134: Myspace
| Myspace |
 Title text: It's like they got together and said 'what do we miss most from the internet in 1998? that's right, embedded MIDI!' |
Explanation
Oh, dear... Have you ever visited a website that, not long after the page finishes loading, suddenly plays a song? Such an event is already startling when alone, but others near your vicinity would also get affected. The five seconds to which the computer in the comic refers are the approximate time required for you to successfully stop the music (finding the "pause"/"stop" button, muting the computer audio...)
Since [MySpace] allows wide customization for one's page, embedded music players (that can even play automatically) are a (sad) possibility. While MySpace seems to have faded, automatic embedded players live on in [Tumblr], another site which allows heavy customization of one's blog.
The title text refers to the fact that pages of old also allowed one to embed an MIDI (an audio format) file in the page so that the page would play the file upon loading. (This gets worse with the fact that the MIDI file can be set to play continuous, requiring either closing the web page or manually adjusting the volume of your computer.)
Transcript
- [Computer screen showing a myspace page]
- Oh man, you and everyone in earshot are gonna LOVE the first five seconds of this song!
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