ug52axi

27th October 2002 19:48 UTC

Please help
Hi
can someone tell me how to extract the features in real time when listening to a piece of music clip? I mean some source or tutorial for visualizations,
please if you know any of it, let me know,I AM DESPERATE!!
thanx

UnConeD

27th October 2002 19:48 UTC

FAQ or Forum Search.

uNDefineD

28th October 2002 00:51 UTC

Fuck you UC, just answer him.

dirkdeftly

28th October 2002 04:05 UTC

Fuck you UD, just answer him.

uNDefineD

28th October 2002 04:41 UTC

Erm...what the?

UnConeD

28th October 2002 12:46 UTC

Fuck me? For not responding to his cry-baby attitude that requires everything to be spoonfed in personal, managed portions? Seriously, it might just be me, but when I'm looking for something, I fire up Google, search relevant sites if they provide this feature, just like I would go to the library instead of bugging my professors with annoying questions.

It seems this is a recent phenomenon on the internet. And it's related to the schooling system that is used everywhere in the Western world: people sitting in a classroom, listening to a teacher talk about something that doesn't interest him/her. Doing something yourself is discouraged.
Think about this: a few years ago, before the Internet was popular, when a pupil had to write a report and he/she did research in the library, he/she was commended for his/her interests. Now if the same pupil looks on the Internet for sources, he/she is considered lazy and just a copy-cat.

I don't know about you, but I get tons of mail from people expecting me to give them "lessons in AVS", "a handbook in AVS", "a comprehensive guide in making presets" (these are actual quotes from emails) and so on. Does being knowledgable in something automatically place a large "<subject> tutor, free lessons!" on your head?

Yes, it might sound harsh to someone who doesn't know these forums. But then again, that person doesn't know the many hours I've spent writing up the FAQ, writing up short guides and so on. That goes for everyone here. We've all spent countless hours helping eachother out. And I don't know about you, but I'm not comfortable with the idea that everything I say disappears into a void whenever it goes off the first forum page, requiring it to be repeated every few days.

We now have a fully functional forum search and a FAQ. There are big RED letters telling people to search the forums before posting a new topic. But apparently, this isn't enough for some people. Am I the only one who thinks it's arrogant to browse sites at high-speed, only reading the highlights and then being surprised when people are angry at you for missing obvious information?

Yes, we could just say "Here's the FAQ, here are some guides: *link* *link*". That person would be happy with those links, but the next time he/she has a problem, he'll just do the same: expect us to hand the answer, neatly wrapped up in a clickable link. Instead, give people the key to finding what they need: a FAQ or a forum search. Sure, they might not find everything at first, but it's a good exercise in learning how to research information yourself.

Flame me all a want, but when was the last time you saw a "<username> Post count: 1" that didn't ask a question on the FAQ?

Here, from now on, this short link will always point to the FAQ. That way we don't have to look up the URL ourselves when we want to give it out to someone:

http://acko.net/avsfaq.php

And here's a message, ready to be copy/pasted into threads (it's in UBB-code):

http://acko.net/avsmsg.php

Now don't tell us we don't do anything to help newbies.

Jaheckelsafar

28th October 2002 15:55 UTC

Give me a fish, feed me for a day.
Teach me to fish, feed me for life.

Maybe and auto-display of the FAQ bofre each post until you get to 10 posts?

I think the last time I saw that, UnConeD, was Nixia.

cmountford

28th October 2002 23:14 UTC

Hey, you might be on to something! It seems like a good idea, but if a person specifically looked in the FAQ before even thinking about posting a new thread, and then when they did, the FAQ popped up, it might get a little annoying. Especially if they have one of those really weird questions that seems simple, but it is much more complicated than it would seem at a glance.

But I think the benefit would far outweigh the frustration / inconvenience.

Good idea!

jheriko

28th October 2002 23:46 UTC

Maybe those 'big' red letters deserve an increased font size too, maybe size 24 or something.

dirkdeftly

29th October 2002 05:29 UTC

uNDefineD: You were being stupid. You know as well as anyone else what the answer was. Instead of telling UnConeD to tell ug25axi, why don't you just tell him in the first place?

Jaheckelsafar (do you have a short nick??? :p ): We've been over this already (the 10 posts thing). It went nowhere.

And UnConeD: Word :cool: :up:

Jaheckelsafar

29th October 2002 13:32 UTC

Nope, no short handle here. I suppose you could shorten it to J, or my friends call me cozy (they say I look cozy, hence the name)

Right, I thought the idea sounded familliar. But I still think it's a good idea. All it takes is one line of PHP. (if I'm remembering PHP properly)

uNDefineD

29th October 2002 23:56 UTC

Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

Atero: For your information, I actually didn't. You are not a mind reader, so please don't act like one. :)

jheriko

30th October 2002 00:45 UTC

Originally posted by uNDefineD
Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

Originally posted by uNDefineD
Atero: For your information, I actually didn't.

dirkdeftly

30th October 2002 02:34 UTC

Of course I have a right side. It's the opposite of my left side.

uNDefineD

31st October 2002 00:19 UTC

Re the bed comment, I was talking to UC.

jheriko

31st October 2002 00:28 UTC

I just assumed you meant atero since he blatantly insulted you.

That just goes to show where assumptions get you.

(Perhaps thats a lesson to learn for all of you physicists out there... yeah... you know exactly what I'm talking about)

uNDefineD

31st October 2002 00:34 UTC

Don't assume. Then you make an ASS out of U and ME.

Heeheeheehahaha...I kill me. :rolleyes:

dirkdeftly

31st October 2002 02:18 UTC

Do so. Now. Please.

;)

Tuggummi

31st October 2002 14:05 UTC

I see it with my eyes...

"
Today's headline: A 18 year old technical student from belgia, started a shooting in his school in the middle of an computer class. The motive or the reason for this bloodbath is yet unknown but according to eye witnesses the shooter was sitting at his computer desk yelling "Read the fucking FAQ you fucking n00b!" only seconds before he pulled his two 9mm Beretta guns from his pockets and started shooting. Now a interview with his parents....
"



btw. the details are not correct, but who cares. i think you get the joke.

UnConeD

31st October 2002 15:04 UTC

Reporter: "Misses Crackpot, do you have any idea what prompted your son to commit these awful atrocities?"

Soccer mom: "No! *sob* We really don't know. We always thought he was a happy kid. Of course, we didn't really see him all that much and we hardly spoke to eachother these days. I thought we had raised a good kid??? *sob* It's probably because of those stupid video games! And violent movies! How else could our peaceful child's mind have been infected with such violent thoughts? I mean, sure my husband keeps a whole arsenal of world-war two memorabilia around, and he does spend a lot of time at the shooting range, but we were always such a happy family! *flips through a photoalbum to the camera* I mean, just last week I entered his room when I heard some funny noises, a computer game I thought. I didn't want to disturb him, but I was just bringing him his clean laundry, until I saw what was on screen: people getting shot to pieces! I immediately asked what he was doing, and he just said 'Having fun, mom!'. 'Having fun???' How could he think shooting people was fun? If I think about it now, maybe we should've sent him to military school after all, I mean, that's where kids learn discipline instead of having their minds poisoned with the idea that killing people is okay in our society! Thank god we have such a good government, just yesterday on TV, after President Bush had been talking about how our military had again achieved a great victory and destroyed tons of terrorist training camps (c'mon, they were *disguised* as schools!), he spoke about how violent movies and videogames must be stopped! Our youth must learn that violence is not the solution to problems!"

jheriko

31st October 2002 19:27 UTC

hahaha hahahahaha hahahahaha ha ha ha... <sighs>

jheriko

31st October 2002 19:29 UTC

haaa haaa haaaaaa haaah haaaa <cough> haa haa haa ha ha haaaa

<starts smacking the table>


haa haaaaaa



phew... I thought that i was going to laugh so hard i would cough up a rib or something.

uNDefineD

1st November 2002 01:16 UTC

Heh, you're a good writer. :D

Shit. 100th post and it had to be in this thread. Hmm.

Jaheckelsafar

1st November 2002 06:11 UTC

Congrats on becomming a senior member. :up:

blazer1504

1st November 2002 13:28 UTC

lol

cmountford

4th November 2002 05:37 UTC

uNDefineD: Congrats on the senior membership! :)

uNDefineD

4th November 2002 21:59 UTC

Heh, thanks guys. :)