Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:19:08 +0000: jerry.friedman99@gmail.com
(jerryfriedman) scribeva:

I would have disagreed with him about this and other things at the
time if he had handled disagreement in a decent way and had
shown that he could learn from correction.

I had my disputes with him too, e.g. about whether the vocal chords
(cords?) are comparable to guitar and piano strings, and whether
cavities in the throat and mouth function as acoustic filters, that
favour or weaken overtones.

He had clearly no knowledge in this field, and some blatantly wrong
ideas, but he refused to learn anything from me, because I am largely
selftaught, even in this. Well, not quite, I studied electronics, and
filters are a part of that. And my first encounters with a programming
language (Algol) was also about this. Because it interested me,
already in 1975 or so.

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Ruud Harmsen, https://rudhar.com