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Do kids today know the sound of bionics?
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.
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Quote: BJOTD
It matters not how long I have been a CP member, I never get the acronym right at the first try. 
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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den2k88 wrote: I never get the acronym right at the first try
Obviously it's "Brent Jenkins Of The Day" (and about time too, I say!) 
The whole thing's rigged to blow, touch those tanks and "boooom"!
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance[^]
This weeks choice for song of the week was hard!
I've been listening to classical music a lot and there were really multiple contestants for song of the week.
Khachaturian's Sabre Dance is an uptempo piece with lots of percussion. It's from the ballet Gayaneh[^] which has pretty amazing music (never seen the actual dance).
This particular song has been a favorite since my early childhood as it was used on a cassette tape with (fairy) tales I used to listen to a lot (this song was used in "Treasure Island").
As this week was so hard I DO want to make an honorable mention of Modest Mussorgsky's The Great Gate At Kiev[^] from his famous Pictures At An Exhibition[^].
And yes, I said Mussorgsky, not Emerson, Lake & Palmer[^] 
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How was the sound quality on your machine? I found it had quite a bit of Rattle 
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Sander Rossel wrote: never seen the actual dance
Then you must![^]
That, by the way, is not Mussorgsky's Great Gate but Ravel's. Mussorgsky's version was for solo piano, so actually ELP's version being largely keyboard is, in a way, more faithful to the original.
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Sander Rossel wrote: I don't think Tom and Jerry ever featured classical music.
What? Blasphemer! The Cat Concerto and Tom and Jerry in The Hollywood Bowl are two of the most famous episodes ever. And there's more[^] and yet more[^] !
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Bluddy amateur Tom & Jerry watchers!
WTF do they teach them in schools, these days?
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Funny how I don't remember it from Tom and Jerry, but I do remember it from Disney 
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Sander Rossel wrote: I've never actually seen it listed as Ravel
As 982365 said, it was written by Modest Mussorgsky for solo piano, but most orchestral performances are Maurice Ravel's arrangement.
From Modest Mussorgsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]:
Mussorgsky's most imaginative and frequently performed work is the cycle of piano pieces describing paintings in sound called Pictures at an Exhibition[^]. This composition, best known through an orchestral arrangement by Maurice Ravel[^], was written in commemoration of his friend, the architect Viktor Hartmann[^].
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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I'm just going to keep on bookmark these posts you make, so I can listen to it when I come home.
Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain is also very interesting. I was first exposed to it in my early childhood by Disney - the Chernobog[^] clip. But later upon rediscovery, I went to check out more of his music. He had some interesting ideas, thanks for reminding me of his existence.
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RUs123 wrote: Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain
Nope. Rimsky-Korsakov, this time! 
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9082365 wrote: Nope. Rimsky-Korsakov, this time!
Nope!² It is Modest Mussorgsky.
Night on Bald Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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Mussorgsky wrote the 'toon' yes but what you heard in Fantasia and all you'll ever hear in the modern concert repertoire is Rimsky-Korsakov's reworking. We simply have no way of knowing how much, if any of it, can reliably be said to belong to Mussorgsky.
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9082365 wrote: We simply have no way of knowing how much, if any of it, can reliably be said to belong to Mussorgsky.
According to Night on Bald Mountain - Rimsky-Korsakov's fantasy: Night on Bald Mountain (1886) / Composition history[^] Rimsky-Korsakov himself claims to minimal "interpolations":
With Mussorgsky's material as a basis, I decided to create an instrumental piece by retaining all of the author's best and coherent material, adding the fewest possible interpolations of my own.
But, yes, mostly what everyone hears under that name is the Rimsky-Korsakov arrangement/composition.
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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I'm just going to pretend you never said that.
If you continue this nothing I know will turn out to be real 
And so, with a *plop* sound, Sander vanished into thin air.
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That's how I got to know him too 
The Chernobog video was my favorite when I was little
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Um, by definition, that's not a "song".
Jump to 11:41[^] for a Real song!
I don't see how it could ever have been sung better.
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The real song is a tragically short excerpt at 00:00! The one that Lesley and her mate are belting out at 11:41 is an aria! And it's a Leslie! (Last weeks SOTW, in fact!)
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It's actually funny when you bother other people 
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Here some more dances:
Thracian dances[^]
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Nice, I'd never heard of him!
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I am getting quite a number of pages becoming unresponsive in Google Chrome, and needing to be killed. I also get a rather jerky response on many forum messages. Although this is largely happening on CodeProject I have seen examples from one or two other sites. I do not think I (or my ISP) have changed anything recently so am at a loss as to why it has suddenly started happening. Anyone else seeing anything similar?
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I just downloaded the latest 64 bit version (51.0.2704.36 beta-m (64-bit)) and it appears to be much better. I also discovered that it has installed this in the "C:\Program Files (x86)" directory, rather than the 64 bit "C:\Program Files". So it seemns that a previous update may have reverted to 32 bit and rather messed up my browsing experience.
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The 32-bit version definitely appears to have been the problem. Latest 64-bit version is flying (let's hope I have not spoken too soon).
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modified 5-May-16 7:40am.
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I'm running Version 50.0.2661.94 m and I've seen no problems at all.
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Which is odd, because I was running the 64 bit version, and this is the 32...
That may be relevant - which are you using?
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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