Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:50 pm
by AndyDufresne
Oh Science. Love it.
**Munches on a banana**
--Andy
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:51 am
by AndyDufresne
I've been listening to CSPAN-2 this morning, to the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee 'questioning' the White House Director of Science & Technology Policy Dr. John Holdren. Listening to some of them wax poetic about NASA and high energy particle physics while some of them (or their previous colleagues) saw it quite fit to cut / eliminate funding in order to 'reduce the budget deficit' according to public Congress records.
Whenever I listen to these Congressional hearings regarding either scientific agencies like NASA or science policy and some of the skeptical or 'lecturing' questions and comments, it just makes me want to bang my head on the desk.
**Munches on a banana**
--Andy
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:43 pm
by 2dimes
AndyDufresne wrote:bang my head on the desk.
How much funding for Space exploration could be generated via this proceedure?
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:35 pm
by AndyDufresne
Enough!
**Munches on a banana**
--Andy
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:48 pm
by 2dimes
Get to work then.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:32 pm
by jonesthecurl
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:34 am
by AndyDufresne
**Munches on a banana** Almost the weekend. Mmmmmhm.
--Andy
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:53 pm
by strike wolf
Silly monkey. the weekend's almost over.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:04 pm
by pancakemix
Not much activity in here.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:44 pm
by AndyDufresne
Agreed. We should change that. With...a banana-volution. **Munches on a banana**
--Andy
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:09 pm
by jonesthecurl
Is that evolution or revolution?
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:34 pm
by strike wolf
Bananas have consumed this thread.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:36 pm
by strike wolf
So I've decided as a guitarist. I want to be as great a player as Stevie Ray Vaughan, as emotive with the guitar as David Gilmour and be innovative all by this time next week...I sometimes think I'm aiming too low.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:03 pm
by pancakemix
strike wolf wrote:Bananas have consumed this thread.
Think it should be the other way around?
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:22 am
by 2dimes
strike wolf wrote:So I've decided as a guitarist. I want to be as great a player as Stevie Ray Vaughan, as emotive with the guitar as David Gilmour and be innovative all by this time next week...I sometimes think I'm aiming too low.
I find the best way to improve my playing is to play with a band where everyone else is way better than you. If they will have you.
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Big slice - Jonas and the Massive Attraction
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Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:42 am
by AndyDufresne
I've never been able to play an instrument. I think I tried to play the saxophone in grade school, and quit after 3 lessons.
**Munches on a banana**
--Andy
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:31 am
by 2dimes
It's tough to find a good teacher who can motivate and teach a beginer well. Try a bass the saying is it's the easiest instrument to play but is difficult to play well. Other good simple instruments are Jaws Harp and Ocarina. Have you ever tried to program a keyboard? You might be really good at that, it's more like a puzzle. You don't need any rhythem with your hands.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:43 am
by AndyDufresne
When I was younger, I once road on a train and bought a dime store harmonica and pretended I was a super tramp.
**Munches on a banana**
--Andy
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:44 am
by 2dimes
You could have pretended to be Rudy or taken the long way home also.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:46 am
by AndyDufresne
I pretended to be a poor boy, long ways from home.
**Munches on a poor banana**
--Andy
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:47 am
by 2dimes
I don't have any John Hurt recordings.
Re: the longest thread, thread - Occasionally NSFW
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:06 pm
by jonesthecurl
AndyDufresne wrote:I've never been able to play an instrument. I think I tried to play the saxophone in grade school, and quit after 3 lessons.
**Munches on a banana**
--Andy
I was learning to play bass when i worked in an office in London, but someone stole the instrument after a few days.
Re:
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:13 pm
by strike wolf
2dimes wrote:It's tough to find a good teacher who can motivate and teach a beginer well. Try a bass the saying is it's the easiest instrument to play but is difficult to play well. Other good simple instruments are Jaws Harp and Ocarina. Have you ever tried to program a keyboard? You might be really good at that, it's more like a puzzle. You don't need any rhythem with your hands.
Well base has less strings than other guitars so yeah it's easier in that sense. Only thing harder about the bass would probably be the finger strength required (bass strings are thicker).
Part of my problem with learning is I am a bit unfocused. I really want to get good at finger picking and I want to learn barres better (I can play an F# barre but I haven't learned any others yet) and I also want to do 20 other things at the same time. The only reason I haven't tried to learn slide guitar is because currently I don't have all the accessories I need.
Re: Re:
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:31 pm
by pancakemix
strike wolf wrote:
2dimes wrote:It's tough to find a good teacher who can motivate and teach a beginer well. Try a bass the saying is it's the easiest instrument to play but is difficult to play well. Other good simple instruments are Jaws Harp and Ocarina. Have you ever tried to program a keyboard? You might be really good at that, it's more like a puzzle. You don't need any rhythem with your hands.
Well base has less strings than other guitars so yeah it's easier in that sense. Only thing harder about the bass would probably be the finger strength required (bass strings are thicker).
Part of my problem with learning is I am a bit unfocused. I really want to get good at finger picking and I want to learn barres better (I can play an F# barre but I haven't learned any others yet) and I also want to do 20 other things at the same time. The only reason I haven't tried to learn slide guitar is because currently I don't have all the accessories I need.
Less string doesn't have much to do with it, I think. There are other factors at play that make more of a difference. For instance, there's a lot more stretching involved as opposed to regular guitar (wider frets, strings further apart), and good rhythm is key to good bass playing.
You might laugh, but I've found that playing copious amounts of Guitar Hero/Rock Band games has improved my innate rhythm immensely.
