<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [lbo-talk] MIDI or virtuosi?</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dhenwood@panix.com href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">Doug Henwood</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 19, 2003 9:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] MIDI or virtuosi?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Michael Simkin wrote:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Can you distinguish MIDI, i.e. music scores played by a computer, from performance of world-renowned virtuosi?</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Take this quiz to find out:</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><A href="http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~simkin/midi_or_virtuosi.html">http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~simkin/midi_or_virtuosi.html</A></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>What are you trying to prove with these juvenile exercises?</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>Doug</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>that I am the one to take over David Letterman's job when he retires</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mikhail Simkin<BR>---<BR><A href="http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~simkin/">http://www.ee.ucla.edu/~simkin/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>