Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
Microsoft hits a home run with yet another awesome software ad. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/stories/s2907954.htm It's a real product ... http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ ...and I'm a PC. Tiang
Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
On 1 July 2010 17:05, Tiang Cheng tiang.ch...@staff.iinet.net.au wrote: Microsoft hits a home run with yet another awesome software ad. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/stories/s2907954.htm It’s a real product … http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ Yeah it did the rounds on YouTube a while back. If the underlying product was any good you'd call the SongSmith promo viral genius - but alas, no. It was real. Quite why Microsoft Research hates the citizens of Planet Earth so much is a mystery. The Clash vs SongSmith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw-ODs2jSjEfeature=related Sting vs SongSmith (Roxanne) was taken down. It was pretty amusing. David. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
Sorry - wrong YouTube link (Blondie vs SongSmith wasn't that good). The clash video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHHAQouL4HEfeature=related On 1 July 2010 17:15, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 1 July 2010 17:05, Tiang Cheng tiang.ch...@staff.iinet.net.au wrote: Microsoft hits a home run with yet another awesome software ad. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/stories/s2907954.htm It’s a real product … http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ Yeah it did the rounds on YouTube a while back. If the underlying product was any good you'd call the SongSmith promo viral genius - but alas, no. It was real. Quite why Microsoft Research hates the citizens of Planet Earth so much is a mystery. The Clash vs SongSmith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw-ODs2jSjEfeature=related Sting vs SongSmith (Roxanne) was taken down. It was pretty amusing. David. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
This as intended as a spoof of cheesy ads (according to the original MSR site http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/video_everyonehasasonginside.html ) It isn't a real professional ad, it's filmed at the Microsoft campus. The green coffee cup with the MS logo on it is a dead give-away (see attached). I'm willing to bet everyone in the video has PhDs in machine learning, except maybe the little girl who is probably just a masters student. Joseph On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Tiang Cheng tiang.ch...@staff.iinet.net.auwrote: Microsoft hits a home run with yet another awesome software ad. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/stories/s2907954.htm It’s a real product … http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/ …and I’m a PC. Tiang -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net attachment: gruen_fail.jpg
RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
Hi Joseph, No, she completed her PhD some time back. Recently she's been working on a secret advanced age-reversing technology as well. That project has backfired though and after she brushed against that guy's notebook, it started growing that odd looking flowering virus on the lid. Hope you're well. Regards, Greg From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Thursday, 1 July 2010 8:34 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet? snip It isn't a real professional ad, it's filmed at the Microsoft campus. The green coffee cup with the MS logo on it is a dead give-away (see attached). I'm willing to bet everyone in the video has PhDs in machine learning, except maybe the little girl who is probably just a masters student. snip image001.jpg
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One man's cheesy is another man's water-boarding - I like that So have you tried songsmith? I see it is included in the MSDN. I might download it tonight. Joseph On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 1 July 2010 20:34, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.com wrote: This as intended as a spoof of cheesy ads (according to the original MSR site http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/video_everyonehasasonginside.html ) One man's cheesy is another man's water-boarding. It isn't a real professional ad, That much is clear. :) it's filmed at the Microsoft campus. The green coffee cup with the MS logo on it is a dead give-away (see attached). I'm willing to bet everyone in the video has PhDs in machine learning, except maybe the little girl who is probably just a masters student. From the MSR link, in the best tradition of anyone from America's inability to understand irony: We’re going for over-the-top comic irony. Quite. Or rather: The ironic part is that the ad shows the nasty piece of software that produces nothing but an aural affront to anyone with a modicum of taste - BUT once you install it you really see that it is a nasty piece of software that produces nothing but an aural affront to anyone with a modicum of taste. Hang on ... -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net
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On 1 July 2010 21:35, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.com wrote: So have you tried songsmith? Not with two small kids in the house, no. I don't hate my wife. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
OK, relax everyone.there is a free trial...downloading now http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/download.html On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.comwrote: Aw shucksSongsmith shows up as an item in the 'designer' section of MSDN subscriber downloads, but when I click on it it says I'm ineligible. Looks like you need an MSDN academic subscription (and possibly also to be tone deaf) to be allowed to download it. Joseph On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 1 July 2010 21:35, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.com wrote: So have you tried songsmith? Not with two small kids in the house, no. I don't hate my wife. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net
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And my favourite: Queen - We Will Rock You (salsa style) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:16 AM, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.comwrote: Roxanne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYwY8GpuO0feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWYwY8GpuO0feature=related On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.comwrote: OK, relax everyone.there is a free trial...downloading now http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/download.html On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.comwrote: Aw shucksSongsmith shows up as an item in the 'designer' section of MSDN subscriber downloads, but when I click on it it says I'm ineligible. Looks like you need an MSDN academic subscription (and possibly also to be tone deaf) to be allowed to download it. Joseph On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 1 July 2010 21:35, Joseph Cooney joseph.coo...@gmail.com wrote: So have you tried songsmith? Not with two small kids in the house, no. I don't hate my wife. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net
RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
Mind you, this is one of the reasons why the rest of Microsoft stay away from the Microsoft Research building, well that, and to avoid the Ballmer/Monkey hybrid that they have been working on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (greglow.com) Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 4:08 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet? Hi Joseph, No, she completed her PhD some time back. Recently she's been working on a secret advanced age-reversing technology as well. That project has backfired though and after she brushed against that guy's notebook, it started growing that odd looking flowering virus on the lid. [cid:image001.jpg@01CB18F9.ACDF9BD0] Hope you're well. Regards, Greg From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Thursday, 1 July 2010 8:34 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet? snip It isn't a real professional ad, it's filmed at the Microsoft campus. The green coffee cup with the MS logo on it is a dead give-away (see attached). I'm willing to bet everyone in the video has PhDs in machine learning, except maybe the little girl who is probably just a masters student. snip inline: image001.jpg
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And my favourite: Queen - We Will Rock You (salsa style) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related That's so bad it's great! I'm getting me one. Dylan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0
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After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project... Think Been Folds Five.. Give me my bandwidth back -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Dylan Tusler Sent: Friday, 2 July 2010 6:24 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet? And my favourite: Queen - We Will Rock You (salsa style) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related That's so bad it's great! I'm getting me one. Dylan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0 Important Notice This email contains information which is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information contained or attached is strictly prohibited. Although Disability Services Commission has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the Commission cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments.
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On 2 July 2010 08:33, Alastair Waddell alastair.wadd...@dsc.wa.gov.auwrote: After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project… Think Been Folds Five.. Give me my bandwidth back Not really wanting to collaborate, but I suggest that Stephen Conroy might be better material for your lyrics. :) David. -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet?
I was thinking an Alt .Net collab. Nothing says fear me like Gangsta .NET rappers with a midi backing track. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Alastair Waddell Sent: Friday, 2 July 2010 6:33 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet? After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project... Think Been Folds Five.. Give me my bandwidth back -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Dylan Tusler Sent: Friday, 2 July 2010 6:24 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Microsoft Songsmith - Is it friday yet? And my favourite: Queen - We Will Rock You (salsa style) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related That's so bad it's great! I'm getting me one. Dylan. - To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.auhttp://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. maile 3_1_0 Important Notice This email contains information which is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information contained or attached is strictly prohibited. Although Disability Services Commission has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the Commission cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments.
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On 2 July 2010 08:33, Alastair Waddell alastair.wadd...@dsc.wa.gov.au wrote: After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project… Collaborate, like the French did? On Behalf Of Dylan Tusler And my favourite: Queen - We Will Rock You (salsa style) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EAfeature=related That's so bad it's great! Truly awful. -- Meski Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
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On 2 July 2010 09:12, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 2 July 2010 08:33, Alastair Waddell alastair.wadd...@dsc.wa.gov.au wrote: After watching these videos, who wants to collaborate on a project… Think Been Folds Five.. Give me my bandwidth back Not really wanting to collaborate, but I suggest that Stephen Conroy might be better material for your lyrics. :) I hear you liek mudkips? :^) -- Meski Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
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