On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:44:12 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Michael B. Trausch belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:09:02 +0100
>> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Ahlstrom <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>> >
>>> > My preference right now is mpd and the CLI client, mpc.
>>> >
>>> > Lean-n-mean.
>>>
>>> hahahahhahahahahahahahaha!
>>>
>>> Hilarious! And this is what makes your view on Mono and desktop
>>> application totally useless in addition to clueless.
>>
>> At least Chris is willing to consider the thought of what it might
>> represent.
>
> Hadron seems to have this insane idea that I do not use a multitude of GUI
> applications.
>
>> Personal preferences in software are just that---personal preferences.
>
> Indeed. Here's why I like MPD the best out of all the music players I've
> used so far:
>
> o Supports the operations expected: playback control, playlists
>
> o Multiple options for controlling the player are available, all the
> way
> from command-line utilities, to systray and docking widget,
> full-blown management GUIs, and web interfaces. All written in a
> wide variety of languages. <http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients>. I
> tend to use mpc mostly, and sometimes gmpc. mpc is nice... type a
> command, a connection is made, the command is performed, and the
> connection is broken.
>
> o MPD can be controlled from another machine directly (no need to
> shell
> in or VNC in).
>
> o MPD will keep running when you log out.
>
> o MPD uses very little CPU.
>
>> But, having a personal preference for a single type or category of
>> software doesn't mean that we cannot benefit from the knowledge of
>> others.
>
> Don't mind Hadron. He gets hysterical sometimes. He's also prone to
> insult people, make confabulations of what they post, and claim that his
> way of doing things is the One True Way. He's the biggest head-case and
> most egotistical poster I've encountered on Usenet.
An "arrogant asshole" is how Hadron Quack was described by many in aolu.
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Microsoft is very effective
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