< 1061078853 0 :Verbed!~Verbed@24.67.104.54 JOIN :#esoteric < 1061079266 0 :asdsa_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :niven.freenode.net irc.freenode.net < 1061079279 0 :asdsa_!antilove@zolo.freelsd.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1061080840 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hi, Verbed. < 1061080906 0 :Verbed!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hello. < 1061082153 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Verbed: you're in many channels. < 1061082385 0 :Verbed!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I suspect I would miss many interesting conversations if I weren't. < 1061088145 0 :Verbed!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Client exiting" < 1061100129 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"leaving" < 1061103700 0 :Verbed!~Verbed@h24-67-104-54.ed.shawcable.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1061107199 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :ended < 1061107200 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid JOIN :#esoteric < 1061151661 0 :lament!~lament@24.85.63.178 JOIN :#esoteric < 1061155475 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ha < 1061155478 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :http://www.jsbach.net/images/warp.html < 1061155645 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Great... I made Bach look like Walter Matthau. < 1061155680 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I've seen an applet that did that to Bill Gates < 1061155699 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but that was on an anti-microsoft site, not a gates fansite < 1061155742 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Maybe this just goes to show that jsbach.org is anti-bach! < 1061155797 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :wow: http://www.jsbach.net/images/Jordan6StringViolin.html < 1061155801 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :_that's_ esoteric. < 1061156007 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oooh. Electric violins. < 1061156018 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Six stringed electric violins. < 1061156032 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Indeed. < 1061156062 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I wonder how is it played. < 1061156072 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Like a regular violin. < 1061156080 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :No. < 1061156085 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Why not? < 1061156090 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :It doesn't have a bow. < 1061156104 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Duuuh, then you provide the bow yourself. < 1061156107 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :You can't play with a bow on six strings. < 1061156113 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sure you can. < 1061156115 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :The board is flat anyway. < 1061156134 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :It isn't. It curves slightly. < 1061156143 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :That's not enough. < 1061156150 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :It was enough when Bach lived. < 1061156156 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :No it wasn't. < 1061156163 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes, it was. < 1061156173 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :No, it wasn't. < 1061156180 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :... < 1061156192 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Elaborate. < 1061156216 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Maybe it was enough when Bach lived. < 1061156223 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :But certainly not for _six_ strings. < 1061156256 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :And you base this on... What? < 1061156272 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :My experience. < 1061156293 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :That's interesting... Because my experience tells me it would be enough. < 1061156364 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :How come all (that I know of) bowed instruments have four, or less than four, strings? < 1061156401 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Dunno... Possibly you don't know a lot of bowed string instruments? < 1061156471 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Likely. < 1061156483 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Here's a hint. Go look up information on an instrument called 'viola da gamba' < 1061156524 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh, look... First link on google shows a six-string viola da gamba... < 1061156528 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Fancy that. < 1061156559 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :http://www.violadagamba.nl/pix/kampic.gif < 1061156567 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :See that curve? < 1061156590 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Nothing like that curve on the electric violin. < 1061156601 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Irrelevant... You claimed there were very few string instruments with more than four strings. < 1061156613 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Well, it is true :) < 1061156616 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :No. < 1061156650 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm not even going to inquire why the da gamba effectively died out < 1061156660 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but anyway! < 1061156677 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :But anyway you don't have an argument, so you'll try your best to move the conversation elsewhere. < 1061156684 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :No. < 1061156691 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Doesn't it depress you to be wrong all the time? < 1061156696 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :We weren't talking about da gambas. < 1061156706 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :We were talking about that six-stringed violin. < 1061156744 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Ah, so your 'nonexistance of >4-stringed instruments' argument was a straw man. < 1061156767 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yep! < 1061156776 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and i didn't agrue nonexistance. Just ignorance. < 1061156785 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ouch. "agrue". < 1061156788 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Well, in that case, I won't bother talking with you... < 1061156794 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :"It's pitch black, you're likely to be eaten by agrue." < 1061156818 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh well. < 1061156839 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :In fact < 1061156912 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :In fact we were both quite wrong. < 1061156939 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :The violin is played with a bow, and the bridge is very curved. < 1061157250 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :http://www.barberatransducers.com/hybrid_violin.jpg < 1061157284 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :(5 strings) < 1061157308 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ah, here's 6. http://www.barberatransducers.com/standard_violin.jpg