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shmuelix
5035 days ago
how geeks sounds.. i think this is pretty cool.. maybe you can also add the sound of bits moving around ;-)
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ConstantineXVI
5035 days ago
cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp
Not necessarily the most pleasant sound. [Linux only AFAIK]
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philsnow
5035 days ago
For this exercise, /dev/urandom might be better; reading /dev/random will block after the system's entropy pool is exhausted, right?
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ConstantineXVI
5035 days ago
I'd consider it unlikely most reasonably sane people would actually want to pump random data out their speakers for any significant amount of time.
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valceder
5035 days ago
hmmm... how would I make the sound of bits moving around... would probably end up sounding like rain!
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