No... assuming the lyrics are sung clearly enough, there is no interpretation that needs to be done to know the words that the singer is uttering.
that's right! and if they aren't singing clearly enough, then they should sing clearer! all those rap artists need to start saying "yo dog, that is thee hizzul fa shizzul." enough of this "expressivity" thing.
this is one of the advantages of digital over analog - future generation copies are exact (assuming there's no error in copying it). analog (cassette tape or records) adds noise each time you make copies. you would get noise in your digital signal if you converted it to a more lossy format and bitrate (and as i understand it, you can have a low-quality aac file... it's just that for the same size as an mp3, you can have much higher quality)
meanwhile, burned cds are not analog, they store the info as a bunch of 1s and 0s, just like anything else burned by your computer.
anyone know if this is planned to *take over* space of current exhibitions in EMP? that would be tragic, a museum to modern popular music (esp. with such great interactivity) is very rare, and i'd hate to see any of those exhibits go under.
most people who are interested in doing anything remotely interesting, unique, or even practical with the design of a webpage will have taken a class or (more likely) taught themselves long before they reach college. it's just the way of the current culture.
"all that absurdity with the Aragorn/Arwen story that was introduced in TTT is the direct result of expanding the role of Arwen in Fellowship--the changes made it a plot necessity to expand the Arwen story in TTT"
people keep complaining about this, but there really wasn't THAT much that was added to the story. if you read the appendices (at the end of rotk) you'd know that there's a lot of arwen/aragorn storyline there from before and after the novels. sure, some of it was modified, but they really didn't make that much up. there is text about elrond speaking with aragorn, about arwen being torn by the decision she must make, and about arwen dwindling after aragorn's death.
the biggest things i was upset about were faramir and the ents. yes, the ents! i thought the visual and sound effects for them were great, but they totally changed their characters.
1. first of all, in the book treebeard doesn't run off with the hobbits, squeezing them and yelling about how he thinks they are orcs. he says "if i had seen you, before i heard your voices -- i liked them: nice little voices... i should have just trodden on you, taking you for little orcs, and found out my mistake afterwards," and the three go on to have a nice conversation driven by curiosity.
2. in the movie the hobbits have to trick the ents into finding out about saruman's murder of the trees, and then the ents go into a rage, changing their mind from their decision at the entmoot.
my problem with these two points is that tolkien wrote the ents as very conscientious, very thoughtful creatures, who aren't quick to action. they are very knowledgeable, they knew that saruman had been cutting down trees, and took that into their decision at the entmoot, when (in the novel) they decided it was appropriate to take action. pj made them the exact opposite of what tolkien intended: hasty!
given the current situation in the world today, this is a horrible time to be twisting these carefully deliberating characters into spontaneously violent beasts. this is exactly the time we need careful thought, and good examples of this.
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No... assuming the lyrics are sung clearly enough, there is no interpretation that needs to be done to know the words that the singer is uttering.
that's right! and if they aren't singing clearly enough, then they should sing clearer! all those rap artists need to start saying "yo dog, that is thee hizzul fa shizzul." enough of this "expressivity" thing.
this is one of the advantages of digital over analog - future generation copies are exact (assuming there's no error in copying it). analog (cassette tape or records) adds noise each time you make copies. you would get noise in your digital signal if you converted it to a more lossy format and bitrate (and as i understand it, you can have a low-quality aac file... it's just that for the same size as an mp3, you can have much higher quality)
meanwhile, burned cds are not analog, they store the info as a bunch of 1s and 0s, just like anything else burned by your computer.
anyone know if this is planned to *take over* space of current exhibitions in EMP? that would be tragic, a museum to modern popular music (esp. with such great interactivity) is very rare, and i'd hate to see any of those exhibits go under.
most people who are interested in doing anything remotely interesting, unique, or even practical with the design of a webpage will have taken a class or (more likely) taught themselves long before they reach college. it's just the way of the current culture.
"all that absurdity with the Aragorn/Arwen story that was introduced in TTT is the direct result of expanding the role of Arwen in Fellowship--the changes made it a plot necessity to expand the Arwen story in TTT"
people keep complaining about this, but there really wasn't THAT much that was added to the story. if you read the appendices (at the end of rotk) you'd know that there's a lot of arwen/aragorn storyline there from before and after the novels. sure, some of it was modified, but they really didn't make that much up. there is text about elrond speaking with aragorn, about arwen being torn by the decision she must make, and about arwen dwindling after aragorn's death.
the biggest things i was upset about were faramir and the ents. yes, the ents! i thought the visual and sound effects for them were great, but they totally changed their characters.
1. first of all, in the book treebeard doesn't run off with the hobbits, squeezing them and yelling about how he thinks they are orcs. he says "if i had seen you, before i heard your voices -- i liked them: nice little voices... i should have just trodden on you, taking you for little orcs, and found out my mistake afterwards," and the three go on to have a nice conversation driven by curiosity.
2. in the movie the hobbits have to trick the ents into finding out about saruman's murder of the trees, and then the ents go into a rage, changing their mind from their decision at the entmoot.
my problem with these two points is that tolkien wrote the ents as very conscientious, very thoughtful creatures, who aren't quick to action. they are very knowledgeable, they knew that saruman had been cutting down trees, and took that into their decision at the entmoot, when (in the novel) they decided it was appropriate to take action. pj made them the exact opposite of what tolkien intended: hasty!
given the current situation in the world today, this is a horrible time to be twisting these carefully deliberating characters into spontaneously violent beasts. this is exactly the time we need careful thought, and good examples of this.