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This is a freaking HUGE wave. I would be scared out of my mind to surf this, but this guy had the cojones to do it.

We’re bullish about the prospects for MPEG Surround and see it as inevitable it will be adopted by the mass market. MP3 Surround enables high-quality surround sound at bit rates comparable to those currently used to encode stereo MP3 material. It is backwards compatible to stereo MP3; a legacy MP3 device plays back MP3 Surround as high quality stereo. Most importantly, it comprises a full set of tools enabling the representation, reproduction and rendering of multi-channel audio for a broad spectrum of applications, from digital broadcasting, to mobile entertainment, to Internet music distribution. It brings true surround sound to any media system at next to no overhead in transportation and storage, and preserves consumers' investment as existing home stereo equipment can stay in use. The Fraunhoffer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS invented the MP3 and is working with Agere Systems, Coding Technologies and Philips, to demonstrate the full potential of the new Surround Sound system at AES (Audio Engineering Society) Pro Audio Expo which begins in Paris tomorrow. Wanna try for yourself? Go here to download a free evaluation version of the Fraunhofer IIS MP3 Surround player.

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This is a news report about Silvia Night's reactions after it was announced that she was not voted to the Eurovision 2006 finals.

Lyrics:

Hey you, looking at me, I'm talking to you
I'm Silvia Night shining in the light — I know you want me too
Born in Reykjavik in a different league — no damn eurotrash freak
The vote is in, I'll fucking win
To bad for all the others

So congratulations I have arrived
I'm Silvia Night and I'm shining so bright
Eurovision nation your dreams will come true
You've been waiting forever
For me to save you
Wham bam boom

My song's totally cool no yesterday's news
Really hot okay, really not too gay
I'm coming here to stay
Want a piece of me, listen carefully
You'll be D.E.A.D.
So boys and girls around the world,
Let's meet next year in Iceland

So congratulations I have arrived
I'm Silvia Night and I'm shining so bright
Eurovision nation your dream's coming true
You've been waiting forever
For me to save you

(phone - conversation)
Hello is it god?
What's up dog?
It's your favourite person in the world Silvia Night
I'm saving the world
See you…bye

So congratulations I have arrived
I'm Silvia Night and I'm shining so bright
Eurovision nation your dreams will come true
You've been waiting forever
For me to save you
Wham bam boom

Two people sit across the room, naked, legs spread wide. What the hell are they doing? It seems like they're having fun… with something. Hang on a minute what she doing…..bloody hell how the hell did she do that? Go on check it out and see for yourself.