[Techtalk] Sound card gone missing - OSS/ALSA woes

[Anne Wainwright]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 05:11:00PM +1000, Miriam English wrote:
> Little Girl wrote:
>
>> When I got my first computer a relative of mine said that I shouldn't
>> be fearful of it, but just go ahead and mess around with it. He told
>> me that everybody messes up their computers eventually, that he fully
>> expected to be called to repair the damage from time to time, and
>> that messing things up is actually a good thing because it's a
>> learning process. He was right. I've learned a lot through my
>> screw-ups over the years. (:
>>
>
> I couldn't agree more. Today we have a growing cultural prejudice  
> against making mistakes, but in truth is one of our most important ways  
> of learning. I often tell friends who are impressed with the amount I  
> know on various computery things that it is largely the result of having  
> made more mistakes than most people. Heaven knows how many times I've  
> totally screwed up my computers.
> See also the quote in my sig below.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	- Miriam
I have done my best learning by breaking things and then having to fix
them. You are supposed to fix things in Linux, this is not Windows where
a quick reboot can heal all wounds. Keep at it.

bestest
Anne
>
> -- 
> If you don't have any failures then you're not trying hard enough.
>  - Dr. Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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