What's your favourite startup sound?
Martijn Berlage
and I was just wondering what everybody makes their computer call
them. (or itself.. or whatever....)
I'm now using a sample of Peter Steele welcomeing an audience:
'Greetings and felicitations, slaves of technology'
Rather like that one... :)
Before this, I used a sample from outpost:
'Yes great one, how may this most humble servant assist you?'
Martijn
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Les Herrman
>I've got a fairly good idea of what people call their computer now,
>and I was just wondering what everybody makes their computer call
>them. (or itself.. or whatever....)
>I'm now using a sample of Peter Steele welcomeing an audience:
>'Greetings and felicitations, slaves of technology'
>Rather like that one... :)
>Before this, I used a sample from outpost:
>'Yes great one, how may this most humble servant assist you?'
>Martijn
I use one from a Star Trek Next Generation episode.
Holodeck computer voice saying
"Program Complete. Enter when Ready"
Severe
>I've got a fairly good idea of what people call their computer now,
>and I was just wondering what everybody makes their computer call
>them. (or itself.. or whatever....)
>I'm now using a sample of Peter Steele welcomeing an audience:
>'Greetings and felicitations, slaves of technology'
>Rather like that one... :)
I use a .wav file of that lady (can't wuite remember who it was) that
was in the episode "Squeeze" (or was it "Tooms") of the show "The
X-Files" and she says:
"You may proceed...(pause)...with caution."
Kinda appropriate for Windows 95, dontcha think?
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"ahooga-ooga-ooga-ooga" - The Sugarhill Gang ("Apache")
Patrick J. Beal
"I am fully operational, and all my systems are functioning perfectly."
The exit line is from Terminator II.
"Hasta La Vista - Baabeee!"
Other favorites are:
"Live long and prosper."
"Go ahead, make my day." more appropriate startup when problems cause frequent
reboots.
"Don't worry, be happy" when I empty the recycle bin.
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Eric T. Busch
"Da Da Da... Da Da Da".
Extended version:
http://espnet.sportszone.com/editors/studios/1125sc1.wav
Abbreviated version:
http://espnet.sportszone.com/editors/studios/1125sc3.wav
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Eric T. Busch
ebu...@emory.edu
Emory University
Jack North
Curly: "Contact"
Moe: "Switch on..."
Larry: "Switch on!"
One of the few silly things I still like, though I pretend I've
grown past that stage...!
Jack
not from around here
Serling and all.
My error message is Worf saying, "It is a good day to die"
I close with Data saying, "Good night Captain, sleep well"
Joseph A Bradshaw
>I'm using a line from "2001" by the HAL computer for my startup.
>
>"I am fully operational, and all my systems are functioning perfectly."
I've got "helpmee.wav. It's a clip from "The Fly" with David Hedison's
head on a fly, in a spider web. Really eerie, at night...
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Joe Bradshaw (jbra...@world.std.com)
Donnie R. Lewis
>==II'm using a line from "2001" by the HAL computer for my startup.
>==I"I am fully operational, and all my systems are functioning perfectly."
>==IThe exit line is from Terminator II.
>==I"Hasta La Vista - Baabeee!"
Where can these and other wav files be found?
Donnie
dle...@sky.net
Brian Heath
:
:"I am fully operational, and all my systems are functioning perfectly."
:
:The exit line is from Terminator II.
:
:"Hasta La Vista - Baabeee!"
I'm currently using the "Itchy and Scratchy" opening music from "The Simpsons";
I've also used the opening music from ESPN SportsCenter and The Three Stooges
going "Hello, Hello, Hello".
My current exit .wav is Moe of the Three Stooges yelling "Scram". I've also
used the closing theme for SportsCenter, and Bugs Bunny saying "Yea...... Good
Bye".
Others I use are Beavis saying "Damnit" when I get an Alert Box; Beavis yelling
"Son of a bitch" when I get a Stop Box, and the classic Mrs. Fletcher line "I've
fallen and I can't get up" from the Lifecall commercials when I get a General
Protection Fault or other fatal program error. I've also used a Looney Tunes
sound of a character slamming into the ground and a Halloween .wav of a woman
screaming when I get a GPF.
The favorite .wav for my recycle bin emptying is the line "I think I'm gonna
hurl" from "Wayne's World".
And last but not least, I have several .wav files I use when I get new e-mail in
Eudora or CompuServe: "Schwing" from Wayne's World, or the "Excellent" from
Bill and Ted, or "Yes" from Beavis and Butt-head.
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>les...@qni.com (Les Herrman) wrote:
>
>>Ber...@stack.urc.tue.nl (Martijn Berlage) writes:
>
>>>I've got a fairly good idea of what people call their computer now,
>>>and I was just wondering what everybody makes their computer call
>>>them. (or itself.. or whatever....)
>
>>>I'm now using a sample of Peter Steele welcomeing an audience:
>
>>>'Greetings and felicitations, slaves of technology'
>
>>>Rather like that one... :)
>
>>>'Yes great one, how may this most humble servant assist you?'
>
>>>Martijn
>
>>I use one from a Star Trek Next Generation episode.
>
>>Holodeck computer voice saying
>
>>"Program Complete. Enter when Ready"
>
>at Start-Up and Shut Down.
>
>My Favorites:
>
>Beav and Butt "Acchh! Pffft" What the hell is this crap!!" as Win 95
>appears on the screen. (Part of Mosaic's B&B sound scheme).
>
>Bruce Willis sound clip from Diehard "(Gunfire) Welcome to the party,
>pal!"
>
>
>Regards,
>Neil
>
>ditto on the holodeck.. most appropriate..
>zcadman
Don Sterner
>
None. Absolutely none. I expect my servants to be seen and not heard.
Scott Richmond
Neil Polo
Brian R Moore
Shutdown : Butt-head saying, "Aaaaaah, we're like, aaah, closed or something.
Go away."
-Brian Moore
Kevin Thistle
Just to add one more... My favorite exiting windows sound it Cap. Kirk saying,
"DESTROY IT WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE!!"
Jeffrey R. Broido
his father's voice. Listeners of National Public Radio's "All Things
Considered" will know of Mr. Pinkwater. He sent me a complete selection of
sound bites to be associated with Windows events and I digitized them using my
Turtle Beach Monterey sound card. They can be found in the SF-1 library on
GEnie. If anyone is interested, E-mail me and I'll see about getting you a
copy.
Jeff
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Clint Spesert
Short, Sweet and Bad to the Bone!
Clint
David
Sequence". It's the voice of a computer from some science fiction movie
but I can't remember the name.
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Brian Stirling
"Hello Computer" from the motion picture where they come back to Earth to
save the Whales. In the scene where he says this he is forced to use a circa
1985 PC and he walks up to it and says "Computer!" with no response of
course. Then someone points to the mouse and says "You have to use that..."
whereby Scotty picks it up like a microphone and says "Hello Computer." This
is one of my very favorite lines from a movie.
Later,
Brian Stirling
Ed Hansberry
>I have a sultry echo enhanced female voice saying "Initiating Start Up
>Sequence". It's the voice of a computer from some science fiction movie
>but I can't remember the name.
>--
OOOOOOOOOOOHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Email it to me or post in
alt.binaries.sounds.misc. I have the "Initiating Shut Down Sequence"
by a female sultry voice that I use for my shutdown.
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William Jones
At home (for the kids) :'I'm Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, Universe
Protection Unit.'
A few other favorites:
Ace Ventura's: 'Mind if I ass you a few questions?', when closing a file
before saving.
Ivan Ooze from the Power Rangers movie: 'Welcome to my nightmare!'
(sometimes appropriate for Windows startup)
Favorite exit is Homer Simpson: 'Kiss my curvy butt Goooood Bye' and a
door slamming.
Bill
Brian Kondalski
Highlander moving saying "There can only be one!"
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Control Data Systems, Inc.
Alvin Baptiste
: >I've got a fairly good idea of what people call their computer now,
: >and I was just wondering what everybody makes their computer call
: >them. (or itself.. or whatever....)
: >I'm now using a sample of Peter Steele welcomeing an audience:
: >'Greetings and felicitations, slaves of technology'
: >Rather like that one... :)
: >Before this, I used a sample from outpost:
: >'Yes great one, how may this most humble servant assist you?'
: >Martijn
: I use one from a Star Trek Next Generation episode.
: Holodeck computer voice saying
: "Program Complete. Enter when Ready"
Mine starts with Darth Vader's "What is thy bidding, my master."
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Rod MacPherson <mac...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:
>
>I am a Star Wars Fan so I use sounds from the movies.
>
>Startup: "Adventure, huh.. excitement, huh... a jedi craves not these
>things" - Yoda
>
>Help: "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, your my only hope"- Leia
>
>Shutdown: "We better start the evacuation"- ??some rebel officer in the
>Hoth scene
>
>Exclamation: "The hyperdrive motivator has been damaged, it's
>impossible to go to light speed."-C3p0 "We're in trouble"-Han Solo
>
>Default: several beeps from R2D2
I'm a fan as well...
Startup: Darth Vader, ESB "We would be honored if you would join us."
Shutdown: Technician, ANH "His computer's off!"
Recycle Bin: Darth Vader, ANH, "As You Wish."
Another nice startup is Darth Vader from either ESB or RotJ:
"What is thy bidding, my master?"
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bill kress
It's Beavis after too much crapachino saying
"I am the Great Cornholio,
You have awakened my Bunghole and now you must pay!"
And then when you shut it down he says:
"Are you Threatening me???"
Well--maybe not the greatest but I like 'em.
Rod MacPherson
Giovanni Lentini RRT
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Aki
Steve Gonnella
Simpson says "Awesome".
Windows shutdown - Apu at the Quickie Mart after making a Super
Squishy for Bart, The Squishy machine goes "Ding" and Apu saus "All
done, if you survive please come again".
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Anthony Ragan
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Brandi Weed
but I've been too apathetic to install it (that and for a while I was
doing a lot of restarts and didn't want to have to hear it that much).
Anthony Trent
bidding, my master?" and the exit is darth again saying "You
don't know the power of the Dark Side!" I'm obviously a Star Wars
fan.
michael cox
perfectly"
HAL9000
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Jussi Palo VOS
or directly to me: jp...@abo.fi
Thanks
Jussi Palo
Jerry Norris
fm...@usa.pipeline.com(Fmac) wrote:
}"Hello Baby!" from Van Halen 5150
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The introduction to Highlander (but I've got a lot of stuff loading).
later,
jerry
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do you mind if we talk"
Yes I'm an X-phile.
David Knights
Wade Fontenot
Trek: The Next Generation saying, "Program complete, Enter when ready."
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> The one I keep as my startup sound is the computer for the Holodeck on St=
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> Trek: The Next Generation saying, "Program complete, Enter when ready."
Where can I get it?
If possible can you mail me your startup sound.
Thanks in advance.
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>David Knights
Mine is my wife saying ... oh honey ... you were so good last night.
CAllen
needs." Fitting for a computer isn't it.
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AM WEBER
Monty Python Spanish Inquisition - "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition...etc"
Adam.
Frank J. Pichler
says...
Personally, I have two favorites that I alternate from time to time. The first is
several seconds of ocean surf lapping on a beach. It causes me to pause for a
while before wading into things (no pun intended). The second is the openning
chord to the song A hard Days Night, a real attention getter that shifts the brain
out of standby.
My 2 cents...
Jerry Norris
bi...@usa.pipeline.com(CAllen) wrote:
}Mine is Tim Allen saying "this thing needs more power, that's what it
}needs." Fitting for a computer isn't it.
I use the intro to "Highlander".
later,
jerry.
Jim Davis
where Paul hollers "Judejudejudyjude a aye" or something like that. If
your a fan of "Hey Jude" you know exactly what part I mean.
Catch you later,
KiwiDust
John Esteve
also, I have used in the past the beginning of Tiny Toons and I also have a
Phantom of the Opera theme which uses The Opening of the show for the
start up and a part from the end of the SHow with the Phantom singing "go
Now...Go Now, don't let them find me...etc.."
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Earl Williams
> In article <4aq326$q...@news1.usa.pipeline.com>,
> bi...@usa.pipeline.com(CAllen) wrote:
> }Mine is Tim Allen saying "this thing needs more power, that's what it
> }needs." Fitting for a computer isn't it.
>
> I use the intro to "Highlander".
>
I have my girlfriend saying "Hello Earl" in a really sexy voice.
Earl
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Tom Servo
My startup sound is Marcellus Wallace from Pulp Fiction saying (and this
is not a direct quote, cause I don't have the sound file handy)...
"This shit's between you, me, and Mr.
soon-to-be-living-his-short-ass-life-in-agonizing-pain rapist here..."
Just thought it was a bit silly...the exit is Jules saying..
"Oh! You were finished! Well, then, allow me to retort!"
Tom Servo
Domenico Vitarella
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is no way to go through life son.
Ed Redondo
From the "Jungle Book" cartoon.
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Richard Delaney
The start me up music, what else??
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CrazySheep
Vader asking "What is thy bidding, master!"
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Tim Gerchmez
spewed the following digital gobbledygook:
>Mine is a big loud fart!
>
>Baby Jocko
Mine is no sound at all. Same for the exit sound. I set everything
else in Windows to the "ding" sound. Boring, maybe, but I find most
sounds start to annoy me after hearing them just a few times.
Steve Cannon
saying "Program complete. Enter when ready." and the sound of the doors
opening. It's taken from the sound track of the series.
Signpro
Mine is the THX dolby sound.. Complete with logo wallpaper!!!
Signpro..