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If I were to put my finger on it: Tenor sax has this narrow confine between tone and squeal that soloists feel that they must use the squeal as the peak of their riff. Maybe it's cliched or maybe it's simply unpleasant to listen to. Trumpets can be awesome if they are played softly. But that is not the point of a solo, apparently. That is probably another problem with the tenor sax and the alto sax. Baritone and bass sax solos can be quite okay. Many of those soloists don't use the cliches of the tenor and alto sax, using the reedy harmonics of the lower notes to really carry their solos. Trombones rarely get solos and maybe that is a good thing.

OT, like many examples of krautrock is a post-rock, post-jazz fusion thingy. I put them in the jazz group because their music doesn't fit within the confines of rock. Lou Reed has always been known to make jazz alongside his rock.

I like the ancient stuff. Doesn't get better than old school. 1890-1945. :3 Of the newer stuff: Bill Evans Trio, , and for fusion, Ozric Tentacles is fun.Edit: is there anyone else who loathes horn solos in jazz? Wood or brass, the only solo wind I can stand is flute.

Some early post-millenial (2000-2005) acid techno from New York.

It. . . kinda is. Gaming and the ladies, more specifically.

I haven't stated why I think Blank Slate does not look promising because I have not read the book itself. I think it's useless to spend much energy constructing an argument that is based merely on synopses. Maybe the authors of the synopses are biased. I'll let Pinker make his argument. But if I were to give comment as to my problem with the synopsis, it is describing his assertions are founded by simplistic treatment of what others have said and a shaky grounds on which he hopes will demonstrate the naturalistic fallacy. Again, I will have to read his book to give a proper reading. However, I'm reminded of another time when he involved himself in commentary of current events: On the Myth of Violence My main critique of that video is that Pinker lacks key insights into eras and movements. Primarily, he does not factor in economic causes (The Great Moderation that occured from 1950-2005, there are questions as to whether or not the Great Stability has ended) as well as environmental reasons (heavy metal pollution led to a surge in First World crime from 1950-1995.) The real problem Pinker has is deciding that the world is just going peachy, gliding over the fact that violence is in fact cyclical, and is often the result of economical and environmental reasons. He does a lot of glossing over of historical events which is discomforting as he often does not spend the time to investigate what mechanisms create the effects that he talks about. Let's not kid ourselves. He is a gifted linguist. However, matching his gift in linguistics to what he does in psychology to events that are currently happening is at best haphazard. And often throughout the whole lecture, he states or frames many specific issues as if they are inconsequential or they are the domain of inconsequential people. Example: That is what comes across as a political motivation. Because there is a possibility that we are mistreating them and not allowing them to put their own spin on modern culture. It simply comes across as "Western Culture is simply the best and it is foolish for them to try to do anything different." That is a simplistic and offensive take on what he has to say, but the biggest problem is that he doesn't correct himself and acknowledge his own limitations on his own knowledge. As for the Natural History of Rape, it is a book free on its own. If you take it simply without the critique to go alongside it, you merely get a manifesto that has the possibility to attract others who agree with you. Another classic example is Tom Flanagan's "First Nations, Second Thought" (not evolutionary psychology but bear with me), where he lays down a nakedly racist work that eventually gets a lot of people reading it and have it inform party platforms. It has a tangible effect on the political decisions those in power make. The biggest problem is that feminists do not regard (please cite which feminists do, if in fact they do regard) rape as having any sexual elements, but that rape before the law is to be considered, in all practicality, an act of violence and not an act of sex. All feminist literature I have seen elaborate on this to demonstrate the distinction. So yes, it would be considered a strawman argument. And yes, I will call a strawman argument a strawman argument. Sometimes I have time to deliver a fully reasoned response, sometimes I don't and that is something that can be levelled against me.

Tangible examples of people using evolutionary psychology for political purposes. A Natural History of Rape by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer Satoshi Kanazawa - largely now discredited but for a while was considered credible and influential. I have yet to secure a copy of Blank Slate, but the synopses do not make it look promising.

If that suits you, then it is your problem. The strawman argument here is that because you believe Andy's sole or main objection to the hotlist is the lack of a 50/50 split. That is how you worte that down. As for my meandering bit, the cause and effect must be followed. I'm sorry if I'm not gifted in articulating the observed chain of events that I have seen. Well, here would be an opportune time for someone who actually experiences this to speak on those experiences. It would be really odd for me to speak for someone on that. Every discourse hs their jargon. Many heavily involved in their discourse are not able to communicate without escabing jargons. There are some accounting theorists who cannot escape the inclusion of some terms as debits and credits. Your previous comment about them "preaching to the choir" is of the similar vein of thought and I would characterise that as accurate. That is a problem. As for the bullshit that besieges evolutionary psychology, you will have to spend a bit more time to see where the whopping cow-patties lay. As for Steven Pinker, I have some of his books. They are books on linguistics, not on evolutionary psychology. Is he really an expert on evolutionary psychology?

It would be interesting to dissect what these arguments are. This is an argument that is grounded in sexuality. It is difficult to be expected to be the aggressor in a sexual relationship and not know the fine line between accepted aggression and unwanted aggression, which can be distorted in interpretation to mean objectification. The best course to seek amelioration is to be the aggressor. However, not every women has the confidence to be the aggressor. Does the aggregate art forms contribute to suppressing this confidence? Um. . . strawman argument. You will need to be more specific with your wording here. The issue centres around esteem, hopes and achievement. If those are not the scope of what women are to do then. . . eh, yeah, no. Okay, I do loathe the vocabulary that feminists cloister themselves with, but ultimately I find that with every discourse needs to remove themselves from the omphaloskepsis of their discourse to have the content of that discourse disseminated. However, I find that you might be attributing too many things to evolutionary psychology, a field that suffers from too many MRA trolls and other bigots, as a defensive measure. If we are going to cite evolutionary psychology, I want to see which authors you are citing from so that we can clarify which is plausible and which is reactionary cow-patties.

Something tells me you don't want to read women discussing the issue in the other thread either.

My biggest complaint about hotlist in IT is that: A) it's a publication that puts it forward. A publication with its reputation on the line from which it extracts money. What law publication, what writer publication, what educator publication is this also done in? Are their reputations on the line? Furthermore, what is that publication trying to suggest? What is its message? Hey, look! There are hot girls who work in IT? Is this something novel to the industry? Are the hot men in IT lists a reaction to the hotlists focussed on women? C) Who is the market for these hotlists? How will they receive that message? How have you seen the audience receive that message?

Or let's put it this way: Is there a hot list for lawyers? A hot list for accountants? A hot list for engineers? A hot list for educators? If there isn't, why is that the case?

My issue with that assessment is that it raises the question as to what level of exposure does Jim there have than Anita does not. Is Anita solely in the consumer side, only able to express her frustration as a consumer and only involves herself in the consumption of the game. What Jim seems to do is diving deeper into the media releases that are ancilliary to the games, going beyond mere consumer, to glean a different depth of the problem. There are others who can provide production side criticism, as Jim is able to reference but unable to provide. It is wise to include the producers and the consumers in this debate.

From work: A bottle of wine, four gift cards From family: A book, a sweater, a gift card, a cheque.

Good Yule and hope you had a Blessed Mothernight!

Eh no, it's the piano roll in the correct orientation.

It is possible to have a score that compliments the visual medium where the visual medium is devoid of a narrative. In this case, it is mostly about enabling the immersion into the visual medium that will allow it to get the accolade.

Yep, nothing beats the Delia Derbyshire classic.

I remember FruityLoops 2.7. I don't want to go back to that. Please?

What is the colour of 34? Purple.

For the aggressive stuff, Shock One's works are the only ones I can listen to - like Adachigahara's Theme. For the mellow stuff, only Burial has been consistent. Mind you, I think I'm getting a bit old because breakcore and Bristol techno doesn't appeal to me like it once did.

Alright, specs: Windows 7 SP1 Intel i5 chip M-Audio Delta 1010LT Soundcard Issue: I've found other sites name a similar problem but never actually offer solutions to the problem. No one ever actually identifies the problem and the fix which is absolutely odd. Anyways, using Winamp or WMP I pause a file to take a break (I listen to a lot of mixtapes over individual songs) and when I return to it, it looks like WMP or Winamp can't find the file, can't find the location where it paused or indicates that it can't play the file by not even offering a timer (WMP) or having the timer just remain at the time paused or zero (WinAmp.) This also sometimes happens when just starting a file after stopping (not pausing) a file. Now I'm thinking it might be a problem with using a soundcard designed for 32 bit (Delta 1010) or it is a chip issue (buffer issue.) Now before I go mucking with my hardware, has anyone ever had a similar problem and been able to properly concoct a solution? Also, this problem stops ALL sound but not video playback. Sometimes, removing Winamp Agent and audio programs from the task manager helps the issue but it is only ever a temporary solution before the antics start happening again.

Austra - The Future

A space disco set by... it doesn't say. The title of the set is "Cosmic Ascension."

I just finally got myself an XBox 360 a couple weeks ago. Been trying to find games that I like. Significantly more gameplay than cutscenes, please. I like children games as much as adult. I have a nephew to share it with too, so yeah. I've never met an RPG that I did enjoy playing, so it's likely that recommending an RPG will fall on deaf ears here. Also, is there a way to play an XBox with a Qwerty+mouse so I can play FPSs and RTSs?