Time to stop flying?

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:36:01 +0100, vid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote:

You're saying "only completely different to a highly trianed pianist"
and I'm pointing out why not.

Anyone can /tell/ the difference but it'll take a great pianist to /expose/
the differences.

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Tim C.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:03:13 +0100, Mike.... wrote:

But flying a real
airplane is different than a MS Flight sim program.

its amazing that needs to be said!

This /is/ a Mixithread(tm) after all.
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Tim C.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:37:55 +0100, vid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote:

Tim C. wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:06:41 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

Yes, except in my analogy I'm equating the concert pianist with someone
who can actually fly a plane.

So anyone other than a concert pianist cannot actually play a piano?

no, concert pianists cannot fly aeroplanes.

Oh, some can. Just that it's not their ability as pianists that gives
them the flying skills. It does often give them the money to afford it
however...

I forgot the ;-)

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Tim C.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:44:54 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:25:30 +0200, "Tim C." wrote:

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:03:04 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) writes:

Good try, but no one said it was _everything_.

Many pilots with limitations imply as much.

You implied it, didn't you?

He is an expert with severe limitations.

In his abilities and knowledge?
--
Tim C.

Following up to vid Horne, _the_ chancellor

there's no causal relationship between pianist and pilot

I didn't make the case for one. Are you doing a Mixi?

would I do that?
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Following up to vid Horne, _the_ chancellor


must be unusual though.

Probably, but you can fly younger than you can drive- or at least that
used to be the case. I've not done either for a long time...

so was that as a certified pilot, or as a trainee with another pilot?
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Following up to Tim C.

only completely different to a highly trianed pianist, to the wider world,
they are two things with no other things between them.

And there is the crux. Anyone who doesn't really know the difference
between a real quality piano and a casio 9V jobbie might just think they
are the same.

A great musician will sound great on even a crappy instrument.
A crappy player will still sound crappy on a great instrument. But might
sound half decent on a bad one.

this is two different things, recognition and results of use.
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:47:21 +0100, vid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote:

Tim C. wrote:

a veritable fountain of knowledge on the breast-feeding groups,

Does he post in groups like that?!

I'm afraid so. Or at least he did.

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Tim C.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:49:34 +0100, Mike.... wrote:

Following up to Tim C.

Yes, except in my analogy I'm equating the concert pianist with someone
who can actually fly a plane.

So anyone other than a concert pianist cannot actually play a piano?

no, concert pianists cannot fly aeroplanes.

can pianists fly carboard pianos?

duh!
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Tim C.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:24:11 +0100, Mike.... wrote:

Following up to Tim C.

only completely different to a highly trianed pianist, to the wider world,
they are two things with no other things between them.

And there is the crux. Anyone who doesn't really know the difference
between a real quality piano and a casio 9V jobbie might just think they
are the same.

A great musician will sound great on even a crappy instrument.
A crappy player will still sound crappy on a great instrument. But might
sound half decent on a bad one.

this is two different things, recognition and results of use.

Not to me. It's purely the results I'm talking about. Apart from the
relative "poorness" of the sound from a lesser instrument. I'm talking
about technique.

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Tim C.