[vorbis] Vorbis Stuff on Slashdot

[Monty]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:53:52AM -0400, Vorbis wrote:
> I had been working on an essay of my experiences with various codecs for a 
> bit, and when slashdot's post came up, I couldn't help but excerpt part of 
> and post it up there.  It got a lot of comments and moderation points, so 
> it's given me some "animo" to fix it up and put the rest of it out there.  
> I'm going to distribute this under an open content license.  If anyone 
> wants to print it in the trade press or newbie sites feel free, but keep it 
> intact. 
> 
> http://papaya.altamente.com/ogg.html
> 
> I think it's an easy to read, non techie look at music encoding (ogg in 
> particular) that should be a nice intro for newbies.  
> 
> Any technical details that I've missed or errors that I've made, I'd 
> appreciate any feedback.  

It's nice to see, against all odds, constructive work come from a
Slashdotting ;-)

I'll read this more carefully tonight, but I *loved* the line about
using mp3 encoder cracks...

"I had traded my heart for cheap hookers and it hadn't brought me
satisfaction."

Monty

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