Linux Radio 141
An anonymous reader writes "This might very well be the nerdiest site we'll ever encounter... Linux Radio is an online radio station broadcasting the Linux kernel! Each time someone visit the site, a random source file is selected and read loudly by a virtual speaker materialized through the open source speech synthesizer eSpeak. Will it prove useful to anyone is probably a difficult question to answer, but the excitement provided is worth experiencing at least once. However, this concept proves once more the advantages of open source over proprietary software making such achievements impossible : whoever in his right mind would want to listen to binary files loudly?"
Holy cow !!! (Score:5, Funny)
Can we get a sultry female voice instead? (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, c'mon, does Stephen Hawking really have time to read all this? And, this has to be the most tedious method of mirroring the kernel sources that I've ever "heard"
Hell... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:i don't understand (Score:4, Funny)
I like my Autechre just fine, TYVM.
I understand (Score:3, Funny)
nothing but includes for the first three minutes. (Score:5, Funny)
lol it's like the begats in the bible.
Um well,... (Score:1, Funny)
... just heard:
slash slash asterik asterisk THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED asterisk asterisk
Re:Wow there are a lot of asterisks! (Score:1, Funny)
You know you might be an autist when . . . (Score:2, Funny)
. . . you find Linux source code read by a text to speech synthesizer appealing and relaxing.
Is the OP insane or on drugs? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Holy cow !!! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow there are a lot of asterisks! (Score:4, Funny)
You missed the obvious...
Oh my God... It's full of stars.
Re:Holy cow !!! (Score:3, Funny)
Agreed. When you get into some of the blocks of repeated stuff, such as #includes, it builds up a bit of rhythm, then breaks arrhythmically into code, which sounds like it evolves its own rhythm. It's not unlike a techno or electro percussion line. Throw some lines of synth along the top of this, and you'd have an album.
And I just followed the advice on the page: "if you can't get enough, you can always open Linux Radio in two or more different browser tabs". Ooo! It makes me feel all cybery inside! :-)
Re:Can we get a sultry female voice instead? (Score:3, Funny)
They need the voice from MoanMyIP.com.
http://www.moanmyip.com/ [moanmyip.com]
OMFG, I thought you were kidding! Then I thought it was a hack of some sort, but Blitzableiter didn't complain about the flash. It really does moan your IP!
Re:Useful? Not too difficult a question actually (Score:5, Funny)
Access it? I'm pretty sure they wrote most of it.
Listening to binary files... (Score:4, Funny)
You mean like an MP3?
Re:Can we get a sultry female voice instead? (Score:3, Funny)
Does she do IPv6 too ? ;-)
Re:Holy cow !!! (Score:2, Funny)
Wait til Linus starts selling advertising space in the kernel:
What follows is a disgusting hack... now for a limited time, get a Taco and a Pepsi for only $1.99, only at Taco Bell.
Re:nothing but includes for the first three minute (Score:1, Funny)
But that's my favorite section of the Bible! Not much action, but what a cast of characters! :-D
Re:Holy cow !!! (Score:4, Funny)
I honestly don't quite see how farting could possibly give the illusion of distance.
Re:Holy cow !!! (Score:3, Funny)