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One nitpick, journeyman doesn't mean "on a journey", it's journee man, from the French as in, a person paid a day rate for their trade. The next step up, a master, would be paid for completed items, and could employ others.
Seems like more than a nitpick; the whole premise of the article is that journeymen weren't paid, other than room and board, and you're saying they were, in fact, paid a daily rate after all.
One nitpick, journeyman doesn't mean "on a journey", it's journee man, from the French as in, a person paid a day rate for their trade. The next step up, a master, would be paid for completed items, and could employ others.
Seems like more than a nitpick; the whole premise of the article is that journeymen weren't paid, other than room and board, and you're saying they were, in fact, paid a daily rate after all.
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- Play the violin - Jump higher than the world record holder And any other task that requires more than just being able-bodies and a sound mind.
I guarantee that anyone who puts in their proverbial 10,000 hours will be able to play the violin. For certain values of "play", of course. As with beating the world record holder of any sports discipline, the real top performers have a combination of the right genes, and the dedication to perform at the highest level. And while you probably won't be able to beat the world record, given enough practice/exercise, any…
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- Play the violin - Jump higher than the world record holder And any other task that requires more than just being able-bodies and a sound mind.
I don't see a reason why playing violin would be impossible given a couple hundred or thousand hours of deliberate practice. Jumping higher than the WR is a straw man, since that goes for anything - there can only be one #1. However, people can increase their vertical leap substantially if they train things like olympic lifting and plyometric. See The Vertical Jump Development Bible for example programs on how 12-50…
I'm not sure how to articulate the mismatch but I'm pretty good with other musical instruments but between the violin and me it never was love to play it, just endless frustration.
At least I can appreciate others that play it a bit better :)
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The circumstances of this one are, well, interesting. And worrying. I offer these links: Two links[0][1], very heavily upvoted, not enough comments to trigger the flame-war detector: Both reached #1 on the front page, then vanished very quickly: http://hnrankings.info/6456034,6455391/ Possibly dropping faster than normal flagging from ordinary users The question was asked[2] - why did they vanish so quickly? Since th…
Number 3 on the leader board[3] and yet banned from posting I'd say that this is actually a good thing. It proves that the moderators don't favor oldtimers and/or high-karma users: If you break the rules you get banned. No matter who you are.
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I don't see a reason why playing violin would be impossible given a couple hundred or thousand hours of deliberate practice. Jumping higher than the WR is a straw man, since that goes for anything - there can only be one #1. However, people can increase their vertical leap substantially if they train things like olympic lifting and plyometric. See The Vertical Jump Development Bible for example programs on how 12-50…
I really tried the violin (I think it is one of the most beautiful instruments), and for more than 'a couple of hundred hours' and it did not work for me. I'm not sure how to articulate the mismatch but I'm pretty good with other musical instruments but between the violin and me it never was love to play it, just endless frustration. At least I can appreciate others that play it a bit better :)
- Did you try a professional / teacher?
- Did others also think you didn't become better with practice?
- In hindsight, would you characterize your practice as deliberate practice?
- If yes, what was the thing(s) you never managed to get right?
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I really tried the violin (I think it is one of the most beautiful instruments), and for more than 'a couple of hundred hours' and it did not work for me. I'm not sure how to articulate the mismatch but I'm pretty good with other musical instruments but between the violin and me it never was love to play it, just endless frustration. At least I can appreciate others that play it a bit better :)
Interesting! A few questions, if you feel like answering them: - Did you try a professional / teacher? - Did others also think you didn't become better with practice? - In hindsight, would you characterize your practice as deliberate practice? - If yes, what was the thing(s) you never managed to get right?
yes
> Did others also think you didn't become better with practice?
Yes
As to your last two questions, I think there is some kind of reward/work element here that did not click for me. Normally if I put in a certain amount of time I expect to see a measurable progress. With the violin initially that progress was there and then at some point (relatively quickly) it reached a plateau and after that the amount of work for a given amount of progress seemed to me to be disproportional. It's the hardest instrument that I've ever really worked on trying to learn how to play it and maybe one day I'll overcome my resistance and I'll try again but I really feel like I've met some kind of personal Waterloo there and the chances of this happening are very slim.
(I actually tried twice already with much the same result, I'm not one to give up easily).
Isn't this the guy who squats on domain names? http://www.jacquesmattheij.com/auction-of-domains-for-sale/
Ah, it's you again. You are apparently unable to see the difference between squatting and buying something then selling it at a later point in time. Please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersquatting And note that every domain I have was bought and paid for from whoever owned it previously or registered from the free pool of domains. Also note that a significant portion of those was developed at some point or o…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Pro... says "The law was designed to thwart “cybersquatters” who register Internet domain names containing trademarks with no intention of creating a legitimate web site, but instead plan to sell the domain name to the trademark owner or a third party.[3]"
Isn't that you?
Fitting