____/ [H]omer on Friday 05 October 2007 17:56 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
>
>> (If he can sing, that would introduce additional complexities,
>> methinks, such as unrealized revenue to Sony.
>
> Yes, I'm probably due them years worth of back payment for royalties on
> bath-time favourites such as "The Birdy Song", "Agadoo", "Itsy Bitsy
> Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-dot Bikini" and lest I forget, the seminal
> classic "There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis".
>
> The debt is a great one indeed.
>
> Mind you, Sony may not actually /own/ the copyright to /all/ of these
> classic hit titles - not that something so trivial would stop them.
>
>> I have no idea whether [H]omer can sing or not
>
> Anyone who can grunt, can sing. The question is can they sing /well/?
>
> There is also the question of self perception. When drunk, I believe I
> am an excellent singer. However, the video footage the next day, tells a
> different story.
>
> In addition to the aforementioned musical masterpieces, I do a fairly
> passable "Barbie Girl" (come on Barbie, lets go ... erm ... pardy),
> "I'm Too Sexy" (for my bath, too sexy for my bath, too sexy by half),
> and for an encore, the forgotten classic "The Chicken Song" (whilst
> waving Alfred, my rubber chicken, in the air).
>
> Bath-time has never been so much fun, as they say in the commercials.
>
>> so this is purely hypothetical on my part. Fortunately, singing
>> requires proper shaping of the mouth, diaphragm, and tongue, which
>> requires, among other things, the lower jaw...)
>
> Oh I dunno, Vanilla Ice somehow managed to sing without even moving
> their lips.
You know what I've just realised. About a year ago, when Bill Gates met
bloggers (some of whom he later /hired/ to secretly recite Microsoft slogans),
he said that the first thing to do when you buy a CD is to rip them because of
the mess that is DRM.
Criminal? Not at the time?
FWIW, Gates also admitted watching copyrights-infringing content on YouTube.
That was almost 2 years ago.
--
~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"I’d be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it
Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the
following week."
--bradsi, Microsoft
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