Comments on: discretion http://misteranthropic.com/200911/discretion/ let me count the ways Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: goblinbox http://misteranthropic.com/200911/discretion/comment-page-1/#comment-6645 goblinbox Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:36:37 +0000 http://misteranthropic.com/?p=1539#comment-6645 Awesome! You've invented the infinite monkey theorem! Only with a piano instead of a typewriter! *chuckle* As both a geek and a musician, I can attest that you are quite correct: there is indeed a finite number of possible number of songs. Ever. (Well, in the mode we use in the West. There are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_mode" rel="nofollow">seven modes</a>, some have quarter tones so that = moar useable notez.) Um, and I was gonna say something terribly clever here but I just got distracted by a routing discussion with a co-worker about some customer's fux0red DMZ. Awesome! You've invented the infinite monkey theorem! Only with a piano instead of a typewriter! *chuckle*

As both a geek and a musician, I can attest that you are quite correct: there is indeed a finite number of possible number of songs. Ever. (Well, in the mode we use in the West. There are seven modes, some have quarter tones so that = moar useable notez.)

Um, and I was gonna say something terribly clever here but I just got distracted by a routing discussion with a co-worker about some customer's fux0red DMZ.

]]> By: CëRïSë http://misteranthropic.com/200911/discretion/comment-page-1/#comment-6638 CëRïSë Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:46:36 +0000 http://misteranthropic.com/?p=1539#comment-6638 My uncle, a musician, used to like to point out that there are only 12 notes. Amusing. This makes me think about how when I was a kid, I would wonder if, given the unfathomable size of the human population, there were someone out there who looked <i>exactly like me</i>. My mom said there was. I don't know if that's true or not, but I do still wonder about it and how many potential twins, if any, I might have out there. My uncle, a musician, used to like to point out that there are only 12 notes. Amusing.

This makes me think about how when I was a kid, I would wonder if, given the unfathomable size of the human population, there were someone out there who looked exactly like me. My mom said there was. I don't know if that's true or not, but I do still wonder about it and how many potential twins, if any, I might have out there.

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