whining

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Having used PulseAudio extensively on Ubuntu 8.10 and a little bit on 9.04 on a secondary test box, I really fail to see what all of the whining is about.

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  1. intransitive verb To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.
  2. intransitive verb To complain or protest in a childish fashion.
  3. intransitive verb To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining.
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  • It took me a minute to realize that the whining was my camera motor, frame after frame of the dead still clicking off, rolling forward, making room for the next shot. —  F ;SF - vol 092 issue 01 - January 1997
  • This whining is the way, I believe, in which she works out her grief for Father. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • I hear a lot of whining, and rightly so, about how Dr. Paul has been excluded from this forum or that debate. —  FreeMarketNews.com - World News/Editorials and Analysis
  • "Unfettered whining is a banana split for the motherfucking soul." —  Chaos Theory
  • Then we'd be the ones telling Steeler fans to stop whining, and laughing at them for crying about a little wide receiver beating up on our linebackers. —  Blog updates
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