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Automatic Christmas Music

Posted by michael on from the rated-m-for-muzak dept.

crispinalt writes "Just in time for the holiday season, Brian Whitman, the creator of Eigenradio, has had his computers compose the 'statistically optimal' Christmas music in A Singular Christmas, a freely downloadable MP3 album. A bank of computers listened to as much Christmas music as they could handle, and then learned their own true meaning of holiday cheer. Enjoy!"

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  1. My cats can do better by jdray · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Spread catnip on organ keys
    2. Add two cats and a recorder
    3. ???
    4. Profit!!

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    The Spoon
    Updated 6/28/2011
  2. NO MORE CHRISTMAS MUSIC! by lilmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    I work at Rockefeller Center in NYC - the music is starting to drive me mad!! The *last* thing I need is people finding ways to optimize the torture!

    --LWM

  3. Re:This is the aural equivalent... by east+coast · · Score: 4, Funny

    All Christmas music is the aural equivalent of fruit cake.

    --
    Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.
  4. I for one.... by CharonX · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one greet our new Christmas-song listening computerized Overlords.

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    +++ MELON MELON MELON +++ Out of Cheese Error +++ redo from start +++
  5. Silent Server...Holy Server by FerretFrottage · · Score: 5, Funny

    all is gone, all the bytes
    round platters spinning away
    IT admins going "what the hey"
    Thrash in heavenly peace, thrash your drives to pieces.

    --
    "Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
  6. this guys in trouble by bigberk · · Score: 4, Funny

    but how can he post these?!? MP3s are illegal. mit's gonna have is ass. he should be ashamed for robbing profits from a desperate industry

  7. ahahaa holy god by Perianwyr+Stormcrow · · Score: 4, Funny

    The album should be called "A Christmas In Computer Hell" or maybe "Heilige Fucked Up Buzz Box Nacht"

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    What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity.-Edward Abbey

  8. Re:If someone wants to give it to me I could mirro by Bill_Royle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Miami network admin: "Sir? We've got gigabytes of usage all of a sudden, all from one VLAN."

    Miami network manager: "Let's see... all the students have gone home. Who's left in that building?"

    30 seconds later, Toadman8 becomes confused as his IM session (and all network traffic) drops.

    Moral of the story: When laying waste to a network bandwidth-wise, it is best to do it when you're able to point a finger elsewhere.