Except that after you go though all the strings once, the new tension has knocked the first few out of tune again, so you go through all of them again . . . and again . . . and again.
The key "colors" don't apply to an even-tempered piano, perfect pitch notwithstanding. With well-tempered instruments, some keys sounded excellent and some sounded like ass. The tuning was simply designed that way, where some keys were fairly close to being "correct" at the expense of other keys. It all stems from the fact that the twelve-tone scale is NOT evenly divided in reality, but dividing it evenly makes for a pretty good approximation.
With today's ubiquitous even-tempered pianos, they all sound reasonably good (or mediocre if you prefer).
On an even-tempered piano, the major third is the interval where you can most easily hear the imperfection (play a major third on a piano and listen closely for the beats; then have a good violinist play one -- no beats.)
This isn't just for correcting tuning. The real boon for guitarists is not the ability to correct tuning quickly (that's actually really easy), but to change to alternate tunings quickly. There are many alternate tunings that take advantage of resonance between different open strings for very interesting sounds, but are not suitable for general-purpose use like the "standard" tuning because the intervals are too awkward.
Alternate tunings are not very widely used today, mainly because it's such a pain in the ass to retune a whole guitar. Some company back in the 80s made a guitar bridge where you could flip switches at the base of each string to change its tuning . . . I think it worked fairly well, but was not widely used. There's also a tuning key that just drops the low E down to D with the flip of a switch . . . that one got used a fair bit.
I'm sure if a bunch of Windows zealots were working around the clock to create Linux exploits you'd see Linux exploits pop up with the same amount of frequency.
If this is true, why hasn't Microsoft put a bunch of people on this very task, to discredit Linux?
I would have been dual-booting Linux for years, but my very simple request for a bugfix in the Ultra-66 driver was ignored by the kernel developers (as in, no response after multiple attempts to contact them). The fix would have involved adding one line to an already-existing list of quirky drives, impacting only drives of my exact type with my exact IDE chipset.
I tested the fix myself, then submitted it to the owner of IDE individually multiple times, then to the proper list. Not so much as a response from anyone.
Yes, I can install Linux with the Ultra-66 DMA disabled, edit the source file (/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_new.h), recompile and reinstall the kernel, enable DMA again in the hardware, and reboot.
Am I willing to do this every time I want to update my system to newer kernel code? No.
If the system doesn't work because the people who control the kernel are unwilling to even answer their email, then I'll just use an operating system that does support my hardware.
Aw FUCK! And I was just about to publish a story about this kid that was steered by society to be a composer, only to be ruined when he's "tainted" by being exposed to a Mozart concerto.
an enlightenment happens, there are consequences (both good and evil, or, NEITHER good nor evil), yet there is no turning back.
Almost right . . . except in this story, A&E are punished for their act by being tossed out of Eden to be cold, hungry, and generally miserable. It's quite clear that God is angered by their need to be informed. The myth probably started off the way you described, then at some later point had the "faith good, thinking bad" moral tacked on.
More specifically, it says "Please do not enter my house and steal my jewelery and banknotes which are in the safe in the bottom-right of the bedroom closet."
I agree . . . analog watches have an entirely different, "intuitive" feel. I find that when I glance at my watch, I know what time it is intuitively, but if someone then asks me what time it is, I have to look again and think a little to put it into words. Funny, that.
In the early 1980s, at the dawn of the PC age, high-volume electronic storage and transmission--360-kilobyte floppy disks! 14-kilobit-per-second modems!--were supposed to make paper superfluous and forests safe.
14.4k modems in the early 80s?! I'd like to know where the author got one of those . . . my 2400 was blazin' fast circa 1988.
But, I think it is stupid, because 14 point is a bit too big and so wastes paper, not that the US government ever cared about waste.....
If you'll RTFA, you'll find "The new font 'takes up almost exactly the same area on the page as Courier New 12, while offering a crisper, cleaner, more modern look'". In fact, it takes slightly less paper, and anyone with half a brain can tell you it's a lot more readable. Add to that that it comes standard with Windows, and there's really no argument against it.
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Yep, that's what I was thinking of. I saw Michael Hedges use something similar to it. Pretty cool to watch.
Except that after you go though all the strings once, the new tension has knocked the first few out of tune again, so you go through all of them again . . . and again . . . and again.
With today's ubiquitous even-tempered pianos, they all sound reasonably good (or mediocre if you prefer).
On an even-tempered piano, the major third is the interval where you can most easily hear the imperfection (play a major third on a piano and listen closely for the beats; then have a good violinist play one -- no beats.)
Alternate tunings are not very widely used today, mainly because it's such a pain in the ass to retune a whole guitar. Some company back in the 80s made a guitar bridge where you could flip switches at the base of each string to change its tuning . . . I think it worked fairly well, but was not widely used. There's also a tuning key that just drops the low E down to D with the flip of a switch . . . that one got used a fair bit.
Have you not been paying attention at all for the past three years?
If this is true, why hasn't Microsoft put a bunch of people on this very task, to discredit Linux?
I tested the fix myself, then submitted it to the owner of IDE individually multiple times, then to the proper list. Not so much as a response from anyone.
Yes, I can install Linux with the Ultra-66 DMA disabled, edit the source file (/drivers/ide/pdc202xx_new.h), recompile and reinstall the kernel, enable DMA again in the hardware, and reboot.
Am I willing to do this every time I want to update my system to newer kernel code? No.
If the system doesn't work because the people who control the kernel are unwilling to even answer their email, then I'll just use an operating system that does support my hardware.
Holy Crap, he's the voice of Fossil Lord!!
Exactly right. This is why O.J. could lose a civil wrongful death suit even after he won a criminal murder case.
THANKS A LOT, RobertB.
Almost right . . . except in this story, A&E are punished for their act by being tossed out of Eden to be cold, hungry, and generally miserable. It's quite clear that God is angered by their need to be informed. The myth probably started off the way you described, then at some later point had the "faith good, thinking bad" moral tacked on.
Darwin Award, maybe?
Your solution is entirely too concise, simple, and complete. Law enforcement will never go for it.
2003 U.S. GDP: just shy of 11 trillion
Current U.S. national debt: just over 7 trillion, and growing at an absurd rate due to current fiscal policy.
We're fucked, my friend.
The safe, however, should be locked.
Ethics? Integrity?
I agree . . . analog watches have an entirely different, "intuitive" feel. I find that when I glance at my watch, I know what time it is intuitively, but if someone then asks me what time it is, I have to look again and think a little to put it into words. Funny, that.
14.4k modems in the early 80s?! I'd like to know where the author got one of those . . . my 2400 was blazin' fast circa 1988.
What about Linux?
If you'll RTFA, you'll find "The new font 'takes up almost exactly the same area on the page as Courier New 12, while offering a crisper, cleaner, more modern look'". In fact, it takes slightly less paper, and anyone with half a brain can tell you it's a lot more readable. Add to that that it comes standard with Windows, and there's really no argument against it.
The administration had decided that we would be attacking Iraq . . . the justification part was an afterthought.
Actually, the "royal we" refers only to the speaker. Speaking on behalf of a group using "we" is different.
10k songs, good sound
least restrictive DRM
6 buttons -- iPod.
Lying to customers to gain a sale is generally looked down upon and usually illegal, even in the most capitalistic societies.
Gee, GIF and MP3 prove this point well . . . or, not.