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<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>
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<term>14 Jan 2001</term>
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<para>
<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
did you run ldconfig? maybe it talks to init?
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
not sure, don't think so...
I did run gstreamer-register though :-)
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
ah, that did it then ;-)
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
right
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
probably not, but in case GStreamer starts turning into an OS, someone please let me know?
</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term>9 Jan 2001</term>
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<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>
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<para>
<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
GStreamer; always at least one developer is awake...
</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<term>5/6 Jan 2001</term>
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<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>
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<varlistentry>
<term>28 Dec 2000</term>
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<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
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</chapter>