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Ogg Vorbis 1.0
uvasmith writes "According to the Ogg Vorbis website... Release 1.0 is now ready and tagged as 'vorbis1_0_public_release' in CVS. This is a full release of a 1.0 encoder, decoder and tool set. The encoder, decoder and tools now implement all Vorbis 1.0 specification features including low-bitrate, cascading and channel coupling." Update: 07/19 17:05 GMT by C :It seems someone jumped the gun a bit in mentioning the release, but now it's official! Check out the download page, the letter from their CEO and (if you wish) cough up a few bucks at the donation page! For those audiophiles among us, you can check out a side-by-side audio comparison here. Oh, and don't forget the free music!
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Who community when Yahoo! confirmed that a Who musician has dropped yet again, now they are down to less than a fraction of 66% percent of all members. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that The Who has lost more band members, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. The Whoe is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by coming dead last in the recent MTV comprehensive music test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Thw Who's future. The hand writing is on the wall: The Who face a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for The Who because The Who is dying. Things are looking very bad for The Who. As many of us are already aware, The Who continues to lose market share. Blood flows like a river of red ink.
Who member "Ox" is the most endangered of them all, having lost 26% of his body to decomposition. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time The Who member "Ox" only serves to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: The Who is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Who leader Roger Daltrey states that there are 7000 fans of The Who. How many fans of "Ox" were there? Let's see. The number of Who versus "Ox" posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 "Ox" fans. The Who posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of Elvis posts. Therefore there are about 700 fans of The Who. A recent article put The Who at about 60 percent alive. Therefore there are now (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 The Who fans. This is consistent with the number of Who Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of the music business, abysmal sales and so on, The Who went out of existance and was taken over by Brittany Spears who sells more troubled BS. Now Brittany is also dead, her corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All majr surveys show that The Who has steadily declined in market share. The Who is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If The Who is to survive at ll it will be among music dilettante dabblers. The Who continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, The Who is dead.
Fact: The Who is ying
Cool - somebody mod this guy up. I'll have to check it out later and see if Puffy AmiYumi sounds better in MP3 or Org format.
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
Thank you for comming back! I thought for sure you were missing in action.
Seriously, you make my day everytime I read something and I see your reply below it with poetic obscienities.
I hope that in the future I get to see more of your witiness so I can LMFAO!
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why don't the editors just remove the article? there's obviously no point in leaving it on...
--fetch daddy's blue fright wig, i must be handsome when i release my rage
Great, now they can get back to something I actually care about -- working on cdparanoia for BSD.
Seriously, I think this could be a huge BUST. There is just too much pressure towards proprietary codecs, and the small market share that will use this is not enough to do anything.
Mod Above Flamebait -1 !!!
When you can have a snogg!
Heheh...
Michael and I aren't on the best of terms.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
I agree with you that CDex is very good.
You probably should also take a look at Exact Audio Copy.
This is the best reply ever and it does not deserve a 'Troll' moderation.
The irony in your statement is priceless.
He said EQUALIZER, read the post.
No way, you hacker! I'm not using any "image" format because they can spread virii! Leave my boxen alone or it's off to the FBI tip line with your IP! What?!?! What do you mean you can see my C: drive on IRC? This Windoze boxen is secure! www.microsoft.com told me so!
Nowt wrong with the name 'Moog' mate :)
GodboltBlog
please! encore of trolling in the name!!!