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by marquis 12y ago
Until the age of recorded commercial music it was considered completely normal to lift tunes, harmonies, anything recognisable, from other composers. In classical music it's generally considered a complement, more rarely a parody. Copy
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by marquis 12y ago
As a complete Bach nerd may I recommend this as the ultimate recording of one of his greatest works: http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Matthaus-Passion-Bostridge-Colleg... A search for Herreweghe+Matthaus on Youtube brings up a &#
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by marquis 12y ago
What if it were for less nefarious reasons? Perhaps he's planning on shutting the entire area down from human access completely and letting some flora and fauna having a refuge area.
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by marquis 12y ago
There is more attention given to the sounds of your family than your work colleagues. It's a completely different kind of distraction. And it's a little bit heartbreaking every time to say to a kid that you are busy right now.
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by marquis 12y ago
I recently heard an extremely accurate 7.1 binaural recording in a laboratory setting. It was quite extraordinary, but mind that it takes quite a lot of production effort. The day isn't here yet that we can go outside with a pair of mi
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by marquis 12y ago
>audio echo That's a difference in the audio algorithms used. Skype uses SILK while I believe that Google Hangouts uses Opus. SILK and Opus are closely related however. I would assume that Skype didn't allow all their fancy ech
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by marquis 13y ago
This is something that never really sat right with me. How were they going to extract the $1 from every user? Most of their users do not have, and may never have, a credit card and signing up with every cellphone carrier to get your yearly
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by marquis 13y ago
I'm so sorry for your loss.
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by marquis 13y ago
Making tools that were expensive or difficult to use, inexpensive and easy to use, means that scientists and students can make use of them to discover and invent the things you suggest.
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by marquis 13y ago
I love cycling in the Netherlands - where ironically the worst traffic annoyances, for the cyclist, happen to be pedestrians (especially tourists in the central district).
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by marquis 13y ago
I don't know if I would have made it past the first few hurdles without the Internet. I am self-taught, so the first years were doing as much searching (pre-google, I used Usenet a lot I think), as much as checking books out of the lib
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by marquis 13y ago
I opened this with the Hamachi VPN open, and suddenly could share files with my computer on the other side of the world. I have a Mac so usually do this via the built-in sharing but if it were Windows it's certainly easier than messing
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by marquis 13y ago
Assuming you are slideshare.net. This was my first question, isn't there an online service to do conversion? Surely for old file formats someone would happily pay a few dollars if it's an important doc. I would have tried Google D
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by marquis 13y ago
Thank you.
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by marquis 13y ago
Learn how computers work, some mechanical physics knowledge would be helpful. You need a bit of education in order to rely safely on Googled advice, and if in doubt: don't do it!
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by marquis 13y ago
I can sleep on a park bench that is on a non-stop roller-coaster (planes are a breeze) so for me sleeper trains are a delight, but I haven't take one in over 10 years since European flights got cheaper that trains. I do miss those long
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by marquis 13y ago
I was reading that at 35,000 feet, if the plane loses power then decompression happens and everyone loses consciousness. This seems like a fairly friendly way to meet the end, could you comment on this?
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by marquis 13y ago
Not in aircraft itself, but a technical interest in why aircraft goes down. When you are in a plane you are not flying you have zero control, and as safety measures are improved by each failure I would say I feel just a little bit safer aft
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by marquis 13y ago
I fly a lot and am very very interested in what happens in the airspace with large planes. When the plane is found there will also be detailed technical discussion, undoubtedly.
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by marquis 13y ago
I would use this if I didn't get any initial help - sometimes you don't. Or sometimes you get put up in a fancy hotel in Copenhagen without asking because there is a snowstorm and the pilot couldn't get there. But maybe I cou
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by marquis 13y ago
Say the same thing with a 19th century accent, when there were no women doctors, lawyers or politicians or even allowed to vote. It's cultural.
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by marquis 13y ago
Never has someone my age or younger thought it was in any way appropriate to call me 'dear' or 'precious' or 'love' or 'oh my, you are clever!'. Happens all the time with older men (60's and up
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by marquis 13y ago
>belittled by their peers and paid half as much That is rarely said because those of us working know it's not true. We're just concerned for the low gender ratio. I haven't felt belittled for years (mostly due to older men
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by marquis 13y ago
Also female with quite a few year experience (please don't let me be 13 again). Many of my circle have moved away from replaceable products in exchange for reusable products, for environmental reasons. But you need very good access to
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by marquis 13y ago
".. we have to make up mental models and see if they match up to the tiny shreds of hard evidence that actually feel real. The mental models provided by mathematics are extremely helpful when trying to make sense of these vast distance
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by marquis 13y ago
There is a long and amusing history of trying to balance gender ratios with incentives. A fantastic story I read recently was a scheme by two brothers in early 20th century Colorado attempted to entice women by building a school in their re
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by marquis 13y ago
Kenya is also fairly unique on the continent, outside of South Africa, in that you can access pretty good internet. We pay attention to emerging markets for online services and we've noticed recently that Kenya is coming up strong in t
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by marquis 13y ago
>Cows are pretty stupid True, but they do make other cow friends and have social lives [1]. Now sheep.. they are stupid. And chickens, don't get me started. [1] http://threegablesfarm.com/2013/02/natural-ca
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by marquis 13y ago
Yes that was my meaning, thanks for clarifying. I'm well against arranged marriages but support whatever she needs to do to get through this diplomatically.
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by marquis 13y ago
She's not chicken. Saying that is disrespectful to the culture she is coming from. She is trying to find the most diplomatic way to extricate herself from an arranged marriage without destroying her connections to her family.

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