Monday, November 29, 2010

Linux Radio - broadcasting the Linux kernel

Linux Radio

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/28/163218/Linux-Radio

" This might very well be the nerdiest site we'll ever encounter... Linux Radio ( http://www.linux.fm/ )is an online radio station broadcasting the Linux kernel! Each time someone visit the site, a random source file is selected and read loudly by a virtual speaker materialized through the open source speech synthesizer eSpeak. Will it prove useful to anyone is probably a difficult question to answer, but the excitement provided is worth experiencing at least once. However, this concept proves once more the advantages of open source over proprietary software making such achievements impossible : whoever in his right mind would want to listen to binary files loudly? "