MusicXML doesn't cover every aspect of music notation. It covers the common-practice stuff pretty well, but out of 50,000 scores, I'm pretty sure they'll run up against notation symbols or graphic elements that aren't in MusicXML.
So I expect they will employ someone familiar with both notation and braille to ensure that the visual score matches the braille score.
I'm a professional composer. Fingerings are usually only found in pedagogical music. Music for performance by a professional soloist, no. They don't need it. It clutters the notation, and you prevent the musician from finding the solution that is best for their hand(s).
The principal in an orchestral string section will usually only provide the bowing.
I have a bit of javascript that puts a message the top of the screen when there are 90 seconds to go, and then makes it blink when there are only 30 seconds left.
Why not use a countdown timer? I would argue this is more useful to someone who has to submit a form within a certain timeframe. The real-world equivalent of blink in this situation is someone standing next to you yelling, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!"
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the O'reily nut shell book is the thinest book (even thinner than C++)
I hope the offshore aspect solves the NIMBY mentality I often encounter whenever wind energy comes up.
Here's an example. One of my colleagues bought a lakefront property in rural Ontario. A couple of years later, a farmer on the *other side* of the lake leased land to a wind energy provider. They pay $10k per turbine per year, so ten of them went up. My colleague sold his property shortly thereafter, saying that he couldn't stand the turbines.
Can anyone explain this? I'm genuinely curious to know why some people dislike turbines.
I know you're kidding, but Time Capsule has been upsold in the past for a similar reason.
Remember Backup.app from the.Mac suite? It was touted as a complete remote backup solution for a couple of years, until Apple changed their tune in Knowledge Base articles and began describing it as a modest service intended for browser bookmarks and user settings. The reason? Restoring files was prone to data loss.
Time Capsule + Time Machine appeared shortly thereafter, and Apple made a big, intentional splash about how this particular hardware and software combination will keep your data safe.
This is so unfortunate. IHT was great before the merge, which was touted as a "new" version of IHT. Instead, they just canned it and attempted to transfer its content to the existing NYT site. And did a dreadful job, it seems.
I understand the logic - newspapers need to cut costs because they can't figure out the internet and it is killing them. But they lost a dedicated reader in me with this move.
So, Oracle admits they 'need' MySQL, which may or may not complement their core business, but then ducks a question on the future of OpenOffice, saying they can't comment on any product line. Isn't MySQL a product line, too? Why comment on the future of one and not the other? Sun employees, start twisting in the wind...
They paid for a ticket for The Wrath of Khan, but that's not what they got. If it were me I'd be raising hell.
I believe most cinemas will refund your ticket if you leave within the first 15 minutes of the film. YMMV.
On the other hand, though, who do you think is attending a screening of a "special, extended version" of The Wrath of Khan? It's a safe play for the organizers to assume that it will be mostly die-hard fans, and "rewarding" them with a surprise showing of a brand-new Star Trek film is a very inexpensive and effective publicity stunt. (FWIW, I read about this first in the mainstream media.)
I'm as cynical as most about Star Trek and Hollywood. But this is pretty cool, especially the introduction by Leonard Nimoy.
Shove it. I got "rich" from working my ass off in college, earning three fucking degrees, working my ass off at work, and most importantly saving every penny I earn until I had a million dollars. So shove your "you must be a crook" attitude up your shit-filled ass.
I'm not completely convinced of that. Sure, they all refactor their own code, but at some point they come up against their ego about it, consciously or not. This is why testers should be different people than coders - the tester won't have any reason to hold back, and the software will be better for it.
I know. Using the sun as a unit of weight? Give me a break.
The Library of Congress has 30,011,749 books, and the average mass of a book, according to Google Answers, is 0.34 kg. The LoC, then, has a mass of 10,203,995 kg. So if they're saying the mass of this black hole is 7.9564 * 10^36 kg, then really, it should be 780 billion billion billion Libraries of Congress.:)
Some of the larger game publishers could learn a thing or two from Kingdom of Loathing. It's witty, engaging, and has a great development team who are constantly adding content. The best aspect, though, is that it's up to you whether you play casual or hardcore. I really appreciate that.
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MusicXML doesn't cover every aspect of music notation. It covers the common-practice stuff pretty well, but out of 50,000 scores, I'm pretty sure they'll run up against notation symbols or graphic elements that aren't in MusicXML.
So I expect they will employ someone familiar with both notation and braille to ensure that the visual score matches the braille score.
I'm a professional composer. Fingerings are usually only found in pedagogical music. Music for performance by a professional soloist, no. They don't need it. It clutters the notation, and you prevent the musician from finding the solution that is best for their hand(s).
The principal in an orchestral string section will usually only provide the bowing.
You're right about the rest, though.
I know software versioning schemes aren't exactly consistent, but isn't 1.0 a tacit milestone for production-ready?
I have a bit of javascript that puts a message the top of the screen when there are 90 seconds to go, and then makes it blink when there are only 30 seconds left.
Why not use a countdown timer? I would argue this is more useful to someone who has to submit a form within a certain timeframe. The real-world equivalent of blink in this situation is someone standing next to you yelling, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!"
the O'reily nut shell book is the thinest book (even thinner than C++)
You're right, O'Reilly's C++ In a Nutshell is a mere 810 pages long, whereas their Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition is a scant 768 pages.
When I think C++ and Perl, I think lean.
I hope the offshore aspect solves the NIMBY mentality I often encounter whenever wind energy comes up.
Here's an example. One of my colleagues bought a lakefront property in rural Ontario. A couple of years later, a farmer on the *other side* of the lake leased land to a wind energy provider. They pay $10k per turbine per year, so ten of them went up. My colleague sold his property shortly thereafter, saying that he couldn't stand the turbines.
Can anyone explain this? I'm genuinely curious to know why some people dislike turbines.
You can't possibly protect content without directly affecting the people who play by the rules.
Indeed. Blinded by greed, the RIAA/MPAA keep tightening the noose without realizing that it isn't on the customer's neck, but on theirs.
And what's with their mascot? It's cute, but my first impression was an accelerating potato.
I know you're kidding, but Time Capsule has been upsold in the past for a similar reason.
Remember Backup.app from the .Mac suite? It was touted as a complete remote backup solution for a couple of years, until Apple changed their tune in Knowledge Base articles and began describing it as a modest service intended for browser bookmarks and user settings. The reason? Restoring files was prone to data loss.
Time Capsule + Time Machine appeared shortly thereafter, and Apple made a big, intentional splash about how this particular hardware and software combination will keep your data safe.
This is so unfortunate. IHT was great before the merge, which was touted as a "new" version of IHT. Instead, they just canned it and attempted to transfer its content to the existing NYT site. And did a dreadful job, it seems.
I understand the logic - newspapers need to cut costs because they can't figure out the internet and it is killing them. But they lost a dedicated reader in me with this move.
So, Oracle admits they 'need' MySQL, which may or may not complement their core business, but then ducks a question on the future of OpenOffice, saying they can't comment on any product line. Isn't MySQL a product line, too? Why comment on the future of one and not the other? Sun employees, start twisting in the wind...
No kidding. The rest is just doublethink.
They paid for a ticket for The Wrath of Khan, but that's not what they got. If it were me I'd be raising hell.
I believe most cinemas will refund your ticket if you leave within the first 15 minutes of the film. YMMV.
On the other hand, though, who do you think is attending a screening of a "special, extended version" of The Wrath of Khan? It's a safe play for the organizers to assume that it will be mostly die-hard fans, and "rewarding" them with a surprise showing of a brand-new Star Trek film is a very inexpensive and effective publicity stunt. (FWIW, I read about this first in the mainstream media.)
I'm as cynical as most about Star Trek and Hollywood. But this is pretty cool, especially the introduction by Leonard Nimoy.
Shove it. I got "rich" from working my ass off in college, earning three fucking degrees, working my ass off at work, and most importantly saving every penny I earn until I had a million dollars. So shove your "you must be a crook" attitude up your shit-filled ass.
Don't sugarcoat it, man.
Developers are critical of their own code.
I'm not completely convinced of that. Sure, they all refactor their own code, but at some point they come up against their ego about it, consciously or not. This is why testers should be different people than coders - the tester won't have any reason to hold back, and the software will be better for it.
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Priceless.
Reading the story title, I thought this article was going to be about a colourful, wacky American named "Mississippi Bill." Drag that it isn't... :)
It's par for the course for them, IMO. The tone of the magazine is that of an ADHD fanboy with access to a very large marketing department.
Then again, maybe I shouldn't be too hard on Wired, as the ever-increasing irony of their name is amusing.
I can't believe the summary got "affect" vs. "effect" right, and "than" vs. "then" correct, but whiffed on "our" vs. "are." That's a new one for me.
I know. Using the sun as a unit of weight? Give me a break.
The Library of Congress has 30,011,749 books, and the average mass of a book, according to Google Answers, is 0.34 kg. The LoC, then, has a mass of 10,203,995 kg. So if they're saying the mass of this black hole is 7.9564 * 10^36 kg, then really, it should be 780 billion billion billion Libraries of Congress. :)
Is that a tub of Vaseline under his desk? I didn't think it could get any worse until I noticed that.
Mono could make the transition very easy for you, depending on what your doing.
Some of the larger game publishers could learn a thing or two from Kingdom of Loathing. It's witty, engaging, and has a great development team who are constantly adding content. The best aspect, though, is that it's up to you whether you play casual or hardcore. I really appreciate that.
This is par for the course with Telus, a company that has had it knuckles rapped in the past for dreadful customer service.
id Software is already heading in this direction with Quake Live, which will earn revenue from in-game advertising.