Dedicated to Ines (Mininessie), a wonderful artist, creating both sweet and funny characters in her quite own very lovely universe. Miwa & Pipin (continued) Pippin: Wow!...29 minutes and 34 seconds and you finished the test!...But why did you made two versions of it?.. Miwa: First I did as I was supposed to do...then I re-formulated the questions as it should be to have a meaning and answered it, pinpointed the flaws and unsecurity in such tests... Pippin: I'm not sure, Mrs. Terashima, your teacher, is going to be happy about it.... Miwa: Maybe not...but we only visit this future you remember...and most important it gave me an idea about how to adjust the teleporter device... Pippin: Amazing!...I only tried to Google it...* Miwa: So we have to get to my fathers lab and then I have to look inside your big head...! Pippin(upset): My head!?..Don't I have the right to privacy?... Miwa(ironic): Forgot you have the teleporter device installed in your head, Pippin?.. Pippin: No! I just tried to be funny...You see when I have nothing to do I study and searching for humor things on the Net... Miwa: My father contructed you as a kind of "sparring partner" so I didn't feel alone because I'm more bright than my class mates...I doubt a little about your interests and personality sometimes... Pipin: ..You shouldn't, Miwa-san! I try to bring humor and other dimensions into your life...all is not science and math, you know... Miwa: Really?..The most important is to get back to our timeline and then solve the problem with the space ship, right?... Pippin: Hard to argue against that...Hey! isn't it this new quarter back on the team?... Miwa: Do YOU really like football!?... (to be continued) ZOOOOMMMM!!!! * Pippin goes on the Net directly without any interface. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As I promissed last a little more about this synthetic singer, Hatsune Miku, a big name in Japan so far. She is called a "Vocaloid" and is created by sampling a real voice which can be changed in pitch, vibrato and so on. The language is mostly japanese but also English with these "vocaloid's". In the program you have a synthesizer and write the words directly and can listen to how the singing sounds instantly. It can be installed on a PC. and the created song can be added to f.ex. other syntiziser instruments or used as playback to real instruments. For further fun you can download a program for free where a 3D character can sing and dance to the song. I am very fascinated by the technique though I am not a muscian myself. Two links about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku AND ONE OF MIWA'S FAVORITE SONGS BELOW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KKN7R7zrHA&feature=related Enjoy and as always any comments are welcome! :o) JohnnyC / Rhanagaz Locker room a freebie by Fastring.