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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I was checking out the html code on the new iLife pages to see how the transition to web standards was going and found this:



Code:


<p class="sosumi">Copyright &copy; 2004 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.</p>









I'm not sure how new it is, but it's a nice touch anyways.

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  • Reply 1 of 13
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    OS 7 old skool... at least the sound
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  • Reply 2 of 13
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by curiousuburb

    OS 7 old skool... at least the sound



    no... not the sound.



    sosumi = so? sue me!
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  • Reply 3 of 13
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Right. The sosumi sound was introduced after Apple Computers was sued (again) by Apple Records, because the Macintosh had music production capabilities and, for the time, a top-notch digital sound chip. Apple Records said this constituted an infringement of their prior agreement.



    After that lawsuit was settled, Apple Computer included the sosumi sound in System 7 as a definite tweak in the record company's direction.



    This is just keeping the tradition alive, by using that name for the CSS style for the copyright notice.
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  • Reply 4 of 13
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Well, the sound was named that as a joke because Apple records made Apple agree that their computers could not have sounds, part of the agreement of having the same name.



    Edit; I guess that's why you're the really fast typing moderator. You beat me.
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  • Reply 5 of 13
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    sosumi is a sound they stuck in the sound menu when apple records threatened to sue apple computers for adding sound to the computer, or so legend goes.
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  • Reply 6 of 13
    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    well then we must be right!!

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  • Reply 7 of 13
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Well, I'll be damned. You learn something new everyday.
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  • Reply 8 of 13
    drewpropsdrewprops Posts: 2,321member
    That's a great find!



    I'm just reading Eric Meyer's book "On CSS" and planning a brand new version of my website. I think that I shall have some fun naming my classes!!!
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  • Reply 9 of 13
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    I thought it was because the guy originally wanted to make that sound like a guitar chord, but the resulting sound (the "sosumi" sound that still remains in the Mac OS) sounds nothing like it.
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  • Reply 10 of 13
    gardenofearthlydelightsgardenofearthlydelights Posts: 963member
    Did you hear Steve Jobs say he wanted a "woodie" during the GarageBand demo?



    (heh heh heh heh-- he said "woodie")



    ok, I'll shut up.
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  • Reply 11 of 13
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    yeah what the hell'



    "Now I want a woody-er-uh- upright bass"



    that was just...weak.
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  • Reply 12 of 13
    gardenofearthlydelightsgardenofearthlydelights Posts: 963member
    Why anyone would want one of these eludes me:



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  • Reply 13 of 13
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Luca Rescigno

    I thought it was because the guy originally wanted to make that sound like a guitar chord, but the resulting sound (the "sosumi" sound that still remains in the Mac OS) sounds nothing like it.



    Nope, the three (almost) identical stories from above are correct.



    Although, I could have sworn that sound was here pre system 7...maybe I've been using Macs too long.
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