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Linuxmusician.com Interviews LilyPond Authors

jcn writes "Chris Cannam talks to the authors of one of the best-known and most ambitious music programs for Linux, the LilyPond score engraving system. Unlike other typesetting software like Finale or Sibelius, LilyPond is not a score editor, it aims to use simple textual description of the music and turn it into the highest possible quality output, automatically. Han-Wen says: In my opinion, any file format that claims to be universal should have two properties: it should have an expressive structure, so other formats can be expressed in it, and it should be as lean as possible, so that converting from other formats amounts to removing information. I think that MusicXML fits neither. Ouch."

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  1. Ceren Schmeren by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here's Cinder

    1. Re:Ceren Schmeren by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ^^^ FAPTASTIC! ^^^

  2. MIDI interfaces with Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ***Here are some of the imdb.com reviews for "Gay Niggers From Outer Space":

    Summary: The best homosexual racial minority sci-fi film ever.

    "Morten Lindbergs classic cult short, Gay Niggers From Outer Space is one of
    the first short films to really stick to what the title suggests. From the
    time the first gay nigger walked onto the screen up until the final intense
    climax with the Tourette's Syndrome Kingdom in Outer Space, it's filled with
    dark comedy, action and plenty of suspense. "

    "Gay Niggers from Outer Space is a masterpiece of a film. No other film
    portraits emotions as majestically and stunningly since The Legend of Nigger
    Charley and Home Alone II. With a cast of all-star African niggers and a
    director with Kubrick potential, it is no wonder that Gay Niggers from Outer
    Space is marked the greatest film of all time."

    "From the very first scene where Gay Nigger Harris throws up on his own face
    and commits suicide, to the climactic scene where Nigger Ralph Nader and
    Nigger Humphrey Bogart fight over the last hashbrown and pick cotton til
    their noses bleed, Gay Niggers from Outer Space is the most magical
    portrayal of gay niggers open to the public."

    ***However, no mention is made of the hazadous lifestyle of gay niggers,
    so the following is an attempt to explain those hazards in layman's terms:

    Despite cries to the contrary in the media, AIDS is still primarily a gay
    and black disease. The media loves to report the "growing epidemic" among
    whites, when in fact the rate of infection among heterosexual whites is
    dropping off significantly year by year. The media though, reports only the
    TOTAL current infection rate, not the RELATIVE. So while there are more
    cases each year, the RATE of infection is dropping quickly. Except for the
    gay/nigger communities, where it's skyrocketing.

    Why does AIDS seem to target gays and niggers so much more so than whites
    and straights? Anal sex. The anus was not designed to accommodate vigorous
    penetration as occurs in anal sex. Unlike the vagina, the anus has very
    delicate membranes, which damage easily. Couple that with the fact that
    sperm contains immune system suppressing chemicals. That's why the sperm is
    not treated as a foreign protein in the vagina...because of the immune
    suppressing effects of the sperm cells. Without this effect, pregnancy
    could not occur, as the sperm would be attacked as a foreign protein.

    In the anus, sperm has the same immune suppressing effect. During anal sex,
    the anal wall is torn and open lesions form. Because there is little if any
    sensory nerve endings in the anus, this damage often goes unnoticed. The
    sperm then induce their immune suppressing effect, and the stage is set.
    Various bacteria both beneficial and infectious dwell in the colon, as well
    as viral matter. When the anus is ripped open, exposing the blood to the
    immune suppressing chemicals in the sperm, and the viral matter passed
    along with it, infection is virtually assured.

    ***So does the skyrocketing rate of AIDS infection mean that there are
    skyrocketing rates of gay niggers???

    ***Not exactly, because most White people don't realize that a large
    percentage of nigger males are bisexual. It's a great irony considering all
    of their macho posturing and affectations. They tend to admire the male
    physique, and when no women are present, they will hip-hop dance with each
    other. Any port in a storm will do, because da' brotha's just gots ta
    have it!!! Then they pass along the virus to their wives, girlfriends, and
    family members.

    ***Here is a story about this phenomenon from "The Village Voice":

    http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0123/wright.p hp

    And for the Toronto Gay Niggers:

    http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-08-16/news _s tory_p.html

  3. More interviews... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why doesn't anyone here seem to interview someone more interesting? I have no idea who the hell these people are, and no idea why I should care.

    Hell, go interview that Darl McBride guy everyone here is always blathering about. Here, I'll even give you the contact info I nicked off those posts of his info someone keeps spamming.

    Home phone #: (801) 424-2006
    Office phone #: (801) 932-5820
    Email: darl@sco.com

  4. Yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  5. Music Notation and Freedom of Thought by myownkidney · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    The notation used for traditional music in my country, Sri Lanka, is one of the most primitive notations I have ever seen. My friend Jim claims that the notation system used in Europe is far too restrictive. The same way a person's thought processes are controlled by the language, music is also partially constricted by the notation system used.

    Jim claims that the traditional music in Sri Lanka has far greater diversity than its western counterpart. Thus a simple music notation system, in his opinion at least, is far better than a complex rigorous one.

  6. An analysis of Linux's viability as a desktop OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GNAA / Google confirms: Linux is dying.
    By GNAA Staff

    Here you have it: it's official; Google confirms: Desktop Linux is dying.

    Now, you might be thinking this is just another cut & paste troll based on the typical *BSD is dying bullshit.
    It isn't.
    As you might have know, your favorite search engine, Google, has been running a little statistics service, called "Zeitgeist".
    Since about a year ago, they started providing statistics of the operating systems used to access their search engine worldwide.
    I will let the numbers speak for themselves:

    Operating Systems Accessing Google in January 2002
    Operating Systems Accessing Google in March 2002
    Operating Systems Accessing Google in April 2002
    Operating Systems Accessing Google in May 2002
    Operating Systems Accessing Google in June 2002
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    Operating Systems Accessing Google in November 2003

    If you've looked at even a few of these links, you don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Desktop Linux's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Desktop Linux faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Linux on Desktop because Linux is dying. Things are looking very bad for Linux on Desktop. As many of us are already aware, Linux on Desktop continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

    According to Google Zeitgeist, there are about 80% of Internet Explorer 6 users. The only platform supporting Internet Explorer 6 is, of course, Microsoft Windows. These statistics are consistent with the earlier presented graphs of the operating systems used to access Google, with the Windows family consistently taking the top 3 ranks. Out of remaining 20%, the split is even between MSIE 5.5, MSIE 5.0, both Windows-only browsers. Netscape 5.x