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|    Richard Webb to BOB KLAHN    |
|    tracking time in a batch, my approach    |
|    05 Sep 11 13:17:40    |
      Hi Bob,               RW> use the complete Warner Brothers sound effects library and a        RW> couple of other sfx libraries. I'd use it to play small        RW> .wav files in the middle of some batches, i.e. when doing       BK> ...        RW> .wav of a toilet flush, etc. Was a cute little gimmick,        RW> but could have been useful for a few things.              BK> We had some of those on computers at work. Cute once. Damned        BK> annoying the 356th time. I wiped them.              YEah some of that could be, but there were things i left for awhile because       they let me know that a process was finished, etc.                     Regards,        Richard       ---        * Origin: (1:116/901)    |
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