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3 Sep 2024 19:21:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Keep Talking  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 17 Aug 2010 09:39:46
Message: <4c6a9122$1@news.povray.org>
On 8/16/2010 4:10 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> It just occurred to me, while listening to "Keep Talking" by Pink
>> Floyd that the electronic voice might be Stephen Hawking.
>>
>> A quick look at Wikipedia confirms this.
>>
>> Why didn't I figure that one out sooner?
>
> O RLY?
>
> Do we have a source more reliable than Wikipedia to confirm this?
>

Hmm. Lets see.... A google for Pink Floyd and Stephen Hawking shows 
dozens of sites... So, there must be something to it.

> I'm surprised Pink Floyd would bother going to such lengths. (It's not
> like you can tell the difference.) Unless they just sampled it from some
> pre-existing source, that is...
>

They (according to Wikipedia) sampled it from a BBC documentary. Makes 
sense. That sort of thing is done all the time. They just get the rights.

-- 
~Mike


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