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I second that, having practiced fencing for a year. That's pretty much the wording we'd use to describe it.

Indeed. Cope's musical grammar would be a great place to start hacking around. This reminds also of the iMUSE ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMUSE ) from the SCUMM game engine, whi…

This is just http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valspeak sugar. I guess I'll stick with Scratch and Logo for my kid.

Very cool, thanks for the pointer! Extra stuff: when you click the "buy" link (in one of the last slides) it takes you to the book's page on Amazon. Now scroll down and check the V…

Those without a IRC client or behind restrictive firewalls can use the webchat: http://webchat.freenode.net/

What a fine bait for those who gloat in form over content.

Classical guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, folk guitar (in standard and some alternate tunings), 5-string banjo (clawhammer style), 5-string bass and learning the erhu an…

A few months ago MIT's Technology Review ( http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/22764/ ) said this could be in the market in 3-5 years, so it makes sense to see a product…

Whoa, found many other interesting things there, too: http://x31eq.com/tuning.htm Thanks!

You can always opt-out of civilization, just relocate yourself to the middle of nowhere, and nobody will bother you or be bothered by your racist rant. I doubt you'll have to worry…

I wonder how it goes about a person talking to himself (without actually speaking) vs. thinking and speaking to somebody. If I had to use one of these I'd surely need a 'mute' feat…

Cool! Works for me on a firefox 3.6b4, but I found the interface a bit clumsy and lacking visual feedback, and also some may not notice the commands area in the lower-right corner.…

I did pay the $1/year, and if that was a mischarge I surely wouldn't mind getting my subscription bumped on to 2011 ;) Looks good so far, hope to make good use of it :)

Any camera can do this, "rendering" in the sense of "an objective, accurate, realistic view of the world". Distortions and imperfections in the artwork convey the artist's subjecti…

Paraphrasing Stargate's Teal'c: "Ours is the only reality of consequence."

How surprising that no reply mentions a child-like approach to the world: curious, inquisitive, playful, fun-seeking. I believe the simple and sad reason most people won't recogniz…

>PROBLEM: corporate meetings that accomplish nothing Well, I work from home, meetings happen on IRC or conference calls. Now, this being news.ycombinator.com, remember that when yo…

Do Make Say Think works wonders for me. and also Egberto Gismonti.