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HHornbein reacted to phinds's post in the thread Is Alan Turing given too much credit when it comes to computers? with
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It is arguable (witness this thread) as to whether or not Turing has been overrated (personally, I think not) but if you want an... -
HHornbein replied to the thread Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters.The novel The Forever War focuses on this. Society has taken strange turns and the returned soldier doesn't fit in at all.
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HHornbein reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread Looking for movies where mathematics actually matters with Like.
Theres a youtube short on grade school math thats very funny. It’s about a teacher explaining to a first grader that his answer for 2+2...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Philomena Cunk Interviews Brian Cox.On the positive side, given a map of the world 96% of USA adults can locate their nation.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Studying The use of AI in self-learning.They hired tutors. I've hired one. An impecunious Albert Einstein tutored Otto Stern on quantum physics. You had to be in a university...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Playing the guitar, the difference between being good and being a genius.....Now I've seen everything.
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HHornbein reacted to sbrothy's post in the thread Playing the guitar, the difference between being good and being a genius.... with Like.
Slide guitar always impressed me. I tried to play using a metal pipe on my pinky after tuning the guitar in a chord as it's done (at...
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HHornbein reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Playing the guitar, the difference between being good and being a genius.... with Like.
The understated excellence of JJ Cale comes to my mind. Not blistering virtuosity (I do like those too) but somehow doing more with...
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HHornbein replied to the thread Playing the guitar, the difference between being good and being a genius.....If there is ever a greatest guitar genius contest I believe Jimi Hendrix would win. So original.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?.Whoops! Here's an earlier even better version.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Philomena Cunk Interviews Brian Cox.My mother once said of global warming "why can't they just air condition the crops?"
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HHornbein replied to the thread Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?.Another original.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Playing the guitar, the difference between being good and being a genius.....Genius? How about this.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Who is your favorite Jazz musician and what is your favorite song?.A very expressive singer, the opposite of power singers like Whitney Houston. She's still big in Japan.
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HHornbein replied to the thread Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?.Others may imitate us But the originals still the greatest