[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-04 Thread gary digman
...@rowan.edu; David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:13 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill Joseph, you are not a bad player at all - I liked what I heard in Cleveland. And, slower does NOT mean

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-04 Thread Michał Jasionowski
2009/2/3 [1]chriswi...@yahoo.com Unfortunately for human society, the strongest, best, most sensible evolutionary advances in any field are hopelessly pitted against an even more powerful and ruthless force: fashion. Chris So maybe they just aren't the best ones?

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-04 Thread Jerzy Zak
Michal, Welcome to the list! J __ On 2009-02-04, at 17:27, Michał Jasionowski wrote: 2009/2/3 [1]chriswi...@yahoo.com Unfortunately for human society, the strongest, best, most sensible evolutionary advances in any field are hopelessly pitted against an even more

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-Original Message- From: David Rastall [mailto:dlu...@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:03 PM To: David Tayler Cc: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill On Feb 3, 2009, at 1:55 PM, David Tayler wrote: Players getting

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-Original Message- From: howard posner [mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:50 PM To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Darwin recognized

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-Original Message- From: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi [mailto:wi...@cs.helsinki.fi] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:27 PM To: howardpos...@ca.rr.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill On 2/3/2009, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread Sean Smith
On Feb 3, 2009, at 2:17 PM, chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote: Unfortunately for human society, the strongest, best, most sensible evolutionary advances in any field are hopelessly pitted against an even more powerful and ruthless force: fashion. And advertising. Sean Chris ---

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread howard posner
On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Darwin recognized that individuals don't adapt. I think what Darwin recognized is that acquired adaptations aren't passed on genetically, which is a

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread David Rastall
On Feb 3, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: That may be stretching Darwin's intent a little far. Consider the continued popularity of Segovia amongst the masses, perhaps one of the most inflexible pluckers in the recorded history of pluck. Perhaps I'm thinking of evolution in a

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread chriswilke
Unfortunately for human society, the strongest, best, most sensible evolutionary advances in any field are hopelessly pitted against an even more powerful and ruthless force: fashion. Chris --- wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: On 2/3/2009, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: On Feb

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Worse than what? I play worse than you, but better than I used to! [Insert slyly smirking or winking emoticon of your choice here] Eugene -Original Message- From: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:56 PM To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread Mayes
OK Guilty as charged! I play worse. I find that the older I get - the faster I was. Joseph Mayes On 2/3/09 1:55 PM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Players getting better: They are better at everything. One can of course argue that they are getting worse, or, even worse, staying