From: Mxsmanic on
Dave Frightens Me writes:

> Thus if I agree with you all the time, I'm of high intelligence.

No.

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From: Mxsmanic on
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

> You claimed universal rules in music (you did
> mention its tendency in something you loosely described as popular), and
> _never_ explained what they were. You said they were to do with physics.

Frequencies of sound that relate to each other in small integer ratios
are pleasing to the ear. The larger the integers in the ratio, the
less pleasant the combination of frequencies. Non-integer ratios are
even worse, and frequencies that are relatively prime to each other
sound worst of all.

> You claimed that there were tones used in certain
> UK speech, and didn't identify them.

I recall discussing intonation, not tones.

> I call you stupid because that's the persona you invent for yourself
> here.

What you call me is unimportant.

> I didn't feel the need to look anything up to criticise your idotic
> assertions about music.

Perhaps that is why you still believe they are idiotic. Reading can
be a good thing.

> What are those 'universal' rules of music? If you actually answered that
> question, that would be a start.

See above.

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From: Mxsmanic on
Dave Frightens Me writes:

> Very intelligent people use structured means of debate, and give up
> arguing with those who don't.

I haven't seen that. Intelligent people use some structure, of
course, but not necessarily anything formal. And they tend to have a
lot of patience, since they've spent their lives explaining things to
other people.

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From: Mxsmanic on
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

> There's a particular kind of usenet poster who thinks that if they
> rubbish everyone else with a fake veneer of calm, that this creates a
> good impression.

Perhaps, although I don't see the relevance of that here.

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From: Padraig Breathnach on
Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:39:26 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
><padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote:
>
>>Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:18:17 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
>>><deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 03:21:01 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Dave Frightens Me writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's like saying "if you disagree, you are stupid".
>>>>>
>>>>>That's exactly what stupid people usually say. In fact, it's a pretty
>>>>>good indicator of low intelligence.
>>>>
>>>>Thus if I agree with you all the time, I'm of high intelligence.
>>>
>>>No, no, no, no. People who agree with *me* all the time are of
>>>high intelligence.
>>>
>>I disagree with that.
>
>I've already explained what that says about you.
>
That's what I disagree with.

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