gstreamer/docs/manual/quotes.sgml

<chapter id="cha-quotes">
  <title>Quotes from the Developers</title>
  <para>
    As well as being a cool piece of software,
    <application>GStreamer</application> is a lively project, with
    developers from around the globe very actively contributing.
    We often hang out on the #gstreamer IRC channel on
    irc.openprojects.net: the following are a selection of amusing<footnote>
    <para>No guarantee of sense of humour compatibility is given.</para>
    </footnote> quotes from our conversations.
  </para>

  <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>9 Jan 2001</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
        me tar, you rpm?
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
        hehe, forgot &quot;zan&quot;
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
        ?
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
        me tar&quot;zan&quot;, you ...
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>7 Jan 2001</term>
      <listitem>
	<para>
	<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
	that means probably building an agreggating, cache-massaging
	queue to shove N buffers across all at once, forcing cache
	transfer.
	</para>
	<para>
	<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
        never done that before...
	</para>
	<para>
	<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
	nope, but it's easy to do in gstreamer &lt;g&gt;
        </para>
        <para>
	<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
	sure, I need to rewrite cp with gstreamer too, someday :-)
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>7 Jan 2001</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
	GStreamer; always at least one developer is awake...
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>5/6 Jan 2001</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
	we need to cut down the time to create an mp3 player down to
	seconds...
	</para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>richardb:</emphasis>
	:)
	</para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
	I'm wanting to something more interesting soon, I did the "draw an mp3 
	player in 15sec" back in October '99.
	</para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
	by the time Omega gets his hands on the editor, you'll see a
	complete audio mixer in the editor :-)
	</para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>richardb:</emphasis>
	Well, it clearly has the potential...
	</para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
	Working on it... ;-)
	</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
      <term>28 Dec 2000</term>
      <listitem>
        <para>
        <emphasis>MPAA:</emphasis>
        We will sue you now, you have violated oru IP rights!
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
        hehehe
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>MPAA:</emphasis>
        How dare you laugh at us? We have lawyers! We have Congressmen!  We have <emphasis>LARS</emphasis>!
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
        I'm so sorry your honor
        </para>
        <para>
        <emphasis>MPAA:</emphasis>
        Hrumph.
        </para>
        <para>
        *
        <emphasis>wtay</emphasis>
        bows before thy
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
</chapter>