Re: Oracle 10G
Off-topic banter in the Oracle 10G thread. Madison Pruet (mpruet) said his advanced degrees were in musicology and described early music-encoding programming. Neil Truby joked about beers, Madison replied with a pun on Meyerbeer, and Serge Rielau quipped that the need for harmony led him to HDR. No technical content.
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"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:<c2id12$1tm8qo$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message > news:c2ibki$1t6tda$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de... > > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message > > news:1078445795.713139@yasure... > > > Perhaps this is an extension of a point I've made previously, of surprise > > that US-only job hostings always specify a computing degree. This is > > unusual in the UK: even if a graduate is required a degree in maths, > physics > > (such as I have) or even an arts subject will be acceptable. > > Just in case anyone is reading, I meant to write: " ...even if a graduate > is required a degree in maths, physics (such as I have) or even an arts > subject will *often* be acceptable." Whew! I certainly hope so - expecially since -- well -- my advanced degrees were in musicology. Of course - we spent a lot of time doing set theory, developing computer analysis software, acoustical analysis, etc. My first programming pride and joy was when I figured out how to simulate musical encoding using a system that allowed me to maintain the difference between a c-sharp and a d-flat, so that it could distinguish between a dominant-7th and a German-6th chord, or could recognize the difference between a ii-#5-b6 and a flat-VII-Mm7... Of course we also spent a good deal of time studying Boethesus, Niedt, Kernberger, and such as well... ;-) M.P.
"mpruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> wrote in message news:40676184.0403091334.2e4e343c@posting.google.com... > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:<c2id12$1tm8qo$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message > > news:c2ibki$1t6tda$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de... > > > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message > > > news:1078445795.713139@yasure... > Of course we also spent a good deal of time studying Boethesus, Niedt, > Kernberger, and such as well... ;-) Are they beers?
"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:<c2lgqr$1v7eoc$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > "mpruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:40676184.0403091334.2e4e343c@posting.google.com... > > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message > news:<c2id12$1tm8qo$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > > > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message > > > news:c2ibki$1t6tda$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de... > > > > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message > > > > news:1078445795.713139@yasure... > > > Of course we also spent a good deal of time studying Boethesus, Niedt, > > Kernberger, and such as well... ;-) > > Are they beers? Or Meyer-beer (for those who like late romantic German Opera...)
mpruet wrote: > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:<c2id12$1tm8qo$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > >>"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message >>news:c2ibki$1t6tda$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de... >> >>>"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message >>>news:1078445795.713139@yasure... >> >> >> >>>Perhaps this is an extension of a point I've made previously, of surprise >>>that US-only job hostings always specify a computing degree. This is >>>unusual in the UK: even if a graduate is required a degree in maths, >> >> physics >> >>>(such as I have) or even an arts subject will be acceptable. >> >>Just in case anyone is reading, I meant to write: " ...even if a graduate >>is required a degree in maths, physics (such as I have) or even an arts >>subject will *often* be acceptable." > > > Whew! I certainly hope so - expecially since -- well -- my advanced > degrees were in musicology. Of course - we spent a lot of time doing > set theory, developing computer analysis software, acoustical > analysis, etc. My first programming pride and joy was when I figured > out how to simulate musical encoding using a system that allowed me to > maintain the difference between a c-sharp and a d-flat, so that it > could distinguish between a dominant-7th and a German-6th chord, or > could recognize the difference between a ii-#5-b6 and a > flat-VII-Mm7... > > Of course we also spent a good deal of time studying Boethesus, Niedt, > Kernberger, and such as well... ;-) > > M.P. Hmm, sooo... it's the need for harmony that drove you into HDR. -- Serge Rielau DB2 SQL Compiler Development IBM Toronto Lab