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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...

> 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…

No, mouse closer better.. http://tlb.org/keyboardchop.html

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 s…

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.htm…

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: Th…

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 …

Some more interesting info here.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/12/introducing_i... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/iplayer/

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

I remember this :-) http://searchyc.com/the+bipolar+lisp+programmer

Wouldn't this be a better bet.. http://revengeoftheelectriccar.com/bring-back-the-ev1-press-...

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 tran…

> 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 general…

Another interesting article about this on theoildrum.. http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/5260

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/wi…

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…

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 ris…

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 …

"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…

I can't see that article (you can use searchyc.com to search) but there are lots of articles around if you search for loudness war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

If you're looking for a new camera I've found the following sites to be useful.. http://www.dpreview.com/ http://www.dcresource.com/ http://www.cameralabs.com/ http://www.imaging-r…