Of course this can be used for both good and evil. I believe that great evil will likely come of it by someone intending to do great good. Good luck, I say, and push onward, but it probably will not yield very happy results. And anyone who would suggest that this couldn't possibly lead to negative results is a total twit, lex.
He got all the notes for C major tattooed on himself? I mean, I've seen fretboards tattooed, with crazy headstocks and things. But the notes of a C Major scale? Come on dude.
I hope that guy doesn't gig around any serious musicians. He will now be enduring countless mean words and jokes... for the rest of his life.
Smart, but indicative of a problem. If they are getting paid to do a job, they should be doing their damnedest to get that job done. Call me a fuddy duddy if you will, but I think it's BS that someone has to give them additional free stuff in order for them to do their friggin' job the way they are supposed to.
I've been to a lot of electroacoustic concerts in my day. And one thing about electronic composers is that they're heavy on engineering, and low on musical training. They might come up with genius ideas, but the application is just not musical.
Such is the case here. It's pretty, because the filter is set to a major scale. In the hands of a composer, something interesting might very well come out of it, but otherwise, it's just random nonsense on a page. But very cool idea, anyhow. I'd like to see improvements that include dynamics and the ability to have crescendos and diminuendos. That would be rad.
Yeah dudes. It's going to take some time to reduce swelling. And who knows what it looked like before. You people are just sadly mean hearted bastards.
The whole point is that there are many children nowadays who don't play outside. What-so-freaking-ever. A part of it is constant technological stimulation. A part of it is general laziness. And it's partly fear-mongering by parents who freak out about the constant stream of negativity which comes from all media sources.
You know what my parents did? Gave us martial arts lessons and made sure we hung out in groups. And even as a young kid, we would have absolutely torn the ever living crap out of anyone who tried to pick one of us up. If they had a weapon, we'd have gone down swinging. But you know what? It wasn't (and isn't) even that likely to happen. Yes, it's a tragedy when it does, and children need to be educated about how to avoid situations that put them in danger. But you'd think that we were all going to die by pedophile the way that some of these parents, and internet intellects (SNORT) behave.
Sounds like there was good reason her friend wasn't allowed to chew gum. Of course, my parents taught me what the heimlich maneuver was when I was old enough to understand what choking was, which was pretty young. And it did save my life when I administered it to myself on a chair.
It seems to me that if the kid had to learn such a basic survival tool from a television show, it's pretty piss poor parenting out there. Of course, I'm glad the kid knew what to do, but it troubles me that she didn't already know from an adult.
You know, I don't even think we have to worry about aliens and what they would do if we made contact with them. I think we have to worry more about the absolutely psychotic reactions that many humans would have if we were to prove that, without a shadow of doubt, aliens exist.
I mean, look at how people get all screwed tight over debates on websites like Neatorama and Youtube. I'm betting we'd have a bunch of people basically going f$%*ing crazy or despondent over not knowing how to react to such a universal view-changing happening. So yeah. Let's all shut the hell up about finding aliens and maybe try to feed some hungry people.
Yes! Ban it all! Put the cart before the horse! SAVE THE CHILDREN!!! - sarcasm off -
When the world wakes up and starts punishing people for their actions rather than accusing the chemicals they imbibe, we will be in a much better place. I get that people have problems, but it's a people problem, not a drug problem.
Felix, How about an abomination? How about a completely new set of genome issues that we can't even understand? I mean, I guess we're just going to have to test it to find out. But humans are incredibly complex creatures, and we don't even understand how genetics work in their entirety. Much too soon to be tinkering, I believe.
I believe physical discipline and negative reinforcement, like many things in modern society, have been neatly compartmentalized into right and wrong categories by people who make vast over-generalizations about the issues in order to avoid difficult questions about the nature of parenting and authoritative order in society.
To say that spanking is always good is wrong. To say that spanking is always bad is also wrong. Both points are unrealistic as to how authority throughout life functions. I know, for myself, that the handful of occasions I was spanked as a young child were absolutely necessary, in that they played a roll in establishing, very clearly, who was in control in my household. But my parents didn't whack me every time I misbehaved either. It was seen as an absolute last resort, and my parents never spanked me past the age of about 6-7.
My dad always said if you couldn't reason with a kid past that age you had absolutely failed as a parent and were never going to hold a position of authority in your house. Although many of my friends and extended family thought my parents were strict, they were respected by everyone. As an adult of 26 years, many people have told me that my parents "obviously did something right" because I'm more respectful, polite, intelligent, and disciplined than my peer group. And yeah, spanking did play a role in that upbringing.
I hope that guy doesn't gig around any serious musicians. He will now be enduring countless mean words and jokes... for the rest of his life.
I've been to a lot of electroacoustic concerts in my day. And one thing about electronic composers is that they're heavy on engineering, and low on musical training. They might come up with genius ideas, but the application is just not musical.
Such is the case here. It's pretty, because the filter is set to a major scale. In the hands of a composer, something interesting might very well come out of it, but otherwise, it's just random nonsense on a page. But very cool idea, anyhow. I'd like to see improvements that include dynamics and the ability to have crescendos and diminuendos. That would be rad.
The whole point is that there are many children nowadays who don't play outside. What-so-freaking-ever. A part of it is constant technological stimulation. A part of it is general laziness. And it's partly fear-mongering by parents who freak out about the constant stream of negativity which comes from all media sources.
You know what my parents did? Gave us martial arts lessons and made sure we hung out in groups. And even as a young kid, we would have absolutely torn the ever living crap out of anyone who tried to pick one of us up. If they had a weapon, we'd have gone down swinging. But you know what? It wasn't (and isn't) even that likely to happen. Yes, it's a tragedy when it does, and children need to be educated about how to avoid situations that put them in danger. But you'd think that we were all going to die by pedophile the way that some of these parents, and internet intellects (SNORT) behave.
It seems to me that if the kid had to learn such a basic survival tool from a television show, it's pretty piss poor parenting out there. Of course, I'm glad the kid knew what to do, but it troubles me that she didn't already know from an adult.
I mean, look at how people get all screwed tight over debates on websites like Neatorama and Youtube. I'm betting we'd have a bunch of people basically going f$%*ing crazy or despondent over not knowing how to react to such a universal view-changing happening. So yeah. Let's all shut the hell up about finding aliens and maybe try to feed some hungry people.
When the world wakes up and starts punishing people for their actions rather than accusing the chemicals they imbibe, we will be in a much better place. I get that people have problems, but it's a people problem, not a drug problem.
How about an abomination? How about a completely new set of genome issues that we can't even understand? I mean, I guess we're just going to have to test it to find out. But humans are incredibly complex creatures, and we don't even understand how genetics work in their entirety. Much too soon to be tinkering, I believe.
To say that spanking is always good is wrong. To say that spanking is always bad is also wrong. Both points are unrealistic as to how authority throughout life functions. I know, for myself, that the handful of occasions I was spanked as a young child were absolutely necessary, in that they played a roll in establishing, very clearly, who was in control in my household. But my parents didn't whack me every time I misbehaved either. It was seen as an absolute last resort, and my parents never spanked me past the age of about 6-7.
My dad always said if you couldn't reason with a kid past that age you had absolutely failed as a parent and were never going to hold a position of authority in your house. Although many of my friends and extended family thought my parents were strict, they were respected by everyone. As an adult of 26 years, many people have told me that my parents "obviously did something right" because I'm more respectful, polite, intelligent, and disciplined than my peer group. And yeah, spanking did play a role in that upbringing.