# Windows becomes semi-cool (or Brian Eno's Penis) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464 "2000-10-10T20:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/1 "2000-10-10T20:50:48Z")
I just found out that the startup sound for Windows was composed by… **Brian Eno** Yep. Windows doesn’t suck as much as it used to. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/2 "2000-10-10T21:01:50Z")
For Windows 98 or for Windows ME? Sorry in advance for the hijack, but I just got a new computer last night with Windows ME on it, and I think ME is much cooler than 98. Yes, it’s still total bloatware, but it seems to be much easier to use. I only had an hour or two to mess around with it last night, but I noticed that Network Neighborhood is much more useful (it has a search function that looks for specific computers or items on a network). Also, connecting the computer to my peer-to-peer network was a lot easier. I also noticed that ME comes with cooler software for editing photos and even has some software for managing digital video. I wonder if Windows will eventually become…dare I say…cool? ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/3 "2000-10-10T21:07:20Z")
He specificly did the Windows 95 sound. I believe he may have done 98 and ME also, that is simply speculation. An interview. Q: How did you come to compose ``The Microsoft Sound’’? A: The idea came up at the time when I was completely bereft of ideas. I’d been working on my own music for a while and was quite lost, actually. And I really appreciated someone coming along and saying, ``Here’s a specific problem – solve it.’’ The thing from the agency said, `We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah- blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional,'' this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said `and it must be 3 1/4 seconds long.’’ I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a little piece of music. It’s like making a tiny little jewel. In fact, I made 84 pieces. I got completely into this world of tiny, tiny little pieces of music. I was so sensitive to microseconds at the end of this that it really broke a logjam in my own work. Then when I’d finished that and I went back to working with pieces that were like three minutes long, it seemed like oceans of time. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/4 "2000-10-11T02:37:37Z")
I bet this thread would have 5 times as many hits if I titled it “brian eno’s penis”. that’s what i get for thinking you folks might want some actual information. :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/5 "2000-10-11T03:54:39Z")
I adore Eno! :: scuttles off to Amazon to get the “Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy” CD to replace worn-out (and missing) tape. :: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/6 "2000-10-11T03:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > **I bet this thread would have 5 times as many hits if I titled it "brian eno’s penis** Yes, but it would have also be more popular if you didn’t have such a blatant and unbelievable lie for a title. Eno couldn’t even help. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/7 "2000-10-11T10:25:56Z")
Let’s see how it performs now. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/8 "2000-10-11T14:25:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\*I bet this thread would have 5 times as many hits if I titled it “brian eno’s penis”. that’s what i get for thinking you folks might want some actual information. :sigh: \*\* I think it just needs 3.25 seconds of inspirational, universal music when you open it. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/9 "2000-10-11T14:38:49Z")
That is pretty cool, oldscratch. Eno has way more work than I can pretend to be knowledgable on. I have spent many a Sunday morning, nursing a hangover in my living room, with a cup of coffee, a cig, and _Music for Airports_. There’s something just very right about that album. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-becomes-semi-cool-or-brian-enos-penis/36464/10 "2000-10-11T20:24:34Z")
Damn your funny UncleBeer.