Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 1377

happy_terd · 08-10-2010, 11:00 PM

About to go watch a movie with the family. Kenny...you're in charge.

kennyc · 08-10-2010, 11:01 PM

I'm going to bed...

recluse · 08-10-2010, 11:36 PM

Say "Hi!" to the Children of the Corn.
Visit the Creamed Corn Museum.
If you're lucky, maybe you'll get to see the Jolly Green Giant's cornhole.
You could try out to be Iowa's Official CornDog.
Attend the CornBall.
Buy a corn silk tie.
Get your fur cornrowed.
Have your corns bronzed.

kennyc · 08-10-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

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If you're lucky, maybe you'll get to see the Jolly Green Giant's cornhole.
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Dude! I wouldn't mess with the Jolly Green Giant's Cornhole if I were you!

phenomshel · 08-10-2010, 11:56 PM

Yeah, lots of corn in Iowa. Some pretty green rolling hills, too, in the southern part of the state. We were just through there on the way to Kansas last month.

I'm still adding books to calibre.

recluse · 08-11-2010, 12:47 AM

Kansas?
Wow!
I hear the flatness is breathtaking.
Sure, maybe it's not as sexy as Amish Country,
but it is "America's Quiet Ward"!
Did you go to watch the grass grow?
Or just sit and drool at the horizon?

phenomshel · 08-11-2010, 01:40 AM

Actually, the part we were in wasn't all that flat. We went to pick up/drop off my son for summer vacation. He lives with his dad during the school year. Kansas City is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. I know that sounds awfully strange, but it's true.

devilsadvocate · 08-11-2010, 02:44 AM

Iowa's really nice. People there seem just...genuine, I guess.

It's a welcome change.

Kansas is hot, not relocation material IMO.

recluse · 08-11-2010, 03:07 AM

America's Heartland
A cultural dead zone.
The whole population must be on heavy sedatives.
Hell, the only bright spot before, say, Moscow, is Las Vegas.
And that's only if Don Rickles is in town.

LCF · 08-11-2010, 04:54 AM

Kenny, Great Painting!
Travelers - good luck!
H_T: Quake 2? Not 3, not 4?

Just to clarify for some minds - tts *is* text to speach. Nothing missing between the "t"s. It would have been much easier...

But, I found the files for the female american english voice and am downloading them. I hope no additional plugins are needed.

Here is, btw a copy of the only info I found of why there are no more official downloads.

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One last feature to note is the ability for the Yepp P3 to play Text-to-Speech (TTS) files. The synthesized voices offered by Samsung sound surprisingly natural, and a number of male and female voices are available for different languages including 3 sets of English for American, British, and Austrailian accents. What sucks though is that this technology will soon be kaput. Effective March 31st and coinciding with the P3's April launch in America, Samsung will no longer be offering downloads of the voice packs required for converting plaintext files into TTS. In all likelyhood, this loss of functionality can be attributed to the fallout between Amazon.com's Kindle 2 eBook reader and the Authors Guild who threw a hissy fit when they learned that people could convert text to speech without paying additional royalties. Wankers. Samsung's probably just trying to avoid the impending litigation from the same. We'd mirror the TTS packs here at Everything USB if it weren't for our servers being located in America, but maybe we'll get lucky and someone will seed the packs on BitTorrent. Streisand effect, anyone?

vivaldirules · 08-11-2010, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Where in Iowa?

Des Moines. Actually, I went to graduate school at Iowa State and met my wife there (back in the days before hair). Despite its flatness and relative isolation, I like Iowa and Iowans a lot and hope to move back there in a few years. This week, I'm there just long enough to drop off a daughter who is going back to college. It's too bad I couldn't spend a day at the Iowa State Fair and see the butter cow and eat stuff-on-a-stick.

kennyc · 08-11-2010, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Des Moines. Actually, I went to graduate school at Iowa State and met my wife there (back in the days before hair). Despite its flatness and relative isolation, I like Iowa and Iowans a lot and hope to move back there in a few years. This week, I'm there just long enough to drop off a daughter who is going back to college. It's too bad I couldn't spend a day at the Iowa State Fair and see the butter cow and eat stuff-on-a-stick.

Well you should stick around for a day or so....it's a dog's life, after all!

vivaldirules · 08-11-2010, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Well you should stick around for a day or so....it's a dog's life, after all!

You know, I wonder if they have bacon-on-a-stick at the fair? How could they not?

kennyc · 08-11-2010, 08:05 AM

Exactly! and bacon ice creme on a stick!

dsvick · 08-11-2010, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Say "Hi!" to the Children of the Corn.
Visit the Creamed Corn Museum.
If you're lucky, maybe you'll get to see the Jolly Green Giant's cornhole.
You could try out to be Iowa's Official CornDog.
Attend the CornBall.
Buy a corn silk tie.
Get your fur cornrowed.
Have your corns bronzed.

Don't forget the North Ridgeville Cornfest - I think we're going Friday. Find me and I'll buy you all a corndog!!

08-11-2010, 02:44 AM	#20648
devilsadvocate Complicated Warlock Posts: 677 Karma: 160970 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Madiganistan Device: HP Mini 1101, Droid X rooted, GTab rooted/VEGAnTAB Ginger Edition/CM7	Iowa's really nice. People there seem just...genuine, I guess. It's a welcome change. Kansas is hot, not relocation material IMO. Last edited by devilsadvocate; 08-11-2010 at 02:47 AM.

08-10-2010, 11:00 PM	#20641
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	About to go watch a movie with the family. Kenny...you're in charge.

08-10-2010, 11:01 PM	#20642
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I'm going to bed...

08-10-2010, 11:36 PM	#20643
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Say "Hi!" to the Children of the Corn. Visit the Creamed Corn Museum. If you're lucky, maybe you'll get to see the Jolly Green Giant's cornhole. You could try out to be Iowa's Official CornDog. Attend the CornBall. Buy a corn silk tie. Get your fur cornrowed. Have your corns bronzed.

08-10-2010, 11:56 PM	#20645
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Yeah, lots of corn in Iowa. Some pretty green rolling hills, too, in the southern part of the state. We were just through there on the way to Kansas last month. I'm still adding books to calibre.

08-11-2010, 12:47 AM	#20646
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Kansas? Wow! I hear the flatness is breathtaking. Sure, maybe it's not as sexy as Amish Country, but it is "America's Quiet Ward"! Did you go to watch the grass grow? Or just sit and drool at the horizon?

08-11-2010, 01:40 AM	#20647
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Actually, the part we were in wasn't all that flat. We went to pick up/drop off my son for summer vacation. He lives with his dad during the school year. Kansas City is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. I know that sounds awfully strange, but it's true.

08-11-2010, 03:07 AM	#20649
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	America's Heartland A cultural dead zone. The whole population must be on heavy sedatives. Hell, the only bright spot before, say, Moscow, is Las Vegas. And that's only if Don Rickles is in town.

08-11-2010, 08:05 AM	#20654
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Exactly! and bacon ice creme on a stick!