From: Dave Frightens Me on 12 Aug 2006 03:21 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:51:26 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> No, you haven't. That's not necessary to infer something though. > >True, but if I don't describe my inferences, you have no way of >knowing what they are. I suppose you could make inferences of your >own, but they would not necessarily be accurate. A description isn't necessary to infer something. In fact, an inference means a description was avoided. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Aug 2006 07:08 Dave Frightens Me writes: > A description isn't necessary to infer something. In fact, an > inference means a description was avoided. One infers when one cannot know for sure, which implies that a description is both unnecessary and proscribed. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Aug 2006 07:08 Dave Frightens Me writes: > A description isn't necessary to infer something. In fact, an > inference means a description was avoided. One infers when one cannot know for sure, which implies that a description is both unnecessary and proscribed. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: barney2 on 12 Aug 2006 09:42 In article <juppd25vu2haqbr89oibma3avhsjm3snpc(a)4ax.com>, mxsmanic(a)gmail.com (Mxsmanic) wrote: > *From:* Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> > *Date:* Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:27:20 +0200 > > barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > > > So the reason that C4-G4 sounds 'better' than C4-F#4 is that the > > ratio of the former, 1:1.498303, is closer to 10:15 than the latter, > > 1:1.41421, is to 10:14? > > Perhaps, but it involves more than just a percentage difference as > well. Perception is a funny thing. > > What is certain is that music is fundamentally based on the > subjectively pleasing sound of multiple frequencies spatially or > temporally separated that bear certain simple mathematical > relationships to each other. What does spatially separated mean in this context? If you mean the frequencies are coming from different points in space, I wouldn't have thought that was significant. Or do you mean they are separated in a "frequency space"?
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Aug 2006 09:50
barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > What does spatially separated mean in this context? Sounding at the same time, rather than one after another. > If you mean the > frequencies are coming from different points in space, I wouldn't have > thought that was significant. Or do you mean they are separated in a > "frequency space"? The latter. You hear them simultaneously, instead of consecutively. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |