She Blinded Me With Quickies 91
18buddhas brought us stories and pictures of id Software's New Office.
TheLocustNMI busted some MC Paul Barman and Commodore 64 on us. Geek rap, eh? Apparently C-64 is the sixth-most downloaded Jewish hip-hop group on the planet.
An anonymous coward told us about grown men with joysticks on their heads.
a2fan shared the super-secret
Microsoft Breakup Plan.
Ant told us to check out some commercials, and then akaChe got our hopes up with the iTari. Combat, anyone?
Fish shared the proposal to encode Basic Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2.
Speaking of history, another anonymous coward sent in the link to a really great PBS parody, The 1999 House.
tobyjaffey (aka trj) wrote in about the Geekshirts project at SourceForge.
Josh Woodward told us about the scary fact that Sometimes Barney Starts Playing Peekaboo on His Own.
Re:ranking on geekshirts (Score:1)
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:1)
This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.
Ok, having said award bios am I then to expect this sound in all operating systems? As the article ascribes this feature to all OS's in the M$ lineup cept MS Bob.
I don't know that the "Fun is Back", but... (Score:1)
Why else... (Score:1)
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:1)
Commercials in QuickTime (Score:1)
Hieroglyphs and More! (Score:1)
Heiroglyphs are boring. The real news is that, according to the Unicode Proposed Characters Page [unicode.org], the Klingon [dkuug.dk] alphabet, and the Tengwar [dkuug.dk] and Cirth [dkuug.dk] runes (from Tolkein) are under investigation for being included in Unicode.
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Zardoz has spoken!
Re:ISO Standard for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Score:2)
And how! But look at the submission date. This has been in the queue for almost 3 years. Anybody know who to lobby on these issues?
I'm puzzled by your font comment, though. The font in the proposal is commercially available, and has been for some time. It looks a lot like what's in my Middle Egyptian [cup.org] textbook, but no credit is given.
There are some problems with the proposal. They've essentially presented the encoding used in their font set unchanged; it could probably use an update with current scholarship and input from other parties. The character names are silly, too. I guess it's difficult to find a name for every character since we're not sure what some of the symbols are, but most have conventional names.
Of course it would be really nice if they'd make their font available for free, but that's never stopped the unicode folks before.
Hieroglyphmail (Score:1)
Oh, the Humanity (Score:1)
Doctor: And you are afraid of purple?
Patient: Yes, for years, every time I see a person in purple, the voices say 'Peek-a-boo'. I think it means I must kill.
Re:Hieroglyphmail (Score:1)
sixth-place? (Score:1)
On the plus side, now that they've been Slashdotted, they may become, say, the second-most downloaded Jewish hip-hop group on the planet, which implies only at least one more group, and two of these sure beats the hell out of six.
Certain things, like processed snack foods and hip-hop, are best left to the goyim.
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Future SNL Star?? (Score:1)
Re:ISO Standard for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Score:2)
Re:The difference between me and Barney (Score:1)
Re:More Fun with MS's support site (Score:1)
Looking through all that almost (_almost_) makes me want to get ahold of one of those things and figure out what the protocol is for the PC transmitter.
Re:ISO Standard for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Score:2)
*blush* That's embarrassing. I rushed straight down to the glyphs and missed the fact that it's based on an existing font.
The characters are stylisticly quite similar to Budge's standard characters, but I have no idea where he got those. Ain't no way he drew everything in there himself, the lazy freak.
BTW, (I don't often encounter people that might be interested in knowing this) it's getting easier to find his dictionary. Both volumes! For years, I only had one. You can see them at Amazon [amazon.com], and buy it wherever politics permit.
-Waldo
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:2)
That crappy music?
"Under Fifty Bucks /
That's a special low price"?
God no, tell me that wasn't what you meant; I've been trying to *forget* that for YEARS!
Heh, you too? I was, what, maybe 11 years old when that commercial came out and I *still* have it memorized--SCARY! I'll be lying on my deathbed with those lyrics running through my head. >_<
JRR Tolkien's Tengwar is already encoded, why not? (Score:2)
http://anubis.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n1641/
Re:iTari... (Score:1)
Re:Quicktime Hell (Score:1)
Think that was flamebait? You've obviously never met me in person...
iTari... (Score:2)
Man, my 2600 didn't have two buttons.
Are they going to be releasing new "software applications" for the iTari? It could be great for marketing..check out the cool NEW games that come in the transparent orange and blueberry cases!
You know what the slashcode really needs? (Score:1)
Put them in Babbel fish too! (Score:1)
Sometimes Barney Starts Playing Peekaboo... (Score:2)
Oh, no! He's posessed by the evil paperclip!!!
Mayan mathematics! (Score:1)
Microsoft being split up (Score:1)
I assume that on each floor there is a board room in the exact center so both companies can hold "parallel meetings."
You mean Microsoft is still in the embrace stage with odds and evens. I would think that they would shoot irrational and imaginary numbers
They forgot to mention that Bill is giving Melinda 50% of his stock.
We all know the Its the queen, and not Loqutous(assimilated Picard know I spelled it wrong) that runs the collective.
I wonder how embrace, extend, and expunge are gonna me divided.
You got to check out the full story very funny.
Stickheads (Score:1)
(its pretty funny anyways.)
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Re:Another AC? (Score:1)
Re:The difference between me and Barney (Score:1)
Obviously, Microsoft knows that Barney owners can't spell.
I suppose that makes sense, sort of... imagine a child trying to figure out why his/her Barney is playing peekaboo by itself. But... how the heck does the aforementioned child find his/her way to the knowlege base in the first place???
One of the many mysteries of the MS KB. Hmmmm.
Torrey Hoffman (Azog)
Re:Quicktime Hell (Score:1)
Emmett should be put to buy everyone in the Linux-using /. community a mac for sorenson viewing purposes every time he posts a link to sorenson-encoded stuff. Hell, DivX;-) [www.divx.st] is better than sorenson and can be played on almost all platforms.
+++ATH0
Re:Future SNL Star?? (Score:1)
Id's new "Office"? (Score:2)
Don't shoot barney... (Score:1)
Thereafter proceed to have him raped by winnie the pooh,
And finally drown him in a urinal !
Shooting is way too slow.
crossover ? (Score:1)
I'll bet the loser in that dodge-ball match, then again these are microsoft programmers.
Barney purple bastard, batteries not included.
Re:Hieroglyphs and More! (Score:2)
Oh please. Heiroglyphics are not boring! It's quite clever, significantly different from any other wide-spread writing system, and IMHO significantly more legible than roman text. That's not to say that Klingon, Cirth and Tengwar shouldn't also have been in there years ago. (the proposals were submitted at the same time) Oddly enough, I remember ~8 years ago someone asking for help on tolk-lang in putting together a pre-1.0 tengwar proposal, and it dying from lack of interest. :(
Don't tear down someone else's idea to elevate your own.
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:1)
might i suggest the theme from jaws?
doom doom
doom doom
doom doom doom doom dumb dumb doom doom (horns blaring)
<BSOD>
The Barney bug (Score:1)
Quicktime and Linux (Score:1)
Re:ISO Standard for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Score:1)
That would be kana, actually. Kanji are the ideograms borrowed from China.
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Zardoz has spoken!
Re:Quicktime Hell (Score:1)
to do with your time than scrutinize the postings of other people. "
Gee I was just going to say the same thing...
Re:The difference between me and Barney (Score:1)
Waaaaaaaaaaaay too much ritalin.
Re: (Score:2)
klip-klop (Score:1)
Barney Quickie (Score:2)
Barney needs to be shot (Score:3)
she blinded me with quickies (Score:2)
the sixth most... (Score:1)
how does one figure this out? i imagine the beastie boys would be number one, followed by... uh... somebody else
i however, am going to become the first most downloaded "scotch-irish (with some assorted other cultures, indian included, with a strong hint of english) neoclassical techno hip hop (with just a hint of jazz and not too much scary death metal), all the while interpreting the intellectual music of the Bangles" group in the world. you just watch.
Here's an even better link: (Score:2)
This is the relevant one. [panthermodern.net]
You have to wonder... (Score:1)
barney (Score:1)
NUG30 lost to distributed processing! [cadfu.com]
shirts! (Score:1)
Anyway, nice :)
I want an iTari! (Score:2)
-Pip
You know, I wouldn't be surprised. This has happened before.
Anyone else remember the "The Fun Is Back" campaign? [classicgaming.com]
Remember, folks, It doesn't get older - it gets better! [aphrodigitaliac.com]
slashcode patches submitted (Score:1)
MC Paul Barman (Score:1)
Re:shirts! (Score:1)
Another AC? (Score:3)
How do you know that it was *another* anonymous coward?
Re:Jewish Hip-Hop (Score:3)
While no Radio Shack walkie-talkies were available for this scientific endeavor, I was able to locate a Tandy wireless intercom that sounds much the same.
For testing of the 'scratch' media, I used each of my three vintage turntables (1922 Victorola, a 1960's Sears Portable, and a 1972 Panasonic Quadraphonic), and tried to replicate the sound.
Testing media consisted of my father's collection of 1960-1980 LPs, including such greats as 'The Bee Gees', 'Emerson, Lake and Palmer', and the 1970's Disco diva Gloria Gaynor. I also selected two of the poorest examples of Elton John I had on hand, a severly scratched copy of 'Madman Across the Water' and a nearly mutilated copy of 'Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy' which is also short the dustjacket.
As a result, I'd say it's is nothing like scratching Elton John whilst playing the Beastie Boys over a Radio Shack walkie talkie.
However, it sounds exactly like a Barbara Streisand 45 scratched on a dull, steel-needled Victorola set to speed 2, coupled with random Steven Tyler screeches. Grab Aerosmith's last album, 'Nine Lives', and listen to 'My Girl' for a good example. The rest is provided by by a copy of 'Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch's premire album played in a skip happy Sony CD changer, broadcast over said wireless intercom with the 'Fine-Tuning' screw set all the way to the right on the base unit and all the way to the left on the remote.
Independant confirmation of my result is encouraged.
Re:The difference between me and Barney (Score:3)
Is that like "Klaatu barada nikto"?
Re:Jewish Hip-Hop (Score:1)
Re:Jewish Hip-Hop (Score:1)
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:2)
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Re:shirts! (Score:1)
This one [geekculture.com] has it on the front.
Slashdot C-64!!! (Score:2)
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:1)
> "talking" mainboard out there, calling for
> "help" when something is wrong.
> Now that's what I would call scary.
Does it notify you of fatal errors by singing "Daisy, Daisy"?
Re:Hieroglyphs and More! (Score:1)
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:1)
Supposedly, some server admin type guys encountered this; their server started playing music, and they ass-umed it was a virus. So, they ran all the latest virus scanners on there, did everything they knew to do, finally ended up first reinstalling the OS and then low level formatting the drives, and couldn't get it to go away...when someone wandered in and pointed out it was just the BIOS telling them the CPU was running a little too hot. Oops. :-)
True or not, it was still funny to read...
-pf
I love the name... (Score:1)
Geek Rap (Score:1)
For those who like Paul Barman and C64 (I'm really glad to see both of them merit an appearance on /.!), might I also recommend the following:
Re:Geek Rap (Score:1)
Re:Quicktime Hell (Score:1)
Regardless, Slashdot is a community for geeks and nerds, not for linux users - right?
What else does barney do??? Hmm??? (Score:1)
Buried within the MS archives are other, more... sinister warnings!
"Sometimes Barney plays with Daddy's gun"
"Sometimes Barney watches Mommy getting dressed"
"Sometimes Barney goes on a killing rampage and slaughters all the teenagers having sex in the house, because they are naughty, naughty, naughty!"
...consider this a warning.
Re:shirts! (Score:1)
Re:iTari... (Score:1)
Yeah, they screwed up. If you look at the console, it has three levers on each side--the 2600 only had two. My guess would be that they based the design on the 7800, rather than the 2600 (the 5200 looked entirely different).
I am such a shmuck... (Score:1)
(preview first, preview first, preview first; then double-check to make sure you put everything you wanted)
[/ slaps self with double-barrelled haddock]
The difference between me and Barney (Score:2)
Wait a minute... (Score:1)
That cheesy rap?
That crappy music?
"Under Fifty Bucks /
That's a special low price"?
God no, tell me that wasn't what you meant; I've been trying to *forget* that for YEARS!
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pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate [ncsu.edu].
Quicktime Hell (Score:3)
Bah. I'm not booting into another OS just to watch these. Maybe someone should convert the ads to Real. :^)
Re:shirts! (Score:1)
Re:barney (Score:1)
Re:shirts! (Score:1)
Re:Jewish Hip-Hop (Score:2)
Well, irrelevant to the total sound of the music, but not personally irrelevant, unless you're wearing combat boots, which I wasn't. I have three bleeding clawmarks down my left leg now, thank you!
Re:Another AC? (Score:2)
The Atari 2600 console is really hard to code for. (Score:2)
Re:ranking on geekshirts (Score:1)
Re:Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:1)
ranking on geekshirts (Score:1)
Jewish Hip-Hop (Score:3)
'I'm a 6 foot tall mathematical rapper'
It's like playing the Beastie Boys through an old Radio Shack walkie talkie while scratching an old copy of Elton John and stepping on a cat. Good stuff to be sure.
EJL
Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music (Score:5)
Your computer randomly starts to play classical music [microsoft.com]
I don't know what's worse, that article, or the fact I find it fifty percent of the time while I'm doing normal searches for other information.
ISO Standard for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Score:2)
-Waldo
Quicktime vs. RealVideo (Score:1)
andy j.