I'm with you here. Although my son is now almost 17 and can make his own decisions about volume. When he was young and also even today when my dog is riding with me I keep the volume down in my truck.
I'm with you on that. I've been with my company for almost 15 years (engineering not IT) and every time I've been rewarded, other than with salary, was when I did something outside my normal tasks. While all of my day to day work which is harder and I am more proud of barely is acknowledged.
Here's a shocker. They're using a mathmatical model to analyze something that is mathmatical in nature.
Seriously though, all 'western' music is based on the same set of notes arranged in a variety differnet scales and/or chords, and played with one of a variety of progressions. What differntiates between genres, or what is good or bad is a matter of what type of scale used and what chord progressions are used.
You want to write a blues song? Most of the time your going to use a pentatonic scale with a I-IV-V chord progression. Sometimes the progression will repeat every 8 bars, sometimes after 12 bars. Sound formulaic? It is, but there is room for expression and improvisation within that framework, but it is that combination of scale with progression that tells your ears, weather you know it or not, that it is a blues song.
In the article they say that U2 maps to the same cluster as Beethoven, and that Van Halen looks similar to Vanessa Carlton.
Since this shows that 'hits' in dissimilar styles of music can map to the same space on their model. There is the possiblity that a piece of music done in an up and coming genre that maps well could end up being produced where previously it wouldn't have. (Don't bet on it though).
There was a short story I read many years ago (I think it was by A.C. Clarke), where they took it a bit further.
They even assigned wounds and medals for valor, complete with citations describing the induviduals acts of heroism. Then took the poor soul into an operating room and inflicted the wounds surgically.
Uh.... 1980 was when Reagan was elected to his first term. I can't understand why people always feel the need to be so harsh on one of the few men to sit in the Oval Office who wasn't a belly crawling scumbag.
I am not a pilot, but I do work in the Naval aviation community. And I can tell you that this is something the DoD is taking very seriously.
Think of how many laser designators are in use in various weapon systems these days. Potential eye damage to the crew of an attack aircraft from laser designators from either friend or foe is a very real threat.
These aren't anything like you pocket laser pointer, the beams in these devices are intended to illuminate targets at a distance, and frequently not in the visable range. Also they are man portable and probably easily obtained on the black market.
But I still think the terrorist angle portrayed is hooey.
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I'm glad I don't have any mod points right now.
Because I wouldn't know if I should mod you Funny, Troll, or Retarded
I'm with you here. Although my son is now almost 17 and can make his own decisions about volume. When he was young and also even today when my dog is riding with me I keep the volume down in my truck.
I'm with you on that. I've been with my company for almost 15 years (engineering not IT) and every time I've been rewarded, other than with salary, was when I did something outside my normal tasks. While all of my day to day work which is harder and I am more proud of barely is acknowledged.
You beat me to the punch there. Most people call vibrato tremolo because Fender has always called thier vibrato bridges tremolo.
Personally I'd rather hear someone call it a whammy bar. It sounds silly but at least it's not just plain wrong.
Unfortunately if they where to deny some of these more idiotic software patents the opposite would happen.
Example:
-Microsoft submits application to patent the use of a password comined with a username to login to an account for any type of software.
-USPTO denies it as silly.
-MS decries denial of patent as restraint of trade, and gives an assload of money to some congress critters.
-Congress critters re-write laws governing USPTO
Not exactly a suit but mostly the same effect
I'm surprised there hasn't been any Ford fan boys mention the standard rebuttal yet "First On Race Day"
Makes me sad that I bought my Dakota before they started putting the new HEMIs in them.
Would you like to:
Swerve across lanes running others off the road
Swerve across lanes and hit a lught pole
Take out a bus load of kids
etc.
I always thought it stood for "F***ed over rebuilt Dodge"
Sure can! Just bop on over to iTunes, click to buy album. Enjoy!
I can't believe this stroy has been up this long with out a reference to "Snow Crash" Guess I fixed that!
As long as you're getting bashed for your English I'll hit you on your Chinese as well.
The proper term is Yin and Yang.
Seriously though, all 'western' music is based on the same set of notes arranged in a variety differnet scales and/or chords, and played with one of a variety of progressions. What differntiates between genres, or what is good or bad is a matter of what type of scale used and what chord progressions are used.
You want to write a blues song? Most of the time your going to use a pentatonic scale with a I-IV-V chord progression. Sometimes the progression will repeat every 8 bars, sometimes after 12 bars. Sound formulaic? It is, but there is room for expression and improvisation within that framework, but it is that combination of scale with progression that tells your ears, weather you know it or not, that it is a blues song.
In the article they say that U2 maps to the same cluster as Beethoven, and that Van Halen looks similar to Vanessa Carlton.
Since this shows that 'hits' in dissimilar styles of music can map to the same space on their model. There is the possiblity that a piece of music done in an up and coming genre that maps well could end up being produced where previously it wouldn't have. (Don't bet on it though).
There was a short story I read many years ago (I think it was by A.C. Clarke), where they took it a bit further.
They even assigned wounds and medals for valor, complete with citations describing the induviduals acts of heroism. Then took the poor soul into an operating room and inflicted the wounds surgically.
I started to reply to this, but then decided it was pointless.
Yes but the parent comment was "after" 1980. Reagan was sworn in Jan 20 1981, so there wasn't much after '80 where Carter was in office.
Uh.... 1980 was when Reagan was elected to his first term. I can't understand why people always feel the need to be so harsh on one of the few men to sit in the Oval Office who wasn't a belly crawling scumbag.
Then they'll come after you with the DMCA for circumventing a protection scheme.
I am not a pilot, but I do work in the Naval aviation community. And I can tell you that this is something the DoD is taking very seriously.
Think of how many laser designators are in use in various weapon systems these days. Potential eye damage to the crew of an attack aircraft from laser designators from either friend or foe is a very real threat.
These aren't anything like you pocket laser pointer, the beams in these devices are intended to illuminate targets at a distance, and frequently not in the visable range. Also they are man portable and probably easily obtained on the black market.
But I still think the terrorist angle portrayed is hooey.
The term "World Series" is so named because it was first sponsored by a newspaper whose name included the word "World".
Seem comparable until you factor in 64 bit processor, and 64 bit OS.