Re: Kernel 2.5 Workshop RealVideo streams -- next time, please get better audio.

[Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>]

Ben Ford wrote:
> 
> Randolph Bentson wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:45:31PM -0700, Miles Lane wrote:
> >
> >>There is one major shortcoming of the recordings.
> >>Usually, only the comments of the presenter(s)
> >>can be heard.
> >>
> >
> >I've heard of conferences where a wireless audience
> >microphone was put inside a Nerf ball.  It could
> >then be tossed to the audience member who wished
> >to speak.
> >
> That sounds more Linux-like  *lol*

I can see it now.... Linus, go long!
D'oh!  He dropped it!  :-)

The sound effects from having folks forget to
switch off the mic before throwing it could be
pretty entertaining.

Seriously though, this would probably still be an
impediment to the sort of stream-of-conciousness
dialog that we'd like to have.  Sometimes, there
is a quick series of one or two sentence comments
from several participants.  With a "mike-in-a-ball"
your discussion might turn into a sports event.  
Plus, personally, I am a crappy ball thrower.  
If many of you have my level of athletic prowess, 
there'd be a lot of time spent scrambling under 
tables and chairs.

	Miles