Even though -I- have trouble understanding the "hacker" relevance, the people has spoken :) And you are right, my initial comment did not contribute in any relevant way - I can see that in retrospect. For that I truly apologise.
And yes, it would be crazy if it all started, with something like a cigarette or similar.
Yes, and i lost my karma quicker than I can say, don't take it personal ;P But I guess emotions go wild with these things. I off course mean no offence, and hope they can save as much as possible within firefighter safety.
Though I would think it was outside the HN posting guidelines.
What is the relevance to HN, and doesn't the rest of the Internet media, cover this very good on their own?
A sad day for both HN and Notre Dame, in my book :/
Edit:
[I won't remove my bad comment, since there are several responses relevant to it, but I would like to apologise, for my typing before thinking (and even before re-reading the policy's I, myself are commenting on) - and lastly for the non-relevant nature, and over dramatisation, of this comment. I see all that I did wrong, and will try to make better choices in the future ;) Sincerely, tirrit.]
There are so many variables effecting these decisions.
1. Work activity
I would never record music, with only one monitor, because I use many programs, which are synced, and have LOTS of buttons and faders and valuable information, in -real time-. That makes the time spent adjusting settings, while replaying the same parts, using plugins while recording an instrument alone etc., a very dissatisfying experience.
Gathering information on the other hand, for me is easily accomplished with one screen. I then just snapshot every interesting/relevant peace of information with key combos, and look through it in bulk, afterwards.
Browsing the web, while chatting with friends, watching some youtube videos and listening to music, is for me doable on a single screen, since I use a tiling manager, but I still prefer the second screen available in this "idling" scenario.
I also have a monitor vertically oriented, to get more text without scrolling down, on ex. email, hacker news, and other text based applications and websites.
2. Health of user; I have trouble sitting in one position for longer amounts of time. Airplanes are a hazzle, so are boats and busses. Anyhow, this forces me to move a lot and change position, which in turn could just as easily be combined with moving my head, and still be beneficial to me, health vice (and I have not seen studies showing static sitting posture and head placement, to be lean and healthy).
3. Type of work
If you work with computer administration of live data of any kind, a vertical monitor to watch alerts, changes, numbers and data - will in my experience, be more informational than a horizontal monitor feeding the same information. I understand this is also due to Graphical representation of given data, but still, It seems easier to similar information in columns.
4. User capacity
Not all users can take advantage of their WM.
Not all users can take advantage of the extra space, with two monitors.
If the user do not adapt to the given setup, they will off course be better off, keep working as they have done and are used to. It is like giving someone a keyboard driven tiling window manager.. Some will thrive, learning the combos and adding their own. Others will rip out their hair in frustration, claiming tiling wm's are dumb, inefficient and just not giving any advantage in regard to work tempo.
5. Proparbly lots of other similar arguments going the same way.
I therefor conclude; there IS NO best monitor-size or amount of monitors. It depends on the work, the user, and the userspace.
Ok, then I understand what you mean, and I agree with you. Most people are bad at hearing, in that context, for sure.
Or rather, we who have decades of experience in this field, have over average capacity for processing music and the sounds/patterns we have studied/practised. Then again, that is true for every field.
I do not however, believe "most people" (with less developed hearing) are relevant to why this "battle for the organs", came to be.
What do you mean, humans are bad at hearing? Most humans have great eardrums. Isn't hearing subjective, and dependent on the goal you are "hearing for"?
What do you mean with golden ears? Do you mean perfect pitch? The ability to hear what is not intended by the sound source to be there?
I also got this with a few files, with only one instrument, and low velocity. Try some songs with more "action" :) Still, calling it new songs, is stretching it, in my opinion :P
Even though -I- have trouble understanding the "hacker" relevance, the people has spoken :) And you are right, my initial comment did not contribute in any relevant way - I can see that in retrospect. For that I truly apologise.
And yes, it would be crazy if it all started, with something like a cigarette or similar.