That depends on whether frets are fermions or bosons... Guy
-----Original Message----- From: A.J. Padilla, M.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 6:25 PM To: Daniel Winheld; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frets Alas, a quantum fret would change, by definition, unpredictably in both time and location, even perhaps, to a neighbor's lute! Of course, two frets couldn't occupy the same note a the same time.... AJP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Winheld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frets > >" I'm holding out for quantum frets, that change temperament when you >>look at them." >>dt > > > You need a special mechanic for that type of fret- and spectacles of > tempered glass. Now we know why the blind lutenist Giacomo Gorzanis > favored ET. > > I used to change temperament whenever my first wife looked at me a > certain way. Dan > > > -- > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
