aoeu

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Vg qbrfa'g znggre ubj zhpu ohearq va 30 zvaf - ol qrsvavgvba gur erznvavat ebcr (ubjrire ybat) jvyy nyfb ohea va 30 zvaf (be 15 jvgu obgu raqf yvg).

aoeu

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Kinda related and interesting/amusing - "This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk.":

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/01/guy-can-get-59-m...

aoeu

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> Perhaps that's what you're seeing?

Indeed yes, I'm talking about what temperament they use not what key they are in. Check the articles I posted if you're interested.

EDIT: could be this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_musical_system

aoeu

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No, mouse closer better..

http://tlb.org/keyboardchop.html

aoeu

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msluyter, do you know what flutes (and other wind instruments) are generally tuned to these days? I noticed some of my sister's clarinet music books show different fingerings for sharps and flats so presumably an extended meantone? Ta :-)

aoeu

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It may simply be in a different temperament or just/pure intonation rather than out of tune. I'm rather curious if anyone can work it out.

http://www.kylegann.com/microtonality.html

http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament

aoeu

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Gilbert appeared on edge.org..

"You may think that it would be good to feel happy at all times, but we have a word for animals that never feel distress, anxiety, fear, and pain: That word is dinner."

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gilbert06/gilbert06_index.ht...

aoeu

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I gave up with the Cygwin version and switched to the native port (http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/). Some Cygwin integration is supported by adding to .emacs:

  (require 'cygwin-mount)
  (setq cygwin-mount-cygwin-bin-directory "C:/cygwin/bin")
  (cygwin-mount-activate)

And I use the following alias to open files directly from bash:

  alias emacs='D:/tools/emacs-22.3/bin/emacsclient.exe --no-wait --alternate-editor=D:/tools/emacs-22.3/bin/runemacs.exe'

aoeu

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Some more interesting info here..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/12/introducing_i...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/iplayer/

aoeu

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To me the article reads like an extension of current popular news stories.. which don't all reflect reality.

aoeu

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I remember this :-)

http://searchyc.com/the+bipolar+lisp+programmer

aoeu

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Wouldn't this be a better bet..

http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/bring-back-the-ev1-press-...

aoeu

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As others have stated the status quo requires us to maintain current oil production not only to power farm machinery but also for fertiliser production, packaging etc and food transportation. We here in England are now net importers of oil, gas, coal, food and we have an ever increasing trade deficit. Hardly reassuring. Oh and oil production is set to continue declining..

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5177

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5241

aoeu

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> What do you know about the merits of this article?

Personally, not much actually - I hadn't heard of them either. However, I find the site to be addictive reading and the generally positive comment sections add weight to the articles.

I am convinced however that our current monetary system is fundamentally broken..

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4611

aoeu

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Another interesting article about this on theoildrum..

http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/5260

aoeu

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If you haven't seen it "Who killed the electric car?" is an interesting film/documentary highlighting some of the shortsightedness of car manufacturers..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F

It was aired in the UK last night on More4 so may appear on their on catch up service at some point. Otherwise parts at least are on youtube.

aoeu

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Good points, thanks. The other issue is more interesting to me, the proliferation of equal temperament, which seems to be finding it's way into classical music also. Hopefully I'll have some info up on the web at some point once I've finished refretting my guitars.

aoeu

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Maybe the implication is the opposite - backbeat-based music has been lost over time in our countries. Perhaps to the expense of gaining harmonic complexity. Perhaps due to the rise of marching music? Just thinking aloud.

In any case, I think it's an interesting observation from his travels.

aoeu

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Not directly related but Bob Brozman has some interesting thoughts on music -

"African-based music normally has as the fundamental meter: both 2 and 3 at the same time. This opens the door to syncopation, polyrhythms and musical creativity, which occurs on a more primal level in the brain than harmony. It is acknowledged that Europeans developed harmony further than any other culture; but rhythmically their culture is among the planet's most primitive."

"Put simply, marching (colonizing) cultures see the downbeat as something to follow, and the "marched-upon" (colonized) cultures see the downbeat as something to react to, using the backbeat."

http://www.bobbrozman.com/tip_rhythm.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oPXRWRxda8

Additionally, the majority of western music is now performed in equal temperament which adds to the blandness. As hackers you may find the math of music interesting..

http://www.kylegann.com/microtonality.html

http://music.case.edu/duffin/

http://www.larips.com/

aoeu

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"To my surprise, in the rock examples the MP3 at 128 was preferred. I repeated the experiment over 6 years and found the preference for MP3 - particularly in music with high energy (cymbal crashes, brass hits, etc) rising over time."

Encoding to MP3 @ 128Kbs will apply a low pass filter (so that more bits can be used to encode the lower frequencies) and high freqeuncy sounds can sound smeared. I would guess one or both of these factors could be responsible for reducing harsh sounding treble.

I'm guessing of course but if right, I wouldn't say the MP3 was better. Merely, it masks a horrible sound to begin with.

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