#78197
08/14/2002 7:19 PM
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#78198
08/14/2002 7:35 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Oh, man, the scale is all wrong. If the arm is indeed 3 million light years across it can't possibly be pointing at Jupiter. It must just be coincidental. It's got to be pointing at something way across the other side of the galaxy.
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#78199
08/14/2002 7:45 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Also sprach Faldage, the conceptual detective. Moi, I like the reactions in the piece! 
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#78200
08/14/2002 8:03 PM
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Also sprach Faldage
Well, it's like, you're watching this flick spose to take place in 16th century France and they're all wearing like 17th century Belgian lace. It ruins the whole thang.
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#78201
08/15/2002 2:01 AM
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I think it's actually saying "so", seeing that Jupiter is the fifth planet. it would be Mercury-"do", Venus-"re", earth-"mi", etc. that way, Uranus and Neptune take care of the whole "si" vs. "ti" issue...
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#78202
08/15/2002 12:09 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Whilst your theory is very attractive, eta, I don't think it holds up to close scrutiny. Look at it this way:
There seems general agreement on the "O" sound (pronounced "oh" as in "oh, dear!") but there are alternative views about the consonant that accompanies it.
So far, so good.
The questions is, which consonants can be easily mistaken for each other? If we agree that those who heard "n" were hearing more or less the right sound, then it follows that plausible alternatives are not going to be fricatives or sibillants (which cuts out "s" and "k" and "t",) and dental or alveolar sounds (like "d" and "t") (I think I've got the names right - Faldage will undoubtedly put us right if I haven't.)
Indeed, I think the most likely sound to be confused with a nasal sound like "n" are the labial sounds like "m", "p", "f" or "b".
"Mo" is not any sort of word, (unless coupled with "'Arf a - ", which is not the case here)
"Po" is a word, of course, but makes little sense when used in the imperative, as seems to be the case at hand.
"Fo" is generally connected to "Fee, Fi" and "Fum" and I cannot think of any use for the word by itself, even in a universal or celestial context.
Which leaves us with "Bo."
Do you think that someone (thing?) is playing games with Jupiter, hiding behind Cassiopea, perhaps, and then jumping out when Jupiter isn't expecting it?
Or is Jupiter learning the violin, and what we are hearing is the instructor correcting his technique?
It just goes to show how little we really know of the universe out there, doesn't it?
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#78203
08/15/2002 12:24 PM
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well, I had thought of that, Rhuby, but decided that there would be some sort of formant obfuscation as the sound waves passed through both the asteroid belt and the Van Allen Belts. it is there that the sibilant is lost. the high frequency sounds would be corrupted and changed.
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#78204
08/15/2002 12:26 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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So how did you know it was so?
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#78205
08/15/2002 12:32 PM
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well, since the world revolves around the AWAD forums, and not yet many know that fact, a higher power was trying to make reference to a forum thread. By utilizing the music of the spheres it would naturally resonate with large numbers of people.
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#78206
08/15/2002 12:36 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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the music of the spheresI'm tempted to say this is a load of balls, but within the context of this thread, I'm afraid I would inevitably invite comments on the comparative swarthiness of pots and kettles
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#78207
08/15/2002 12:41 PM
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A load of autographed balls, maybe? :-(
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#78208
08/15/2002 12:46 PM
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agreed. I think we boiled this one down some time ago. 
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#78209
08/15/2002 12:47 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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autographed balls
A sign of the times, perhaps?
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#78210
08/15/2002 1:38 PM
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If you're gonna use the 'sol' liaison for the fifth note in the scale, then the counting has to start elsewhere in order to let the sun participate, close to the middle. Where it already is, actually, come to think of it... mumble mumble.... never mind...
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