The Mayor of Mt. Holly says: "Johannes Kreidler fed Microsoft Songsmith with charts based on plummeting stocks, war casualties and other doomsday statistics. The results are a lot more upbeat than you would expect." World crisis charts fed into Songsmith

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gollux

It’s the end of the world and I’m feelin’ fine!
willy359

Didn’t I read this in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency? Once again, DNA was just slightly ahead of his time.
Eutychus

Came in here to say just that.
guy_jin

It’s hilarious AND some of it is kind of nice!

I think songsmith may have just proved its usefullness.
chezzo

and again!
skeeto

Porn industry growth is bad?
joelphillips

me too :-).

It was called Anthem.
Super Nate

What’s wrong with porn?
arkizzle

Yeah, Dirk Gently!
Wasn’t it bird’s wing patterns, as well?