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So nice... But you look so sad? Regards

This was not bad... However, that scene had almost no action or special models or props - how practical it would be to do something more complex? We've heard Ross' opinion on that? So, for an episode like The Tunnel - how many hours would the animation in SFM take and what rate would the animator be expected to charge? Any thoughts? Regards

Some people have a thing about uniforms. Especially in Japan, or so I heard... But that kid must have been so relieved when you brushed him off. I'm absolutely certain he hadn't thought of the second line and would have probably fainted if you said "yes" Regards

Jeez, does this happen often? A missed dinner is not going to kill you but it's a matter of principle here. Do they consider you living on your own now and that you should take care of your own food or is it just forgetfulness? Don't know what to say, keep your pantry stocked for occasions like that, maybe? Storable food like dry noddles, pickles, tinned stuff can be kept for ages without deterioration. For a rainy day.... Regards P.S. WTF! I just was on a boring conference call and was looking through a reasonably respectable news website (to while away the time) and then they show me a video of some Brazilian teenage drug dealers shooting another one in cold blood, 20 bullets and the video being taken by one of the shooters GF who was prodding them on... Now I feel like I want to kill someone myself. Bloody bastards. I hope they'll pay for it, one way or another. Give bad name to entire homo sapiens.

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You and I, we should be running Her Majesty's Government's Ministry of Defence! I'd have kept the Harriers, scrapped the Typhoons, forgot about F-35s, bought a bunch of F-18s and Gripens and built some long big CATOBAR flat-tops. But when politics and individuals' greed is added into the mix - we get what we've got here in the UK. Regards

MIDI buddy! For some reason it reminded me about "midiclorians" - may the force be with us! Regards

It's mainly to save on the ships. STOVL/Helicopter carriers are much smaller and cheaper. The USMC and the British Royal Navy use them. There was a big bruhaha a couple of years back, when our government tried to build a proper catapult-fitted carrier, which would have allowed us to use pretty much any carrier A/C but, as rumours go, it was sunk by pressure from the US as they needed a non-US launch customer for the F-35B (obviously, the most expensive of them all). Regards

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I was using an old open source MIDI sequencer, called Jazz. It is no longer maintained but can still be found. Here, for example: http://tecnologia.tiscali.it/download/scheda.php?id=211744 (click on "Preleva" button to download - I've checked, the file matches exactly the zip I got directly from the developers earlier, so it's safe). Regards P.S. Notes not playing: do you mean in bars 18, 20, 22? There are some notes almost overlapping and that seems to throw some of the instruments off (works with the basic piano though). Slightly adjusting the duration, so that the note ends before the next one starts, fixes it.

@Jeb_CC: See if any of the attached are any good... The first number in the file-names is the lead track program No. and the second - is the Bass'. All from the standard GM bank. Answering my own question... I was always picky about music. I liked various stuff - hard rock, Beatles, classicals - but I was never completely happy or satisfied with any specific piece. Always looking for something that would combine bits I liked from pop, rock, jazz, classical in one number. Then one day I heard a couple of records which I was told were "art rock" (aka "prog") - and it was like - hey, that's exactly what I've been missing, I want more of this! And it never changed since. I still like everything that I liked as a school boy with the same degree of "something is lacking here but it suits my mood" attitude. But my soul is in prog and I'm pretty sure - that's until death do us part. Regards Dash_to_it_test_23-02-15.zip

Oh, bummer. That does limit your options a bit... Regards

@Rarity: With muscles, it's - if you don't use them, you lose them. Eat enough, have an occasional pint and exercise regularly. That latter bit is the key. If you have a desk job, don't limit yourself in food and still lack body fat - you are indeed lucky. You have a plenty of room for manoeuvre. If you exert yourself physically *regularly* you can then just eat as much as your body tells you without much fear of becoming overweight... @Jeb_CC: Female metabolism is a mystery to me, so I won't even venture there... All I know is, as long as you eat properly, just let the nature take its course and be what you are. Regards

I'll try to take a look tonight. Trouble with MIDI is that it sounds slightly different on every machine, even the standard GM bank, though it's supposed to be the same in theory... A question to everyone - how did you get to like the music you like? Do your tastes change with time? Do you keep the music you like or do you listen to it for a while, then move on to find something new, never to touch the old stuff again? Regards

So much stuff happens here, all at the same time, difficult to keep track... But once you do - it's so good. -KxP5AsYnpo Regards

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The JSF program is set to be the biggest procurement disaster in the US history... It is only still alive because so much national prestige is put at stake on it. Designed by a committee, executed over pork barrels - it's a wreck, just like the British R38(ZR2) affair (only hopefully with fewer people killed). Regards

This is another one of Jasmine's (the original is here). It's the first time I ever touched drums in MIDI (or IRL, for that matter), so - apologies if it sounds a bit amateurish... Regards Dreaming moda.zip

Exactly the same. Ever since I've been told the difference between minor and major (I was about 4 at the time), there never was any doubt in my mind that "my" music is in minor. Regards

Seems to have gone quiet for now... Regards

Wow. Such a huge improvement on the original. From what's essentially a bit of elevator music to a really powerful piece - well done! Regards P.S. I have now managed to listen to the other one (the Cure) - not bad, either. There is a positively Pink Floyd-esque moment 1 minute in!

But if you look at it from a different angle - *anyone* can die any day. Only we don't know the odds ahead of time. Even if we do - they don't mean much. Probability of something happening is not a guarantee that it will happen. But you can use the knowledge as a reminder not to put off till tomorrow things you can do today. Please say you didn't really mean that! here's a song for you Regards

OK. I'm not offering you to stay at my place as you have already got plenty of such propositions (but if they all kick you out - sure, do knock on my door). There's something, it seems, about teenage daughters and fathers that causes sparks to fly... I am glad to say I don't have any direct experience with that (don't have any daughters) but I have a sister and in her mid- to late teens she and father would just go into a shouting match for no reason I could see... Thing is - how to avoid it? Can it be avoided, even? Don't ask me... But, I would still suggest you make your unhappiness known. Just taking it quietly but then seeking revenge against inanimate objects in private is not going to serve you well. You'll just make yourself feel miserable all the time. But don't do it like my sister either! Try to make light of the situation but still give a joking retort. Use it at the same time to let him know about things that irritate you (I'm sure, your dad is not infallible in his own personal tidiness - no man is). The important bit is - you will need to be able to do this anyway, when you'll be living with your BF. You both will have to find ways how to let each other know that closing the toilet lid or not leaving a tampon in the bathroom is important but without making the other side feel that it is a personal rebuke. Before you unleash your mock fury on your boyfriend, though, you might as well practice on your (unsuspecting) father. Humour works best for this and for an occasional situation when it doesn't - a couple of plates smashed on the floor would usually do the trick Regards

This thing doesn't want to work for me - "This track cannot be played now, try again later" Regards