"I'm absolutely fine with [that criticism]. I'm not trying to pretend that [my music is] anything other than what it is, and it is mindless music. But that's a beautiful thing, and that's no less valuable or less relevant than other artforms.
Whether the Blandford fly has spread from its original habitat.
Lord Whitty: My Lords, the Simulium posticatum, which is commonly known as the Blandford fly, has very exact habitat requirements. Its range has remained constant.
Baroness Sharples: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that information. However, it is not the same information that I have received. Is the noble Lord aware that I previously asked this Question in 1989 and that in those 10 years North Dorset District Council has spent over £400,000 on research with the University of Southampton into this extremely unpleasant fly? It is very small but when you get bitten this results in blistering and aching joints. Indeed, since I retabled the Question, I understand from a number of noble Lords that they have been bitten by a similar fly, which is also to be found by fast-flowing rivers in other parts of the country.
Lord Whitty: My Lords, the information I have in relation to north Dorset in particular is that the number of such incidents has fallen very dramatically since the noble Baroness tabled the original Question about 10 years ago. Indeed, there has been a very substantial programme to limit the number of larvae produced, estimated to have brought about a reduction of about 90 per cent. Moreover, the number of medical incidents has fallen from 400 at the time of the original Question to around 45 last year. Therefore, in what is the main concentration area for this fly--namely, the river Stour in Dorset--there has been a very dramatic cut in such incidents. Of course, there are other blackfly of an entirely different species around the country, which I suspect is what noble Lords have encountered. However, the Blandford fly is being well dealt with in Dorset.
Lord Campbell of Croy: My Lords, has the noble Lord seen the report that Highland midges have moved south, and, indeed, have gone over the Border into England? Does the noble Lord think that this is due to global warming or results from their distaste for devolution with the connected prospect of fewer English tourist visitors upon whom to feed?
Lord Whitty: My Lords, I could not possibly comment on the motives of the Scottish Highland midge, which is some way away and, I can assure the noble Baroness, Lady Sharples, has not yet reached Dorset. If that particular Scottish pest is heading south, it would suggest that climatic rather than political changes account for such movement.
Baroness Strange: My Lords, can the Minister say whether the Blandford fly is the same as the Scottish
19 Jul 1999 : Column 657 Clegg? Further, does he agree that the noble Baroness, Lady Sharples, does not look a day older than when she first raised this Question?
Lord Whitty: My Lords, I agree absolutely with the second question of the noble Baroness. As regards her first question, I believe that that fly is a separate species. However, should further biological information come my way, I shall inform the noble Baroness.
Lord McNair: My Lords, can the Minister tell the House whether this problem has arisen since the 1960s? I was at school in Blandford and I used to canoe regularly on the Stour but I do not remember being bitten.
Lord Whitty: My Lords, I suspect that the noble Lord may well have been canoeing extremely fast along the river because, up until the late 1980s, there was an increasing number of incidents. That is why the local authorities and the health authorities had to take such action. This fly is concentrated in the more slow-moving parts of the river Stour. I believe that it was a pest for some time before the noble Baroness tabled the original Question.
I'll still be here as much as I am now, just that I'll be teaching them how to do fractions about half the day.
also it's not a correspondence course, it's a bit hard to explain what it is though.
Think of a combination of a MathXL style service for every subject plus infrequent meetings with their actual teacher via a Skype-ish service and you're in the right ballpark.
I know exactly what you're talking about. Two of my best friends were enrolled in a cyber-school like that.
i mean i was trying to program a good EBM bassline for ages and then i kinda make it pop up in the middle of a techno track i am working on and suddenly my desire to make music has gone
well at least i have learned some new things, trial and error yadda yadda
i mean i was trying to program a good EBM bassline for ages and then i kinda make it pop up in the middle of a techno track i am working on and suddenly my desire to make music has gone
well at least i have learned some new things, trial and error yadda yadda
While that may be frustrating, the sonic idea that you've described there is a really interesting one.
i mean i was trying to program a good EBM bassline for ages and then i kinda make it pop up in the middle of a techno track i am working on and suddenly my desire to make music has gone
well at least i have learned some new things, trial and error yadda yadda
You seem kind of preoccupied with planning what your tracks sound like beforehand.
Then you should be thinking more about mood than genre, imo.
This. Tone is the important part. Genre is... functionally irrelevant, to my way of thinking. As long as it sounds cool and works as a semi-cohesive track, you're good, I think.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Odd thought: One thing I miss about old PCs with floppy drives is that noise a lot of them made at boot. You could even tell what BIOS was in a machine just by listening to what pattern it used; one was Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS, one was AMI (probably the most recognizable these days), and a third one was Award (Quadtel and PhoenixBIOS 4.0 use a similar pattern).
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Baroness Sharples asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Blandford fly has spread from its original habitat.
Lord Whitty: My Lords, the Simulium posticatum, which is commonly known as the Blandford fly, has very exact habitat requirements. Its range has remained constant.
Baroness Sharples: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that information. However, it is not the same information that I have received. Is the noble Lord aware that I previously asked this Question in 1989 and that in those 10 years North Dorset District Council has spent over £400,000 on research with the University of Southampton into this extremely unpleasant fly? It is very small but when you get bitten this results in blistering and aching joints. Indeed, since I retabled the Question, I understand from a number of noble Lords that they have been bitten by a similar fly, which is also to be found by fast-flowing rivers in other parts of the country.
Lord Whitty: My Lords, the information I have in relation to north Dorset in particular is that the number of such incidents has fallen very dramatically since the noble Baroness tabled the original Question about 10 years ago. Indeed, there has been a very substantial programme to limit the number of larvae produced, estimated to have brought about a reduction of about 90 per cent. Moreover, the number of medical incidents has fallen from 400 at the time of the original Question to around 45 last year. Therefore, in what is the main concentration area for this fly--namely, the river Stour in Dorset--there has been a very dramatic cut in such incidents. Of course, there are other blackfly of an entirely different species around the country, which I suspect is what noble Lords have encountered. However, the Blandford fly is being well dealt with in Dorset.
Lord Campbell of Croy: My Lords, has the noble Lord seen the report that Highland midges have moved south, and, indeed, have gone over the Border into England? Does the noble Lord think that this is due to global warming or results from their distaste for devolution with the connected prospect of fewer English tourist visitors upon whom to feed?
Lord Whitty: My Lords, I could not possibly comment on the motives of the Scottish Highland midge, which is some way away and, I can assure the noble Baroness, Lady Sharples, has not yet reached Dorset. If that particular Scottish pest is heading south, it would suggest that climatic rather than political changes account for such movement.
Baroness Strange: My Lords, can the Minister say whether the Blandford fly is the same as the Scottish
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Clegg? Further, does he agree that the noble Baroness, Lady Sharples, does not look a day older than when she first raised this Question?
Lord Whitty: My Lords, I agree absolutely with the second question of the noble Baroness. As regards her first question, I believe that that fly is a separate species. However, should further biological information come my way, I shall inform the noble Baroness.
Lord McNair: My Lords, can the Minister tell the House whether this problem has arisen since the 1960s? I was at school in Blandford and I used to canoe regularly on the Stour but I do not remember being bitten.
Lord Whitty: My Lords, I suspect that the noble Lord may well have been canoeing extremely fast along the river because, up until the late 1980s, there was an increasing number of incidents. That is why the local authorities and the health authorities had to take such action. This fly is concentrated in the more slow-moving parts of the river Stour. I believe that it was a pest for some time before the noble Baroness tabled the original Question.
Well, the name suggests that, don't it?
You seem kind of preoccupied with planning what your tracks sound like beforehand.
As long as they sound good who cares?
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Ah, so true.
Kinda hurt at first but I'm okay now. :]
he makes good music.
one of my peers, ze.
I don't know.
Let's say yes.
Hopefully I won't have to go to school tomorrow.