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Ogg Vorbis For Hardware Makers
SerpicoWasTaken writes "CNET has a story announcing the release of Tremor. It's an Ogg Vorbis (Vogg Gorbis, Vogg Orbus, or Ogg [unintelligable] as pronounced by the various managers in my office) decoder that does not require a floating point unit and could herald the rise of Ogg Vorbis compatible MP3 players." Update: 09/04 21:00 GMT by T : Sorry -- this story's a dupe.
Dumbasses.
Thats the problem with geeks. They make words that no one can pronounce like
linux (lin-ucks)
GNU (Guh-new)
I thought this too, but then I wondered if it's an intentional "freudian slip" in the backs of our minds. By making our top-secret geek tools unpleasant to say, it will stay out of the mouths of people who like to "nip things in the bud" before they get a chance to grow.
Most RIAA and MPAA execs are pampered babies who don't like to hear ugly things...how many times do you think the word "Ogg" will float around the RIAA boardroom? They are too egotistical and full of themselves...
So this is pretty cool, it's like geekcode for the verbal "word-of-mouth" space.
Once OGG is locked solid and working...we can always rename it to something more appealing later. So the theme is...first we built the lawyer-proof tanks, then we release them into the public domain...I love it!
The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky
The person who wrote in raises a good point--the name hurts Ogg. MP3 is a good name--it's simple (short), easy to say, easy to type, and catchy. Ogg Vorbis is none of those. I'd personally like to see a new name for Ogg.