Hydrogen is currently produced from fossil fuels. There is some potential to produce it from renewable feedstocks, and failing that it can be produced sustainably by electrolysis of water given a sustainable electricity supply. Hydrogen is not trying to offer a complete solution, the aim is to fit into existing infrastructure and support movement to a more sustainable system. People are too willing to write it off entirely because it's not a complete, perfect solution already.
We're discussing the alleged pointlessness of current mathematics education. I think it's pretty clear in this context that if we meant arithmetic, we'd say so. My arithmetic was easily adequate for working out numbers of bars and beats when I left primary school (that's age 10-11).
Just because some properties of music can be modelled and described with more advanced mathematics does not mean that this is relevant for the vast majority of musicians.
I keep hearing people say that mathematics is relevant to music and yet, as an engineering student and a musician, I still don't see anything beyond basic arithmetic. What am I missing? Even the most complex polymeters can be described with simple fractions. There really aren't many musicians who understand the mathematical basis of the harmonic series, and if they want to know then the maths really isn't very complex. Things like quantisation and interpolation are relevant for some music technology but still not really essential and the vast majority of musicians never go near the workings.
Matthew 22:37-40: Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
The rest is interpretation. This is generally acknowledged to be "the hard part".
He was one of the only members of the Conservative Party to actually turn up and vote. He spent the debate arguing against the Bill, scoring easy political points against the incumbent party. Then he voted for the Bill and seems to have done quite well out of it since. I corresponded with him over this issue, before and after the vote (which was held just before the General Election). Unfortunately I can't print his emails here as individual letters from your MP are confidential; suffice to say I was unimpressed.
He voted against the Digital Economy Bill, which was nice of him, and rebelled over some of the anti-terrorism bills too. However, he also voted against equalising the age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts, and doesn't have a great record on gay rights. His complete voting record is available. (Warning, page is slow and huge.)
Much better to go back to bare-knuckle boxing. The gloves mean people take a lot more hits to the head and take more punishment in the long term. Nice paragraph in this article but this is fairly common knowledge among Western Martial Artists.
Stop serious action? The only serious actions I know of in regard to global warming are those that will a) make some people some serious money,...
and b) it will cause some people (oil companies) to lose some serious money. Oh look, they're funding as much climate change denial as they can get away with. Do you think they're doing that out of belief that it's for the greater good, or because it's cost effective for them? If anyone has some truly compelling research that would destroy our understanding of climate change, they would have no trouble getting industry funding for it. Yet this hasn't happened, and pretty much every major scientific body including the national science academies of the major industrialised nations agrees that there is a problem.
I also dislike it when people over-use presets and samples. But I don't see that as any worse than somebody strumming a tired 3-chord progression on a guitar and reciting some clichéd lyrics over the top. Some people just like to think they're being more creative than they are...
I'm still a bit confused here. There doesn't have to be an audible difference between a record made by recording lots of keyboards and drums, and a record made by sequencing the same parts with a mouse on a computer. If I sequence a part I put a lot of care and attention into the nuances and phrasing that make a good performance. All melodies and beats can be made from scratch, with my own sounds, based on the same experience and music theory as if I was recording the instruments directly. Exactly which part of this is it that bothers you?
As a musician myself, I find, in my subjective opinion, that Lady Gaga has quite a bit of musical talent, and she is stifling it to make simpler, more catchy, radio playable songs.
I completely agree. I was referring to Lady Gaga's recorded output, rather than Lady Gaga the person. (Clearly, given the Troll mod, this may have been taken the wrong way:-S)
By all accounts she is a very capable jazz pianist. This makes it all the more upsetting that the music she produces is mindlessly repetitive and over-simplified, while indulging in every cliché of modern pop production. It is of course quite possible to use any of these techniques in an effective and meaningful way, but they are being wasted. She really can do better and I hope that one day she does.
There are plenty of music critics, students and academics who would happily argue that it is possible to judge many aspects of music objectively, and that if you did you would find that Lady Gaga does suck.
My dad had one of these: "Well that's very interesting, but I don't actually have a windows computer. I've actually got an Apple Mac. You know, a PROPER COMPUTER! (/me both cringing and proud at the same time)
I'm hoping they call me some time. Apparently they walk you through opening up some kind of internal errors folder and then when you find lots of error logs tell you it looks bad and use that for leverage.
Eh? What's a start menu? At the bottom left? Nope, don't see anything there. No, really. Yes, it's turned on. There's some white text on a black screen, is that good? Oh wait, it's all changed now. Uh it doesn't say start yet. There's a funny logo thing in the corner though... Accessories? Something called gedit? emacs? Oh wait, it's changed again. There's a big fish swimming around a toaster. Is that bad? What, move the mouse? Don't like those, threw it out ages ago. No, the pad doesn't work. Poke the fuzzy thing? Oh wow, you made the fish vanish! You guys are great!
It's common assault in the UK, and I believe the law is similar in the US. (Sorry for wiki link, lots of references on legal sites but not as clear.) In assault the victim only has to believe that they can receive an injury, by malice or recklessness. If said injury is dealt, that is battery (or worse). When people say "assault" they usually mean "assault and battery" as it is rarely brought to court on its own.
Actually, Article 2 of the original European Convention makes allowances for the death penalty, as can be seen where it is reproduced in the human rights act. The Sixth protocol (at the bottom of the page) was agreed later, adding abolition of the death penalty in wartime. Finally the thirteenth protocol finished it off. Whether it was closed down steadily due to initial oversight or to weaken opposition is another matter...
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Hydrogen is currently produced from fossil fuels. There is some potential to produce it from renewable feedstocks, and failing that it can be produced sustainably by electrolysis of water given a sustainable electricity supply. Hydrogen is not trying to offer a complete solution, the aim is to fit into existing infrastructure and support movement to a more sustainable system. People are too willing to write it off entirely because it's not a complete, perfect solution already.
We're discussing the alleged pointlessness of current mathematics education. I think it's pretty clear in this context that if we meant arithmetic, we'd say so. My arithmetic was easily adequate for working out numbers of bars and beats when I left primary school (that's age 10-11).
Just because some properties of music can be modelled and described with more advanced mathematics does not mean that this is relevant for the vast majority of musicians.
music is very much mathematics if you think about it.
Really? I thought it was just arithmetic. What else should I be using in my compositions?
I keep hearing people say that mathematics is relevant to music and yet, as an engineering student and a musician, I still don't see anything beyond basic arithmetic. What am I missing? Even the most complex polymeters can be described with simple fractions. There really aren't many musicians who understand the mathematical basis of the harmonic series, and if they want to know then the maths really isn't very complex. Things like quantisation and interpolation are relevant for some music technology but still not really essential and the vast majority of musicians never go near the workings.
Matthew 22:37-40: Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
The rest is interpretation. This is generally acknowledged to be "the hard part".
I know, I know, don't reply to non-insightful AC posts, but...
That would be defence, not war.
$1000M / $100M = 10% =/= pocket change
He was one of the only members of the Conservative Party to actually turn up and vote. He spent the debate arguing against the Bill, scoring easy political points against the incumbent party. Then he voted for the Bill and seems to have done quite well out of it since. I corresponded with him over this issue, before and after the vote (which was held just before the General Election). Unfortunately I can't print his emails here as individual letters from your MP are confidential; suffice to say I was unimpressed.
From TFA
When Americans are asked to identify the country from which America gained its independence, 76% correctly name Great Britain.
Only 66% of those aged 18-29 know that America gained its independence from England, compared to 79% of those aged 30 and older.
Well, which is correct? I'd actually like to know this one...
Hmm... Better make time to set up ndiswrapper too!
David Davis =/= The Conservative Party
He voted against the Digital Economy Bill, which was nice of him, and rebelled over some of the anti-terrorism bills too. However, he also voted against equalising the age of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts, and doesn't have a great record on gay rights. His complete voting record is available. (Warning, page is slow and huge.)
Much better to go back to bare-knuckle boxing. The gloves mean people take a lot more hits to the head and take more punishment in the long term. Nice paragraph in this article but this is fairly common knowledge among Western Martial Artists.
[Citation needed]
[Daily Mail doesn't count]
In fairness, given the penalty available, Pink really did deserve it...
Did you have a test oscillator in the rig or something?
Stop serious action? The only serious actions I know of in regard to global warming are those that will a) make some people some serious money, ...
and b) it will cause some people (oil companies) to lose some serious money. Oh look, they're funding as much climate change denial as they can get away with. Do you think they're doing that out of belief that it's for the greater good, or because it's cost effective for them? If anyone has some truly compelling research that would destroy our understanding of climate change, they would have no trouble getting industry funding for it. Yet this hasn't happened, and pretty much every major scientific body including the national science academies of the major industrialised nations agrees that there is a problem.
I also dislike it when people over-use presets and samples. But I don't see that as any worse than somebody strumming a tired 3-chord progression on a guitar and reciting some clichéd lyrics over the top. Some people just like to think they're being more creative than they are...
I'm still a bit confused here. There doesn't have to be an audible difference between a record made by recording lots of keyboards and drums, and a record made by sequencing the same parts with a mouse on a computer. If I sequence a part I put a lot of care and attention into the nuances and phrasing that make a good performance. All melodies and beats can be made from scratch, with my own sounds, based on the same experience and music theory as if I was recording the instruments directly. Exactly which part of this is it that bothers you?
As a musician myself, I find, in my subjective opinion, that Lady Gaga has quite a bit of musical talent, and she is stifling it to make simpler, more catchy, radio playable songs.
I completely agree. I was referring to Lady Gaga's recorded output, rather than Lady Gaga the person. (Clearly, given the Troll mod, this may have been taken the wrong way :-S)
By all accounts she is a very capable jazz pianist. This makes it all the more upsetting that the music she produces is mindlessly repetitive and over-simplified, while indulging in every cliché of modern pop production. It is of course quite possible to use any of these techniques in an effective and meaningful way, but they are being wasted. She really can do better and I hope that one day she does.
There are plenty of music critics, students and academics who would happily argue that it is possible to judge many aspects of music objectively, and that if you did you would find that Lady Gaga does suck.
My dad had one of these: "Well that's very interesting, but I don't actually have a windows computer. I've actually got an Apple Mac. You know, a PROPER COMPUTER! (/me both cringing and proud at the same time)
I'm hoping they call me some time. Apparently they walk you through opening up some kind of internal errors folder and then when you find lots of error logs tell you it looks bad and use that for leverage.
Eh? What's a start menu? At the bottom left? Nope, don't see anything there. No, really. Yes, it's turned on. There's some white text on a black screen, is that good? Oh wait, it's all changed now. Uh it doesn't say start yet. There's a funny logo thing in the corner though... Accessories? Something called gedit? emacs? Oh wait, it's changed again. There's a big fish swimming around a toaster. Is that bad? What, move the mouse? Don't like those, threw it out ages ago. No, the pad doesn't work. Poke the fuzzy thing? Oh wow, you made the fish vanish! You guys are great!
It's common assault in the UK, and I believe the law is similar in the US. (Sorry for wiki link, lots of references on legal sites but not as clear.) In assault the victim only has to believe that they can receive an injury, by malice or recklessness. If said injury is dealt, that is battery (or worse). When people say "assault" they usually mean "assault and battery" as it is rarely brought to court on its own.
aargh, that should read "*except* in wartime"
Actually, Article 2 of the original European Convention makes allowances for the death penalty, as can be seen where it is reproduced in the human rights act. The Sixth protocol (at the bottom of the page) was agreed later, adding abolition of the death penalty in wartime. Finally the thirteenth protocol finished it off. Whether it was closed down steadily due to initial oversight or to weaken opposition is another matter...
lazy, middle-class Libertardian types with way too much time on their hands.
Actually, we're being kept busy shouting down all the Daily Hate readers demanding capital punishment and the abolition of the Human Rights Act.