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From: Woody on 12 Feb 2010 08:07 On 12/02/2010 13:02, Gwynne Harper wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh<jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> The little holiday I just took was partly to get back into diving, and >> I've never dived outside the UK before so it was spectacularly >> impressive. And nice'n'warm. I was surprised how simple it is diving >> wetsuit instead of drysuit... and 23'C rather than 4'C! > > In my case the opposite is true; I don't go in water that's not at > tropical temperatures with several metres visibility... That must make the bath awkward -- Woody
From: Chris Ridd on 12 Feb 2010 08:16 On 2010-02-12 12:19:31 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > I'd add a rant about optical vs electronic digital audio here, but > I've never had an output device and an input device that had matching > sockets and would talk to each other, so I can't really. It is hard to find a list of what audio kit actually works in OS X, but the various generic CoreAudio drivers in the OS seem to work terrifically well with el-cheapo USB audio gear. No need for any driver disks etc that bedevil Windows. -- Chris
From: Gwynne Harper on 12 Feb 2010 08:22 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > In my case the opposite is true; I don't go in water that's not at > > tropical temperatures with several metres visibility... > > That must make the bath awkward I'm only 12" tall. G -- My real email is net, not line.
From: David Kennedy on 12 Feb 2010 08:25 Gwynne Harper wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh<jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> The little holiday I just took was partly to get back into diving, and >> I've never dived outside the UK before so it was spectacularly >> impressive. And nice'n'warm. I was surprised how simple it is diving >> wetsuit instead of drysuit... and 23'C rather than 4'C! > > In my case the opposite is true; I don't go in water that's not at > tropical temperatures with several metres visibility... If you need to make an effort to keep warm then it's much too cold for diving... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Woody on 12 Feb 2010 08:43
On 12/02/2010 13:16, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-02-12 12:19:31 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > >> I'd add a rant about optical vs electronic digital audio here, but >> I've never had an output device and an input device that had matching >> sockets and would talk to each other, so I can't really. > > It is hard to find a list of what audio kit actually works in OS X, but > the various generic CoreAudio drivers in the OS seem to work > terrifically well with el-cheapo USB audio gear. No need for any driver > disks etc that bedevil Windows. Indeed, having done it on both (with the same packages often) you really don't want to do music on windows with USB (or firewire). Optical is pretty good though on either. -- Woody |