LordFerret

For @Just Jim Mozart's Concerto for flute and harp, K.299. There are a number of recordings of this on YouTube, but none of them really suits me; none of them like the recording I have here at home. Having listened to several (too many) of them, this one has a decent balance (recording volume) between flute and harp... most of them, the flute drowns out the harp. Enjoy.

Haha!.. mudding can be fun. Actually, riding in sand pits, your best time to ride is right after a rain; it firms up the sand a bit. No, don't cross the beams...

You mean just like the robot pallet drivers used in the manufacturing warehouse. They're not infallible either.

As bright and delightful as the sun in this afternoon's sky... Another big opera guy, Johann Adolph Hasse, surprisingly with a Toccata and Fugue in G minor on harpsichord.

Yes, I liked how one report I'd read worded it as the computer/software 'chose' to ignore the object in the roadway.

While the waste motor oil method is a bit extreme, the olive oil is a bit more forgiving in that it's shorter lasting and bio-degradable. By doing it a few times, the idea is to put the notion into their heads that it might be oiled up again and get into the routine of passing through slower. I used to ride, but not on the streets. If you want to go fast and get wild, do it in the dirt!

What you need is a radar gun and a video camera... and some free time. You sit there on the side of the road (in your yard) with the video camera set up behind you to capture the radar gun readout and license plates of the speeding cars / bikes. Then you go down to the police department and show them your evidence and have tickets issued. Video evidence is very hard to dispute in court. Or, you could really play dirty and paint the roadway with waste oil (olive oil works too). Then, instead of calling the police on them, you'll be calling an ambulance for them.

Related to the above... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-selfdriving/uber-hires-former-ntsb-chair-to-advise-on-safety-culture-after-fatal-crash-idUSKBN1I81Z4?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+(Reuters+Technology+News) Despite all of this news, it's still just speculation on the part of the media; There is an ongoing investigation, and until it's finished there is no official report of cause. That being said; This paints a picture, one which says software is not and should not be referred to as being 'AI'... they're so far from sentience it isn't funny. Back to my original post; "... but it won't be machines that become sentient, it will be that Mathematics that becomes sentient. "

Why do I play this? Because I'm retired, and I can..... plus it's fun and a challenge. Yes, I built one and tested it recently... posted pictures of it (somewhere) in the 'What did you do in KSP today?' thread. I took it out to the orbit of Mun and back home.

Dinner background this evening. Giuseppe Tartini, you likely know him for something else without even knowing him...

Overdue, Modern era... Erik Satie Best listened to while raining.

Yappy Tirthday Bo Hou Enjoy!

I actually paid attention to the startup screen, loading my save, to see that I've over 80 active missions. I thought the lag was starting to creep worse.

One for the ladies today... Barbara Strozzi, a very prolific mid-1600's Italian composer and singer.

I saw 'Spruce' live in 1984 at the Garden on his USA tour. Trust me when I tell you, he's so unbelievably overplayed 'down here at the shore'. Interesting pick. Every 3 hours?!?!! Careful, I'll be pulling out Wagner... or better yet, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Holst is ok, and you're right about his The Planets works, popular. To me however, considering all his other works, The Planets are overplayed. Something a little different, Giulio Romolo Caccini. Late Renaissance / early Baroque, 1601.

I like this by Milstein better than Hahn's. A pair of headphones, listening to the two, will define what I was describing about her use of vibrato. I can relate. My grandfather was a violinist (also an engineer). He used to play at the Newark Symphony Hall back in the late 20's and early 30's. We thought he owned a Stradivarius (ha, they're worth millions), but his violin, now in my cousin's possession, was appraised in NYC and turned out to be a Vuillaume copy... still a nice piece. As a child, studying violin for 3 years, I took my lessons on it. What I remember most of my grandfather with regard to music, was that even after suffering from a serious stroke (late 60's), he could still stand there and play Rimsky Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee for me. So, for grandpa... note the conductor, this guy is a hoot. Moving on... Nothing obscure, quite known, I think I've posted works of his here before (hope I'm not repeating myself). John Dowland... M'Lady loves this.

Oh I like this as well. Nice pick. While I've heard Hahn before (I believe I heard the mentioned NPR interview with her at some point), this particular piece was new for me. The only thing I disagree with in her playing is her continuous vibrato, which in this piece was not as evident. That is a long and ongoing debate, the use of vibrato in Baroque music. Likewise the debate of using period vs modern instruments. Otherwise, I think her technical ability is phenomenal and I like that her interpretations are clear and not off in the realm of experimental. Thanks! M'Lady liked it too, I put it on during dinner.

Yep... 90 degrees F today. We're sitting out in the yard, sipping cold drinks, watching all the critters. I'm tempted to make a run over to the beach, although I know the water is still frigid.

What manner of animal is that in the picture???

@tater, a request; Share your ear. I'd like to hear something you've discovered / like. Heard this today. Absolutely delightful; Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni A short piece, Oboe Concerto Op. 9, No. 5 If it leaves you wanting more, check this out... 12 Concertos, Op.9 | Christopher Hogwood The Academy of Ancient Music (on original/period instruments)

Not exactly. Apollo 14, " On the way back to Earth, the crew conducted the first U.S. materials processing experiments in space. " - Wiki Apollo 15, the lunar sub-satellite, PFS-1, 'frozen orbit'. - Wiki -and- Apollo 15, " was the first visible trace of manned landings on the Moon seen from space since the close of the Apollo program. " - Wiki Apollo 16 - the lunar sub-satellite, PFS-2, ""Instead, something bizarre happened. The orbit of PFS-2 rapidly changed shape and distance from the Moon. In 2-1/2 weeks the satellite was swooping to within a hair-raising 6 miles (9.7 km) of the lunar surface at closest approach. As the orbit kept changing, PFS-2 backed off again, until it seemed to be a safe 30 miles away. But not for long: inexorably, the subsatellite's orbit carried it back toward the Moon. And on May 29, 1972—only 35 days and 425 orbits after its release"—PFS-2 crashed into the Lunar surface." - Wiki Apollo 17, " The mission broke several records: the longest moon landing, longest total extravehicular activities (moonwalks),[7] largest lunar sample, and longest time in lunar orbit.[8] " - Wiki As for Apollo 12, it appears we brought Mr. Bean along with us... "To improve the quality of television pictures from the Moon, a color camera was carried on Apollo 12 (unlike the monochrome camera that was used on Apollo 11). Unfortunately, when Bean carried the camera to the place near the Lunar Module where it was to be set up, he inadvertently pointed it directly into the Sun, destroying the Secondary Electron Conduction (SEC) tube. Television coverage of this mission was thus terminated almost immediately.[15]" " The astronauts also took photographs, although by accident Bean left several rolls of exposed film on the lunar surface. " Wiki

Oh I am! Nice pick! Haven't heard this in a while, thanks. Edit: Also nice in that I can click on 'Watch on YouTube' and pick up browsing the forums while I listen.

And in the mean time, Take Two's stock is about to go for a ride; Its stock has been upgraded. KSP has nothing to do with this development, Take Two could shelve it at this point and it wouldn't matter. Watch the ride... that's about all you can do at this point if you've not already bought in (except maybe wait for the next tumble they take). https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/04/30/take-two-interactive-stock-upgraded-what-you-need.aspx https://www.marketwatch.com/story/take-twos-stock-surges-after-wedbush-upgrades-ahead-of-earnings-report-2018-04-30 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TTWO?s=ttwo

Those first two sentences in Part 2; I think you need to look a little deeper into what the 'Cold War' was actually about, and the 'Space Race'. Maybe just mention that the Space Race was born of the Cold War and leave it at that.