Band Releases Album As Linux Kernel Module 128
netbuzz (955038) writes "A band called netcat is generating buzz in software circles by releasing its debut album as a Linux kernel module (among other more typical formats.) 'Are you ever listening to an album, and thinking "man, this sounds good, but I wish it crossed from user-space to kernel-space more often!" We got you covered,' the band says on its Facebook page. 'Our album is now fully playable as a loadable Linux kernel module.'"
Lol wut (Score:5, Funny)
Our album is now fully playable as a loadable Linux kernel module.
Yeah, that seems pretty safe. I'd love to load your album into kernel space. Seems legit.
Made it to Slashdot. (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting... (Score:5, Funny)
localhost ~ # modprobe dafuq
I'll save you the trouble. (Score:5, Funny)
I'll save you all the trouble. Their "music" sounds like one of those sleep CDs you hear them playing at incense shops that sell quartz "power crystals" and/or the soundtrack to Myst.
Here's their picture:
http://www.networkworld.com/gr... [networkworld.com]
The guy on the left clearly did the kernel bit.
The dude in the middle has a cello and tattoo so he's clearly getting laid and therefor has never heard of Linux.
The guy on the right... well look at his hat and shoes... he's way too busy putting imitation carbon fiber parts on his Mitsubishi Lancer to have time for programming.
Your welcome for the 10min of your life I saved you.
Re:Can't wait for this one.... (Score:5, Funny)
Earbleed.
Wasted opportunity (Score:4, Funny)
They really wasted the opportunity to do something really geeky, like release the song as a network service that outputs via the loopback interface. Then you could play it by using netcat.
Re:Quality (Score:5, Funny)
They transcoded it a ton, don't expect FLAC or even mp3 v0. Seems more for publicity.
"...came from .ogg files that were encoded from .wav files that were created from .mp3 files that were encoded from the mastered .wav files which were generated from ProTools final mix .wav files that were created from 24-track analog tape."
Mod this insightful! I was tricked and thought that loadable kernel modules were going to be the music distribution format of the future... it seems so convenient! But it turns out that this was just about the publicity. How dissapointing!
Re:Lol wut (Score:3, Funny)
we once played some linux .iso's through the soundcard with cat.
you know what's sad? it sounded ways better than this.
Remix (Score:5, Funny)
I'm going to wait for Theo de Raadt's Libre remix.
Re:Lol wut (Score:5, Funny)