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- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -6/+91here's the file for those without a mac:
http://chaosmachine.net/music/audiotest.au - 1911wolf, on 10/12/2007, -23/+103http://store.apple.com
;-) - stmiller, on 10/12/2007, -4/+81This has nothing to do with OS X. It's a part of python. Get the joke? Monty Python. python. Haha.
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-October/049588.html - motivator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+60It's actually part of Python. IIRC, on machines with active audio devices it plays as one of the "make test" tests. :)
- crammaz, on 10/12/2007, -8/+55HAHAH That is brilliant!!! Seriously if you have a mac and love monty python check it out!!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+56NOOOOOO! This is the first time I've seen real, bonafide, spam in the comments of a digg story... I'm scared :-S
- benc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+43You're right, of course. For those of us running Python on Windows, it's located in:
C:/Python25/Lib/test/audiotest.au
Or if you don't have Python installed on your Windows box, shame on you. ;-) Get it here: http://www.python.org/download/ - gharding, on 10/12/2007, -4/+43Install python. It's hardly mac-specific.
- NikZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35Dude, you were probably modded down because if you had taken the time to read the comments above, you would see that at least 3 people have already linked to the file. Not to mention the numerous comments telling you that the file is *not* Mac-centric, but the result of a Python installation - which is OS independent.
Nothing to do with being a PC user. That's just paranoia man. :) - harpreetgiani, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38Hallelujah!
For the first time ever, I clicked on an .au link, Real Player popped up, did not try to download an update or codecs and ACTUALLY played the clip.
I am happy! - bluflame, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
- iching, on 10/12/2007, -11/+42Why?........Because:
"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition"
I didn't expect that line said in a hidden file. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35I'm a mac fanboy and I even had to digg ya down, sorry man, glad you like your mac though. :)
Attn fellow mac fanboys, enough with telling everyone to get a mac, its old ok, just old. - Nodren, on 10/12/2007, -5/+29isnt it great how digg is a democracy? llalu wont last the night, just block him
- thehigherlife, on 10/12/2007, -9/+32calm down, he was obviously joking.
- aywwts4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I see everyone griping about a lallu, but I don't see any comments by him, Can you actually get modded into oblivion... like a black hole of -digs that eventually collapse in under their own weight?
Or is it something more simple like he deleted his account? - Wardvark, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24@lallu
you obviously don't remember tomfraser, don't piss off the diggers - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -11/+27Haha. I love Apple's quirky subtle humor.
I played this and my cat sat bolt upright. She relaxed and I played it again, she jumped again. Happened 3 times. - imikedaman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17As someone else already pointed out, this is part of Python, not Mac OS X - therefore it is not a hidden Mac OS X system file. You may as well download some Mac program that has an easter egg in it and claim that you just found a brand new easter egg in Mac OS X.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"Just think about it, Macs wouldn't be cool anymore if 90% of the world population uses it, would it?"
Yeah, I mean imagine if 80% of portable music devices were iPods..they wouldn't be cool then would they? - geezusfreeek, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15For Mac users:
file://localhost/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/test/audiotest.au
[Edit: I wish that would automatically link, but just copy that and stick it in your address bar and it should work.] - axman6, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14This thing doesn't really surprise me, the name python come from Monty Python...
"1.1.16 Why is it called Python?
At the same time he began implementing Python, Guido van Rossum was also reading the published scripts from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (a BBC comedy series from the seventies, in the unlikely case you didn't know). It occurred to him that he needed a name that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious, so he decided to call the language Python." [http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#id18]
So it would make sense that they'd use something like that as a test. still funny though :)
Also, has anyone checked to see if this is an Mac only thing, or is it there with all installs on of python 2.3? I'd really like to know, because although I am quite a Mac fan, this doesn't seem to be "Apple" news to me.
Al. - phatvolvo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11so what did lallu say?
- prockcore, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10/usr/lib/python2.3/test/audiotest.au on ubuntu.
- vcleniuk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9And now for something completely different...
digg :) - NikZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Just block him. If enough people block the same user, I believe that user is reported to Digg staff and subsequently removed.
- baddmojoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Alright, 24kb just freed up on the ol' HDD.
- axman6, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5If I'm not mistaken, you're referring to Faulty Towers? If so, and it's the episode I'm thinking about, it's definitely one of, if not the best episode they did. :)
Al. - Rickard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I reported a spammer the other day and his account got deleted. That's probably what happened here as well.
- mark1372, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The schools are failing our children.
- madchemst, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7683 Diggs for this? Who cares, it's from Python anyways, not from Apple.
- Matt2k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7So, let me get this straight.
. It's not from apple, it's part of the Python installation that anyone, running any OS, can access
. It's not actually.. Hidden.. In any way.
and
. The article doesn't even bother to link to the 3 second clip, which is really just a familiar monty python clip that everyone is already familiar with (and if they aren't familiar with it, the audio isn't funny anyway)
Do I have it right? - zephc, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8$ grep audiotest.au *.py
test_linuxaudiodev.py: play_sound_file(findfile('audiotest.au'))
test_ossaudiodev.py: (data, rate, ssize, nchannels) = read_sound_file(findfile('audiotest.au'))
test_sunaudiodev.py: play_sound_file(findfile('audiotest.au'))
Not limited to OS X, yo. - actorboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4See that little circle with a line through it on the right of my nick? To block me you would click that.
- GeneralBison, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8"I'm talking about the mindless robots who dugg me down cause I mentioned I am a PC."
Who's the robot here. Them... or you! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Yeah I wouldn't exactly call it hidden, just a part of something that isn't normally accessed by the masses, like for example besides developers who really installs xcode?
- MrEcho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3/usr/lib/openoffice/program/python-core-2.3.4/lib/test/audiotest.au
/usr/lib/python2.4/email/test/data/audiotest.au
/usr/lib/python2.4/test/audiotest.au - galador, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10If you hate it, then why don't you try Linux, or maybe Open BSD (They just released version 4.0 today, y'know)? Or perhaps you're just not using an alternative to Windows, because you're too lazy.... like you were too lazy to click on one of the two (three?) comments from above that already had the link.
- Hurricane, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4We need to be able to vote more than once on people like lallu.
- igyigyigy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In fairness, it does come installed by default (as far as I can tell), so it's not unreasonable to assume it came with the OS
- ardellin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Eh, pardon the dumb question, but how exactly do you go about blocking someone? I go to their profile, but do not see anyway to block... Thanks.
- FluffyArmada, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh good, I'm not insane. I was setting up a Gentoo box a few weeks ago, and that kinda freaked me out. :)
- richiestang78, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4wow that was a random sound clip, cool find
- Xiata, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@noGoodNamesLeft:
That's the Windows XP Setup (final step) background music when they draw that animated ? mark and ask you about network, automatic updates, and windows firewall among other things.
It LOOKS like an easter egg only because most installations of Windows are incapable of sound until after you install an audio driver. - sybersnake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2now everybody can watch the skit that clip is from http://youtube.com/watch?v=zO68fUMWx3g
- konig12, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"The language is named after the BBC show ``Monty Python's Flying Circus'' and has nothing to do with nasty reptiles. Making references to Monty Python skits in documentation is not only allowed, it is encouraged!"
http://docs.python.org/tut/node3.html - dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, it did, OS X came with python, so it did come with the OS, in a way..
- Ben - AndrewBarber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Guys you are loosing the plot. The digg story was not about mac vs apple vs windows. It was a bit of fun lighten up.
I am a user of all 3 anyway....try and insult that! - bteamplayer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Instant classic
- noGoodNamesLeft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Python? That's.... somewhat appropriate :-)
Wonder if there are any copyright issues with this file, especially when distributed commercially.
Anyway, I don't know if everyone knows about this yet, but here's a "hidden" windows file under Windows XP....
C:#WINDOWS#system32#oobe#images#title.wma
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