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<title>Quotes from the Developers</title>
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<para>
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As well as being a cool piece of software,
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<application>GStreamer</application> is a lively project, with
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developers from around the globe very actively contributing.
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We often hang out on the #gstreamer IRC channel on
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irc.freenode.net: the following are a selection of amusing<footnote>
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<para>No guarantee of sense of humour compatibility is given.</para>
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</footnote> quotes from our conversations.
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<term>6 Mar 2006</term>
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<para>
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When I opened my eyes I was in a court room. There were masters McIlroy and
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Thompson sitting in the jury and master Kernighan too. There were the GStreamer
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developers standing in the defendant's place, accused of violating several laws
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of Unix philosophy and customer lock-down via running on a proprietary
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pipeline, different from that of the Unix systems. I heard Eric Raymond
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whispering "got to add this case to my book.
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</para>
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<para><emphasis>behdad's blog</emphasis></para>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>22 May 2007</term>
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<para><emphasis><__tim></emphasis>
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Uraeus: amusing, isn't it?
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</para>
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<para><emphasis><Uraeus></emphasis>
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__tim: I wrote that :)
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</para>
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<para><emphasis><__tim></emphasis>
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Uraeus: of course you did; your refusal to surrender to the oppressive regime
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of the third-person-singular-rule is so unique in its persistence that it's
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hard to miss :)
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</para>
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<term>12 Sep 2005</term>
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<para><emphasis><wingo></emphasis>
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we just need to get rid of that mmap stuff
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</para>
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<para><emphasis><wingo></emphasis>
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i think gnomevfssrc is faster for files even
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</para>
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<para><emphasis><BBB></emphasis>
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wingo, no
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</para>
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<para><emphasis><BBB></emphasis>
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and no
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</para>
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<para><emphasis><wingo></emphasis>
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good points ronald
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</para>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>23 Jun 2005</term>
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<para><emphasis>* wingo</emphasis> back</para>
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<para><emphasis>* thomasvs</emphasis> back</para>
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<para>--- You are now known as everybody</para>
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<para><emphasis>* everybody</emphasis> back back</para>
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<para><emphasis><everybody></emphasis> now break it down</para>
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<para>--- You are now known as thomasvs</para>
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<para><emphasis>* bilboed</emphasis> back</para>
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<para>--- bilboed is now known as john-sebastian</para>
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<para><emphasis>* john-sebastian</emphasis> bach</para>
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<para>--- john-sebastian is now known as bilboed</para>
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<para>--- You are now known as scratch_my</para>
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<para><emphasis>* scratch_my</emphasis> back</para>
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<para>--- bilboed is now known as Illbe</para>
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<para>--- You are now known as thomasvs</para>
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<para><emphasis>* Illbe</emphasis> back</para>
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<para>--- Illbe is now known as bilboed</para>
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<term>20 Apr 2005</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>thomas</emphasis>:
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jrb, somehow his screenshotsrc grabs whatever X is showing and makes it
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available as a stream of frames
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<para>
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<emphasis>jrb</emphasis>:
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thomas: so, is the point that the screenshooter takes a video?
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but won't the dialog be in the video? oh, nevermind. I'll just send mail...
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>thomas</emphasis>:
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jrb, well, it would shoot first and ask questions later
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</para>
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<term>2 Nov 2004</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>zaheerm</emphasis>:
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wtay: unfair u fixed the bug i was using as a feature!
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</para>
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<term>14 Oct 2004</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>* zaheerm</emphasis>
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wonders how he can break gstreamer today :)
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>ensonic</emphasis>:
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zaheerm, spider is always a good starting point
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</para>
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<term>14 Jun 2004</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>teuf</emphasis>: ok, things work much better when I don't write incredibly stupid and buggy code
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<para>
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<emphasis>thaytan</emphasis>: I find that too
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</para>
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<term>23 Nov 2003</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Uraeus</emphasis>: ah yes, the sleeping part, my mind
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is not multitasking so I was still thinking about exercise
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<para>
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<emphasis>dolphy</emphasis>: Uraeus: your mind is multitasking
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</para>
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<emphasis>dolphy</emphasis>: Uraeus: you just miss low latency patches
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</para>
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<term>14 Sep 2002</term>
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<para>
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--- <emphasis>wingo-party</emphasis> is now known as
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<emphasis>wingo</emphasis>
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</para>
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<para>
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* <emphasis>wingo</emphasis> holds head
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</para>
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<term>4 Jun 2001</term>
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<para><emphasis>taaz:</emphasis> you witchdoctors and your voodoo mpeg2 black magic... </para>
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<para><emphasis>omega_:</emphasis> um. I count three, no four different cults there <g> </para>
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<para><emphasis>ajmitch:</emphasis> hehe </para>
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<para><emphasis>omega_:</emphasis> witchdoctors, voodoo, black magic, </para>
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<para><emphasis>omega_:</emphasis> and mpeg </para>
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<term>16 Feb 2001</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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I shipped a few commerical products to >40000 people now but
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GStreamer is way more exciting...
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</para>
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<term>16 Feb 2001</term>
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<para>
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*
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<emphasis>tool-man</emphasis>
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is a gstreamer groupie
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</para>
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<term>14 Jan 2001</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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did you run ldconfig? maybe it talks to init?
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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not sure, don't think so...
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I did run gstreamer-register though :-)
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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ah, that did it then ;-)
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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right
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<para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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probably not, but in case GStreamer starts turning into an OS, someone please let me know?
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</para>
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<term>9 Jan 2001</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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me tar, you rpm?
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</para>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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hehe, forgot "zan"
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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?
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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me tar"zan", you ...
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</para>
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<term>7 Jan 2001</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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that means probably building an agreggating, cache-massaging
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queue to shove N buffers across all at once, forcing cache
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transfer.
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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never done that before...
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</para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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nope, but it's easy to do in gstreamer <g>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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sure, I need to rewrite cp with gstreamer too, someday :-)
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</para>
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<term>7 Jan 2001</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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GStreamer; always at least one developer is awake...
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</para>
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<term>5/6 Jan 2001</term>
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<para>
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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we need to cut down the time to create an mp3 player down to
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seconds...
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</para>
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<emphasis>richardb:</emphasis>
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:)
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</para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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I'm wanting to something more interesting soon, I did the "draw an mp3
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player in 15sec" back in October '99.
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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by the time Omega gets his hands on the editor, you'll see a
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complete audio mixer in the editor :-)
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<emphasis>richardb:</emphasis>
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Well, it clearly has the potential...
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</para>
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<emphasis>Omega:</emphasis>
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Working on it... ;-)
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<term>28 Dec 2000</term>
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<emphasis>MPAA:</emphasis>
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We will sue you now, you have violated our IP rights!
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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hehehe
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<para>
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<emphasis>MPAA:</emphasis>
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How dare you laugh at us? We have lawyers! We have Congressmen! We have <emphasis>LARS</emphasis>!
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<emphasis>wtay:</emphasis>
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I'm so sorry your honor
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<emphasis>MPAA:</emphasis>
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Hrumph.
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*
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<emphasis>wtay</emphasis>
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bows before thy
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