A sound or music when your desktop is starting?

Jeff Spaleta jspaleta at gmail.com
Fri Aug 18 04:54:52 UTC 2006


On 8/17/06, Rahul <sundaram at redhat.com> wrote:
> Right, which is why I noted that the default sound set shouldnt be jazzy.

-1

There is no definition of 'subtle' or 'tasteful' for automated default
sounds which is appropriate in any public setting.  An ugly wallpaper
by default is not a distraction to someone in a study area or in a
meeting.  Any default startup or desktop action sounds are an airborne
disease whose infection rate can be substantially amplified by
external, amplified speakers.   While I personally yearn for the day
where eye-candy fanatics can violate the visual senses of everyone in
a 500 foot radius as easily as someone with their wall AC powered 5.1
speaker upgrade from Dell with a volume knob that goes to 11 can
shatter my eardrums with the ever-so-soft tinkle of a desktop startup
melody... that day isn't here just yet so everyone's retinas are safe.
 Our eardrums are not... subtle tones of a not-to-jazzy nature are
still a public nuisance.  Support my ballot measure to end unnecessary
desktop noise pollution, vote yes on measure 123!

-jef"make the default desktop have a vibrate mode instead, that way
when laptops are used in the manner assumed in their naming...everyone
would prefer vibrate"spaleta




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