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Speech Synthesizing the Linux Kernel for Arts Sake

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the anything-is-art-if-your-can-justify-it dept.

ungulation writes "A joint project of SFMOMA, The Goethe-Institut, ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Walker Art Center, a group called CrossFade broadcast the entire linux kernel 2.4.18. From the CrossFade website: "In Free Radio Linux, the entire source code of the Linux kernel will be webcast over the Internet. A speech synthesizer will convert into talk radio the 4,141,432 lines of code, which will take about 600 days to read." According to the Free Radio Linux website the stream is only available in ogg-vorbis format."

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  1. Seriously! by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I use Linux, and have used it for years. I enjoy its flexibilty and the ease I can "open the hood" and see how things are working.

    But something like this.... Does this make people think "Wow, Linux is Free Speech and Good" or "Wow, Linux users are a bunch of loonies with a religious bent and more concerned with ideals rather than developing a serious OS my business can depend on."

    I don't see how this is useful or good in any way. 600 days? I just say, "Why?"

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  2. Been done... by Rhubarb+Crumble · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This has been done, but with DeCSS rather than the linux kernel...anyone remember the "descramble song"?

    "This function is void, it takes two args/The first is sec a pointer to 2048 unsigned bytes/That are the encrypted disk sector and will be decrypted"

  3. For more information: by haggar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Check this infomative link

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  4. The REALLY interesting question by Banjonardo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The really interesting question is to see what kernel we're on by then. (600 days later.)

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    Score 3? For what? Being wrong, at length? - smirkleton