{"id":8890,"date":"2005-04-25T23:31:14","date_gmt":"2005-04-25T20:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/25\/quote-of-the-day-2\/"},"modified":"2005-10-03T00:55:20","modified_gmt":"2005-10-02T21:55:20","slug":"quote-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/25\/quote-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<blockquote cite=\"man 1 sox\"><p>Microsoft .WAV RIFF files.<br \/>\nThese appear to be very similar to IFF files, but not the same.  They are the native sound file format of Windows.  (<strong>Obviously, Windows was of such incredible importance to the computer industry that it just had to have its own sound file format.<\/strong>)  Normally .wav files have all formatting information in  their  headers,  and  so  do not need any format options specified for an input file. If any are, they will override the file header, and you will be warned to this effect.  You had better know what you are  doing!  Output format  options  will  cause a format conversion, and the .wav will written appropriately.  SoX currently can read PCM, ULAW, ALAW, MS ADPCM, and IMA (or DVI) ADPCM.  It can write all of these formats  including                  (NEW!)  the ADPCM encoding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&copy; <code>man 1 sox<\/code><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Microsoft .WAV RIFF files. These appear to be very similar to IFF files, but not the same. They are the native sound file format of Windows. (Obviously, Windows was of such incredible importance to the computer industry that it just had to have its own sound file format.) 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The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate rich text format file (.rtf), text file (.txt), or Word document (.doc) that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7538,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/05\/28\/historical-speeches\/","url_meta":{"origin":8890,"position":3},"title":"Historical speeches","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 28, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an interesting site - \"Historical speeches\". The interface is in Russian, but there are pictures of well-known people and original titles of their talks. Speeches are in MP3 or WAV format with the appropriate file size indicated nearby. 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