Ok....I'm having some trouble getting into teamspeak....well actually i can get into the thing just fine....but all my stuff is muted...ad i cant get it to go back on....for somereason it justwont work

teamspeak no like j00...

This is the problem that I had with teamspeak after I did a fresh install. I hope this solves the problem.

Make sure your mic switch is on. This may sound stupid, but it really does resolve 90% of mic problems.

Select Windows
Select Control Panel v(or Run and then enter "control" and press enter)
Select Sound and Audio Devices
Select Voice
Select Volume... under Voice Recording
Select Options
Select Properties
Select Recording
Select OK
Under your input device, check the "select" box for your input device (i.e. Under Mic Volume, check the select Box).
Make sure the volume is set to max.
Make sure the device is not muted.
If you have an advance button, select that and mark the device for +20db mic boost)
Select Properties
Select Playback
Select OK
Mute the line-in, mic and any other additional mic/line-in ports
Close the window
Select Test Hardware
Select Next
Perform Test 1
Select Next
Perform Test 2
Select Finish
Select OK to close the Sound and Audio Device Properties window.
Close the control panel
Start Teamspeak
Start JK2
Join the server and take your whoopins like nice Kyzenes should.

Yep. Windows, superior yet again....

Let me guess... Macs have a clear mic with no button. They cost $1000 and almost never break, but when they do, they cause part of the West Coast to fall into the ocean.

Does that sound about right?

omg. a beautiful response.

*bows to deacon*

(i still like macs though but that was simply a brilliant comeback)

How this is brilliant/beautiful is beyond me... I don't get this windows "joke."

... but then again, I would have no sense of humor either if I had to put up with those kinds of instructions....



We have a mic. We plug it in. It works. End of Line.

Ruggierissimo

Ruggie ole' boy... I was providing click by click instructions to make sure that Ky went to the right place.

I could have said "go to the control panel, Click on sound device, select your input device"

Here is a MacOS 9x mic config doc... 5 pages of simplicity!

http://www.telex.com/computeraudio/Files.n...ophones_Mac.pdf

From the first line of deacon's example:

"These steps were written for Mac OS 9.0.4 and 9.1"

Just because YOU use an OS that has not been substantively upgraded since 2000 doesn't mean the rest of us can't.

Try this:
Buy a mac.
Buy a mic (or just about ANY peripheral: e.g. cameras, scanners, printers, etc.).
Plug it in.
It will work.

Remember the iMac installation instructions on a 5-panel postcard? (of course you don't)

Step 1: Unpack the box.

Step 2: Place the Macintosh on your desk, and plug in the keyboard and mouse.

Step 3: Plug the power and phone cords to the wall.

Step 4: Hit the power button.

Step 5: There is no step 5

Face it Deacon, old chum:
Trying to make an argument that Wintel boxes are easier or more intuitive to use than Macs is a non-starter. There may be other arguments out there, but that one will not fly.

Try actually using one for a little while before opening your big mouth again.... or you might find a rodian saber stuck in it.



Ruggiero

I never intended to argue about the simple nature of the Mac... I think it was you who started that conversation

I can argue Mac vs. PC all day. I know that in some areas Mac will win and in others PC will win.

I'll reserve my comments for the next time you're waiting for a game to be released for Mac

What's the turn around time... It will be out on calculators before it is released on Mac

And BTW, did this fix work for Ky?

--Deacon

I would engage, Deacon, but it would be a battle of wits with an unarmed enemy.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA

--Ruggierissimo

Deacon 1
Ruggiero 3 (^^ was a 3 pointer.... heard it before but he executed that move with brilliant timing)

Hmmm... Deacon unarmed and Rugg with witt as sharp as wet noodles. This battle could take hours.

Maybe Rugg can draw us a pretty picture on the Mac. We'll leave the score keeping and other numeric/real functions to the PCs.



Step 1 - Buy a Mac

Step 2 - Take it home

Step 3 - Cry yourself to sleep because all your friends are laughing at you

Step 4 - Get a real computer

Step 5 - Chop your hands off so you're never tempted to buy a Mac again. (Don't worry, Windows has voice recognition software too)

They laugh, like you, because they are jealous.

Are we going to be at this all day? I have important things to do. I have to walk my Fish and flossing my cat's teeth.

You nailed it on the head Ruggie... I'm jealous. I've always wanted a day glow computer that makes monkey noises.

You figured it out... Oh please, stop... I can't take it anymore... How can I live without a Mac? My life is so empty...

<Drugs wear off>

... what was I saying?

Oh yeah, what is your point here? Mac OS vs. Windows or Mac vs. PC? These are two unique arguments.

Are they really?



Looks day glow to me....



Man... to quote good old Butch.... "I've got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals."

Rugg

Well, glad to see you didn't get the cute one... you stand half a chance in this debate.

I still think form over function with the Mac , as it relates to computing, is less than I'd prefer.

Also, OS vs Hardware is very important. As I said, what are we talking about here?





... one of my favorites! Come on... it's a wireless gateway... what is this crap supposed to be?



Poor poor Ky... He won't know what hit him in 56k land

Seeing that hardware is completely useless without an OS, unless as a boat anchor (or in your case, a space-heater), you are screwed on both counts.

Let's see... should I compare a modern mac with a pc that came out in 1998? Specious to say the least.

Come on, deacon. you gotta have better juice than that.

--R

P.s. Macs are in MoMA's permanent collection. Not all in life is utility, mr. bentham.

Well Rugg, I thought you were smarter than that? I though you knew that x86 was one of the most support hardware platforms for Operating System providers.

Much of the performace testing equipment that I use is X86 based. With the right OS the X86 HW platform screams. The other platforms that I use are asics processors based... I can't recall anyone using a Mac for performace testing... maybe it takes too long for the Mac to draw a pretty picture when trying to generate 2.5 millions connections per second.

How many OSs can be easily installed on a Mac?
Mac OS
FreeBSD
NetBSD
OpenBSD - Maybe

How many OSs can be easliy installed on a PC?
WindowsXP
Windows2003
Linux - Redhat/Fedora Core
Linux - SUSE
Linux - etc.
Unix - FreeBSD
Unix - OpenBSD
Unix - NetBSD
Solaris
BeOS
etc... etc...

As I've told you before, Mac has some good points... but it is not a hands-down winner in any arena that I need a computer for.

So, Mr Rugg-a-rugg-rugg two ducks in a tub... if you want to argue RISC vs X86, we can do that. If you want to argue MacOS vs Windows, we can do THAT... though I would prefer to argue MacOS vs. Linux. I won't entertain an argument about MacOS vs X86 or vice versa... that is like compairing grapes to bath tubs... the two are just different.

I found this quote on TechTVs website:



Macs are easy to use and are great with graphics. PCs are better for Servers and business based applications (unless you're an artist like Mr. Ruggieangilo)

Rugg prefers the first and I prefer the second. If I had to buy a computer for my wife or my parents, I would buy a Mac. If I had to buy a computer for me, my brother or a co-worker, I would buy a PC.

Computers are purpose build...

--Deacon

COUGH Dual 64-bit G5's COUGH




OOOOH got me there.... except one notable exception: I have stinky-windows installed on my mac: I mapped Sublime 1 and 2 on it.

Also, with a little research I think you will find that you can install more than your little list on a mac... lots of linux/unixes, and also, of course, os 9 "classic" and X are installed concurrently on every mac. So, my machine currently has 3 os'es (and a fink-unix install that I deleted because it was beyond me) that I can run all at the same time.... and I am far from a professional user.




And as we all know, Deacon is the true measure of humanity.





ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... huh?





Right... true. Macs get things done at significantly lower cost per box over the lifetime of the box than pc's. And the OS doesn't crash.

PC's are for lemmings.





(you might add genetic research and mapping, astronomical and weather-modeling, music, and video in the mac column, as well)




This is because you are a masochist at heart. (cf: your attraction to the business end of my saber)





All purpose has an associated aesthetic... and utility.

Rugg

Gawd I hate when people break quotes up like that



I said easy to install. I've got a boat load of OS installations.



I'll let you know when I'm impressed... okay.

I have dual proc systems as well.... what do you want, a cookie?

Dual Proc Sun E250 for my server
HyperThreaded P4 3.0Ghz
Dual P3 733s


I run Grid on my system... Right now my free CPU cycles are working towards finding a cure for Cancer... so I guess I'm not that horrible after all!



My point exactly... I commit to a real computer topic and all you want talk about is your Happy Meal PC...



Where is all that data stored? They use the Macs for the RISC processors (the dual G5 thingie you were talking about). They could do the same thing with a Sun or SGI server. Scentist are smart, but they often lack street smarts so you have to give them an easy to use system.

I work in a company that has hundreds of customers and several thousand servers... all different kinds... how many Macs? 0, none, zip, zilch, nada, goose eggs.

Do they make their web content on Macs? Probably... do they run it on a Mac? No, that would be silly.

Talk to me about a Mac when they allow rack-mount servers that are cost effective...

I'll take a quad zeon 3.4 Ghz system with 16 GB RAM for less than 10,000 anyday... $10,000... that could buy 3.5 Macs... and you still couldn't do anything with them.

Did you forget about the supercomputer at virginia tech? What was it? 34d fastest IN THE WORLD? and cheapest by a factor of ten????

"System X is radically different from traditional, high-performance supercomputers. Unlike most, it is based on a “supercluster” of Power Mac G5 computers, each of which has 4GB of main memory, and 160GB of serial ATA storage. Not only is System X the world’s fastest, most powerful “home-built” supercomputer, it quite possibly has the cheapest price/performance of any supercomputer on the TOP500 list."

Sounds like your company needs to upgrade.

or the xserve?

Fastest home build... That nice. I have one word. Cray.



All those Macs... looks like somebody didn't do a basic cost calculation on power consumption and rack space. The problem that I have with your image showing cost per gigaflop is that it only factored in the system cost. What about the support, facility and maintainance costs? Nope, I have to say that doing large scale system design for a living... if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Again... nice to know. Cool technology, but not very practical...

The drive shelf looks standard and you probably pay more for the Mac name than you would with any other drive shelf (the hard drive thingie )

I'm still waiting to be impressed.

.......................As are all beasts of burden who wear blinders.

Ruggiero, you post editing little #@*()!@*()

I did appreciate the email you sent me though. Glad to see you're coming around.

You mean asses? Just one question. Why again are all the Mac users wearing blinders?

Just wondering.

--Deacon

Dying laughing.

ok. this is dissolving. I win.

Rugg

That was kinda fun... sick and twisted, but fun

Did Ky ever get his TS working?

--Deacon

psst..... deacon's a punk

pssst... Rug's prolific posting today is solely due to the fact that...

He wanted to be an Emperor, too!!!!

SO?