E meaning electronic; e-mail is a well-defined term, e-voting is not yet.
"...open to discussion..." is what I'm all about and I like the way you think. The further a government gets from the common man, the more uninvolved we tend to be, and the more the power brokers can do anything they want. I see you get it regarding money too. Until we get meaningful straight-talk, one-page campaign finance law you can kiss any other significant change goodbye.
"...Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss..." The reason people can't govern themselves is that we've let it all mushroom into a system of about one billion laws, some of which are thousands of pages long in lingo only a lawyer can understand. Do you know them all? But you are responsible for them. Ignorance is no excuse.
When the whole tax law fits on one page and the whole campaign finance law fits on one page, then maybe I will rest my piece.
And by the way, they are incompetent and I would like to replace them.
Well, we would be voting on issues of a little greater importance than "What is your favorite color for Paris Hilton's shoes?" Maybe we should keep the executive and judicial branches, even the Senate. Just replace the House with a direct democracy. The current level of non-involvement is dangerous.
But do they really reflect your interest or the interests of BIG money that can get them elected? Re: not having a computer, good point. Perhaps one could vote by phone or a public terminal. It seems like every indigent person except me has a cell phone.
Hey, if we're going to do e-voting, and you can't deny it forever, why not just have everyone vote one a week from their PCs on the actual issues and skip the (politicians) middle man?
The jump of a minor 9th from the tonic actually indicates not a minor key (functional tonality) but, together with the other notes, either Phrygian on Locrian mode (modality). Simply put, F flat does not occur in the E flat minor scale. I'm sure that if your wife would agree if she gave it more than a moment's notice. This F flat is probably what you are referring to as an 'odd' note, but in context of Phrygian mode (like an all-natural E scale), it is quite plausible for the period, especially when you consider it in context of the painting.
In regard to the placement of do (do, re, mi, etc), pitch adjustment of 1/2 step upward would place the piece in E Phrygian, the most common placement for the mode possible. I would like to view the extrapolated score. Do you know of a link to it?
Well actually, according to Wikipedia, "...The modern 5-line staff was first adopted in France, and became almost universal by the 16th century..." Since da Vinci's dates were April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519, his use of a 5-line staff is conceivable. Another note: the sample MP3 is in the Phrygian mode (like an all-natural E scale). I haven't seen the actual abstracted 'score'. Could you tell me where I could see it? Is there a link to it?
I am a classical musician and listened to the sample from the link above. It is mostly monophonic (one note at a time) and given the graceful and harmonious placement of objects in the painting, it is not surprising that when turned into musical notes and played slowly and ponderously on a pipe organ, it sounds like a Gregorian chant.
Perhaps what we find here is the natural correlation between graphic and musical art.
I am a classical musician and listened to the sample from the link above. It is mostly monophonic (one note at a time) and given the graceful and harmonious placement of objects in the painting, it is not surprising that when turned into musical notes and played slowly and ponderously on a pipe organ, it sounds like a Gregorian chant.
Perhaps what we find here is the natural correlation between graphic and musical art.
There are two false premises implied in the original statement. One, that NASA spends (all) its money on exchange for scientific knowledge and two, that all money spent on direct welfare goes to unproductive people. To be coy: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes". But seriously, NASA is too heady to rely on false premises for an argument.
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E meaning electronic; e-mail is a well-defined term, e-voting is not yet. "...open to discussion..." is what I'm all about and I like the way you think. The further a government gets from the common man, the more uninvolved we tend to be, and the more the power brokers can do anything they want. I see you get it regarding money too. Until we get meaningful straight-talk, one-page campaign finance law you can kiss any other significant change goodbye.
"...Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss..." The reason people can't govern themselves is that we've let it all mushroom into a system of about one billion laws, some of which are thousands of pages long in lingo only a lawyer can understand. Do you know them all? But you are responsible for them. Ignorance is no excuse. When the whole tax law fits on one page and the whole campaign finance law fits on one page, then maybe I will rest my piece. And by the way, they are incompetent and I would like to replace them.
Well, we would be voting on issues of a little greater importance than "What is your favorite color for Paris Hilton's shoes?" Maybe we should keep the executive and judicial branches, even the Senate. Just replace the House with a direct democracy. The current level of non-involvement is dangerous.
But do they really reflect your interest or the interests of BIG money that can get them elected? Re: not having a computer, good point. Perhaps one could vote by phone or a public terminal. It seems like every indigent person except me has a cell phone.
Hey, if we're going to do e-voting, and you can't deny it forever, why not just have everyone vote one a week from their PCs on the actual issues and skip the (politicians) middle man?
The jump of a minor 9th from the tonic actually indicates not a minor key (functional tonality) but, together with the other notes, either Phrygian on Locrian mode (modality). Simply put, F flat does not occur in the E flat minor scale. I'm sure that if your wife would agree if she gave it more than a moment's notice. This F flat is probably what you are referring to as an 'odd' note, but in context of Phrygian mode (like an all-natural E scale), it is quite plausible for the period, especially when you consider it in context of the painting. In regard to the placement of do (do, re, mi, etc), pitch adjustment of 1/2 step upward would place the piece in E Phrygian, the most common placement for the mode possible. I would like to view the extrapolated score. Do you know of a link to it?
Well actually, according to Wikipedia, "...The modern 5-line staff was first adopted in France, and became almost universal by the 16th century..." Since da Vinci's dates were April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519, his use of a 5-line staff is conceivable. Another note: the sample MP3 is in the Phrygian mode (like an all-natural E scale). I haven't seen the actual abstracted 'score'. Could you tell me where I could see it? Is there a link to it?
I am a classical musician and listened to the sample from the link above. It is mostly monophonic (one note at a time) and given the graceful and harmonious placement of objects in the painting, it is not surprising that when turned into musical notes and played slowly and ponderously on a pipe organ, it sounds like a Gregorian chant. Perhaps what we find here is the natural correlation between graphic and musical art.
I am a classical musician and listened to the sample from the link above. It is mostly monophonic (one note at a time) and given the graceful and harmonious placement of objects in the painting, it is not surprising that when turned into musical notes and played slowly and ponderously on a pipe organ, it sounds like a Gregorian chant. Perhaps what we find here is the natural correlation between graphic and musical art.
But it IS a proven fact that 87.5% of all "going postal" incidents are a direct result of advertising overload!
Do you realize how much money spent on infrastructure (highways) would be saved if we could get cars EVEN A FEW INCHES above the surface?
There are two false premises implied in the original statement. One, that NASA spends (all) its money on exchange for scientific knowledge and two, that all money spent on direct welfare goes to unproductive people. To be coy: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes". But seriously, NASA is too heady to rely on false premises for an argument.