Talk:MC Hawking

1992?

Are the albums really that old. The Microsoft text to speech engine (which I believe is used) weren't available until Win 2000? Is it a joke? --130.243.79.252 21:05, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

• The album dates, just like the albums themselves, are completly fictional. --TheTruthiness 07:11, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe that he used the actual program that Hawking himself uses, which definitely came about much earlier than that. --User:69.234.148.198 21:05, 2 October 2005

• That is most certainly not Microsoft TTS engine. It's definately an older one, whatever it's called. It's definately earlier, it was one of the first decent sounding ones whose name I do not know, but I've heard it before (from the real Hawking, etc.). 24.76.102.140 07:26, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
  • I'm pretty sure... not 100% mind you... pretty sure, its an old Atari ST based Text-to-speech engine.  ALKIVAR™ 08:05, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
    • I've recently heard software based on the Atari ST TTS engine that you're likely referencing. It sounds nothing like Hawking's. The Atari ST-based one has a harsh, strange sound to it, and uses a different method of producing the voice. You could search up STSpeech, though you'll likely need an Atari emulator to use it should you find it (not that I, you know, support copy-> violation). There may be a Windows port somewhere in depths of the internet, and there is a Nintendo DS port which is fairly nifty. The closest hint to what TTS is used by MC/Prof. Hawking seems to be this[1]. A news release from [2] talks of a more recent voice that Professor Hawking is using, though you'll likely not be able to get his specific voice files for your own use, if the release is even truthful. 24.76.102.140 00:40, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
      • The name of the program used is "Willow Talk"(83.118.38.37 11:45, 22 March 2006 (UTC))

Is this even important!?

"[Note that in "Crazy as f*ck", MC Hawking states that "my d*ck is twice as long as my attention span". Since time can also be measured in meters, and assuming a fairly modest attention span of 200 seconds, this would imply an appendage with a length of just slightly under 120 billion meters. Now, in "The Mighty Stephen Hawking", MC Hawking states that his "d*ck's harder than concrete." Assume a cross sectional area of 40 cm^2, and using the fact that the density of concrete is 2300 kg/m^3, this would imply an appendage with a mass of over 1 trillion kg.]"

Anyone else agree with me? 207.81.213.37 00:17, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

It's an amusingly nerdy assertion about a nerdcore artist. Personally, I think Stephen Hawking's attention span is much longer than 200 seconds. Шизомби 00:33, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• It's either an overlooking, or a simple parody: rappers always exagerrate the size of their genitalia. i.e: 12 Inches of Snow --George The Man 06:06, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Rock out with your Hawk out

Is this a real song? It's not on the the offical website anywhere I can see. --TheTruthiness 04:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

It's here. Tim Ivorson 2006-06-14

• I'm going by the offical webpage FAQ

"Q: I pulled a track off of Napster (or Ampcast or Morpheus or whatever) called [INSERT SONG NAME HERE], is it a real MC Hawking track.

A: There is a simple rule of thumb to answer this question: if it is not listed on the MP3z & Lyricz page, it is not a real MC Hawking track. "

It certainly sounds real, so I'm guessing the site just isn't updated ever. Any other new ones? --TheTruthiness 00:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Fictional?

I don't know about you guys, but I know that I've heard several songs by MC Hawking so I would not call him a "fictional rapper." Maybe the word "persona" would be better.

So What Does the Real Stephen Hawking Think?

You have to think that Prof. Hakwing has heard of MC Hawking by now. Prof. Hawking is hardly a reclused ivory tower type...he's been to at least one Depeche Mode concert. I can't find anywhere where someone has asked him what he thinks of MC Hawking...anyone have something they could include? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Afabbro (talk • contribs) 2006-07-16

• Try actually reading the article, it already says that. "Stephen Hawking has said that he is "flattered, as it's a modern day equivalent to Spitting Image"." --TheTruthiness 18:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
  • You are mean, but I am lame. Sorry. Afabbro 01:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Racism? Really?

I'm taking out the reference to racism. I can't think of a single reference I would consider racist, except possibly "Why Won't Jesse Helms Just Hurry Up and Die?" which is anti-racist if anything. Hawking's "traditional gangsta rap fare" doesn't contain that element. I'm replacing it to a reference of drug use, which is actually prevalent. --Parcequilfaut 06:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Anti-racist how? Toe that libel line carefully! 72.144.198.53 09:13, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Fictional Discography

If these albums were never made, then why are they in the All Music Guide? Tim Long 23:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

• Because the All Music Guide is run by idiots? --TheTruthiness 00:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't know where the information for the fictional discography is from, but it is incorrect in at least one instance. I just finished listening to "Why Won't Jesse Helms Just Hurry Up and Die?", so unless I just had one of the most lucid and precise hallucinations ever, complete with a Last.fm scrobbling and several distinct memories of listening to the song before and speaking about it with my friends, the song probably exists. GutterMonkey 22:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

A picture?

I don't really think it's possible to get a free image of what basically amounts to a persona. Can we get the old image back? --ShmosesLEdsall

• Unforunately, the FAIR USE NAZIS have gone butt-fucking insane with deleting pictures. Seriously, if someone is alive that means it's technically possible to get a free use picture of them. Of course, none of these jackasses have proven able to get one to replace the thousands upon thousands they've deleted. This site is such a fucking joke now it's pathetic. --TheTruthiness 04:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
• Well that's the point. MC Hawking isn't alive, it's not technically possible to get a free use picture.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by ShmosesLEdsall (talk • contribs) 00:27, 4 January 2007

• Yeah, considering that MC Hawking, though a stage persona of sorts, doesn't actually perform, and that all of the supposed photos on MC Hawking's website are images of Stephen Hawking himself (and therefore not appropriate to use in this article), a fair use image of the album cover is the only option we have with this article. Whoever came in an deleted the picture clearly didn't take the time to look and see if a free image was at all available, considering the circumstances (this only took me about 10 minutes and half of my attention to figure out). I say we put the fair-use image back up. Anyways, considering that MC Hawking attained his succes through the Internet, I doubt he would mind the free publicity. --great_magician 4:18, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

removed notability tag

I searched for reliable independent sources mentioning MC Hawking and found the following:

• L. A. Times
• N. Y. Times
• Slate
• Newsweek

Slate says: "MC Frontalot and MC Hawking (as in Stephen) are leading lights of nerdcore". Also there are about 43500 Google hits for "MC Hawking". So I've removed the notability tag.

Dangerous Link!

The link to the main page is listed as red on both my WOT and the site advisor. Should we remove it? --TangoFett (talk) 22:10, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

The MC Hawking site is flagged in Google search results as well, with "This site may harm your computer." Mason1024 (talk) 19:19, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Sadly, MCHawking.com has expired. I guess he's pining for the fjords now. I'm removing the URL from the article. - Frankie1969 (talk) 14:59, 27 May 2011 (UTC)