22 +0000
                                            Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-04 17:30 -0500
                                              Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-05-04 23:19 +0000
                                                Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-05 13:05 -0500
                                                  Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-05-05 21:50 +0000
                                                    Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-06 10:40 -0500
                                                      Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 23:32 +0000
                                                      Re: Linux is power squared stukie <stukieh@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 23:31 +0000
                                                        Re: Linux is power squared RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 00:23 +0000
                                                          Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-05-09 13:18 -0500
                            Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-25 14:14 +0200
                              Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-26 10:52 -0500
                        Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-24 10:42 +0200
                          Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-24 04:58 -0400
                            Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-24 11:14 +0200
                              Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:44 -0500
                                Re: Linux is power squared chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-25 07:51 -0500
                                  Re: Linux is power squared "caged steel" <CS@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-25 09:27 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2011-04-23 09:15 -0700
            Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 14:19 +0100
              Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 10:37 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-23 17:27 -0400
      Re: Linux is power squared 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 01:01 +0100
        Re: 7 is power less DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-22 20:30 -0400
          Re: 7 is power less flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-22 21:28 -0400
          Re: 7 is power less 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-04-23 14:54 +0100
        Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-22 18:55 -0600
      Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-22 19:36 -0500
        Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 00:27 -0600
          Re: Linux is power squared Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-04-23 10:20 -0400
          Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-23 10:13 -0500
            Re: Linux is power squared "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com> - 2011-04-23 12:54 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 12:57 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 11:05 -0600
                Re: Linux is power squared Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 20:05 +0200
                  Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 14:12 -0400
                  Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:34 -0500
            Re: Linux is power squared Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> - 2011-04-23 10:55 -0600
              Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-23 13:03 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-04-23 17:49 -0400
              Re: Linux is power squared JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2011-04-24 13:39 -0500
    Re: Linux is power squared flatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com> - 2011-04-22 21:25 -0400

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#17774

FromTomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com>
Date2011-04-23 09:55 +0200
Message-ID<20110423095037.712@usenet.drumscum.be>
In reply to#17713
On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Ezekiel:
>
> And who the hell still uses RS-232.

Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many devices.

-- 
Oh, so they have internet on computers now!
	~ Homer J. Simpson

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#17800

From"Ezekiel" <Me@Not-there.com>
Date2011-04-23 09:07 -0400
Message-ID<iouius$9g9$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17774
>
>
>"TomB"  wrote in message news:20110423095037.712@usenet.drumscum.be...
>
>On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Ezekiel:
>>
>> And who the hell still uses RS-232.
>
>Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
>still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many devices.
>

I can tell you're not kidding. I'm somewhat surprised because I once had a 
serial-printer and a few modems but I haven't seen or used RS-232 in 
probably 10 or 15 years. I thought it went out about the same time as the 
5.25" floppy.  But searching for "rs-232 service interface" returns a large 
number of hits.



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#17812

FromChris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com>
Date2011-04-23 10:15 -0400
Message-ID<ioumvh$imc$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17774
TomB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Ezekiel:
>>
>> And who the hell still uses RS-232.
>
> Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
> still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many devices.

Yup.  Cisco Catalysts, for example.

-- 
<Knghtbrd> r0bert: in short, we're moving several things the client
           currently is responsible for telling the server into things the
           server checks for itself
<Knghtbrd> If Neo says "There is no spoon", The Matrix will say "Oh yes
           there is---no cheating!"
<hollis> But he knows kung fu...
<Knghtbrd> Sure he does, but I have a rocket launcher.

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#17814

FromTomB <tommy.bongaerts@gmail.com>
Date2011-04-23 16:24 +0200
Message-ID<20110423162100.972@usenet.drumscum.be>
In reply to#17812
On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Chris Ahlstrom:
> TomB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Ezekiel:
>>>
>>> And who the hell still uses RS-232.
>>
>> Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
>> still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many
>> devices.
>
> Yup.  Cisco Catalysts, for example.

Which is one of the devices with its RS-232 interface patched
directly to an RJ45 connector at my desk.

I used to hate that my currect work laptop doesn't have a serial port,
but since GNU/Linux supports virtually every USB to RS-232 adaptor out
of the box, it is less of an issue than I first thought.

-- 
There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer. Chuck Norris
is always in control.

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#17827

From7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com>
Date2011-04-23 16:16 +0100
Message-ID<_3Csp.5299$Pi.2751@newsfe22.ams2>
In reply to#17814
TomB wrote:

> On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Chris Ahlstrom:
>> TomB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>> On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Ezekiel:
>>>>
>>>> And who the hell still uses RS-232.
>>>
>>> Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
>>> still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many
>>> devices.
>>
>> Yup.  Cisco Catalysts, for example.
> 
> Which is one of the devices with its RS-232 interface patched
> directly to an RJ45 connector at my desk.
> 
> I used to hate that my currect work laptop doesn't have a serial port,
> but since GNU/Linux supports virtually every USB to RS-232 adaptor out
> of the box, it is less of an issue than I first thought.


I use the $1 MCP2200 chip for USB serial communications.
It works right out the box with Linux. Up to 1mbaud.
(I have FTDI chips as well thats recognised by Linux out of the
box but I haven't used them yet.)
As opto isolators out now do 10mbits/sec I have totally
opto isolated USB serial comms on some of the faster boards.

With Linux tools such as Gambas to buffer all that data
and parse it quickly enough when other competing OSen just lock up
adds more than power just Linux on steroids, its the Linux power squared
effect smacking down project times down to a quarter or less.

Who knows, I can probably get some kind of dictionary compression going
soon and achieve much higher data rates.

Its possible and I can see a way:

The good thing is that the embedded system uses netbeans and a modified
version of gcc to write C code. I can use the netbeans and c environment to 
generate the tokens for the embedded program, the opto isolated serial port 
will send the coded numbers, then within Linux, I can probably get gambas to 
call a c program writtne for gcc that took the embedded c program's codes 
and convert them to messages that then espeak could read out. As the tokens
and the dictionary change, I can get netbeans to run post compiling 
operation to start up a script that recompiled the gcc C program. This makes
both software understand each other without having dictionary sync issues. A 
complete integration of complicated ideas in rapid time in minutes to hours. 
gcc is free, netbeans is free, drivers for MCP2200 free, gambas free. All 
working in harmony. I use gambas because it has a visual GUI, but these days
I getting to grips with python and Tkinter as well - so who knows this could 
all be done it python next. Python is free, espeak is free, python binding 
for espeak is free, python bindings for tkinter is free.

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#17832

Fromflatfish+++ <flatfish@marianatrench.com>
Date2011-04-23 11:32 -0400
Message-ID<w8w9mdeacgem$.tt416r28mxxg.dlg@40tude.net>
In reply to#17814
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:24:44 +0200, TomB wrote:

> On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Chris Ahlstrom:
>> TomB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>> On 2011-04-23, the following emerged from the brain of Ezekiel:
>>>>
>>>> And who the hell still uses RS-232.
>>>
>>> Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
>>> still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many
>>> devices.
>>
>> Yup.  Cisco Catalysts, for example.
> 
> Which is one of the devices with its RS-232 interface patched
> directly to an RJ45 connector at my desk.
> 
> I used to hate that my currect work laptop doesn't have a serial port,
> but since GNU/Linux supports virtually every USB to RS-232 adaptor out
> of the box, it is less of an issue than I first thought.

Actually you need a "Rollover" cable via the console port on Cisco
switches, most of them anyway. The baby blue cable that comes with the
switches is one such cable. The pins are mirror images of each other,
hence the name "Rollover".
Some also have an RS-232 interface as well.

Point is RS-232 is used a lot, in various forms.

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#18339

Fromchrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
Date2011-04-25 07:42 -0500
Message-ID<k0rar6lcoh9hg34cjr8ofbv043ks3s7mtf@4ax.com>
In reply to#17774
TomB wrote:
>> And who the hell still uses RS-232.
>
>Me. Nearly daily. And so do a bunch of other technicians. RS-232 is
>still very alive and kicking as a service interface on many devices.

Me too.

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#17731

FromJEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet>
Date2011-04-22 19:39 -0500
Message-ID<slrnir47tb.9d.jedi@nomad.mishnet>
In reply to#17699
On 2011-04-22, Ezekiel <Me@Not-there.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>"Ezekiel"  wrote in message news:iot2a3$os$1@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>>
>>>"Tom Shelton"  wrote in message news:iot149$379$1@dont-email.me...
>>>7 presented the following explanation :
>>>> Linux is power squared
>>>> ----------------------
>>>>
>>>> The thing about GNU/Linux and open source I like most is
>>>> the entire ecosystem is power squared.
[deletia]
>>>>
>>>
>>>LOL... I can speak a file in powershell:
>>>
>>>
>>>$s = $null
>>>$s = new-object -c "SAPI.SpVoice"
>>>foreach ($line in get-content "C:\Users\Tom\Documents\mytextfile.txt")
>>>{
>>>   $s.speak($line, 3)
>>>   $s.waituntildone(1000)
>>>}
>>>
>>
>>Here's the same thing in 4 lines of jscript. Save the file as "test.js" and 
>>invoke it with "cscript test.js" and you're good to go. It uses Windows 
>>Scripting (available since before Win2k) and this code should work with 
>>WinXP and beyond.
>>
>>SpeakIt("Hello World");
>>
>>function SpeakIt(phrase) {
>>   var vt = WScript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice");
>>   vt.Speak(phrase);
>>}
>>
>>
>>>I could easily write a function to read any file from the command line...
>>
>>The default to the Speak() method is to speak the parameter that was passed 
>>in. There are optional flags (SVSFIsFilename) telling Speak() to treat the 
>>string as a file. It can also handle properly formatted XML with the 
>>SVSFIsXML flag amongst other things.
>>
>
> One additional point is that this can be done from MS-Excel, MS-Word or 
> virtually any Windows application that supports scripting.  Or any 

...yes. All 3 of them.

[deletia]

The point of the Unix model is that tools don't have to be specially
instrumented to do anything but read and/or write from stdout or merely
have the option of being invoked by a single command.

Apple scripting falls prey to the same sorts of "tool has to be built
with scripting especially in mind" when it comes to it's own scripting
model for GUI tools.

-- 
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                                                                  |||
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#17745

From"Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchmail.com>
Date2011-04-22 22:10 -0400
Message-ID<iotcej$k61$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17731
"JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote in message 
news:slrnir47tb.9d.jedi@nomad.mishnet...
> On 2011-04-22, Ezekiel <Me@Not-there.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>"Ezekiel"  wrote in message news:iot2a3$os$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Tom Shelton"  wrote in message news:iot149$379$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>7 presented the following explanation :
>>>>> Linux is power squared
>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> The thing about GNU/Linux and open source I like most is
>>>>> the entire ecosystem is power squared.
> [deletia]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>LOL... I can speak a file in powershell:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>$s = $null
>>>>$s = new-object -c "SAPI.SpVoice"
>>>>foreach ($line in get-content "C:\Users\Tom\Documents\mytextfile.txt")
>>>>{
>>>>   $s.speak($line, 3)
>>>>   $s.waituntildone(1000)
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>
>>>Here's the same thing in 4 lines of jscript. Save the file as "test.js" 
>>>and
>>>invoke it with "cscript test.js" and you're good to go. It uses Windows
>>>Scripting (available since before Win2k) and this code should work with
>>>WinXP and beyond.
>>>
>>>SpeakIt("Hello World");
>>>
>>>function SpeakIt(phrase) {
>>>   var vt = WScript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice");
>>>   vt.Speak(phrase);
>>>}
>>>
>>>
>>>>I could easily write a function to read any file from the command 
>>>>line...
>>>
>>>The default to the Speak() method is to speak the parameter that was 
>>>passed
>>>in. There are optional flags (SVSFIsFilename) telling Speak() to treat 
>>>the
>>>string as a file. It can also handle properly formatted XML with the
>>>SVSFIsXML flag amongst other things.
>>>
>>
>> One additional point is that this can be done from MS-Excel, MS-Word or
>> virtually any Windows application that supports scripting.  Or any
>
> ...yes. All 3 of them.
>

So you're not very good at counting either. Try nearly every Windows 
programming language from Visual Basic to C++ to Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP, 
ASP, etc. Or any application that suports scripting can make use of this 
just as easily.


> [deletia]
>
> The point of the Unix model is that tools don't have to be specially
> instrumented to do anything but read and/or write from stdout or merely
> have the option of being invoked by a single command.
>
I'm familiar with the Unix model for doing things. The model is basically 
"call an external app" and have it do the work. The Windows model is to 
provide this as a built-in system service that is available to any app that 
wants to invoke it.


> Apple scripting falls prey to the same sorts of "tool has to be built
> with scripting especially in mind" when it comes to it's own scripting
> model for GUI tools.
>

It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just but 
one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or any 
programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line app (or 
script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.

The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.

In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. But 
I can also call this functionality directly from C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or 
anywhere I want. That's an option you don't have with the Unix model because 
it's basically call "espeak" or nothing at all.


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#17763

FromJEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet>
Date2011-04-23 00:34 -0500
Message-ID<slrnir4p6n.f00.jedi@nomad.mishnet>
In reply to#17745
On 2011-04-23, Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
>
> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote in message 
> news:slrnir47tb.9d.jedi@nomad.mishnet...
>> On 2011-04-22, Ezekiel <Me@Not-there.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Ezekiel"  wrote in message news:iot2a3$os$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Tom Shelton"  wrote in message news:iot149$379$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>>7 presented the following explanation :
>>>>>> Linux is power squared
>>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The thing about GNU/Linux and open source I like most is
>>>>>> the entire ecosystem is power squared.
>> [deletia]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>LOL... I can speak a file in powershell:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>$s = $null
>>>>>$s = new-object -c "SAPI.SpVoice"
>>>>>foreach ($line in get-content "C:\Users\Tom\Documents\mytextfile.txt")
>>>>>{
>>>>>   $s.speak($line, 3)
>>>>>   $s.waituntildone(1000)
>>>>>}
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Here's the same thing in 4 lines of jscript. Save the file as "test.js" 
>>>>and
>>>>invoke it with "cscript test.js" and you're good to go. It uses Windows
>>>>Scripting (available since before Win2k) and this code should work with
>>>>WinXP and beyond.
>>>>
>>>>SpeakIt("Hello World");
>>>>
>>>>function SpeakIt(phrase) {
>>>>   var vt = WScript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice");
>>>>   vt.Speak(phrase);
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I could easily write a function to read any file from the command 
>>>>>line...
>>>>
>>>>The default to the Speak() method is to speak the parameter that was 
>>>>passed
>>>>in. There are optional flags (SVSFIsFilename) telling Speak() to treat 
>>>>the
>>>>string as a file. It can also handle properly formatted XML with the
>>>>SVSFIsXML flag amongst other things.
>>>>
>>>
>>> One additional point is that this can be done from MS-Excel, MS-Word or
>>> virtually any Windows application that supports scripting.  Or any
>>
>> ...yes. All 3 of them.
>>
>
> So you're not very good at counting either. Try nearly every Windows 
> programming language from Visual Basic to C++ to Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP, 

   Those are programming languages, not applications.

[deletia]

-- 
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#17768

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 06:51 +0000
Message-ID<n89ahwer.h94thr@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#17745
Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just but 
> one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or any 
> programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line app (or 
> script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.
> 
> The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
> call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
> directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.
> 

Every one of those languages has a system() function from which you can
call espeak.

> In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
> either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. But 
> I can also call this functionality directly from C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or 
> anywhere I want. That's an option you don't have with the Unix model because 
> it's basically call "espeak" or nothing at all.
> 

What's wrong with espeak for this?  Seriously, text to speech is of limited
use anyway, so I struggle to imagine a case that would be any better served
by direct calls to a specialized API. 

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#17769

FromTom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 01:01 -0600
Message-ID<iotthe$pca$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17768
owl submitted this idea :
> Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just but 
>> one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or any 
>> programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line app (or 
>> script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.
>> 
>> The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
>> call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
>> directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.
>> 
>
> Every one of those languages has a system() function from which you can
> call espeak.
>
>> In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
>> either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. But 
>> I can also call this functionality directly from C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or 
>> anywhere I want. That's an option you don't have with the Unix model because 
>> it's basically call "espeak" or nothing at all.
>> 
>
> What's wrong with espeak for this?  Seriously, text to speech is of limited
> use anyway, so I struggle to imagine a case that would be any better served
> by direct calls to a specialized API. 

LOL... You guys are serious idiots.   If you want a command tool, 
say.exe on windows will do it.  It's free.  If you don't want to 
download it and you know how, you write your own...   It takes about 5 
minutes.

-- 
Tom Shelton

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#17770

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 07:14 +0000
Message-ID<nv89asef.9wfa@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#17769
Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> wrote:
> owl submitted this idea :
>> Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just but 
>>> one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or any 
>>> programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line app (or 
>>> script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.
>>> 
>>> The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
>>> call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
>>> directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.
>>> 
>>
>> Every one of those languages has a system() function from which you can
>> call espeak.
>>
>>> In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
>>> either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. But 
>>> I can also call this functionality directly from C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or 
>>> anywhere I want. That's an option you don't have with the Unix model because 
>>> it's basically call "espeak" or nothing at all.
>>> 
>>
>> What's wrong with espeak for this?  Seriously, text to speech is of limited
>> use anyway, so I struggle to imagine a case that would be any better served
>> by direct calls to a specialized API. 
> 
> LOL... You guys are serious idiots.   If you want a command tool, 
> say.exe on windows will do it.  It's free.  If you don't want to 
> download it and you know how, you write your own...   It takes about 5 
> minutes.
> 

There are plenty of tools that you can write yourself if you feel inclined
to reinvent the wheel.

I also notice that you failed to give a use case that is better served
by something beyond a basic system("espeak \"blah\"") called from any
of those languages.

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#17771

FromTom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 01:35 -0600
Message-ID<iotvfv$v8o$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17770
owl formulated the question :
> Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> wrote:
>> owl submitted this idea :
>>> Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just 
>>>> but  one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or any 
>>>> programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line app 
>>>> (or  script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.
>>>> 
>>>> The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
>>>> call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
>>>> directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Every one of those languages has a system() function from which you can
>>> call espeak.
>>> 
>>>> In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
>>>> either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. 
>>>> But  I can also call this functionality directly from 
>>>> C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or  anywhere I want. That's an option you don't 
>>>> have with the Unix model because  it's basically call "espeak" or nothing 
>>>> at all.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> What's wrong with espeak for this?  Seriously, text to speech is of limited
>>> use anyway, so I struggle to imagine a case that would be any better served
>>> by direct calls to a specialized API. 
>> 
>> LOL... You guys are serious idiots.   If you want a command tool, 
>> say.exe on windows will do it.  It's free.  If you don't want to 
>> download it and you know how, you write your own...   It takes about 5 
>> minutes.
>> 
>
> There are plenty of tools that you can write yourself if you feel inclined
> to reinvent the wheel.
>

that's the point - this isn't reinventing the wheel... It's simply 
callign a system service using the syntax of the language your app is 
in.

> I also notice that you failed to give a use case that is better served
> by something beyond a basic system("espeak \"blah\"") called from any
> of those languages.

Stop being ridiculous... In almost every languge, in windows it's a 
simple create object, call speak.  It's a system service provided to 
any app that wants to speak text.  You don't need a specialized tool to 
do it.  For instance, it has taken me all of about 10 minutes to write 
a powershell cmdlet that will be available in any powershell session.

Now, I want to speak a file:

-- 
Tom Shelton

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#17772

FromTom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 01:38 -0600
Message-ID<iotvlr$vg2$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17771
Tom Shelton explained on 4/23/2011 :
> owl formulated the question :
>> Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> wrote:
>>> owl submitted this idea :
>>>> Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just 
>>>>> but  one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or 
>>>>> any programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line 
>>>>> app (or  script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
>>>>> call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
>>>>> directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Every one of those languages has a system() function from which you can
>>>> call espeak.
>>>> 
>>>>> In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
>>>>> either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. 
>>>>> But  I can also call this functionality directly from 
>>>>> C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or  anywhere I want. That's an option you don't 
>>>>> have with the Unix model because  it's basically call "espeak" or 
>>>>> nothing at all.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What's wrong with espeak for this?  Seriously, text to speech is of 
>>>> limited
>>>> use anyway, so I struggle to imagine a case that would be any better 
>>>> served
>>>> by direct calls to a specialized API.
>>> 
>>> LOL... You guys are serious idiots.   If you want a command tool, say.exe 
>>> on windows will do it.  It's free.  If you don't want to download it and 
>>> you know how, you write your own...   It takes about 5 minutes.
>>> 
>>
>> There are plenty of tools that you can write yourself if you feel inclined
>> to reinvent the wheel.
>>
>
> that's the point - this isn't reinventing the wheel... It's simply callign a 
> system service using the syntax of the language your app is in.
>
>> I also notice that you failed to give a use case that is better served
>> by something beyond a basic system("espeak \"blah\"") called from any
>> of those languages.
>

I'll further add, what's so bad about the way it's done on windows...

Create the object
call it's speak method.

It' accomplishes the same thign, it's just done a different way.

> Stop being ridiculous... In almost every languge, in windows it's a simple 
> create object, call speak.  It's a system service provided to any app that 
> wants to speak text.  You don't need a specialized tool to do it.  For 
> instance, it has taken me all of about 10 minutes to write a powershell 
> cmdlet that will be available in any powershell session.
>
> Now, I want to speak a file:

lol... accidently posted...  Anyway, I was saying if I want to speak a 
file from now on its:

$> cat "path-to-file" | speak-text

-- 
Tom Shelton

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#17780

Fromowl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 09:19 +0000
Message-ID<79awer.i9oe98at@rooftop.invalid>
In reply to#17772
Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> wrote:
> Tom Shelton explained on 4/23/2011 :
>> owl formulated the question :
>>> Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> wrote:
>>>> owl submitted this idea :
>>>>> Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It does *not* have to be built with scripting in mind. Scripting is just 
>>>>>> but  one way to invoke this and it can be called directly from C++ or 
>>>>>> any programming language. If someone wants to write a "Unix like" 3-line 
>>>>>> app (or  script) named espeak then it can also be done that way.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The difference is that with the Unix model the only accessible way is to 
>>>>>> call espeak. Because you sure aren't going to be doing text-to-speech 
>>>>>> directly from Python, Perl, bash or most likely C++.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Every one of those languages has a system() function from which you can
>>>>> call espeak.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> In Windows (as was just shown) it's 4 lines of code to write "espeak" as 
>>>>>> either a script or an executable and I can do exactly what Unix can do. 
>>>>>> But  I can also call this functionality directly from 
>>>>>> C/C++/Python/Perl/Ruby or  anywhere I want. That's an option you don't 
>>>>>> have with the Unix model because  it's basically call "espeak" or 
>>>>>> nothing at all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> What's wrong with espeak for this?  Seriously, text to speech is of 
>>>>> limited
>>>>> use anyway, so I struggle to imagine a case that would be any better 
>>>>> served
>>>>> by direct calls to a specialized API.
>>>> 
>>>> LOL... You guys are serious idiots.   If you want a command tool, say.exe 
>>>> on windows will do it.  It's free.  If you don't want to download it and 
>>>> you know how, you write your own...   It takes about 5 minutes.
>>>> 
>>>
>>> There are plenty of tools that you can write yourself if you feel inclined
>>> to reinvent the wheel.
>>>
>>
>> that's the point - this isn't reinventing the wheel... It's simply callign a 
>> system service using the syntax of the language your app is in.
>>

It's reinventing the wheel if the tool already exists.
system() is a valid function in all of those languages.  perl, ruby,
python, c, c++.  Any app written in those languages can call upon
espeak through system().

>>> I also notice that you failed to give a use case that is better served
>>> by something beyond a basic system("espeak \"blah\"") called from any
>>> of those languages.
>>
> 
> I'll further add, what's so bad about the way it's done on windows...
>

Nothing.  I'm just countering the assertion that these other languages
cannot make use of espeak simply because it is not an API function call.


> Create the object
> call it's speak method.
> 

That sounds like just an excuse to use powershell.

> It' accomplishes the same thign, it's just done a different way.
>
>> Stop being ridiculous... In almost every languge, in windows it's a simple 
>> create object, call speak.  It's a system service provided to any app that 
>> wants to speak text.  You don't need a specialized tool to do it.  For 
>> instance, it has taken me all of about 10 minutes to write a powershell 
>> cmdlet that will be available in any powershell session.
>>

espeak is available to any bash session, and since espeak is cross-platform
it can be available to any cmd.exe session.


>> Now, I want to speak a file:
> 
> lol... accidently posted...  Anyway, I was saying if I want to speak a 
> file from now on its:
> 
> $> cat "path-to-file" | speak-text
> 

espeak -f afile
(among other things)

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#17815

FromChris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com>
Date2011-04-23 10:24 -0400
Message-ID<iounge$imc$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17771
Tom Shelton wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Stop being ridiculous... In almost every languge, in windows it's a 
> simple create object, call speak.  It's a system service provided to 
> any app that wants to speak text.  You don't need a specialized tool to 
> do it.

Uh, Tom, a system service *is* a specialized tool.

> For instance, it has taken me all of about 10 minutes to write 
> a powershell cmdlet that will be available in any powershell session.

Ooooh.  Bleeding edge stuff there!!  You one fast coder!

But please!  Do *not* show us code!  We get enough of that testosteronal
muscle flexing from our VB guru, DFS.  Nobody here cares that you can do
stuff in Microsoft languages and APIs.

:-)

-- 
Artificial intelligence has the same relation to intelligence as
artificial flowers have to flowers.
		-- David Parnas

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#17853

FromTom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid>
Date2011-04-23 10:47 -0600
Message-ID<iouvqp$7q8$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17815
Chris Ahlstrom submitted this idea :
> Tom Shelton wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> Stop being ridiculous... In almost every languge, in windows it's a 
>> simple create object, call speak.  It's a system service provided to 
>> any app that wants to speak text.  You don't need a specialized tool to 
>> do it.
>
> Uh, Tom, a system service *is* a specialized tool.
>

Ok... let's stop the nonsense - espeak is just as much a "specialized 
tool" as any "system service".

>> For instance, it has taken me all of about 10 minutes to write 
>> a powershell cmdlet that will be available in any powershell session.
>
> Ooooh.  Bleeding edge stuff there!!  You one fast coder!
>
> But please!  Do *not* show us code!  We get enough of that testosteronal
> muscle flexing from our VB guru, DFS.  Nobody here cares that you can do
> stuff in Microsoft languages and APIs.
>
>  :-)

Then they need to stop claiming you can't.  Because, you know as well 
as i do they are full of crap.

-- 
Tom Shelton

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#17878

FromHadron<hadronquark@gmail.com>
Date2011-04-23 19:46 +0200
Message-ID<rhtydo7tdn.fsf@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#17853
Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@comcast.invalid> writes:

> Chris Ahlstrom submitted this idea :
>> Tom Shelton wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>
>>> Stop being ridiculous... In almost every languge, in windows it's a simple
>>> create object, call speak.  It's a system service provided to any app that
>>> wants to speak text.  You don't need a specialized tool to do it.
>>
>> Uh, Tom, a system service *is* a specialized tool.
>>
>
> Ok... let's stop the nonsense - espeak is just as much a "specialized tool" as
> any "system service".

LOL: Creepy Chris Ahlstrom hasn't a clue. Watch out btw. His use of your
first name suggests he'll be sniffing your backside next looking for a
pat.

>
>>> For instance, it has taken me all of about 10 minutes to write a powershell
>>> cmdlet that will be available in any powershell session.
>>
>> Ooooh.  Bleeding edge stuff there!!  You one fast coder!
>>
>> But please!  Do *not* show us code!  We get enough of that testosteronal
>> muscle flexing from our VB guru, DFS.  Nobody here cares that you can do
>> stuff in Microsoft languages and APIs.

So you dont agree with your "mates" that it cant be done easily in
Windows. You sure are a hypocritical little weenie.

>>
>>  :-)
>
> Then they need to stop claiming you can't.  Because, you know as well as i do
> they are full of crap.

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#17956

FromChris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com>
Date2011-04-23 18:20 -0400
Message-ID<iovjd7$94g$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#17853
Tom Shelton wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Chris Ahlstrom submitted this idea :
>>
>> But please!  Do *not* show us code!  We get enough of that testosteronal
>> muscle flexing from our VB guru, DFS.  Nobody here cares that you can do
>> stuff in Microsoft languages and APIs.
>>
>>  :-)
>
> Then they need to stop claiming you can't.  Because, you know as well 
> as i do they are full of crap.

Well, it is pretty obvious that 7 was trolling... and succeeding.

I just wish the noxious trolls here (that doesn't include you) would
let us the fsck alone to talk up Linux.  Windows doesn't need any help... it
has the primary consumer OS vendor pushing it.

-- 
In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.
		-- W. Churchill, on General Montgomery

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