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Services like {{w|MusicBrainz}} and {{w|SoundHound}} can detect a recorded song's {{w|acoustic fingerprint}} and match it with an existing song. This lets them identify the title and artist of an unnamed recorded musical extract. In this comic, [[Megan]] hacks the acoustic fingerprint database to add her own entry with a message to [[Cueball]], in which she asks him to buy [[1022|cat food]]. | Services like {{w|MusicBrainz}} and {{w|SoundHound}} can detect a recorded song's {{w|acoustic fingerprint}} and match it with an existing song. This lets them identify the title and artist of an unnamed recorded musical extract. In this comic, [[Megan]] hacks the acoustic fingerprint database to add her own entry with a message to [[Cueball]], in which she asks him to buy [[1022|cat food]]. | ||
− | + | HTTP error code 406 means Not Acceptable. When a client requests data from a server, the client lists the data formats that it can accept. If a server is unable to provide data in any format that the client accepts, the server returns error 406 Not Acceptable. For example, this can occur if a client requests XML but the server supports only JSON. In the comic, the standard meaning of the error message is ignored and the text "Not Acceptable" is taken literally: The server is offended by the author's humming. | |
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− | HTTP error code 406 means Not Acceptable. When a client requests data from a server, the client lists the data formats that it can accept. If a server is unable to provide data in any format that the client accepts, the server returns error 406 Not Acceptable. For example, this can occur if a client requests XML but the server supports only JSON. In the | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: Hey. | :Cueball: Hey. | ||
:Cueball: What's that? | :Cueball: What's that? | ||
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:[Megan is still humming the same tune.] | :[Megan is still humming the same tune.] | ||
:Cueball: What are you humming? | :Cueball: What are you humming? | ||
:Cueball: Should I know the tune? | :Cueball: Should I know the tune? | ||
:Cueball: ...Hmm... | :Cueball: ...Hmm... | ||
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:[Cueball gets out his phone and opens up a music recognition program.] | :[Cueball gets out his phone and opens up a music recognition program.] | ||
:Phone: Identify song | :Phone: Identify song | ||
− | :Phone: Recorded | + | :Phone: Recorded |
:Phone: > Live [beta] | :Phone: > Live [beta] | ||
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:Phone: Identifying... | :Phone: Identifying... | ||
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:[A zoom in on the phone screen. An album cover with a picture of Megan on it.] | :[A zoom in on the phone screen. An album cover with a picture of Megan on it.] | ||
:Positive match: | :Positive match: | ||
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:Feat. MEEEEEE | :Feat. MEEEEEE | ||
:Track: We're out of cat food (pick some up?) | :Track: We're out of cat food (pick some up?) | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *[[1199: Silence]] further explores song identification. | ||
+ | *[[1022: So It Has Come To This]] is also about running out of Cat Food. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
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