But... a concert pianist would not play the same work twice the exact same way. Interpretive training from a decent conservatory doesn't turn out robots. Room dynamics (acoustic, audience, time of day, etc.) often contribute heavily to a perceived "good" performance.
In fact, such a synthesis program should really include an improvisatory component -- a "learning" program that offers slight deviations in appropriate moments. Of course, learning what those are is probably less quantitative than such a system might allow...
Here Jesus gathers up everyone in the world ("all the nations") and judges them. What is the criteria for judgement? Faith? Abosolutely not! Jesus doesn't even mention faith! The criteria is works and works alone.
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
This is one particular point of doctrine which I believe Lutherans have had right for some time. The correct distinction and understanding of the difference between Law and Gospel is the source of nearly every terrible doctrinal statement from a believer that leads to an easy attack by anyone who picks up a Bible, and rightly so.
Christ is *not* saying in Matt 25 that these things are 12 steps to eternal life. It isn't a manual for how to be saved. He *is* saying that a life of faith will and must produce these works. The works themselves to not save the righteous -- their love of Christ does, which is manifest in their love of neighbor. This is clear from the text itself.
Put another way: if (faith), then (good works). The inverse is also true. Lack of faith means no good works in the eyes of God. The converse is *not* true: good works does not produce faith.
Let's look at some other points of scripture. John 6:51 - "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Salvation, then, is attained by partaking of the means of grace found in the Christ, which can only be received through -- faith. Again, "'I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.'" (John 10:9). This is very clear on the nature of salvation -- we are justified by our relationship to Christ, which we call faith.
Faith is powerful stuff: Matt. 9:22 "'Take heart, daughter,' [Jesus] said, 'your faith has healed you.'". Matthew 9:29 "'According to your faith is will be done to you.'" Luke 5:20 says "When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."
Maybe the best exposition of this distinction is found in John 14. "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing." (verse 12) "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching..." This does *not* say, "If anyone follows my teaching, then he truly loves me."
Please respond, indeed. I'm no apologist, but I think I have a better grasp of doctrine and scripture than others you may have argued with.
I agree, to some extent. Video game music in general seems to be moving towards ambient-based instead of theme-based, which is really too bad. Consider the move from Warcraft II to Starcraft (or WCIII) -- the themes from WCII were memorable. The themes from WCIII were interesting, but I certainly couldn't hum a few bars...
Symphonic film score-style music seems to be making a stand lately... but without some of the lessons Hollywood has learned. Big epic pieces do nothing if you don't have a core set of thematic material that undergoes transformation in the progression of a movie (i.e., LotR, some of John Williams...).
One of my favorite theme oriented games was FF6/3. There was such a diversity of style and form, but it tied together in so many different ways to make certain parts of the game more meaningful.
If you are FORCED to live in a dorm, and your ONLY internet access is available through the campus network (due to the school's monopoly), and you are the one paying for this internet connection anyway (it is included with your outragous dorm fees), then you should be able to do whatever you damn well please with your net connection, including entertainment. Computer labs could be used for education only, but the only connection you are allowed to have to your own home is yours and not the school's. Nice troll, though.
No way. First of all, *nobody* is forced to live in a dorm -- you are attending college out of your own choice, and are paying for the privilege of receiving an education. The internet access provided by your university is entirely at their discretion -- they can revoke it, throttle it, or slap you upside the head with it. There are many students who live under the misconception that the school must adhere to the same contract rules as, say, an ISP or any other utility. Most schools can change their terms of service with little or no oversight by students (and sometimes no oversight by higher administration), so if you don't like it, start a 'watchdog' student oversight volunteer group and report changes in big posters around campus.
You *can* complain, which is effective if you can get huge number of students in on the 'outrage' of the 'monopolistic and unfair' policies of your university. Especially if you can coincide with a big recruitment weekend...
You don't have any *rights* to an internet connection at college, unless you've signed some contract with your dorm fees (which would be neat!). This is a great reason to ask about the IT policies of the universities to which you are applying (and IT funding, while you're at it.)
Are there many people studying these concepts? There have to be at least some people with some training in UI that can offer their volunteer work on some projects. It isn't just coders people need anymore. Heck, some good artwork wouldn't hurt, and the occasional artistic touch...
The salary of a professional musician is also not entirely bound to one performing gig. Typically, they will teach lessons and maintain at least a few professional regular jobs...
On the other hand, there are probably plenty of musicians that will not go into full time performance because of the living standard. Which can only lower the talent pool, I guess...
I *am* an organist... and I've played some very, very good electronic instruments, but none have exactly modeled the experience of a real instrument, and it's not because of any large lapse of sound quality or discrepency in the samples or production.
There are a combination of things that, added up, definitely detract from the unique experience of a well-built pipe organ. Often, the electronic instruments do not accurately model how a pipe speaks -- only the tone once a pipe is speaking. Also, there's a difference in the response/attack of reed pipes, flute pipes, principal pipes, etc. -- the electronic instrument often models the sound accurately, but doesn't capture the actual 'feel' of the sound, and the performer would overcompensate.
This makes it difficult both for the listener, who will notice a difference since the electronic instrument is probably not voiced in the same way as an acoustic instrument (which is specific to the room in which the instrument is built). Also, the performer may not be comfortable with playing his Bach on a non-mechincal (or electropneumatic) instrument, and this would contribute to the feeling of unnatural-ness. (Maybe we, as performers, just haven't found a good way to deal with the actual articulation/technique problems on electronic insturments.)
Not running in DL, unless it reopened in the past week or two. There was a big, fat wall around it last time I was there. Repairs? Improvements? It always struck me as kind of an odd ride... "And he lived happily ever after... in hell!".
At least, living people. Of course, you'll have to change your last name to protect your children. (If you have any.)
I can just see, in a few decades, everyone having a last name starting with 'Z'. Or maybe males with Z last names will suddenly become much more marriagable.
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Somebody should take a screenshot of X11 ASCII running TTYQuake in a window.:P
Sounds like most people have jumped out of some career paths because IT/software/web was easier and more lucrative.
Of course, if you *did* pursue that career in Underwater Basket Weaving, you probably wouldn't be posting on slashdot...
I have a BA in Mathematics... and Music. Did software engineering for most of college... even about half a year after. Then decided there were better things to do...
Music actually does work as a career, believe it or not. Business sense, the ability to work with people, and some good ol' fashioned work...
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Interesting, yes. Fascinating, yes.
But... a concert pianist would not play the same work twice the exact same way. Interpretive training from a decent conservatory doesn't turn out robots. Room dynamics (acoustic, audience, time of day, etc.) often contribute heavily to a perceived "good" performance.
In fact, such a synthesis program should really include an improvisatory component -- a "learning" program that offers slight deviations in appropriate moments. Of course, learning what those are is probably less quantitative than such a system might allow...
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
This is one particular point of doctrine which I believe Lutherans have had right for some time. The correct distinction and understanding of the difference between Law and Gospel is the source of nearly every terrible doctrinal statement from a believer that leads to an easy attack by anyone who picks up a Bible, and rightly so.
Christ is *not* saying in Matt 25 that these things are 12 steps to eternal life. It isn't a manual for how to be saved. He *is* saying that a life of faith will and must produce these works. The works themselves to not save the righteous -- their love of Christ does, which is manifest in their love of neighbor. This is clear from the text itself.
Put another way: if (faith), then (good works). The inverse is also true. Lack of faith means no good works in the eyes of God. The converse is *not* true: good works does not produce faith.
Let's look at some other points of scripture. John 6:51 - "I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Salvation, then, is attained by partaking of the means of grace found in the Christ, which can only be received through -- faith. Again, "'I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.'" (John 10:9). This is very clear on the nature of salvation -- we are justified by our relationship to Christ, which we call faith.
Faith is powerful stuff: Matt. 9:22 "'Take heart, daughter,' [Jesus] said, 'your faith has healed you.'". Matthew 9:29 "'According to your faith is will be done to you.'" Luke 5:20 says "When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."
Maybe the best exposition of this distinction is found in John 14. "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing." (verse 12) "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching..." This does *not* say, "If anyone follows my teaching, then he truly loves me."
Please respond, indeed. I'm no apologist, but I think I have a better grasp of doctrine and scripture than others you may have argued with.
I agree, to some extent. Video game music in general seems to be moving towards ambient-based instead of theme-based, which is really too bad. Consider the move from Warcraft II to Starcraft (or WCIII) -- the themes from WCII were memorable. The themes from WCIII were interesting, but I certainly couldn't hum a few bars...
Symphonic film score-style music seems to be making a stand lately... but without some of the lessons Hollywood has learned. Big epic pieces do nothing if you don't have a core set of thematic material that undergoes transformation in the progression of a movie (i.e., LotR, some of John Williams...).
One of my favorite theme oriented games was FF6/3. There was such a diversity of style and form, but it tied together in so many different ways to make certain parts of the game more meaningful.
No way. First of all, *nobody* is forced to live in a dorm -- you are attending college out of your own choice, and are paying for the privilege of receiving an education. The internet access provided by your university is entirely at their discretion -- they can revoke it, throttle it, or slap you upside the head with it. There are many students who live under the misconception that the school must adhere to the same contract rules as, say, an ISP or any other utility. Most schools can change their terms of service with little or no oversight by students (and sometimes no oversight by higher administration), so if you don't like it, start a 'watchdog' student oversight volunteer group and report changes in big posters around campus.
You *can* complain, which is effective if you can get huge number of students in on the 'outrage' of the 'monopolistic and unfair' policies of your university. Especially if you can coincide with a big recruitment weekend...
You don't have any *rights* to an internet connection at college, unless you've signed some contract with your dorm fees (which would be neat!). This is a great reason to ask about the IT policies of the universities to which you are applying (and IT funding, while you're at it.)
Waayyyhay! And they say slashdotters need girlfriend/boyfriends. Way to use that technology, sir!
Are there many people studying these concepts? There have to be at least some people with some training in UI that can offer their volunteer work on some projects. It isn't just coders people need anymore. Heck, some good artwork wouldn't hurt, and the occasional artistic touch...
On the other hand, there are probably plenty of musicians that will not go into full time performance because of the living standard. Which can only lower the talent pool, I guess...
Bah. There are plenty of things worse than reading slashdot on a Sunday afternoon...
Like... err... posting to slashdot on a Sunday afternoon.
I *am* an organist... and I've played some very, very good electronic instruments, but none have exactly modeled the experience of a real instrument, and it's not because of any large lapse of sound quality or discrepency in the samples or production.
There are a combination of things that, added up, definitely detract from the unique experience of a well-built pipe organ. Often, the electronic instruments do not accurately model how a pipe speaks -- only the tone once a pipe is speaking. Also, there's a difference in the response/attack of reed pipes, flute pipes, principal pipes, etc. -- the electronic instrument often models the sound accurately, but doesn't capture the actual 'feel' of the sound, and the performer would overcompensate.
This makes it difficult both for the listener, who will notice a difference since the electronic instrument is probably not voiced in the same way as an acoustic instrument (which is specific to the room in which the instrument is built). Also, the performer may not be comfortable with playing his Bach on a non-mechincal (or electropneumatic) instrument, and this would contribute to the feeling of unnatural-ness. (Maybe we, as performers, just haven't found a good way to deal with the actual articulation/technique problems on electronic insturments.)
Not running in DL, unless it reopened in the past week or two. There was a big, fat wall around it last time I was there. Repairs? Improvements? It always struck me as kind of an odd ride... "And he lived happily ever after... in hell!".
I can just see, in a few decades, everyone having a last name starting with 'Z'. Or maybe males with Z last names will suddenly become much more marriagable.
Or Quake 2, textified
... ...carry this stuff around like a condom?
From the article...He started about two years ago, after wife Polly tired of hearing him talk about his duct tape idea.
She finally said, "Why don't you stop talking about it and do something?"
This could be bad in so many ways...Dude, this is a good comment, but...
Spelling errors ("sentance"), dependent clauses mingling with independent clauses, redundant direct objects in your second to last sentence...
(Sorry, I couldn't resist. Correct not, lest ye yourself be corrected.)
(I know, I know. "You're new here, right?")
I've never been so fucking busted.
Literally.
I think there should be a rather dilbertian rule for people who point out spelling and grammer flaws on /.
The complaining post must contain perfect grammer and spelling, or they must send beer to Taco in compensation. Sounds fair?
("I am really sick of" -> "of which I am really sick", etc.)
Sounds like most people have jumped out of some career paths because IT/software/web was easier and more lucrative. Of course, if you *did* pursue that career in Underwater Basket Weaving, you probably wouldn't be posting on slashdot... I have a BA in Mathematics... and Music. Did software engineering for most of college... even about half a year after. Then decided there were better things to do... Music actually does work as a career, believe it or not. Business sense, the ability to work with people, and some good ol' fashioned work...