[xiph-commits] r9675 - websites/xiph.org

giles at svn.xiph.org giles at svn.xiph.org
Sat Jul 30 18:39:14 PDT 2005 

Author: giles
Date: 2005-07-30 18:39:04 -0700 (Sat, 30 Jul 2005)
New Revision: 9675

Added:
   websites/xiph.org/xiphname.shtml.en
Removed:
   websites/xiph.org/xiphname.html
Log:
Port xiphname.html to the new template. Unfortunately this breaks links
since the new file is only available at xiph.org/xiphname or xiph.org/xiphname.shtml.

This is why we were using ssi with the html extension originally, I now
recall. We should figure out some way to redirect.


Deleted: websites/xiph.org/xiphname.html
===================================================================
--- websites/xiph.org/xiphname.html	2005-07-31 01:07:06 UTC (rev 9674)
+++ websites/xiph.org/xiphname.html	2005-07-31 01:39:04 UTC (rev 9675)
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-<title>  Xiph.Org: naming </title>
-
-<!--#include file="xiphtop.include" -->
-
-    Xiph.Org names and logos
-
-<!--#include file="xiphmid.include" -->
-
-<h1>
-<a href="index.html"><img src=white-xifish.gif 
-alt="Xiph.Org" border=0><img 
-src=xiphword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
-</h1>
-
-<i>Xiphophorus helleri</i> is a small aquarium fish (the common
-Swordtail). What's special about it?  Not much, really.  The Xiph.Org
-logo doesn't even look anything like a real swordtail, but it's a logo
-that's been in use a long time.<p>
-
-What the name *does* have is the minimum requirement of one letter 'X'
-for a technology-related organization.  That fact that it's impossible
-to spell is an added bonus.
-
-<h1>
-<a href="ogg/index.html"><img 
-src=white-ogg.gif alt="OggSquish" border=0><img 
-src=oggword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
-</h1>
-
-The Ogg project began with a few-weekend-attempt at a simple audio
-compression package as part of a larger project in 1993.  At the time,
-the software was called 'Squish'.  The project and the general problem
-of music compression became a personal fascination, and Squish took on
-a life of its own far beyond the proportions of the original digital
-music studio project of which it was to be part.<p>
-
-A few months after the first Squish webpage, I received a polite but
-firm letter informing me that Squish is a registered trademark (for a
-mail transport system).  Mike Whitson, a contributor to the cause in
-the early days, suggested the name 'OggSquish' as a replacement.<p>
-
-An 'Ogg' is a tactical maneuver from the network game 'Netrek' that
-has entered common usage in a wider sense.  From the definition:
-
-<blockquote>
-3. To do anything forcefully, possibly without consideration of the
-drain on future resources. "I guess I'd better go ogg the problem set
-that's due tomorrow." "Whoops! I looked down at the map for a sec and
-almost ogged that oncoming car."
-</blockquote>
-
-(see the
-<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010222120446/info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/o/ogg.html">rest of the</a> 
-<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/O/ogg.html">definition</a>
-for the original Netrek usage.)<p>
-
-At the time Ogg was starting out, most personal computers were i386s
-and the i486 was new.  I remember thinking about the algorithms I
-was considering, "Woah, that's heavyweight.  People are going to need
-a 486 to run that..."  While the software ogged the music, there
-wasn't much processor left for anything else. <p>
-
-These days, Ogg is a larger multimedia project that does not only
-concern compression; Squish became the name of one of the Ogg codecs.
-For that reason, we usually just refer to it as Ogg when there's no
-Netrek context nearby.  The Ogg project has nothing to do with the
-common surname 'Ogg'.  Nor is it named after 'Nanny Ogg' from the
-Terry Pratchett book _Wyrd Sisters_.<p>
-
-The 'Thor-and-the-Snake' logo is drawn somewhat from Norse mythology;
-the real symbolism is the sine-curve shape of the snake.  Thor is
-hefting Mjollnir about to compress the periodic signal
-J&ouml;rmungandr...  See, it all makes sense.<p>
-
-<h1>
-<a href="ogg/vorbis/index.html"><img 
-src=white-ogg.gif alt="Ogg Vorbis" border=0><img 
-src=vorbisword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
-</h1>
-
-Vorbis, on the other hand <em>is</em> named after the Terry Pratchett
-character from the book _Small Gods_. The name holds some
-significance, but it's an indirect, uninteresting story.<p>
-
-<a href="ogg/vorbis/index.html">Ogg Vorbis</a> is the current CODEC in
-development as part of the Ogg multimedia project, begun
-immediately after <a href="about.html#fraunhofer">Fraunhofer issued
-its 'Letter of Infringement' to freeware MP3 encoder efforts</a>.
-Vorbis is intended to go head-to-head with the two current MPEG-4
-compressions, AAC and TwinVQ.
-
-<h1>
-<a href="paranoia/index.html"><img 
-src=white-para.gif alt="paranoia IV" border=0><img 
-src=paraword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
-</h1>
-
-Paranoia IV is the upcoming release in the logical progression of
-Paranoia, Paranoia II, Paranoia III...  Release IV is a cross platform
-library project that combines a portable SCSI packet command
-interfaces with platform-independant code to find specific hardware
-devices.  On top of these it places specialized interfaces that wrap
-the hardware in an error correcting layer to make up for deficiencies
-in specific device examples. Paranoia IV provides the CDDA and error
-correction engines to cdparanoia series 10.<p>
-
-<h1>
-<a href="paranoia/index.html"><img 
-src=white-para.gif alt="cdparanoia" border=0><img 
-src=cdparaword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
-</h1>
-
-Cdparanoia is the error correcting compact disc digital audio
-extraction (CDDA DAE) tool built using Paranoia III (currently, up to
-release 9) and Paranoia IV (release 10, to be announced).  <p>
-
-The name should be somewhat self-explanatory; the logo is a bit
-weirder.  Dubbed 'the All-Seeing Laser Playback Head of Omniscience'
-it's a takeoff of the eye-and-pyramid symbol of wisdom.  Think you've
-seen it before and can't quite place where?  Look on the back of a US
-one dollar bill.<p>
-
-An interesting note on the 'eye-in-the-pyramid' symbol from Nathan Myers:<br>
-<blockquote>
-In the 'xiphname.html' page, you can explain the
-"eye in the pyramid" symbol as indicating that which
-exists solely because people believe it exists.
-(Money and gods are examples, so it being on the
-dollar bill is appropriate.)
-</blockquote>
-
-The eye is placed on a starburst pattern emanating from the hub area
-of a compact disc.<p>
-
-<!--#include file="xiphbottom.include" -->

Copied: websites/xiph.org/xiphname.shtml.en (from rev 9669, websites/xiph.org/templates/index.shtml.en)
===================================================================
--- websites/xiph.org/templates/index.shtml.en	2005-07-31 00:38:33 UTC (rev 9669)
+++ websites/xiph.org/xiphname.shtml.en	2005-07-31 01:39:04 UTC (rev 9675)
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/header.include" -->
+<!--  Enter custom page information and styles here -->
+
+<title>Xiph.org: naming</title>
+<style type="text/css">
+<!--
+
+-->
+</style>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/xiphbar.include" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagetop.include" -->
+<!--  All your page content goes here  -->
+
+<h1>What's in a name?</h1>
+
+<h2>
+<a href="index.html"><img src=white-xifish.gif 
+alt="Xiph.Org" border=0><img 
+src=xiphword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
+</h2>
+
+<p>
+<i>Xiphophorus helleri</i> is a small aquarium fish (the common
+Swordtail). What's special about it?  Not much, really.  The Xiph.Org
+logo doesn't even look anything like a real swordtail, but it's a logo
+that's been in use a long time.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+What the name <em>does</em> have is the minimum requirement of one 
+letter 'X' for a technology-related organization.  That fact that it's 
+impossible to spell is an added bonus.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The Xiphophorus name was later shortened to Xiph.org. English speakers 
+tend to pronounce this [Zif] (short /i/) while non-English speakers 
+favor [ksif]. Either is acceptable.
+</p>
+
+
+<h2>
+<a href="ogg/index.html"><img 
+src=white-ogg.gif alt="OggSquish" border=0><img 
+src=oggword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
+</h2>
+
+<p>
+The Ogg project began with a few-weekend-attempt at a simple audio
+compression package as part of a larger project in 1993.  At the time,
+the software was called 'Squish'.  The project and the general problem
+of music compression became a personal fascination, and Squish took on
+a life of its own far beyond the proportions of the original digital
+music studio project of which it was to be part.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+A few months after the first Squish webpage, I received a polite but
+firm letter informing me that Squish is a registered trademark (for a
+mail transport system).  Mike Whitson, a contributor to the cause in
+the early days, suggested the name 'OggSquish' as a replacement.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+An 'Ogg' is a tactical maneuver from the network game 'Netrek' that
+has entered common usage in a wider sense.  From the definition:
+
+<blockquote>
+3. To do anything forcefully, possibly without consideration of the
+drain on future resources. "I guess I'd better go ogg the problem set
+that's due tomorrow." "Whoops! I looked down at the map for a sec and
+almost ogged that oncoming car."
+</blockquote>
+
+(see the
+<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010222120446/info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/o/ogg.html">rest of the</a> 
+<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/O/ogg.html">definition</a>
+for the original Netrek usage.)
+</p>
+
+<p>
+At the time Ogg was starting out, most personal computers were i386s
+and the i486 was new.  I remember thinking about the algorithms I
+was considering, "Woah, that's heavyweight.  People are going to need
+a 486 to run that..."  While the software ogged the music, there
+wasn't much processor left for anything else.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+These days, Ogg has come to stand for the file format that developed 
+from that early compression work and is part of the larger Xiph.org 
+multimedia project; Squish became just the name of one of the 
+Ogg codecs.
+For that reason, we usually just refer to it as Ogg when there's no
+Netrek context nearby.  The Ogg project has nothing to do with the
+common surname 'Ogg'.  Nor is it named after 'Nanny Ogg' from the
+Terry Pratchett book <cite>Wyrd Sisters</cite>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The 'Thor-and-the-Snake' logo is drawn somewhat from Norse mythology;
+the real symbolism is the sine-curve shape of the snake.  Thor is
+hefting Mjollnir about to compress the periodic signal
+J&ouml;rmungandr...  See, it all makes sense.
+</p>
+
+<h2>
+<a href="ogg/vorbis/index.html"><img 
+src=white-ogg.gif alt="Ogg Vorbis" border=0><img 
+src=vorbisword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
+</h2>
+
+<p>
+Vorbis, on the other hand <em>is</em> named after the Terry Pratchett
+character from the book <cite>Small Gods</cite>. The name holds some
+significance, but it's an indirect, uninteresting story.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<a href="ogg/vorbis/index.html">Ogg Vorbis</a> was the first CODEC in
+developed as part of the Xiph.org multimedia project, begun
+immediately after <a href="about.html#fraunhofer">Fraunhofer issued
+its 'Letter of Infringement' to freeware MP3 encoder efforts</a>.
+Vorbis is intended to go head-to-head with MPEG codecs like AAC
+and has historically achieved comparable or better quality.
+</p>
+
+<h2>
+<a href="paranoia/index.html"><img 
+src=white-para.gif alt="paranoia IV" border=0><img 
+src=paraword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
+</h2>
+
+<p>
+Paranoia IV is the upcoming release in the logical progression of
+Paranoia, Paranoia II, Paranoia III...  Release IV is a cross platform
+library project that combines a portable SCSI packet command
+interfaces with platform-independant code to find specific hardware
+devices.  On top of these it places specialized interfaces that wrap
+the hardware in an error correcting layer to make up for deficiencies
+in specific device examples. Paranoia IV provides the CDDA and error
+correction engines to cdparanoia series 10.
+</p>
+
+<h2>
+<a href="paranoia/index.html"><img 
+src=white-para.gif alt="cdparanoia" border=0><img 
+src=cdparaword2.gif alt="" border=0></a>
+</h2>
+
+<p>
+Cdparanoia is the error correcting compact disc digital audio
+extraction (CDDA DAE) tool built using Paranoia III (currently, up to
+release 9) and Paranoia IV (release 10, to be announced).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The name should be somewhat self-explanatory; the logo is a bit
+weirder.  Dubbed 'the All-Seeing Laser Playback Head of Omniscience'
+it's a takeoff of the eye-and-pyramid symbol of wisdom.  Think you've
+seen it before and can't quite place where?  Look on the back of a US
+one dollar bill.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+An interesting note on the 'eye-in-the-pyramid' symbol from Nathan Myers:<br>
+<blockquote>
+In the [this] page, you can explain the
+"eye in the pyramid" symbol as indicating that which
+exists solely because people believe it exists.
+(Money and gods are examples, so it being on the
+dollar bill is appropriate.)
+</blockquote>
+
+The eye is placed on a starburst pattern emanating from the hub area
+of a compact disc.<p>
+
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagebottom.include" -->

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