Funny thing, my 'Cathal McConnell number' and my Walshaw number were
established at
the same time/place - at a session at Sandy Bell's in Edinburgh. Though
Cathal didn't actually
play that night, IIRC, but Jack Campin did.
wil
John Chambers wrote:
Henrik Norbeck writes:
| Jack Campin wrote:
Henrik Norbeck writes:
| Jack Campin wrote:
| >Your Erdos number is 1 + the minimal Erdos number of anyone you
| >co-authored a paper with.
|
| There is also the famous "Kevin Bacon" number for movie stars,
| see the "Oracle of Bacon" at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/
One of my favorite takeof
Jack Campin wrote:
>Your Erdos number is 1 + the minimal Erdos number of anyone you
>co-authored a paper with.
There is also the famous "Kevin Bacon" number for movie stars,
see the "Oracle of Bacon" at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/
>In the ABC world, Chris Walshaw is the obvious zero point.
From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In the ABC world, Chris Walshaw is the obvious zero point.
>
> I've played with Julian Goodacre who has played with Chris, so
> I have a Walshaw number of 2. That means Wil Macaulay and
> Richard Robinson both have Walshaw numbers no higher than 3, but
> p
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:12:46PM +0100, Phil Taylor wrote:
> Richard Robinson wrote:
>
> >Oops. I meant Phil Taylor, sorry. The reason, anyway, being that there's
> >a bloke called that (I _think_ - not good at names. I mean to check
> >every time, but then I get a clarinet plugged into my mouth
Richard Robinson wrote:
>Oops. I meant Phil Taylor, sorry. The reason, anyway, being that there's
>a bloke called that (I _think_ - not good at names. I mean to check
>every time, but then I get a clarinet plugged into my mouth and forget
>about it) who turns up at the session in Lancaster from ti
nsist it's ungrammatical.
>
> They refer to me instead as a Banjo Hitter... So, thanks to you, maybe I'll
> rename the instrument "Hammer Banjo".
>
> Phil
>
> PS What made you guess at dulcimer?
>
>
> - Original Message -----
&g
Slightly off topic but Phil Gregg wrote:
>My instrument is actually Irish tuned fourstring banjo, but >my "friends"
>refuse to use the words "player" and "banjo" in the same
>sentence. They
>insist it's ungrammatical.
>They refer to me instead as a Banjo Hitter... So, thanks to >you, maybe
I'll
>
I've never coauthored a paper with Paul Erdos, but he spoke at my
graduation...
wil
Jack Campin wrote:
After meeting Richard Robinson at the Newcastleton festival the
weekend before last and playing a few tunes in the same sessions
(there can't have been many Scottish tune sessions featuring tw
So, thanks to you, maybe I'll
rename the instrument "Hammer Banjo".
Phil
PS What made you guess at dulcimer?
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [abcusers] what's your Walshaw number?
> And, while I th
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 11:41:37AM +0100, Jack Campin wrote:
> After meeting Richard Robinson at the Newcastleton festival the
> weekend before last and playing a few tunes in the same sessions
> (there can't have been many Scottish tune sessions featuring two
> clarinets before)
No, there have be
On Monday 14 July 2003 1:36 pm, Phil Gregg wrote:
> So, Walshaw numbers must of necessity be very small for all of us!
The nature of the beast is that it is actually quite difficult to get a high
Erdos number (well, mine is infinite).
I seem to recall reading somewhere a mathematician's commen
very small for all of us!
Having said that, very regrettably, I don't know mine.
Perhaps Mr Walshaw should publish his list, and we can start tracking them
down!o)
Phil
- Original Message -
From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [abcusers] what's
Jack Campin wrote:
>
> After meeting Richard Robinson at the Newcastleton festival the
> weekend before last and playing a few tunes in the same sessions
> (there can't have been many Scottish tune sessions featuring two
> clarinets before) it occurred to me that probably most people on
> this lis
After meeting Richard Robinson at the Newcastleton festival the
weekend before last and playing a few tunes in the same sessions
(there can't have been many Scottish tune sessions featuring two
clarinets before) it occurred to me that probably most people on
this list have played with somebody else
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