come on thats not his voice its a synthisizer he ripped it off from pink floyd
and i think it came with the origional soundblaster and was dr spaitso
if you ever heard him talk you whould rather here the computer
he speaks like a deff person with their tounge cut off full of valium
Uh, he can't talk at all, his vocal muscles have been left almost completely powerless from his Lou Gehrig's disease.
Rich Bunnell wrote:
Iv heard him speak before in a documentary but I think it was filmed in the mid to late 80's. I don't know if he can still speak or not. You know all over the world perfectly healthy druggies are intentionally destroying their bodies while one of the greatest living minds of out time is slowly dying. Talk about nature kicking you in the nuts.
Mike Zaite wrote:
He's not dying, though he is stuck in that chair and unable to talk. The documentary you speak of is probably 1992's "A Brief History of Time," a terrific film that is half biography and half easily accessible summary of his ideas and discoveries.
Actually, at the time Hawking was first diagnosed, the typical lifespan for an ALS patient from diagnosis to death was about three years. It's still less than ten. He was diagnosed in 1963. He's dying much more slowly than normal for somebody with that disease.
Sam Worf wrote:
I'v read the book but I'v never seen the documentary of the same title. It was some Multi-part PBS special or something
This post on Mon, 22 May 2000 20:52:56 -0700 would probably sound more commanding if Sam Worf wasn't wearing the Yummy Sushi Pajamas:
Plus, he's had three kids. Zounds, Man!
Worse than that - he actually had his vocal cords removed as part of another operation. All he can manage now are slight twitches - enough to operate a computer, voice synthesiser and his wheelchair.
His 'voice', as produced by the voice synthesiser, is pretty famous here in the UK. He's narrated the occasional television series, and also done voice-overs for adverts. British Telecom and SpecSavers, IIRC. :-)
I've yet to see the Futurama with his voice (downloading MPEGS with a 14.4kb/s modem is not recommended) so I'm trying to avoid all spoilers. Witout too much success... :-)
Adam Foster
NB: I'm looking for a Futurama quote for my signature - any suggestions?
Adam Foster wrote:
Bite my shiny metal ass.
"Ah to be young again, And also a robot"-Proffesor Farnsworth
Theirs not many one line quotes in Futurama. Its way to Dialouge driven.
"Hey, unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off of my property!" -Prof. Farnsworth
"It's like sex, only I'm having it!" - Fry describing Popplers (Funny, but he's had a lot of sex this season)
I discovered it. I call it Hawking's disease.
<<come on thats not his voice its a synthisizer he ripped it off from pink floyd>>
I don't know what the Pink Floyd reference is for.
<<and i think it came with the origional soundblaster and was dr spaitso>>
Hawking's synthesized voice does seem to resemble the READ program from the original SoundBlaster card, but not exactly, I don't think.
<<if you ever heard him talk you whould rather here the computer>>
You're a punk. And Stephen Hawking hasn't been able to talk for quite some years now.
On 23 May 2000 00:00:19 GMT, [email] (S. T. L.) wrote:
He's referring to the PF song "Keep Talking" from the Division Bell album. It contains a Hawking sample that was obtained from a British Telecom TV commercial.
ok i whouldnt call it talking maybe just weak grunts/sighs